Snorts! By the time you read this my friends, I will have left the building… AKA Hotel Thompson. We have a surprise coming here to the Hotel Thompson… or should I say someone coming here – snorts with piggy laughter. I’m keeping my snout shut though and not saying a word about who it might be.
And this time of the year makes me ill. You might have heard that from me before. And I do have something to say. After this picture was snapped, I might have snapped myself at daddy and bit him. Don’t worry – it wasn’t bad but it wasn’t the first time in the past couple of weeks. (This picture was taken last week). I’ve had a few aggression problems lately with this weather – some days cool and some days hot. So mom called my friends that I went to the camp with last year and they have suggested me come and visit them for about a week. Which is really good since mom/dad have friends coming anyway – that way they can play with them more and I can take some time to run with fellow anipals. Make sense huh?
But don’t worry. Everything will work out – I’m sure of it. And I’m taking my laptop with me so I can check in and still have fun my friends. Think about me okay. Love you guys. ❤ XOXO – Bacon
Let’s ramble a bit shall we my friends? First up let’s talk about birthdays. Mom is a little blue today – in a good way though. Her baby Houdini turns the big ONE. Of course mom tells all of us anipals that we are ALL her babies which we know. And now Chip (Bashful’s son and my grandson) is almost potty trained. All of the babies are growing up so fast here at the Hotel Thompson.
Also mom has been doing this DIEt thing. Lord help us all here. Mom says she is doing things differently this time with her DIEt and she is recording everything that passes her lips in a journal on her iPhone (there’s an app for that – snorts). She tells daddy every night that you just don’t understand how many calories you are consuming until you start logging them. It has definitely been an eye opener for mom. We all tread lightly around her on this DIEt. Of course, with mom cutting back that means we here area also cutting back. See how that flows down hill? This interprets to less Animal Crackers for me and less chips for daddy throughout the day. But then mommy has to go to the worky place during the week – insert evil snorts. What she doesn’t know happens here when she is gone is a great thing.
Another happening thing here at the Hotel Thompson is the demise of mom’s laptop several months ago. Bless her heart – it was a slow death of the Toshiba. Toshiba was a great one and served years of hard work. Mom used my laptop for a while but it wasn’t the same. She complained something about piggy drool. What? It is *my* computer – rolls piggy eyes. She has been using her iPhone and iPad for Facebook and blogging but she complained about the keyboard and something about when she gets on a roll she can’t type as fast as she wants due to the lack of a ‘real’ keyboard. WOW – she is such a princess, isn’t she? Snorts
Well yesterday, a package arrived not for me but for mom. Amazing that they didn’t turn the package away because mom never gets packages. She opened it up last night. Of course, all of us anipals were right there in her lap and on the box to help out and see what it was. Hey, it’s what we do. She opened up a box and then another box inside of that box. It almost seemed like Christmas and the anticipation was killing us all. Then she struck gold – she got herself a new laptop. I think I heard angels singing but maybe that was just the television. She oohh and aaww over it while setting it up. You would have thought she was in heaven and she might have been. She was deliriously happy. And you know what – that made us all happy. Even daddy when she gave him the receipt for the bill – snorts.
Enough ramblings from this oinker. What’s going on in your part of the world? Anything funny? Anything you want to talk about and share?
Oh and one more thing – I sounded like Columbo on that didn’t I? Snorts – Love that detective. Mom told daddy last night that she wished he came with a remote control with a mute button. I’m not sure what that meant. Do you? Daddy just laughed and kept on singing and talking.
This is me in time out. Sighs. Mom says I have to pay the time for the crime. I don’t get it. I was just helping her out. You have to believe me on that. AND if you take my side after I tell you the story, then please write me a note to get me out of piggy jail in the comments. Will you do that my friends?
So this is what happened. We were all in the living room watching the ID channel. For those that don’t know what the ID channel is – ID stands for Investigative Discovery. They have ALL kinds of forensic shows of real crimes that take place from all over the world and how forensics solved them. On the show that we were watching, the victim was in a vegetative state and had a living will to be taken off of all life saving equipment if such a thing happened to her.
My mom was over on her chaise working on my laptop that was plugged into the wall. She had been pounding that keyboard for hours now. She was also drinking a glass of wine and had sat the glass on the floor. She told all of us – Mouse Girl, Hemi, Houdini and daddy, that if she was ever in a vegetative state, she didn’t want to be dependent on a machine or fluids from a bottle. She told us that if that happened, to pull the plug. She said that my friends.
I was just doing what she asked. I got up, unplugged her laptop and knocked over her glass of wine. I don’t think she thought I was helping her from her current vegetative state. Snorts. What say you?
Dear Bacon,
What can I say? I’m a chick magnet. Every time I go through the park, the chicks follow me around. It kind of makes me feel like the Pied Piper but with chicks – bark. Signed The Dog
Dear The Dog,
Snorts. I have to admit that you are the dog my friend. Not only one or two chicks – you got the entire clan. Way to go. Don’t walk – strut – you are the dog!
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Dear Bacon,
Oh surprise. Do you think the kids here will be able to guess what their new toy is? Rolls kitty eyes. This is only the beginning of the torture I’m in for. It’s time to get the nails out. Signed Surprise
Dear Surprised,
Let me start by saying yes it is awful that they ‘wrapped’ the kids new toy. But then again on the other hoof, that is so funny and cute. Just think how surprised the kids will be! Snorts. But I have to tell you, you have the patience unknown to me. They even wrapped your tail! You can’t really blame the humans. I mean, you did sit still long enough and allowed them to do this to you. Snorts
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Dear Bacon,
Meow. The humans have this game called Twister. They are in awe of it. What’s funny is the woman human bought this rug from the front room thinking it was just darling and it is. But all I can do is think of their Twister game. Purr thing on blue. Just wait until I stretch to the yellow or red dots. Insert evil purr. Signed Cat Twister
Dear Cat Twister,
OMP (Oh my pig!) You are so right. That rug does look like Twister in an off strange way. That is so cool. I think you should call in the dog, the humans and others in the neighborhood to play with you. It would be outrageous!
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Dear Bacon,
You’re really not the only one with skills my friend. Sometimes when the humans leave up their laptop, I jump on for a few. These humans are twisted. I saw a picture of them on line and I guess my face shows you what I think. My eyes are burning. Signed Shocker
Dear Shocker,
Snorts. Sometimes my friends you should just simply leave things alone when the humans are involved. What is seen can not be unseen.
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*Remember my friends, keep your pictures and questions coming. Send them to me at baconthompson@gmail.com
I know it seems hard to believe but sometimes during the day I text mom while she’s at the worky place. It’s really easy to do. I have everything set up on my laptop and on dad’s iPad – thank goodness for modern technology huh? I thought from time to time, I would share our insightful texts. Take for instance this one that we did this morning. My texts are in blue and mom’s are in gray. Perhaps you can pick up me and mom’s great sense of humor in these? Snorts – take care my friends and have a great day!
There are times at the Hotel Thompson that I just enjoy my time to myself. This is one of those Fridays. While daddy is slaving away on household chores – yawn – I’m holed in my bedroom for some peace and quiet. Hey, I already brought all of my dirty stuff to the laundry room. I’m good. *My* chores are complete – snorts.
So, I’m in my bedroom all snug in my toddler bed hanging out on the laptop and watching Green Acres on my television. I’m surfing YouTube and came across a commercial that I have never seen. I was laughing so hard. I’ll tell you a secret. I could see *myself* doing some of the things in this commercial. It’s that good. Take a look and see what you think. This commercial was made for *me* to star in. Oh Hollywood, I’m ready for my close up – snorts.
Yesterday on Labor Day, mom proclaimed it a no electronic gadget kind of day. That meant no iPhones, no IPads, no laptops and no computers. We actually had to converse with each other face to face.
Have you tried to live life without any of those glorious gadgets for one day?! It’s the pits! We couldn’t check the television guide because it’s on mom’s iPhone. She allowed me 15 minutes to post my Happy Labor Day post yesterday and that was it. I was cut off after that. I couldn’t talk to any of my cyber friends. Do you know how hard that was?! I was shaking with withdrawals by noon. And poor daddy. He couldn’t play any of his Angry Bird games on the iPad. It was not good. We were all wanting to reach out for these devices. Even the purr things with whatever they have been up to lately were wanting to get on the laptop. They couldn’t and they were complaining big time to mom but she wouldn’t cave.
At 1:00pm, mom went into the kitchen and started pulling things out of the big ice box. I followed her because well you know there wasn’t anything else to do. The next thing you knew, dad was in there too. Mommy said we were going to cook out as in the great outdoors in my magical backyard. What?! Go outside and eat… with nature? Mom, you’re taking this way too far!
So we all went outside in my magical backyard. Mom and dad worked with the grill and after a while some amazing smells starting happening. I walked around the back yard – my hooves even touched the grass and it was okay. Okay because the grass had just been cut. Even mom’s hooves were touching the grass when she was playing with me. It was kind of… cool. And you know what? It was kind of fun rooting around with my snout. Let’s not go crazy and say I want to do it everyday but it was kind of fun. It wasn’t too hot and it smelled good out in nature…. of course the smell coming from the grill helped a lot. We all even ate on the deck. That’s right. I said all. Mom and dad were slipping me bites here/there of chips and little pieces of steak. I even had some potato salad. Afterwards, me and mom played tag in the yard. I would chase her and then she would chase me. She said that she needed the exercise after eating.
After a withdrawal kind of morning from electronics, the day didn’t end all too bad. We actually had a wonderful time together face to face without gadgets and emails or texts. I would highly recommend it every once in a while – just don’t tell mom I said that. I can’t let her know she’s right all of the time, right?
But there was ONE down side to being off of the computer yesterday. I missed a very important date – my friend Easy had a birthday and turned four! How many times do you turn four and I missed it? I know mom turns 30 every year but it just seems different with us anipals you know. So Easy, I hope you can forgive this little oinker and his blunder. This is from the deepest parts of my piggy heart – HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY FRIEND!
Now, understand that my mom has a really drawn out southern accent. I had to do several double takes when she said, “Possible Beach Time”. I thought I was going to have to make her put several quarters in the swear jar. That is until dad said it. It was a close call for this little pig. I thought she had finally went over that fine line of insanity… which she says is a close line – snort oink.
I think it would absolutely be a wonderful thing to dip these hooves into the ocean waters and walk on the sand. There’s just one problem though. I don’t do nature. eeww – there’s no telling what little creatures would be hiding out at the beach – like seaweed, stingy fish and fish for that matter.
Seriously, I would not mind the destressing of being a beach pig, lying in the sun and playing in the water. That could be fun – minus nature. Heck that would be a hoot. You know…. the original bacon in the sun. Then again if I got too hot, we could have a problem Houston. Everyone would come searching the bacon smell and I could be in trouble.
But just think of the beautiful sand castles that me, mom/dad could make at the beach. My snout is a wicked tool and I could help. You know, come up with some art like this –
Me + Beach = NOT happening. So we need to start thinking of who is going to watch this little, sweet, precious, snuggble piggy in October when mom/dad go on vacation. Any takers – snort. I don’t require much. Heck, I practically take care of myself. I just require a few things:
WiFi access
Laptop or iPad
Television
Netflix
Unlimited access to the magical kingdom called a kitchen
I have been awarded the Liebster Award from my friends Noel the Christmas Cat and the rest of the DogDaz zoo: Louise, Sofie, Nine, Stella and Mom at dogdaz.wordpress.com – go check them out when you get a chance. You gotta love their posts!!
They gave me this award last Thursday – sorry for the delay in getting back. We actually put all laptops and phones up on the fireplace mantel this weekend since mom was home for three days. We spent quality time together away from gadgets. It was refreshing.
They left me some questions that I’m to answer. I’ll then create some questions for my three nominated peeps to answer. Isn’t this fun!? It’s a great way to meet new people and learn about them. I’m so excited!
1. What is your favorite hiding place? Well, I use to hide behind the sofa but now that my belly has progressed (yeah I like that), I can’t get back there anymore. It’s kind of hard to hide something this great.
2. If you could talk to your human for 5 minutes in their language, what would you say? OOHH, this is good. I would have to tell mommy how much I love her, how thankful I am that she adopted me and my life at the Hotel Thompson is so blessed.
3. What is your most favorite food? This is a hard decision. I like a LOT of food. I guess my favorite would be watermelon. I love watermelon. The rind, the melon and the juice!
4. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be? I would like to step my hooves in the water at Tybee Island. It’s a dream. It might happen one day.
5. Do you have a hero? Maxwell. You know, from the Geico commercials. He is my idol. He is the most happening pig around. He’s a movie pigstar! One day, I will be that famous!
6. Do you have a bed time? Yep, I have a piggy routine. Sunday thru Thursday my bedtime is 9:00pm. Friday and Saturday I get to stay up as late as I want.
7. What makes you laugh? Anything that makes mommy laugh, makes me laugh. When she smiles, I smile.
8. What do you do that makes others laugh? When I fall at moms feet for her to love me and rub my belly. When I jump on the sofa with mom to watch television. When I fall asleep when mommy is telling me my bedtime story before bed.
9. Does anything scare you? Okay but you can’t tell anyone. Come closer – I’m afraid of the dark. Shivers, it’s so dark!
10. Do you know how to dance? I’ve tried but I keep stepping on moms feet. Do you know how it feels to have a hoove step on your toes? Mom says it hurts – snort.
This was fun! I hope you found out something new and exciting about me. The three people I would like to know more about are –
Leo at Whitewolf’s Blog at promethios.wordpress.com
thinkspired.wordpress.com
Pickles at napaday.wordpress.com
My questions for you –
What’s the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning?
What makes you smile?
What is your favorite quote?
What is your favorite day of the week?
What is your favorite season?
What is your favorite month of the year?
Are you a beach or mountain kind of person?
If you could be any super hero, who would it be?
Are you a dreamer?
Are you a singer, dancer or an actor?
This was so much fun!! I hope you learned something about me. HOGS AND KISSES – BACON
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.
fast here at the Hotel Thompson.
ere at the Hotel Thompson is the demise of mom’s laptop several months ago. Bless her heart – it was a slow death of the Toshiba. Toshiba was a great one and served years of hard work. Mom used my laptop for a while but it wasn’t the same. She complained something about piggy drool. What? It is *my* computer – rolls piggy eyes. She has been using her iPhone and iPad for Facebook and blogging but she complained about the keyboard and something about when she gets on a roll she can’t type as fast as she wants due to the lack of a ‘real’ keyboard. WOW – she is such a princess, isn’t she? Snorts
This is me in time out. Sighs. Mom says I have to pay the time for the crime. I don’t get it. I was just helping her out. You have to believe me on that. AND if you take my side after I tell you the story, then please write me a note to get me out of piggy jail in the comments. Will you do that my friends?
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