I love challenges! Especially the ones that have to deal with behavior in my children and in my birds. Today's challenge is to keep my lovebirds off the floor! My blue masked lovebird is finding that underneath my hutch in my kitchen is a neat place to hide. I've gotten some really good advice. The only thing is, he sneaks underneath there. He won't go under while we are watching him. He looks around to make sure no one is watching, but then if he even thinks we're going to be watching, he waits until we are busy. Even if we peek around the corner, he knows we're still watching!
So, I need to find a safe place for him to play that is out of the way. Just putting up a hideaway to make as his new clubhouse isn't going to work. He'll want it to be hidden... And, to make this challenge even harder; he is clipped but regaining some of his flight feathers. Even though, it is still hard for him to get to where he wants to go.
Where to put this hidey-hole? Nothing like rearranging your house for birds!! My house has gone to the birds LOL At least they let me have my favorite chair, the TV, and my coffee. I'm happy.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
Someone slap me
Or at least block Craigslist from my computer, please. I see these posts about birds being locked in cages all day long, every day and then people advertising them on CL saying they are mean birds :o( I'd be mean, too if someone locked me up all day, every day.
Think about it... You wake in the morning knowing exactly what is going to happen that day. Another day of being neglected. Another day of sitting staring out into space. Another day of eating the same nasty food. Not having anything to do, no one to talk to... Pretty soon you'd be wishing NOT to wake up in the morning :o(
I feel so sorry for these beautiful creatures and want to make life better for them. They did not ask for you to purchase them and they certainly did not ask for you to stick them in a cage. A bird, a majestic creature that was made to fly not be locked up in a cage!!
Enough ranting. The point to my little speech was that we are getting a new family member! A little girl, peach faced lovebird! Who ironically enough, looks like my Peanut.
Can I seriously block CL from my computer?
Think about it... You wake in the morning knowing exactly what is going to happen that day. Another day of being neglected. Another day of sitting staring out into space. Another day of eating the same nasty food. Not having anything to do, no one to talk to... Pretty soon you'd be wishing NOT to wake up in the morning :o(
I feel so sorry for these beautiful creatures and want to make life better for them. They did not ask for you to purchase them and they certainly did not ask for you to stick them in a cage. A bird, a majestic creature that was made to fly not be locked up in a cage!!
Enough ranting. The point to my little speech was that we are getting a new family member! A little girl, peach faced lovebird! Who ironically enough, looks like my Peanut.
Can I seriously block CL from my computer?
Thursday, October 1, 2009
I'm a bad fidmomma
See, I had good intentions. I really did. But, I was so pooped from helping my sister move that I didn't get to read to Joey last night. He so enjoys his bedtime story. I feel so bad :o(
I'll read him a story this morning to make up for the one I didn't read last night.
To make matter's worse, the 2 little girls that I watch in the morning for 2 hours, have a 2 hour delay this morning. So, instead of going to school at 8, they won't be going in until 10 which will be cutting into my morning with the birds.
This always happens. I vow to do better and something cuts me off at the knees. Why? What did I do to tempt karma?
Seriously, I know better. Sometimes I get a little whiny and feel superior to such bumps in the road like school schedules. I feel as if they are personally attacking me sometimes. See, I am so superior that the schools sit in a little room and discuss how they can make Jally's life harder LOL Ok, all kidding aside I know that isn't true.
My wonderful therapist taught me that I need to have the confidence in myself to know that I can work through life's little speed bumps. Still working on that topic...
I'm going to have such a great day! Peanut's new cage (well half of it...the other half is in MD so should be here sometime today) was delivered yesterday while I was helping my sister. So, today I get to decorate his new cage!! Yoohoo!!! I love rearranging cages. It is like setting up a preschool room for children!
But...my sister might call me to watch the baby while she cleans her old apartment. If that happens, I will be just fine and I'll work around that. I have plenty to do in the daycare room while he naps.
Peanut is still his usual terror self. He has found my son's stuffed animals in his closet, and my stuffed animals in my closet...SHOOSH!! LOL My son doesn't have a door to his closet because it broke a long time ago, so I can't shut his door. I don't like his bedroom door shut (he's 15, need I say more???) so the only alternative is to get rid of his stuffed animals.
Oh dear, I bet you're wondering why a 15 year old boy still has stuffed animals. He has Asperger's which is a form of autism and change is hard for him. And, getting rid of his stuffed animals would be like saying good bye to his childhood-his younger self and that would be devastating.
So, what to do, what to do?
I'll read him a story this morning to make up for the one I didn't read last night.
To make matter's worse, the 2 little girls that I watch in the morning for 2 hours, have a 2 hour delay this morning. So, instead of going to school at 8, they won't be going in until 10 which will be cutting into my morning with the birds.
This always happens. I vow to do better and something cuts me off at the knees. Why? What did I do to tempt karma?
Seriously, I know better. Sometimes I get a little whiny and feel superior to such bumps in the road like school schedules. I feel as if they are personally attacking me sometimes. See, I am so superior that the schools sit in a little room and discuss how they can make Jally's life harder LOL Ok, all kidding aside I know that isn't true.
My wonderful therapist taught me that I need to have the confidence in myself to know that I can work through life's little speed bumps. Still working on that topic...
I'm going to have such a great day! Peanut's new cage (well half of it...the other half is in MD so should be here sometime today) was delivered yesterday while I was helping my sister. So, today I get to decorate his new cage!! Yoohoo!!! I love rearranging cages. It is like setting up a preschool room for children!
But...my sister might call me to watch the baby while she cleans her old apartment. If that happens, I will be just fine and I'll work around that. I have plenty to do in the daycare room while he naps.
Peanut is still his usual terror self. He has found my son's stuffed animals in his closet, and my stuffed animals in my closet...SHOOSH!! LOL My son doesn't have a door to his closet because it broke a long time ago, so I can't shut his door. I don't like his bedroom door shut (he's 15, need I say more???) so the only alternative is to get rid of his stuffed animals.
Oh dear, I bet you're wondering why a 15 year old boy still has stuffed animals. He has Asperger's which is a form of autism and change is hard for him. And, getting rid of his stuffed animals would be like saying good bye to his childhood-his younger self and that would be devastating.
So, what to do, what to do?
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Routine
A routine is what I need. Hubby has the cutest routine for the Suns. Each morning, before he gets them up, he has all their food ready. He has a certain amount of walnuts and pistacchios that he gives each and a certain amount of cereal pieces sitting on the counter ready for them. Spoiled birds get cereal while my guys get yucky veggies and pasta! LOL
Back to hubby; He goes and gets the Suns from the bird room, hurriedly brings them into the living room so that Gibby can go potty. Gibby will not potty in his night time cage either.
Then it is kisses from daddy, (I stay away, I do not want a lip piercing), and cereal pieces. Once they've each had a piece of cereal, he puts in their food bowl and puts the rest of the cereal pieces in their treat bowl.
Not to worry, their cereal is organic good for you shredded wheat stuff that is expensive but since it is for the birds.... Not to mention it is not being sold in any of our local stores anymore. Hubby buys it when he takes our daughter grocery shopping when he takes her back to college in a neighboring city.
In the meantime, I am either eating my breakfast or doing some housework when Peanut gets up. We have no special morning routine... We have our special evening routine, but that isn't enough...
Our morning routine is Peanut flying to my head, climbing down on to my shoulder, and gacking for whatever body part he can find. If there are no body parts, he gacks on my shirt... :o( See, hormones.
So, yes a better routine is what I need...
Back to hubby; He goes and gets the Suns from the bird room, hurriedly brings them into the living room so that Gibby can go potty. Gibby will not potty in his night time cage either.
Then it is kisses from daddy, (I stay away, I do not want a lip piercing), and cereal pieces. Once they've each had a piece of cereal, he puts in their food bowl and puts the rest of the cereal pieces in their treat bowl.
Not to worry, their cereal is organic good for you shredded wheat stuff that is expensive but since it is for the birds.... Not to mention it is not being sold in any of our local stores anymore. Hubby buys it when he takes our daughter grocery shopping when he takes her back to college in a neighboring city.
In the meantime, I am either eating my breakfast or doing some housework when Peanut gets up. We have no special morning routine... We have our special evening routine, but that isn't enough...
Our morning routine is Peanut flying to my head, climbing down on to my shoulder, and gacking for whatever body part he can find. If there are no body parts, he gacks on my shirt... :o( See, hormones.
So, yes a better routine is what I need...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
I found me!
I literally lost myself; got a new computer and never got my stuff off of the old one. Seems like a difficult job, time consuming, so I have been procrastinating about doing it. Some day. Maybe :o)
Soooo....what is new?
Not much with me except hubby got laid off and I am done doing daycare but not by my decision. I am still watching my nephew, however my mom and I are sharing him, sort of. She watches him in the morning, and then I watch him in the afternoon.
This allows me to get my house back in order and I am loving it! Mom asked me how on earth I can find stuff to do for 4 hours!? LOL When my 4 hours are up, I am not done with my work so I can easily fill up that time. Mom says she gets bored. I say what she needs are some birds LOL
So, with the new schedule, it means changes in our lives. Especially for the birds. Well, at least for 2 of them...Peanut and Baby Joey. Oh, and Oreo because we are having some issues with him. I swear he is either part beaver or part termite. He is determined to eat our entire house!
He actually chewed through an electrical wire that goes to our phone! We had to get new phones, but that was the least of our worry of course. He could have killed himself. It happened on hubby's watch heeheehee
Anyway, it is very apparent that he needs more chewing opportunities, even though he has a lot, he needs MORE!
That is easy enough to fix. Next is Baby Joey. He is a lineolated parakeet and I really don't know much about them. They aren't all that popular, yet so there isn't much info out there about linnies.
What I did read is totally opposite of what I do with Baby Joey. Urrrrrchhhhhhhhhhhh go the brakes. Reverse and totally revamp my ideas about him.
Number 1 thing to do is to bring him out into the living room during the day. See, Baby Joey lived in the bird room during the day with 1 lovebird, 3 budgies and 2 cockatiels. According to the Lineolated Parakeet Society's webpage, linnies should not be living with budgies because linnies are so calm and quiet and it would stress them out too much. Uhoh. Mistake number 1.
And, then I read that linnies like to have a clean living environment so they should not live with dusty birds such as cockatiels. Oops, mistake number 2.
But, someone forgot to tell this to Joey. He flock calls a lot when he is out in the living room. He loves his budgie buddies.
But, (again), he is not as aggressive, strick that, he is not aggressive when given a break from the budgies. He was biting, a lot. Linnies are not aggressive by nature so this was not something to take lightly.
He was biting me a lot, and now since he has been in the living room, he has bitten me a total of 2 times.
Next is to move his sleep cage into my bedroom but since a clean environment is important to linnies (and I know it is important to Joey since he doesn't poop in his sleep cage), I need to clean my bedroom! LOL
Next item of business is Peanut, my problem child. *sigh* Gosh, I don't know where to start with him. He is in hormone overdrive and I really feel it is my fault because I have been lax in making sure he has lots to do :o( We've even stopped doing step up and he has been a booger about getting off of me when I need him to. He runs from one side of my shoulder to the other, down my back, up my head. Oy! It makes me not want to get him out of the bird room/cage.
But, item number catrillion and fifteen... impliment (implement??? sp??) some discipline in this house regarding the monster, errr I mean the Peeps ;o)
How am I going to do that? Lots of praise, lots of consistency, lots of patience, lots of play time, lots of things to do, and a routine.
I want to try to forgo a wing clip if I can... I will update my progress as I go :o)
Soooo....what is new?
Not much with me except hubby got laid off and I am done doing daycare but not by my decision. I am still watching my nephew, however my mom and I are sharing him, sort of. She watches him in the morning, and then I watch him in the afternoon.
This allows me to get my house back in order and I am loving it! Mom asked me how on earth I can find stuff to do for 4 hours!? LOL When my 4 hours are up, I am not done with my work so I can easily fill up that time. Mom says she gets bored. I say what she needs are some birds LOL
So, with the new schedule, it means changes in our lives. Especially for the birds. Well, at least for 2 of them...Peanut and Baby Joey. Oh, and Oreo because we are having some issues with him. I swear he is either part beaver or part termite. He is determined to eat our entire house!
He actually chewed through an electrical wire that goes to our phone! We had to get new phones, but that was the least of our worry of course. He could have killed himself. It happened on hubby's watch heeheehee
Anyway, it is very apparent that he needs more chewing opportunities, even though he has a lot, he needs MORE!
That is easy enough to fix. Next is Baby Joey. He is a lineolated parakeet and I really don't know much about them. They aren't all that popular, yet so there isn't much info out there about linnies.
What I did read is totally opposite of what I do with Baby Joey. Urrrrrchhhhhhhhhhhh go the brakes. Reverse and totally revamp my ideas about him.
Number 1 thing to do is to bring him out into the living room during the day. See, Baby Joey lived in the bird room during the day with 1 lovebird, 3 budgies and 2 cockatiels. According to the Lineolated Parakeet Society's webpage, linnies should not be living with budgies because linnies are so calm and quiet and it would stress them out too much. Uhoh. Mistake number 1.
And, then I read that linnies like to have a clean living environment so they should not live with dusty birds such as cockatiels. Oops, mistake number 2.
But, someone forgot to tell this to Joey. He flock calls a lot when he is out in the living room. He loves his budgie buddies.
But, (again), he is not as aggressive, strick that, he is not aggressive when given a break from the budgies. He was biting, a lot. Linnies are not aggressive by nature so this was not something to take lightly.
He was biting me a lot, and now since he has been in the living room, he has bitten me a total of 2 times.
Next is to move his sleep cage into my bedroom but since a clean environment is important to linnies (and I know it is important to Joey since he doesn't poop in his sleep cage), I need to clean my bedroom! LOL
Next item of business is Peanut, my problem child. *sigh* Gosh, I don't know where to start with him. He is in hormone overdrive and I really feel it is my fault because I have been lax in making sure he has lots to do :o( We've even stopped doing step up and he has been a booger about getting off of me when I need him to. He runs from one side of my shoulder to the other, down my back, up my head. Oy! It makes me not want to get him out of the bird room/cage.
But, item number catrillion and fifteen... impliment (implement??? sp??) some discipline in this house regarding the monster, errr I mean the Peeps ;o)
How am I going to do that? Lots of praise, lots of consistency, lots of patience, lots of play time, lots of things to do, and a routine.
I want to try to forgo a wing clip if I can... I will update my progress as I go :o)
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Yep, that is me in my profile...
And the infamous Peanut! How such a tiny being can bring such emotions in a grown person? I love that little thing as if he were one of my children! I dote on him and worry about him.
He was my first "real" bird after the parakeets. I got him at 2 and a half months old and he was my constant shadow. Where ever I went, he went. If I walked away from him and left him on the couch, he'd climb down the couch, scurry across the floor, and climb up my pant leg.
I had a place for him to play safely while I was doing daycare. The children loved him, but then came the kittens and he had to find another place to stay...upstairs out of harms way. I miss him so much even though it has almost been a year since he'd been down here. I should be over it by now, but every single time I leave him in the morning while he is calling for me...he just does not get any easier. And I swear, it is like leaving a child at daycare for the first time, all the time.
A picture or 2 or 3 of my turd bird...I learned how to upload pics!!! :o) Soooo...heeheehee you'll all be bombarded with pics!! Mwhahahahahaha
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Still dismal
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....
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....
Saturday, September 6, 2008
The stuff I deal with in my life-negativity
I have a real hard time not being negative. I always see things as dismal. One little thing could go wrong and I am convinced that all is worthless. It's not that I exaggerate or that I demand attention, I think it is just a part of my disorder...anxiety and panic attack disorder. And a lot of it has to do with how I perceive things.
For instance, we have a guest staying here (I am a sucker like I said in my last post...for all things that need me as if I am a wonderful healer or something ridiculous like that...) and along with my children and husband who can be slobs, it is just too much. Children are children, I do not ask a lot from them and I do not make them do a lot of chores. They generally do what I ask, and it is my own fault for not making them do more and for not being accountable.
So, anyway, back to being dismal (I can joke even in my dismal state LOL), I wake up at 5:30 in order to get some housework done before the daycare children start to arrive. This particular morning, I swept the entire upstairs floor and washed the kitchen floor. But, it looks as if I did nothing. Why? Because as I said up above...the members of my family are slobs.
I would go on strike, but I can not live in slobsville like my family can. They seriously do. not. care. !!!!
And so, in my dismal state, I sit and stew and ponder how my life turned into being a maid to these ungrateful people and when is it ever about me, when will they ever do anything for me? Then I rant and rave and blow up.
I have no time for myself. My mornings could be better spent on doing things for myself...yoga, taking a nice long bath, drinking my coffee leisurely...etc etc...
See how I am? I know that I am this way, so is this a mind over matter thing? Can I cure myself from this horrible condition? I don't think this is depression, I've been depressed before. I just think this is part of who I am because I have been this way ever since I was a child. And I have had anxiety attacks since I was a child as well. I am a nervous person.
Well, onto more exciting things...at least it is for me LOL
We let our 2 lovebirds meet :o) What about quarantine, you ask? Well, I for one do not believe in it when a bird comes from someone I know and trust. This lovebird came from my sister in law's house and she has been there for over a month. If she was sick, something would have happened sooner. And since she is hormonal and cage aggressive, it is very important to start breaking her from that ASAP. She was an only bird in both her former homes so I don't think she knows how to be a bird.
I say that because it is very apparent that she was not let out of her cage much. She has all her flight feathers, but can not fly well. How sad is that?! So, see, it is very important to teach her how to be a bird and I alone can not do that. She needs to see that humans are not all bad. That we will not hurt her. And the best way to show her that is to let her see how we are with our other birds. Time is of the essence here. (Is that the right phrase that I want?)
And, with her not having much exercise, except charging at our fingers, she is quite plump. A lot bigger than our lovie is.
Heeheehee, as I am typing this, Peanut is on my head taking a nap! LOL
School finally (!!!) started here so I am down to 2 fulltime daycare children. I love these kids, but it gets to be too much when they are all here. My son and my nephew are doing cyber school this year and it has been a rough first few days.
My nephew is doing his school here because his mom works during the day and with it being school on the internet, a number of things can and does go wrong. We've had a lot of problems starting out and I am glad that he was here instead of at home alone. I am sure that he would have given up and went back to bed LOL
During the first 2 weeks of school, they want all the kids on their computers by 8 AM sharp!! Someone was asleep at the wheel when they thought up that one, because 1400 kids trying to get on their server all at once is not feesible!
Friday nights are ordering out nights and we tried a new restuarant last night that did not meet my expectations. I do not know what I expected... we tried a soup and sandwich shop but seriously, I can get a whole pound of lunchmeat for the price of one sandwich at this shop. So, to me it seemed ridiculous and a waste of money...lesson learned :o)
See, in my dismal state, my train of thought would be something like, nothing ever goes right for me, I never get what I want, yadda yadda yadda...but, in reality, that kind of place does appeal to some people because that shop was hopping with business. And I'm sure that they won't miss me when I take my restuarant preference elsewhere...
Gotta go to the bank before it closes...toodles.
For instance, we have a guest staying here (I am a sucker like I said in my last post...for all things that need me as if I am a wonderful healer or something ridiculous like that...) and along with my children and husband who can be slobs, it is just too much. Children are children, I do not ask a lot from them and I do not make them do a lot of chores. They generally do what I ask, and it is my own fault for not making them do more and for not being accountable.
So, anyway, back to being dismal (I can joke even in my dismal state LOL), I wake up at 5:30 in order to get some housework done before the daycare children start to arrive. This particular morning, I swept the entire upstairs floor and washed the kitchen floor. But, it looks as if I did nothing. Why? Because as I said up above...the members of my family are slobs.
I would go on strike, but I can not live in slobsville like my family can. They seriously do. not. care. !!!!
And so, in my dismal state, I sit and stew and ponder how my life turned into being a maid to these ungrateful people and when is it ever about me, when will they ever do anything for me? Then I rant and rave and blow up.
I have no time for myself. My mornings could be better spent on doing things for myself...yoga, taking a nice long bath, drinking my coffee leisurely...etc etc...
See how I am? I know that I am this way, so is this a mind over matter thing? Can I cure myself from this horrible condition? I don't think this is depression, I've been depressed before. I just think this is part of who I am because I have been this way ever since I was a child. And I have had anxiety attacks since I was a child as well. I am a nervous person.
Well, onto more exciting things...at least it is for me LOL
We let our 2 lovebirds meet :o) What about quarantine, you ask? Well, I for one do not believe in it when a bird comes from someone I know and trust. This lovebird came from my sister in law's house and she has been there for over a month. If she was sick, something would have happened sooner. And since she is hormonal and cage aggressive, it is very important to start breaking her from that ASAP. She was an only bird in both her former homes so I don't think she knows how to be a bird.
I say that because it is very apparent that she was not let out of her cage much. She has all her flight feathers, but can not fly well. How sad is that?! So, see, it is very important to teach her how to be a bird and I alone can not do that. She needs to see that humans are not all bad. That we will not hurt her. And the best way to show her that is to let her see how we are with our other birds. Time is of the essence here. (Is that the right phrase that I want?)
And, with her not having much exercise, except charging at our fingers, she is quite plump. A lot bigger than our lovie is.
Heeheehee, as I am typing this, Peanut is on my head taking a nap! LOL
School finally (!!!) started here so I am down to 2 fulltime daycare children. I love these kids, but it gets to be too much when they are all here. My son and my nephew are doing cyber school this year and it has been a rough first few days.
My nephew is doing his school here because his mom works during the day and with it being school on the internet, a number of things can and does go wrong. We've had a lot of problems starting out and I am glad that he was here instead of at home alone. I am sure that he would have given up and went back to bed LOL
During the first 2 weeks of school, they want all the kids on their computers by 8 AM sharp!! Someone was asleep at the wheel when they thought up that one, because 1400 kids trying to get on their server all at once is not feesible!
Friday nights are ordering out nights and we tried a new restuarant last night that did not meet my expectations. I do not know what I expected... we tried a soup and sandwich shop but seriously, I can get a whole pound of lunchmeat for the price of one sandwich at this shop. So, to me it seemed ridiculous and a waste of money...lesson learned :o)
See, in my dismal state, my train of thought would be something like, nothing ever goes right for me, I never get what I want, yadda yadda yadda...but, in reality, that kind of place does appeal to some people because that shop was hopping with business. And I'm sure that they won't miss me when I take my restuarant preference elsewhere...
Gotta go to the bank before it closes...toodles.
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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