My 34-year old parrot, Sammy, has been acting strange for a couple days and I noticed last night he was sneezing, wheezing and making weird "cooing noises"...almost like he was in distress or crying gently.
I was up half the night with him on my shoulder in bed, petting and talking to him gently, trying to figure out if I should be worried or not.

He seemed alittle better today but I called the vet and made an apt. for tomorrow anyways.
Sam hasn't been to the...

*When I was cleaning out my daughter's room yesterday I was overcome by so many different emotions!
Going through a drawerfull of photos, I could almost put together a "timeline" of our life...From the cheerleading, basketball and various school-related functions that hubby and I were so involved in...to the ones of her and some girlfriends having parties and remembering how I never thought I would survive those "terrible teenager" years!

In sorting through...

*I decided to start one of these after realising my posts were getting longer and longer and that I needed a place of my own to journal and scribble down some thoughts now and then!

*I am not a stranger to Blogging though, as I have had one for years that allows family and friends to check out my "exciting life" {LOL} and to update on what all is going on in it!

~Anyways...I recently made a huge ranting post on the Substance Abuse Forum about my Dad and our...