My mother asked me yesterday, how on earth I can handle all that I have had to deal with lately. I told her that I can't. I said that the downstairs is a wreck because I have been cooking supper and then heading into the bird room to stay. I have not done any housework down there in a week. Why? Because as soon as I do something down there...it is wrecked. So why bother. I am so fed up with it and I am about to explode.
I told my mother that if I don't soon get out of here and do something for me, I will explode. Needless to say, I am still here. She, on the other hand, left for the morning and then left for the day at 1:30 for me to deal with all the daycare kids. Thanks mom! I am here from 6:45 AM until 5:30 PM, I do not get a break nor do I get to leave early. When 5:30 rolls around, I want out of that room and I want to spend some time with my fids.
No, I do not say anything to my mom because I do not want to hurt her. It is my people pleasing complex coming into play. I love my mom dearly and most days it is really cool to have her here. She would do anything for me and is always there for me. I wasn't the best of teenagers and so I feel that I owe her a lot because of the way I acted. I was a snot! LOL
Anyway, hubby asked me at 8:00 this morning, if we were to go out tonight, what would we do with the birds? See. It has been ages since we did anything for ourselves and that is not good! Not sure if he was serious since he went to bed after 6AM this morning or what...As much as I like to stay here and snuggle my baby Peanut (my lovebird!!!), I need a break. I need to have some fun! I need time for myself. My whole entire day is built around doing things for other people, taking care of other people and I do not do anything for me.
My family says that I do my housework for me and not for them since no one asked me to do anything. Oooookaaaayyyy. If I didn't do any cleaning at all, wouldn't social services come to visit? Wouldn't someone complain? Wouldn't the health department come? So, unless they want to be in foster care (OK, not the 21 YO and the 19YO, but the 14 YO would get taken away) or in quarantine for some nasty disease, then no, I do not do housework just for me.
On to a more pleasant topic...I just watched the most amazing thing. Baby Joey taking his first bath!!!!!! (shoosh!! it was amazing to me :P~~~~~~~~~~~~) He was rolling all around and really enjoying it! So funny!!!!
Maile is doing well. She is still just as nasty, but is coming out more and more. However, she scurries right back in when something scares her. I don't know whether or not to take out her hut... It is dirty and I would love to get it cleaned. I would also love to get her a smaller one, but I'm not sure if that would make her worse or not...
I think 2 of my budgies are going to be parents soon! Koda is constantly by Melody's side and feeds her. So sweet! I don't know if I'm ready to be a grandma yet or not LOL But, if nature takes its course, who am to intervene??? LOL
Baby Joey is doing awesome, as well. He loves people and having attention paid to him. We cut his toenails the other day...boy was that an experience because his one foot is handicapped so getting him to uncurl it was really hard!
And, last but not least, Peanut got a wing clip :o( He was being too much of a daredevil when out of the birdroom. So for his safety, it needed to be done.
Til next time....
Showing posts with label budgies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label budgies. Show all posts
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
She has a name!!
She finally has a name. After searching the internet for all kinds of names, I finally found one that suits her. Her name is Maile, pronounced MY-lee. It is an Hawaiian plant that they sometimes uses the leaves to make lei's. It is green in color and usually flowers between fall-winter and the flower has a faint vanilla scent. I love the smell of vanilla and she came to us in the early fall. Perfect!
She is ummm, settling in nicely. However, when we get to close to her cage she scurries into her hut and just waits for us to get close so she can charge. I can understand...she is protecting her nest. But, once she gets more use to us we can let her out to fly and play and she won't be as cage aggressive as she is now.
However, I think she bit one of my budgies toes :o( It is all black and blue and a little swollen. I need to catch him and put some antibiotic cream on it but I don't want to stress him out which catching him will surely do to him. Poor baby.
I have not had a chance to play with my dolls lately. Been very busy. And since it is the last unofficial day of summer, everyone is putting yard sales out. We hit one huge one today and that was all I could manage. My back hurt so badly that I could have puked. Sorry.
The only thing I bought was 2 doilies for my dining room table, some cable ties (which I ended up paying the wrong person for so I paid for them twice LOL)...hmmmm....I took a $20 bill, and came home with only $5 but for the life of me I can not remember what else I bought. Oh well.
She is ummm, settling in nicely. However, when we get to close to her cage she scurries into her hut and just waits for us to get close so she can charge. I can understand...she is protecting her nest. But, once she gets more use to us we can let her out to fly and play and she won't be as cage aggressive as she is now.
However, I think she bit one of my budgies toes :o( It is all black and blue and a little swollen. I need to catch him and put some antibiotic cream on it but I don't want to stress him out which catching him will surely do to him. Poor baby.
I have not had a chance to play with my dolls lately. Been very busy. And since it is the last unofficial day of summer, everyone is putting yard sales out. We hit one huge one today and that was all I could manage. My back hurt so badly that I could have puked. Sorry.
The only thing I bought was 2 doilies for my dining room table, some cable ties (which I ended up paying the wrong person for so I paid for them twice LOL)...hmmmm....I took a $20 bill, and came home with only $5 but for the life of me I can not remember what else I bought. Oh well.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
New baby
We have a brand new baby girl!! No name yet, but she is a fiesty and noisy one. She is a Seagreen Peach Faced Lovebird. So that makes the bird count up to 11...uhoh, an odd number! I do not like odd numbers!! But, it will have to do for now because our house is full. There is no more room for another member of this family unless I start invading children's rooms which I am sure they would not like...at all!
Peanut is happy to have a friend. He had to fly to her cage as soon as we opened the door. It was weird because he did his scaredy chirp first, then after he heard her, he flew right to her cage! He didn't stay scared for long.
We need names!! I can not think of any. Her original name was Evil and there is no way that I am keeping that!
Peanut is happy to have a friend. He had to fly to her cage as soon as we opened the door. It was weird because he did his scaredy chirp first, then after he heard her, he flew right to her cage! He didn't stay scared for long.
We need names!! I can not think of any. Her original name was Evil and there is no way that I am keeping that!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
My very first post!!
Hi! Welcome to my blog *_____*
A little about me: I am a mom of 3 awesome kids! And have a wonderful hubby who lives with my craziness. He's an enabler of sorts! Heeheehee
My passions aka madness are (in no particular order); my birds, my dogs, my family, my dolls, my house... don't worry, I will hound you all with pics o_O
Right now I am taking a break from cleaning the bird room. Ovey! What a mess! I absolutely hate cleaning cages, especially the budgie's cage and have actually been thinking of getting rid of it. I mean, they would rather sleep on the boing that is above their cage, so why have a cage???
The bigger bird's cages are easier to keep clean because they are never in theirs and they don't poop as often as the budgies.
Although, Peanut, my lovebird, is being punished in his cage right now because he was being a pain as I was *trying* to clean cages. It's summer and that means that it is mating season. *sigh* So 3 of our 10 birds want romance LOLOLOL but with the wrong species!!!! I demand dinner before I am romanced, but not THAT kind of dinner!!!!
So....now what should I talk about???
How about dolls???
I lubs my dolls! Strawberry Shortcakes being my favs! I just love to get an older neglected doll off of Ebay and turn her into a beautiful little girl. They get the spa treatment here.
My new favorite doll to tote around is Yotsuba doll. Ohmygosh, she is just toooo cute! She can be posed in so many different poses and she comes with different faces and hands, much like a BJD and a Pinky Street doll. I wonder if she is the offspring of these 2 dolls LOL Seriously, (as serious as one can get when talking about dolls LOL) she is so much fun!
Hey, that reminds me of the recent news reports about doll people. An actual doctor diagnosed us as being nuts. Ummm, I am just as sane as the person who collects coins, Boyds Bears, shoes, stamps, antique glass, action figures...I could go on but I won't. I lied, I am going to go on...what about the people who collect matchbox cars or Harley Davidson stuff? Are they nuts too? What is the difference between any of the collections that I mentioned compared to doll collecting?
I can understand where people think that a doll that looks like a real baby can be creepy. I think those puppets are creepy and I do not understand a person who collects coins...I'm sorry, but I can not figure that one out. But, it is not my place to call another person nuts for collecting ANYTHING!
A person who collects baseball cards, wants to keep those cards in pristine condition. A person who collects dolls, also wants to keep them in pristine condition. And, that may mean that they dress them in cute clothes and do their hair. I love to redress my dolls and do their hair like how I did my daughter's hair. Except my dolls don't scream and fidget when I pull their hair accidently...or do they??? Joking!!
Anyway, back to my point...people collect dolls for various reasons. Some collect them to remind them of their childhood...maybe their mother threw away their dolls when she thought they were too old for dolls. Some collect dolls because they are cute and those are the ones who usually keep them in their original clothing and hair style. Some collect them for the monetary value and those are usually the ones that never take them out of their boxes. And then there are some who collect them to actually play with. Hey! Do not make fun! If grown men and play video games, why can't grown women play with a doll? Lots of women get a doll to redress, do their hair, put into adorable poses, put into doll houses, etc etc.
And then there are the women who collect dolls because a particular doll reminds them of a child that they lost or of their child/children when they were young. I have a few dolls that look like how my children did when they were babies.
I do not collect dolls for the amount of money that I can get when I sell them. None of my dolls are that expensive. And a doll only retains its value if other's want that particular doll. No one wants the dolls that I have LOL Also, when I get a doll, I do not intend to resell it. I tend to keep it so I redress it and have fun :o) Am I crazy? No, don't answer that!
A little about me: I am a mom of 3 awesome kids! And have a wonderful hubby who lives with my craziness. He's an enabler of sorts! Heeheehee
My passions aka madness are (in no particular order); my birds, my dogs, my family, my dolls, my house... don't worry, I will hound you all with pics o_O
Right now I am taking a break from cleaning the bird room. Ovey! What a mess! I absolutely hate cleaning cages, especially the budgie's cage and have actually been thinking of getting rid of it. I mean, they would rather sleep on the boing that is above their cage, so why have a cage???
The bigger bird's cages are easier to keep clean because they are never in theirs and they don't poop as often as the budgies.
Although, Peanut, my lovebird, is being punished in his cage right now because he was being a pain as I was *trying* to clean cages. It's summer and that means that it is mating season. *sigh* So 3 of our 10 birds want romance LOLOLOL but with the wrong species!!!! I demand dinner before I am romanced, but not THAT kind of dinner!!!!
So....now what should I talk about???
How about dolls???
I lubs my dolls! Strawberry Shortcakes being my favs! I just love to get an older neglected doll off of Ebay and turn her into a beautiful little girl. They get the spa treatment here.
My new favorite doll to tote around is Yotsuba doll. Ohmygosh, she is just toooo cute! She can be posed in so many different poses and she comes with different faces and hands, much like a BJD and a Pinky Street doll. I wonder if she is the offspring of these 2 dolls LOL Seriously, (as serious as one can get when talking about dolls LOL) she is so much fun!
Hey, that reminds me of the recent news reports about doll people. An actual doctor diagnosed us as being nuts. Ummm, I am just as sane as the person who collects coins, Boyds Bears, shoes, stamps, antique glass, action figures...I could go on but I won't. I lied, I am going to go on...what about the people who collect matchbox cars or Harley Davidson stuff? Are they nuts too? What is the difference between any of the collections that I mentioned compared to doll collecting?
I can understand where people think that a doll that looks like a real baby can be creepy. I think those puppets are creepy and I do not understand a person who collects coins...I'm sorry, but I can not figure that one out. But, it is not my place to call another person nuts for collecting ANYTHING!
A person who collects baseball cards, wants to keep those cards in pristine condition. A person who collects dolls, also wants to keep them in pristine condition. And, that may mean that they dress them in cute clothes and do their hair. I love to redress my dolls and do their hair like how I did my daughter's hair. Except my dolls don't scream and fidget when I pull their hair accidently...or do they??? Joking!!
Anyway, back to my point...people collect dolls for various reasons. Some collect them to remind them of their childhood...maybe their mother threw away their dolls when she thought they were too old for dolls. Some collect dolls because they are cute and those are the ones who usually keep them in their original clothing and hair style. Some collect them for the monetary value and those are usually the ones that never take them out of their boxes. And then there are some who collect them to actually play with. Hey! Do not make fun! If grown men and play video games, why can't grown women play with a doll? Lots of women get a doll to redress, do their hair, put into adorable poses, put into doll houses, etc etc.
And then there are the women who collect dolls because a particular doll reminds them of a child that they lost or of their child/children when they were young. I have a few dolls that look like how my children did when they were babies.
I do not collect dolls for the amount of money that I can get when I sell them. None of my dolls are that expensive. And a doll only retains its value if other's want that particular doll. No one wants the dolls that I have LOL Also, when I get a doll, I do not intend to resell it. I tend to keep it so I redress it and have fun :o) Am I crazy? No, don't answer that!
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