Today, Mom and I are counting down about Thanksgiving. No surprise there, I guess – seeing as how it’s Thanksgiving week….
My countdown
3. Leftovers – I never get to eat turkey leftovers. Mom eats dinner at a fancy restaurant and apparently forgets I exist while she’s there… except when she spies on me through my Petzi Treat Cam on her phone. It gives me treats while she’s gone, but no turkey.
Drumstick, please….
2. Special Foods – Holiday time is filled with special foods. Like turkey, stuffing, potatoes, and… acorns. My friend Marg says her donkeys Joe and Smoke eat acorns all the time. I am not allowed. Apparently I am only a “donkey” when I get afraid and can’t move.
1. Gratitude – There is so much gratitude in my heart, I would need 5 kabillion blog posts to express it all. I am grateful for our family, humanfriends, dogfriends, cyberfriends, treats, toys…
…therapywork, naps, cuddles, kisses, and car rides.
And that’s just for starters…
Mom’s countdown
3. Leftovers – When Mom’s list of thirty PiBoIdMo ideas is finished, some will make amazing stories, some will become poems, and some will be stale, dried up leftovers. It happens. Sometimes when Mom takes my picture, she has a few leftovers that don’t exactly make the cut.
Who turned off the lights?
2. Gratitude – There is so much gratitude in Mom’s heart, she would need 6 kabillion blog posts to express it all. She is grateful for our family, humanfriends, dogfriends, cyberfriends, treats, toys…
…therapywork, naps, cuddles, kisses, car rides and ME!
And that’s just for starters…
1. Butterball – ‘Nuff said.
Cupcake Speaks 
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We hope you have at least dome sort of turkey flavoured treaties Cupcake..would be a shame to starve your sweet self 🙂 and we hope your Thanksgiving is wonderful..we may not celebrate here (who knows what we have in comparison?) But we also are grateful for your lovely self and your Mum and for the lucky life we have..big hugs and loves Fozziemum xxx
If you don’t have Thanksgiving, you can just be thankful every day – like we are!
Love and licks,
C
Exactly the plan Cupcake 🙂 🙂 Loves Fozziemum xxx
I cannot wait till Friday Riley is coming that will be our thanksgiving
That’s awesome, F. Have fun!
Love and licks,
C
Oh Dear Sweet Cuppycake you do have a lot to be thankful for even if that “treat-o-matic” spy camera/treat dispenser is NOT honoring your order for a drumstick! Love all your photos………you are just adorable and maybe – just maybe – that “adorableness” will get you a little bit of leftover turkey from that fancy restaurant your Mom is going to on “turkey day”. Let’s hope so………I’m expecting my Mom to remember I exist too when it comes to bringing home leftovers!!!
Love and Hugs, Sammy
Thanks, S. Paws crossed that we both get something special on Thursday. Time’ll tell.
Love and licks,
C
GOOD LUCK!
Sounds like things are getting ready for Thanksgiving at your house. Joe and Smoke do love their acorns. Cupcake, hope you get just a little something to do with all the good food around thanksgiving. You all have a wonderful week and a great Thanksgiving.
Thanks, M. I hope Joe and Smoke get something yummy too… Like acorns for Thanksgiving too.
Love and licks,
C
please don’t eat that acorns… an oak tree will gow in your tummy and it looks not good when the branches come out of your ears… that’s what the vet told me, before he grabbed my 25 bucks for the anti-acorn-medecine :o)
Oh no! You mean that acorn warning is REAL?? Yikes. I thought Mom was just trying to scare me! I do NOT want branches coming out of my ears….. That would not be cute.
Love and licks,
C
Cupcake, we’re most grateful, too, for your cyber-friendship. We wish we could send you some of our turkey – Mum thinks she bought one that’s too, too big, but at least she checked and it fits in the pan. We don’t think cyber-turkey will taste all that yummy, though. We’ll send happy thoughts for a wonderful day instead. And happy thoughts that none of your Mum’s ideas end up being leftovers. Jazmine & Chili
Thanks, J and C. In my opinion, there’s no such thing as a turkey that’s too big. I hope your mom is good at sharing…. Meanwhile, keep an eye out for any floor foods.
Love and licks,
C
We love Floor Foods! Seems like there should be a PB idea lurking among those crumbs…
And Charley and I are Thankful for having met you two in cyberspace and thank you again for posing so adorably in lots of my drawings. Happy Thanksgiving with lots of love from Ohio, xo Johanna
Thanks, J. Your artwork makes me look even cuter than I really am – if that’s possible… 🙂
Love and licks,
C
That treat cam is awesome! Just jumped to the top of Eko and Penny’s wishlist.
So fun! Mom doesn’t worry about me as much when she can see me being a good girl (most of the time).
Love and licks,
C
We are grateful for you, too, Cupcake! Happy Thanksgiving. Gobble gobble.
Thanks, LL. Gobble gobble to you too. I hope there’s lots of floor food to gobble…
Love and licks,
C
Happy Thanksgiving, Cupcake. Archie shares your sentiments. He receives canned turkey dog food. But, I know he will be sitting nearby waiting for some dropped nibbles.
Thanks, P. Archie is a smart little guy. “Dropped nibbles” are my favorite food!
Love and licks,
C
Happy Thanksgiving both of you! I’ve enjoyed getting to know you over all this time!
Linda
Thanks, L. I hope Boomer gets some Thanksgiving goodies and cuddles and tractor rides.
Love and licks,
C
Cupcake, we have so many thing to be thankful for also, and now I would be especially thankful for one of those Petzi Treat Cams! Before I even finished reading your blog I had Mom on-line looking for how I could get one. Would you like to trade a hot dog for your treat cam? Do you live in Illinois? I am here now and would be glad to come over and make the trade…. just sayin’. Nose pushes, your bestest friend, Lexi. 🙂
Thanks for the offer, L. I’m in NJ and most likely will be hot dog deprived as well as turkey starved. I hope you get a treat cam. It’s almost like having Mom at home with me. …almost.
Love and licks,
C
I am so thankful for you and your mom – you brighten my days with your wise words, your humor, your delightful photos and your love for each other 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving!!! ❤
Thanks, S. I like brightening days for all my favorite humans. Brightening is my favorite job! Also licking the floor….
Love and licks,
C
This year our peeps are going somewhere else to eat turkey which means we won’t be getting any leftovers. Phooey!
I feel you, kitties. Apparently, we will be starved and neglected together.
Love and licks,
C
Sorry ’bout no turkey, dogfriend, but still. So much to be grateful for. You have the best Thanksgiving ever. 🐶❤️🍗👍🏼
Oh, yes, G. No worries! Turkey is nice, but gratitude is nicer.
Love and licks,
C
You and mom is such a beautiful couple Cupcake and once again such gorgeous photos of you. Don’t be sad about not getting turkey. That stuff is not healthy at all. I once ate just a little piece of turkey and never again. Yucky! The treats tastes way better. 😆
Have a lovely Thanksgiving and have fun! 😀 ♥
Thanks, S. I will have no complaints about my treats! They’ll do the trick.
Love and licks,
C
Happy Thanksgiving you two!!!
Thanks, A. Happy Thanksgiving!
Love and licks,
C
I bet tummy rubs is up on that list too! At least it is for me.
Happy Thanksgiving, Cupcake!
Oh my mom said for me to tell you to tell your mom she’s grateful for her too.
Wiggle, wiggle.
Ginger
Awwww. Thanks, G and T. I love tummy rubs and tummy kisses. I also love that wiggle, G. Happy Thanksgiving!
Love and licks,
C
What a heart warming post Cupcake. You and your Mom certainly have a special relationship
Thanks, S. Mom and I rescued each other. Now we are heart-warming best buddies.
Love and licks,
C
Well, that’s what happened to us. Mom had nothing to do once she let her business go and then I appeared right in front of her…and here we are.
Best to you all for a happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks, S. Happy Thanksgiving!
Love and licks,
C
Happy Thanksgiving, Cupcake and Mom. 🙂
Thanks, T. Happy Thanksgiving!
Love and licks,
C
Cupcake…. dying… a “donkey” when you are afraid to move! Gratitude is amazing. Turkey is overrated, it’s all about the homemade noodles. Have a very Happy Thanksgiving to you both!
Noodles! Yes, Pix! I am on board with that! Noodles are not donkey food. ….or are they?
Love and licks,
C
OMD, no leftofurs fur you? Not even Merrick’s Thanksgiving Day Dinner just fur us dogs? At least I get that coz mom being a vegebullarian and all, there be no turkeys in the house.
I’m glad a vegebullarian Mom doesn’t mean a vegebullarian doggie! Enjoy, S.
Love and licks,
C
OH Cupcake, this is the bed bloggie ever. ALL Anipals need to be grateful and to be reminded occasionally to look beyond their noses…there are things to be grateful for the moment you open your eyes in the morning.
Cupcake, is that you on Twitter I was speaking to yesterday?
Ha! I’m so happy you’re making friends on Twitter, KI, but that was NOT ME! Yikes! You’re so right about being thankful. There’s always something.
Love and licks,
C
Happy Thanksgiving Cupcake and mom! I wish I had as many cookies as you have toys, Cupcake.
Thanks, R. That’s a hard toss up for me, treats/toys…. I want them all!
Love and licks,
C
We have so much to thank for, haven’t we Cupcake, even if we don’t celebrate it in the Netherland,,,but we do celebrate it with you and we are thankful to have you in our …blog lives. That Petzi thingie looks quite interesting btw 😉 Happy Pawkisses for a wonderful Thanksgiving 🙂 ❤
Thanks, Little B. The Petzi was surprising and freaked me out a little at first. Mom practiced with me so I wouldn’t be scared when she talked to me through it. Now I am always happy to hear from her when she’s gone. Plus I like eating treats while I wait for her to come home.
Love and licks,
C
Happy Belated Thanksgiving!
And how well does the Petzi work? I have been considering getting one for Choppy, but am worried she won’t use it (or even worse, will get obsessed and never leave its side while I am at work, thus necessitating many, many treats from me).
The Petzi works great! I was afraid of it at first, so Mom talked to me with it while she was at home. A lot. After a while I stopped being afraid. Now I eat treats from it when she’s home AND when she’s out!
Love and licks,
C
Oh, awesome!! I think I will add it to my/Choppy’s Christmas list!
Awwww, Cupcake, I think I have a similarly strong longing for your piccies-leftovers as you feel for turkey ones! They are just fab!
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