Wednesday, December 31, 2008
test
This is a blog test. If you can read this, then blogging from my BlackJack is a possibility and even a probability. Hmmmm....interesting.
goodbye '08
Well, well, well. So, I broke down and ordered the Noro yarn (with speedy delivery, I might add), so that I could cease my bad habit beginning tomorrow. Guess what? Uncle Stan the Mailman failed me today and did not bring my package (ok, so I know it isn't his fault, and I shouldn't shoot the messenger, but isn't it just easier?) Tonight at the stroke of midnight the leftovers in my pack will meet with the trashcan and I won't have my Noro to go to. Whatever am I to do? I'm a bit freaked out. I have been working on the second mitten I started on months ago (ended up trashing the original second one due to the mess Maddie made of my yarn - see old post). I will probably work on it when the 'smoking jones' hits me. Still, would be more exciting if I had a new project to begin when this awful habit ends!
Speaking of said second mitten, this one isn't go so well either. It looks a little wonky. Maybe I should frog it today while I still am a smoker because if I wait until tomorrow to fix the 'wonkiness', frankly, it may drive me over the edge.
Goodbye 2008, goodbye nasty habit. Hello 2009.
Oh Crap. 2009. I've kind of been dreading this year. My first baby graduates high school in May and will be going off to college (somewhere - that's a blog discussion for another day) this summer and I.AM.JUST.NOT.READY.
I'm going to go outside and have a smoke.
Speaking of said second mitten, this one isn't go so well either. It looks a little wonky. Maybe I should frog it today while I still am a smoker because if I wait until tomorrow to fix the 'wonkiness', frankly, it may drive me over the edge.
Goodbye 2008, goodbye nasty habit. Hello 2009.
Oh Crap. 2009. I've kind of been dreading this year. My first baby graduates high school in May and will be going off to college (somewhere - that's a blog discussion for another day) this summer and I.AM.JUST.NOT.READY.
I'm going to go outside and have a smoke.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Commit to Quit
I am making the commitment to quit smoking on January 1. Not for a New Year's Resolution, but because my friend, Natalie, tells me that the almanac lists it as the day to quit (according to the moon).
Here's why I'm going to quit:
1. I will live longer.
2. My children will live longer.
3. I will breathe better.
4. I will feel better.
5. My home will smell better.
6. I will no longer feel like a hypocrite when I encourage my students to stop/not start to smoke.
7. I will have fewer wrinkles than if I continue to smoke.
8. My Cardiologist will be happy.
9. My fingers will not be yellow.
10. My teeth will not be yellow.
11. Life will smell better.
12. I will be able to allow people who don't smoke to ride in my car. Right now the odor embarrasses me.
13. I will no longer go to work smelling like an ashtray and worrying about it.
14. I will save money and I can use it to buy yarn. (Think about it - a pack a day is around $4.00. I could buy two balls of sock yarn a week!)
15. I won't have to worry that my finished objects stink. (Like smoke, that is. They may very well continue to stink in the proverbial sense.)
16. When I stress out because I need a cigarette, I can knit; thereby increasing the amount of finished objects I turn out.
17. I will no longer scout any area, looking desperately for the smoking section.
18. Food will taste better.
19. My children will be proud of me.
20. I will be proud of myself.
And here is how I will quit:
I have wanted for a while to knit a beautiful Noro scarf. While I could never justify $45.00 for yarn for one scarf, my very wise friend Anita pointed out to me that I could use it to my advantage. She advised me to buy the yarn, but said that I should not start knitting the scarf until my 'quit day'. Every time I feel the urge to smoke, I should sit down and knit a row (or two. Or seven. Or 29. Whatever.)
By the time I have finished the scarf (which frankly, may get knitted up very quickly!), I will have a beautiful (although expensive) reminder of the feat that I have accomplished. The money I have saved on cigarettes will more than pay for the cost of the yarn I spent for the project. I will know that I can and will be able to break this nasty habit. And I will have a stunning scarf to show for it.
Thanks Nat and Anita for the encouragement. Everyone else, please bear with me.
Here's why I'm going to quit:
1. I will live longer.
2. My children will live longer.
3. I will breathe better.
4. I will feel better.
5. My home will smell better.
6. I will no longer feel like a hypocrite when I encourage my students to stop/not start to smoke.
7. I will have fewer wrinkles than if I continue to smoke.
8. My Cardiologist will be happy.
9. My fingers will not be yellow.
10. My teeth will not be yellow.
11. Life will smell better.
12. I will be able to allow people who don't smoke to ride in my car. Right now the odor embarrasses me.
13. I will no longer go to work smelling like an ashtray and worrying about it.
14. I will save money and I can use it to buy yarn. (Think about it - a pack a day is around $4.00. I could buy two balls of sock yarn a week!)
15. I won't have to worry that my finished objects stink. (Like smoke, that is. They may very well continue to stink in the proverbial sense.)
16. When I stress out because I need a cigarette, I can knit; thereby increasing the amount of finished objects I turn out.
17. I will no longer scout any area, looking desperately for the smoking section.
18. Food will taste better.
19. My children will be proud of me.
20. I will be proud of myself.
And here is how I will quit:
I have wanted for a while to knit a beautiful Noro scarf. While I could never justify $45.00 for yarn for one scarf, my very wise friend Anita pointed out to me that I could use it to my advantage. She advised me to buy the yarn, but said that I should not start knitting the scarf until my 'quit day'. Every time I feel the urge to smoke, I should sit down and knit a row (or two. Or seven. Or 29. Whatever.)
By the time I have finished the scarf (which frankly, may get knitted up very quickly!), I will have a beautiful (although expensive) reminder of the feat that I have accomplished. The money I have saved on cigarettes will more than pay for the cost of the yarn I spent for the project. I will know that I can and will be able to break this nasty habit. And I will have a stunning scarf to show for it.
Thanks Nat and Anita for the encouragement. Everyone else, please bear with me.
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