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Let me start off by saying, there has been nothing in particular that has happened to cause this... but there are times when I'm not sure I'm the best match for Jewel.   I will do my best by her, but in all honesty, I know I"m not as confident with her as I could be.   Of course as  jeriendhal  points out, Jewel and I have only known each other a few days.

I don't know.  But I'd be lying if I said I didn't have doubts. of course, we've got two months to get to know each other.

 I'm flabbergasted by this morning's events.  Jewel came forward in the cage..and I don't know how to describe it.. she had a real interested look in her eyes.  Not really expecting anything, I put my hand up and asked "Do you want to step up?"

 And she did! 

Tags: foster parrot, jewel

Of a good sort!    I used to have parrots before Thomas was born.  Specifically, two caiques.  But when he was born I felt I couldn't give the birds what they needed and rehomed them with experienced bird mommies.  (Ladies with previous parrot experience).   If I knew then some of the things I know now, perhaps I wouldn't have rehomed them... but at the time it seemed like the best decision for them and me.

Well, Thomas is 8 and Miss Georgia is 3 and a half.  I thought with care and proper supervision, I could perhaps have a parrot in my life once more.  
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Tags: foster parrot, jewel, parrot

Georgia is going to be (big surprise) a "prin-sa"  (how she says Princess).
Thomas was a bit trickier, since he doesn't always tell me what he wants to be..but his current interests include Toy Story, Toy Story2, Chicken Little, Wall-E (yeah, all Disney-Pixar films!) and outer space.

And the reviews I saw on the Wall-E costume to buy indicated it was kinda cheaply made for the price... so I'm making one on my own.

Here's the box part (there will be straps to go over his shoulders):



And here's the wheels which we'll attach to each side:


I know he likes it because he wants to wear it now. :D


 

Tags: crafts, halloween, my son, wall-e

Georgia and I put Thomas on the bus, which picks him up at daycare...after which I walk her inside to her "classroom" then leave for work.
We're driving to daycare and Georgia and I are singing fragments of songs ...and our singing isn't that bad, honest!  Thomas likes music, but for some reason he didn't want us to sing.  "No, no, stop!" he said.

Well, we kept on.

So he starts hollering "Mutiny!  Mutiny!" (which I'm sure he got from the Captain of the Axiom in Wall-E...a movie he has been enjoying a lot recently.)

It cracked me up.

Rather a nice way to start the day -- being silly and laughing with my kids.

Tags: cute story, my daughter, my son

Last night, I was playing the online game I like to play, World of Warcraft.  (Did my first instance (Nexus)as main tank:  lv80 warrior(me!) , 2 deathknights -in 71 and 72, I think.... one of whom is a VERY experienced tank), a lv 80 warlock, and a lv 80 pally.who acted as our healer. -- we only had one complete wipe, on the final boss.) 

Anyway, after we were done the instance, it was close to midnight my time and someone on the world chat asked for a few min silence to commemorate 9/11.     And a couple of people were VERY irreverant.  But the comment that burned me up the most was "So, it was almost 10 years ago."

My thought was:  SO?  What the f*ck does that have to do with it?

It WAS a tragedy, it IS a tragedy.   People lost their sons, their brothers, their husbands, their fathers... their daughters, their sisters, their wives, their mothers.. their friends.  It was the first terrorist attack on American soil.  it was a loss of innocence as a nation. 

To be so cavalier about the loss of life, for whatever reason...is horrible..  and anyone who is so.. less than human, in my opinion.

Tags: 9/11

    For docnerd :


Salem is a bit of a doofus, but he's a sweet one.   And he gets definite brownie points for helping me get my son Thomas to sleep some nights.  (We've had instances when Thomas has been in meltdown mode and Salem will come onto the bed and curl up near him and purr...which helps soothe Thom to sleep.)  So even tho sometimes he's waaaaay to finicky about the litterboxes, I cut him some slack for stuff like that.  This pic also shows his little white spot on his chest.



This one is to show the white spot on his tummy! ;)  He's got this .. "Aw come'on mom, I'm trying to get some sleep here.:" look , doesn't he.  LOL

I miss having a pet bird in my life. And while I'm concerned that Georgia is still a bit too young for me to have one yet, that hasn't stopped me from wanting one, or starting my research.

So there you have it... I wants a bird.
Steps I've taken so far: joining some online forums and asking questions. I also went to a petstore to handle two birds (tho the one I visited only had two... but one of the two I felt rather drawn to... a white capped pionus.) But if/when I *do* get a bird, it will be from a breeder.

I'm also thinking of taking some classes on parrot behavior, etc from www.phoenixlanding.org/
and possibly fostering... I asked on a forum and they said that with precautions even a home with children could foster.  (And, to be honest, I would only do that with a small to medium sized bird anyway.)

The thing is..when I was in the petstore, and holding that baby pionus...it snuggled up to me and chirped...and I just had this feeling of total contentment.


So crazy or not, I needs another bird in my life.   Eventually.

PWNed : (definition from urban dictionary): A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled "owned." When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so "has been owned."

Instead, it said, so-and-so "has been pwned."

I figured put that up there for my mom, who might wonder.( read on )