Parrots as pets

So I've been showing off my planners in the last couple posts, but this time I'm showing off my buddy, Isaac. As the winter season is winding down, I've been stuck inside for an extended period of time, and been amazed at some of the things that I hear Isaac say. As soon as I open the door, I have heard him call for the dog, Danbury, and I swear he is throwing his voice! It sounds like he's calling outside.  He also listens in on our conversations. I call to my boys upstairs and I hear him say "what?" That's usually just before the boys respond in exactly the same voice! Then he imitates the ringing for my phone. He has exactly the same tone as my notification and my ringer. He even saves old sounds and reuses them to greet me when I come in the room.

I know that Isaac knows us. He greets us each differently. He talks more in front of my kids than me, but what I do hear always amazes me. So yes, he's a really cool companion.

Mini Happy Planner with Stamps!

So now that I'm trying to control all of my writing goals from one book, I'm finding that the traditional cute stickers are a little harder to use. I love the look of them, and will still use them in my memory recording and my normal planning, but I think I like these stamps as well.

Let me tell you a secret. Aliexpress. Never heard of it? It's the Amazon counterpart from overseas and they have great prices on stamps and washi tape. I can't help it, I'm addicted. Because so many of the stamps on this layout were a bargain (under 2 dollars for a sheet) I got a good variety of them. My disclaimer here, some of the stamps have misspellings (they are from overseas) and they may take months to ship. However, if you don't mind the wait, you can buy tons of variety and......ta da!

My inks are mostly from Michael's, many from the bargain bin. Yeah!

So now my layouts have tags for twitter, Pinterest, editing, posting (for Facebook), and, oh, year, writing.

Oops! Now I guess I'd better get back to that!

(Notice in the corner, my little cover photo of The Cockatoo Called. Cute, huh?)