'Kipper

Skipper

'kipper as he calls himself. This we call is his professor picture. I am obsessed with him. He is hilarious! He called me "my bitch" the other night. Which by the way, my husband taught him to say. Here are a few other pics of birdie-boy from tonight.

Friend of a Friends blog

Ok, the blog post from Melba! Is awesome. I keep looking at it and passing it on to others I know. Even my birdie likes watching it. If you can see, there is a bird in the cage behind him.

High School Football

In this part of the country especially. Last night we went to the high school state semi finals playoff game with my father-in-law at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton. Can you imagine being a high school football player and getting to play in Fawcett Stadium? How cool would that be? Even when it's thirty five degrees outside and raining ALL night? Steubenville (Big Red) and Youngstown Cardinal Mooney played last night. Mooney kicked Steubenville's ass!! It was almost disheartening to watch. I felt bad for Big Red being beat up but in the end, they did get some points in the board so it wasn't a complete shut out. The best part of the game was the fact that my Father-in-Law in his working days was on the on Ohio High School Athletic Assn. as a board member. This means we got to sit inside the warm and dry press box with food that Mrs. Brooks makes! Life is good!! Press story from the woman who sat next to us who was a reporter from the Herald Star. This give a MUCH better picture than my ramblings above. The best part of the whole thing, I WAS IN THE CITY!!!

Off to the City!!

This week I was off on Wednesday (meaning this bird girl had to work Saturday) so I made my flight to Columbus. My previous home...sigh. I miss my Columbus. I never in a MILLION years thought I would miss Columbus. But living in "West Vegas" is anything but exciting.Ohio State House

My clients think that I am crazy for driving 1 1/2 hours to get my hair done. But my worry is that I will come out looking like this if I get my hair done here. I am sure that there are great people who do hair but when a salon is called Curl up and Dye, or Tease Cut and Curl, it makes me a little nervous.

When I arrived in Columbus I went with my old work buddies to lunch. Apparently since I left they have started Spaghetti Wednesdays. Every week a group of 4-20 goes to the Spaghetti Warehouse for lunch. They have ordering down to a fine art, to keep the waiter/waitress from messing up the order. I was prepped for ordering, spaghetti w/meat sauce, salad with either ranch or italian, and my beverage. No variations, no exceptions. If you do, NO LUNCH FOR YOU! It was so nice to see everyone and tell them my stories of life in Amish Country. Some times they think I am being dramatic, but really, I am not! As my husband's friend says, I'm "prissy."

Birds

Our house is all about the birds, obviously. Today my bird was doing his usual hanging upside down on his play stand. He's crazy.

My other bird love is the cardinals that frequent my feeder in my front yard. Last year we had eight pairs. I have already counted almost that much at the beginning of the winter. Hopefully they will all bring their friends!!

Flannel

Today I went in to the little grocery store in the town I work in. The first thing I see is a woman wearing a flannel shirt jacket. Then I see a guy w/a camouflage hat & matching bib overalls. I was waiting to see a dead deer strapped to the top of a 1983 Dodge Omni. While I am laughing inside because the city girl in me knows that it's a real fashion faux-paux to wear the previously mentioned items. The thing is, the people who live here think it's completely NORMAL!!! I miss the city. I stand out in my black suit and heels when I want through the store. Don't get me wrong, these people are the ones who give me a paycheck, but it's DAMN FUNNY to see that crap that people wear out. Don't they have someone at home who will tell them that they really shouldn't wear it out, SERIOUSLY!!

Rogue Rooster

Ok, so the picture is a little fabricated to say the least but it pretty much looks as ridiculous in person as my picture. Anyway...so I'm driving up I77 my dentist in New Philly yesterday and I see a rooster roaming in the median of the freeway just south of Stone Creek. This is the 2nd time I have seen the rooster in the median and my boss saw him all last week. Apparently the food must be pretty good there and he must run fast because he's been there for at least a month, if not more. Definitely something you don't see everyday.