I think this says “EVERYTHING” about what I’m feeling – spring is near and around the corner.
I SO CAN’T WAIT!! It’s time for this little piggy to come out of some hibernation and start moving again. I miss the days of running throughout the Hotel Thompson and chasing playing with the purr thing and the barky thing. I just know they’ve missed me too.
And with Spring – you know what else comes – all the wonderful fruits of the season. Oh, it makes my little mouth water so much.
I think this says “EVERYTHING” about what I’m feeling – spring is near and around the corner.
I SO CAN’T WAIT!! It’s time for this little piggy to come out of some hibernation and start moving again. I miss the days of running throughout the Hotel Thompson and chasing playing with Hemi and Houdini. I just know they’ve missed me too.
And with Spring – you know what else comes – all the wonderful fruits of the season. Oh, it makes my little mouth water so much.
Happy day my friends. We finally got everything together here at the Hotel Thompson and finished decorating for the holidays. We don’t put up a tree here for obvious reasons – the two H’s – Hemi and Houdini. That tree wouldn’t stand five minutes being decorated in our living room. Trust me on that. Between the purr thing climbing it and exploring, the puppy watering it and chewing on the bottom branches and well me – looks innocently – head bunting it, it would get tired and fall down to sleep. I’m just saying and being realistic here. It’s a good thing mom and dad agree.
So no tree here. But don’t frown. We have a Mickey Mouse lamp pole. That fits in perfect here at the Hotel Thompson. You know my mom LOVES that mouse with the gloves and we still get the pretty lights from the pole. And the pole is sturdy. I mean really sturdy like 20-25 pounds. Hey, it’s gotta be sturdy to hold that huge Mickey Mouse head – snorts.
We also put out my stocking for Christmas. What? You think it’s too small? I told mommy I needed a bigger one. One can never be too big for all of the goodies that dear Santa might leave in my stocking. You know – like fruits, vegetables, Gold Fish and Animal Crackers – snorts.
I just have to find the perfect place to hang my stocking. For some reason, daddy says we can’t put it on the fireplace mantle this year. Something about it pulling down on the mantle last year. One heavy stocking and your scarred for life huh? Bummer daddy.
So I have to find a place for my little stocking. I’m thinking on the back of the front room door. That would surely be a nice place to put it. And also Santa won’t miss it, right? What do you think. Any suggestions?
Last week, I read on my friends Denny and Reilly’s blog about Cotton Candy grapes. I can’t begin to tell you excited I was to read about these grapes. In fact, Denny and Reilly’s mom wrote:
“Now for the few of you who haven’t heard of these (probably our overseas readers) these grapes REALLY do taste like Cotton Candy (or Fairy Floss as it is called in other parts of the world) and the best thing for Mom is they are extremely low in acidity.”
I just knew my mom would love these delectable little morsels so I wrote them on her weekly grocery list. Well, the first market mom went to they didn’t have a clue as to what they were. So mom went to another market. And there they were – I do believe mom said she heard angels singing. She picked up a bag and they are expensive – around $4.99 a POUND. So mom muttered something about them needing to be made of fairy dust… I didn’t get that.
She got home with her purchase and had one. Friends, I can not describe the look and joy that went across mom’s face. It was priceless regardless of how much these grapes cost. Yes, they were that good. Then mom had to get daddy to try them. And she video taped it for you to view. Enjoy my friends and if you come across these, you have to try them!
I think this says “EVERYTHING” about what I’m feeling – spring is near and around the corner.
I SO CAN’T WAIT!! It’s time for this little piggy to come out of some hibernation and start moving again. I miss the days of running throughout the Hotel Thompson and chasing playing with the purr things. I just know they’ve missed me too.
And with Spring – you know what else comes – all the wonderful fruits of the season. Oh, it makes my little mouth water so much.
Is everybody with me on this Spring thing??
XOXO – Bacon
and psstt my friends Reilly and Denny asked for a current picture of me. This is me from a few moments ago. I was doing what I do best – begging for some Animal Crackers from daddy – snorts. I had just come in from my magical backyard where I was playing in the dirt – can you tell from my snout?
I think this says “EVERYTHING” about what I’m feeling – spring is near and around the corner.
I SO CAN’T WAIT!! It’s time for this little piggy to come out of some hibernation and start moving again. I miss the days of running throughout the Hotel Thompson and chasing playing with the purr things. I just know they’ve missed me too.
And with Spring – you know what else comes – all the wonderful fruits of the season. Oh, it makes my little mouth water so much.
Happy Monday my friends. We finally got everything together here at the Hotel Thompson and finished decorating for the holidays. We don’t put up a tree here for obvious reasons – two purr things, a pig and a puppy now. That tree wouldn’t stand five minutes being decorated in our living room. Trust me on that. Between the purr things climbing it and exploring, the puppy watering it and chewing on the bottom branches and well me – looks innocently – head bunting it, it would get tired and fall down to sleep. I’m just saying and being realistic here. It’s a good thing mom and dad agree.
So no tree here. But don’t frown. We have a Mickey Mouse lamp pole. That fits in perfect here at the Hotel Thompson. You know my mom LOVES that mouse with the gloves and we still get the pretty lights from the pole. And the pole is sturdy. I mean really sturdy like 20-25 pounds. Hey, it’s gotta be sturdy to hold that huge Mickey Mouse head – snorts.
We also put out my stocking for Christmas. What? You think it’s too small? I told mommy I needed a bigger one. One can never be too big for all of the goodies that dear Santa might leave in my stocking. You know – like fruits, vegetables, Gold Fish and Animal Crackers – snorts.
I just have to find the perfect place to hang my stocking. For some reason, daddy says we can’t put it on the fireplace mantle this year. Something about it pulling down on the mantle last year. One heavy stocking and your scarred for life huh? Bummer daddy.
So I have to find a place for my little stocking. I’m thinking on the back of the front room door. That would surely be a nice place to put it. And also Santa won’t miss it, right? What do you think. Any suggestions?
My friend Fozzie and I have scheduled a group posting today of Shopping Around the World. We thought it would be interesting to see the differences between different countries all over.This month we are focusing on items for the vegetarians – fruits and vegetables. Special thanks to Corkscot for the suggestion this month.
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Items priced this month – Prices in Georgia USA:
Apples – Mommy goes to Sam’s Warehouse to get a huge bag of Granny Smith (my favorites) for $4.99 a bag. There’s about 15 HUGE apples in this bag. Which is good because I get a 1/2 of sliced apple before bedtime every night 🙂 It’s my bedtime snack.
Strawberries – If we are lucky, our store puts 16 ounces packages of huge strawberries on sale for $2.50 a package. During the peak season, we go the strawberry patch. We can get a HUGE basket that we pick… and of course I sample… for $8.00
Carrots – Mommy buys me the 16 ounce bag that are cut/peeled baby carrots. I live off of these! She gets them for $0.99 a bag – sometimes on sale she can get them two bags for $1.00 🙂
Green Beans – Fresh are so yummy! We get them here in season for $0.99 a pound.
Lettuce – We have been buying lettuce for a while now for $0.99 a head. Sometimes they are HUGE and well worth it and other times they are small and only makes a couple of meals for us. That’s right I said ‘us’. I get a salad for dinner every night with mom.
Random Fruit of your choice. Seedless grapes. Smacking my piggy lips now. I ❤ it when mom pops them in the freezer and then gives them to me as a treat. Piggy heaven!
Random Vegetable of your choice. Corn on the Cob – can you say delicious!? On sale, we can get three ears for $1.00. This is a great deal. She shucks them, wraps them in aluminum foil, sprays them with butter and throws them on the grill, in the oven or in the crock pot. My mouth is watering just thinking about how juicy they are!
If you have some items that you want to get on the list, email me at baconthompson@gmail.com
So I told you that mom/dad were tossing around ideas about how to decorate for the holidays this year. They didn’t want to put up a tree because of the fiasco last year. I know – I know. The tree got tired! That’s my story and I’m sticking to it – snorts.
So you all know what a crazy person how my mom loves Mickey Mouse. Well, they found a Mickey Mouse lamp post – isn’t it adorable?! And it’s very sturdy… you know in case it gets tired. They said Santa will come down the chimney and put presents around the base of the pole. Isn’t that excited and neat? I was wondering how he was going to find us without a tree. But this is like super best, right?
So the house is decorated. Cookies will be made and put out for the jolly ole guy. I guess it’s time to make out my Christmas list. I’ve put a lot of thought into this. Here I go:
Bacon’s Christmas List 2013
I wish all of my friends here in blogville a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year. May all of their wishes come true. May all of their aches and pains go away. May they have all of the items they wish and want.
I wish for my dads vision to be touched so that he can see mom’s blue eyes once again.
I wish for mom’s mean old Rheumatoid Arthritis to go somewhere else and live for a change so that mom’s snap, crackle and pop subsides.
I wish for the purr things here at the Hotel Thompson to get extra kibbles and treats.
And Santa if there is anything left in your bag of tricks after these other requests are granted, I wish for my stocking to be filled with wonderful fruits and veggies. And one more thing. I know this is asking for a lot but I heard daddy singing about wanting this in the shower and now I kind of want one too. And you just need to bring one. I promise to share. Please. I really want a hippopotamus for Christmas.
God bless you Santa! And thank you for all of my friends and family!
I think this says “EVERYTHING” about what I’m feeling – spring is near and around the corner.
I SO CAN’T WAIT!! It’s time for this little piggy to come out of some hibernation and start moving again. I miss the days of running throughout the Hotel Thompson and chasing playing with the purr things. I just know they’ve missed me too.
And with Spring – you know what else comes – all the wonderful fruits of the season. Oh, it makes my little mouth water so much.
Miniature pot bellied pig and friends - Bacon, Houdini, Hemi and all of the Rock Clan with Journalist Rocky the Squirrel all out looking for adventures from the Hotel Thompson.
I think this says “EVERYTHING” about what I’m feeling – spring is near and around the corner.
Piglove 