We were very surprised last night when Miss Chrissy informed us that she and The Man would be staying home with us today. Why? we asked. Are you not feeling well?? Oh, no! Nothing like that. It’s just that today is a holiday called Labor Day. Labor Day?? What kind of a name is that for a holiday? It doesn’t sound like much of a holiday to us! But Miss Chrissy explained that it has something to do with people who have jobs, and Unions, which are organizations who protect people who have jobs, and in general it just celebrates the fact that we live in a wonderful country where most people can in fact have jobs.
Except for us Whimisies, of course. We don’t really have any jobs, except to enjoy life. Nice work if you can get it, right? š But anyway, it got us thinking that perhaps we would like to have some jobs, at the very least help out around the house a little. Well, Miss Chrissy jumped on this idea right away! The first thing she said was that she was hoping to take this Day Off in order to organize her CD collection, which has gotten badly out of order, due to so much use. As you can see here, so many CD’s of music are in piles and piles on her desk. Well, I stepped right up to the challenge, because today I am all about doing a job, and this is just the kind of job for me! You see, Miss Chrissy 
alphabetizes her CD’s by Name of Artist, and alphabetizing is one skill at which I happen to excel! So I got right to work on the task….helping myself to some fun music on the headphones as I worked!
Tessie saw me hard at work and said, “Hey! What about me? What can I do?” Well, Miss Chrissy had a job for her too. As you can see here, Miss Chrissy has two Indoor Plants. She has recently moved them from the kitchen to our room, because our room gets much better sunlight. Not only that, but she and The Man have installed some room-darkening curtains in the living room and kitchen, so that when they want to watch College Football on Saturdays, there will not be a glare on the TV screen, and the whole place will seem more like a movie theater and less like a Sun Room.
But anyway, getting back to the plants, they have a new home in our room, and they seem to be making the adjustment very well, but it was time for them to have a drink. So Tessie got the honors of Watering the Plants. She also sat with them a while and talked with them, just to make sure they are doing okay. Tessie tells us that the Christmas Cactus is promising some beautiful flowers come Christmas time. Can’t wait to see that!
Of course, our jobs seemed much too tame for the likes of Trixie, our resident adventurer, so when she heard that a light bulb had gone out in the ceiling fan in the office, she was all over it. She climbed right up the ladder and changed out that bulb, lickety-split! (As you can see, though, she wisely had someone to “spot” her, just for safety’s sake.)
Later, Trixie told us that it was actually a little bit scary being that high up, and she was very happy to take a seat and gather up the torn packaging from the new light bulb, 
and throw it in the trash. She was all about taking the trash right out to the curb, until Mr. Squee reminded her that an annoying little dog has recently moved into the neighborhood, and though he generally keeps to himself, you never know when he might Get Loose. At that point, Trixie decided to be not quite so much of an adventurer, and left Trash Removal to The Man.
While all this was going on, Tess found herself another job, polishing the living room table! You remember what I said about Football Saturdays being like a movie theater around here? Well, this past Saturday was the first Saturday of College Football Season, and in keeping with the movie-theater theme, Miss Chrissy and The Man enjoyed some popcorn during the game. Now, of course, we Whimsies do not eat, so we have no idea what popcorn tastes like, but I can confirm that it certainly does smell good! However, popcorn is one of those foods that is greatly helped along by a good dollop of melted butter, and some of that melted butter got on the table. No problem! Tessie found the furniture polish and got that table back in tip-top shape!
Meanwhile, Trixie got back to work helping to fold some laundry. Here she is with a mountain of freshly laundered towels! She also helped put some of Miss Chrissy’s skirts on hangers, but when all was said and done, she decided she’d had enough of high spaces for one day, and allowed Miss Chrissy to hang her own skirts in the closet, rather than reaching for those high places!
Now, I just told you that Miss Chrissy and The Man have recently put up some curtains, but in fact, the job was not completed until just a few minutes ago when we hung the very last curtain on the last window. You see, they had purchased only a few curtains at first, just to make sure they really liked them and they were really going to work the way they should, 
and after a week or so they decided Yes! This is the way to go with curtains, so they went back to the store and got the last of the needed curtains, and we hung them today. I say “we,” because as you can see here, I helped. I held the drill for Miss Chrissy and handed it up to her when needed, after all the measuring was done. I also handed her the screws. And let me tell you—Trixie can take care of light bulbs on her own! I’m not interested in getting any higher than this top step of the utility ladder!
Well, after all this hard work by one and all, I’d say it’s time to relax! So what could be better on a day of labor than a nice nap when all the labor is done? So, we’ve put on our jammies, and though he didn’t actually help with anything at all today (aside from taking a supervisory role when 
his Cat Condo was moved away from the window so the curtains could be hung), Mr. Squee also settled down with us, heartily agreeing with the idea of a nap! But then again…doesn’t he always? As a cat, Mr. Squee never needs an excuse for taking a nap, any more that us Whimsies need an excuse for having fun! Even when that fun is…hard work!
Itās the 4th of July, and you know what that means! Time to celebrate this great county we live in by bringing out the red, white and blue! Trixie, Tessie and I canāt actually eat any hot dogs or hamburgers, since we are Whimsies, and Whimsies donāt eat food (though I must admitā¦Iām awfully curious about watermelon, itās so pretty and coldā¦) so we wonāt be celebrating in that way. However, we are quite happy to don the appropriate colors for this fantastic Summer holiday! 
Let’s proceed from left to right, so you get the full effect of the red, white and blue. Trxie starts us off with a simple yet darling ensemble of a patriotically red tee shirt, and a pair of that old American favorite: blue jeans! But Trixie takes her outfit one step further by topping it with the most adorable floppy hat in blue and white checkers. Just the thing to keep the sun off your face on these long, hot Summer days!
Now, me! I’m also wearing the traditional favorite of a plain tee shirt, but mine is white. One can never have too many white tee shirts, they come in so handy for every kind of outfit. Likewise, one can never have too many pairs of blue jeans, and that’s what I’m wearing as well. You might say a white tee shirt and blue jeans is a rather drab combination, but wait…I’m not done yet! Check out my hair accessory! I’ve tied a red and white bandana just behind my ears, like a headband! The bandana motif hearkens back to the days of the Old West….what could be more American? And it’s a splash of color that highlights the red in my cheeks, don’t you think?
And now Tessie! She chose to go a little less traditional for her Americana fashion statement by wearing a dress. Well….it’s sort of a dress, though there’s a big opening in the front, which means, of course, she needs to wear something fashionable and fun underneath. No problem! Tessie compliments her dress (denim again, thank you very much, just like our blue jeans) with a pair of comfy red stretch pants. Oh, and Tessie takes her non-traditional approach one step further by tying her hair back with…get this…red and white striped shoelaces! Well! Would you ever imagine it? 
Oh, and one more thing. You’ll notice none of us are wearing shoes. That’s because it’s Summer, and in the Summertime, who wants to wear shoes? As soon as we got done with this photoshoot, we jumped up to run all around in the cool wet grass on this fine, delightful morning!
This Whimsie scares me a little.
Red can be an angry color, and Iām afraid that if I ever met this Whimsie, and for any reason might make her angry (quite by accident, I assure you! I would never do anything to intentionally provoke anyone in a devilās suit!), perhaps she would take it into her mind to poke me with that pitchfork. Perhaps yesā¦perhaps no. At any rate, I donāt want to find out.
tend to be the most interesting. And that’s okay, because it’s quite clear that nobody could ever live long enough or travel far enough to see everything there is to see in the world. That’s why we love books.
to his prim and proper self, and back at work, keeping all of us here in Whimsieville safe from dogs and wolves. Mr. Squee works so hard and so diligently at his job, that he certainly deserves these brief moments of relaxation.
