About Me

I live in Southeast Michigan with my elderly mother and my sweet, lovable, schnorkie (min. schnauzer and yorkie mix), Lucy. I enjoy reading my kindle, knitting, walking Lucy (except now when it's cold and snowy), great movies, writing, and House, M.D.

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Recent Blog Posts

A Brand New Day, Every Day . . . One Minute at a Time

LOL - it's not really as bad as it looks. Although, I did blow it yesterday, and smoked 1/2 of two cigarettes, which - come to think of it - is probably why I did not post yesterday. It's not that I hesitate to admit failure; it's that I don't want to be a stumbling block for anyone else who's trying to quit right now. GETQUIT, in their email for today, reminded me to take...
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First day for new Quitter!

Good morning! I couldn't resist inserting this picture, because I can look back on it, and remind myself how truly unattractive smoking is. Well, today I can honestly say that, perhaps for the first time ever, I'm proud to be a quitter! I'm a bit shakey, and worried that I won't make it, but that's to be expected I guess. I have my support friends all in my contact list of my cell, and GETQUIT's...
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Thank you so much, TLC, I was about to throw in the towel. After only...

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Thanks, skinnygirl! It's been 13 hrs 44 mns since I've quit. I actual...

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Thanks, threepompoms! Oh gosh, don't be frightened of the side effect...

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Thanks TLC for the wonderful encouragement! Yes, I know it's hard to ...

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Congrats, Monica, on your quit, and on losing weight as well! Yeah, a...