Tabs

If we could sneap a peak into Rosie’s wildest dreams, they would be dreams of crunchies falling from Heaven…

Or perhaps plump chickens spiraling within a vortex in a colorful nebula.

Tabs, on the other hand, lived his dreams in real life…

He achieved greatness in all areas.

As foretold in the prophesies, he was the chosen one…

Marnie has dreams as well… 😂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

It’s the Super Bowl!

As you know, before Tabs rocked the world by reinventing kitty supermodeling, he entertained millions as a professional cat football player. In fact, he won the Kitty Bowl a record eight times, making him more accomplished than even Tom Brady.

Yes, Tabs was quite the cat athlete.

Today’s game starts in a few minutes, and while Tabs is no longer here to watch the game with me, I’m sure he’ll be watching from up above.

This happens to also be the last Sunday before Valentine’s.

Marnie and Rosie are both more interested in that aspect of the day than the football.

I can appreciate that. 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S.

It has rained for almost a week!

I’m getting kinda over it, but Tabs sure would have loved it.

That cat LOVED the rain.

His favorite thing about it? Rainbows. 🌈

Mind you, I also like the rain.

But Tabs didn’t just like the rain. He loved it!

I think what he liked about it was all the movement. My theory is that with his heightened cat senses, he could actually track the falling of individual raindrops.

Rosie, however, is not a big fan of rain.

In fact, she doesn’t particularly enjoy anything about it.

Scratch that — I’m mistaken. There is one thing about rain she agrees with Tabs on.

Rainbows are fantastic! 🌈😺

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

(NOVATO) Today in cat science news!

Rosie brought the full force of her four PhDs in science to solve a canine conundrum.

The dilemma?

Well, she started a dog training service, and she’s been trying to train Marnie, but sadly, it has not gone well.

Rosie, being the cat genius she is, figured out that the key to making Marnie more receptive to instruction is to wear her out. To that end, Rosie got to work.

From her lab at the Cat Academy of Sciences, she developed a new cutting edge treadmill that automatically adjusts its speed to efficiently tire out a canine jogger.

So far, results have been good. Marnie has been jogging on the treadmill for 24 straight hours. At this rate, it looks like she might — might — start to get tired in a few days. 🙂

Hard to say, though. Marnie is on the track team at the University of Derp, so she has pretty incredible endurance.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Thank you for being a friend.

Guess who just discovered The Golden Girls?

When she’s not doing science, Rosie’s been watching reruns of one of my favorite shows ever. Now she’s trying to get Marnie into her little Golden Girls gang because Rosie’s obsessed with them.

Marnie’s kinda into it, but to be honest, I don’t really think she knows what’s going on. 😹

Rosie is Sophia, and Marnie is Rose from St. Olaf (obviously).

To complete the group, Rosie has been trying to find a good Dorothy and Blanche. She put something up on Nextdoor this morning, but she doesn’t have a lot of faith in the cats in the neighborhood.

Do you happen to know any cats or dogs who’d fit the bill?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Rosie hasn’t been taking the best care of herself. She’s been so busy at work with all of the scientific papers she published last year that she hasn’t been eating as well as she should, and she hasn’t been exercising.

But that’s in the past now. It’s January 2025, and that means new year’s resolutions.

Fur starters…fitness! 😸

Rosie got a membership to The Hello Kitty Bounce House, a new cat fitness gym.

It’s the latest craze in feline fitness. They say that 10 minutes of bouncing burns as many calories as 12 hours of napping! That sounded great to Rosie, so she signed up for a year.

But that’s not all. She also started playing pickleball.

Marnie was already an avid runner last year, so she didn’t officially set a “fitness resolution,” but she did want to show her manager Rosie that she’s a team player…

So, she’s decided to try out for the new season of American Ninja Warrior!

Tabs, of course, was famous for his ambitious resolutions.

Interestingly, they usually involved fitness… 😺

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Tabs was world renowned for his ambitious new year’s resolutions, whether it was training for the Iron Cat Triathlon, studying for the MCCATs (Medical Cat College Admission Test) or committing to walk in all four of the year’s big feline fashion shows — the so-called Grand Slam of kitty supermeowdelry.

But his goals weren’t always epic. Sometimes, they were something simple…

My darlings,

The new year is upon us, and, with that, many new year’s resolutions. I was talking to a few kitty friends of mine, and one resolution that always pops up is getting fit.

Believe it or not, despite my statuesque frame, fitness is something I actually have to work hard to achieve. This body doesn’t come naturally.

Well…most of it does, but I do have to put in the work, and I believe in putting in the work, especially in the pursuit of purr-fection.

Because you’re my favorite fans, here are my top tips to get in tip-top shape in 2016.

Walking works!

Don’t believe the hype: it’s not always about high-impact exercise. Sure, all of that exciting stuff is great — running, CrossFit, aerobicising — but I prefer good, old-fashioned walking. You don’t need a fancy gym membership or lots of gear; just you, the open road (or the treadmill) and the desire to sweat.

I Apple TV

The great thing about the new Apple TV ($149) is the apps. It’s just like the iPhone and iPad now, except for the TV. There’s an app store with all kinds of apps, including the usuals — Netflix, Hulu, YouTube — but also a bunch of games, cooking apps and apps for art, fashion and fitness.

So many apps!

One of my favorites is called Sing. There’s an iPhone version where people sing along karaoke-style to different songs while they record themselves with the camera, and then you can watch them on your TV.

It’s a blast! Some people really get into it. I’m gonna have my assistant install the mobile version on my iPhone so I can practice my singing.

There are also some great kitty (and human) fitness Apple TV apps like Zova, with new apps coming out every day.

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To wrap up 2024, I would like to share some words of wisdom with you.

Mind you, these are not my words. They were the words of the great Tabs, purrveyor of all things furbulous and bootyful.

Happy almost 2025! 🥳

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen