Early Halloween Humiliation

Well, I'm not proud of this, but I actually purchased Halloween costumes for my dogs. I have no idea what came over me--I was shopping at Target with Teddy and he was really enthusiastic...it seemed like a good idea at the time!

So I give you...

Prisoner Cosmo
Pirate Petey

and Princess Hazel

Speaking of Hazel--she seems to be completely better. If you don't know what I'm talking about--she had a couple of seizures last week but all the blood work came back normal and now she seems fine. Hopefully it was some kind of fluke.

These pictures crack me up because you can tell by their expressions that they know they should be embarrassed!

Anyway, here are all the dogs together:

And here's Cosmo trying to escape from his costume:

Now--here are the answers to the mystery pics from yesterday:

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It's a nutcracker--you lift the tail and the dog's mouth opens...

2.That's a "coal scuttle." An olde-time thing to keep coal in.

3.A "flower frog"--you put water in it and put the flower stems in the little holes to keep them in place.

4.This is an old farm tool--I'm not sure what it's called--but I think it was attached to something and used to till the ground.

5.Egg cups!

6.

This is a pulley--and I think that is a railroad spike stuck in there Whoever guessed that--good job!!

7.

This is a potato basket.

8.

This is a decorative piece (I think!) off of an old wood-burning stove.

Very well done on the guessing!!

More From the Bacon Addict and a Fun Game!

Well, I think I've kicked Pickle's bacon addiction up a notch! I made the mistake of buying this:That's right--bacon AND candy! Poor Pickle didn't have a chance! Has anyone tried this? This is actually the second time I bought this candy bar--I really like it (and obviously Pickle does) but Don thinks it's gross and practically spit it out when he tried it. The boys think it's "ok" but didn't seem overly thrilled. Maybe it's a girl thing?

Here's a couple pics of Pickle and her new treat:

In a happy bacon-chocolate stupor while the dog lurks pathetically in the background.
I didn't think bacon could get any better--but it has! Oh it has!

In this next pic it looks like she can't quite wrap her mind around the concept.

It looks like candy, but it tastes like bacon...am I dreaming?

Check out the chocolate-covered lips:NOBODY touches my bacon candy!

And now onto the fun game! My new blogfriend, Kathy, from Kathalog has a fun challenge on her blog called the Thingamajig Challenge. She says to search around your house in closets, garage--wherever--and try to come up with some interesting items--ones that people might not know what they are or what they're used for. If you want to play, post pics of your item on your blog and link back to her.

I was happy to do this and came up with some things--but nothing too "out there." Do you recognize these items and know what they're for?

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4.5.6.7. (never mind my little doll--I'm talking about the wire thing).8.