9 months since I quit smoking! Wow!

Wow!!! It's been 9 months since I quit smoking! Unbelievable! I still don't quite believe it, but it's true. :)

It's still hard at times, and I still have to remind myself of all the reasons that I don't want to smoke, but I'm so glad that I don't. I use to be hooked to a very heavy ball and chain, but the ball is getting lighter as each month passes. I smoked for many many years, so the cravings don't just go away overnight. I still get them from time to time, but they pass fairly quickly thank God.

It's funny doing gardening this year. I use to grab my cigarettes while heading out the door and reward myself for my hard work by taking cigarette breaks. Now, when I think whew I need a break, it's odd for me to not smoke. I catch myself heading to the patio thinking that I will just sit down for a minute and smoke a cigarette. I still sit down, I just don't smoke. lol

My goal is to keep making progress each and every day until the day comes when I no longer even think about smoking. Whether that day will actually come, I don't know but I intend to keep working toward that goal. Do you have a goal? If so, what is it?

Best of luck to all of us quitters! :)

253 days since I quit smoking!

It's now over 36 weeks since I quit smoking. Woo Hoo! I'm finding less and less time to blog now that the weather has improved.

I just got some teeth pulled a couple of days ago and we have been getting our vegetable garden out. I'm going to try and finish it up today so that I can start working on my flower gardens.

I've gotten most of my painting done inside with just one room yet to do. I need to clean my windows and wash some areas on the outside of my house too, so my list of chores just keeps getting longer.

Yesterday, I was blessed six times! We started our meals to shut-ins and elderly project yesterday at church and I went on six deliveries with a couple of other ladies. The people that we delivered to were just tickled pink to have us come and visit (I didn't know any of them but the other ladies did) and they all invited us in to chat for a little while. The ones that we visited were full of stories and memories and treated me like I had known them forever. Most were 90 or older with the oldest being 97 (she kept a big farm house by herself and got along just great, what a lady!). They were all very thankful for the meal that we brought them and planned on eating it for dinner. It was a bigger blessing for me than I imagined.

I hope all of you quitters are still quitting! :) Happy Spring!

8 months since I quit smoking!

Wow, can you believe it? I can hardly believe that it has been 8 months since I quit smoking. As every day passes now, I am more and more convinced that I will never smoke again. Never again will I be a slave to the tobacco master. It's a wonderful feeling that I never dreamed I would experience. Thank you again God & chantix! woo Hoo!

It's a cold morning here in Tennessee today. Our temperatures are on a roller coaster right now. Typical for spring but strange just the same. It was 84 degrees on Friday, and yesterdays high was 50! weird! This morning and tomorrow morning, we have a freeze & frost warning. I went out yesterday armed with a bunch of white grocery bags and covered up all of my flowers. The next few days is suppose to be 10 degrees warmer than the day before and we should be back in the 70's in a couple of days and remain there thank God!

We started preparing some ground for our garden this year and still have a lot of work to do to it. We are tilling up a couple of areas that have never been planted before and there's lots of work to do. Hopefully we'll be planting by this weekend. I just love a vegetable garden!

Well, I'd better get going for now, but all of you quitters, keep on a quittin okay?

Week 33 and still going strong

I realized today for the first time that I will never smoke again. Why would I? I enjoy being a non smoker and will remain one. The thought of smoking makes me go yuck anymore. I never thought that I would feel that way. I no longer feel sorry for myself because I can't smoke. I now choose not to smoke and I don't feel like somebody is stopping me from doing something that I want. Yippeee!!!! I've made it...by golly, I've made it!!!!

I heard this morning that a pack of cigarettes in New York just went up to almost $9.00 a pack!!!! Can you believe that? Smoking there now will cost you a car payment!

I am so glad for the blogging community who helped me along my journey to quit smoking and I hope that my own blog may have helped some as well.

For all of you who are still early in your quit, keep going. It's gets better, really it does.

For those of you who are just thinking of quitting, go ahead, you can do it. If someone like me who smoked for almost 35 years and thoroughly enjoyed it can quit, anybody can quit. I know you can so grab some Chantix and get started!

I hope everyone is enjoying spring. It is an absolutely gorgeous day here. It's about 75 degrees and partly sunny. I took a look at my flower gardens this morning and I've got Hosta's, Hydrangeas, and some other of my perennials coming up. What a beautiful day!

Happy quitting!

Week 32 since I quit Smoking

It won't be 32 weeks until tomorrow, but I thought that I had better write while I was thinking about it. Tomorrow I will be pretty busy with work.

For some reason today, I am having some horrible cravings. Not to worry, I'm dealing with them and wouldn't even consider smoking, but it sure sounds good today. hmmm...wonder why? I had been doing pretty good and hardly thinking about smoking at all. I'm sure that I will be back to that place soon, I just gotta wait it out. :(

It's cold here today but it's suppose to be the last cold day. Spring has sprung around here and everything is budding and blooming. I'm doing a little spring painting and then I'll be outside doing lots of garden work. I wanted to get the living room painted, but hubby doesn't like the paint that we picked out after all (he says that it's too light) so we'll have to go back and get some more. I guess I'll just use this paint in a different room.

I think I hear him home, so I'm offa here for now.

take care all and happy quitting!

In month 7 of no smoking

Hi all,

I just wanted to drop in real quick and wish everyone a great Easter week. Easter will be wonderful this year with no smoking around to stick up the after dinner aromas. :)

No time to write right now, just checkin in real quick.

Happy quits to all!

7 months!

Today makes it 7 months since I quit smoking. I don't post a whole lot anymore because smoking isn't on my mind every second anymore. So, although I'm sorry that I don't post as often as I should, I'm glad that I no longer think about it all of the time.

I still can't believe that I was successful this time. Wow! It's awesome to know that I will always be a non-smoker. Hooray for Chantix! The best drug ever invented. God's help was a huge factor too. With that combination, anyone can succeed at quitting.

I'm looking forward to spring and summer. Yesterday we started some yard work. Some of my perennials are sticking their heads through the ground and some of my bushes are budding. I just love to see the signs of spring.

Thanks again to everyone who supported me through my quit and I wish everyone a successful quit! If you slip, don't forget...just get up, brush yourself off, and continue on with your quit. Slipping does not eliminate all of your hard work, it just puts a "blip" in it. Many have slipped in their quits (including me) and went on to be successful. We will, we will, be successful!