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first thing....HI LAURA! We missed you 2nd thing...why did you leave?? I will tell you why..because you listened to the chatter in your head that said...you don't need the quit train 3rd thing....all attempts on your own fail...every day you say you will do it..then you don't...then it whittles away at your self esteem....lather rinse repeat. Stop listening to the voices.....stop analyzing yourself...start doing Quitting smoking isn't a spectator sport...it takes participation. 1. Come to the board every day....watch the videos...read the posts....educate yourself 2. Pledge NOPE every day. One day at a time. But do it every day 3. Help others going through the same struggle as you are....it helps!! 4. Celebrate every milestone..1 day, 1 week, 1 month. 5. Have a plan for triggers craves--plenty of information on that here. Welcome back..make it your sticky quit Laura. Lets do this!! Last and final time

lol...my mother chased me with a spoon and I outran her and laughed...LOL my poor mom

lol..bakon thank you guys..and marty you are so right. :) I take friendships and loyalty seriously I guess..and expecting others to feel the same is just setting myself up for disappointment. Not everyone is capable and/or even wants to. I have to accept this. If I was important to this person......then it wouldn't be like this.

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lol...goof!!

Thank you RC! very kind of you. You're right...it does sting. Life's lessons i guess. People come in your life for a reason and leave it for a reason too. Some relationships are short and serve their purpose and some are life long.

recently had a misundertanding with someone who I THOUGHT was a good friend of mine. Turns out....they probably weren't. Actually I am not sure exactly what I did or said....there was a series of events on both our parts but now this person will not talk to me at all. Nada. Zilch. I am a stubborn woman.....and it's taken me 3 months to finally throw in the towel on this relationship for good..simply because..it appears that's what this other person wants and I have to accept it. I like this article....it helped me. I'll share in case anyone can relate. How to React when Your Apology isn't Accepted Have you recently had a serious argument, disagreement or fight with someone you care about? Have you sincerely apologised, but you aren't sure if they accepted it? If your sure that they haven't, how should you react 1. Try to understand. Maybe the wound is still too fresh for them to think clearly enough to accept an apology. Maybe they have no interest in forgiving you and want you to live in guilt forever for what happened, in which case you need to reconcile any guilty feelings you have with the fact that you feel remorse 2. Give them space. Let them think it over, and check in with them after at least a week. This will give them time to consider their options, and to assess their feelings. Always remember that your apology might never be accepted. This will help you out if things go badly. 3. Talk to them again. If they talk to you like they did before the blow-up, that's great! If they actually say 'I forgive you' or something along those lines, that's even better! But if they don't, read on. Don't get defensive. Do not start your next sentence with something like "Oh yeah? Well guess what!" Such words can only make a bad situation much worse. 4. Assess their behaviour. If they seem cold towards you, they probably aren't happy to see you. If they're downright hostile, then they definitely haven't accepted your apology. The relationship's probably over, and you're probably in a lot of pain. 5. Figure out why you haven't been forgiven. Do they hold grudges? Do they have a hard time with anger? If so, they might simply need a lot of time to forgive you. 6. Reply simply. Politely say "I'm very sorry to hear that. I want you to know that I respect the fact that you can't forgive me. If you want to talk about this sometime in the future, I am open to that. I hope some day we can move past this." By taking the high road, you have saved your integrity as well as the possibility for a possible future reconciliation. Is the relationship about to come to an end due to immovable events (graduation, etc?) If so, then moving on is recommended. Keeping up a friendship after such an event is hard enough, but it will be pointlessly hard if the other person isn't happy with you before the event arrives. Is the person arrogant, mean, or a total jerk to some people? Then move on. They aren't worth your time or friendship, and avoid people like them in the future. Are they acting coldly? This is probably suppressed anger, so leave them alone. Is there no reaction at all? They may be thinking it over, or they're politely telling you to leave them alone. Put this in context of their personality and the importance of the relationship 7. Move on. Either way, they simply aren't worth it. If they're going to treat you that badly, then they probably weren't a friend in the first place. 8. Make new friends. Stay away from the people they associate with, and find people that are like you in different aspects. http://www.wikihow.com/React-when-Your-Apology-isn%27t-Accepted

Bakon got his warning like he asked... He declined my offer to spank

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yesterday I made grilled swordfish...it was delicious! 1/4 cup white wine 1/4 cup of rice vinegar lemon juice--preferred fresh lemon 1 tbsp of olive oil then the spices--cilantro, parsley, paprika, garlic...or whatever you like I marinated for at least an hour and grilled it for 4 min on each side.....wow.....i loved it!

There you are dog!! Missed you!

Me too Tew....I usually push thru the pain until I can't walk or it gets better. Lol. Thanks ladies

Nope! All day!

50 push-ups 100 squat thrusts (similar to burpee) 100 squats 100 mountain climbers 50 step ups on tire. Both sides 50 kettle bell swings 100 sit-ups 100 jumping jacks All in 35 min! Supposed to repeat that tonight because I told my friend I would do a double but that was before I knew it would be a killer class. Lol

thank you run free!! I knew you would be able to help me with that!! woo hoo~!!

I am here!! this place rocks I would like to fart rainbows like stu....who can arrange this?

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NOPE!!

we set the tone for how we want to be treated....and it's a reflection of how we treat others..and how we treat ourselves too. Beauty attracts beauty...ugliness attracts ugliness. It's the way it goes. Congrats to you on 4 months cpk!!

we are a great bunch.....stu is no exception! I love everything about the quit train

just saw the dog!! He's logged in

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that's why it doesn't need to be pinned lol 1

hmmm...homer is so dangerous...he just looks at a woman and gets her pregnant...lol...just ask his wife who had 4 Maybe he looked at sarah

speaking of spankings....where has sarah been?