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.

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.)

Timelies. If anything this time I get worse bed hair than ever, I think I may have started out a little shorter. Nervous...have copies of A Model Citizen out and people have said they are reading them today. And it has taken me this long to realize how much of it is me. There will be people here who'll know everything about me. More than they already do. (And it's only interesting with the murder in it.)

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.

Thank you so much, Sail. I don't need to like food any more than I do, though. It's probably a bad time to quit, because I'm fat for me right now, but whatever. I figure now that the weather has started to turn, I'll take walks to avoid smoking, too. Hey--maybe I'll get depressed enough I won't eat. *g* I'm trying to stave off cigarette cravings by drinking water, which I haven't been drinking enough of, anyhow.

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.)

Oooh! Thanks for the tip, AmyLiz. I did that, or smoking in the basement with the window open, at the old house. It does help. I let myself smoke in this house while we were unpacking from the move, and then never stopped. Eventually, I'm going to have to go cold turkey, but right now, I'm just trying to reduce how much I'm used to. I might change to a yucky brand, too.

For those that are trying to quit, it's worth it to try Zyban. Smoking is such a difficult addiction to break, harder even than heroin, and a short run of Zyban can make all the difference.

I have quite a bit of vanilla in my giveaway pile, Aimee, if you need more.

(yep, that's a hint)

Where'd everybody go?

Where'd everybody go?

Stampede on Zyban?

Daylight saving has just finished in Melbourne (well, it ended a week ago). I could've done with it ending this weekend, the extra hour would've been very handy.

Queensland doesn't have daylight saving. My favourite argument I ever heard against it was some woman who wrote into the paper, saying that every morning, her husband woke up with an erection; if they introduced daylight saving, that would happen when he was on the train to work, and how embarrassing would that be? Not to mention all the other guys it happened to.

So her husband rose with the sun.

sending out anti-quit vibes for Cindy and Lilty.

Howdy! Did you know it was National Open House Day today in Real Estate land? Things I have learned today:

1) 429 square feet is really, really small.
2) If you live in Cambridge and have a nice condo listed for $355K (and 660 square feet), you can sell it yourself and entertain multiple offers, and cut off said offers by 3pm on Monday.
4) I very much want to buy a townhouse in Salem.

Sorry for real estate talk. I would complement Teppy's hair, but her links didn't work for me. However, I am confident that she look freaking gaw-geous because I am not a stupid person, although I am overly obsessed with real estate these days. Which, actually, might make me stupid, in this market.