Last weekend, on the day after Thanksgiving, Brian (plutarck) and I decided to take a drive out to the Grand Canyon Skywalk. I learned about it when the Snopes feed came through my LJ, and many of the people there were complaining about how they were marring up the beautiful scenery with this thing. I argued that this was done by the Hualapai Nation tribe, and that I was sure it would be done in as much of a non-intrusive manner as possible, and they would respect the environment.

The sky-walk is supposed to be finished early in 2006, and so we expected to find it near completion. We were hoping to get some photos of a work in progress. Brian and I were both very excited to see it, and this was going to be a great outing for us. The Skywalk is at Grand Canyon West, and up until now, I didn't even know that you could access the canyon from this close to our home. It only took us about 2 and a half hours or so to get out there.

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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.

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