Tabs

Tabs and Rosie have wildly different personalities, but one thing they do have in common is their absolute love for alone time, a.k.a. meow time.

Both cats, without any prompting, have abruptly shuttled us out of the house so they could spend time by themselves.

Tabs cherished his quiet time in large part because of his hectic schedule. His weekends spent alone were few and far between due to the demands of celebrity, but when he did have a quiet weekend, he did some of his best career planning and creative thinking.

He was really good at refilling his well. When he felt tapped out, he made sure to take a 15-hour nap.

Rosie

When Rosie’s alone, I want to believe she’s napping, because she’s also a workaholic and tends to come at things, even relaxation, with intensity.

When she kicks us out of the house like she did this weekend, I hope she doesn’t spend the whole time calculating and formulating and science-ing the heck out of everything. I hope she takes a cue from Tabs and chills out a bit.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Tabs

Summertime is adventure time! That’s one thing I learned from Tabs.

(Oh, that’s one of many things I learned from Tabs.)

He was never one to laise about during summer, even though it typically wasn’t his busiest season in terms of his fashion and modeling careers. Still, he kept his summers packed with activity. Water sports, beach sports, field sports, anything that would help keep him fit and his physique glorious.

He was surprisingly graceful in the water. I think the U.S. Olympic Synchronized Swim Team tried to recruit him.

He thought about joining, but their practice schedule didn’t work for him.

Rosie

Rosie isn’t so much into water sports.

She prefers to do light stretching and an occasional gymnastics-inspired move while she’s exploring the neighborhood.

Today she ventured out onto the big grassy area in front of the company headquarters. The management just installed a new swing for our younger cat assistants, and Rosie was very busy working out the physics behind the swinging motion.

You know Rosie. You can’t keep her away from science for too long.

I did convince her to spend some time just basking in the sun, and for once she actually listened. 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Well of course he won first place in the Amateur Husky Cat Division at Pipeline Surf Contest on Oahu. Tabs accomplished many great things, including winning the world’s most prestigious surfing competition. He was proud of that win, partly because he also snagged major feline fashion campaigns from it with Roxy, Billabong, Quicksilver and Local Motion.

He was proud of his beach body and wasn’t afraid to show it off.

To this day, you’ll hear cats in the surf community speak of his physique and physical feats with wonder. Could he have made it as a pro cat surfer? I bet he could have.

Rosie

Rosie is more interested in the engineering aspects of surfing, of course. She’s working on a new composite material with which to manufacture surfboards, with the goal of creating a lighter, faster, more efficient board in tune with both nature and physics. At least that’s how she explains it to me (I think she dumbs it down).

Because she is wildly ambitious, just like my previous kitty employer, she plans to release one surfboard line for humans and one for cats. Look for them in surf shops this coming holiday season.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Baby, you’re a firework! Yes, I just quoted Katy Perry, who was the star of one of Tabs’s annual Fourth of July barbecues.

That year I was in charge of the fireworks display, which isn’t something you usually find in the job description for a cat assistant, but when you assist a high-powered kitty supermodel, you learn a thing or two about big displays.

I think he mostly liked this holiday because red, white and blue looked really great with his fur…

But he also loved the social aspect of it too, hanging out with his closest friends like Ryan Reynolds, Ryan Gosling, Ryan Seacrest… Basically all the Ryans.

Rosie

For many years I worked on the Fourth of July, but I now that I assist for Rosie, she gives me the day off. She’s a kinder boss; I’ll give her that. But I don’t know if it’s true kindness. I think she just wanted the day to herself to work on her calculations. 🤷‍♀️

Right now she’s working on discovering a formula to maximize the cat-to-hot dog ratio at any given 4th of July barbecue… She’s all about using science to achieve maximum satiation with minimal effort. 😹

As a homage to Tabs, she decided to wear his Independence Day collar design this year, but with a special Rosie twist, a red rose on her blue and white collar.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Tabs was one of those lucky cats who could do almost anything. Whatever he touched turned to gold. I mean, not literally. He wasn’t an alchemist or anything, although I feel like if he had tried transmutation, he would have succeeded at it.

He was not afraid to take bold risks, especially when it came to entrepreneurialship. He was not content to just be a pretty face. He had several side hustles going on at any given time, and yes, this kept me busy.

Sometimes a little too busy. But I didn’t mind.

Rosie

Now Rosie has decided to dip her toes into the side hustle world. She’s starting one-on-one life coaching for cat ladies who want to take their cat ladying to the next level.

Connor is her first client, and believe me I asked for a family discount. Of course, I was a little shocked, but also not shocked, when Rosie said no. 🙁

Ruthless, this one is!

I’m sure she’ll be fabulously successful.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

First off, happy Father’s Day to ya! Hope you had a great one. We just stuck around the house, but it was a lot of fun. Just a lot of lounging, watching TV, cooking some burgers on the grill and chillaxin’…

Rosie, purr usual, spent the day working on her science experiments.

That reminds me…

Tabs wasn’t particularly interested in science or genetics like Rosie is, but he was interested in acting as a father figure to at-risk kittens and a mentor to up-and-coming kitty supermodels.

Despite his busy schedule, he always made time for the kittens in his foundation. He would read to them, do homework with them, teach them how to strut and strike poses on the catwalk — all the basic life skills.

Rosie

Rosie’s view of Father’s Day is a little different. As an introverted, more science-minded cat, she’s more interested in the genetic aspects of parentage. She was recently tapped by Genentech to lead a study into inherited traits that get passed along from father cat to kitten, so she’s been working on that all week long.

She has a theory that vertical leaping ability is closely tied to torbie fur pattern. Why Genentech is interested in that, I have no idea. 🤷‍♀️

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Tabs liked to live in the fast lane, so it’s no surprise that he loved fast cars. Maseratis, Lamborghinis…anything that ended in an “iti” or “ini” he was into. Sadly, I never got to drive any of the cars in his personal collection. He kept them offsite in a temperature-controlled warehouse, and when he passed, he gifted his entire car collection to his foundation…

Fun fact: he was terrible when it came to backseat driving. I could not even drive to Trader Joe’s without getting an earful about merging into the wrong lane or making a turn here instead of there. I missed many things about him, but I do not miss that.

Many people don’t know this, but he was actually the true genius behind Tesla. He worked on the original design team and was the one who pushed for the car to be curvy, just like him. 🙂

Rosie

Speaking of Tesla, Rosie just got another job offer. They seem to be coming in left and right these days. This one was to be Tesla’s lead scientist for their electric cars for cats team.

Yes! — there is a market for cars that are fuel efficient and driven by cats.

I advised her to really think about taking it on because she’s already working for several biotech companies, as well as freelancing for SpaceX on the side, which is how she got the Tesla offer. They were deeply impressed by her mathematical calculations.

Anywho, I think she’s too busy for another job, but we’ll see.

If she does take it on, I have a feeling I may be going full time as her assistant.

Exciting things on the horizon! 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen