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Ok my post is a little dramatic but I am genuinely always a little worried I am going to kill him running in the heat. I haven’t been taking him more than 2 miles and I bring a water bottle to offer him water + keep him damp with cool water. We also do 95% of our runs on trails right now where he can dip his toes in the water. I love taking him and I know he has so much fun, but I am SO paranoid he will get heat stroke 😢

50% black lab :)

Pittsburgh 7/14. was in the back of stage AE but did get some fun pictures of the lighting. every pic I took had different colors. My fav is delete ya in orange

my bb girl got the news she will need a dental to see if she has tooth resorption going on. she lost one of her little dot teeth and the vet is suspicious it is a fracture. I know she will adapt well to having some teeth pulled but it’s a bummer for such a perfect SIC

Two of my recent most favorite rooms, made with inspiration from this awesome community. I love decorating rooms :)

Looking to buy a ginger cat! Bonus if I can buy the black bear POTM from you tomorrow too :)

I'm preplanning my July POTM room for the Black Bear and I kinda want to finally use my bee wallpaper BUT I also want to do a little outdoor spot in order to use the pet special item in the room + do a little cute camp area. How do you all do indoor rooms with a little outdoor component? I am bummed that the patch doesn't go low to cover the flooring. I don't like it looks like a rug or something in the room. Need inspo from the creatives!!!

hey all! so at some point in my life I broke my ankle, probably assuming it was just a sprain. as a result, I now have 2 ossicles (8mm and 3mm) from my medial malleolus embedded in my adjacent ligaments.

These Xrays/MRIs screens are from 2019 when I was a collegiate athlete with persistent ankle sprains. Basically, because of the ossicles being present, I do have a forever ankle sprain.

Fast forward to now and I’ve run a marathon successfully + engaged in other long distance running without too much of an issue. Recently though I’ve decided to up the intensity of my activity and this has begun to flair up. I played a pick up game today of my sport and I am in extreme pain like I fully twisted my ankle, but I know it’s just the ossicles.

I don’t want to stop ramping up my activity and I’m only 27 but have been dealing with this ankle pain for years now. I’m considering going to an ortho now for another opinion. I was told the first time my options were surgery to remove the ossicles or strengthening PT. I have now had a wrist ORIF surgery due to a car accident, and I have long term concerns about leaving the ossicles in there after conversations about that. Has anyone had a similar experience?

I am trying to figure out a way that makes me happy to display all the fun new potted plants + seeds. I decide to spring for the greenhouse from the wish factory (I hoard tokens so this was kinda fun to do today!!) but now I need some inspo to display everything!

holy cow. running at his pace was intense. this will get me in shape quick.

I am loving field notes for making mini scrapbooks of my trips. I just recently went to Acadia and printed out wallet sized photos of my adventures to fill this up with. I just bought a bunch of Etsy stickers and a bunch more field notes to fill. I’m going to use them to junk journal everyday, to scrapbook trips, and make tiny photo albums.

maybe not the standard use so thought I’d put it out into the world!!

decided to junk journal with the notebooks. they are perfect for on the go trash collection :) I hope anyways! I’m filling the Chicago (Pittsburgh‘d with my I Voted N’at sticker) while I wait for my Acadia to arrive to put photos in from my recent trip.

Taking my chicken nugget to his second national park in a few weeks, Acadia. Pics from his first trip, Cuyahoga in Ohio!

I am feeling a little anxious to take him for a more strenuous set of hikes. He is very in shape physically and enjoys running. My bigger worry is being able to help him with injury in the very VERY edge scenario something were to happen.

I have ordered the Fido pro I will plan to bring for true emergency rescue. I want to pack an emergency first aide kit too. What should I prioritize in my pack? I feel a little lost.