Saturday, July 10, 2010

Guest Blogger today

Welcome to my mom's blogger friends.  She is letting me post today.  Mom spends so much time talking about cooking, and decorating, and baby showers and those crazy dogs I thought I would let you know about Hamlet and me.  We are pot belly pigs .  While a girl never gives out her age, I will admit that Hamlet is older than I am.  Hamlet's birthday is in November and mine is in January.  Every year on our birthday  mom makes us a big pan of cornbread and pours buttermilk over it. Mighty tasty I must admit.  Mom does all kinds of things for us, like buying us a special swimming pool.  We hated it.  We took care of it ourselves and built our own.  It is perfect.  Mom fills it full of water twice a day.  Dad is the practical one, he built us a barn, made sure there was a special heater in so we stay warm in the winter.

Hamlet and I share everything!

Twice a week we get a special treat of corn.  We love that.  Dad makes us eat this disgusting pot belly pig food.  Yuk.  That is Hamlet eating.  She is blind so I have to show her everything.  I guess you could call me her caregiver.  Potbelly pigs are ranked 5th as the most intelligent with man being the most intelligent.  (I demand a recount).  We have straight tails, learn every easily, and have  pointed ears.  Most pot belly pigs are affectionate, not me.  I have to protect this household.
When Dad went crazy, (that is what Mom calls it) and took her to Chicago  (That must be a terrible place.  You should hear mom talk about it.)  The zoning ordinances there would not let me and Hamlet go with Mom and Dad.  We were sad but someone came twice a day to feed and water us.  That gave me extra work to guard the house.  But I handled it with no problem.





This is a picture of me, I have to check things out before I can relax for breakfast. When we were little Mom would take us to McDonald's every Sunday in the car and we would get an ice cream cone.  The workers at McDonald's would think it was funny.  I just wanted my ice cream.  While we are both quite large, we have good manners and know how to behave in public.

This is what Hamlet does best.  She sleeps. But I guard the property.  You might notice that Hamlet is much larger than I am.  You would be correct.  Hamlet has lived with Mom since she was 6 weeks old.  She would not eat.  So one day Mom put her in the bathtub with warm water and fed her a high calorie liquid in a bottle.  She ate really well.  The vet said mom should have only done that for 3 months.  Well Mom did it until Hamlet was almost 3.  Think about it, high calories for a 3 year old pig!  Please.  I don't know what she was thinking. 


I walk the property day and night, when I am not caring for Hamlet.  You never know what you will find.  I know that August is coming up.  That means the pear trees will start dropping pears soon.  We are getting lots of watermelon right now.   That is pretty cool.  My Aunt Rea brings us leftovers from the church dinners.  I always know when the church has a dinner, Aunt Rea brings bags walking in her high heel shoes.  She is so funny.  Why would you put your foot in such a thing?  And they say men are #1 on the intelligence level.  Yeah right. 
Everyone asks about my name.  My mom has a friend from Viet Nam and she named me.  It means 'beautiful little girl'.   My mom puts sun screen on us twice a week.  Hamlet loves it, me, not so much. The minute mom leaves I jump in the mud hole.
Well I hope you learned a lot about us today.  Thank you for reading.  I must go walk the property.  There are a lot of things I need to be doing.  Mom would love it if you would leave a comment.  She loves that kind of stuff.

19 comments:

  1. Cute post! Why do I have this feeling, those are two very spoiled pigs? :-D

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  2. They are cuties that sound very loved and spoiled!

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  3. Oh, my you are a little spoiled, but well taken cared of. :P A pig in a post-too cute.

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  4. Well..truthfully I think you are ...probably really nice pigs. No doubt about it in fact...but I am glad you live there and not with me..because you wouldn't be happy here...at all. NOT a bit of mud anywhere. Nope..nada!
    Now I can plainly see where the saying "Happy As a Pig In Mud" came from! Ok..well..I always could, actually.
    Happy rooting!! :):)
    Question...you don't try and sit on people's laps, do you? Just askin'.. :)
    Love and..uh..hugs?
    Mona

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  5. What a great idea for a guest post! I learned so much about pot bellied pigs. Thanks.

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  6. Thank you Yam Yanm for your wonderful post. You seem to take your jobs very seriously. I am sure your mommy and daddy really love you lots! I can tell.....

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  7. Love your post today as it made me laugh and smile. I had to laugh about the bottle feeding.
    Joyce

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  8. How cute! And so smart, too! Love the swimming hole they created! Happy weekend!...Debbie

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  9. What a cute post...and you are two very cute pigs as well...except I'm sure when you come out of that mud hole then I'm sure you're not so cute...keep eating those church scraps as you both look alittle anorexic to me...but I don't know much about pigs...

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  10. That is so sweet! I used to have two pot belly pigs Aggie and Penelope ( but one at a time) and they were so cute and fun. They would do tricks for snacks and Penelope could even open the ice box so we really had to watch her close. Thanks for a very fun blog!

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  11. They're so funny! And spoiled rotten, just like they deserve to be :-)

    I know a girl never tells her weight, but how much do they weigh? Do they have health issues? I've never known anyone with pigs before!

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  12. Yam Yam really is not social and since she bit the vet last visit she got a weight guestimate of around 170. Hamlet is so social, she goes in at 305. Hamlet is blind. Hamlet is 7 and Yam Yam is 6 they live to be about 13-15 years old. The only issue we have had was when Hamlet was a baby she would not eat. Obviously not an issue now. LOL. Once she got an infection. They have to have their feet trimmed. Their skin is very much like human so they have to get sun screen. Actually I go through a ton of lotion because their skin is so dry. Can you believe it, when Hamlet was a baby I would smuggle her into the stores when I was shopping in my purse!

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  13. Aw I just loved reading about them Jeanette! How pretty are Yam and Hamlet. They look so happy and healthy too! Wonderful post about your babies. They should have their own blog. *Smiles*

    Blessings, ~Melissa :)

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  14. Who knew pot-bellied pigs could also write? Babe's in trouble that's for sure. This was delightful. Have a great day. Blessings..Mary

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  15. How cute. Our neighbor had a pot belly pig that our little princess was just in love with! She visited him everyday!

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  16. How cute you are. My son's boss had a pot-bellied pig - they are awesome!!

    Leann

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  17. Jeanette,
    I have always loved your sweet pigs! Now, I feel like I know them even better! I do hope that dear Yam Yam does not try and bite you. Please give a special hug from me, or at least an ear of corn!
    Dee Dee

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  18. You are cracking me up with those two, I have secretly wanted a pig, but we have too much going on right now to have one.

    Hope you have a great week

    Cha Cha

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  19. What a fun post, and now I know a little bit about pot-bellied pigs. They are adorable in their own special way.

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