Steph, the hair is gorgeous.
YAY Cindy!
Actually not needing validation right now, but thank you.
Buffy ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Spike's Bitches 23: We've mastered the power of positive giving up.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Aims - Apr 03, 2005 9:34:55 am PDT #1104 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
DavidS - Apr 03, 2005 9:36:53 am PDT #1105 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
To break the routine part of it, I take them out of the package, put them in a ziplock baggie, put the baggie in a cup, and put the cup down cellar, on a high shelf, in the laundry room. I have to wait at least one hour between cigarettes (and I'm going to start slowly increasing that), and have to smoke one less, every day.
Wow, that's a serious commitment, Cindy. I'm proud of you. Really, I know it's a very tough addiction.
Polter-Cow - Apr 03, 2005 9:45:47 am PDT #1106 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
{{Aims}}
Lilty Cash - Apr 03, 2005 9:54:48 am PDT #1107 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Rock on, Cindy. The other day at WalMart I put a box of patches in and out of my basket about three times. For what it's worth, I didn't buy them. One month.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 03, 2005 9:55:36 am PDT #1108 of 10001
What is even happening?
YAY Cindy!
Thank you so much Aimee, but that's probably premature. For example, this has been the longest fucking hour of my life, and there's still 5 minutes left of it. I have to keep reminding myself I routinely go 6-8 hours without a cigarette, when I'm sleeping. Right now, I feel like I have enough time to walk some vanilla out to California, and get back here, before the damned hour is up. ijs.
Wow, that's a serious commitment, Cindy. I'm proud of you. Really, I know it's a very tough addiction.
Thanks, Hec. I'm not even down to the pack-a-day level yet, so...
A doctor recommended the method to me a long time ago.--well, not the cup and the laundry room bit (and by the way, I have never been so frigging caught up on my laundry...since before I had kids). He just said to just break the habit part, first--to get a cigarette case, or something, take them all out of the pack, and keep them somewhere different, then just cut out one a day.
I actually cut out more than one, the first day, accidentally-on-purpose. But for yesterday and today, I'm just going for one less, because I am feeling the cravings. I was getting to the point where I was afraid I'd never again try to quit, when I remembered what he recommended. I figure it isn't going to hurt.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 03, 2005 9:56:37 am PDT #1109 of 10001
What is even happening?
For what it's worth, I didn't buy them. One month.You've been smoke free for a month, Lilty? Go you!!! You've gotten this far, you'll do it, girl!
sumi - Apr 03, 2005 10:10:27 am PDT #1110 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Teppy, I really love how the bangs stayed kind of the same but everything else is so different. Excellent haircut.
My bangs are doing what I knew they would (standing straight up) and yet, I had to have them anyway.
(Meanwhile, my cats are having some sort of argument with a kitty in the courtyard.)
SailAweigh - Apr 03, 2005 10:26:39 am PDT #1111 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
It does the most amazing fucked-up Oz bedhead in the morning. It's very defiant.
My hair scares little children first thing in the morning.
Love the hair cut, Tep. It's got a wonderful line, your stylist did a good job. And it's perfect for your face, your eyes look so much bigger and smokier with the shorter do. Plus, it shows off the fact you've lost weight, it slims your face. I'm all for never letting you grow it longer, but then I'm being quite contrary about that myself, just now, so I'm not a good one to talk.
Cindy, good for you! The fact you're making a sincere effort is huge! It took my father three tries to quit smoking and he's been quit over 30 years, now. You definitely won't regret it. Especially if you like food, Dad actually started enjoying foods he hadn't liked before because he could taste them better after he quit.
Note to self: vanilla makes Aimee very, very happy. Buy stock in a vanilla company.
DCJensen - Apr 03, 2005 10:31:10 am PDT #1112 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
I'm so glad we're not still in Indiana, who stubbornly refuse to recognize the value of an extra hour of daylight. I refuse to believe that it's the cows that have the trouble with the change.
Yeah. Cows don't give one whit when they are milked, as long as it's done with regularity. Since they have been bred to produce milk, having a full udder makes them fidgety. An hour wouldn't make much difference, especially after the first day.
signed, Minnesotan with farm relatives.
Amy - Apr 03, 2005 10:57:16 am PDT #1113 of 10001
Because books.
Teppy, I think that cut looks great.
A doctor recommended the method to me a long time ago.
Sounds like it's working so far. Fingers crossed for you.
We actually stopped smoking *in* the house in the old house, and that makes a huge difference. When it's 20 degrees out, it's not as enticing to step outside for a butt. Here, we're on the second floor, and it's not feasible to go outside due to the baby, etc., so we only smoke in our master bathroom, out the window. It's cut off from the rest of the apartment, and even that has resulted in less cigarettes smoked a day. Even just nestled on the couch watching a movie, it's become harder to get up during a commercial break to go smoke. I'm hopeful. One day I'll quit, too. (Fingers crossed for me.)