Spring Cleaning

Today is a very thunderboomery day in Thorntown.  I have been staying very low to the ground (except when an AAB picks me up to cuddle), and I have even let some children comfort me! 

Aaaahhh.  Spring time in Indiana.

Here's a little "Spring cleaning" movie I made during happier, less-thunderboomery, Springier times:

If you need me, I'll be smooshed into a corner on the stairwell.  (That's where all the Brave Mancats hang out during storms.)

Nervous Purrs,

Tober

Weed Killer

***Public Service Announcement***

If you have any weeds or other invasive plants in your yard or garden that you're having a hard time eradicating. . .

RIP Jade Plant.  You never had a chance.

. . . dig it up and send it to AB Christine.  She'll "take care" of it.

Thankful I'm not a plant,

Tober

Tober, Cover-Cat

BIG NEWS!  

The Lebanon Reporter (that's our local newspaper) is reviving a local quarterly magazine, called B Magazine.  Guess who they selected to be on the cover of the very first issue???

Yep!

Look at me!  I'm on the cover of a real-for-real magazine!  AAB Karen got to be on the cover, too, since someone had to hold me up.  I think that the reporter took an excellent photo of the two of us together.  I am looking handsome and imposing, as usual, and Karen is smiling because, well, who WOULDN'T smile when holding such a handsome cat?  

Now, the article is well-written and overall very good, even if it does go on about Karen a bit more than it does about ME.  Hats off to Sara Lang for being a very hard worker and good writer.  I do have a few bones to pick with some folks around here, though.

Exhibit A:

Let me help, in case you don't feel like biggifying this picture.  It says, right there in black and white, that "Tober is jokingly referred to as the boss of the library."

JOKINGLY?  Who's joking?  I very seriously am the Boss! (For what it's worth, that second sentence is absolutely True.)

And then, I read this little tidbit, which I will call Exhibit B:

"He's a little spoiled. . ."  Do you see a problem with this statement?  Friends, I am not being properly spoiled--there must be opportunity for MORE spoiling.  Apparently my staff has been withholding treats and tummy rubs and gum wrappers and probably even spoiling techniques that I'm not even aware of yet!  

I'm working on a staff memo this afternoon.

Just "a little" spoiled,

Tober, BOSS

Mess-Maker

Happy March everyone!  I hope that Hoodie Hoo Day was effective in your neck of the woods.  Here in dreary Thorntown we have snow, ice, cold, and clouds.  Boo!  Thankfully w e also have lots and lots of books, movies, magazines, and audiobooks to entertain people while they're stuck inside for the end of Winter.

Remember how proud AB Christine was about her snazzy clean desk?  Well.  Here it is now:

I have to admit, I prefer a slightly messy desk.  It's no fun Bossing if I don't have a nice warm planner or agenda or schedule to sit on.  This also greatly increases my chances of getting petted and/or treated!  But once a desk gets too messy, terrible things start to happen.  Treats disappear under piles of mail.  My water-cup gets moved to a new (usually temporary) spot.  But yesterday I learned the worst thing that can happen:

The mess actually leaks out into the library.

Friends, I was helpless to stop it.  AB Christine was too lazy to clean her desk to start a new project, so she just dragged the project out to the table just outside the office.  What a Mess-Maker!  She's worse than the little tiny children who attend the toddler story time programs!

In other news, two (2!) staff members tried to feed me dinner at the same time today!  NOW we're getting somewhere with all of my training.

I hope everyone has nice weekends!

Headbutts,

Tober

Catching up!

Well, hello Internets!  It's been almost a month since my last post.  Wow, that sounded like the beginning of a confession.  Today AAB Kathy got onto AB "Blog Helper" (I put it in quotes, mostly 'cause it's a lie) about being such a slacker.  So here we are, with a Catch-Up post!

Firstly, today was Hoodie Hoo Day.  Those of you who have been reading my Adventures for a long time know all about Hoodie Hoo Day, which is on February 20 each year (in the northern hemisphere).  It involves a lot of shivering, shouting, and arm-flapping, and ends with ice cream and pink lemonade.  At noon sharp, everyone (except me) in the whole library goes Outside to yell "Hoodie Hoo" and chase away Winter.  Here's what it looks and sounds like:

Warning:  NOT for the Faint-Hearted!

I would like to go ahead and apologize to the Northern Hemisphere if Winter does not end this year.  AAB Kathy sneaked back behind AAB Britta for the Hoodie Hoo Day festivities!  AAB Rotten Ritchie even tried to fish her out, to no avail!  (She claims she was flapping her arms and Hooting along with everyone, but I can't see any evidence of it.)  If Winter doesn't end, you can send all of your snowballs and icicles to AAB Kathy at Thorntown Public Library.  We will forward them to her home address, where she will be forced to live in an Igloo until (at least) May.

AB Christine managed to take a few pictures of me over the last month.  Here's one that she calls "Two Cuties."

Only one "Cutie" in this picture!

Apparently that little orange-like produce is a "Cutie."  AB Christine loves to eat them.  I think they're great for knocking onto the floor.  I don't understand why I have to share picture-space with something that is obviously not as Cute as I am!

Here is a picture of me on a clean desk.  AB Christine spent an afternoon cleaning off her desk and filing papers Away.  ("Away" means she will never be able to find them again, especially if they are Important papers that she needs.)  She was all proud of herself since it has been an absolute mess since she moved in at the beginning of the year.

That lasted for about one-and-a-half days.  Now it's a total wreck again.  But at least we got a picture!

Lastly, I will leave you with a picture of me.  Right before this picture was taken, I was using my Powers of Bossiness to get AB "Blog Helper" to become a better Blog Helper.  I was also Bossing her to help me visit some of your wonderful Blogs over the week-end, since I miss you all so much!

Unfortunately, AB left the FLASH on, so instead you get to see a picture of me squinting.

Oh well.

Happy Hoodie Hoo Day!

Tober