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Lifetime of Addiction I didn't want to hear this but, I am now facing this truth. Nicotine Addiction doesn't go away. You can put it to sleep. You can even put it into deep deep and deeper sleep for years ! but, it will awaken the moment you take one puff. One Puff. This is for your whole life. Mind boggling, huh !? This was the choice you likely didn't even know you were making all those years ago when you started smoking, I didn't understand the ramifications for sure. But, it is the truth. You will always need to be cognizant of your addiction even when smoking is a vague memory, because the moment you take a puff, the moment you take One Bloomin' PUFF, That's it ! It's all over and your enslavement will begin, again. The tenacity ! but, you need to understand, Nicotine is not as tenacious as You and Your Will. You can quit. I know you can. I quit and I am not a special snowflake, I am a Nicotine Addict, just like you. I have great resentment about my Nicotine Addiction. Damn....I didn't know it would be so invasive. I didn't know it was going to be a lifetime relationship. I am so angry about this but, it is a good anger. It is a righteous anger. It is an anger that will fuel my commitment to NOPE. Not One Puff EVER. Copping to the 'forever' part is a cold hard reality of the addiction. At some point, I had to quit fooling myself and accept it. It isn't just for today. It must be forever. If it isn't...I will continue to enslave myself. Some feel their addiction is so strong they cannot quit, This is wrong. You have the power. You always have the power to quit and you always have the power to stay quit. Make the commitment to NOPE ! As our friend, Sarge, says, 'Easy Peasy'. Easy ! not complicated ! This is not Rocket Science. If you make that commitment to NOPE...you will not fail. The simplicity of it ! The Beauty of it ! Not One Puff Ever. Do it. You won't regret it.

-3 night y'all :)

Skiing as a kid somewhere in Quebec and as an adult spent a few summers canoeing on extensive sojourns in The Quetico (Ontario). Been to a great seedy dive bar in Thunder Bay. The Quetico Provincial Park

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No Cajun accent, Cher. I have been to England, Ireland, Portugal, Mexico, Canada, St Lucia, The Caymen Islands, Trinidad, Tobago, Mauritius

Blue no green (then I get blue and yellow) ------------------------------- CAFE wool or cotton

I love New Orleans, Ava, and as a matter of fact, I DID see you in '96 . Yes, I am Sure it was you. Didn't you see how Wildly I waved ? But, you...you turned your head in a most sublime manner and gazed out towards the River and I walked slowly home. edited to add. I loved living in the quiet parts of the French Quarter. Stayed in an apartment once that was smack dab in the whirl and really LOUD from the street, that was difficult.

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my favourite thing about NOLA is the light and what is left of the funk. I love that I can still hear a brass band on a random morning pass right outside my door. I grew up in Tennessee, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts , upstate New York, New Hampshire, California, and Wicklow, Ireland for 8th grade. (not Military...we don't exactly know what Daddy did) As an adult, I have lived in California: Venice (L.A), San Francisco, Sonoma County and Monterey County Louisiana: New Orleans (Uptown, French Quarter, Marigny and Upper Ninth Ward) also a year near Morgan City UK: Brockley in South London, Aldeburgh (Suffolk) and 1973-1976 traveled with First Husband in a 1961 VW Van crisscrossing the US 4? times

=17 Hi Wile :) check with your dentist concerning re-occurring sinus infections can also be a periodontal issue. it was for me. :( Gin gin doesn't know what game she is in :) too much whisky and honey

Hi Wiley. Pre Katrina. You knew the answer to that, Wiley. The diaspora of FUNK because those neighbourhoods got washed away by the Levee failure and the influx of rich white people has changed everything...it looks every day more and more like Suburban America or Disneyland :(

-13 Sometimes with a sinus infection, I would use Ice cubes or an ice pack on my face...sometimes THAT would work. sometimes the heat seemed to help bad bacteria/bug grow and the cold stopped them in their tracks. I have has some horrible sinus infections. cutting my head off often looked like a decent proposal...sorry you are in the throes. ((Coleen))

14 i don't remember anybody ever winning this game

12 sure miss PAUL :(

10 I think it is such a riot to get here from your newbie thread, Coleen :D

-10 too many lone wolfs...they don't cooperate with eachother like we can and do how are you feeling tonight Coleen ?

-8 maybe with my BOB or my BOD I could play for their side and set a good example ?

-3 :) nice, fresh and clean in here now, glad we opened the windows

Answer to Coleen (who i will punish for starting this thread later :) ) what do I enjoy doing -gardening in my courtyard, -cooking, -making clothes or re-fashioning them -drinking in dive bars and playing the jukebox, -traveling where I don't speak the language -moving my furniture around -making collage or installation contraptions with found objects. -writing -fixing things with hand tools -refinishing/repairing furniture -taking photographs -listening to music -collecting religious ephemera (answer to Doll's question) I moved to New Orleans in 1976 when I was 21 and been here on and off mostly On since the 'mid 80's (answer to Leanna) I have a daughter born at home in a farmhouse in Castroville Ca in '84 Castroville is The Artichoke Capitol of The World located near Monterey, Ca NO pets. Had horses, dogs/cats briefly while growing up. Dog/cat when I lived in the country.

I made this reversible Hapi Coat last year. zippered pocked side is made of canvas drop cloth Below is the vintage Moiree Satin side. I found the moiree in a box on the sidewalk, it was a very lucky find.

and you get three weeks of the Tofu Blues I insert a pair of Hip Boots

(((Chrispy))))