Today for my afternoon nap, dad tucked me in bed with some celery and carrots and I watched The Three Little Pigs on my flatscreen. I know it’s old school from the 1930’s but I love Mr. Disney and his movies. This is like the upteenth time I’ve seen movie and I have some thoughts.
Let’s talk about the pig names first. Practical Pig, Fiddler Pig and Fifer Pig. Really? Did you know that they even had names? Couldn’t come up with something unique like Bacon, huh? Ham, Sushi and Maxwell were taken?
So Fiddler Pig plays the fiddle and Fifer Pig plays the flute. – puts my hoove to my head – how original. They went the cheap way and made their houses of straw and sticks. They did it quickly so they could play their lovely musical instruments all day long. What a party that must have been!
Then let’s discuss something that’s kind of ironical. Did anyone else notice this scene in the movie? Do you see “Father” in the photograph on the wall? Really? Mr. Disney bravo to you for having such a wicked sense of humor. Goodness, it took me almost 3 times watching to catch this. I asked mom what did it mean? Was that their father? I didn’t quite understand. Mom said that when I got older she would explain. Translation – it’s something bad.
Leave it to Practical Pig to build his house of brick. He tried to warn his two little brothers who wanted to play all day but they didn’t listen. They went on with their little jamboree while Practical Pig spent the extra money and time and built for the future not for the moment.Then enter the big bad wolf. Practical Pig tried to warn Fiddler and Fifer Pig but they didn’t want to listen. That big bad wolf puffed and huffed and blew the house of sticks and house of straw down. What did the brothers do? Run to brother’s house to have him save them. Of course, Practical Pig *always* has an exit plan. Big Bad Wolf didn’t want to listen and tried his best to get in the house finally thinking he had a way through the fireplace. I bet he was surprised when he dropped in for dinner and HE was the dinner!
So bottom line on this story. Apparently this big bad wolf didn’t meet my ancestors – PigBrutus, PigSpartacus and PigDynomite. They don’t put up with much bull from anyone. They learned from great, great, great, great Uncle PiggyJohnWayne.
So, do you see the story in a different light now? Do you understand my thoughts? What are your views?
Welcome my friends to another edition of Travels in the South. I know we usually show restaurant food but today we have something special. You see daddy loves M&M’s with nuts and mom loves caramel. Well somehow M&M nuts got mixed up with caramel and made this new creation – M&Ms Caramel. What a combination, right?!
So how are these new nuggets of wonder? Per daddy, they taste very similar to a Rolo. There is a great combination of chocolate to caramel and the nuts add another dimension. So if you like chocolate, caramel and nuts – look for these in your market the next time you go. They are definitely worth a try! And hey, get the big pack so you can share ❤
Squeals with puppy delight! Guess what. I bet you will never guess. Guess. Can you believe this – pirate chicken three is here! Barks with puppy laughter and runs around the room. YES pirate chicken! And look, he even left me a message. And you know what is amazing? He sounds like daddy – who knew!! ♥ Houdini
P.S. I want you to know that mom just loves that chicken squeak. After playing it with almost an hour, mom looked at daddy and said, “Who’s idea was this?”
My friends – I wanted to give you a highlight on something new I will be presenting here on my blog.
I’ve worked hard on this for the past couple of months and some of you may have already been contacted for submissions. Don’t worry, I’m still making the rounds and if you are interested too, please send me an email. What is it that you ask? Well starting this Thursday, me and the little guy here will be presenting Spotlight Thursday. This is the time that I will introduce you to one of my fellow anipals so you can get to know them better. Some of them, you may already know and some of them may be new friends to your circles. It’s our little way of working together to meet new friends. We hope that you enjoy this new series and will come for our first edition this Thursday, January 7, 2016.
Okay friends – the holidays are behind us now. Well, mostly. There is New Years Day but I think I can handle that day – LOL – I think. It’s time to start from scratch and hit this change of lifestyle right in the buttocks. We can do this together! So, today I’m starting fresh. I will weigh this morning and start off with a clear chart, nothing behind me and the future in front of me. Are you with me?
We report back here every Monday to see how we are all doing – ups or downs – for support and encouragement. We can share tips, recipes, work outs, etc.
So what do you say my friends? Are you ready to leave some weight behind never to be seen again in this journey that we can ALL take together?
Sometimes I watch the strangest shows on television. Maybe I should rephrase that. Sometimes Hollywood puts out the strangest shows on television that of course this oinker can’t pass up and has to watch. Take for instance, a couple of weeks ago on A&E a new show came out called Fear: Buried Alive. Now, it intrigued me and mom. We thought you know we gotta check this out and see what it is all about. Now, I’m kind of like on one hoof WOW ya’ll did what and on the other hoof like that was time I can’t get back in my life. Why do you say? Let me break it down for you like only this oinker can – snorts.
There are three subjects that volunteered for this experiment. Now here’s something I forgot to mention – this is live television. Not only will they be buried alive in a coffin six feet under ground, they will be wired so that doctors on scene can watch their vitals and there are cameras as well as sound in the coffins. There are two guys and one girl.
The entire reasoning behind being buried alive is to conquer fears. Mom said she could somewhat maybe do the buried alive part. I mean, there are so many people watching you that they aren’t going to let anything happen. But that’s where they start throwing in twists. One twist is that as you are laying in your coffin, you are strapped in and then they push a button and your restraints are tighter. Another time, they play on your biggest fear. In one box with a guy, they let in a snake. Another box with the girl, they let in large rats. Another box with a guy, they let in thousands of huge roaches. All of this while you are six feet under the ground in a box. Can you handle that now?
During this time, the audio is turned off and on between the boxes so they can’t talk to each other while they adapt to their biggest fears. Now here you are in a box, hot, dark, you have something in the box with you, you are tied down and now you don’t have any communication with anyone – you are cut off from the world. You are thinking to yourself, “What have I gotten myself into?”
The guy with the snake – did I tell you his history? When he was little, he fell in a hole with a momma
snake and her babies. The momma snake bit him on the arm. And there he is with a snake in his coffin with him. He tapped out during a commercial towards the end. He couldn’t take it when the snake started slithering up from his feet towards his head.
Then the coffin with the girl, dirt starts falling in from the top of her coffin and she thinks it’s caving in. The remaining guy, his alarm starts going off and he thinks he’s running out of oxygen. Of course, mom and me called this – it was all in the plans to make them “think” they had immediate death upon them. A little over an hour they stayed in their boxes under ground.
My mom. She can be really sneaky when she wants to be. We all know that. But no one here was more surprised than daddy when she told him something that she wanted to do. Something that was new and adventurous. Between me and you, personally I was done with being adventurous since being at Summer Camp last week – snorts.
Well when sneaky mommy smartypants gets a bird up your hiney (what dad likes to call it), she doesn’t play. You know how much that woman loves Albert her Smart car. She would zip and zap all over town in it. The only down side to Albert was that he didn’t have much support in the suspension department. I know this first hoof. When mom would roll over the smallest bump, you would feel it. The small bump could be the size of a penny, you would know about it. And let’s not even talk about railroad tracks or bumps in the road. One time, I thought mom was going to literally fall into the hole – shivers – that was so scary!
And of course, the Smart car only held two humans and a pig… maybe a dog too at times. That’s why we also had Tank the Equinox. Mom used Tank when we had family outings with Nana or vacation. But being that mom was the only that drives here, the economical sense of having and maintaining two cars just didn’t make sense… so she told me when she picked me up from camp.
So this is where she got the bird up her hiney. She wanted to trade both cars into the dealership and get an awesome car that she (1) she always wanted; (2) would hold all of us anipals and Nana and (3) would financial be more beneficial to the family. So what does she do? She buys a new car.
She went to the dealership, told them what she wanted and after much paperwork and running around for titles and standing her own for what she wanted, she got what she wanted. Now do you know where I get my pig-headiness from – snorts? And of course, mom gets things while still smiling like the Southern gal she is. She was able to cash in 7 years of extended warranty that she didn’t use on Albert. She also stood firm for what she wanted for Albert. AND she was able to stand firm on what she wanted for Tank. And of course cutting back to only one car in the family, she was able to cut her insurance in half. AND, she was able to pocket some money for the offer on the vehicles. That’s the best part cause she can buy me some more Animal Crackers that Scout ate at Summer Camp 🙂
So let me introduce you to our new ride – a Jeep Patriot Latitude. Mom has named him Casper.
I know – I know Casper is white. But she says that the blue in the car reminds her of Casper’s beautiful blue eyes. Shakes piggy head. My mom is so crazy!
Snorts – Dad’s new shirt came in that mommy ordered him. He loves it. I kind of take a liking to it as well for some reason.
Maybe because it has a picture of an oinker on it like me? Maybe because it has my middle name on it? I’m not really sure but I love it as much as daddy.
Anyone want to guess what movie this shirt is from? Go ahead guess. Anyone? Anyone at all?
Snorts – it’s one of dad’s favorite movies in the entire world.
I know! I’m as shocked as you are. She called daddy yesterday while I was on the couch with him. I could hear every word. She said she was in love with another miniature, she didn’t know where he had been all of her life and she wanted it to last with him forever! OMP (oh my pig!) That conversation just threw me into shock. Daddy just laughed and said he couldn’t wait to meet the new miniature in her life. Daddy – you too? CRY!
I was upset all afternoon. I had been replaced! What to do – what to do? Should I pack my little hobo pack and runaway from the Hotel Thompson? All of these thoughts kept crossing my mind.
Mom finally came home and it was weird. She greeted me at the door like she normally does. All loving and sweet words with a scratch behind my ear. What was up with this? I didn’t see my miniature replacement. I kept inquiring and daddy asked mommy did she bring it home? Bring what home mom – do tell.
Then she pulled this little package out of her coat pocket and said, “Yes, I did.” Daddy took the package and ate something out if it saying he loved the new miniatures too. Someone, anyone, throw me a bone here. What in the world is going on?!
Then mom leaned over and told me I could have ONE new miniature. Oh thank the Heavens above – *that* kind of miniature. Yep, I agree. I like the new miniature too – winks.
For those that do not know, I have a pet 🙂 His name is Bashful and he is my pet rock. He’s a great little tyke, does a lot of field trips and catches on fast. Believe it or not, he can be a little handful at times. He talks a million miles a minute, gets into everything but he’s a good stone. He’s also a quick learner.
Currently, he is across the pond this month to visit our good friend Easy at http://easyweimaraner.wordpress.com/ . They seem to be having a blast. I’m so very proud of him that he’s not gotten into any mischief. Surprised in a way because I know how he can be sometimes as a rolling stone.
Do you know he once ran off in the middle of our local WalMart? It took us some time to find him but we finally did in the frozen food section. He had steamed up the glass so it was hard to see him. They finally saw him though licking a strawberry pie. He said he got hungry. Of course, mom/dad had to buy the pie and that was a good thing because we all benefited from it that night 🙂
While he’s been gone, I’ve been working on a little project for him that he doesn’t know about 🙂 Don’t you just love secrets!? Mom has a friend that has been traveling on a fantastic vacation in Hawaii. He comes home today and he’s bringing me something. I’m not going to give it away yet. All I will say is Pohaku. Isn’t that beautiful? You’ll have to figure that out. But it’s for Bashful and his homecoming trip.
It will be interesting. Don’t you worry little man. I’ll take care of this guest until you get home. We are all excited here at the Hotel Thompson about it. Did I mention that there is *never* a dull moment here? We are always doing something.
Have fun little guy. Can’t wait to see some more of your adventures with Easy. Keep up the great behavior. XOXO – 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.
Then let’s discuss something that’s kind of ironical. Did anyone else notice this scene in the movie? Do you see “Father” in the photograph on the wall? Really? Mr. Disney bravo to you for having such a wicked sense of humor. Goodness, it took me almost 3 times watching to catch this. I asked mom what did it mean? Was that their father? I didn’t quite understand. Mom said that when I got older she would explain. Translation – it’s something bad.
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etimes Hollywood puts out the strangest shows on television that of course this oinker can’t pass up and has to watch. Take for instance, a couple of weeks ago on A&E a new show came out called Fear: Buried Alive. Now, it intrigued me and mom. We thought you know we gotta check this out and see what it is all about. Now, I’m kind of like on one hoof WOW ya’ll did what and on the other hoof like that was time I can’t get back in my life. Why do you say? Let me break it down for you like only this oinker can – snorts.
ns. There are two guys and one girl.
somewhat maybe do the buried alive part. I mean, there are so many people watching you that they aren’t going to let anything happen. But that’s where they start throwing in twists. One twist is that as you are laying in your coffin, you are strapped in and then they push a button and your restraints are tighter. Another time, they play on your biggest fear. In one box with a guy, they let in a snake. Another box with the girl, they let in large rats. Another box with a guy, they let in thousands of huge roaches. All of this while you are six feet under the ground in a box. Can you handle that now?
they adapt to their biggest fears. Now here you are in a box, hot, dark, you have something in the box with you, you are tied down and now you don’t have any communication with anyone – you are cut off from the world. You are thinking to yourself, “What have I gotten myself into?”
You know how much that woman loves Albert her Smart car. She would zip and zap all over town in it. The only down side to Albert was that he didn’t have much support in the suspension department. I know this first hoof. When mom would roll over the smallest bump, you would feel it. The small bump could be the size of a penny, you would know about it. And let’s not even talk about railroad tracks or bumps in the road. One time, I thought mom was going to literally fall into the hole – shivers – that was so scary!
And of course, the Smart car only held two humans and a pig… maybe a dog too at times. That’s why we also had Tank the Equinox. Mom used Tank when we had family outings with Nana or vacation. But being that mom was the only that drives here, the economical sense of having and maintaining two cars just didn’t make sense… so she told me when she picked me up from camp.
around for titles and standing her own for what she wanted, she got what she wanted. Now do you know where I get my pig-headiness from – snorts? And of course, mom gets things while still smiling like the Southern gal she is. She was able to cash in 7 years of extended warranty that she didn’t use on Albert. She also stood firm for what she wanted for Albert. AND she was able to stand firm on what she wanted for Tank. And of course cutting back to only one car in the family, she was able to cut her insurance in half. AND, she was able to pocket some money for the offer on the vehicles. That’s the best part cause she can buy me some more Animal Crackers that Scout ate at Summer Camp 🙂
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