@michele-b-here-in-the-forum
Thank you Michele. I do ask Buddy to help me with Too-ti Luv. I had never had a bird before Buddy and must admit I was taken aback by how taken I was with this little thing. Budgies may be small animals but they sure take a huge place in your heart.
The breeder told me it would take about a week to get Too-ti to eat from my hand, and to be patient with him coming to perch on my finger. Within one hour, He was on my shoulder, going everywhere in the appartment with me, the same day he began to eat treats in my hand. So Buddy is there with us, guiding us to get to know each other. I really believe Buddy was thankful to no longer be in pain.
Oh, Bright Opal,
That is awesome! We've had canaries, one robin, and one crow.
Budgies are so tiny and so precious. It's obvious that Buddy and Too-ti are indeed connected and so are you.
I just love this!
@ratbum
I'm sorry to hear that. Two of my brothers have lymphedema and they use compression garments and self-massage at home. My only experience with it was after need replacement, and the therapist used massage only. There's wonderful support groups online and there are lots of sites that sell really cool compression garments that don't look like you are wearing a garment.
It really sounds like you are a bright light in your nieces lives. How fortunate your brother and these girls are and you them.
If I may add one more suggestion, baking/cooking together. Cookies, cakes, simple mini pizzas, soups or easy foods from scratch, not mixes. My kids loved baking. They eventually made creative dinners and sauces and side dishes on their own as they grew. Even today when my college/ young adult kids start stressing, they want to bake. They also want to bake when they are happy.
Baking together creates memories, builds skills and when not done under a time pressure is fun. Perhaps make some fall desserts and decorate them. Gingerbread houses in winter. Have a pancake bar with pancakes they help make ( make shapes, flowers, animals, happy faces, heck any kind of face since you can talk about feelings while making them if they want). Whipped cream, fruit and candy toppings. They can be totally creative. It could be a breakfast for dinner theme too. Pj's and pancakes for dinner. Have a night where the food theme is green or red or orange and there has to be that color somewhere in each food item or every food has to begin with the same letter of the alphabet (C= Chinese chicken, chickpea, cabbage, cinnamon cookies, citrus, chocolate, cantaloupe cream of broccoli soup etc...) Invite a grandparent over to help create the memory if they are well enough. They will appreciate building that memory with the girls as well. Take photos. Create a multi generational "cookbook" for that cooking night. They can look at the book next time they are over. Memories to reflect upon for years to come.
OMG! Now I want to come over too! Ha ha ha!
I think I need to invite my young adult kids over for a alphabet letter dinner night with each person creating a letter dish. Who says you have to be a child?
Cooking is definately something to explore together. The youngest has deadly allergies to milk sesame, milk and other baking products. So taking our family recepees and experimenting with them, replacing some ingredients with others could be fun. We have had reverse dinners (starting with desserts) was vry popular.
California is a large state. Currently there are fires burning from N. California to S. California and everything in between. I have friends who have dealt with evacuations in both locations of the state this week.
Early this morning a new fire broke out near the Getty Center in Los Angeles. The college I graduated from was evacuated in the wee hours of the morning. The Mt. St. Mary's University Chalon campus is located on top of a mountain just above the Getty Center. There is basically one way to get to the campus, up a single road through a neighborhood of homes. Through pitch black smoke after being roused by their resident assistants, 450 resident students had to walk down that road, many still in PJ's, where they were met by waiting ambulances to evacuate them to shelter. Those who were lucky, were able to grab their backpacks, computers and a few necessities. The threat of fire has always been a concern for that campus but so much more so as the state has dealt with years of drought. This October's Santa Ana Winds have been fierce.
I heard a local news station report that some of the classroom buildings have been burnt. I am aware that at least 12 structures have been lost from the fire, many of them homes. There is still a convent located above the campus and I have no idea how they faired.
I have multiple friends dealing with California wildfire evacuations this past week. Some in N. California, some in S California. If you can hold those dealing with this crisis in love, ( people, animals, wildlife etc) it would be appreciated.
Additionally, I have a friend who told me how the area she lives in Tennessee was hammered by the remnants of Olga. Major flooding, roads blocks, people isolated and major damage.
Mother Earth is speaking. Loudly.
Thanks.
I just moved here from Monterey, and watching the fires is just heartbreaking. So much of this is a result of PGE's poor maintenance of their lines. And to see the Getty Fire when I have friends who live down there, as well as those scattered in the north - it's so sad.
I need a little TLC right now myself. There's a Worker's Comp hearing 11/4 in Salinas to determine I'm even entitled to survivor's benefits and it may not be going well due to a lawyer who's trying to say I'm not entitled to anything. I've been told this is standard. Our lawyer (me, my 2 stepkids) says that's nonsense. I just really want all this to be over, and frankly, I need the money. I want to get my GIS certificate so I need a car and tuition by sometime in December. The WC attorney for the other side is holding up even the insurance payments that have been agreed to. My lawyer is a stickler for the law and the regulations, but the opposition (basically my husband's employer's lawyer) is acting like a dbag. He's even annoying the young woman who was responsible for my husband's death, but it really, truly was a freak accident and I'm actually upset her as well. She's going to carry the memory of the accident for the rest of her life, and she doesn't need that jerk adding to her problems. At least my expenses in Boise are minimal since I'm staying with my brother.
Gah.
Will keep good thoughts for fast resolution, PamP
I am very sorry you are going through all of this turmoil Pam. May the resolution happen quickly for your benefit. May you be able to have your classes and car very soon too. I am sure it is difficult enough to be navigating all of these changes in your life without needing to go through lawyers and the mercy of the judicial system. It isn't fair that they payments are being help up either.
May the next few months be filled with light and peace as you move forward towards your goals.