I've Been Tagged!

Tagged

........by Elisa

Rules:

1. Link the person(s) who tagged you
2. Mention the rules on your blog
3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours…
4. Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them…
5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.

Okie-dokie, 6 quirky things about me........

1. I hate for my various foods to touch each other on my plate. Food just should not mingle unless it is gravy on something. Otherwise, no fraternizing food!
   
2. I cannot fall asleep at night unless I have read first. I can't just lay down and go to sleep; I have to read after I lay down, before I can fall asleep.
3. I have to have almost complete silence and darkness to sleep. Always have, and Cannot stand to sleep in a room with any light at all. Also, I sleep better if the room is cold.
   
4. I get really upset with my kids when they do stupid small things, but when they are REALLY in trouble, I stay calm. I don't really get it, but I keep my cool for the big things.
   
5. Spicy foods make my nose run, and some non-spicy foods as well. My family loves to tease me because Ketchup makes my nose run!
   
6. I sing like I'm a rockstar in the car, but would nevah evah sing in public. It sounds like cats fighting when I sing.

I tag: Hammer
Undomesticated
Stepping over the Junk
Bad Dogs n Such
I know I am supposed to tag 6, so if you are not on the list, please tag yourself for me, just leave me a comment and let me know... I have to run!

On Quitting Smoking

I am a smoker. I admit it. Yes, I know, I am evil and must be destroyed...well, at least hidden away somewhere that my foulness cannot infect the environs of the pure and holy. (can you see my eyes rolling?) I promise to explain the eye-rolling sarcasm so as not to offend any of my non-smoking readers.

Anyway... I started smoking at age 11. YES! 11. My older brother T dared me to try one, he was 13 at the time. Of course, as the only girl, i had to be as tough as the guys or face torment and torture or getting the shit beat out of me... so, I tried it.

Took to it right off. Never coughed, choked, didn't turn green or get sick...just sucked in that sweet, sweet nicotine and felt the wonderful rush. I managed to steal cigarettes from my parents for more than four years before being caught. Dad smoked Pall Mall non-filters and paid less attention to how many he had in a pack, and since he was usually drunk, he was easy to snag from. Mom smoked Benson & Hedges 100's. Lady-like cigarettes.

Once I got to junior high school I could sneak off campus with my new friends (the burn-outs) who left campus every day to go smoke a couple blocks away. Then I would use my lunch money to buy a pack of Marlboro's. I quit hanging with that group when I realized that I was starting to be known as a "burn-out" too... and since they also smoked dope during lunch, that was a no-no to me. But, I kept on smoking.

Fast forward to today. I am now 40 years old and have smoked for one-third of my life. Because I am ADDICTED.
Yes friends and neighbors, I am a nicotine junkie.

I have tried many times and many ways over the years to quit.
I have tried the patch, the pill, the filter, the step-down cigarettes. Nothing has worked for the long term. My longest non-smoking time was two years.
Just know though, that the second I was told I was pregnant, I put the smokes down during my entire pregnancy, then smoked outside after the baby was born. Smoking was MY choice, not the baby's.

However, our story does have a semi-happy ending...
I am now in Day 7 with NO CIGARETTES!

Yes! Seven entire days with no smoking... and I have not killed anyone, either! Haven't even been particularly bitchy... and I owe it all to this stuff:
Stonewall Hard Snuff...comes in three flavors, Cappuccino, wintergreen and regular. Very yummy stuff, no yucky spitting or other chew-like habits, and lets you wean yourself off tobacco without bitchiness, murder or mayhem.
I absolutely recommend this stuff if you wanna keep the nicotine but get rid if yucky smokes.
I am actually only using it when the craving gets really really bad... because I want to get rid of the addiction as well as the smoking... but a friend uses them in place of cigarettes.

On a side note: Do'ya think I could have perhaps found a MORE stressful time in my life to quit smoking???

Anyway...I need another cup of coffee...

It's Hot

The first thing anyone needs to know about Texas... It's daggone hot! and Humid! My poor anti-frizz shampoo doesn't stand a chance against the Texas humidity.
But,
Texas is lovely. The people in Texas, for the most part, are very nice, friendly and welcoming folk. I think we will be very happy here.
Oh... have I mentioned the bugs? Lots of bugs. LARGE bugs. When they say "everything's bigger in Texas"... they mean it. Even the bugs. Ick.
The trip down here was fairly uneventful...very long, but not bad since the dogs were tranqu'ed and slept much of the way.
Not sure W.H.'s kidneys will function well for some time after bouncing his way from Ohio to Texas in that big moving truck though. But, it's all good.
Guess that's all for now... talk to ya soon.

WE HAVE A HOUSE!!!

YES, friends and neighbors! We put an offer on yet another house the day before yesterday, and it was accepted! WOOO HOOOO!!!! Booty Shake!
So, hopefully, within the next two weeks we will be moving into our new home in Northeast Texas!
Thanks for the welcome all! I really hope to get back to regular blogging very soon,
and promise to catch up with everyone in my own personal blogosphere as soon as possible!
Be well and happy 4th!
Have you hugged a soldier today?

We have arrived...homeless, but in Texas!

Yes boys and girls, we have arrived in Texas!
We are currently homeless, staying with my in-laws for now, hopefully able to move into our own place within two weeks.
YES... two weeks.
Have I ever mentioned that the home buying process is a pain in the butt?
Anyway, I will post more about the trip later. For now, Just wanted to say "Hey Y'all" and hope everyone out there in the blogosphere is having a grand time.
Happy 4th everyone!
Make sure to thank a soldier on Friday!

Moving day

Ok... so, I am surrounded by boxes, and must weave my way from one end of the house to another.
We pick up the moving truck tomorrow morning and begin loading up our lives, ready to face the new adventures awaiting us in sunny Texas.
Therefore, my computer will be broken down and packed up tomorrow.
We are spending the first night in Jackson, Tennessee, then pushing on to Dallas the next morning. I have doggie tranquilizers in my purse with which to drug the dogs into sleeping for a portion of both days. Unfortunately, the drugs only work for 4-5 hours, so the first part of the day will be peaceful, the last half a nightmare. (have i mentioned that my dogs DON'T travel well?)
I will try to post from the hotel the first night... but we will have to see how that goes.
In the meantime, everyone be awesome, be happy, be safe.
Look out Texas, Here I COME!! YEEEHAWWWW!
Y'all come back now, ya'hear?

Six days and counting!

Yes folks, only six days to the big move to the great state of Texas!

Let's take a moment here to check the status of things regarding our transfer:
Our house is NOT sold yet. (A couple has expressed interest in assuming our mortgage though...keep your fingers crossed, pray, dance naked under the full moon... whatever you do, please do a lot of it!)
We have NOT closed on our house in Texas. (Damn Bureaucrats!)
I am NOT finished packing yet. (Procrastinators Unite!... Tomorrow)

AND.....I am sitting here posting on my blog instead of packing boxes.

The picture is just cuz' it tickled my funnybone.

I REALLY need to get busy...C'mon L.G., the moving truck arrives in THREE DAYS!
Nope... didn't work. Maybe later.
OK... here I go.
I'm movin' now.
Hoppin' too.
Really.