Ahhh...Chicken Noodle. Our beautiful and hilarious parrot....!
Chicken really is so entertaining...we had a great adventure taking the parrot with us out and about a week ago Saturday with plans to take it for a nail trimming and beak tweaking while out..... it turned into quite the adventurous day! Chicken has only visited the parrot parlor once before, for some tweaking, but it's where Chicken originally was before becoming part of our family....but otherwise Chicken has just been out and about around home.
We had a trailer hitch added to my husbands car-er Cube-so we can get one of those handy dandy cargo thingies that go on a trailer hitch? So cool!! Anyhow...we thought we'd be able to go have that done and then take the parrot to the primping parlor while out. At first Chicken wasn't quite sure about the fast driving (perception of fast flying maybe?) but got used to it and preferred to be on my finger in my lap, not really looking out the windows.
Actually Chicken started really enjoying and appreciating the adventure when we were at the trailer hitch store and there was a bright chrome (ie very shiny perch mirror) bumper hanging on the wall that looked like a fantastic parrot climbing toy! Chicken liked that alot....we really didn't have any strange looks at the trailer place while there with our parrot LOL..then again there were like 3 people there & they were employees.
Well, the hitch took a little longer than we were told...like an hour or so longer than the original hour we were told...so we walked down Hwy 41 with Chicken while the cars flew by...to a couple of stores there heading south towards the Big Chicken. If you are from around here, you know the Big Chicken http://roadsidegeorgia.com/site/bigchicken.html
which Chicken has not seen yet-but you know that may be something we have to do, go see the Big Chicken- considering?........I forget the name of the stores we went to, but the family and Chicken really liked the one store with all of the adirondack chairs and pretty clay pots...! Check that place out...it's pretty cool! It's by the 'living fences' company.
So after the trailer hitch was all done, we were pretty hungry and decided to eat lunch...at Five Guys on Canton Road...! FYI, Chicken gave Five Guys two wings up because they have peanuts and Chicken was able to picnic with us on my knee outside on the patio! We did start having some funny looks at this point in time...but mostly 'look at the bird' comments while Chicken was enjoying its pnut lunch (Chicken loves pnuts by the way...). And Taco Mac wouldn't allow Chicken on their patio....boo to Taco Mac....we love them though maybe not the best idea to eat chicken wings with Chicken along?! But honestly, Chicken would love to go back to Five Guys any day....
We still had another appointment after lunch for hubby to have an eye exam at Costco....so Chicken would have to wait to go to the parlor and alas...Chicken had to go with us to Costco. On the way there Chicken got car sick! yes....car sick! I guess it ate too many pnuts and decided the fast flying wasn't quite the best idea..! But we dealt with the car sickness and got past it...it was quite funny though...we had no idea a bird can get car sick!!! When we were at Costco, we really were thinking the Costco managers wouldn't appreciate Chicken in their store...but Chicken was full and had some water and tea (and a little motion sickness) so I thought it would be ok...it's really a good bird! By now, surely you think the same? So I wrapped Chicken up in a towel and in my purse it went with it's head poking out. I kinda covered it's head with my hand. Really...Chicken was GREAT for quite some time...really.....didn't make a peep!!! I was really impressed. I was sitting in a row of chairs by some other people waiting on eye exams and they didn't even realize I had a parrot in my purse...!! LOL!! I for sure thought the kid sitting with them would see it, but nope! I think one lady had her eyes dialated...so maybe she couldn't see anyhow...but I didn't want to 'scare' anyone..that's for sure! :) I could see that happening though...and had a few chuckles to myself (but really didn't want to go there...we really didn't need a lady with dialated eyes running around Costco screaming there is a parrot in here-but I can imagine it well, hee hee!). But.....once I was up and walking around and Chicken realized there were mirrors there by the array of glasses......the purse didn't seem so fun anymore! So...out chicken came and I just held it in the towel in my hands...but apparently no one saw the bird climb onto my shoulder before being covered back up...hee hee. Finally one of the ladies working behind the counter kept giving me a funny look about having this towel in my hand, so I showed her what was in there.....lol...just a wee little peek!! She was a little shocked and surprised and said "that was a first...!" LOL!! But then another lady who has had a parrot before had to come over and love on Chicken Noodle-who loved all of the love and attention...then some kids wanted to pet the bird and Chicken was super excited about that, because Chicken LOVES people.....and another lady too (with really awesome hair by the way...seriously) said Chicken Noodle made her day...and thank you for bringing the bird into the store....!
It was all worth it..!! Chicken made someone elses day! :)
We still hadn't made it to the parrot parlor though (which Chicken really wouldn't be enjoying at this point in time anyhow!)...and it was time for me to now meet a client for a pick-up..! So home we went with Chicken like a bobble head on my hubbies dash toupee http://reviews.cnet.com/i/bto/20090416/Shag_Dash_Topper_270x187.jpg
in his Cube. I admit it, we do get looks when we drive our twin Cubes (although two different color Cubes (mine green, his brown...we do have the pathetic Cube love despite what anyone thinks it is hip to be square! and the dash toupee does get alot of questions too...but you can't have a bald Cube?)....
BUT let alone the Cube gets many looks and questions...so add a parrot to your dash toupee, yes you get many, many looks and laughs and get pointed at!
We had a trailer hitch added to my husbands car-er Cube-so we can get one of those handy dandy cargo thingies that go on a trailer hitch? So cool!! Anyhow...we thought we'd be able to go have that done and then take the parrot to the primping parlor while out. At first Chicken wasn't quite sure about the fast driving (perception of fast flying maybe?) but got used to it and preferred to be on my finger in my lap, not really looking out the windows.
Actually Chicken started really enjoying and appreciating the adventure when we were at the trailer hitch store and there was a bright chrome (ie very shiny perch mirror) bumper hanging on the wall that looked like a fantastic parrot climbing toy! Chicken liked that alot....we really didn't have any strange looks at the trailer place while there with our parrot LOL..then again there were like 3 people there & they were employees.
Well, the hitch took a little longer than we were told...like an hour or so longer than the original hour we were told...so we walked down Hwy 41 with Chicken while the cars flew by...to a couple of stores there heading south towards the Big Chicken. If you are from around here, you know the Big Chicken http://roadsidegeorgia.com/site/bigchicken.html
which Chicken has not seen yet-but you know that may be something we have to do, go see the Big Chicken- considering?........I forget the name of the stores we went to, but the family and Chicken really liked the one store with all of the adirondack chairs and pretty clay pots...! Check that place out...it's pretty cool! It's by the 'living fences' company.
So after the trailer hitch was all done, we were pretty hungry and decided to eat lunch...at Five Guys on Canton Road...! FYI, Chicken gave Five Guys two wings up because they have peanuts and Chicken was able to picnic with us on my knee outside on the patio! We did start having some funny looks at this point in time...but mostly 'look at the bird' comments while Chicken was enjoying its pnut lunch (Chicken loves pnuts by the way...). And Taco Mac wouldn't allow Chicken on their patio....boo to Taco Mac....we love them though maybe not the best idea to eat chicken wings with Chicken along?! But honestly, Chicken would love to go back to Five Guys any day....
We still had another appointment after lunch for hubby to have an eye exam at Costco....so Chicken would have to wait to go to the parlor and alas...Chicken had to go with us to Costco. On the way there Chicken got car sick! yes....car sick! I guess it ate too many pnuts and decided the fast flying wasn't quite the best idea..! But we dealt with the car sickness and got past it...it was quite funny though...we had no idea a bird can get car sick!!! When we were at Costco, we really were thinking the Costco managers wouldn't appreciate Chicken in their store...but Chicken was full and had some water and tea (and a little motion sickness) so I thought it would be ok...it's really a good bird! By now, surely you think the same? So I wrapped Chicken up in a towel and in my purse it went with it's head poking out. I kinda covered it's head with my hand. Really...Chicken was GREAT for quite some time...really.....didn't make a peep!!! I was really impressed. I was sitting in a row of chairs by some other people waiting on eye exams and they didn't even realize I had a parrot in my purse...!! LOL!! I for sure thought the kid sitting with them would see it, but nope! I think one lady had her eyes dialated...so maybe she couldn't see anyhow...but I didn't want to 'scare' anyone..that's for sure! :) I could see that happening though...and had a few chuckles to myself (but really didn't want to go there...we really didn't need a lady with dialated eyes running around Costco screaming there is a parrot in here-but I can imagine it well, hee hee!). But.....once I was up and walking around and Chicken realized there were mirrors there by the array of glasses......the purse didn't seem so fun anymore! So...out chicken came and I just held it in the towel in my hands...but apparently no one saw the bird climb onto my shoulder before being covered back up...hee hee. Finally one of the ladies working behind the counter kept giving me a funny look about having this towel in my hand, so I showed her what was in there.....lol...just a wee little peek!! She was a little shocked and surprised and said "that was a first...!" LOL!! But then another lady who has had a parrot before had to come over and love on Chicken Noodle-who loved all of the love and attention...then some kids wanted to pet the bird and Chicken was super excited about that, because Chicken LOVES people.....and another lady too (with really awesome hair by the way...seriously) said Chicken Noodle made her day...and thank you for bringing the bird into the store....!
It was all worth it..!! Chicken made someone elses day! :)
We still hadn't made it to the parrot parlor though (which Chicken really wouldn't be enjoying at this point in time anyhow!)...and it was time for me to now meet a client for a pick-up..! So home we went with Chicken like a bobble head on my hubbies dash toupee http://reviews.cnet.com/i/bto/20090416/Shag_Dash_Topper_270x187.jpg
in his Cube. I admit it, we do get looks when we drive our twin Cubes (although two different color Cubes (mine green, his brown...we do have the pathetic Cube love despite what anyone thinks it is hip to be square! and the dash toupee does get alot of questions too...but you can't have a bald Cube?)....
BUT let alone the Cube gets many looks and questions...so add a parrot to your dash toupee, yes you get many, many looks and laughs and get pointed at!The kids love it-seriously....!!
So then back out again we headed, finally in the evening, to the parrot parlor...they said after all Chicken Noodle didn't need any special grooming...so much for that....! And they do believe 90% sure that Chicken Noodle is a girl....! Seems that Chicken Noodle has the frame of a bird that would be able to lay an egg in the future. So Chicken was able to visit her old home and appreciate not having the SUPER loud conures yelling at her all day...she didn't really seem to appreciate that and tried to yell back with her alarm sound, but I don't think they heard her. Feel free to check out Animal Atlanta though...they are great people and have some really cool pets! http://www.animalatlanta.com/
So then back out again we headed, finally in the evening, to the parrot parlor...they said after all Chicken Noodle didn't need any special grooming...so much for that....! And they do believe 90% sure that Chicken Noodle is a girl....! Seems that Chicken Noodle has the frame of a bird that would be able to lay an egg in the future. So Chicken was able to visit her old home and appreciate not having the SUPER loud conures yelling at her all day...she didn't really seem to appreciate that and tried to yell back with her alarm sound, but I don't think they heard her. Feel free to check out Animal Atlanta though...they are great people and have some really cool pets! http://www.animalatlanta.com/
Now the kids want to get another parrot and have baby Chicken Noodles....! That seriously sounds funny....?
Ahh...the adventures of Chicken Noodle....! And to think I didn't even take a picture the whole day?????????? The kids now want to take her everywhere.....
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