January 24th, is commemorated as National Compliment Day every year. It is a very special day and celebrated in most parts of the world apart from the USA. This day represents a positive theme – a positive tone in a positive atmosphere – everywhere you are whether it be at home, the grocery market, work or that place the humans feel to punish themselves by what they call “working out”.
Compliments – compliments – compliments – that is what we most do today. Have you ever noticed how someone just brightens up at a compliment, even a complete stranger? Do you notice how much harder you work when you get a compliment? So today, we shall compliment our little hearts out.
So here are some suggestions that can help you today on your National Compliment Day.
Compliment that human that is consistently working out in their hamster ball.
Compliment that human that really has touched you in some point of your life in a good way.
Compliment your spouse. Sometimes you humans don’t express your feelings enough to each other. Maybe if you compliment them, they’ll give you more nuts for the winter.
By all means, compliment your pets. They’re always there for you no matter what, even when you come home upset. They just want to love on you. They know no hate.
Compliment the guy that cuts you off in traffic this morning. Maybe he won’t hear you but you can smile and wave – with your entire hand not your middle finger – HA!. Maybe instead of uttering fowl language under your breath, think to yourself, “Isn’t he a nice guy for getting in front of me blocking me from any danger.”
Compliment your mother and father – if it wasn’t for them, you wouldn’t be here. Heck, have your spouse compliment them too. If it wasn’t for them, your spouse wouldn’t have you.
Compliment your pups… I mean children. I’m sure they do something else besides being destructive.
Compliment your teacher. Compliment your bus driver or your chauffeur.
While you’re at it – compliment nature and all of its little creatures, like me 🙂 Hey, you can even throw us some extra feed outside, we won’t say no.
You get the drift. You give out compliments and you give a positive sense of well being. You make someone feel great with just a few words. We all know that words can be so destructive. Let’s turn it around today.
I, Journalist Rocky the Squirrel, challenge you. I challenge you to give out a minimum of FIVE compliments today. I bet you can do more but FIVE is a good start. Are you going to take the challenge?
Welcome my friends to our weekly issue of Journey with Friends. This is a time that we come together for support, for encouragement, for fellowship – all with one single goal in mind – to live better. Welcome to our journey to share our goals and our accomplishments and our disappointments and frustrations.
Together we can do this!
Hello my friends – welcome to another week of Journey with Friends. This past week was S.T.R.E.S.S.F.U.L! Does that tell you anything? LOL. It all started with mom’s work – the computers went down Monday – what a way to start the week huh? Have you ever realized how much we rely on computers in the work place? The computers were down all.week.long. And get this – they are still down. There is only so much filing and paperwork that you can work on until you have to have the computer. I mean we have turned into a society based around the machine.
I also went to the plasma clinic last week a couple of times. The first time I was turned away because my iron levels were too low. The second time I was fine. I have noticed that with the added stress of work, my pulse rate has slowly began going back up again. Do you have any suggestions to help me with the stress? I know it’s easy to say, “Don’t let it get to you.” But really, you know our bodies do what they want to do.
So my friends here we are with the start of a new week – how was your week? I was up a couple of pounds but I’m okay – I blame it on the stress. What do you think? And I don’t weigh at home anymore. Going to the plasma clinic, I have to weigh there twice a week so I stay on top of these things.
January 24th, is commemorated as National Compliment Day every year. It is a very special day and celebrated in most parts of the world apart from the USA. This day represents a positive theme – a positive tone in a positive atmosphere – everywhere you are whether it be at home, the grocery market, work or that place the humans feel to punish themselves by what they call “working out”.
Compliments – compliments – compliments – that is what we most do today. Have you ever noticed how someone just brightens up at a compliment, even a complete stranger? Do you notice how much harder you work when you get a compliment? So today, we shall compliment our little hearts out.
So here are some suggestions that can help you today on your National Compliment Day.
Compliment that human that is consistently working out in their hamster ball.
Compliment that human that really has touched you in some point of your life in a good way.
Compliment your spouse. Sometimes you humans don’t express your feelings enough to each other. Maybe if you compliment them, they’ll give you more nuts for the winter.
By all means, compliment your pets. They’re always there for you no matter what, even when you come home upset. They just want to love on you. They know no hate.
Compliment the guy that cuts you off in traffic this morning. Maybe he won’t hear you but you can smile and wave – with your entire hand not your middle finger – HA!. Maybe instead of uttering fowl language under your breath, think to yourself, “Isn’t he a nice guy for getting in front of me blocking me from any danger.”
Compliment your mother and father – if it wasn’t for them, you wouldn’t be here. Heck, have your spouse compliment them too. If it wasn’t for them, your spouse wouldn’t have you.
Compliment your pups… I mean children. I’m sure they do something else besides being destructive.
Compliment your teacher. Compliment your bus driver or your chauffeur.
While you’re at it – compliment nature and all of its little creatures, like me 🙂 Hey, you can even throw us some extra feed outside, we won’t say no.
You get the drift. You give out compliments and you give a positive sense of well being. You make someone feel great with just a few words. We all know that words can be so destructive. Let’s turn it around today.
I, Journalist Rocky the Squirrel, challenge you. I challenge you to give out a minimum of FIVE compliments today. I bet you can do more but FIVE is a good start. Are you going to take the challenge?
Awesomesauce – yep I said it – AWESOMESAUCE. Last week I told you that I think I was going to the V.E.T. Remember? Well I was wrong – barks! And that’s a great and wonderful thing. Nope, mom and dad took me for a walk in my stroller instead. Now that I can deal with any day of the week. We went up the street to a football stadium and we walked all over the parking lot. Mom said it was for exercise for her and dad. I was good with that. I got pushed around and enjoyed the sun and air outside. And did I mention the people we ran into that went all goo-goo all over me? That was awesome! Mom/dad thought I needed some time with them outside. Afterwards, I played in my back yard for a while with Bacon.
I have an admission to make this week. They say that admission is the first step to owning up to something that you did. So here it goes. I’m a pillow chewer. Sigh – it’s out there now. You see, I’ve destroyed three pillows off of the couch. Not all at one time. Oh no, that would be wrong. I took my time one pillow at a time. You see they have zippers – zippers that are all shiny and calling my name. So when dad doesn’t look or pay me any attention, the pillows attack me. I have to protect myself, right? So I chew the zippers out. One.pillow.at.a.time. Mom is not happy to say the least. She said that she is going to have to sew those pillows without zippers. And don’t think I didn’t get in trouble. I did. Mommy ignored me and put me in timeout. Can you imagine that? Being ignored with no cuddles? Mom told me she loved me but destroying pillows is a major NO-NO…. especially she said when I have so many toys. Shaking puppy head. I was wrong. I know that now. So my friends, what can I do to get back on mom’s good side? Suggestions?
Well that’s all for me my friends – yawns – I hope you had a wonderful week as well. Happy weekend!
I’ve been patient my friends this week. I’ve tried to reason with mom/dad about this Summer Camp thing but it’s on. I’ve settled with that. Mom wants me to know life as a regular pig – something should would be upset with if I never knew. I’m okay with that.
While mom packed my bags, I supervised from my bed watching. She really does have my best interests at heart. I’m bringing my Egyptian cotton sheet for my bed. I’m used to sleeping with that and it’s comfort. She also packed my framed picture of me and her that I usually have on my bedside in my bedroom. We can bring one electronic item – no cell phones. I’m packing my laptop so I can still write from Summer Camp. We can only use it at night time – not during the day when we have activities. She packed me a care box with sunscreen – did you know that piggies can get sunburned if we stay in the sun too long? We can. She also packed some of my favorite snacks like my Gold Fish, Animal Crackers and some of my favorite grape flavored bottled water.
This month we received a suggestion from our friends Reilly and Denny with Cowspotdog. This month we are pricing FIVE items from two different stores for price comparisons in your area. Now, we are going to make this kind of easy. FIVE items of your choice in making a meal. Of course, you can use more than FIVE items to make your meal but you have to price comparison shop FIVE items from TWO different stores.
We here at the Hotel Thompson have been trying to eat better these days and with it being so darn hot, we have been eating a lot of salads. With that in mind, we took this month’s shopping adventure with the makings of one of our favorite week day meals.
1 – Head of lettuce. It’s funny how the price of a head of lettuce fluctuates so much. We went to Kroger where it was 0.99 a head. Publix had it for $1.19 a head.
2 – Seedless Grapes. We got a small bag of red seedless grapes, 1/2 pound, at Kroger on sale for $1.19 a pound. At Publix, they had the same for $2.39 a pound.
3 – Shaved Ham. Don’t tell Bacon okay. We got the store brand low sodium ham shaved at the deli at Kroger for $4.99 a pound. Publix brand for the same was $6.99 a pound.
4 – Cheese. We buy the block of cheese from Kraft and cut and shred what we need. A block on sale this week at Kroger was $2.50. Publix also had it for $2.50.
5 – Strawberries. In the summer time, it’s a fight for fresh strawberries. We love them and they are one of Bacon’s favorites. I like to slice them up and put them in salads. We bought a package from Kroger for $2.50. The same package at Publix was $4.99 this week.
Things also in this salad were chopped pecans and tossed with Catalina Dressing. The all time perfect summer salad in this Georgia heat!
Thanks to everyone for another great edition of Shopping Around the World. Seeing everyone’s different FIVE ingredient salads was awesome and eye opening! We took notes here at the Hotel Thompson and can’t wait to try some of these new recipes.
Me and my pal Fozzie started Shopping Around the World and it has become a huge hit. We all want to know if we are paying more or less than everyone else – snorts. We are going to do it again this month on Wednesday, June 24th.
Do a posting on your blog linked back to mine. That way we can keep track of all of the different prices. It should be interesting to see the differences between. Mark your calendar so you can do a posting with us.
ITEMS TO PRICE THIS MONTH
This month we received a suggestion from our friends Reilly and Denny with Cowspotdog. This month we are pricing FIVE items from two different stores for price comparisons in your area. Now, we are going to make this kind of easy. FIVE items of your choice in making a meal. Of course, you can use more than FIVE items to make your meal but you have to price comparison shop FIVE items from TWO different stores. Got it? And as always, pictures and recipes are greatly appreciated for our viewing pleasure… and of course licking the computer screen – snorts. Happy shopping my friends.
Come join the fun of Shopping Around the World – mark your calendars Wednesday, June 24, 2015!
Thank you very much for your ideas for the monthly listing. If you have an idea to be added to my on-going list, please send them to me at baconthompson@gmail.com ❤
Thanks to everyone for another great edition of Shopping Around the World. Seeing everyone’s different FIVE ingredient salads was awesome and eye opening! We took notes here at the Hotel Thompson and can’t wait to try some of these new recipes.
Me and my pal Fozzie started Shopping Around the World and it has become a huge hit. We all want to know if we are paying more or less than everyone else – snorts. We are going to do it again this month on Wednesday, June 24th.
Do a posting on your blog linked back to mine. That way we can keep track of all of the different prices. It should be interesting to see the differences between. Mark your calendar so you can do a posting with us.
ITEMS TO PRICE THIS MONTH
This month we received a suggestion from our friends Reilly and Denny with Cowspotdog. This month we are pricing FIVE items from two different stores for price comparisons in your area. Now, we are going to make this kind of easy. FIVE items of your choice in making a meal. Of course, you can use more than FIVE items to make your meal but you have to price comparison shop FIVE items from TWO different stores. Got it? And as always, pictures and recipes are greatly appreciated for our viewing pleasure… and of course licking the computer screen – snorts. Happy shopping my friends.
Come join the fun of Shopping Around the World – mark your calendars Wednesday, June 24, 2015!
Thank you very much for your ideas for the monthly listing. If you have an idea to be added to my on-going list, please send them to me at baconthompson@gmail.com ❤
January 24th, is commemorated as National Compliment Day every year. It is a very special day and celebrated in most parts of the world apart from the USA. This day represents a positive theme – a positive tone in a positive atmosphere – everywhere you are whether it be at home, the grocery market, work or that place the humans feel to punish themselves by what they call “working out”.
Compliments – compliments – compliments – that is what we most do today. Have you ever noticed how someone just brightens up at a compliment, even a complete stranger? Do you notice how much harder you work when you get a compliment? So today, we shall compliment our little hearts out.
So here are some suggestions that can help you today on your National Compliment Day.
Compliment that human that is consistently working out in their hamster ball.
Compliment that human that really has touched you in some point of your life in a good way.
Compliment your spouse. Sometimes you humans don’t express your feelings enough to each other. Maybe if you compliment them, they’ll give you more nuts for the winter.
By all means, compliment your pets. They’re always there for you no matter what, even when you come home upset. They just want to love on you. They know no hate.
Compliment the guy that cuts you off in traffic this morning. Maybe he won’t hear you but you can smile and wave – with your entire hand not your middle finger – HA!. Maybe instead of uttering fowl language under your breath, think to yourself, “Isn’t he a nice guy for getting in front of me blocking me from any danger.”
Compliment your mother and father – if it wasn’t for them, you wouldn’t be here. Heck, have your spouse compliment them too. If it wasn’t for them, your spouse wouldn’t have you.
Compliment your pups… I mean children. I’m sure they do something else besides being destructive.
Compliment your teacher. Compliment your bus driver or your chauffeur.
While you’re at it – compliment nature and all of its little creatures, like me 🙂 Hey, you can even throw us some extra feed outside, we won’t say no.
You get the drift. You give out compliments and you give a positive sense of well being. You make someone feel great with just a few words. We all know that words can be so destructive. Let’s turn it around today.
I, Journalist Rocky the Squirrel, challenge you. I challenge you to give out a minimum of FIVE compliments today. I bet you can do more but FIVE is a good start. Are you going to take the challenge?
Oh my friends! What a wonderful thing that happened here last night at the Hotel Thompson. I got mail! Not an email but real goodness mail. I was so piggy excited that I ran all over the house and couldn’t wait until mommy got home from the worky place to open the package.
When she did – OMP!
It was the most beautiful thing in the world. My ❤ just swelled up with so much love to my good pal Fozzie. Why do you ask? Well, she actually made me something with very own two hands. It’s adorable – LIKE ME. It’s cute – LIKE ME. It’s priceless – LIKE ME! It has an awesome bell on it that is so freaking cute! I’m letting mom take it to work with her to put on her desk beside another great piggy that my Auntie Sharon made me a while back. That way every single time mom looks at them during her stressful day, she will think of all of the love that went into making these and of course of ME!
And of course, mommy did a special thank you video to my friend Fozzie. You can see that at the bottom. NOTE: Ignore mom’s southern twang – snorts.
And now this is the part where I need you my friends. As you know we have little Houdini here at the Hotel Thompson. The little guy is going through some puppy teething kind of bad. He wants to chew on everything – including my tail – snorts! Any of you my good friends have any thoughts or suggestions on helping the little guy out? Anything would be like most welcomed. Mom tried the washcloth in the freezer trick – he turned his nose up at it and went for mom’s fingers instead – snorticles.
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So – can you help this piggy out? I know my tail and mom’s fingers would like great appreciate it so very 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.
. Going to the plasma clinic, I have to weigh there twice a week so I stay on top of these things.
Journalist Rocky the Squirrel here –
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