**CATMAS SPECIAL** Brain Training with Cats #91 with your Epic host ~ Professor Basil P.H.D. **PLUS** An Epic Throwback To December 2017

Splendiferous festive greetings my pawesome furiends

Welcome to another fab Brain Training sesh on the blog today.

This week, I'm sharing a throwback from December 2017, and at this point, I didn't know it was going to be my last Catmas on the earthly realm!

Isn't it funny, not funny, ha ha, but funny, strange how things work out?

And the sad part is we can't go back, only forward.

It's time to get those little grey cells working.

Here's the answer key to last time's sudoku #57

Are mew ready for this week's puzzle?

Just click right-click to save and/or print the puzzle. 

The answer key will be on the next Brain Training post.

Here's this week's wordsearch.

It features one of my favourite things: CATMAS! 

Other than catnip, of course! MOL

Just click right-click to save and/or print the wordsearch.

And here's this week's jigsaw puzzle featuring yours truly! 

Well, mew don't think I'm sharing anypawdy else now, do mew? MOL

It took me 7 mins 00 secs...  How did mew do?

I hope mew enjoy today's festive puzzles, and The B Team will be back on Wednesday with the first Midweek News Round-up of 2025, and Parsley's got something really furbulous to show mew! MOL

In the meantime...

Keep calm and puzzle on

And be...

Professor Basil 

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**FESTIVE PHOTO FAILS** from The BBHQ Supurr Secret Archive ~ Mew Won't Believe What We Found! **PLUS** FRIENDLY FILL-INS BLOG HOP

Happy Festive Friday Pawesome Pals

Today, as it's the last Friday of the month and 2024, we're joining in the furbulous Pet Photo Fails Blog Hop.

And we thought we'd share some epically epic festive photo fails with mew from deep, deep, deep in the BBHQ photo archive, so the following selection is from way, way back in the noughties! 

We're featuring Angel's Humphrey, Posie and Snowie, as well as Amber and myself, so the original B Team from back in the day!

It was Catmas 2008 when a friend of the P.A.'s sent a Santa Paws jacket for us, and obviously, we had never worn anything like it, EVER!

Anyhoo, mew'll soon see what we thought of it! MOL

**UPDATE**

And Melvyn is making a supurr special appearance too!

Drop by the marvellous Mudpie's blog at www.mochasmysteriesmeows.com to join in.

ARE MEW READY?

First up is Amber.

Amber will be so annoyed we shared this most unflattering photo.

She was not a happy camper, and let me tell mew, we think this is the incident which sparked the epic crotchiness! MOL

Next up is Angel Snowie.

Angel Snowie was the only one not to flop over and have a hissy fit.

And now it's my turn! MOL

Oh dudes, I had the biggest hissy fit ever! MOL

And finally, Angel Humphrey.

Angel Humphrey just collapsed on the floor like this and didn't move, he said. "Never again am I being subjected to that!"

Then he added.

"Just give me my flack jacket instead!"

It would have been impossible to put the jacket on Angel Posie; well, let me say this, fingers would have been lost in the process! MOL

So here's an Angel Posie Photo Fail from December 2004.

Laser eyes at their finest, and I'm sure she would have incinerated the tree for being made to pose for this! MOL

And finally, we have a brand new contender in the Catmas Photo fails, and that is Melvyn, from 2020.

We'll let the picture speak for itself!!! MOL MOL 

Yep, this is our new favourite after Amber!!! MOL

Today the P.A. is also joining in Friday Fill-ins Blog Hop with the pawesome 15 & Meowing and Four-Legged Furballs.

1. ______________________ was the highlight of my Christmas ( or Hanukkah).

2. I ate too much __________________ on Christmas ( or Hanukkah).

3. Even though Christmas Day has passed, I _________.

4. I’d still like to _________ before this year is over.

Here are the P.A.'s answers:

1. Receiving a super special art print from Cat Dad was the highlight of my Christmas ( or Hanukkah). I'll share it once it's been framed. It is gorgeous and, of course, cat-themed, but which cat? LOL I'll let you guess in the comments.

2. I ate too much __________________ on Christmas ( or Hanukkah). Actually, I didn't eat too much of anything, and at the time of typing this, we still haven't eaten the Christmas pudding! LOL I think we'll save it for Sunday lunch.

3. Even though Christmas Day has passed, I am enjoying the break. This year has been frenetic, and the downtime is so appreciated. My 2024 has been a whirlwind of so much to do and so little time to do it. In fact, I'm surprised - epically surprised - I've managed to keep the blog on course. I know I've missed a few weeks here and there of jumping in the blog hops, but sadly, some days, I just can't go near the computer anymore. I try my best to visit and comment, and hopefully, in 2025, I'll get a bit more time to be a little more proactive in that department.

4. I’d still like to _________ before this year is over. In this moment, right now, I can't actually think of anything I want to do before 2025 ambushes me. One thing I will do is finish the new book I'm reading on my Kindle.

     Other Fun Blog Hops to Join Today

          Brian's Home   Catblogosphere    Feline Friday   Nature Friday    Flashback Friday   Friendship Friday    

Thanks for joining our festive fails, and we'll be back on Sunday with our pre-New Year's Eve selfie.

If mew missed any recent posts, here are the links:

 The B Team's Catmas Selfie

Catmas Crafting with Cats ~ Catmas Pudding

Amber's Latest Book Review

Catmas Crafting with Cats ~ Burlap Cat

Meowy Catmas

Boxing Day Extravanganza 2024

BBHQ Catmas Eve News

We do hope mew have an epic day, and be...

Wing Commander Basil & The B Team

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**HALLOWEEN SPECIAL** Bumper Brain Training with Cats #89 with your Epic host ~ Professor Basil P.H.D.

Splendiferous greetings my pawesome furiends

Welcome to another furbulous Monday on the blog. Today, all things are epically spook'a'licious.

And here's me all geared up for The Annual Mewton-Clawson Zombie Hunt, aka A.M.C.Z.H. - HOOOAH!! MOL

 I may look all cute and fluffy most of the time, but really I am as dangerous as fluff. (Well, mew know that from our adventures.)

We'll let mew know how many undead we bag in next week's news. Smooch reckons he's going to beat my all time record of forty-two, but I told him. "Dude, mew've got no chance!" MOL

And great news today

Not only do we have a wordsearch plus a sudoku puzzle, a regular puzzle, but a colouring page, too. 

OH MY COD, I'm spoiling mew! 

It's time to get those little grey cells working...

Here's the Answer Key to last time's sudoku puzzle #55

Are mew ready for this week's puzzle?

Just click right-click to save and/or print the puzzle. 

The answer key will be on next time's post.

Here's this week's wordsearch, one with lots of Halloween stuff! MOL

Just right-click to save the wordsearch to your 'puter or print it off 

Here's a furbulously spooky mandala complete with ghosts, pumpkins, bats, and not forgetting the candy, and ours is sugar-free, of course! MOL

Right-click to download and/or print the mandala.

This is our finished version...

Coloured on the iPad and then transformed in Prisma, this time, we chose the effect - Surf

This mandala was so much fun to draw and colour; it's one of our all-time favourites.

Finally, here's this week's jigsaw puzzle, featuring me obviously in a supurr arty pic. 

I think I'm looking pretty EPIC! MOL MOL

It took me 9 mins 19 secs...  How did mew do?

I hope mew enjoy today's spooky puzzles. 

The B Team will be back tomorrow with a brand new Crafting with Cats and again on Wednesday with the Midweek News Round-up. 

If mew missed yesterday's epic Halloween Selfie, click here and here to catch up on Amber's latest book review.

In the meantime...

Keep calm, and go on a zombie hunt... and don't forget to...

Professor Basil aka The BBHQ Zombie Hunter

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