The heat and bad news!

Wow, second negative blog in a row. Hopefully my next blog will be more positive. This one is a bit on the sad side. For the past 2 days we have been without air conditioning. Which wouldn't be such a bad thing except it has been 90 degree weather for the past 2 days. And of course today is a whopping 100 degrees. We finally were able to get a guy out here, and of course he said we needed a new one. So because of lots of prayer, he is installing a new one at this very moment! I am so thankful for that because I am roasting. But more important, I worry about my birds in this heat. I just pray that this new air conditioning is amazing!

But the saddest news of all is that my Grandfather had another stroke and he is paralyzed on one side. He is at the moment in the hospital. It has been a hard day for me, but with God's help, I know I can make it through. And I know He is watching out for my Grandfather.

I am comforted by some verses that I got from Ladies Bible Study from my Handy Little Chart. I picked out the ones that I am dealing with right now.....

I say: "It's Impossible" God Says: All things are possible ( Luke 18:27)
I say: "I'm too tired" God Says: I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28-30)
I say: "I cant go on" God Says: My grace is sufficient (2 Corinthians 12:9 & Psalms 91:15)
I say: "I feel all alone" God Says: I will never leave you or forsake you (Hebrews 13:5)
I say: "I can't do it" God says: You can do all things (Philippians 4:13)

Just Me and the Neighbors!

Today has been a trying day for me. A day, when I realize, I want to get out of this apartment as fast as I can. Overall when everything is working and the neighbors are quiet: it is a nice place to live. But on a day like this, when the air conditioning isn't working in 90 degree weather and the neighbors are playing loud booming video games (with their speakers attached to their wall near the ceiling), there is no peace or solitude.

I find myself putting the birds in their cages and retreating to the bedroom where it is slightly more quiet and cool. I sit on my bed with a huge fan (as Harrison calls it, the typhoon maker) blowing on me and masking the noise of the neighbors while giving me some relief from the heat and my daily chores. It seems I have bad luck with neighbors. I always get stuck surrounded by constantly loud people (day and night) who have no regard for anyone but themselves.

So at this very moment of wanting to rip my hair out, I decided to rant and rave on this blog (lucky you!) and then retreat to my Bible where I can get peace of spirit. So when I am in better spirits, I will blog my promised blog entry. Until then......pray for my sanity! :) lol

Tootsie and Lemon - Beak to Beak

This evening our two birds Tootsie and Lemon met for the first time! As far as I know, Tootsie has never met a cockatiel before in her life! Lemon, on the other hand, had a cage mate when she was with her previous owner. Each bird has such different personalities. It will definitely be interesting. I thought I would share pictures of our birds first meeting! Harrison video taped their meeting, so I hope to put it on youtube soon! But first I need to make it over to my mom's house to use her computer.

Talk about seeing Double!

Blog Posts: Puzzle Thief! and Rescued! coming soon!

Officially Back from the Dead

Finally! I am over my sickness! After over a week and half of being sick, I am finally feeling well enough to start getting things done. I have only been able to do a little every day. Everything has gone on hold for so long! I am now ready to start accomplishing things! It's back to work, work, work.

So many things to do! Ok, so I wont look like this Lady while I work, but I can dream, cant I? :) I need to get back to my quilting, cooking, packing, cleaning, organizing, painting, laundry, bird training......and the list goes on! There were only a few things going on in my life while I was sick. So I thought I would list them:

1. I had a very wonderful companion who would sit on my head while I was bed ridden. She is being quarantined from the other birds until we know she is healthy. And I was being quarantined from life until I lost my sickness. We had that little thing in common. Lemon would watch movies with me. Such a sweet caring bird! :) We would share in our loneliness together waiting for Harrison to come home from work. ;)

2. I found a great new show that I am addicted to! And that show is called: Adam 12. A half hour police television show created by Jack Webb from 1968 to 1975. Thanks to netflix instant play, I was able to watch them while I was sick in bed.

3. The next thing I was able to do after I was able to get out of bed was a puzzle. Harrison and I started this crazy Photomosaic puzzle of Joe Cool that we got from Target. Warning: this is not a puzzle you want to do when you are sick and get headaches easily! :) We are nuts for working on it..lol. We are STILL working on it! Be looking for my next blog post titled: Puzzle Thief!

Mother and Daughter Road Trip - Slideshow

While Harrison and I were dating, I made a ton of stuff for him! The main source of my creativity came from Susan Branch's stickers! I became a big fan of hers! I still have a good stash of her hard to find stickers! So when I found out there was going to be a Tea Party at her store for her Birthday, I decided I was going to make the trip! And what better a way to do it then with my Mother! Just us girls! So off we went! :)

We were both very excited to get away for the weekend and have fun! We headed out early Friday afternoon and drove 4 hours to San Luis Obispo to stay in a fancy hotel. We stayed at Apple Farms Inn. The grounds included a hotel, a restaurant and bakery, 2 gift shops and a mill house. The grounds were very nice. Lots of flowers!

We checked out our elegant room and then headed off to their gift shop where we found some great goodies! Then we had a leisurely dinner at Apple Farms Restaurant.Then headed off to the hotel room to hook up the portable dvd player and netflix instant play. Snug in our pajama's we hopped in bed and watched a new show for me, and blast from the past for my mom - Adam 12! Ok, so I am now hooked on the show!

Finally, the next day came! I was going to meet Susan Branch! I have been dying to go to her store, Heart of the Home, for a while. I finally was getting my wish! We packed up our bags and checked out of the Hotel. Then walked to the Inn's Mill House gift shop and found some more goodies! Then it was off to meet Susan Branch!

Her store was so fun! I found so many great things to buy! I was in heaven! I shopped for a while, before Susan Branch made her entrance. In the back of the store they had drinks, cupcakes, cookies, and sandwiches! I was able to buy some fun things, meet Susan Branch, get her Autograph, and take some great pictures! My mom and I had a blast! Check out my slide show below!

Sick as a Dog!

I will post about my trip to meet Susan Branch soon. But until then, I will be recuperating from sickness. Yesterday I had a terrible bout with allergies then at night a soar throat came on. And now today I am sick as a dog! Yuck!

Fun at the Beauty Parlor

Today has been quite a productive one for me! This morning I went to the salon and got a deep hair condition. They put all sorts of deep cleansing conditioner in my hair and stuck me under the dryer! I then got my hair its long needed cut. Then it was off to do my errands! Harrison is sick and needed some things from the store. Poor Boy! So I bought him fudge bars and orange soda. Lucky!

Then friday and saturday it is a mother daughter road trip to Apple Farms and then to meet Susan Branch at her store! It is to celebrate her birthday and preview her new fabric line and maybe even get an autograph! If you have never heard of Susan Branch, she makes great stickers! I used them all the time for projects when I was dating! So Cute!

Introducing Lemon - As Sweet as Sugar

I wanted to share pictures of our new birdie addition: Lemon! She is the sweetest bird you will ever meet! She just adores humans. She will cuddle and get scritches (scratches) every chance she gets.

Our Sweet Lemon

She came over to Harrison for some scritches, so I had to take some pictures. Here is Lemon enjoying the good life! She just loves to nuzzle into your hand and get scritches!