Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well and ready for a smoke free Easter. 
Today is Good Friday so lets make it good. Stay positive and dont let old Nic anywhere near. Enjoy and be happy and we can all have a good Friday.
Right off to the shops soon , then may be a short walk. xx
Catch up later. xx
Happy Easter to you too Jilly, I hope you have a nice weekend
Good morning Jilly and everyone, the sun's shining again - could be a good day for gardening or spring cleaning to get rid of all the stinky smoke smell for many newbies. Imagine the curtains blowing on the washing line and that lovely fresh air smell as you iron them before hanging them back up again.
The reason for Good Friday as a Bank Holiday seems to be disappearing into the mists of time - used to be one of the most religious days of the year and there was hardly anything to do. How times change.
I couldn't get out of bed for my run this morning so am going to take advantage of the weather and quiet roads and have an early-ish bike ride before coming back for my hot cross buns. Have a good day, see you later.
Sooooooo, you had a lay in this morning then, it was our Chrissie yesterday, now you today, hmmm, must be something going around eh 
Enjoy your bike ride Andi, and of course your hot cross buns
Good Morning Monky and all!!! Monky I didn't lie in yesterday, I slept in - there is a difference :).. Now TODAY I had a lie in - and that was lovely
Andi I totally agree with you regarding the change in the bank holiday - it is more like another spring bank holiday now which is actually quite sad in a way - times have certainly changed 
Anyway I intend to be a bit of a domestic goddess today - no I'm not baking cakes - I'm doing some chores with the windows wide open and the music blasting and I shall do a happy dance in the process for all of us on this amazing stop smoking journey - please don't hesitate to join in, I wouldn't mind the company!!!
Whatever you are doing - have a truly wonderful day xxxx
Happy Easter jillygirl and everyone.
Beautiful day here too, so something outdoors it is.
Have a good smoke free day, can't say nic free as I am using the ecig - it is the best nrt I have found, after many attempts.
On a walk yesterday my chest felt a lot better than when I smoked - no surprises there!! It's heading for a week now, yay
Can see you whistling down the lanes on your bike Andi, enjoy!
You seeing your fa.ily
Whoops!
This new android phone is doing my head in! Used to type with my finger nails on the BlackBerry, now it's my great fat thumbs, and weird predictions! Takes ages, but got to keep up with the technology. Birthday present from my lovely kids
Anyway, going g to ask if you seeing your family today Jilly? Bet they are getting excited for the Easter eggs !
Happy Easter to you too Betts. No family left here, got a sister in Austria and brother in Australia so am all on my tod. (Never been married and no kids - sound like a real saddo!) Right, time to go.
Hey, Andi, for one thing, your no saddo gal and you've got all of us over here see
You have a lovely day, take care now xx
Never been married and no kids, I bet you look half your age, its the kids that prematurely age us, haha. Have a lovely day whatever you decide to do.
Hey Betts, its nearly a week quit now then, thats just great news gal, doing a happy bum wiggle dance for you Dont you worry about using your e-cig, cos its keeping you off them smokes eh
Have a lovely day now
Sounds like peace, and getting to do what you want to Andi, different maybe but definitely not a saddo ! Independence
X
And maybe some great places to visit?
Yesterday Fresher was asking about coughing etc. So I just found this. : -
What to do if you have an infection
The earlier an infection is caught the easier it is
to
treat.
If you are unwell with a chest infection you may become
breathless and you may have more phlegm in your lungs.
To help to clear this try the following:
1. Perform the breathing exercise whenever you have
phlegm in your lungs. This may be as often as every
hour when you are awake.
2. Drink even more water than usual to keep the phleg
m
moist.
Do not stay in bed all day. Activity and movement he
lp you
to cough up phlegm. Sitting up in a chair makes it ea
sier to
breathe and cough effectively
The aim of this leaflet is to provide advice on how to
clear phlegm from you lungs. It is important that phlegm does
not stay in your lungs as it can damage the lining of the
lungs and it may cause a chest infection.
Breathing techniques
Coughing only shifts phlegm from your upper airways.
If you have phlegm deep in your lungs it can be very difficult
to clear it with coughing. Try the following technique
instead:
2 – 3 big breaths
(To get air behind the phlegm)
4 – 5 relaxed breaths
2 – 3 big breaths
4 – 5 relaxed breaths
2 – 3 huffs
This is the type of breath you would use to steam up glass.
Perform with an open and relaxed mouth and throat.
Huffs move phlegm up through the lungs.
2 – 3 relaxed breaths
1 – 2 coughs
Repeat this sequence as often as needed until phlegm is
cleared, but always allow time for relaxed breathing in
between. Stop if you become tired or if your chest
becomes tight.
Perform this technique in the morning and whenever you
have phlegm in your lungs. If you have an infection
and more
phlegm you should increase how often you do the technique.
Exercise and physical activity
Exercise can be very effective at clearing phlegm from your
lungs as it makes you breathe deeply. Try any of the
following:
1. Going for a walk
2. Climbing stairs
3. Marching on the spot
4. Punching the air with your arms 10 times
5. Anything else that gets you out of breath
Fluids
If you are dehydrated the phlegm in your lungs becomes
sticky and can be difficult to cough up. You should drink
around 6 – 8 glasses of water a day. If you dislike drinking
water try adding diluting juice to flavour the water
.
Avoid repeated coughing
Repeated coughing can be tiring and can irritate the
airways.
Try to avoid coughing fits by sipping cold water, or swallowing
and then performing the breathing exercise to clear the phlegm.
Good Morning, everyone. Lovely sunny day and I'm doing a Swimathon later on. It's to raise money for charity so I'm looking forward to that. Need a few gallons of coffee to get me going first! This is when I luv reading all the posts to spur me on for the day, so thanks guys. This day is also very special for me as it's 4 weeks today I quit. Can't quite believe I've made it this far but I have. So a big thankyou to everyone on here - couldn't have done it without you and all the help and encouragement I get. Hope you al have a lovely day x x
EMJAY, A NEW BADGE NEEDED HERE PLEASE
Good morning Woody a massive well done to you for reaching 4 weeks gal Hey, your catching me up I hope you enjoy your Swimathon, its lovely that you are doing it for chality too You enjoy gal and take care see's ya later.
Thanks Pete x
Hey NICE BADGE Briarwood - it really suits you as well
MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS and enjoy it - you more than deserve it xxxx
Good Morning Briarwood - well it's "Wow" all round for you lady! Wow re the swimathon, good luck with that and congratulations for doing it and a MASSIVE WOW for achieving 4 weeks today - that is just so fantastic and you have done it in such style and good humour! Well done sweetie, that's brilliant, you should feel so proud of yourself!
Have a wonderful day and enjoy your swim! xxx
HAPPY EASTER to everyone, and Happy no smoking too Here's to eating all that lovely chocolate, to hell with the fat tum and spare tyre!! Just for this weekend 
xx
Good morning everybody and happy Easter to you all
Well, its a fantastic sunny morning here in Derbyshire 
Sinfree, I hope you've got some gal
Jillygirl, enjoy your shopping and walk I expect poor hubbies wallets going through it again eh 
see's ya soon
Good morning to you all, yep Pete we've got some of that there sunshine, wall to wall at the moment and byootiful blue sky. Off out this after for a cruise alongside the canal on our mountain bikes. If I'd known it was gonna be this nice would have made a day of it. We could have attempted to get to Sowerby Bridge, perhaps even Hebden Bridge, almost Norah Batty land that isn't it Pete?
Have a lovely Good Friday everyone whatever you do today.
Have just been outside to test the temperature and I have to say that despite the sunshine its still flipping ganzy weather.
Ha Ha Ha - oh how I regret missing the chat re local expressions - now is ganzy good or bad Sin:
Bad. My dad always used to call a jumper a ganzy, I don't know why cos I've just googled the spelling and apparently its Black country dialect and he doesn't originate from the Midlands.
Aren't you due a badge this weekend, oh I just thought its tomorrow, keep thinking its Saturday today.
Yup, last cig was on the Sunday so Monday is my official stop day - WEY HEY!!! I'm actually quite excited about it as I'm definitely feeling a bit left out today
Good Morning All and hope it most certainly is a Good Frday for you all
Briarwood, yaye! You made it to your first full month smokefree You are now into week 5! Well done you
Sin, have a lovely bike ride and enjoy the sunshine
Andi, you're not a saddo at all and have a jam packed life. If I was single and no family near, I would be away travelling to far off lands. Mind you, I wouldn't be able to have my chucks, puppy dog and hoggies then would I?! 
You asked yesterday where Agnes & Gertie live... They have their own hen house outside, usually running free all the time in the garden but hubby keeps pulling a face at them being on the nice grass part. So, we've just built them a run so they can have ther own little garden and we keep ours poop free They can still pay out though whilst I'm there
JillyGirl, enjoy your shopping and then your walk. Thans fr the info on breathing, really useful
Pete, I'm going to do some gardening today, returfing and planting. Shall let you know how it goes. May have to have a glass of wine in the garden later so I can take in my days work!
Mrssunnyside, in with the Easter eggs... Pulling tongues and blowing raspberries to the spare tyre Happy chocolatey Easter!
Hey Betts, I have fat thumbs on my iPhone and when on my iPad I have a fast typing finger but a really old iPad that keeps on missing letters out and makes up the most weirdest words on my spellcheck I have to keep checking everything before I submit!
Mickyt, enjoy your day. I hope you are getting up to something nice but keeping out of mischief
Big waves to everyone else and Chrissie if you're up yet
Right, another cuppa before I crack on. Shall pop on later and share some Chocoate and love
Thanks For the badge Emjay x
Congratulations on your badge and all your hard work.
Thanks Sin, I'm so happy and delighted and excited - I think I'll be like a torpedo in the pool ha ha x
Hey EmJay - Happy Bank Holiday to you!!!!!
Well I'm up and feel beautifully refreshed after my lie in so I'm full of beans again and raring to go - although I think I might be joining you with the "nodding off" reputation
It sounds like you may be suffering after all that work in the garden today, so do enjoy a glass of wine later so you can appreciate your efforts - and then maybe a nice soak in the bath to ease those aching muscles?
I'm feeling a bit left out at the moment - No badge!!! But not long now and I'm so excited!! I would really love a pink sparkly one when it comes, I really reallly would!
Have a fab u lous Day and catch you later
xxx
WelI can't sit hear admiring my badge any longer, gotta dash, catch up with you all later when I'll be back to admire my badge some more! X
Wow 3pm already! Doesn't time fly when you are having fun?
I'm delighted to say that I can now see the colour of my carpet again! I'm also proud to say that in order to achieve this, I had to actually "fix" the dyson, so who needs a man around! Actually it was just the bottom bit which covers the roller which had come loose - I just couldn't work out why it wasn't picking up properly - it is now!
Being a domestic goddess is actually hard work, I had to sit down for a rest because this is like doing a work out! It is funny though because I always thought it was the smoking which caused the dust in here - but as I haven't smoked for a few weeks now, and I have obviously cleaned several times in the meantime, where is the flipping dust coming from? I think I've got dust fairies, or maybe they are dust monkeys
Hmmmm, I take my hat off to you Chrissie, flippin well done you gal for sorting your oooover out
Ermmmm, about this ear dust problem that you have, if you didnt dust, then you wouldnt have a problem eh
As for you implying that us monkys make dust, I assure you young Lady, us monkys do not make dust wherever we go, we just cores confusion, sleepyness, stupidiness, laughterness, smoklessness, brainlesness and mishaps sooooo, you see, us monkys havnt got time to cores any dust eh
Any chance you could nip round to mine as you're in the mood for cleaning? I much prefer gardening to cleaning!
It would be my pleasure! As long as you allow me to sit in your garden and drink wine afterwards?
So go on then - how was the swim champion???????? xx
And forgot my manners, so thanks for asking - had a lovely swim. The front door's open for ya, I'm in the back garden drinking your wine ha x
Aup Woody, you could come to mine and do some gardening, and Chrissie could go to your's and do the cleaning, and I could just sit back and slurp on a lager eh
Ha ha ha sounds good to me, just hope Chrissie's gonna be happy too
So just to be clear - you are going to the pub? Is that correct?
Personally I think you should do the cooking - actually you could do the barbequing - but don't forget the lumpy gravy xx
I've just acquired a Dyson. Not a new one I might add but it apparently needs a bit of fixing, mind you it comes from a smokers house, so I don't know, if it starts making my house smellier than my old vacuum does I might have to sling it.
I know what you mean about the Domestic Goddess stuff, I tried that last year, wasn't too keen to be honest. Well done you for spending a beautiful sunny afternoon cleaning.
I'm afraid it had to be done Sin - and most of it is now so I can have some fun for the rest of the weekend hopefully
My dyson is very old, it has served me well but I think I need a new one now, it's getting hard work pushing it around!
So will you be joining us in Briarwood's garden this evening - we're having wine and Monky is doing the bbq! xx
Yes, that sounds lovely. I've had my tea, hungry work all that cycling but I'm sure I could fit in a couple of bbq'd sausages and some spare ribs and definitely wine I couldn't have any tonight as hubby has a bit of a dodgy tummy so I settled for a can of beer.
Better hurry up before the wine runs out and we move on to monkey's tinnies x
don't worry hun, I'm just popping to the shop for some more wine and some lemonade (danielle is joining us and she wants port a lemon!) - Daren't touch Monky's tinnies - he might have a monkey fit! I'll be there soon xx
Where are you? We're on the bbq page and we need some help with the food xx
Yeah, that flippin dining room table sorted that gal
??????????? - yes I'm confused again - where did the dining room table come in?
Last Year, her dinning room table was that cluttered with stuff, she couldnt see it
After loadsssss of encouragement, she finally decluttered it and it became a dinning room table again, well for a bit anyway
Don't forget my shiny sink thing last summer, it's not that shiny any more. I am getting on amazingly with my office decluttering event at the moment, its really coming along.
haha, it's looking as um......cluttered as ever. Mind you its not my rubbish, it's that hubby of mine who shoves everything on there. It currently has on it 2 meerkats out of the campervan, a selection of inner tubes that he's chucked out of his bag before we went out, and other various bits of junk, an electric staple gun, tape measure, a set of spanners or something and sat in the middle of it all is a nice vase of flowers that my mum gave me for our wedding anniversary.
Soooooo, Sinfree, its flippin hubbies turn to '' declutter '' the dinning room table this time then eh
Am just wondering Sinfree, how big is this bag of your hubbies then
I'm not convinced, I'm thinking of calling the dept of monkeys to check out if what you say is true! There has to be a reason for all the dust and I'm very suspicious that dust monkey are involved!!!
By the way - I nearly wet myself laughing at your post! So funny!
What a stunningly beautiful day its been. It wasn't really cracking the flags, wish that cold nip in the air would go away but still had a lovely bike ride out this afternoon. Just over 20 miles there and back along the canal. Got as far as the garden centre. Hubby turned his bike round ( ), I powdered my nose and as I thought we ought to at least look like customers rather than 2 people availing ourselves of the conveniences I had a quick shufty round. Spotted a lovely garden bench that would look very nice in my back garden.
Didn't get off to the best start as hubby, ever the optimist only put on a thin top and no jacket so turned round and went back home to get changed. I carried on. He finally caught up with me on the canal, then realised he'd left his bag at home when he got changed so we had no money and nothing to drink or eat. So he went off on another detour to my daughters to cadge a bottle of water and some money. I haven't been on my mountain bike since last year. I love it, it's like sitting on an old comfy sofa, it weighs about 3 times more than my road bike but the gears shift like they're wrapped in silk, never a wrong move. To round off a lovely day when I got home the dog was sick in my slipper - nice
Sooooo, Sinfree, your hubby knows what am on about then
Well, did you get the garden bench then
As for your dog being sick in your slipper, was it still warm when you put your foot in it
No I didn't get the bench, would have struggled up the hills a bit on my bike with a 5ft long garden bench strapped to my back. Am thinking about whether to go back for it though as it was very nice.
When we get home the dogs all run round with my slippers, but the Rottweiler had just had a drink, she drinks too fast so the next minute with my slipper in her mouth she projectile vomited the water she'd just drunk into my slipper. Yuk, sorry if you're just tucking into your barbecue,
Never mind a GLASS of wine, after your day I think you deserve the bottle
Hmm, there's half a bottle left from last night but we are so bad me and hubby with sharing wine, we put the glasses together so that we have exactly the same amount out of the bottle or we end up arguing over it, hahah, how sad are we.
Hey I'm back! What did i miss?
sorry for the delay, there was one lady in front of me in the queue when I got there, then she started faffing around with paying, she literally counted every penny in her purse and then paid for the balance on her card - by the time she had finished there were 12 people in the queue! Obviously there was only one assistant on at that time - she said it had been a busy day and I thought she was going to burst into tears bless her!
Okay wine poured, now is everybody happy? xxx
