Warm and Wonderful 2025 Tidings to you, my cherished friend and sponsor!
Wowza – where did the last month go?
The holiday seasons are always sooooo busy, so the time really just flies! Now here we are leaping into another year on the cat calendar. My reign as the Queen of the Lobby journeys into another new year, and I am just so excited about all the things I have to share with you!

I have been doing very well this past month. My amazing servants really are dedicated to me, and my best interests are always first and foremost to them. We have regular open heart-to-heart chats about anything you can imagine (yes, these chats are the highlight of my day!)
After my harrowing experience not long ago with the enema, I simply told them I would not stand (or sit) for another one. Ever again! So, as a compromise, I am taking a bit of a magical liquid called lactulose every day. While it may not exactly be tasty (not like my treats, anyway), it is doing its job quite well in keeping things sliding through just as smoothly as my still bare bottom glides across the lobby floor. Oh, what a RELIEF!!!
Cheers to that, and to a continued healthy and happy 2025, for both you, my dear sponsor, and for ME!
Honestly, I do love December, as it is a never-ending season of celebration for us. Of course, all cultures are respected and celebrated— Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, to name a few. Another of our personal favorites is the traditionally celebrated British holiday Boxing Day!
As the Queen, I decree that we celebrate in true form, giving our servants a special day off and extra special gifts to show our love. While they seem to enjoy our gifts (think: snuggles and kisses), I think they might enjoy the much-deserved day off a tiny bit more.
For those of us in the Lobby who do not appreciate the true meaning of Boxing Day, there seems to be an alternate way of celebrating….. Apparently, there is something about an empty box that a cat cannot resist.
Personally, I cannot be bothered to sit in a box. I prefer a soft, cushiony throne from which to rule the lobby, my servants, and the staff. Being the fabulously deserving Queen that I am, I am pleased to say I officially have my own very personal throne! I truly am the Queen of the Lobby, that is a fact, and now everyone knows it!

So here is a little something I will share with you: after the servants and staff went home to their own celebrations, we might have had a fun little New Year’s Eve Bash to say ‘goodbye’ to 2024 and ‘hello!’ to 2025.
We did not tell them, but it was quite the party this year! We have toned it down in recent years, after learning our lesson one year when we were reported for causing a loud disturbance in the otherwise quaint and quiet little town of Ringoes, New Jersey. We ordered in some special treats and enjoyed some extra special martinis (uh, hold the Olives here, please!).
It was a grand night of feline fun and frivolity! While we did not tell the staff about the celebration, and carefully hid the evidence, I think they suspected something happened…We were all so very tired that we napped through the entire next day!
Elizabeth and I sat down and put together our lists of New Year’s resolutions for 2025, which I failed to find necessary. While I cannot speak for her, at least for me I did not see the point. I told her, “Now seriously, lady, I am OLIVE, and there is just no room for improvement when you are perfect!”

Nevertheless, I will do my best to honor them—at least until she walks out my lobby doors (this applies to #3)!
Personally, I especially like #4: not only are there still limitations on treats, but my lobby “friend”, MooMoo, thinks they are all for her. Here is my question to the servants who determined I need to be watching my weight: Have you even looked at MooMoo?
While I promised to be nice this year, I also promised to be myself. And, that means I speak my mind. There will be no sharing of the treats!
In a very big nutshell, that is all the happenings of late in Olive’s Lobby. While a new year is exciting and fresh, there is one important thing that I know I can continue to count on for 2025, and that is you, my loving and wonderful sponsor.
I may enjoy my fun times, but I am serious when I say you are appreciated and mean so much to me. I sincerely hope your 2025 is off to an amazing start and wish for you nothing but sunshine, health, and happiness as we journey into a new year together.
With love,
Queen Olive
(With help from my faithful correspondent, Elizabeth)