Cross stitch of me half way to finished

So anyway mum has always wanted a cross stitch of me her favorite bird in the world... ME... ;) she would hint to her friends who did cross stitch that she would even pay someone to do it but none of them got the hint.... hmmmm. So mum being mum decided she would do it herself. So she practiced a couple of hours on a little square and then went for it on the A4 picture of my head.
 
Here is her progress:
 
- 1st Dec 2012: Mum got an A4 piece of fabric and printed of an A4 cartoonized picture of me and drew a pencil outline of me on the Fabric this is the picture she is using

 
- 4th Dec 2012: Mum only did 2 hours on the 4th she is still a newby and this is how far she got. I am pretty chuffed with her I think she started off well

 

 

Anyway she put it down for a while as she had too much to do and other things that needed doing

 

- 28th Dec 2012: She took a little break and then had her work Xmas shut down from 21^st Dec and she started doing the cross stitch again.. 1-2 hours a night and by the 28^th this was how far she had got

 

  

So mum continued doing 1-2 hours a night until she returned to work on the 3^rd, then slowed down a little again only doing 1-2 hours as and when she gets the chance
 
- 13^th Jan 2013: I think she is about half way through, she has sped up a lot and is enjoying it so much. And this is how much she has done up until the 13^th (yesterday)

 

Mum is a little angry with herself

Well as you know I have been on my diet as per the vets instructions, so I went from 132grams in april, and I finally lost 16 grams and got down to 117 grams, mum was over the moon happy as larry... until today when she looked at the scales and I have gone up to 123 grams, she is beating herself up about it, she knows it is her fault for feeding me too much, so she is a little angry with herself today, so back on the diet for me I think. this is going to be hard as Xmas is coming up and she is going to be home with me for 12 days solid. ooooohhhhh this is going to be hard. IT MUST BE DONE....

Fantastic Long week-end

Well mum had Monday and Tuesday off work and was home most of the time apart from Monday lunch which she went out with a friend. We had a fantastic time, I have been so cuddly lately and snuggled a lot with mum over the past few days, she gave me lots of kisses and we had a wonderful time. I can't wait until her next 2 days off near the end of the month, it will be another cuddly week-end I am sure (((0)))

MUM found the movie 'The real Macaw'

Yippi mum finally tracked down a copy of the movie the real macaw, it had to come all the way from Poland, but it's in English and region 2 for Europe. woo hoo, we will watch it this weekend with popcorn and juju (thats juice for non parrot talkers) I can't wait (and nor can mum)

or the box that came for mum has the Polish cover so it looks like this

Halloweens Coming

Mum says this is how I am going to look on Halloween

CELEBRATION TIME... I'VE DONE IT... and more

I have finally done it and I have gone one step further, In April I was told by the vet I was had to lose 10 grams from a chunky 132g down to medium size 122g, well I have struggled, but today I am proud to say after my morning weigh in today I am now past the 10 grams and down to 119 grams, that is a massive loss of 13 grams. I am soooooo chuffed and mum is super happy with me. I know the vet wants me to be a perfect weight for my Quaker size of  a slim 110 grams -116 grams, but 119 grams is so good for me right now, I have not been 119 grams for at least the past 3 years. SOOO PROUD OF MYSELF (OK it has taken6 months, but better losing it slowly and keeping it off than losing it fast and putting it back on again....) :)

 

TIME TO CELEBRATE WOO HOO

ONE MONTH GONE!!!

Oh dear I have just realised that I have not been on my blog for a month, I blame mum, she is soooo busy she has not had time to turn on the computer to let me type anything on my blog.

So what has happened in the past month... well let’s see, mum has tried some baby food with me and I just luuuuuuurve it, carrots and potato. even mum says it smells nice.

Winter is starting to set in and it is starting to get a little cold here, so mum has got the blanket out to cover her knees and I love sitting on and snuggling up to this blanket. The nights are getting darker so much earlier now and I don't like it.

OH YES, MY GOOD NEWS... I AM AT MY GOAL WEIGHT... WOOHOO, mum is going to try and get me to lose another 5 grams, but she is so proud of me for losing the 10 grams I was supposed to lose... it only took me 5 months... lol I hope I don't go and put it all back on again.

A bit of a mood

I think I woke up on the wrong side of the perch this morning... Mum says I am being a little poo trying to bite her and growling and huffing and puffing..... she has now gone to work and hopes to come back at lunch to a nicer bird.....

Water spillage...wooops, or not

This morning I had a bit of a giggle, you see I like to get the water that mum puts in a little tub on the lounge table for me and when she is not looking gently tip it over and watch the water trickle ever so gently along her nice pine table an onto the lovely thick rug she has under the table, it is even more fun to watch mum come running through from the kitchen at the speed of light waving a tea towel in her hands wailing like a banshee to come and mop it up, this gives me a lot of amusement.

I'm being a poo pants today

Mum says I woke up on the wrong side of the perch this morning, I have bitten her thumb really hard. I mean so hard that it is still bleeding through the plaster 30 minutes later... ooops not a happy mum.

Building my Holiday Home

Well I have decided it is time I kept up with the Jones's and build myself a holiday home, my cage in the lounge is my main home and I have decided my holiday home will be around the microwave, I have already started building... what do you think so far

scales playing up again

OK so maybe I shouldn't have had any KFC with mum on Friday. my weight has gone up again. grrr, I need to lose it, come on mum get serious about this weight loss thing, no more junk food in the house, if you feel th eneed to pig out then do it with apples.

KFC tonight... yummy

Being Friday mum decided she will get Kentuky Fried Chicken for dinner tonight, I WILL BE FIGHTING HER FOR SOME OF IT. Now some of you may think I am acting like a bit of a canable seeing as chicken is actually a bird... Well I have one thing to say people and listen very carefully to this
I DONT CARE, I WANT KFC, it tastes sooooo good, I am watering at the mouth already... yummy
Hurry on home mum

Another one I need to watch...'Winged Migration'

Winged Migration

Storyline
This documentary follows several species of migratory birds over a four year filming period. These birds travel several hundreds if not thousands of miles toward the equator in the autumn, and make the return journey to their higher latitude summer homes in the spring, always taking the same route, using the natural compasses of the universe, the stars, to find their way. Some species, like the arctic tern, even fly from pole to pole. These long and often torturous treks are a matter of survival, to live in a hospitable climate and find sources of food. With the exception of migratory penguins, travel over oceans is especially difficult as the birds have little refuge unless there is something floating on the water, such as a ship, on which to land. Otherwise they must continue flying until they reach land. Some will not survive the migration due to predators, including man, illness or injury...Written by Huggo

Fantastic Documentary.. 'March of the Penguins'

March of the Penguins
A look at the annual journey of Emperor penguins as they march -- single file -- to their traditional breeding ground.

I need to find this movie.. 'The Real Macaw'

I need to find this move, I must watch it at somepoint (SOOOOON)
The Real Macaw Movie
This is the summeray of it... I MUST SEE THIS MOVIE, NOW BEGINS MY SEARCH FOR GETTING IT ON DVD....
An ancient talking macaw named Mac becomes the saving grace for an elderly man threatened with a nursing home, when it is discovered that the talking bird knows the whereabouts of a buried treasure from its days with a pirate. His grandson decides to go off on the hunt only to discover that a resort now exists where the treasure is buried.

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill..another all time favorite movie

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
This is another one of my all time favorite movies (documentary) I love this story, mum and I watch it on DVD occasionally and I get to squaking along with the parrots on the TV... good fun

'Paulie' One of my Favorite Movies of All time

This movie will make you feel almost every emotion, sympathy, sadness, laughter, anticipation and so much more. I loved it. I don't have children (however I do have a parrot, so maybe you can say I do have a child, and he enjoyed watching it with me) I love this movie, it is one of my all time favorites... so get the popcorn popped and the coke in a glass, and don't forget to get the tissues ready for those happy tears. If it is a feel good movie you want the Paulie is for you
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125454/

My new spot

This weekend gone I found a new snuggle place in the corner in the kitchen, God help anyone who comes near it as I will beaker the snot out of them.. mum has now tried to stop me going there by placing a barrier in front of the open bit. grrrr I liked my new spot near the kettle nad amongst the spider plant that I was ripping to shreds. mum says she feels sorry for the spider plant. I say beaker the spider plant...

Mums back at work

Mum was not too well on Monday and yesterday, she went to work on Monday and came home early, she had a bad tummy and got no sleep on Monday night, so did not go into work yesterday, I liked having her at home, but today she has gone back to work and I am missing her already. I can't wait to see her at lunch time.
The weekend was good tho, on Sunday mum got me a nice 5ft tall potted bamboo for my outside aviary. I hope it lives and doesn't die off, I like it, I started munching on it and chucking the bits about my aviary within 2 minutes of seeing it, thanks mum.