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Ha, nope i can't. I do remember peaceful dinners and watching tv in the living room after 7pm. Ahhh, the old days. Lol Wouldn't trade what we have now though.

I am sure he is putting on a show and he is butt tired of going to the vet! ( pun intended, lol ) We have been respectful of each other and have given distance to each other. Today was like nothing ever happened, just chatting away, taking treats from my hand. Lol, poor guy has to go back to the vet Tuesday, hubby is taking him this time though, I can not always be the bad guy. Of course it will be simple for Pat since him taking Bubba anywhere in his carrier will be new and an adventure. I am sure i will be hearing all about how easy it was and how he doesn't understand how i had issues! Give him just one more trip and he will understand, Bubba will have figured it out. I am worried though about Bubbas eating, started to really monitor it today. I had to ask my hubby if he had been filling his bowls cuz i haven't seen it going down. Its weird though bc i do see him eating some. His weight has be bouncing up and down 30grams or less each week for 3 weeks, weighing is done Sundays at 2 pm, weird i know. He was only 815 last week, thats pretty low when my skinny Oliver with pdd is almost at 980 now! Calgon, take me away!

Hows your baby?

I am pretty sure he is thinking, " i'll get you my pretty, and your little dog too". Lol Vet visit went great, nothing hanging from his behind. Got him home and he was as nice as could be too. I didn't get the evil wing spread this morning either but i have not tried to open the door yet either!

I am pretty sure they have more than one! Lol The zero for us is accurate though! Bubba got me again. The thumb this time. Had to take him to the vet this morning and he flipped out. Wouldn't step up for me so i got the stick he always steps up on and he did. He then took off down the stick and got my thumb. Reaction to jerk your hand but i have learned doing that makes it worse so i slowly removed my hand from the stick and he came with it. He wasn't letting go, just hanging from my thumb. Got him off and took him to his carrier, started trying to put him in and then saw all the blood dripping so i set him down and said screw it. Washed my hand, he got me good, fixed myself up and went back to Bubba and asked him why he keeps hurting me? He cocked his head to the side and then walked right into his carrier and said bye. I am not sure why he is turning on me, kinda hurts and i do mean hurts more than feelings! And me with no insurance! Heres a stock tip, invest in the company that sells bandaids, finger splints and vasaline! Oh my

Yup, me too! Boy did Bubba crack us up yesterday. Pat was watching his football while i was in the bedroom, folding laundy with Bongo. Gabby was giving him a hard time because he was trying to keep her off the couch since she put a hole it. She would fly onto it, Pat would put her on her stand, Bubba would give a hearty ha ha ha. This went on for a good 45 minutes before Pat snapped, then i heard wings flapping then a hello from Gabby, Pat picks her up puts her on her stand saying no no. Bubba laughs at him, Pat turns to Bubba telling/ begging him to stop laughing at him, it isn't funny. Then he hears from me, hiding in the entry watching this, oh yes it is funny, keep on laughing Bubba! Gabby won, i covered the arm and back of the couch pretty thick then wrapped a blanket around a pillow that sets angled in the corner and makes her cave and she was happy as could be!

Lol, he was just fine today! But i guess my lip looks bad enough that Gabby and Oliver tried kissing it to make it better, tried. Fun part is i gotta take Bubba back to the vet in the morning and i can't even say he did it while we were medicating his butt!

Oh, Bubba and Gabby win that, hands down! Gabby gets her whole body into it bouncing up and down, her beak hitting the counter. Bubba sways back and forth lifting his foot each time. I try to copy both but for some odd reason it just isn't as cute when i attempt it! Lol

Welp they are are a handful but a joy! After posting that story, i got Bubba out for some one on one love/play time. After several sweet loving kisses the booger grabbed my bottom lip and caused such a split there was a debate about if i needed stitches or not. I am sure i should have gone to have it looked at but eh, people get split lips all the time! So i drink with a straw for a few days, alls good! He did not mean any harm.

Luckely Gabby wants the bowls, nothing inside them. It is the noise she is after, but i will really watch out for left overs now! Bongo, i was told, is 5. We have had him since end of Jan so i would say almost six now.

It is a beautiful day here so the birds can go outside and play. Bongo and Gabby in their aviary, Oliver and Bubba in theirs. Pat and i are on the front porch enjoying a "beverage" talking about the kids being in the backyard as we are in the front. Suddenly our macaws go off screaming. Pat and i jump to run to the back yard, as we approach them we slow down because we see they are fine but they are still screaming, the greys are just watching them. Then my husband sees what is going on, our neighbors cable guy is trying to climb our fence to get to the box in our yard. Oliver and Bubba are setting off the alarm!! The boys settle down when we talk to the guy, all is good. Getting a call from a neighbor a few doors down saying the boys set their bird off, oh well, lol. About 20 minutes later the neighbors who were having their cable worked on came outside, we did not know that though, and we hear Bubba saying hello. We then see the tops of their head and figure out whats going on and we all had a laugh. We start wrapping up the conversation saying how we will get together for a bbq soon when Bubba at that moment starts telling them bye... All the while the greys are just watching all of this! I hope this is as funny in writing as it was in person because i really have not laughed that hard in a long time!

Wow Kantana, well said! This is todays funny yet frustrating dance. Moments before they were all on their cages having breakfast! Bubba was on the toilet yet didn't have enough respect to even use it! Argh!! Lol

For ours, she likes the dog food bowls. The sound of ceramic hitting tile is a joy to her! All the dogs but one make a wide walk around her. The one though just wants to play with her. The dogs name is Abby, and Gabby is always telling her hello which gets her excited. I don't really think there would be any trouble but i am not going to take that chance either! One more vet bill and i would be in big big trouble! Lol

I am semi glad and semi sorry my husband couldn't work the video on my phone. Me and the fids were having a dance party and he thought he was recording the silly lady getting all of them to dance, even Bongo was dancing! It was a funny site to see and he said it was about 6 minutes long and he couldn't wait for me to see it. The next day he showed it to his mom and it ended up being 3 seconds long and that was just the top of my table! Oh well. Bubba loves to dance so he'll get it next time!

I have 2 out of 4 that make escapes. Gabby, when she wants, opens a door and comes right out. Bubba gave me a little shock yesterday too. I had taken everyones water bowl out to change them before i went to work, i put Bubbas back in and was walking to Olivers cage when i spotted this bird climbing his play fridge. I looked back to see Bubbas cage was empty, i wonder what i was talking to when i put his food and water back in, all the doors were latched! I mean really, how do you not notice a big macaw isn't in his cage?? I was told when we got him that he could escape any cage and once out he would go around and let all the birds out of their cages, they had to padlock him in. I did not believe this, okay, now i do!!

MBS=No more sleeping in! MBS= Alot of laughter! MBS= eternal love!

So much for house rules, i really need to stop bragging on her. Try as we may we can not keep her off the floor. With all the dogs, the floor is off limit! I really thought with all her talking, she would rub off on Bongo, but no. Last night when he would whistle, she would whistle right back! Darn it, i know he can talk. Everyone said that he would again but it has been 8 months now, i don't think he will!

Yeah, go figure. I hated yams, now i eat them. Hated veggies, now i eat them, all because of my birds! And now that they have me eating this stuff, they don't!! Gotta luv em!

Oh that was great! I had to keep watching over! Love that sense of humor!

Ha, retirement? Savings? Such a thing of the past. I had to go back to work for real after Bubbas first vet visit, we thought we were just getting a well check and toe nail trim! I got lucky and my new job, part time, is two minutes from my house, i can run home anytime for a check in. It is a zoo here and your welcome to visit, just know all who enter the addmission is chopping, feeding or cage cleaning! Lol just kidding, we have a system that works well but it does take two people if we hope to have our quiet time in the evening. We found a great channel on uverse cable that plays toddler tunes we put on during their dinner and it changes to lullabyes for their wind down. They love it and after a few beers, we are singing along! Haha Nothing like seeing two grown adults singing "this is the happiests song i know" and "eight steps"( by grover ) while sweeping floors, cleaning cages and yard work!

Yeah! It is shrinking! Now we just have to deal with scar tissue forming. For lack of a medical term, he has to give him butt stretching massages. He explained that i would need to bring him back in often for a while to do this, Monday would be the first appointment. I asked if it was something me and my hubby could do at home as it took me 45 minutes to get there today. He said yes and proceeded to tell me to put the ointment on my finger and stick it up his bumm and move it around to stretch it out. To which i quickly replied, " What time did you want me here on Monday?"

Lol, loved the video (s). Watched some others too, the spoon cracked me up! I stupidly gave the boys wooden spoons once to help out with, took the big boys about 5 minutes to make me a new box of toothpicks! Tonight Gabby got in the sink and tried to help put a glass into the dishwasher. I just wish who every taught her that had told her the glass does not go through the sink to get to the dishwasher. She was bashing it up and down on the drain, and they call me a dork!

He said no to the blocking off of the upper area. I am going to put some of his stuff up there and see if he changes his mind then. Lol Gabby is actually learning our house rules now that she is settling in some, except for the garbage can! She enjoys getting in it and throwing everything out of it. I am going to try just putting her veggies directly into it and see if she eats them that way! Lol

He is at the vet again..... I hope he can get it all this time.