Soberjulie

-I just ordered 10 tulip trees (liriodendron) 9 will get planted at the cottage, one for home :) -No driving today. Just foot power. And.......drum roll please..... I will not pollute the earth with yucky cigarette smoke. :)

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Happy Earth Day. Gonna try to do some kind things for the planet today. :)

Spring Chicken or beef?

Hey Ross..... Do your dentists there have 'goofy gas'? ( nitrous oxide) Maybe you could ask for some while you're still in the waiting room so by the time you get to the dentist chair, you will be happy as a lark ;)

I didn't experience this.....but my hubby did when he quit. After 2 weeks of feeling slightly off kilter, and mildly dizzy, I told him to go get his ears checked. He had a mild inner ear infection. ;) If you are concerned and it feels like it 'could' be something more than quit related anxiety, it couldn't hurt to have a chat with your dr. Even if he does nothing more than give you a once over, pat you on the back for quitting smoking (probably the single most positive thing you can do for your health!) and send you on your way. :) All of this passes. It all becomes easier. Just don't smoke today :)

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Sarah, my normal sleep routine was disturbed for the first 2-3 weeks. Yup! I was waking dreadfully early, unable to go back to sleep. It passed.....like all my other symptoms of quitting smoking.....they all pass :)

6 Heeeheee. Chicks rock :)

Some of us don't figure out how much patience/effort/money/self-sacrifice is required until 'after' we've had one (or 4) Then we scratch our heads and mutter "oh good lord, what have I done?!" ;)

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I have no idea if coming here helps you. But your coming here helps me. So thank you. And please keep coming :) And attaboy :)

Oh Tracey! I think of you as one of my fun quit buddies. You are a couple months ahead of me, but look at you! Clearing a path for gals like me. :) Thanks for being here. Thanks for paying it forward. Congrats. :)

6 months is fabulous. Congrats!!

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12 Well, the kids are still self-centered asses ;) But I'm not picking up that which does not belong to me. Momma guilt be damned. :)

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I remember: Roller skates that fit over your shoes and had a metal key to tighten them. Little comic strips wrapped around a piece of 1 cent gum 25 cents bought a whole days worth of candy. I could buy smokes for my dad at the store. Maybe I was 7......they cost 90 cents and I got to keep the dime Paying a deposit on glass pop/soda bottles. Collecting those bottles to trade in for money, then for candy. Count chocula cereal. Dessert for breakfast! Easter Sunday with a hat and white gloves. 2 choices in high school: shop/woodworking or home ec. Boys took shop, girls home ec. Have you seen the choices now?! My kids brought home a robot baby that was so real it scared me. Parenting class, cosmetology, rock climbing and camping for gym class. I had floor hockey in gym class. I took peanut butter to school. Nobody was allergic......if they were I guess they went home for lunch because we never knew about it. The most radical thing we did: ear piercing. Girls got more than one hole, boys started getting them too. It was quite a controversy at grandma and grandpas house. Today, kids pierce their face. Or nipples. Or worse! I wish my grandma was with it enough to know what they thought of my parents generation. I mean, c'mon!! My parents were teens in the 60's. Betcha gram and grampa thought the world has just gone to hell in a hand basket :)

I'm enjoying the nostalgia too. Rob, the original post is a tongue-in-cheek letter, just poking some fun at the generation gap. The same way my parents talked about my rotten generation. And their parents before them. Lighten up dude :p

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I will not smoke today.

Anyone remember 'party lines' on your phone? You shared a phone line with strangers.....each home had a distinct ring. I remember being a kid and listening in on phone conversations of strangers.

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