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I AM A NON SMOKER. I INTEND TO STAY THAT WAY!!!

360 replies

minkmama · 19/09/2004 21:43

Hi girls,

I know it's a little 'in yer face' but i felt we needed a huge reminder everytime we posted each other!

Fresh start for Monday then!!

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charliecatthenonsmoker · 08/10/2004 22:45

Not proper ones, it was in a barn and they had 2 ramps and you put the push along cars at the top of the ramp with your dd/ds on, gave them a shove and they came shooting down and it was great fun.

charliecatthenonsmoker · 08/10/2004 22:47

I like it all if it keeps me motivated! Im not still drinking im sucking now!
DD1 has just been sleepwalking and ive steered her back to bed. May or may not be here when you get back

charliecatthenonsmoker · 08/10/2004 23:12

You know whats gonna be great...waking up and seeing another 8/9/10 hours gone by on that timer night nightxx

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minkmama · 09/10/2004 01:48

night night cc x

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charliecatthenonsmoker · 09/10/2004 08:30

Felt fab laying in bed last night fag free and guilt free.
Mallet at the ready for any weak moments!!
Oh FG says she will be joining us on the Monday after her birthday the 24/25th IIRC I cant wait for her to come back, I cant believe shes smoking and she says shes smoking loads .
We will have to gear her up will all the tools gadgets and support we can.

charliecatthenonsmoker · 09/10/2004 12:55

Lazt Mare MM bet your still in bed after your late night. What time do your boys sleep?

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minkmama · 09/10/2004 18:27

didn't wake up till 2pm went to bed after watching a dvd on my own till 3am!! had woken up yesterday at 7.30 so was shattered this morning. had a rough sleep cos ds2 is in the bed with us now so i'm all squashed trying to not squash him. am feeling like crap - have a headache that is spreading from my eyeballs, must be a sympathetic hangover cc

boys are going to bed a bit earlier now, yesterday at 8pm!! dh says we should go to the farm more often!

yeah, i miss you too fg xx

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minkmama · 09/10/2004 18:28

everyone else like stella Woodpops has probably left us cos we're so rubbish at this

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charliecatthenonsmoker · 09/10/2004 18:30

Hello just logged on myself! I am going to print some labels out for you if I can, just address ones.xx
Had a good day, had a big black cloud over my head, nothing to do with smoking, just waiting for 3 hours for dp to get in from work...boring!

charliecatthenonsmoker · 09/10/2004 18:30

Gawd I know MM, well ive saved a good few hours of my own life so fag apparently so thats good!

charliecatthenonsmoker · 09/10/2004 18:31

omg...THOSE TYPOS and they always seem to be fag instead of far, smoke instead of stop...shows you how obsessed we are!

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minkmama · 09/10/2004 20:14

haha, i was reading that and had to read again! still feeling odd, so will probably have an early night as dh works sundays so i need my strength to deal with the boys!

waiting for them is so annoying isn't it cc?

what are you two up to tonight?

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minkmama · 09/10/2004 20:15

i hope someone else comes along to keep you company on this thread if i'm not around...

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charliecatthenonsmoker · 09/10/2004 21:33

Im in bed sucking watching charlotte gray catch up tomorow xxx

charliecatthenonsmoker · 10/10/2004 09:40

Lovely long sleep, fell asleep about 20 mins into charlotte gray, have woke up with a creaky neck though. hoping to get dp on the case with your oils. No chance but I can dream. Lozenge in suck suck suck...

charliecatthenonsmoker · 10/10/2004 16:16

Hello, you cant still be in bed MM!!!
I have took dd1 swimming hoping for a miracle that by me taking her she would suddenly "get it" but no such luck. She had a good time but how the swimming instructor ever got her to swim 5 metres for her certificate is beyond me!
I went outside for a suck on my lozenge and a breath of fresh air after tidying up all of downstairs with no help Felt good but could have eaten the arse off a fag.
If your still reading FG did your ds ever find his monkey? Thats the sort of monkey I chopped up lol. You can get them off ebay, in fact i got 2 for dd1s xmas brand new for under 4 quid.
Going to continue with my tidying up...did I mention I am going to Bargain Hunt...I must have, well 2 days till that, Ive dyed my hair nearly flourecent pink for the occasion...by accident, it was meant to be bright ginger...but if im there youll see me a mile off!!

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minkmama · 10/10/2004 20:34

hi cc, am here finally! is it a live bargain hunt or a series i.e when will it be aired? i didn't know that you needed to get tickets to be there, i guess it got that successful! haven't watched it for ages though. one of our friend's stepdad is an auctioneer on another one - can't remember the name of it...

i'm afraid i'm going to have to restart my silk quit clock as i have buckled and had a few on/off this weekend i have realised that whenever i crumble it's always the weekend when dh is home despite the fact that he's a non-smoker! i guess i have more time to sneak out for a rest. HELP TWINK!!!!! you need to reappear for some arse kicking!

how did you get on with your cds cc?

Sorry i'm so crap

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Twink · 10/10/2004 21:29

CC great effort this weekend, keep watching your counter as it seems to be helping.

MM don't accept that you are crap, that's too easy.
Your dh is a non-smoker so where are they coming from ??? THINK hard about where your weaknesses are and try to out-smart them, if you don't they'll bite you when you're feeling down.

FG, you're resuming tomorrow ?, forget that your dp 'knew' you'd smoke on your birthday, you did, deal with it.

I thought of all of you today as I did a tough (for me) race, I struggled, the wind was awful & I wanted to go home but at the really hard bits kept telling myself 'you will not give up trying to do this, you will finish' which is a mantra used by Winston Churchill among others (allegedly !)

I took 3 minutes off my previous best time for the distance and feel really chuffed now but I could so, so easily have thought 'bollocks I'm going home now' after 5 miles - but I could never have faced my family & friends knowing I'd wimped out.

Beginning of a new week, good luck, but more than that THINK about how to avoid your 'problem' times.

You'll be pleased to know I'm off to bed

charliecatthenonsmoker · 10/10/2004 22:38

Its live the bargain hunt is, its being filmed over 2 days though, so how live is it I wonder ??? Im going from 11-12-30 to the auction where the 2nd team sells thier stuff. The tickets were a fiver and the money went to the posh private school they came from???!!! A charity would have been nice but ive just realised that the initials are the schools initials and its not some local charity after all.
I have my own confession...2 herbals...cheated though so dont have to redo my clock[sticks tongue out]xx
Better luck tommorow guysxx
Twink, do you know when you stopped...you can put your details in and itll tell you all the gory details.

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minkmama · 10/10/2004 23:23

Thanks Twink, really needed the boost. I end up buying the cigs myself, manage to avoid doing it anytime during the week but then if out with dh, he 'lets' me get a packet. i think he feels sorry for me looking after the two boys and thinks i need (because i say i do) a form of relief. have asked him to be strong and tell me 'NO!' in the past, but i don't think he has the heart. at the end of the day, it's all my doing anyway....

cc, is it on bbc1 still and what time?

off to bed now, night night xx

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minkmama · 10/10/2004 23:23

when is your birthday exactly fg?

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charliecatthenonsmoker · 11/10/2004 10:03

MM, ive emailed Fiona and asked her to peep in here, shes stopping the Monday after the party which is the 25th.
Not sure exactly when her birthday is though.
I hope youve drowned the rest of those fags MM
I am sucking and I hope you are too.
I have a couple of hours to myself...considering going for a ride on my bike.

charliecatthenonsmoker · 11/10/2004 11:39

Oh MM I have no idea what time BH will be on. I will be hiding anyway...please dont watch...sniggering at the thought.
Me and my mum are a right pair...gawd how embarrasing

charliecatthenonsmoker · 11/10/2004 11:44

And having a wee rant to myself now...I have already saved 9 hours of my life. That is nearly half a day. It has not hurt, It will not hurt. Stopping smoking is doing me the power of good. So much so I walked up that poxy hill this morning and come to think about it...didnt even NOTICE!!!!!!!!! So, when I am feeling like I would like a fag I must remind myself there is no JUST ONE theres is all or nothing.
All my good hard work shot down in a puff of cancerkilling evil smoke.
NOT NOT NOT worth it.
I can hear dps breathing, he smokes like a chimney, over the telly. Hes 31 years old. It makes me want to cry.
I see my mum trying to supress those f*ing coughs and I want to rattle her and Say LOOK what your doing you edjit.
So I cant stop them but I can stop me. And if I stop they might too.

fionagib · 11/10/2004 13:53

I take it you're fag free today cc ... brilliant hon, pls stick at it!!!

sorry have been absent girls, just thought I wouldn't be any help here while chuffing... twink, my stop date is oct 25 (am 40 on the 21st), so I have a wee while yet of slowly poisoning myself & smelling foul while you speed around the course, shaving 2 mins off yr time, well done!!!!

loved your pics mm, emailed you at w'end...

gawd it's all been a bit rocky hasn't it, fags here & there, well at least you can console yourselves that you're not as awful as cesspit black lungs here...

oh & love the poem cc, am gonna print out!

dh has pile of friends over from oz & amsterdam, amsterdam one puffs like chimney, is in mid 40s, like one ciggie after another with loadsa booze... god help me if I end up like that.

xxxxx ps as you know girls I do like a drink tho v funny about cc being drunk online, when I've done that I've always raced to pc in morning to see what I was blethering about...