Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for November 01, 2019

To the Greenhouse!

The Purple House, Big Pink House, Little Green House, the barn, or the chicken coop?

It’s still Hallowe’en night for the cats of BCN, but I’d say the day is looking saved!

Yeah, better get Beatrix inside before her disguise melts. XD

November—fuzzy blanket season has arrived!!

“I know a place where the music is fine

And the lights are always low

I know a place where we can go” (Petula Clark)

https://youtu.be/ws-dbq0CDtc

Another successful Halloween has come and gone in spite of the 9 bags of chocolate eyeballs vanishing. We had just over 200 visitors averaging 10 minutes a visit. No complaints about it being lame or not scary enough either. One young lady even said that the backyard wasn’t as scary as she had convinced herself it was going to be. She had almost scared herself into not going back. And that, dear Orbsters, is the secret to a successful scare. Set the stage and let them frighten themselves.

“You and me underneath the roof of tin

Pretty comfy feeling, how the rain ain’t leaking in.

We can sit and dry just as long as it can pour.

Cause the way it makes you look makes me hope it rains some more.” (Lovin’ Spoonful)

https://youtu.be/EwDh-xea40s

So good to see Goldie finally make contact. Tommy is quite a goodwill ambassador. Goldie is a beautiful cat and I know her magnificent tail poofs will give Elvis quite a bit of competition. Happy Halloween everyone!

Tommy has experience rescuing cats beginning with Elvis. Tommy will see to it that Goldie is safe tonight and will find a good home. Wonder where that wil be????

Unless they get to that warm place soon, they’ll be doomed.

Tommy knows all the safe spaces in the neighborhood.

The “gold standard” of felinity.

Tommy, if you want to stay on good terms, don’t take her to the big house yet. There are things you have to explain. Especially Lupin.

Time for half price candy

Safe warm place? Is there a bear cave nearby?

This is Tommy we’re talking about! Of course he knows a safe, warm place!

Yay for safe, warm places!

We had a windy rainy night here too, now thats kind of spooky.

Leave it to Tommy to know the way.

Another shot of the back of Tommy’s head! Yay. ♥ ♥ ♥

Poor Beatrix is starting to look a little miserable. Quick, Tommy get everyone inside before any flashbacks start.

Quick – everyone flip your BCN calendar pages. It’s Fuzzy Blanket Time. It’s Kitty Jammies Time. It’s Pucky White Floof Time!

Back to a place that’s safe and nice and warm. With this adventure over….they should all take a nice long cat nap (even the robber/video recording mice. They are still working the cameras for documentation maybe for an upcoming investigative report like undercover mice.

I love how quickly Goldie bounces back from the negativity of the raccoons. Awww and Tommy and Beatrix were the best kitties to be the bridge between herself and the Boys! Mr. and Little Miss Positivity! ♥

We, as usual, had no trick-or-treaters last night; however, from the photos I received, all the children in my extended family had a wonderful time. This morning, we have snow and high winds. Something fell over with a tremendous crash outside, but I am not investigating in the dark!

Goldie seems to be getting some new People.

“May I sniff your nose?” Awww – I love that!

“Holy cat”? Should be OMC or similar. Only people say, “Holy cats”.

This is off topic, but I just need to write it out. I lost my job yesterday.

For the last 5 years I have worked for a plumbing wholesaler in Missouri. I joined them after our family construction business closed. We ran that business for 16 years and finally shut the doors when our income, my age, and health were no longer viable for that business model. I joined the plumbing wholesaler as the Showroom Manager and worked that until they bought out another company in town and merged. After that. I was transitioned to be a Buyer. The products I was buying were industrial plumbing parts and items, many of which I did not know by name or item number. It was not an easy transition.

A Buyer is in a terrible situation. You are in trouble with your Boss if you buy too much of an item and you are in trouble with salesmen if you don’t have exactly what they need on the self, when they need it.

Yesterday, my Bosses Boss called me in and told me that they were going in different direction and that I was being let go. I was not being fired for cause but I know I was the highest paid of the three Buyers we had. They also were making a big investment in a new computer program that did most of the functions of my job.

Bottom line, I am 56 years old with significant arthritis, a wife of 27 years, and two wonderful high school kids – one of whom is training to be a classical Ballet Danseur in Connecticut. I am scared, and hardly slept last night. I have never felt as lost, not even after our family business closed.

Thank you for being a friend, Tommy and Beatrix!

Halloween report from North Carolina: we placed a bowl of candy outside our apartment door. By 9:00, the majority of what was taken out of the bowl had been re-routed to the Boy’s bedroom.

I hope Beatrix has her emergency tea bags at the ready so they can all settle in for a nice cozy cuppa as soon as Tommy gets them out of the rain.

Poor Beatrix looks like a ball of wet paper which can’t be at all comfortable but no doubt Tommy will find a place to save them all from the storm!

Finally, Goldie meets part of the BCN crew.

Are they going to the Greenhouse??

OT – TRIVIA Hi to anyone who plays FunTrivia. I noticed a severe lack of BCN quizzes on there, so I made one… unfortunately, it is currently rated as “Impossible” because only people who don’t know BCN have played it! So I wanted to invite any other trivia and BCN lovers to take it: https://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Entertainment/Breaking-Cat-News-399203.html

Hoping the quiz will spur some “newbies” to BCN to check out the comic, too!

Hello, everyone! Long time no see! This will be a little off topic, but this is really important. I came to you to share with my little joy about what happens to me last months) I start to draw a comic with one girl as a part of the competition in one fan club, about world of modern DJs. It’s on russian for now, but I’m planning to translate it to English when we’ll end the first chapter and release one one secret forum (or two). It looks a little bit sloppy, but if it gets a good feedback, it can be redrawn more professional. I want to share with you some frames from my half of work: https://sun9-39.userapi.com/c851016/v851016738/1d2f85/veQw6E2MiCM.jpg https://sun9-52.userapi.com/c854320/v854320128/10b5e5/-MYbY7QFXCw.jpg https://sun9-64.userapi.com/c854528/v854528471/130c90/1XPRFQ2Z15E.jpg http://vk.com/video33100735_456239138 (I don’t know, will it open or not). This is all thanks to BCN :33 Thanks for inspiration :333

Yay! My ornaments arrived for the Tommybaum I’m going to have at work this year . . .

It’s time to bring Goldie out of the rain and into the fold.

Hi all, I normally read as many of the posts as I can each day, but my hip is bothering me today, so I don’t feel up to sitting in my crappy chair long enough to do that. I hope my hip is better tomorrow.

OT: Marie and MrrrCavity.

Marie is home and doing fine. She no longer has the gall … bladder. It really needed to come out, too. She’s a tough old bird, even with a far gone g.b., she said her worst level of pain was “8” on a scale of 1 to 10. We both have the same attitude toward pain. (So tell the universe to shut up, already!)

And MrrrCavity showed up just as we got home, none the worse for the near ice storm we had, and demanding his “Fistful of Crunchies!” So I was worried for nothing. He’ll still get the palatial abode I built for him.

Many thanks to all who “liked” and replied to my post, and for all the good wishes and positive vibes sent our way. Even MrrrCavity thanks you, and wants me to pass on much ankle reinforcement.

Weird day on the BCN comments. My replies have been going all over the (wrong) place.

Seriously, starting to rain? Talk about an interesting coincidence, that ended up being Halloween here last night. Rain and high winds. And even before the rain we had a branch fall down next to the house. Eight inch diamter at the widest We were concerned it might have struck the sunporch, a few feet to the left and it would have. The thinner end did land in our plum tree. Thankfully it didn’t do much damage to that tree. The lights flickered several times but thankfully didn’t go out. Cleared out the brack today, looks like we’ll have a little firewood for the winter. Still the weather is questionable with high winds and shooting pains in my wrist.

Thought I’d share the jack-o-lantern again, this time I took video in the daylight just a few minutes ago. Shows some detail that wasn’t seen in the first video. https://youtu.be/VPLXOTHomSU

I’m looking forward to when Goldie has a nice home with a great family!

I had a feeling Goldie and Beatrix would get along. There was never any doubt about Tommy.

Belated Happy Samhain! I hope all you met were the gentle Fey!

I am so sorry for your loss- a job is like a marriage- lots of time invested in it. Have you thought about marketing your insights on running a business, wholesaling and being a buyer plus how you kept connected with your family?It could be a great series of inservices