I’m going on a road trip with my brother for the first time and we are going to have a blast!! ttys…

The funniest thing to see! as you all know I have a baby macaw, I am trying to teach him how to stand on a perch and eat foods. It is a journey to say the least, but fun and funny .

Perching

Well as you may already know I made The macaw (Teal’c is his name) the “beginner perch” (if you haven’t seen it go to my story Brainstorming) and it’s about an inch or so off the ground. He was doing pretty good with that ( not super but he could balance and play with his hanging toys) so I decided to get some branches for his “new cage” ( it’s an old guinea pig cage I cleaned up really well).

Now I went out and cut some branches off an orange tree and made a couple of perches for his cage and they are about 3-4″ and higher off the floor of the cage (they curve a little and have different circumferences) he will have to learn to balance better and learn how to climb up on to them.

Teal'c's new cage

It starts out with me setting him on the perch and he just kind of sits and looks at it, moving a little on it then slipping one foot off, but finds out that it’s further down then the other one and (kind of) falls off. He sat  on the bottom of the cage and checked out the perch from there a little before falling asleep.

foods

first I started him out with a small dish on the bottom of his cage and some Cheerios then added some pellets and fruits.  He has an idea of how to eating now (still not mastered but getting the hang of it, I am still hand feeding too).

Next I went out and got some dishes to hang on the side of the cage ( he still has his floor dishes , just much less to choose from).

I put some of his favorite foods in the dishes and he doesn’t quite know what to do with them yet. He pokes around them, looks at them and chews on them but they are too high to just reach from the bottom of the cage, so he will have to learn to get on the perch to get the food out (at this point he can reach the top but not inside).

This morning after his play time outside of his cage I set him on his perch (inside the cage) close to his bowl of fruits (in the hanging dish). He stood there for a little while then started to play with the edge of the food dish, finally reached in and got his orange (still one the perch) and he enjoyed that (juice dripping down his beak ), then a grape and another grape.

After dropping the second grape on the bottom of the cage he started looking down and decided he wanted that grape  back. He started reaching for it, couldn’t quite get to it and stood up straight again ( as if to think about it some) then back down trying to reach again. All of a sudden he reached one time too many because he ended up spinning and laying on his back on the bottom of the cage (that’s what I was giggling about when I first came on).

With that said, It made me think about how we are all like Teal’c. How when we want something bad enough we would do anything for it, even the unknown.

Teal'c playing with his monkey

So, I think it’s time for me to work on my unknown and reach for what I really want. Here’s hoping I don’t end up on my back…lol

Hey, Write me something in the comments or email me at lindap642@yahoo.com love to hear from you!  Have a great day!

I am still around, still trying to think of a business I can do.

I am trying to find what I am passionate about. I have found out that I have a couple of things that get my blood racing.

1. God, ministering or being connected to Him excites me, and makes me want to share. (the thing is I have never had any kind of real training in this other than going to church, taking some outreach classes and bible studies. although if God wants me to do it, He will just be using me as His vessel and I won’t need “formal” training )
2. Raising babies, all kinds of babies, mostly baby birds and human babies (but my days for human babies are pretty much over I think).

I have raised 2 baby birds now in my life time ( I know to some that isn’t much, but to me it’s awesome.) and it excites me to no end to watch them grow and finding new ways to teach them things.

The first baby I raised was my umbrella cockatoo(Casper), I put him on “lay-a-way” per say when he was about 1 month old. I would go and visit him once a week while he was growing and I was paying for him.

He was down to 2 hand feedings a day ( I read anything and everything on hand feeding and what to expect with parrots I could find.) and he already knew how to perch on his stand by the time I brought him home.

I was so excited to get him that I built him some stands and toys a month or so before he came home. Then being excited with the way the stands turned out I decided to make a few stands and try selling them to pet stores, of which I only sold 1, but I did sell something. I just didn’t know how to go about marketing them, so I never got any further with them.

These are the stands I made. As you can see Casper took over the one on top and that one became his.

Now that I am raising this new baby macaw I am back to being excited and building new things for this baby. I built him what I call a beginners perch, the perch is only about an 1″ off the ground but if you turn it, it can be about 2″ off the ground, with this stand they can learn how to hold on and balance themselves ( which he is learning very well) He is also learning how to step up on to the stand and back down from it. I also made the toys that are hanging from it.

I have also found a bunch of recipes for birdie bread that I was thinking I might be able to start a birdie bakery for those that just don’t have the time to make special things for their special birds (babies or Adults as well) .

So as you can see I am leaning more toward the Bird things, although God can use me while I am doing the bird thing too.

I was also thinking about asking some companies to let me advertise (or be an affiliate, I think that’s what it’s called) on my blog as well.

Well I just thought I would let you all know where my mind has been going, and what I have been doing.

I would love to hear from you all! Leave me a comment or email me at lindap642@yahoo.com

Thank you all for sticking with me and I will come back from time to time when I have something to say.
You can still find me on Twitter (lindap642 or bjessiesmommy not sure which) and on Facebook (fb email address is bjessiesmommy@hotmail.com) feel free to email me (lindap642@yahoo.com) or comment on here I will be checking in from time to time.

ttys!

p.s.  this might be harder than I think to just walk away from. It might not last long…lol ttys

Today I am just thinking like always .

Thinking about what I want to be when I grow up.Thanks to Ben Lumley who did a guest post on HeavenandEl called Bad grades and blue Lights. On failure and giving up. Not that I hadn’t thought about it many times, just that this got me to thinking about it all over again.

I am already pretty grown up age wise.

The only thing I ever wanted to be was a wife and mother. I have already done both of those things and now I just don’t know what to do with myself. I do need some money coming in, so what can I do that will bring money in and make me happy doing while I am doing it.

I do love animals, kids and cooking. The cooking part I don’t do much of anymore, because it’s just me here, why cook for just one person?

I would like to do something from home if I could. I just am not sure what I can do that will bring me in the money I need to make.

I have been reading this book (on and off) How to be Rich and Happy byJohn P. Strelecky and Tim Brownson, but I can’t seem to get past the part of figuring out my Values and Anti-Values. The hardest part is trying to figure out if what I circle is what I really believe or if it is something that I have just been told I should believe.

my value list came up like looking something like this when I did it.

1. Family
2. Love
3. Honesty
4. Trust
5. Happiness
6. Freedom
7. Comfort
8. Adventure

but if I sit and think about it Honesty and Trust are a huge thing for me, but then that would put my family in a lower place and that to me would make me a bad mom.

Why is that?

The only thing I can think of is that my whole life has revolved around my family. But with my kids I always pushed Honesty and how if you are not honest you would not be trusted. So what is my top Value?

Also Love is on my list and love is a really big deal with me, I need to feel love and be loved. But when I think of love in that sense it is more of wanting or needing a significant other. Of course I love my family that goes without saying. Just now I am alone and I don’t like it. I have never been alone before and it’s hard, so where does love sit with me right now?

So many questions? and I just don’t know the answers to them. So much to think about. How do I even start? Well if anybody out there knows, Please tell me! Because I always am asking myself these things and I know I want to start a business of some kind but I just always get stuck with all these questions and then I just stop, because I just don’t know what or how to do or answer any of it.

If anybody has any advise, Please feel free to put  your two cents in! I can use all the help I can get here.

Thanks leave me some comments and/or email me at lindap642@yahoo.com

How am I going to do this?

With everybody’s help I’m a hoping!

One of my twitter friends Kristen Wright had what I thought to be a great Idea, I told her I might have to borrow it from her and she told me it was ok.

It helped me get a little happier the other night just reading her blog and getting to know some of  her friends. I figured it would help me to read and get to know who the people are that are reading my posts.

I want to get to know who you are and what makes you tick.

So here are a few things about me that you may or may not already know.

My name is Linda Parmentier, I started hanging out on twitter to meet some people and try to find a more positive attitude. I started writing a blog (of which you are on now) about my life, I’m enjoying it, Some days it’s up some days down, but I am having fun doing it. I have 2 kids one son (age 25 on the 10th)he’s married and gave me 1 Grandbaby (age 2 going on 8), 1 daughter (age 24 in Dec) who is getting ready to be married in February. I have 3 boston terriers, 2 cats, 1 umbrella cockatoo, and 1 foster military macaw I am hand feeding. I have been out of work for almost 2 years if anybody knows of a clerical, data entry, job (I am also a fast learner) in Tampa Florida send me an email (lindap642@yahoo.com). I love the Fall season, it makes me feel more alive and happy.Anybody who has read my blog all along probably already knew most of what I said but that’s ok. now it’s your turn.

Share as much or as little as you want in the comments area.

This will be fun!

I have felt a little on the down side for the past few days, not really sure why, something I have to look into a little more. Need to stop and smell the roses per say and search down deep inside.

Seeing the puppies being born yesterday, you would think I would be on an up side but here I am on the down side. Maybe with knowing how fast they grow up and have to move away makes me sad ( sorry kind of thinking out loud here).

born 9-28-10

I think I know what it might be. Helping my daughter with her wedding and thinking about her moving out soon (in a few months) and being here all alone is probably what has started it all.

I should be happy for her because she is going to be starting a new and exciting part of her life (not that I am not happy for her because I am, but I am sad for me I guess). She is going to be where I have been, and it is all so exciting.

I just don’t like to be alone and I will be,I know what the problem is! I am feeling sorry for myself!   I think it’s time to figure out what I want to do with my life, it’s time to slow down again today and see what I have done and where I want to go from here.

Thanks for listening and helping me out here.  I guess I made today’s post to help me talk through some things. Have a great day and say a little prayer for me while I try to figure this stuff out.

Leave me your comments or send me an email lindap642@yahoo.com. As always I love to hear from you!

Left you a little poem to read ; Enjoy!

Slow Dance
-Author Unknown-

Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round,
or listened to rain slapping the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight,
or gazed at the sun fading into the night?

You better slow down, don’t dance so fast,
time is short, the music won’t last.

Do you run through each day on the fly,
when you ask “How are you?”, do you hear the reply?
When the day is done, do you lie in your bed,
with the next hundred chores running through your head?

You better slow down, don’t dance so fast,
time is short, the music won’t last.

Ever told your child, we’ll do it tomorrow,
and in your haste, not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch, let a good friendship die,
’cause you never had time to call and say “hi”?

You better slow down, don’t dance so fast,
time is short, the music won’t last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere,
you miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
it’s like an unopened gift thrown away.
Life is not a race, so take it slower,
hear the music before
your song is over.

for more beautiful poems visit Positive Thoughts & Inspiration

Scary feeling!

I am closing like 5 of my credit card accounts today! I have decided I really don’t need more than 2 cards (in reality I don’t need that many either).

It is supposed to make me feel better, but all I’m feeling after closing 3  is scared to death!  I feel like I’m going to need them someday and not have them anymore, although I haven’t used most of them for a very long time and some I have never used.

I had gotten most of them just to get a discount on a purchase. Just with closing these 3 cards I have taken about $9000.00 away from myself, not that I would ever have wanted to max them out, but with not having a job for  almost 2 years, what if I need them? Although if I ever did use them and max them out, I wouldn’t be able to pay the bills on them either.

O.k. I just finished closing all but the 2 accounts now. I’m coming to grips with it, calming down some. I know in the long run it will help me feel better, and I know it’s not helping my credit to do this, but that will straighten out too.

I do have good credit, well I did have good credit until I just canceled all of these, now I don’t know what kind of credit I have. But I am now down to 2 credit cards ( maybe 3, I know I had another one out there I just put the card away and didn’t use it, now I have to find it again).

Some day I will let them all go (maybe) as long as I can pay it off after using it things should be ok.

I may just go down to the one card soon, the one  has a big limit on it anyway. Unless I plan on buying a car or house on it, I should be ok

I do like to keep one for in case of an emergency or if one of my kids needs something, but if I learn how to save my money instead I would have it too. :/

The two videos I have up here show what we shouldn’t use our credit cards on unless you are planing on paying it off  as soon as it comes in.

The feeling of letting go= Priceless!

we shall see!

Thanks for stopping in. I didn’t have much to say today but thanks for letting me just jabber on.

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