Susan*Jayne

6 Months Smoke Free

Susan — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:48:23 +0000

February 8th was my 6 month mark of not smoking. I have SO much more stamina now and it’s freed me up to exercise more and to eat better.

This website will help to motivate me with ideas about health care for those of us over 40. Okay, over 50?

I’ll introduce it properly after I get it all set up.

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17 Days & Going Strong!

Susan — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:56:51 +0000

I have a tootsie roll pop in my mouth. No cigarette. Not that I don’t still want one but I’m over the initial hurdle of physical withdrawals from nicotine and feeling strong.

Go me!

Day 7 on Chantix

Susan — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:33:54 +0000

In my Quit Smoking program with Chantix, (which is the least they can do considering the cost of the stuff!) it is the day to throw away all your cigarettes, ashtrays, lighters and any other paraphernalia you may have around your home, office and car. I had bought 5 packs the day before I quit smoking so I have 4+ packs I ‘m giving away. This exercise freaked me out a little when I first read it because I have been holding an unlit cigarette or only lighting one and not puffing on it. But that is dangerous.

I didn’t have any cigarettes yesterday. I had 3 the day before and one the day before that. My big quit begins tomorrow. This past week has been leading up to it and I think I’ve got a pretty good foundation on which to build a smoke free life.

Today I bought more bubble gum and a package of dum dum suckers and a bag of tootsie roll pop suckers and a tin of cinnamon mints. For tomorrow, I’m going to buy…… kidding!

I have been SO IRRITABLE today but I’m coming around.

Quit Smoking Community

Susan — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:28:22 +0000

QuitNet is a good community of people in all stages of Quitting Smoking. And Chantix has their own support system online, Get Quit. As of now I’m trying to participate in both of them. There’s reading and posting and email and phone support so I’ve been busy trying to be a good little student.

I’m thrilled that I can already take deep breaths without it hurting. Thrilled! And I already don’t get as winded. I have now cut back from 30-40 cigarettes a day to probably 3 a day. Did you know there are 24 hours in a day? Sure is long, isn’t it?

* I’m in my Preparation Week, or week 1. Preparing to stop smoking on August 9 and be successful by the end of the 12 week period.

August 9, 2008 is My Quit Date

Susan — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:15:06 +0000

That is to be my quitting smoking date. I’m taking Chantix and the first week on it, you’re still smoking learning about the 12 week program and getting the medicine in your system. On day 8 of the medicine, is ideally the first day of no smoking. If you quit in that 12 week period on the Chantix, it is considered a success. A support system goes along with it on their website. These two factors make for a successful quit so they say. I’m counting on it!

Daughter and Grandson

Susan — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:46:26 +0000

The reason for_________________________. You could fill in the blank with everything pertinent thing on earth and it would fit.

They are one of the reasons I am quitting smoking.

I Quit

Susan — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:39:59 +0000

I started Chantix today and it is a 12 week program that helps you quit smoking. It’s time. It may be past time.

Friday Fill-ins

Susan — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:26:46 +0000

1. There is absolutely NO way you can get me to have short hair !
2. People grilling, planting veggies and flowers, cleaning pools reminds me that summer is almost here!
3. I cannot live without my post-its.
4. Playing the Theremin and a trip to South America are two things I’d like to try.
5. When life hands you lemons and it’s limes that you want, place the lemons into a beautiful basket and gift them to someone else..
6. Going with my family to Florida each summer is my favorite childhood memory.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to a gathering of guitar pickers, tomorrow my plans include working and Sunday, I want to take it easy!

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WOULD YOU HATE ME IF I FLIP-FLOPPED YOU BACK TO BLOGSPOT? This post is over there.

Wanna Play Along?

Susan — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:39:54 +0000

I saw this meme someplace tonight and thought it might be fun for us to try.

Go to my comments and in the text box area, do a “Ctrl” + “V” and we’ll see what happens! (Hold down the “Ctrl” key and keep it down and then press the “v” key down to “paste” the image or text into the box)

So I guess I’ll go first.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Susan — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:50:27 +0000

from my inbox– I also added to it:

What makes a good mother anyway? Is it patience? Compassion? The ability to nurse a baby, cook dinner, and sew a button on a shirt, all at the same time?

Or is it heart?

Is it the ache you feel when you see your child disappear down the street, walking to school alone for the very first time?

The jolt that takes you from sleep to dread, from bed to crib at 2 a.m., to put your hand on the back of a sleeping baby?

The need to flee from wherever you are and hug your child when you hear news of a school shooting, a fire, a car accident, a baby dying?

So this is for all the mothers who sat down with their children and explained all about making babies–and for all the mothers who wanted to, but just couldn’t.

This is for reading “Goodnight, Moon” twice a night for a year. And then reading it again, “Just one more time.”

This is for all the mothers who mess up. Who yell at their kids in the grocery store and swat them in despair and stomp their feet like a tired two-year old who wants ice cream before dinner.

This is for all the mothers who taught their daughters to tie their shoelaces before they started school. And for all the mothers who opted for Velcro instead.

For all the mothers who bite their lips sometimes until they bleed–when their 14-year-olds dye their hair green. Who lock themselves in the bathroom when babies keep crying and won’t stop.

This is for all the mothers who show up at work with spit-up in their hair and milk stains on their blouses and diapers in their purse.

This is for all the mothers who teach their sons to cook and their daughters to sink a jump shot.

This is for all mothers whose heads turn automatically when a little voice calls “Mom?” in a crowd, even though they know their own offspring are at home.

This is for mothers who put pinwheels and teddy bears on their children’s graves.

This is for mothers whose children have gone astray, who can’t find the words to reach them.

This is for mothers who no longer have a relationship with their children. For whatever the reason, their hearts are still breaking.

This is for all the mothers who gave life to their babies, only to give up their babies in the hopes of a better life.

This is for all the mothers who couldn’t bare children of their own and who love the children given to them as if they were their own.

This is for all the mothers who questioned maternal instinct that took a little longer to mature, or feelings of inadequacies regarding motherhood. May you soon be at peace with yourself.

This is for all the mothers who are incarcerated and long for any precious letter or visit with their children when possible. Their heart-breaking separation is palpable.

This is for all the mothers who sent their sons to school with stomachaches, assuring them they’d be just FINE once they got there, only to get calls from the school nurse an hour later asking them to please pick them up–right away.

This is for young mothers stumbling through diaper changes and sleep deprivation. And mature mothers learning to let go. For working mothers and stay-at-home mothers. Single mothers and married mothers. Birth mothers and adoptive mothers. Mothers with money. Mothers without.

This is for you all.

–Author unknown

Many of you Mothers may be hurting today. Know that you are admired for your strength, your endurance, and your love. Happy Mother’s Day to you all.