Peggy Hall (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} misty_moonlight) wrote,@ 2005-11-13 13:10:00 |
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| Current mood: |  determined |
| Entry tags: | belly dance, my path, quit smoking, trip |
Making Plans
Well, I've decided to quit smoking. I joined the stop smoking center, and have been going through the steps they recommend to quit. I took a questionnaire about how addicted I was, and on a scale from 1-10, I was a 7. They recommend that I use a nicotine replacement therapy, so I went to La Leche League and checked which was best for a breastfeeding mother, and they said the patch is best. It doesn't spike your nicotine levels like a gum would.
I've been visualising myself doing things without smoking, and meditating on it, and drinking more water, and I started doing yoga again last night. I've decided that I need a new yoga DVD. The one I have is a great strengthening workout, but it doesn't have the breathing and relaxation exercises that I need... and I also need a focus on stretching the neck and back, as I have a lot of problems with mine (battle scars and all), and it helps me to feel better... If anyone has any recommendations for a good one for that, please let me know asap.
I'm doing this for several reasons:
I haven't set a quit date yet, but i'm anxious to get going on it. I've made a list of things I have to have for the big day:
Until my quit date, I will:
Last time I quit, I turned purple. I don't handle stress well at all, and in fact, I currently have a rash on my fingers from stress. last time I quit, I had a purple rash all over my chest, neck and part of my tummy. I don't think that's going to happen this time, and if it does, instead of starting again, I'll let my doctor send me to a skin doctor.
I've accepted the fact that i'm going to gain weight, and i'm NOT going to freak out about it. The weight gain usually stops, uh.. gaining, after about 2-3 months, so I'll concern myself with loosing it again then. 6 months or so of being heavier is not as health detrimental as a lifetime of smoking. Plus, I haven't even begun getting back in shape since Collin was born, so it's not like I'll be going backwards on any progress or anything. I'll be able to breath better, so I'll be able to work out and get in shape. I'll also be dancing, so this will keep the weight gain to a minimum, I think.
I am, though, very concerned about my sense of smell. Smoking numbs that, and that is a good thing. I can drive down the road with the windows open, and smell that an animal has given birth up in the mountains (yes it is that strong.. i'm not exaggerating) and this is while smoking. Last time I quit, the smell about drove me batty. I was constantly walking through the door of the house, and going.. "OH MY F'ING GOD! WHAT STINKS!?" and then I was off on another hunt down mission of some smell somewhere. I have 2 teenage boys, a husband, baby diapers, a cat, dog and a rat making various odors throughout the house (Luckily the girls don't stink) and I honestly don't want to smell them any better than I already can!! Last time, I had to shampoo the carpet (I don't have carpet no thankfully) and wash all the curtains, and fabreeze the furniture, and I could still smell smoke and other things in them.
In other news...
I'm still making progress on my organisation project. My room is getting close to being done, and I've gotten a crib and got it set up in our bedroom. This was no small feat, as a couple of weeks ago, there was no room for a crib in my room. I still have to organise my dresser, and the entertainment center in there, but i'm so close to done that I can smell it.
I've hauled quite a lot of crap out of the house entirely, but what I am going to keep, has been put into a shit relocation program, and is consequently piling up in the hallway where my shipping center is for Eye Catching Creations. This is my project today.. To box those things up, and get them put away, and then to reorganise the entire shipping center. It's about to get busy for Christmas, and already has picked up, and I have a lot of anxiety about boxing up packages, when I have to dig around for stuff first. So, as soon as i'm done here, i'm getting that taken care of.
My Tribal Fusion DVD has arrived, but is at the post office. I'm looking forward to getting that on Monday. I really really want *cough*hintBrian*cough* Lavish layers.
Brian is taking Thanksgiving weekend off. We've already decided that we're not paying anything with this next paycheck, except the car payment, so that we have money to enjoy ourselves. Everyone else that we pass our money on down the line to will just have to wait(except groceries, obviously) - we haven't done anything together in so long!
Thanksgiving day (provided that the kids go to ken's - Haven't got a reason to deny it, and it is court ordered - Ken's dad will be there, so i'm feeling better about it) Nothing will be open, so we're gonna stay in bed all day, and just relax together. I got a duck for the two of us.. we may cook it - may not. I also got a turkey for if the kids are here. Though, we're having Thanksgiving with the kids next weekend, and my brother, Robin, will be in town. I told my mom to ask him to bring his turkey deep fryer.. Hope she remembers. I've been wanting to try a deep fried turkey.
Then we have a couple of day trips that we're planning. They are making a Grand canyon Sky Walk within a couple hours of our house. It won't be open for a few more months, but we're gonna see if we can get close enough to it now to see it, and maybe we'll have some pictures to share. There is also a restaurant in Chloride that we're wanting to try, and we'll be out that direction. It's called Yesterday's, and it's supposed to be fine dining, at a casual atmosphere, and we like that sort of thing.
I'd also like to take Brian to The Grand Canyon Caverns as he's never been there. If we leave early enough in the morning, we can continue north, and see what interesting stuff we find in Northern AZ. Maybe some art festivals or something. If all else fails, we can find meteor crater.. I've never been there.
There's also Jazz on the rocks on Sunday in Sedona, and there's a craft show at Bell rock in Sedona, but their site just tried to put a Trojan down-loader on my computer, and that pisses me off. Oh, and I just found a grand canyon railway special train ride.. It'll be 84.00 for us and all five kids. Santa will be there, and it goes to the north pole!
There's a Mars observing fest in Flagstaff, as well as a Lights display.
So, there's some things we could do. We'll see. The flagstaff events sound cool, and very cost efficient, and the caverns is on the way to there.
