Aaaww – my sweet Nylablue at http://nylabluesmum.wordpress.com/2014/03/15/caturday-catch-up-aka-da-eye-dez-of-march/ gave me this wonderful Sunshine Picnic Award on March 15, 2014. WOW – I’m so touched my sweet. Nylablue gave this award to me and Speedy the Cheeky House bunny cause we finally got to take her on her dream date. It was grand and wonderful… I still have dreams about it. If you missed the details of our wonderful date – you must check it out here at https://piglove.wordpress.com/2014/03/10/bacon-and-nylablue-date-night/

Thank you my sweet, sweet girlfriend. I really appreciate this award so very, very much. I really hope that we get to go on another picnic very soon my love.
And friends, if you don’t have this award, please accept it for your blog. XOXO – Bacon
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My sweet girlfriend Nylablue gave me this special Sunshine Award on 02/23/2014. As some of you know, Nylablue is very, VERY special to this little piggy and means the world to me. Nylablue has been feeling under the weather lately and even so *still* thinks about others. That’s how HUGE her little heart is – she still takes the time to think of others.
Me and Nylablue were going to go out on a date before she got so very sick. The date is not called off but on hold. When she is feeling better, I promise to take her on a wonderful date full of chasing butterflies and walking near the water front. I want it to be something that she will always remember.
So, Nylablue get better soon honey. I’m always here thinking of you and thank you my sweet dear kitty for the Sunshine Award.

Rules of the Sunshine Award:
#01 – Thank the person who gave it to you – check.
#02 – Nominate 10 people that inspire you – check.
#03 – Write 10 interesting facts about yourself – check.
Nominations of 10 people that inspire me:
10 Interesting Facts About Moi – A Mere Piggy
- Mommy tucks me into my toddler bed and tells me a bedtime story every night.
- Mommy has to put my television remote up high on a shelf in my room. If not, I will turn on my television in the middle of the night and watch it. Honestly. I scared the bejesus out of mom/dad one night when I did it.
- I’m usually sweet Bacon but there are times when my evil twin Deviled Bacon comes out. Those are few and far between but when they do – shivers.
- I like to ride in the back of mom’s Smart car when she does errands. The next time you see a little blue Smart car with a piggy in the back seat oinking, give me a wave 🙂
- I *hate* the feel of grass on my hooves. I know it sounds silly but I can’t stand it! I tip toe on the grass when outside because of it… except for when I’m knocking daddy on his butt – snorts.
- I wake mommy up for the worky place every morning at 6:30AM. Can you believe she hasn’t had to set an alarm in 2.5 years? On the weekends, I wake daddy up at 7:30AM for breakfast.
- Mommy usually leaves me a snack on my pillow on my toddler bed at night. Sometimes it’s a strawberry, an animal cracker – you know something so the midnight munchie monster doesn’t get me.
- I’m secretly in love with a purr thing. Yep you heard it here first. I love Nylablue 🙂 swoon
- Mom took me to PetSmart one time when I was younger. I rode in the buggy. Everyone thought I was a dog until I started grunting. Now, there’s too many big dogs that go to our PetSmart so mommy is afraid to take me. So, I usually just hang out in the back of the Smart car while she runs in.
- Mommy took me to her worky place when I was little. I ran around the building like there was no tomorrow. Don’t let people fool you, I’m fast. One of mom’s guys caught me and gave me to mommy. He scared me really bad when he grabbed me. I peed all over mommy – blush.
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There is *nothing* like starting your day off with receiving an award from a friend! This Friday the 13th is staring off fabulous for this little oinker. My tail is wagging so fast – mommy says that she can almost see me taking off from the speed of the wag – snorts – silly mommy.
This morning my friends (Basil, Buddy, Noah and Nacho) at http://hutchagoodlife.wordpress.com granted me the Sunshine Award. What a delightful award on this cold-fixing-to-rain-kind-of Friday. It’s really funny that they thought of another song when posting their award – “Ain’t no sunshine when she gone…” My first thoughts are:
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You never know, dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away
This is how *I* feel about all of my friends here in blogville. I love you all more than you know!
The rules of the Sunshine Award are:
1) Use the logo above in the post. √
2) Link to whoever nominated you. √
3) Write ten pieces of information about yourself. √
4) Nominate ten fellow bloggers “who positively and creatively inspire others in the blogsphere.” √
5) Leave a comment on the nominees’ blogs to tell them of the award. √
Ten Facts About *ME* 🙂 
- My favorite movie to watch is Charlotte’s Web. I will watch it intently. In fact, I made mommy watch it with me this week. She cried like there was no tomorrow. I snuggled her at the same time.
- I have chores at the Hotel Thompson. Can you believe the humans have cheap labor? I help my daddy drag my dirty things to the laundry room on wash day. And I help mommy put all of my toys in my toy chest in my bedroom.
- I have a king sized Egyptian cotton sheet that is all mine. 🙂 I drag it around the house, play with it and sleep with it. It’s kind of like my security blanket. I “borrowed” it from mommy one day. She saw how much I loved it and told me I could have it. Isn’t she the best!
- The worst thing that I do? – snorts. I step on my mom/dad’s feet with my hooves. I really don’t do it on purpose. But man, do they make some neat moves dancing around when I accidentally do it.
- I watch a lot of paranormal shows with my mommy. Secretly I think I would be a great ghost pig investigator in search of the unknown. Really, I just need my shot!
- I type about 25 hpm (hooves per minute). My time is increasing every month!
- There is only one food that I don’t much care for. I’ll eat it but it’s not my favorite. In fact, the first time I had it, I do believe one ear went in one direction and the other ear went in the opposite direction. What was the food? Kumquats – sweet/sour combined.
- My nana once pigsat me while mom/dad went out of town for THREE days. When they came back home, I had ate so much at nana’s that I couldn’t even squeak!
- At night, mom has to put my remote control for my television in my bedroom up on my book shelf. If not, I will find it, turn on the television in the middle of the night and watch it.
- I love bananas. Once, mommy was holding one and wasn’t thinking about me being in the room. I tried to climb up her bare legs to get to the banana. Oops – I left some treadmarks on her long legs too. But on the other hoof, I got the banana 🙂
My ten nominees (no particular order):
http://easyweimaraner.wordpress.com/
http://fromthedeskofmardrag.wordpress.com/
http://peacelovenwhiskers.com/
http://angelswhisper2011.wordpress.com/
http://callmejagi.wordpress.com/
http://beachtreasuresandtreasurebeaches.com/
http://juliannevictoria.com/
http://myfavouritepastime.com/
http://harringtonspetfood.wordpress.com/
http://machomojave.wordpress.com/
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I am speechless. If you have known me for any length of time, you know that is almost impossible. I opened up my comments this morning and was granted the most sincere message. I was posted with the Bouquet of Three Awards. After getting my wits together and getting over being speechless, I squealed so loud that I think the rafters in the Hotel Thompson shook. I took off running to find daddy so I could tell him. We were ALL so excited.
Wandering Jouster (WJ as we like to call her) at http://wanderingjouster.com nominated me for the Bouquet of Three Awards. THREE awards at one time – this may go to my little piggy head – snorts. Thank you so much WJ for making my morning and starting my weekend off on the right hoove. This is a wonderful gift on a Friday!! She nominated this little piggy and wrote about me, “A little bit spoiled pig, loves enjoys talking about his/her misadventures. “
Snorts – yep I guess I would resemble that remark – snorts. I do love talking about my misadventures and sharing them. But spoiled – who’s spoiled – looks around innocently – snorts giggles.

Let’s go over the rules of the award:
- Display the Award Certificate on your website/blog. Check – see above
- Announce your win with a post. Make sure to post a link back to me as a thank you for the nomination. Check – see above
- Present up to 15 awards to deserving bloggers. Check – see below
- Drop them a comment to tip them off after you have linked them in the post. Check 🙂
- Post 7 interesting things about yourself. Check – see below
Simple enough, right? This is so much fun! Let’s nominate some friends. I wish I could nominate ALL of my friends here. I really hate having to choose only 15 friends. That’s hard on a little pig! I never want to leave anyone out ever! I consider all of you very close to me and I love you all. If your name is not listed – don’t be upset – consider yourself awarded as well 🙂
- My friends at http://breathelighter.wordpress.com/ – you have to go check out Darwin. I fell in love with him.
- My friends at http://sweetdaysundertheoaks.com/ – go check out the beautiful photography on this page. The last one is of the rain. You can almost feel the rain touching you and the coolness outside.
- My friends at http://swineandvines.wordpress.com/ – one word – Hitchens. Hitchens is a micro-mini pig. He reminds me of someone – snorts.
- My friends at http://thedancingrider.wordpress.com/ – Talk about a post that has the love of two very close things – ballet and horses. A very special friend here ((Hogs and Snout Kisses!)
- My friends at http://thek9harperlee.wordpress.com/ – Miss Harper Lee – if only I was a barky thing! She’s spunky. She’s gorgeous. She’s a Golden Retriever God! Check her out and you will be hooked too!
- My friends at http://themisadventuresofmisaki.wordpress.com/ – Misaki is a beautiful Alaskan Malamute. Do you know how you meet someone and you feel like you’ve know them all of your life? This is how I feel about Misaki and her humans.
- My friends at http://freerangecow.com/ – Chloe is a traveling ‘cow’ who goes everywhere – rock concerts included. She reminds me of my little Bashful, the rolling stone.
- My friends at http://easyweimaraner.wordpress.com/ – Easy!! Easy is my buddy – I guess you could say we are brothers from a different mother – snorts. Our humans think along the same lines and well that spells T.R.O.U.B.L.E.
- My friends at http://dinz1234.wordpress.com/ – Fozzie from down under. He’s the bestest. We’ve met just recently and it’s been non-stop every since.
- My friends at http://gentlestitches.com/ – Sharon is the most creative person I think I know. Some of the things that she can make with her own two hands are unbelievable!! You *have* to check out her creativity and some of the ‘friends’ she has 🙂
- My friends at http://wileyschmidt.com/ – Wiley!! Wiley is a terrier mix. He is so loving, so caring and his heart is so huge!!
Seven interesting tidbits about myself – the amazing pig – snorts
1. I don’t like the feel of grass on my hooves. It’s a texture thing – shivers.
2. I have a king size Egyptian cotton sheet that is like my security blanket.
3. Mom’s fixes me the best spinach omelets 🙂 Yep, she cooks for me.
4. Mom has a painted picture of my snout in her office at the worky place.
5. Daddy gives me animal crackers throughout the day while mom is working
6. I have my own television in my own bedroom and I know how to work the remote.
7. I have *my* own pet. His name is Bashful and he is my pet rock. He travels on field trips.
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There are pigs that stay outside all of the time. They stay out in the elements with the heat in the summer and the coolness in the fall. They let nature touch them like dirt, grass, bugs and did I mention the heat? And what about the pollen. Can you say eeww.
Mommy forgets that I’m a PSP (Pampered Spoiled Pig). I don’t do nature. I’m used to the great indoors. I’m used to my own room. I’m used to my toddler bed. I’m used to my television. I’m used to air conditioning. Did I mention that I’m a PSP?
Well mommy got the great idea that she would show me the great outdoors. She thought I would enjoying running loose around our gated backyard. So she calls me to the back door and opens it. She walks outside and calls me. I looked at her, turned around and went back into the front room watching television.
She calls me again. I walked to the back door again and looked at her. I’m trying to send her a telepathic message of, “Moms its hot there. Why?”. I turned around again and went back into the front room.
That mom of mine. She is persistent. Almost as pigheaded as me. She thought she would bribe me with food to come outside. Food always works, right? She called me for a third time. She’s standing outside waving a piece of bread to get my privileged little hooves out in nature. I looked at her. Nah, it wasn’t worth it. I turned around and went back into the from room.
I can’t be the only one like this. I’m sorry. I just don’t do nature. Especially in this 100-102 degree weather. Y’all keep cool.
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