Friday Fillin

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2008


1. I'm looking forward to The Birth of my First Grandchild next week.
2. I don't handle disappointment very well.
3. Ice Cream is something I could eat every day.
4. Warmth and sunlight lifts my spirit.
5. Houston here I come!
6. I dislike tattoo(s).
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to sleeping deep, tomorrow my plans include driving to Houston and Sunday, I want to sleep in and get breakfast tacos.

What is a Meme? What are Memes?

I'm pretty new to blogging and I've wondered what all the special posting days meant (Memes).  This site, has helped to explain many of my questions and has given me many new options for joining a Meme, one for everyday of the week if I so choose.

My Thirteen Favorite TV Shows

1. Boston Legal - love, love, love James Spader!!
2. Cashmere Mafia - kinda sorta reminds me of Sex in the City with a new twist. I think Juliet Draper played by Miranda Otto is one of the most gorgeous women I've ever laid eyes on!
3. Private Practice
4. Brothers and Sisters - Sally Field is at her best.
5. Grey's Anatomy
6. Wife Swap - my husband and I watch this together simply because we can't imagine ever doing something this absurd.
7. Criminal Minds - they make profiling sound pretty damn interesting.
8. Cold Case - it's always good to see a case revived and solved (I'm a sucker and cry).
9. The Unit - we're a military family and although this show isn't real it's fun to think it is, Whooa
10 Without A Trace - stuff like this could always happen but it's completely unrealistic to think that the FBI gets involved in a disappearance without hours.
11. NCIS
12. Numb3rs I like the personalities.
13. CSI Miami - again, I like the actor's personalities.


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Not Until This Very Moment

Have I even thought about smoking or a cigarette today, Wow, it's now almost 9pm and I'm inching on my 156th day without smoking.

I'm no longer a smoker and I love the feeling and the smells, of myself, of food, of spring as it rears its head from a long winter's sleep.

I'm probably the only person that even thinks about the fact that I'm no longer a smoker, yes they (my husband and grown children) are proud of me but its like they take me not being a smoker for granted as much now as they accepted the fact that I would probably always be a smoker.  It isn't that I want constant attention because I quit but it would be nice for the people in my life to mention it at least occasionally.

I guess I'm the only person that can keep me motivated and maybe this is best, I'm the person that is going to gain or loose it all by quitting.

Chantix is still my hero, without this drug, I could have never quit smoking.

Pet Beauty Contest

Bissel Carpet's MVP (Most Valuable Pet)
Go to this site and join in on the fun, if you don't have a pet to enter, page through the thousands of pet photos, there are some cutie pies in there

http://www.bissell.com/mvp_pet_photo_contest.aspx

For some odd reason my link doesn't want to work, anyway, our Mack (my son and his wife's dog) is #4360, go on, vote for him (he's a rescue bullie).



Mack is the cutie on the right (the other is Bailey)
Go on, Go Vote, #4360

Question of the Day

What are you saving up for?

I think we were always saving for something, when the kids were small we saved for all the unexpected things children need/want. Then we saved for private high school and the very occasional vacation, then it was proms dresses and tuxes, helping with date money, clothes - lots and lots of clothes, computers, car insurance, college. Then it was weddings, and now it's grand babies and travel and making sure we have enough money to afford living well the rest of our lives.
I can tell you I don't save for buying cigarettes anymore.
It isn't saving for anything specific, it's saving for general purposes.



This is our change bowl and I remember a time when this was more than we saved in a year - LOL.

Have a Great Tuesday!!

Photo of a Die Hard Smoker

I was cleaning out a drawer and came upon this photo - Yikes!! This was me and I would have hurt you once upon a time in order to get a cigarette.



And then I found this photo where we were on a cruise in 2000 and I was smoking there too



ICKY, ICKY, ICKY!!!
Seriously, I look back at photos of when I was smoking and I'm embarrassed and horrified.
To my family and friends that never smoked - I'M SORRY! Sorry I made your clothes smell bad, sorry I made you wait for me while I smoked, sorry you ate meals while I smoked, and your home smelled like smoke, and I could have possibly impacted your health negatively - I'M SORRY!!!!

Question of the Day

What's in your handbag right now?

Does a photo count?



The Orbit gum is there is quantity as a substitute for smoking when I need it, my wallet is merely one of those magic cases, receipts, keys, a nail file, cell phone, loose change, pocket calendar, 2 lipsticks, antibacterial spray, 4 pens, tissue.
I'm not a very interesting person and I'd hardly say I'm someone prepared for any circumstance.

What's in your purse?

I stole this quote off my DIL's site.......

A quote
"My mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general; if you become a monk you'll end up as the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso."
- Pablo Picasso

The First Spring Cleaning has begun

Today it's almost 90 degrees outside (yeah it's way to warm for still being February even if it is South Texas) so we could not resist starting to clean up the patio and garden. The Live Oak Trees will shed their leaves still in another month probably but our lawn man will be handling that mess - Yipppeee!!!!
As you can see by this photo, the shadows of winter are getting long so that means we're turning a corner and spring is creeping in.
We have one more "Hot" day here tomorrow and then we return to more seasonable temperatures (in the mid to upper 60's) but I think this warm up is a prelude to merciless summer.
Stay tuned as we continue cleaning up the yard and garden, and readying the pool for the summer ahead.
2008 will be my fist summer without smoking and I have to admit that I got some tuggings (there I go with a Maggie word - smiles) but they quickly left. It's again those habits of working like hell and then wanting to sit down and relax with a cigarette. Well, those days are over and the only thing smoking on this property for now on will be the ocassional guest or my BBQ Grill.

Question of the Day

What do you think is your best physical attribute?

My neck. It's always been longer than most of the people I've met, I look great in turtle necks (although I prefer mock turtles), and I look good in low cut tops as both require a longer more slender neck. It's beginning to wrinkle and wither some now so I'm using any kind of "make me young" cream I can find. I'm open for suggestions.

Spring Time = Crappie Fishing

Every spring we head to the Lake of the Ozarks to Crappie Fish, mostly at small fishing outposts where it's friendly and the crappie are plentiful.
These are photos of one afternoon of fishing (me, my sister, and two brothers).

We caught more than our legal limit (shhhhh, don't tell anyone) and cleaned them as fast as we could. Nothing fries up like Crappie!  If you think it's not spring, what does 80 degrees say to you (other than summer is definitely on it's way to south texas)?

OMG, It's Been 150 Days WITHOUT SMOKING!!

Most people would say that it's me that deserves the majority of the praise in quitting and although I'd love to take all that praise, it really belongs to both Chantix and my fellow Quitters because without them, thee 150 days would not have happened.
Thank You Fellow Quitters for being there through thick and thin, hell and high water (y'all are there now like the cigarettes used to be and I'd much rather have you)!!!

13 Reasons I Quit Working

1. Could never say no, enough, can't do it, I need more money.
2. Didn't like 12-15 hour days 6 days a week.
3. My husband was retiring.
4. My boss was a two faced bitch.
5. I wanted to spend time developing a hobby.
6. I wanted to finally spend time with my husband.
7. I wanted to travel (mostly cruise).
8. I wanted to stop taking anti-depressants.
9. I wanted to cook again.
10. I wanted to sleep normally again.
11. My dog missed me.
12. I hated my life.
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Pinewood Derby Cars

We're in the process of going through all the trash and treasures of our 31 years together and found these Pinewood Derby Cars that our son made with his Grandpa when he was in Cub Scouts (many years ago).

Our Grandson Rudy's nursery is being done in a race car motif and it's kinda fun that his Daddy's cars will be in his room (even if Rudy doesn't realize it).

Do you remember when this was true????

I've been on some sites looking at graphics and found this one and thought about all of us reformed smokers

Here's to another day without smoking - YEAH FOR US!!!!!!!!!

Day 147 without Smoking

I forget with most posts to talk about not smoking anymore, sometimes I think it's because I don't WANT to think about smoking, and the other reason is because I DON'T THINK ABOUT SMOKING much anymore.
I was talking with my PCP yesterday about it and he said I shouldn't concentrate on when I was a smoker, I should just live life as a non-smoker (seems to me that they overlap some). He was genuinely proud of my accomplishment to stop smoking and to have quit taking the Chantix and still not smoke. When he was listening to my lungs, I told him that there are still times when I "think" I want a cigarette - he abruptly stopped what he was doing and looked at me with such disappointment in his eyes......hey, I didn't say I was having a cigarette, I said there are times when I "think" I want a cigarette. He took a few moments and we discussed the habits/lifestyle that are so firmly ingrained in smokers minds - I told him that I wouldn't smoke again regardless of how bad I thought I wanted a cigarette. I don't think he was convinced but I quickly tried to change the subject.
I'm just a few days shy of my 5 month marker and I know I won't smoke a cigarette again.......I'm stubborn and once I make up my mind about something, there's no changing it.
I started back on my Spiriva (My PCP started me on it while I was still smoking but starting to cut back and I quit using it because the cigarettes were just nullifying the good it was doing) - hopefully it will be successful in helping me regain some additional wind.

Shit, I'm like a walking, talking pharmacy!!!!

Siblings and the issues that bring us together or divide us........

My past with my family (parents and 6 siblings) has been anything but loving and/or friendly. My parents are both deceased they died at a young age (father at 64 of cancer related illnesses and mother at 70 from heart disease). My siblings (5 brothers and 1 sister, all younger than myself) live in Missouri (various cities), and I live in Texas.

I'm not a good older sister/oldest sibling and I don't know why that is, I don't know why I really don't care. I've tried half heartedly to reinvest myself with the motley crew they call a family on numerous occasions only to find I have to put up with too much BS, lying, cheating, and being taken advantage of to possibly make it work.
I would love to blame a large part of this on my parents, my mother especially, as her mode apparatus was to divide and conquer. She could only be friends with one of her children at a time and would talk about the other children with that one child, the next month the tables would turn and she'd have a new favorite, this went on until she died.
To give you an idea about our relationship-- I didn't attend her funeral, didn't want to waste my time or money.

I've made the biggest inroads with my sister (9 years my junior), we're as different as dogs and cats, but somehow we're able to live and let die. Most all the things that keep us at odds, what we can't agree on, we agree to disagree and don't discuss it (although I do believe some of it sits in our craws and simmers to the point of boiling sometimes). We've had years at a time where we didn't speak and although I sometimes wondered where she was or what she was doing, I/We made no attempt to find out, to change the situation. I don't know if we were too busy to bother, didn't want the drama, or just didn't care, whatever it was, it happened more than once and we weren't there for one another when we needed to be. I'd like to believe that "some" of our distance was simply due to the difference in age, especially when I was married and had my children and she was still a young teenager, life experiences weren't happening in sync. I've gone to visit her in Mid-America (she loves rural living, I love the city) and we've gone fishing, she had a lake across the street from her house and we were a hop, skip, and jump to the Ozarks, we both love to freshwater fish, and we've gone to the riverboat casinos. She's come to visit me twice in the 16 years I've lived in Texas. A year ago we met up in Las Vegas for a few days (her first time there). We had a wonderful time, it was like meeting up with a girlfriend. We have the sisterly ability of finishing one another's thoughts, and we enjoy many of the same things (at the time we were both smokers too). We got drunk at 2:00 in the afternoon our last full day in Vegas and I wouldn't have wanted anyone but her with me for that experience, it was fun and sickening at the same time (I got sick, she didn't). Alas, we are still at different places in our lives, she and her husband (second marriage for both but he's a really nice guy and they are good together) are still working and are in the middle of yet another move (same city, different house), she has one of her boys that graduated from college, one that's still in college, where as my husband and I are both retired, both of our children are graduated from college many years ago, and I'm still married to my first husband (31 years now). It doesn't make a difference about the marriages other than it's a difference.
Here we are together in Vegas last year

Then there are my brothers......if you are still with me on this post you need to get a coffee refill or better yet a stiff drink, better yet, I'll save this for another day.

I'd like to believe that the older we get the less the differences will matter, that we can find likenesses that are stronger than the differences. I want to be her sister but more than that, I want to be her friend - now I need to learn how.

Being a Grandma

Well it won't be long now until my GrandSon arrives. My DIL's OB is suppose to induce between March 6-11 as she has pre-eclampsia. Our little Rudy is fine they say and the DIL is fine except she wants the pregnancy to be over (she just didn't enjoy it like I did). She's on bed-rest but has been slowly getting Rudy's room decorated.

The motif for his room is race cars - we're just going to have to repeatedly tell him that he isn't going to race cars when he's older.

I've been looking forward to this day since I gave birth to Rudy's Daddy 30 years ago.........although I loved being a Mom I will really be thrilled with being Grandma, spoiling Rudy rotten and then giving him back to his parents. Luckily I never had to deal with this happening to my own children because we always lived far away from our parents. We live 3.5 hours away but this is close in comparison to the 1,000+ mile separation we had. We can hop in the car and be there in a flash.
I am going to wonder what the boundaries will be, how often can we visit, what can we and can't we do with Rudy, etc - it's always a touchy subject matter even with your own children. It's entertaining to watch new young parents fret about everything like the baby cares.......believe me the only people caring are those neurotic new parents. Babies are resilient, feed them, change their diapers, clean them up, and love them like crazy and all is good.

I'm feeling like a Grandma today.....had a doctor's appt and he started me on Fosomax, ya know the meds for osteoporosis. I'm already on Vytorin for my cholesterol, Plavix for my clogged arteries, Spiriva for my breathing (thank you cigarettes), and now Fosomax (once a week). We laughed when I told him it felt like I was being %$#&!* without a kiss. At least the Fosomax can be done as a generic. Pharmaceutical companies are making a killing!!!! Our healthcare provider is an HMO so we pay a hefty price on prescriptions that aren't generic. Right now my monthly prescription bill is $165 ($50 for Vytorin, $50 for Plavix, $50 for Spiriva, and $15 for Fosomax). At least I'm no longer taking Chantix which was $127 a month (about the same cost as me smoking).
Okay, enough belly aching about prescription drugs........I'm going to have a GrandBaby soon!!

Blogging Sites and Learning about Blogging

I'm still playing around with some different sites - Blogger, Vox, Xanga, Wordpress - each a different than the other and it seems like one has what someone else is missing and vise-versa.  I'm concerned about posting personal stuff like names or photographs or anything else that's identifiable and that in itself keeps me from blogging like I'd really like.  I'm reading and trying to learn more about blogging and keeping notes about some different topic matter that I'm finding I have opinions about.

I'm not quite sure if it matters that I'm on a Mac or if some of these sites aren't as forgiving if you are on a Mac.  Does anyone know about this?

The "area" that we fixed up for me last night is beginning to feel like it's my space, starting to be comfortable.  As I sit here drinking some cold coffee, I'm reminded about smoking - not really feeling like I have to have one but feeling like I'd like one if someone were to offer one to me (no not really).  I'm feeling too good about not smoking to go back although I do wish I were one of those smokers who wasn't addicted, could have a couple drags or even a cigarette or two and then not have one for another 6 months and not even think about it...........nawwww, that just won't be me, I know it was an addiction for me, and it was so laced with the happenings of my entire life that it's those routines, those happenings that kept me addicted - I will always need to remind myself that it's no longer a physical addiction, the nicotine is gone, it's the routine that I miss and I can do without a routine.

Rearrange Part II

My husband and I have moved furniture today in our bedroom (the dust bunnies were embarrassing) and we're finished moving furniture and right now I'm enjoying "my" new computer area, it's so nice to have a space that's all mine!! I'll no doubt move stuff around some more before I'm finished - I'm an office supply kinda gal. I'm feeling a little guilty about taking back my ergonomic desk chair from my husband and I'm not all together comfortable with this great chair, it's kinda like your first night sleeping at a hotel. I think it's going to take me awhile until I'm comfortable in my new space, hopefully it doesn't take too long. There were a number of times today when I would have given most anything for a cigarette, I didn't have one but sure wanted one or thought I did anyway.

I can't make up my mind

As I have stated in a previous post, I'm trying to learn more about blogging and trying out different blog hosting sites as I use their services and figure out what/who I want to use.
My site at Vox
is better in "some" ways than blogger and much lessor in other areas. Vox is a much newer service than Blogger so I have no doubt the service will get better but until then, I think Blogger will remain my main blog site to develop. I will be spending more time now reading about Blogger in hopes of understanding it better.

How are you all doing on the Quit front?

QOTD (Question of the Day):
What situation makes you want to smoke?
For me, it's a dual issue, First when I complete something I've been working on and it doesn't matter what that is, housework, computer, gardening, repair project. The Second is when I get frustrated (hmmm, maybe those are more closely related than I orignally thought).
I am slowly but surely learning how to live each day without a cigarette and smoking.

VOX

Have any of you USED TO BE SMOKERS looked at VOX as an alternative to Blogger, WordPress, etc?  I'm finding it to be very easy to use, can be customized extensively, and has safety and privacy at a standard I've not seen anywhere else.  VOX is through Six Apart which also makes Live Journal, TypePad, Moveable Type.  Like Gmail once was, VOX membership was by invitation only until recently breaking into mainstream blogging.  Yikes, I don't mean to sound like a commercial for the company or the application but playing with it today has been fun and I think some of you might be interested in giving it a whirl.  Lynda, you can also import your current blog entries from blogger or wherever.

To Maggie, my thoughts, prayers, and good wishes are with you and the rest of your family as you head into your father's surgery.  You sound like a wonderful daughter, I hope my own daughter says those beautiful things about me someday.

Trying a new Blog Site

The weather is beautiful (temperatures at least) and while I'm doing all this reading/research I wish I were outside with a Venti Carmel Machiatto, extra carmel, 2 raw sugars, and of course cigarettes. No I didn't smoke but I sure thought about smoking.

I'm experimenting with free sites to host my blog so please bear with me. I'm learning a great deal and I'm thinking now that Blogger free site may be better than WordPress but only time will tell.
What fancy stuff are you doing with your blog?

Blogging

I could have never imagined this topic could be so enormous or for that matter so confusing to a novice.
I'm demoing a few feed and readers (remember, I use Macs). This particular post is being written on Firefox's ScribeFire and it's fine except that I would need to be online to use it and that will not always be possible. I would like a desktop blog editor but there are issues with most of them (Qumana, MarsEdit, ecto, Blogo), maybe I just need to learn more before I make a decision. The reader that for now feels right as a reader is NetNewsWire.
I need to learn about tags, and links, Digg, Twitter, etc - this is a good early retirement learning project (cause I'll no doubt be headed for an assisted living center by the time I learn it all). The husband and I have only just begun traveling and then there are the grandchildren on the way (right now it's just a grandson who will be arriving within the next 4 weeks but we are hopeful for more), there is oh so much to blog about.

I am willing and able to learn more about blogging and the "extras". Anyone wanting to point me in a direction or give me direct advice will be appreciated.

Powered by ScribeFire.

Retiring Early

In response to Diva - we retired early due to government pensions (2 for my husband). He spent 30 years (combo of active & reserve) in the military, while at the same time holding another government job for 26 of those years. We managed to save a satisfying amount and we're only a few years from paying off the house. In actuality, we have more money now than when we both worked.

About Blogging and wanting a ___________ (can you guess)

I've recently become enthralled with learning all I can about blogging, it's amazing how much goes into being a real blogger.  I'm in my mid 50's and retired so I have a good deal of time on my hands.  I love a good project that I can sink my teeth into.

I've thought about blogging about being a sister (I have 5 brothers and a sister) and the stories.....OMG!!  I thought about trying a dual author blog (my little sister and I) and I've been researching the possible legal ramifications.  I know you can already tell that our sibling relationships have been and are currently explosive.

Doing all this reading and research makes me want to smoke..........the day was gorgeous, highs in the low 80's (yes it's been a frightening weather season) and I wanted to sit outside with my computer and smoke........it's that trigger stuff again.  And oh yes, I also wanted a great pot of coffee to go along with those cigarettes (yeah, the thought, dream really, went from having one cigarette to smoking as many as I wanted) - this is afterall, NOT REALITY, I DID NOT SMOKE.

Instead of smoking those cigarettes, I found myself doing deep breathing exercises and thinking about all the reasons I quit and why I need to stay quit.  I told my honey that if I'd had a cigarette in the house I may have actually smoked it.

So, I want to know if any of you have successfully gone to a casino since you have quit smoking.  I've been in the casino on a cruise ship and successfully kept from smoking and that was for a week but I'm pretty sure that Vegas is an entirely different creature - what do you think?

Changing Directions

I think I'm going to try to change directions with my blog and have it be more general than Chantix oriented.  I don't want my main emphasis in life to continue to be that I've quit smoking.......my family is bored stiff with me reminding them how long it's been.  Although they are glad that I quit they don't want to keep hearing about it.

Maggie, how did you get three columns for your blog?

When did any of you start blogging and do you have other blogs or is this one your only one?

I sure would be interested in finding out more about blogging.

My honey is doing great, we got positive news from yesterdays surgical procedure - the doctors feel confident that it isn't cancer after all which would mean that it's been 2 years on his chemotherapy (Nexavar) without a metastasis.  Thank you all for your prayers and positive thoughts/energy - I'm certain it made a difference.

Like a cat on a hot tin roof (him not me)

It's been more than a week since I left Chantix behind, because my tapering off was so slow and deliberate I really haven't felt any changes - thank heavens!!!

Ahhh, those light tuggings (that will forever be "your" word Maggie) come along every once in awhile but they don't stay around long and I'm getting pretty good at distracting myself long enough for them to stop.

I'm going to pack myself a little survival bag tonight for the long day at the hospital tomorrow - ipod, book, magazine, notebook, pen, headset, cell phone, and oh yes - Money.

Today's topic is about my honey's state of mind which has been better.  I'm sure he will be fine but he's nervous (can't say I blame him).

To each of you - stay Quit, it's worth it!

Thanks for being my friends!!!!

Pre-Op & New Cell Phones Today

We went for husband's pre-op today and then went to purchase new cell phones - my last one was a lemon, had nothing but problems (although husband didn't with the exact same phone) - hmmmmm.
Today we bought different phones, he got an LG and I got a Samsung. I have spent the evening learning the new phones. Surprisingly enough, my husband who never reads directions/instructions did in fact read them this time and left me time to work on my own phone. I'm too old to be a text maniac and can't see the point in using the internet on a phone when I have the computer. I'm still trying to decide how to put photos with telephone numbers.

Why is it that when I'm learning something new I think about wanting a cigarette? No I didn't smoke.

Have a wonderful week!

TGIF

Good Morning and Happy Friday to Everyone!
As you can see, I'm trying to change my blog some (cause mine is just horribly boring) and so you'll see some changing happening from time to time. I want to teach myself more about setting up a website and blogging (any pointers from those of you that know oh so much more than I do?).

Daughter called this morning, she has the flu and wanted me to bring her some dyquil and nitequil (or however they're spelled) along with assorted throat lozengers, etc, her fever is 102 (she's almost 29 and works in medical equipment sales and no she didn't get a flu shot). Anyway, she has a procedure at the hospital at Noon (and she's going to go) - I tried my best to talk her out of the notion but I didn't succeed and instead, she is going to risk getting more sick and risk exposing everyone else to the flu. When I went to her house I wore a surgical mask as I cannot risk bringing the flu home to my dear husband (we've both had our flu shots) as he is going in for outpatient lung surgery on Wednesday (more about this coming up). When I left her house I used antibacterial spray on my hands and when I got home I scrubbed my hands with antibacterial soap.

My dear husband of 31 years has had one kidney and adrenal gland removed with renal cell carcinoma, he's been on Nexavar (pill form of chemotherapy) for almost 2 years, and recently they found an aggressive tumor on his lung which they are going to use Radiofrequency Ablation to kill off this particular tumor (amazing stuff being done minimally invasive). Obviously I can't risk him being sick.

I'm getting 4 new tires for my car today - Yippeee!! I can think of many things I'd like to spend $500 on and tires isn't anywhere near the top of the list.

Diva - you asked about denim.......I wear Chicos jeans (the stretch is wonderful and I got them on sale before Christmas). I have some nice clothes (dresses and dressy pants) that I take on trips with me but most of that stuff is Chicos too because I love the travelers fabric. Comfort means everything to me. Incidently, I don't think jeans are comfortable at all (especially after wearing stretch waist pants).

I'm still smoke free and hoping all of you are too. Have a wonderful weekend!