I get bonus Adorable Points

Friends, I think we might have Hoodie-Hooed a little too hard on February 20. We did not intend to skip Spring and head straight into Summer, but that's what the weather is like here!

One good side-effect of Early Summer is all of the sunpatches lying around in the library. There is a particularly good one in the YA room every morning.


Once I'm warmed up by the sunshines, I really get a hankerin' for a good bellyrub.

Oooooh, here comes a potential bellyrubber right now!


Present the belly is the most irresistible fashion possible:


Notice how I maximize the rubbable area by (a) pulling my front feets up way high and (b) stretching my hind legs waaaaaaay out behind me. This makes my pettable surface area approximately 90% belly and chestal region.

Now, start rolling, dragging, stretching, purring, starfish pawing, and generally looking irresistible. How do you do this?



I know it looks like a whole lot of cuteness is be rewarded with not nearly enough belly-rubbing, but rest assured, I got LOTS of petting for that display of adorability.

Do any of you have any special belly-rub solicitation techniques?

Happy Friday!

Tober

Happy Purrsday-Thursday!

I need to get my AAB Blog Helper on the ball so I can do more postings! So far I have met my New Years Resolution Goal of at least ONE (1) post per week--but just barely!

Okay, I have a special video for you on this Purrsday. I've been waiting for WEEKS to post it, but AAB Blog Helper keeps letting Purrsday pass us by. . .

You have to turn your Volume up really loud, and kind of ignore the chattering in the background. (Okay, it's not just chattering, it's AB Karen helping a gentleman with some research, or some other super-important yet Non-Tober library thingamajig.)


Did you hear it??? That is my purr!

For anyone who might be concerned, I DID get several treats for my efforts there. Although only a few; AAB Blog Helper can be kind of stingy.

PURRS!

Tober

Winter Reading Battle Ends!

We had a Winter Reading Program going on. Now that Winter is officially over (thanks to Hoodie Hoo Day), it is time to announce the results. Our youth department competed with the adult department to see who could read the most chapters! It was a friendly competition (for the most part) and all readers did a good job! Here's my wrap-up from the March Newsletter:

It was an epic battle of words and wills, my friends. “Warm Up with a Good Book” (or what I like to call “The March of the Penguins”) has come to an end. It was a fierce competition, pitting Big Sibling against Little Sibling, Parent against Child, Library Staff Member against Library Staff Member. . .

One Staff Member, whose penguins were wanted by both adult and youth departments, threw his hands in the air and ran screaming from the building, the pressure too great for him to handle. (Okay, just kidding. He split his chapters read equally between departments.)

The youth department took an early lead, with swarms of penguins forming along the bottom of the circulation desk. The adult department posted a 6-foot thermometer on the wall, and AABs Christine and Britta colored until their arms were aching. Then the battle really began.

Staff members were cutting out little penguins around the clock. I was even staying up well past my evening naptime so that I could help. Readers of all ages Warmed Up with Good Books so much that winter was banished early—on the final day of the competition, the temperature reached a spring-like 66 degrees! (Hoodie Hoo Day also helped, I’m sure.)

Finally, on February 29, the penguins and chapters were counted. The youth department total was an astounding 1,506 chapters! WOW.

Now, think about this a minute. The program began on January 16. That means that The March of the Penguins lasted 45 days. Since the children read 1,506 chapters, that means that they were reading approximately 33 chapters a day! I’m impressed!

Not to be outdone by the youth department once again, the adult department managed an amazing 3,559 chapters in 45 days! (If you will remember back to September, the youth department did a good job of showing off the children’s reading skills by beating the adults during the fall reading challenge.) The adults are Victorious.

That means that TPL “Warm Up with a Good Book” readers read a total of 5,065 chapters between January 16 and February 29. Congratulations, everybody, for a job well done!

Well, now that I've written all those words, it time for a Caturday Snooze:


I hope everyone has nice relaxing weekends and that everyone was safe during the awful storms yesterday,

Purrs,

Tober

Goodbye, Winter.

It has been a weird, weird winter in the Land of Indiana, my friends. We have had rain and snow and ice and sunshine and wind and fog and even thunderboomers!

Well, Weird Winter Weather, the folks at Thorntown Public Library have had enough. We banish you.

My Library Staff amd customers and lunch friends have again celebrated Hoodie Hoo Day. For those of you who are new to my blog, Hoodie Hoo Day is a strange human custom. On February 20, at noon sharp, humans bravely venture outdoors and flap their arms and shout "Hoodie Hoo!" Then, exhausted, they hurry back inside for pink lemonade and cake and ice cream.

Isn't this an intimidating-looking bunch?


If you haven't tried Hoodie Hoo Day in your town, I highly recommend it. Usually Hoodie Hoo Day takes a little while to have an effect. Well, this year after Hoodie-Hooing, I looked up the weather forecast for Thorntown. Check this out:


We did it. We struck fear into the heart of Winter! (I don't know what that Friday nonsense is about. I think we should skip it.)

Now, I'm sure you noticed that I am Missing from the Hoodie Hoo Day Picture. This is because I am an Inside Only, Not to Be Removed from This Library type of Library Cat. After all, if the rest of my staff and customers are outside banishing Winter, who will answer the phones?


Now, I'm going to do something I've never, ever done before. I had AAB Photographer switch her camera to video mode during the Hoodie-Hooing. The act of Hoodie-Hooing has never been caught on film before--at least not in Thorntown.

Brace yourselves. We just saw what this menacing group of Library folks did to Winter. You may want to cover your eyes with your hands--or paws--or have someone sit with you while you watch this video:



You should bookmark this video in case your town doesn't celebrate Hoodie Hoo Day. This way you can play it promptly at noon on February 20, 2013 and maybe my Thorntown gang can help you get rid of your Winter(s) next year!

Just another service offered by Thorntown Public Library,

Hoodie Hoo!

Tober

My Valentine

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! I hope you have someone special to headbump or nosetouch or belly-rub today!

(If not, you can find me at Thorntown Public Library in Thorntown, Indiana--napping in AAB Karen's chair. I will gladly take any unclaimed nose-touches, etc., in honor of Valentine's Day.)

I wanted to do something special for my special Girlcat, Ziva Zophia. SO I outlined my plans for Blog Helper, who got up early this morning and worked on my Valentine.


Now, even though my Girl is far, far away in Minnesota, we can see how nice our furs look together!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Purrs & headbutts,

Tober