What it's like to be told you're terminally ill.

(via cartwheelsandpoprocks) This is long, but it’s...

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:40:48 -0500

This is long, but it’s hilarious as well as thought-provoking. The situations a guy runs into when he wakes up and has become a girl overnight.

karlaakins: weeniedognation: doxies: This Hat Demeans Us Both...

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:07:25 -0500

karlaakins:

weeniedognation:

doxies:

This Hat Demeans Us Both (via ghz)

This is why some dog owners get bit. Poor dog… lol

I love Pandora radio

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:00:43 -0500

I went to Pandora, made a radio station with “the nutcracker” and it’s the most beautiful collection of Christmas music I’ve heard all season.

And there they are, minus Mufasa.

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:56:53 -0500

And there they are, minus Mufasa.

forgivinng: mandyyochan: hey-insomia: (via...

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:55:52 -0500

forgivinng:

mandyyochan:

hey-insomia:

(via fuckyeahthelionking)

good old times

celestelumina: fuckyeahtattoos: almost done, one more sitting...

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:46:22 -0500

celestelumina:

fuckyeahtattoos:

almost done, one more sitting left. done at true love by Dane in london ON. its im memory of my grandmother.

There’s so much more color being used these days. Love it.

chaotique: I can feel it coming…that moment when I have nothing left to do but collapse into a ball...

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:42:08 -0500

chaotique:

I can feel it coming…that moment when I have nothing left to do but collapse into a ball on my bedroom floor and cry until the pain subsides, until I can build up enough strength to crawl into bed. I’m trying to prepare myself for that moment. I’ve buried my problems, emotions, and insecurities for far too long. What the hell is wrong with me? I don’t want to feel like this anymore.

Please know that you’re not alone, that there are people out here who care about you. The holidays seem to bring emotions to the surface. In my case, I remember Christmases past and realize they aren’t going to be like that anymore, and maybe that makes me more sensitive than usual. Put your problems outside the house and tell yourself you’ll think about them after the holidays, but right now you want to relax and enjoy life. <3

Dying of mal-tuition.

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:29:26 -0500

itiswellwithmysoul:

I remember a time when our children were in private schools and I told a friend that my wife and I were “dying of mal-tuition.” I began complaining a little bit to the man about the great cost of sending my son to college. He looked at me and said, “I’d give anything in the world if my son would go to college.” I thought, “Oh, what an ungrateful spirit I have!”

We are to be thankful in all things. Rejoice in God’s blessings in your life. Nip that temptation in the bud to complain and grumble about your life today.

Adrian Rogers

hyperhezx: Thats just great mother, You get up and leave a few days before christmas and when your...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:30:34 -0500

hyperhezx:

Thats just great mother, You get up and leave a few days before christmas and when your family need you the most. GROW UP ugh .

Are you ok?

7:20 pm

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:28:30 -0500

julie911:

- still snowing
- still no electricity

That would be a little problem for me relying on electricity for oxygen. I will work on a backup plan.

Advice, please?

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:26:31 -0500

setfreebyyou:

As you all probably know from my long angsty rants these days, the one thing I desire the most regarding the next few years of my life is a Christ-centered education that will prepare me for a future of serving God, but unfortunately, my parents don’t understand this (which I’m assuming is largely due to the fact that they haven’t yet come to know the Lord). They’re trying to do everything in their power to convince me out of attending a Christian college. What I’m looking for is a way to show them that although there are colleges like APU that have a religious affiliation, many Christian schools still offer a well-rounded and top quality education (just as good as or even better than a secular school) that will adequately prepare me for my future career.

Ultimately, I know that if I don’t end up going to any of the Christian schools I apply to, it’ll all be okay since it’ll be His way in the end. And that’s what matters most! I just wish my folks would lose their sense of automatic prejudice against Christian schools :/

Maybe your folks aren’t aware of all the Christian universities there are. Enter Christian Universities in a search engine and it will guide you to a list state by state, and there are many. There are universities that are larger and well-known that offer religious studies as well as everything else, like Notre Dame and Loyola and Southern Methodist and Texas Christian and Brigham Young and tons of others that are great schools and are rooted in faith. I’m sure there are hundreds of thousands of students in this country enrolled and getting good educations.

meditating keeps me on my toes, and i can't stop dreaming about dogs.

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:38:07 -0500

sourient:

I was also a wizard in my dream. That’s why I woke up at 2 in the afternoon. I don’t want to wait up from these crazy dreams

You’re on your toes when you meditate? Your tippy-toes? Your dreams are much better than mine. I’m always lost and I don’t WANT to go back to sleep! Did you find Pat’s or Gino’s steak sandwich shops yet?

The people here are so smart

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:25:05 -0500

julie911:

Changes in temperature seem to affect the level of dyspnea (the sensation of shortness of breath). How could temperature have an effect?

Extreme hot or cold conditions stress the entire body. In an effort to maintain a constant body temperature (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit), you expend additional energy to warm or cool your body. This additional energy requirement also increases the amount of oxygen your body is using.

Breathing hot or cold air can also have a drying or irritating effect on the airway causing bronchospasm (contraction of the smooth muscle that surrounds the airway). Bronchospasm decreases the size of the airway and thus makes it more difficult to get the air in and out of the lung, increasing shortness of breath.

[Source: Weather And Breathing]

Earlier I was ruminating about how much harder it is to breathe outside when it’s really cold. I only have about 25% of the lungs working so every little bit of oxygen is important to me. And of course, one in our group had the answers. Julie is an EMT in real life. Thanks, Julie. I hope your grandmother is feeling better.

I want a white Christmas...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:40:41 -0500

karlaakins:

…but accorrding to the weather reports the great snowfall is going to miss us. And I am disappointed.

It looks like we’re fixing to get enough for everybody. It’s real cloudy and dark out, yet they’re saying the snow isn’t supposed to start until morning (Saturday) and then continue all day. They’ve changed the winter storm watch to a warning, so the weather people are convinced we’re going to get it, 4-8 inches, more in the higher elevations. I’m IN the higher elevations. I could get snowed in. That’d be ok. :-)

Getting the dog sled warmed up

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:23:15 -0500

Days like this I wish I had a remote starter in my car, like Mafia guys have, except I want to out to a warm car and they just wonder if there’s a bomb under it. It was 8 degrees F. this morning. When it’s below the freezing mark, I can’t hardly breathe outside. I don’t know what it is about that having such an effect when you have reduced breathing area in your lungs, but it really is a fact, I can tell you. Yesterday I was out for awhile and went through a bunch of oxygen from inhaling so hard through the tyooobe. And I’m getting out now just to go to the post office to mail off a package and I’m dreading it. I have stuff over my face to the point I figure people think I’m about to holdup a store or something. I remember it was bad from last winter, but I didn’t remember it was this bad. And I’m sure I am worse than I was last winter, but I don’t think I’m that much worse. Has to be some reason the cold air affects breathing! Med students?

"One day, you will die. You will stop and the world will carry on. Lovers will love. Others will..."

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:15:53 -0500

“

One day, you will die.

You will stop and the world will carry on. Lovers will love. Others will shop, laugh and cry. Sometimes alone. Sometimes together. The radio will keep playing.

But you will be gone.

Only the love you gave, the souls you touched and the people you changed, will remain.

They will carry on for you. They will pick up where you left off.

There is nothing to be sad about here.

”

- via: I wrote this for you (via kari-shma) (via quote-book) (via sourient)

I may have posted this before, but puppies and a fresh new...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:04:14 -0500

I may have posted this before, but puppies and a fresh new snow…these are a few of my favorite things.

dailybaxter: Ryan has had the most awesome gloves...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:57:17 -0500

dailybaxter:

Ryan ~~has~~ had the most awesome gloves ever.

Everyone knows that possession is 9/10ths of the law and I really wanted them, so I pulled a classic snatch and run maneuver.

I had that dude on the run for nearly 30 minutes.

Good times for sure!

Please note how my coat fluffs right up and gets all puffy in the snow. It’s awesome.

I’m awesome.

OK, a dog needs gloves in cold weather just like everybody else. But Baxter, ya aren’t supposed to steal them.

@whatitsliketodie;

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:47:00 -0500

dear-b:

Hey.

I’m not being morbid, but I’m going to be back only in 10 days. And I figured I better do this before I don’t get the chance to.

Dear Bill, have an awesome and kickass Christmas. (: Just would like to say, thank you for all that you’ve been, to me, to the rest of the Tumblr community. You’ve reminded me what it’s like to live life to the fullest and to follow my heart and I”ll never forget that.

All the “likes” you put on the posts that I write give me hope and tells me that you care, so thank you for all that. Knowing that a stranger who barely knows me, someone whom I”ve never met, cares for me and looks out for me, in their own special way gives me hope.

THank you. thank you. thank you. i dont know how else to say thank you, but thank you. you give me hope, as to many other people i believe.

live strong. thank you once again.

much love,

huimin.

You just made my Christmas awesome all by yourself. (You also allowed me to research some more which side which tears start on) God bless you. Have a wonderful Christmas and I’ll keep the home fires going until you get back.

celestelumina: bridgettelizabeth: These are the girls we’re inspired by. We can’t help but be...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:45:09 -0500

celestelumina:

bridgettelizabeth:

These are the girls we’re inspired by. We can’t help but be weird :D

haaaaaaaaaaaaa

The beginning part of that video cracks me up every. time.

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