I posted on my Instagram and Facebook to celebrate passing the amount of our car payment... and that was what finally got him. He hasn't smoked all day.
I'm so proud of him.
He also changed our phone plan this week so we could save $400 a year. We are trying to save up.
I'm Texan. Which is to say my diet is about 15% chips and salsa
I've finally found a now salt tortilla chip that is worth eating without drowning in salsa.
Thought I'd share
Is there anywhere in town that makes German style Eiskaffee?
I really want an ice cream in my fancy coffee! Preferably with whipped cream on top.
Thought I would share my method of tracking grocery prices so I know when to stock up on non perishables.
I learned this method from The Complete Tightwad Gazette book.
You track the lowest possible price for non-perishables items. I include items that can be frozen in easily or that have a longish shelf life.
This way you know when it's actually a good price to stock up or whether you should wait for a better sale or to hit the other store.
I use a Google spreadsheet (seen in screenshot!) and update it based on my receipt after I shop. I only update the price if I managed to score a better deal.
You can put Google Sheets on your phone so you can look at it while you're in the store and know whether it's time to consider storing a year's worth of dish soap or whatever.
You can tell looking at my screenshot I haven't updated in a while, but I've decided to get back into it as we are hoping to move in the next year or so.
I've heard some folks do a little cut back in late May early June. Thought I'd give it a try.
Here are the befores.
I am open to input on my blank spaces in the front of the window!
In spite of 20 years of intermittent learning, my method is mostly chaos.
Ughhh. I had a couple of weeks where I felt really good and now I am crashing out again. I spent almost the entire day in bed yesterday and there was A LOT of crying. I cancelled plans to see a movie with friends - a couple I've known and liked for over a decade but rarely see and hang out with in spite of them living less than a mile away.
I just want this to be over and get to be a reliable person again and not a flake!
They know about my health issues so I'm sure don't take it personally.
Anyway. I had a good hour and a half where I felt normal this morning and now I am crashed out again - dizzy even when sitting and feeling really upset because I will have to use more PTO at work because I don't have the strength to make up hours and take dinner to my friend who just had a baby....
Has anyone tried that Visible arm band and app that's supposed to help folks with chronic illness with pacing?
How do you all make sure you don't like. Over commit yourselves or overextend yourselves?
Last night after dinner, my husband and I got into a little tiff. He he was short with me about something. I tried to avoid it but decided we should just dig into it. We both managed to stay calm and work through the issue. I was then able to focus on some work for about 1.5 hours, and then had some ice cream and just felt soooo at peace.
And honestly, I think it's from not smoking. I can't avoid my life anymore. I'm not living in my little smokers bubble avoiding issues ten minutes at a time.
Sometimes it's annoying, but only for a minute. And it's far less annoying than letting issues pile up.
TL, DR: How do long haired folks who don't blow dry deal with getting sweaty?
I have hair that reaches the upper part of my abdomen, before working out I only washed maybe twice a week. I let my hair air dry and it will stay damp for about sixteen hours. I've been doing zone 2 workouts 3x a week and I only wash my hair after that, but I want to increase frequency to 4-5 times a week.... and I have no idea what to do about my hair to avoid being stinky & oily.
I left the house to run an errand and on the way back saw my husband in the park, standing next to his car smoking! Arg!
But this is not relevant to me and my quit. I've gone six days as a non-smoker and having one now would only cause withdrawal again. And I *have to* quit smoking for my health. If he wants to harm his own health, I can stop him.
Hiya!
How do I add a little counter flair?
Well. I "quit" last Monday and had saved a few cigarettes for "emergencies". Ah. The addict brain.... I was allowing myself one a day. And the plan was to save the last one for a true, I'm going to hurt someone if I don't smoke emergency.
Then smoked the last one and bought a new pack Thursday. Smoked four Thursday and six on Friday and every single joint in my body is at like a 4 on the 1-10 pain scale.
Apparently smoking causes systemic inflammation and is a heavy risk factor for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis.
For those out there thinking the grass is greener on the smoking side. It is not.
I quit last Monday and relapsed by Wednesday. At first I just snuck one and I was going to hide them for "emergency use only" and then discovered that my husband was just full on smoking again.
So i full on smoked again.
I recently got diagnosed with a pretty serious heart condition and. I'm just so ready to be done with smoking.
I know it's hard. It will be hard. But if I don't quit the consequences for me specifically could be life or death!
It is both entirely possible that I recover basically full strength and lead a perfectly normal and long life.
And it's entirely within the realm of possibility that I die in a few years after a protracted illness and decline.
And the main difference in those two outcomes is whether or not I quit smoking and drinking. I already quit drinking 110 days ago, the day my chest pains started.
Everyone's posts about how frustrated and shitty they feel on day 9 and day 27 and day 84 have actually been really helpful. Like. Oh. I feel shitty right now and I'm still smoking. So I can feel shitty as a smoker or I can feel shitty as a nonsmoker.
Clear winner.