Category Tabs

Man, this inflation is crazy, isn’t it? Rosie’s been doing everything she can to help. I can’t say I have much job security, though, because Tabs the Cat Industries, LLC isn’t quite the plus-size kitty modeling powerhouse it once was. We’re getting by, but it’s tough. At least Rosie’s trying new things and coming up with new ideas to keep the business relevant, like her collaboration with FASA, the Feline Aeronautics and Space Administration. We got a lot of good sponsorships from that one. Yup, that one paid for a lotta chicken, if you know what I mean. 🙂 I gotta say, though, things have been tense around the office. Poor Marnie gets the brunt of it, too. Being an intern, she isn’t used to Rosie’s intensity, and it bubbles over every once in a while… Today Rosie spent five hours exploring the company garden, where she says she does a lot of her best brainstorming work. That’s funny because Tabs used to say the same thing, except that he coupled gardening with deep-tissue kitty[Continue reading...]

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Man, some of the neighbors around here used to have no respect for authority. Everyone knew that Tabs was the head honcho. He was the CFO (Chief Feline Officer), for meowing out loud! Like the local turkey troupe? They were always monopolizing the corporate salad bar. One day, Tabs wanted to grab a quick bite before he started some intense kitty modeling negotiations with Dior, but he couldn’t because of these guys… The nerve! There was a lot of unsanctioned outside activity. Everyone should have known that the so-called golden hour first thing in the morning was when Tabs liked to take his walk, so there shouldn’t have been any unsanctioned horseplay or activity. This guy even had the unmitigated gall to dig a big hole right next to Tabs! Can you even imagine? Some gophers are so disrespectful… 🙂 Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict, Karen

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Tabs… One year on a very special Labor Day, Tabs gave the employees of Tabs the Cat Industries LLC the day off… I know! This came as a shock to everyone because Labor Day was normally one of the holidays the company did not observe, because Tabs liked to interpret “Labor Day” as meaning “a day to labor,” instead of as a day to celebrate labor by taking a day off. 🤔 Even though I basically ran the office on a day-to-day basis, it was hard to question him. He was, after all, the most successful plus-size kitty supermodel in Novato, California, history, so he obviously knew what he was doing. Even though Tabs didn’t encourage time off from work (he was a total workaholic), there was one thing he did encourage… Fashion! He always dressed to the nines, and he liked to see his employees do it too. Whether it was clothes, jewels or crowns, there were always people and cats playing dress-up at the office. Yup, it was a fun place to work.[Continue reading...]

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Poor Marnie. 😥 After struggling for weeks to get on Rosie’s good side, and to get away from her claws, Marnie, using the power of her mighty derp, realized that the key to Rosie’s heart is through her mind. In hindsight, this makes perfect sense, because Rosie is, after all, an award-winning cat scientist. Anyway, Marnie got to work last weekend looking for a scientific breakthrough that she could use to impress Rosie. Something, anything, to get on Rosie’s good side. Unfortunately, it wasn’t easy… Nope, not easy at all… It’s tough when your mentor has, like, eight degrees and a Nobel Cat Prize in Physics. Not to mention a feline genius-level IQ… Tabs was different. Obviously, he was also a cat genius, but he was also way more stylish and approachable. Where Rosie takes a scratch-first-ask-questions-later approach to dealing with Marnie, Tabs was always very patient with less scientifically minded creatures. But then, we’re talking about Tabs here. He was omega-level greatness. 😊 Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict, Karen

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It’s all fun and games till a mouse takes over your patio. That’s what happened here at Chez Tabs this week. Rosie used to call the shots here at Tabs the Cat Industries, and for the most part she’s been a benevolent dictator, but a few days ago a tiny tyrant of the rodent variety moved into, or onto to be more accurate, the patio where the staff (basically, just Marnie and Rosie) take their lunch. For the most part, Marnie and Rosie work fairly well together. I mean, Rosie tells Marnie to do things, and Marnie tries to oblige… Bless her heart. They’d reached a form of detente, and it had been pretty effective until that mouse showed up. Now every time one of them goes out there and tries to nap underneath one of the wooden lettuce or tomato planters, the mouse starts scratching or sneaking around somewhere in the area, must be underneath the wood, and Marnie and Rosie can hear it, and it drives them nuts. It’s a shame because Tabs[Continue reading...]

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Despite being incredibly busy, Rosie had to put a critical research project on paws this morning because of something unusual. Earlier this week she took some pictures of Marnie for the company newsletter to announce her as our new intern, but when Rosie was processing the images she noticed something… She pondered it during a jam session on her keyboard… Quantum mechanics and superposition! Rosie thinks she knows what’s going on. Somehow the office here in Novato has become entangled with another dimension. This changes everything! 😹 Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict, Karen

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Rosie should have known better than to trust Marnie with Rosie’s investments. After all, Marnie doesn’t have any background or credentials or expertise in financial planning. There was no reason to think Marnie would be able to manage Rosie’s assets, but Rosie wanted to give her a chance. Oh, well. Bad move on Rosie’s part. Even someone of Rosie’s intellectual stature screws up sometimes. Sure, she may understand quantum physics better than any other cat on the planet, but that doesn’t mean she understands compound interest. Sigh… Now Rosie has to think of a way of to recoup all those losses. Hmm… What could she invent? I’m sure she’ll think of something. 🐱 Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict, Karen

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This time of year, Tabs was always pretty stoked about showing off his summer bod, which as you know, was curvy, Rubenesque and voluptuous. With this being the official weekend of the summer solstice, this morning I asked Rosie if she had any big plans for summer, and she just stared at me blankly and meowed something under her breath that sounded like “science waits for no one.” I took that as a “no.” 😂 Marnie’s sure been enjoying these longer summer days. In fact, she insists on waking me up at the crack of dawn so that she can go running with me, and by running I mean sprinting circles around me as I shuffle along… I believe she thinks that I am her sheep. 🐑 Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict, Karen

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Heya, friend! Happy late Father’s Day to ya! Hope you had a great one. Except for a brief drive out to visit the fam in the East Bay, we stayed around the house. But it was fun. Lots of high-intensity lounging, TV watching 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[Continue reading...]

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