Summer is simmering along, just as it should. The weather is doing what it does best, confusing everyone! LOL, I LOVE that.

Chanel the 5th and Coco are still having issues, although more tolerance is being granted by her towards him. He's more nonchanlant now too as he is growing out of puppyhood and into his "adolescence"...yikes!

They have company. Yup, another pet entered the melee. Chester came to roost at my home. He's a two year old male Parakeet, and a very fast learner, why just the other night I said "oh crap", outloud of course, and he repeated it instantly.
NOW i have to be real careful what I say....

He has learned a big vocabulary just since he moved in. He says " pretty bird, dirty bird, hello Jim, Coco, roll-over, go to bed, what are you doing, I'm talking to my sister, hi Chester and probably more...hard to remember what all I"ve heard him come out with.
He loves his toys, which are many, however the favorite is the big green plastic worm that sings, talks, whistles, ect.

OH, ya, he also whistles that french song, can't figure out how to spell it though! He also whistles the theme from the Laurel and Hardy shows...whatta bird.
Now I feel like the old man in the movie "UP"!! I've got the bird, the dog, the boy, and one extra with a cat!!

That movie WAS THEEEE best movie I've seen in decades!! A real winner all the way around.

Went to the parade here in town yesterday, loved it. had a good time. Hard a chance to go with son and friends, didn't plan on going, then had second thoughts and decided to celebrate life and go enjoy it.
Life for my dear daughter continues down a sad path, she's not getting better. I hope to be able to get into the cities to visit her in the nursing home, and also connect with the grandchildren.
Prayers for her are on my mind all day, and it's difficult to just do the same old stuff everyday.....knowing what she's going through.

Would things have been different if I hadn't cut off contact with her back in 03? Maybe, then again, I knew she was on a road that held danger for her...there's toooo many possibilities that "could have" happened had I not said goodby back then. Maybe opening the door again will be one small piece that helps her to make it through this...only God knows.

And so it goes............good times, bad times....just like the song...maybe not what the singer was singing about, yet those few lyrics fit.