Penguin

NOPE!

NOPE!

I was under the weather yesterday, so Sunday's come and gone, but it was definitely a NOPE kind of day!

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Just a tiny celebration today, but my dad and I were working on a project today. Normally, he frustrates me to no end because our work styles are so very different, and I used to always smoke a lot more whenever he and I had to work together. Today, it didn't even occur to me that I wanted to smoke; I just wanted to breathe and calm down and then take a nap.

NOPE

NOPE!

NOPE!

NOPE Every time I think about smoking, I remember the sickness I felt, and the stench. I think about having to plan my life around smoking, the conflicts it caused with family, and the worry it gave me (and still gives me) with every little medical hiccup I experience. I'm so thankful to be free of most of that and more, and getting stronger and healthier every day.

NOPE!

My idea is to put a waterproofed barrel on some kind of axle and connect it to a windmill vane, so the wind will turn the barrel filled with sand, water, and glass. I'd also like some way to brake the windmill system and transfer it to some sort of block-and-tackle system that uses the weight of the birdseed and the motion of the birds to somehow move the barrel. They won't provide a lot of motion, I don't think, but some. Balancing all of those ideas in a package small enough to fit on my apartment balcony is the challenge. I haven't quite got it all worked out yet, but I've got some ideas about the windmill system. It's transferring it to a block-and-tackle I haven't quite gotten yet. I'm not even sure that's the way to describe it.

I've been working on a design for a bird feeder that helps to polish sea glass. It's proving much more difficult than I originally anticipated, but I like the challenge.

NOPE!

Welcome! It's good you recognize your reasons for quitting. Hopefully you matter to yourself as much as your loved ones matter to you. The good news is, it takes roughly four days for the nicotine to quit your system. Now it's a psychological game. Everyone's quit is different, but we're here to root for you and help you as much as we can. You can do this!

Not. One. Puff. Ever. NOPE!