Soozie

How exciting for you ... we have a caravan that we love to go travelling in. The longest trip so far has been 16 weeks, when hubby retires we want to travel around OZ. Is that you're intention to stay on the move ?

Thought I would pop in quickly while I'm having my morning coffee. All is well, in fact all is very well. The first of our friends have arrived from England, yesterday we all went out for a lovely dinner and drinks. I didn't once have an urge to smoke ! I'm just about to go out walking with my friend and we're also going to have breakfast out. I think I'll have a dirty great big greasy fattening fry up because I deserve it lol On Saturday I spent $180.00 on three bits of makeup ... and that hasn't even made a dent in the money I've saved by not smoking recently ... in the past I would have thought this terribly extavagant, but not now !!! Hubby gets home from work tomorrow for 4 weeks, I will not relapse this time, I feel very confident. A big thankyou to all of you that have supported me and for all the wonderful advice. Suex

I will not be smoking today NOPE

Sarah, this is so great to read ... you are doing really well Sue x

and me NOPE

nope ...

I'm going to add this to my 'must read' list if I get any wobbles over the next few weeks .... thankyou

I would like to give a HUGE THANK YOU to all of you. I've said that this is your community. Make it count for something. This, my friends, you have done and done very, very well.--MQ :good3: I think it is us that should be thanking you MQ ... thankyou !

Evelyn oh no ... not again, now you have to start all over again ! :o

this is wonderful Colleen :party2:

Happy Friday everyone ... NOPE for me today !

Thankyou all so much, this is really going to help me, in fact it already has ... I am going to embrace the whole experience for what it is, a lovely family time (turning 50 maybe not so lovely lol !) ... I will make sure I find the time to read this thread every morning while I'm having my coffee and making my NOPE pledge for the day ... I have already allocated some jobs to other people ... I have one of my daughters helping me today. My other daughters boyfriend is helping me outside in the garden tomorrow ! Instead of trying to be superwoman I told them the truth that my organisational skills are not at their best at the moment and I need help ... never done this before always too proud, wish I'd done it years ago , they are more than happy to help !!! I have also made a list, a very long list of things I would like to do and things I have to do ... I even put on the the stuff I've already done, just so I could get the pleasure of crossing them off the list :girl_haha: So what am I doing instead of working on my list ... sitting at the computer hahaha ..... :girl_impossible: Sue x

Hey Shazza. yes tomorrow I will have a couple of hours to myself, just before the onslaught, I'm going out walking early with my friend, and then daughter number 1 is coming over apparently to help .!!! ..but I think you sent me "are you kidding yourself" if not you then somebody else ... that's why I would love to have all this on on thread ... thankyou Sue x

this is what I want Nancy, I'm going to have too many people around to post an SOS, that's why I want my own little private sanctuary to go to ... thankyou x

seriously Action, it's going to be mayhem here ... I really don't think there will be time or more importantly any privacy to post an SOS, that's why I'm doing this now, I've got two days until the visitors arrive ... Gemzee gets back on Sunday, they may be all on the same flight lol

oooohhhhh I think that will help Nancy ... thankyou x

thankyou ... this is what I need X

Ok, that's one for the record ... thankyou !

Hi Eveyone, First off, sorry for the lack of posts ... I had a very unexpected visit from one of our boys .. he has a lot of emotional problems (mmm ok he's not a boy, he's 27) he smokes for Australia, so I've spent three days with him, trying to help him and all the time trying to avoid the smoke from his ciggies !!! Today, one of our daughters turned up, haven't seen her for a couple of weeks, she has relationship issues, also smokes but not for Australia, thankfully ! Another day gone ! That's just two of our adult children ... we have another 5 ... I'll save that for another day ! On Sunday we have two visitors arriving from England, the following Sunday we have one more. I had a plan when hubby went back to work, to make everything look lovely, I really haven't achieved very much this fortnight at all :huh: Next week hubby comes back from work on Tuesday for four weeks after two weeks on nightshift, bearing in mind hubby smokes not just for Australia but for the whole world and we have 4 social occasions to attend to just in the first week ! and things are never good straight after night shift ! I've also got my 50th birthday party (24/5) which I haven't completely organised ... almost there but still lots to do ... Another one of our boys is in love with one of the overseas visitors that's coming over (she's his partner) and they would like us to go away for a couple of days with them the week after next ... I've got my shitty non smoking brain on at the moment and It's taken me all afternoon just to make a couple of lasagnas to put in the deep freeze so I've got something to feed our visitors for one night ! I have so much to do it's overwhelming ... usually I can sail through stuff like this, but my brain has gone to mush ! I am worried about the next four/five weeks ... would it be too much to ask for some threads/words of advice bearing in mind my recent relapse ???? I have already been sent lot's of 'stuff' but it's all over the place on different threads, and in an emergency I think it would take me ages to find everything ... if anyone has word's of wisdom I would love to have them all in the one place, ie here ... Sorry I know I'm being a pain in the backside, just trying to get organised before the onslaught of May ! If I've got a housefull of guests and visitors I don't really think there will be time to post an SOS, Thanking you all in advance Sue x PS sorry I haven't replied to much stuff that's been going on, I haven't had much time to myself this week XXX

Good morning fellow NOPE'RS.... couldn't wait to post this one ...I quit last month yeeeaaaaaahhhhhhhh !!! NOPE NOPE NOPE

This is awesome news TAC ... happy travels, where are you headed first ?

Well done Sarah, you're doing a great job ... 1 week ahead of me ! Sue x

Aine, I think this is a cut off straw lol

I can't believe how clever you are ... they'se so cute :yu:

Congratulations Doreen, As one door closes another one opens ... this is your time, enjoy ... Sue x