Sublime Goodness

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Funny Dog Videos

After I posted funny cat videos last week, I quickly saw it become one of my top posts. Therefore, I would be remiss if I didn't post some funny dog videos right?

Enjoy!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Inspirational Video - The Laws of Attraction & More

I came across these videos today and they are worth checking out. Yes, some of the imagery is a little cheesy, but the combination of choral music and good quotes make for some inspiring imagery. Check it out:

Bonus video: 12 Things to Remember

Monday, March 16, 2009

Community Surprises Family with New Home

Leah Hayes embraces a volunteer and fellow community member who helped give her and her mother their new house.

A real life "Extreme Home Makeover." Here is the lowdown on this amazing story of a community rallying together for one of their own:

It started out simple enough - as a Bible study fundraiser for a family in need in the McClain County town of Washington. However six months later, the result was a made-for-TV complete home makeover.

Family and friends credit faith for helping 16-year-old Leah Hayes make it through a lifetime of unwelcomed seizures and most recently, brain surgery.

For the first time Betty and Leah laid their teary eyes on their new, 'healthy' home built by neighbors, by the high school music teacher and by dozens of others who, for at least one day, made Leah forget all about her world of seizures and surgeries.

"I thought my gift was to keep getting her back every time something happened to her, and then you give me this gift," Betty Hayes said.

> Read more from KWTV

Watch the CNN video recap:

Sunday, March 15, 2009

"Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison

Ever since I heard this song from the "classic" film Dream a Little Dream (!) with the two Coreys (Feldman and Haim) when I was younger, I was enthralled. It's got such a great vibe and feeling, it's hard not to get goosebumps - I challenge you to just listen to it and let the song wrap around you.

Close your eyes and enjoy:

As a bonus, enjoy this sublime cover version from the Swell Season (the group in the fantastic film Once):

Friday, March 13, 2009

Dog Saves 9 People

Kenai woke up her owner after carbon monoxide began building in the New Castle home. (Special to the post Todd Smarr)

Another great rescue story about a very special canine.

A pet's barks and cries alerted the occupants of a Western Slope [Colorado] home to a carbon-monoxide buildup this weekend and saved their lives, a family says.

Kenai, a 14-year-old Bernese mountain dog mix, started "whining and barking" at 4 a.m. Sunday, waking one of three adults sleeping in the basement of the New Castle home, said Kirstin Kraig of Arvada.

"We're sure glad she was there," Kraig said of Kenai, a friend's dog. "I truly believe that if it weren't for Kenai, we wouldn't all be here today."

Kraig and her husband, their two children, five other adults and four dogs were all using the home during a family-and-friends getaway weekend, Kraig said.

> Read the rest of the story here at the Denver Post

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* Hat tip to AmericanHumane on Twitter for the tip

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Girl, Age 7, Had 6 Organs Taken out to Remove Tumor

Seven-year-old Heather McNamara, shown here with dad Joseph and mom Tina, has a message for those with dire medical problems: 'There's hope.'

All I can say is, if this story doesn't just break your heart and make you feel so happy and proud for the McNamara family, I don't know what to say. I want to give them all a hug:

Little Heather McNamara still has her priorities, even after having six organs removed so doctors could cut out a tennis ball-size tumor others had declared hopelessly "inoperable."

With a smile, the Long Island 7-year-old said all she wanted to do was "play with my dog ... and play with my sister."

Heather underwent 23 hours of groundbreaking surgery last month to remove the abdominal mass wrapped around crucial blood vessels and eating away at several vital organs.
Chemotherapy didn't work, and her parents, Tina and Joseph McNamara of Islip Terrace, were told by other surgeons that there was nothing left to do.... "We came here with no hope, and they gave us hope," said Tina McNamara.

"It's a miracle, it's the best day ever," she declared. (NY Daily News)

Monday, March 9, 2009

Funny Cat Videos

Let's start off the week with some laughs shall we? I tested out a few clips of funny cat videos on YouTube with my two little daughters, and the following won by a landslide (rated by giggles)...probably because it's a best of the best compilation from America's Funniest Home Videos and YouTube. Enjoy!