Dinner for Two

A human word here:
Next week on Wednesday morning I go to see my 'diabetic nurse' Della again. Every 3rd month I have to see her regarding the Type 2 diabetes I have been diagnosed with. They are always concerned about my cholesterol levels due to the diabetes, though the readings I have were not a worry before. My doctor has urged me to go onto some kind of cholesterol treatment, and I keep refusing. I told him I will get it down with diet & exercise and so far it has come down a bit though needs more. This evening I went out for dinner with friend Tuggy & we decided to share the restaurant's special, the Lasagna with Greek Ribs & Garlic Toast. As it turned out, they gave us what we are sure was 2 dinners and only charged for 1. We were the last ones there before closing time. It was a very enjoyable meal though I know it was not in keeping with getting those cholesterol levels down.

Potato Chips and Chirps

Hi. Friday here again.

Some people wonder "how to remove dark circles under eyes". My answer to this dilemma is "get a bird", or more specifically, "get a Pacific Parrotlet".

I think dark circles under eyes is a sign of a health problem and the answer to most of these things is to get better rest & to de-stress. The best way to do this? Yup, have a Parrotlet live in your home with you. One little warning here though, "Parrotlets are like potato chips, you can't have just one". We are just so wonderful that everyone wants more once they've had one.

Our quiet little chirps and other such noises are very enjoyable to the human ear and unlike the noise of some other birds, our chirps and songs are very relaxing and peaceful. Our clownish behavior is very entertaining to humans as we hang upside down from the top of our cage and our toys. I have even ridden around on my human slave's head and hung upside down holding onto her hair and looked her right in the face. This made her laugh and laughter is always good medicine.

Parrotlets

Hello... this is Friday speaking now. Reba is laying on the floor chewing on a big ugly bone... EWWWW. I figured since our human slave has 2 laptops, we birds should start adding some input to these blog things. After all, dogs can't think of enough interesting things to keep up an intelligent conversation. Those of you that visit this blog often will likely remember meeting me one time before when I took the initiative and wrote on this blog.

I, and my dear lady love Miracle, are Pacific Parrotlets. Here is a bit of information you might find interesting in regards to Parrotlets.

Parrotlets, the smallest parrots in the world, are little birds with short wedge-shaped tails and large beaks for their size. Most species are less than five inches long and weigh less than 30 grams. They are relatively new to the pet trade, and a sure attention grabber. Everyone who sees one wants to know, "What kind of bird is that?"

The most popular species in the pet trade are the Pacific, Mexican and green-rumped parrotlets. Other species are rare. Some people believe green rumps are the most gentle, although all three species can make nice pets if they are handfed and properly socialized.

Most parrotlets are primarily green. Patches of yellow, gray and blue identify the species, subspecies and sex. A healthy parrotlet will be alert, have shiny feathers, a clean vent and clean feet. Parrotlets can live up to 20 years.

Parrotlets are sexually dimorphic, which means the sex of the bird can be determined by looking at it. In the commonly available species, males have a varying amount of vivid or deep blue on their rumps and also have shades of vivid blue on primary and secondary wing feathers. The females always lack the blue markings on the wings.

Parrotlets come from the same regions as larger parrots such as macaws, Amazons, conures and Pionus. Their range spreads from the arid tropical zone of western Mexico, along the West Coast just below Baja, Calif., to the southern most parts of Brazil and from the east to west coasts of South America. They inhabit Trinidad and have been introduced to the Netherlands Antilles and the West Indies.

Personality

These small parrots often have a feisty, courageous nature that belies their tiny size. They are most closely related to the Amazon species, and many people refer to them as "Amazons in pint-sized bodies" because of their often fearless nature. They are bold, playful, clownish, fearless and determined.

Parrotlets frequently learn to talk. They have limited talking ability, but with patience and practice, can learn to say several words, short phrases, and many sounds and whistles. Their voices are small in proportion to their size and sometimes it is hard to recognize words. Their natural sounds are very pleasant chirps. The lack of noise makes them ideal for apartment or condominium dwellers.

That is what they say on the internet. I do agree with most, though not all. I personally did not come from where they say. My egg was laid right here in Canada.

Weird Stuff.

There have been things happening in Mom's life the last while & she is now looking to change volunteer careers. But I can't really tell you about it all, just that Mom has been giving this a lot of thinking the last week.

Another thing Mom has been giving thinking to is a marriage proposal. Yup, her friend Jerry from the United States phoned here a few nights ago and asked Mom to marry him & move to the US to travel around woof him in his motor home. She could even take me and some of the other critters, though most wouldn't fit in the motor home and Mom says she'd have to leave all the birds and chinchillas and rabbit behind... so that just leaves me and the cat. Mom can't stand to leave all her critters behind as much as she'd like to go travel like Jerry said. Oh ya, Mom likes him lots but doesn't think she loves him like she'd have to to marry him. But she thinks it's nice that someone would like to marry her.

I'm pretty sure we'll be staying right here cuz Mom loves all us critters more than she loves Jerry and the idea of traveling around the states. He said they'd winter in southern states and summer in northern ones. He's traveled & lived in lots of these places already & is smart enough to know Mom is wonderful!

Dog Thoughts

It's a bit dark in here lately. It makes it nicer fur sleeping, arf arf. The light bulbs have been dieing lots lately. Fur some strange reason they all seem to be dropping dead at the same time, so Mom has to lots 'n lots of new light bulbs. I think the lights at DolanDesigns are real nice, but Mom says she just needs the bulbs, not the fixtures.

Tonight when Mom went out to see Wendy, I stayed home. I just didn't feel like going this time which is really weird fur me. I let Mom know I wasn't going, just by not acting excited and not going to the door when she did. I stayed home in the nearly dark house and slept while Mom was out. Maybe I'm getting old.

A sore foot

Mom & I haven't been able to go walking fur awhile now. I have been limping real bad cuz I have a sore foot so Mom says no dog park until I get better. That's a drag and I miss going to play woof my dog friends, and I know Mom is right. I've just been laying around the house lots lately and not doing anything much. I do chew on a big bone that Mom's friend Pauline sent home fur me, but otherwise don't do much lately. I know my foot will soon be better & I'll be able to go play again. In the meantime, I wish we had a Wii and a bunch of wii accessories so I could do all that at home and get my exercise. Mom wants one too... and she doesn't even have the money to take me to a vet fur my foot. Oh well, it will get better soon. Mom tried to look at it and was able to figure out that it's not my ankle like she thought, but is one toe on that one foot. I won't let her look at it much cuz I never have liked my feet played woof.

Time fur a good nap.

Dog Thoughts

Yesterday Mom's friend Pauline gave her 5 nice big bones fur Mom to give to me. I think that sure is nice of Pauline to think of me when they were getting their beef into their freezer. Mom gave me a big bone last night and I'm not really feeling too good lately so I didn't even eat the meat off of it, never mind chew the bone. Mom is really surprised cuz I usually love my bones.

A few other thoughts I want to share woof you:
- I been limping cuz I has a sore front leg. Mom thinks maybe it's cuz of Arther Itis or someone like that.
- If I meet anyone called Arther I'll bite him, just cuz.
- I have a new friend named Daisy. She's a Red Healer & her human is a friend of Mom's. He built a ramp fur me to get in & out of the truck woof. I refuse to use it.
- Mom thought the ramp would be good so I don't have to jump in & out woof my sore leg. HA!
- I think I might need a home insurance quote on my dog house. Mom's house is insured and mine isn't.
- Mom needs to go talk to her insurance agent about the house insurance and keeps furgetting.
- Mom has a date tonight and had to help me do this post before she went. Now she's gonna go shower & get ready to go out and leave me home alone (except fur the cat, rabbit, 4 chinchillas & 9 birds).