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Dear World,

I have been Terribly Neglected by my staff. Now, when I think about it, my Blogging Friends (that's you) look forward to my posts and hang on my every word--so YOU have been Neglected by my staff, too.

Well. SHAME ON YOU Assistant Assistant Boss Blog Helper! Now you've gone and gotten the whole Internets worried about me! (Well, okay, just a little bit of the Internets--but a very Important segment, I must say.)

We have (according to my staff) had a Busy last few weeks. It wouldn't have been so bad, but everyone rushes off to their Unauthorized Vacations, and they leave me to manage the library during the holidays. Oh, and they get distracted by the cookies and chocolate and other goodies that make it in the building, so it's hard to get them to do anything important like help me blog.

So, I'm going to make a (Belated) New Year's Resolution:

I, Tober the Cat, Boss of Thorntown Public Library (and all lands visible from Library windows), do hereby resolve to make one (1) new Blog Post, complete with handsome/cute/funny/interesting photos, each week during the rest of 2012.

Wow.

Wish me luck, guys.

Purrs, and headbutts, and nose-touches,

Tober

PS---


(It would have been bad to forget the first picture on the very first post!)

A Forever Pepper and Other Gifts

I have been working on this post since last year--December 21 to be exact!

So before I start on my Pepper story, I want to say Merry Late Christmas and Happy Late New Year and I hope that everyone is safe and had a wonderful time with family and got lots of treats and tummy rubs and Catnip. I have had very Happy Holidays with my Library Staff and especially My Assistant Boss Mommy Karen who can't stay out of the library when it is Closed and spent lots of time with me when all the other slackers employees were off doing non-Tober related things.

Yesterday (really December 20, now!) in the mail I got a Forever Pepper.


It is green & orange like my little greenish orangish pepper (RIP) was, and it is cram-packed full of some powerful 'nip. I like normal catnip, but this catnip is super special. When I'm with my pepper, I lick it and bite it and chew it and bunny-kick it and rub my face on it and Love it with All My Heart.

Here we are together.

*This is where there should be a video of us playing together, but Blogger is being Bad and won't let me post it. So maybe I'll save it for later, and here's another picture.*


Because I love my Pepper so much and so violently, my Assistant Bosses have decided to keep it in my treat drawer, so that I can enjoy it while I'm being supervised. (I think they just want to take lots of pictures of me being fierce and Mancatly.) Thank you Pepper-givers for my special treat--you could probably go into business making Forever Peppers!

On Christmas AB Karen got my stocking down and I got treats! I got some from Santa and some from a kitty friend of mine named Chi.

Then, a few days later, I got some of Frankie Frank's Fabulous Feline Frenzy Inducing Homegrown Organic Catnip! And treats!


Here I am wondering why in the heck we're taking pictures of the stuff instead of rolling in it:


This Catnip is also not like the normal stuff (although I like that, too, Staff). This stuff makes my nose super-excited and I can eat whole leafs of it at a time! And then I take a nap. Thank you Kelly for my treats! Now could you please send Karen a note and let her know that she doesn't need to be all stingy with it?

My staff has been very busy un-decorating the library and leaving bits of garland and other sparkly things everywhere. They've also been working to make a January newsletter since (oops) it's now January. And on top of that they've been doing the usual library things like checking out books and shelving books and drinking coffee and eating chocolate. It's exhausting watching them work so hard.

Feeling like One Special Cat,

Tober

Happy New Year!

Hi everyone! Happy New Year! Here's to a wonderful 2010 filled with blogging, catnips, scritches, dots, cords, tummy rubs, treats, paw massages, and comfortable places to nap!

I have to show you a few things. Here is my Big Christmas Present. This must be what Santa talks about when he says he will bring surprises:


This toy Feline Training Device has inspired a new game. I only train with it when the camera is far away. Then someone says "Take a picture of Tober 'playing with his toy'" and when I hear footsteps hurrying my way, I pose just like in the picture. I can't ever let my guard down around these people.

I helped un-decorate the Library on the day after Christmas. Let me tell you, I have never worked so hard in all my life! I stayed awake the whole day! Why? Here I am inspecting a Fake Tree that someone disassembled. Whoever was working on it got distracted and wandered off for a bit, so I took the opportunity to sniff it.


Once the un-decorating was completed, I decided to work on a little paperwork:


I have heard that paperwork would be much more fun if I still had front toenails. As it is, I sometimes mark my approval of important documents by putting my teeth in them or dribbling my special cup-water on them. This is how people know that they are Tober-approved.

Last but not least, a picture of me with a Fox.


Hello, 2010!

Tober