I am sorry that it has taken so long to come back but through a number of problems, one as you know Roger’s recovery has been long and still on going.

BUT, the other problem was that I was messing with this blog and made  a major mistake.   Guess what I couldn’t login at all.  But here is the thing, and I remembered blogging about this on a different blog; BACK UP YOUR FILES ON YOUR BLOG. If I had I would have been able to get back in and continue on without missing a heartbeat.

Well I tried everything on my own and nothing worked.  I contacted Word Press.org forum not once but twice and could not find any answer.  I then contacted someone else’s forum and again no answer.  I mean if they did not know they could at least said something like, ” sorry start over”.  Anything would have been good customer service.

I then remembered someone who blogs about wordpress and all you can do with it.   I have been getting his newsletters/blogs it seems like forever.  His name is Alex Sysoef from Web20Wealth and Expert Wordpress.  I contacted him after opening one of my newsletters and asked his help.  I had explained what was going on and in less than 24 hours I got an answer from him and the solution was so simple.  I was moved to tears, literally.  Silly you might think but you have to understand that it made me feel really good that someone, and many would call him a guru, I call him someone who cares about people.    http://www.expertwordpress.com/?rid=5471  or http://alexsysoef.com

So many of these so called guru’s seem to forget that they became the so named gurus because people followed them, bought their products, etc.

Customer service is so important for your business.  I realize that this blog is not primarily about a business, but if those of you who have been following, and enjoying Princess Penny, you know that she is about her and her feathered brothers and sisters and she too wants to be in business one day.

Alex has shown that it makes no difference who you are, if someone is in trouble, or has a problem and you have the knowledge in which to help – then do so.  It won’t hurt you.  Helping someone never hurts.  If you happen to be in business, it may help you in your business.

So the long and short of it all is that helping me with my problem has allowed me back to get Princess Penny back up and running.  She is really happy about this.  If you have not had a chance to read some of her posts, take a minute and read or re-read them.  Get a chuckle, have a smile, enjoy your day.

Teresa Rothove

p.s.  If you really want to read some really neat post just learning about Wordpress then stop by and see Alex Sysoef  at;   http://www/expertwordpress.com/?rid=5471    http://alexsysoef.com

This is JJ and I have some news for everyone.  Mom is getting better, which is good, only Dad is now in the hospital.  What is happening to our little family???

“It’s ok JJ.  Dad will be ok now”.   This is Princess Penny and my brother JJ is really upset because he can’t talk with dad to make sure he is ok.  You see, Dad got the same cold mom got and he just thought that he was having a hard time breathing because of the cold.  It wasn’t,  Dad found out that he had, “what do they call it Mom?” “Blockages, Penny.” Right, blockages.

Mom told us that he had to undergo triple by-pass surgery .  She told all of us that the doctors were going to fix Dad up like new.  Better than new.  And Mom doesn’t lie to us.  “Remember that JJ, Mom doesn’t lie to us.”

Dad will be home soon, only Mom is going crazy trying to clean up and also get herself better.  She is sniffing and sneezing all over the place.  She has not been taking real good care of herself worrying about Dad.  “It’s ok Mom, we’re good.  We can take care of you and Dad. OK!”

(Mom) Listen, thank you all, but Mom and Dad will continue to take care of you.  Just remember, “JJ are you listening”, Dad is going to need a few days to get his bearings and may not be able to hold you right away, OK He has a big boo boos on his chest, arm and leg and can’t get any germs in them ok.

(JJ) “No Problem Mom – Well wrap him up so our germs can’t get on him.  Yeah wrap him up so he looks like a mummy, Mommy.   lol It’s just that I have to be close to my Dad.  I really really Miss Him Mom.  I need to smell him and make sure he is still my Dad, ok.  I’ll be gentle I PROMISE.”

(Mom) JJ, we’ll see ok, lets play it by ear and see how your Dad feels.  I know he will come see and talk with all of you.  Now, IF, I thought you would not bite me, I would hold you for your Dad – But we have no guarantee about that do we!!!  Let just see how it goes ok.

OK Everybody!!!!!

(JJ) “Ok Mom, whatever you say”  We will wait to see how Dad feels and go with the flow.

“Yeah Mom I go with the flow, cause I’m Robin and I go with the flow cause I’m Big Little Eagle”

“Me too Mom.  Kiwi is Big Little Eagle first cause I’m the oldest – Robin you came after me!!!!!!!!!”

“Robin/Kiwi I am older that all of you (sushi) and I say we will behave Mom.  We need both you and Dad better.”

(Sebastian): “Mom you take care of yourself.  You can’t help Dad or Us if you don’t get better really soon.  Soooooooo do what you have to and we will follow you.  Love you Good Bird”.      “Father, come here real soon”

Princess Penny here.  Mom is home from the hospital and she says that she feels fine.  We all know that it is going to take Mom a little while longer to get to really feeling all right.

Dad is taking care of the all of the birdies’ needs, since mom can’t really be around them right now.

When she got home she put this funny little mask on so that she could go in and say hello to everyone.  JJ made noises and fluffed up like big bird.  Sebastian sang Mom a song.  Sounded pretty good.  So good that Sushi joined in.  JJ danced and so did Robin.  Kiwi just stood at the front of his house and watched Mom.

Mom was so happy.  She went to each one of them and said something special to them.  Kiwi was suspicious of the mask but he could tell it was really Mom.

After being home for a day or so Mom made the birdie’s what she calls Birdie Bread.  She made two kinds, one with apple and one with beans.  Mom took 3 kinds of beans (white kidney, pinto in sauce, and some other kind) and smished them all together and made a paste and added it to the corn bread mixture.

I’m not jealous cause I get to stay with Mom in her room ALL DAYYYYYYY.  hehehehehehe   And besides, she gave me some of their Birdie Bread and it was pretty good.   Mom said that the bean mixture was so good that she is going to save some for Dad, cause he likes Re-Fried Beans and this is right up his alley.  Whatever that means.

OK, I don’t want to tire Mom to much, so I am going to close for now and will talk with you later. Woof Woof

“We Are Glad You Are Home Mom”  Stay Well!

* Note:  As much as we love our dad, we asked him if mom was up to it would he please take the little computer to her.   We gave Dad  messages  for mom from us.  If she really wanted to be our secretary, and she felt ok to please write for us.:::  Thanks Mom  – from all of us.  Still love you to dad, its just the mom types really really good and makes us look great. lol

Hi Princess Penny here.  My feathered brothers and sisters, and I hope that you will bear with us as we talk about mom being in the hospital.  You see my mom has asthma, and she caught a cold just around Christmas, and it seems to have made her sicker cause it was hard to breathe.  So while dad was at work one of our neighbors took mom to the hospital.

She called dad to let him no – JJ is a bit mad because she did not call us.  “Well we have an answering machine we could have heard her”. I keep trying to tell him that when they are leaving they close the door so I can’t get in to torment them for fun.  Lol

I told everyone that they could have their chance to talk if they wanted, so here is JJ – “JJ you be nice or I will give the computer to Sebastian”.

“Yeah, yeah, and who is going to let you smell them like I do without getting bit“.  Anyway, yeah I was mad, but when I thought about what Her Highness said, I realized she was right.   But I told dad that she could call on the speaker phone so we could say hello.   (Last night she did call, but Sushi was the only one who could say hello because she was on dad’s shoulder and he could not put it on speaker phone)

“Hello, mom I really miss you.  You are always concerned about me and how I feel, I did not realize that I would miss you too.  I guess that means I must like you at least a little. Huh?  I hope that make you happy – I have to think about it – and what that really means for you and me awhile“.   OK.  Here’s Sebastian.

“Hi Good Bird.  Luv u.  Whatcha doin.  You good bird?  Wanna a Cookie?  Want Rubs?  Miss you.  Father is taking good care of us.  Because he is coming to see you at night first he is really giving us more food in our bowls.  Guess you taught him well.  Miss you and want you to come home to give rubs and so we can make kissy sounds.  Luv u“.

“Hi mom, this is Robin.  I’m being a good girl.  Princess Penny has not tried to mess with me in a couple of days, but I need you home really soon so she stays good and does not try to get me and maybe eat me.  Luv u tst tst”

“This is Big Bird Kiwi.  I do big bird.  Big Wings.  Hurry home, miss you, not big on words”.

Ok Sushi’s Turn. “Come on Sushi tell mom what you want say” All in unison, “Come on Big Mouth you got something say any other time, even if its only “Hello”.

“Do you hear them talking about me mom.  They mean, aren’t they?  I guess I’m not sure what say, since that last time we were together I drove you crazy with hollering.  I know you told me that you were going to give me to Princess Penny for lunch if I didn’t stop, but you didn’t really mean that, did you? Nah not my mom, right?  Hope you get better soon and come home to us all fast. Faster than Fast. Kissy Kissy”.

“Ok Princess Penny here I guess we all have told you how we feel and how much we need you home.  Even though I have gotten lots of sleep, I’d much rather be up with you at night at least You are home, where you are loved by us all”.

Princess Penny Here.  From me and all my feathered brothers and sisters Happy New Years.

I’m sure you brought your New Years in with your pet, right!!!!  Yeah I’m glad.

JJ was a bit tipsy only because he was allowed to stay up past midnight.  The little ones Kiwi and Robin could not hang out.  Sebastian did his dance, then dad and mom took them to bed.

Unfortunately for me one of the neighbors decided to give off fireworks.  Now I’m a brave doggie, but when it comes to fireworks….well let’s just say the back of the sofa is my safe haven, you know see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Every one in the Rothove household really wish every one out on the net who love and dote on their pets a year full of abundance, prosperity, love and a sense of what we pets need and want.  Happy New Year!!!!

We really wanted this to be the first post but with all the computer problems mom was having we let her go first.  You are probably wondering what this is all about, well we are a household of pets and most of us have been given a second chance at having a good life.

Roger and Teresa Rothove have opened their home and invited us all in to live in a healthy environment – though maybe a bit crazy at times.  You see we are not all of the same species.

My name is Princes Penny – you may know me from following us on Blog Estates.  I am a rescued, 4 year old female Beagle.  Now this is where it gets interesting.

I have 5 Feathered brothers and sisters, 4 of which are rescues.  Lets start with the big birds first.

We have JJ (now 15), and Sebastian(now 16).  They are African Greys.  I am going to try to bring over their story from Blog estates or link to it from here if you are interested in reading it.  You will find it quite interesting.

Then we have Sushi who is a Hahns Macaw and 17 years old.  She maybe small, but that bird has the Atti-tude of her bigger brothers and sisters.

That brings us to Kiwi and Robin.  They are brother and sister from different clutches.  But,  Kiwi was not a rescue, but his sister Robin was.  They are Peach-front conures and are 6yrs. old.

We are glad that we have our human mom as our secretary and she will be creating this blog for us and changing the theme to match our idea of what this should be .

Please come back and see us soon.  You will be really glad you did.  Our stories will amuse you, and at times we will be bringing you some interesting articles and suggestions on products our human parents have used and feel that they may benefit you and your precious pets.

Well until next time, woof woof

Princess Penny

Happy Holidays that is what everyone has been saying.  But why just now, I’m happy all the time, so HAPPY HAPPY HOLIDAYS to me too!

Mom has been really upset.  She says that the Gremlins have been playing on her computer.  She says that she is really tired of this because this is not the first time and that it makes it difficult to keep up with her blog, and our blog, along with every thing else she does.

Thank goodness it is not one of my feathered brothers or sisters or me who are being blamed for this mess.

Mom had a lot of work to do and then the Gremlins came in and did that stuff on her computer.  Don’t they know you don’t mess with Mom. She is going to wipe it out – all gone – bye bye – Dewa mata baby.(Japanese for See you Later) hehehe

Dad and her picked up the computer, dad put it together, Mom worked on it for a little bit, but then dad had a meeting and Mom could not concentrate.

She said it was ok since the files on the one drive were cleaned and ok, more than half of the work she was going to do replacing them was unnecessary.

She is going to be working hard starting today, something about a JV she has been invited too.

NOW MOM IS HAPPY.

Anyway, I will say Happy New Years – be safe.  See you next year.

From all my Feathered Brothers and Sisters

JJ, Sebastian, Kiwi, Robin and Sushi, and me, Princess Penny

P.S.  Mom is going to work on getting OUR blog looking really nice and one that represents US.

Thanks mom for getting out of your sick bed to write this for us.  We know you would much rather be snug in the bed watching your stories.

At the present time I am trying to also catch up on some ZZZZ’s.  You see when my mom is not feeling well and her feet hurt on top of being sick, I have to be there for her, so that means I don’t get much sleep.  When she is up and down, I am up and down.  Normally i catch up when she goes out in the morning with dad, but she really has not been feeling good so she is home.

Sebastian, JJ and Sushi are mad at me.  They think I have been hogging all of mom’s time.  She has not been in to see them. They down understand that mom’s cold will only get worse being around them.  There are only birds you know.

Besides I don’t want mom’s cold either so I am with her but at a distance.  Dad went back to work.  He was sick – Truth be told he gave it to mom.  She didn’t like that.   But she keeps telling him no kisses for me or my feathered brothers and sisters so we can’t catch his cold.

I won’t tell mom that I have been sneezing a couple of times.  OHHHHH NOOOOOOO  now she knows.

She stopped typing long enough to go get the thermometer and baby asprins  oh no Dr. Mom is on duty.
I sure don’t want to be dad when he gets home.  She said if I have a temperature, she is going to get him.

OH   NO   Mom don’t hurt dad, I’ll have to nip you.  You know I don’t want to but I can’t let you hurt him.

Well I hope my mom gets well really really soon so I can get a good night’s sleep.

Come back soon.  Woof Woof

Hi this is Princess Penny and all her feathered brothers and sisters, and  human Mom.  Penny said it would be alright for me to tell a little story today.

Well, I just finished re-reading all the posts that have been made on their behalf, and I have to apologize for the typos that I have found in some, but sometimes they are a little hard to understand.

JJ does not quite speak alot of English.  Roger and I still have not figured out what language he speaks.  Sebastian he laughs all the time.  He is really a happy bird.  And a singer.  Did he mentioned that he makes songs up as he sings.

Robin and Kiwi, well you really can’t understand them unless you are really close.  Sebastian taught them how to whisper, only once you get them really close to your ear….they scream bloody murder, then run.  They think it is a game.

Robin sometimes tries to sing with Sushi when Sebastian and I make music for them.  It is kind of cute watching them bob their little heads while they sing.  Kiwi has no rhythm and can’t sing a lick, and could not care less.  He is most happiest when he is either sneaking into Robin’s house to eat her cookies, or when he is on Roger’s shoulder.  I should say that he is sort of happy on Roger’s shoulder because most of the time Robin is up there with him and one of them, like most brothers and sisters do, will start a fight and since they can’t bite each other they will turn in unison and try to bite Roger on the back of his neck.  Little nips.

Then there is Princess Penny.  What can I say.  She is a really sweet dog, who sometimes wishes she was a bird. “No I don’t” , Penny hollers in the background. One of the best things I can say about her is her caring manner in which she takes care of me, particularly at nite.

I have a medical condition that cause me to be in pain, some nights more than others.  She is right beside me, watching that I don’t get to close to the stairs, or she will come into the office with me, while I get on the computer, or if it gets really bad,  she will leave her bed with Roger and come downstairs and sleep on the recliner with me.  I believe she would have made a great Therapy Dog.  She has a knack of knowing when it is bad.  I often feel bad that she is not getting any sleep, but then again, she then has a legitimate reason for sleeping all day. lol

Getting back briefly about re-reading the posts.  They are really funny.  I know that Princess Penny dictated them, but I only barely remember them because of trying to concentrate and get it all down just the way they are telling it.  I think I want to talk to Princess Penny about maybe making a recording of her and her feathered brothers and sisters story.  I think there are quite a few dogs and birds who would get a charge out of them.  It might help one or more of them to find something to laugh about if they are lonely, or hurt and abused.  It might lighten their day.  And who knows maybe some human parents might find them funny too!

Well this is turning into a really long story and Princess Penny is pacing back and forth, because she knows as soon as I am done, I have to get back to work and she won’t have time to talk with you.  OK, Princess Penny.  She told me to tell you that her secretary (that’s me) will be almost finished with the book she has been telling you all about quite soon.  So be on the look out.  She will let you know when it will be released.

Say goodbye MOM! Goodbye everybody.  Thank you Princess Penny.

Well since she took up all the time we had, I guess we will have to wait for Mom to have time to type for us.   Treat your 4 legged and feathered babies with love and respect and they will do the same for you.  Unless you have a JJ, then you have to treat them with patience and extra love Mom says.

Until next time……..Woof Woof

Princess Penny here.  How is everyone? Listen don’t get me wrong my dad is one of the most generous humans I know, but when it comes to deserts – It just aint so!

Last night mom let me have just a little of her Pumpkin Ice Cream.  It was creamy, and cold and did I mention that it was really reakkt Creamyyyyyyyyyyyy.

Anyway, when mom’s ice cream was gone I stood in front of dad, my dad, my loving dad, who would do anything for me, and I got squat, nada, zilch.

Mom and I looked at dad, so he gave me his bowl –A F T E R he was done.  What’s that suppose to be! Huh.

So I decided not to talk to him for awhile, well at least until tomorrow night when we eat dinner.  Mom’s cooking a really good dinner and dad will share with me then, I’m sure of it.  Right?

Mom and Dad are back. Princess Penny here and do I have some stories to tell you. Yeah, their home and they are not going to leave us like that again, I’m sure, when they hear all about my near misses with those 3 BIG MEAN CATS at Pappa Howard’s house, they won’t leave us again.

Aunt Joanne took care of my feathered brothers and sisters. Papa Howard and Mom Kass took care of me while Mom and Dad were gone. They had me stay at their house cause it was raining really hard and for a long time, and Papa Howard said that he did not want me to get wet. Phooey, he did not want to get wet either.

They brought my bowls and food with them but I would not eat. I guess I thought that if I did not eat they would call mom and dad and they would come back home. NOT!! Anyway, they forgot that dad puts gravy on my food. When they remembered, Mama Kass made some really good gravy, but I still wasn’t eating very much.

Want to hear somethin’ funny. One night Papa Howard thought his big cats were growling at me, but they weren’t, it was my belly. Mama Kass went to the store and bought me some dog food in a can, it was ok, but my belly feels funny. Now that dad and mom are home they will fix my belly.

I know that because dad is taking me for a hamburg. Now that he is home, that’s what we are going to do. He said we were.

Anyway, while sitting on the computer, Papa Howard put a towel down for me to sit near him. He showed me some funny pictures he took with me in it and put them on mom’s face-book so she would not miss me. When I got down to get a drink, those mean mean cats got up there and when one got down another would get up there just so I could not get back up. They are so mean. I don’t like cats.

Speaking about cats, I told you about Papa Howard’s 3big Mean Cats before. Papa Howard brought up one of his old dog crates so I would be able to sleep and the big mean mean cats could not get me. They want to hurt me, but Papa Howard always manages to be right there to save me. At least most of the time.

One night I was so scared. I could not get to Papa Howard cause I was in the crate. There was a cat on each side and one facing me and they were hissing at me and the one’s on the side were banging on the crate. They were going to get me. Well Papa Howard heard me crying and when he came down and heard them making all that noise, he must have thought it funny, cause he was laughing when he told mom and dad. Mom looked at me like she was saying she was sorry.  Maybe next time I can go with them.

There are more stories,  Mom needs a break, and I have gone and scared myself just thinkin’ about what those Mean Mean Cats wanted to do to me.  So Until next time, maybe JJ or Sebastian can tell you what happened when Aunt Joanne watched all of them.

See You Soon, Woof Woof

Princess Penny here.  I told you all that Mom and Dad were up to something, and I was right.

JJ is really upset cause I was right.  Mom and Dad are leaving.  They came and talked to all of us together and individually.  He is really mad.  He did not want to come out for his shower.  He told me if he does not listen then maybe the will stay home until he does.  I told he was stupid.  Now I have to watch my tail, literally, around him.  He does not like being called stupid.

Told you the little ones don’t care so long as someone is coming to feed them.

Sushi just keeps saying hello, hello, helloooooooooooooooooooo

Sebastian seems to be ok.  He knows mom and dad are coming back, but JJ might act likes he’s mad, but I think he is scared.  “Yes you are JJ.”  He thinks they might not come back.  “They will come back  JJ,  they told me they were only going away for a couple of days and it will be better for all of us when they do.  They said that things are going to be better and we will have lots more treats.”

He’ll be ok.  I know I will cause Aunt Joanne, Nicole, and Papa Howard and Mama Cass are going to help Aunt Joanne take care of me.  So we will be fine, I know we will. They’ll be back.  Right?

Princess Penny here.  Me and my feathered brothers and sisters know that Mom and Dad are up to something.   We can hear them talking sometimes, and there is an air of excitement and apprehension.

Bye for now. Woof Woof

I publicly apologize to my human Mom.  Actually she is being really really nice typing this for me.  Anyway, things have not been real happy in my house.  Mom talks to me like normal, but I keep expecting her to get mad or something.  When will I trust her?  When will I realize that she doesn’t want to hurt me – not really.  I know I said she wanted to hurt me that last time, but I think that was just for a minute.  I saw her stop and just look at me.  She seemed so hurt that I did that to her.

She came to stand beside my house the next day and told me that I am making it real hard for her to keep her promise.  (Her promise was that I have a home for life)  What will I do if she doesn’t want me anymore?  I have been making kissy sounds, she smiles but she really does not talk to me like she did.  OHHHHHHHHHH  what was I thinking that day?????????

Dad loves me still, but even he was upset with me and told me that if mom told him that I have to go, that as much as he loves me, he loves mom more and would have to find me another home.

OHHHHHHHH Mom I don’t want to go.  Did you hear me mom – I know your typing, but did you hear me ” I DON’T WANT TO GO”  I’m Sorry.  I’m really really sorry, and I promise that I will TRY NOT to bite you anymore.  I realize I can’t promise that I won’t bite anymore, but I do promise I will try not to.  OK  Will that do it.  Will you love me still.  Please!

I know you love me – you just don’t trust me anymore.  I know I have alot to do to gain it and I’ll try really hard to work on it. Just don’t leave me ok.  I was really liking you giving me rubs on my head.  And I really liked it when you would let me sit with you, though I never gave you any indication that it was ok to give me big rubs – you respected that.

I’m sorry mom.  Will you forgive me?

Your son JJ

Hi this is JJ and I was a bad boy this morning.  I don’t know if mom will ever talk with me.  I told you about me before in earlier posted blogs about how I was abused and how mom must remind me of the bad lady.  But I sure love my dad, but after today dad might not want to talk to me either.

Mom has been feeling pretty good about us over the last couple of weeks.  I give her my leg to go take a shower, I’ve let her pick me up to sit with her – she was really happy about me letting her do all that only this morning……..

She wanted my foot and she could tell I was not feeling that so she stopped and a few minutes later I kind of moved closer to the edge and started to lift my foot for her only she said, “Wait JJ move over before you fall.  OK now give me your foot”.  I did then I bit her really really hard.  I mean I bit her really really hard.  She grabbed me by the beak to make me open my mouth, only I did not feel like it.  She finally got me off.  There I am on the floor, she’s really upset and crying and I’m still mad so I decide I’m going to go after her, you know chase her, only she takes her slipper off and tells me don’t even think about it.

Teresa wants to hurt me – I can tell.  That’s what that other lady looked like – of course I bit her too.  Anyway, I start taking my beak and banged on the floor and she takes her slipper and bangs on the floor to.  What’s up with that.  So I banged again and so did she.  Doesn’t seem to phase her that I want another whack at her.  She stood her ground.  I sort of backed off first cause I never saw Teresa not be afraid.

Dad started to pick me up, but Teresa told him I was not in the mood so he left me alone.  He was really mad at me.  He started to holler at me and Teresa told him not too.  That I already knew what I did and that she was really upset with me.

Humans I just don’t understand them.  I bite her, she gets mad, stands her ground, then tells Dad not to holler at me.  She told him that she was not sure if it was her fault or my fault.   Now where she got that from I don’t know.  She said that maybe when I put my foot up the first time and she wanted to wait until I was more secure on my door, and that might have made me mad.  Whatever her case is, I’ll let her think it was her fault.  Me I think I just wanted to bite her.  She was starting to feel to confident with me letting her handle me.

I tolerate her.  But after today I don’t know if she is going to want me around.  She has always said that she loves me and that I have a home for life.  That no one is going to hurt me again.  But I might have blown it this time.  Not sure how I can make this one up.  She sure is not going to want to try and trust me.

But I have to try at least for my Dad’s sake – cause he really loves me – I know he does, But after today, I hurt Mom and Dad’s mad at me too.

WHAT WAS I THINKIN’