Daily chat Friday 11th July 2014

[monky]

Good morning everybody

I hope you all had a lovely stress free, sweet dreaming nights sleep and charged your batteries up for today But heyyyyy, its flippin Friday already and the weekend is just around the corner

A giganticfantabilosy warm welcome to all you newbies on this lovely quit support site Please, please dont be shy, you just come on and join in with us eh post, or reply to a comment, or ask a question, or just want a flippin good old moan, then come on, because there is loads of help and advice and we cant help you, then I know a very nice young Lady that can and that is our lovely quit smoking support adviser ''Emjay'' and I tell you, what she dosnt know about quitting smoking, you can write on the back of a postage stamp So please feel free to join in

A massive well done to DiDi66 for reaching 3 weeks quit and DeeFB for reaching nearly 4 weeks quit and a huge big well done to Jlay for getting to 4 days quit and after your carbon monoxide reading of 21 last week, this week its rite down to just 4 that is just fantastic gal, am doing a bum wiggle dance for you, cos I hope your as chuffed as I am for you

For all you other newbies who I havnt mentioned, a big enormous well done to you toooo cos you've made that vital, best decision, perhaps in your lives and that is to quit the ciggies and we will all help you as much as we can, thats what this lovely site is all about Stay strong and focused now and I hope to speak with some of you at the weekend

Just remember, if you cant put it down, then dont pick it up

Pete

[Betts]

Morning Monky and all

It's a good bright day, and I love your pic - where do you find them!?

So many good folk doing just great in your post, and more out there looking in

Thanks Briar and everyone for this great support. Going away for the weekend, Birmingham here we come! Staying in a hotel. You know what? It is still so great not to have to worry about smoking any more. Remember what a pain it was? I do. Good riddance!

Have a good smokefree day all. Nice and peaceful

[droopyJ in reply to Betts]

OOH Betts, you have a fandabidosie time in Birmingham

Its bloomin raining here again today..... whats going on with this weather? where's that big glowey thing in the sky disappeared to? will I EVER see it again? will it ever stop raining? will I get to the dump today without getting wet? why am I asking soooo many questions???

[Betts in reply to droopyJ]

Oh droopyJ! I hope it stopped raining for you!

Haven't caught up on posts cos have to get sorted for dinner now, just arrived

Nice fresh room

No smoke

Xx

[droopyJ in reply to Betts]

Good for you Betts have a lovely time & don't worry about the hangover eh ....

[Betts in reply to droopyJ]

Who me !!

[Briarwood Administrator Ducky in reply to Betts]

Have a great smoke free time away Betts, enjoy x

[Betts in reply to Briarwood]

Thanks Briar

Just loving that badge on you. Big congratulations, you are a star!

[beardy_chris]

Can you confirm that no kittens were harmed in the production of this photo?

Happy and smoke-free Friday everyone!

[Briarwood Administrator Ducky in reply to beardy_chris]

[monky Administrator 45 Months Cake sniffer outer in reply to beardy_chris]

Aup Chris, yes I can confirm there were no little kittens harmed in this production, cos its a flippin puppet seeeee

Hey Chris, it sounds as though you have got through the hard bit of quitting now, magic pal, just magic

[EmJay Partner]

Good Afternoon All

All looks good in the hood and as busy as ever here, lovely to see

I'm just playing catch up after delivering training to a group of lovely people the past 2 days. I've told them all about how lovely, welcoming, supportive and helpful you all are to each other - So I hope yoy can all feel the love

Pete, I'm not too sure about the nice young lady bit, but I'll have it anyway I hope they've not got you working too hard in that there work place. Big huge thank you for catching all those lovely new badges - all have now been sent on to their rightful owners

DiDi66, welcome into week 4 - stay strong and stay positive

DeeFB, a celebratory cheer for you coming up to 4 weeks, a major milestone in your stopping smoking journey

Betts, have a fun, fun, fun time in Birmingham. Not only living a smokefree lifestyle yourself now but also getting to enjoy a not-so-smelly smokefree hotel room too

beardy_chris - I'm sure that no kittens were harmed but by the looks of the photie, a few eardrums may have been

Jlay, I bet you felt well chuffed after seeing your carbon monoxide reading come down to that of a non-smoker, well done to you!

Huge waves and smiles to anybody else looking in

Anybody fancy a cuppa?

[droopyJ in reply to EmJay]

gasping...... make mine a coffee with no sugar please Emjay, I'm sweet enough ...

[monky Administrator 45 Months Cake sniffer outer in reply to droopyJ]

[monky Administrator 45 Months Cake sniffer outer in reply to EmJay]

Gosh Emjay, you've been rite busy today gal just wondering how you've done it hmmm maybe you've swapped that see through milk for red bull to keep you from noddin eh

As for the nice young Lady bit, you have it gal, cos you deserve it xx

[glolin LONG TERM WINNER]

Hubby finally noticed I wasn't smoking :). He had been home about 4 hours before he noticed. He is really proud of me, especially as i am doing it cold turkey. !6 days down a life time to go :).

[droopyJ in reply to glolin]

H Glolin, cant believe it only took him 4 hours.... you have a keeper in that one

You are doing one helluva job with this quit and am soooo pleased hubby has been really positive towards your quit, I'm sure it makes life easier when you have this great support at home

The thing I wanna know is when does he give up the alcohol....

[Briarwood Administrator Ducky in reply to glolin]

Proud of ya too Glolin we will be calling you GLOWIN now as I'm sure you are, well done

[monky Administrator 45 Months Cake sniffer outer in reply to glolin]

Yay Hayyyyyyy Glolin 7 days now then gal and about flippin time he noticed toooooo

[EmJay Partner]

Here you go Droopy, with a little something else for you too...

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My, my, that's a nice badge you're wearing

[droopyJ in reply to EmJay]

AHHHHHH thanks Emjay I love it love it love it and my lovely shiny new badge shame I cant say the same of the new site

[Betts in reply to droopyJ]

Whooaah!!!!

Just seen the badge!!!

You are the woman!!!

You are a real live brilliant winner!! Huge well done

[droopyJ in reply to Betts]

I know.... !! thanks Betts appreciate it Now go and let your hair down and have a glass of something cold

[EmJay Partner]

glolin, we are proud of you too. You are doing brilliantly Remember to practise the different breathing techniques so that you can use them if any cravings / signs of recovery creep up on you.

[EmJay Partner]

I'm still trying to get my head around it myself Droopy, loving it on my PC but having a few challenges when on my phone - HealthUnlocked are still working through a few glitches they are having with regards to being mobile friendly though.

Also, I think I may have to start saving up and get myself a new ipad as mine seems to have really slowed down now and is being a tad temperamental I think it may be a bit dated - it was the first one out I wonder what I could pack up now to save... It's certainly not smoking!

[droopyJ in reply to EmJay]

MMM cut down on clothes, shoes or handbags maybe ?????

Hate it on my PC...... don't have anything else I can see it on guess I'm just an old, non smoking, dinosaur biddy.... I keep clicking on the little light bulb in the corner but there doesn't seem to have been any changes since they set it up

Oh hum..... I will persevere with it though

[monky Administrator 45 Months Cake sniffer outer in reply to droopyJ]

Hey Droooopy, for one thing your not a smoker any more eh ermmmm, about the other things, am not sure of

[droopyJ in reply to monky]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[glolin LONG TERM WINNER]

Hey Droopy, I won't push my luck just yet with the alcohol.. At least he is a happy drunk. :)..Yes he is one of the good guys, does 90% of the cooking at home

Breathing techniques?? guess i need to learn what these are. After the first 3 or 4 days I have been pretty lucky with cravings, I get the occasional one and find it passes pretty quick. but I am sure this will change.

[droopyJ in reply to glolin]

Lucky you Glolin.... I need a man that will do all my cooking, and cleaning, and ironing and clothes shopping (I really hate clothes shopping) Does he have a brother????

[Betts in reply to droopyJ]

Or 2 brothers??? : D

[droopyJ in reply to Betts]

Bagsy first choice.... I did ask first ...

[EmJay Partner]

Sometimes after I have pressed the little light bulb thing and made a suggestion, I have received a message saying whether or not they have acted upon my suggestion and how many other people have also suggested the same....

Hmmmm... I'm not your typical 'shop 'til you drop' kind of girl but do like to grab a bargain on ebay... could maybe think about cutting out some of the see through milk stuff that I seem to like. iN FACT, i COULD SWITCH TO RED MILK AS i WULD BE LESS LIKELY TO DRINK AS MUCH! nOT THAT i HAVE A PROBLEM MIND

[droopyJ in reply to EmJay]

hehehehehe I just thought that maybe if you shouted it then you could get used to the idea....

Although according to my dad, red milk is sooo much better for you, mmmmm not sure they mean the whole bottle though

I love ebay... have a real thing for large silver rings... have every colour stone under the rainbow and cant even walk past a shop or stall that sells rings without having a quick looksee mmmm think that's what ill give up once I have fully conquered this non smoking malarkey

[EmJay Partner]

Oh dear, guess who is not a touch typist?! I seem to have just given away the fact that I look at my keyboard when I type!

[EmJay Partner]

I'll pop the different breathing exercises up for you glolin You can have a nosie about and find some more that may suit you too

[glolin LONG TERM WINNER in reply to EmJay]

Thanks Emjay....I am still very new at this and not really sure what to expect. 40 years of smoking a packet a day tells me i am in for some pain.

I have the dry throat and cough happening at the moment, and hoping it doesn't stick around for too long as i never had a cough while smoking. I understand that this part of the repair process

[droopyJ]

Right Im off to the dump to get rid of all this old fencing I have.... hope you all have a great smoke free day to day

[Briarwood Administrator Ducky in reply to droopyJ]

When ya drop the fence off at the dump you could have a root around for any old silver rings to add to your collection x

[droopyJ in reply to Briarwood]

No silver rings just a couple of miserable, unhelpful blokes who just stood around and watched me unload all the stuff from my car and do about 15 trips up the stairs to throw it in the container...... an old boy drove up with a load of stuff so I gave him a helping hand to unload his car too.................. my good deed of the week so I bought myself a fresh cream choux bun as a special treat

Also had to get my car cleaned afterwards as it was disgusting and while I was waiting I found a slug INSIDE my car................. soooooooo gross

[monky Administrator 45 Months Cake sniffer outer in reply to droopyJ]

Droopyj, I'm well impressed with you gal you will become a Lady one day gal and am loving your new badge toooooo

Doing a little bum wiggle wiggle bum wiggle wiggle dance for you

[droopyJ in reply to monky]

thanks monky how you doing? working late again this week hun?

[Briarwood Administrator Ducky in reply to droopyJ]

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[droopyJ in reply to Briarwood]

Oh he looks very familiar ..... Thanks Briar

[Briarwood Administrator Ducky in reply to droopyJ]

Well you know what they say droopy, what goes around comes around, good karma and all, so something good will come back to you for helping theman at the dump x

Send you a pic of someone who's looking for ya x

[EmJay Partner]

You're on the right tracks glolin, you may also find that it could be a walk in the park for you with just a minor few tests along the way

I tend to think that we don't always get what we want in life, but we always get what we expect! This isn't necessarily a good thing so try and see it this way with cravings So, try not to expect them... if that makes sense!