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18 years ago 0 103 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
YES!!! 100 days!

...and a big TOOT TOOT right back at cha GPW. Keep on kickin' ash! Gotta Love those Ash Kickers!! LOL Cheers, Pat [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/2/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 112 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,686 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $448 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 14 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 51 [B]Seconds:[/B] 58
18 years ago 0 103 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I'm Back Too

Hello Stubow! Welcome back and U can do this ! U were very much missed as U were the glue that held the January Ash Kickers together. Redrosie is still here, as positive and giving tough and gentle love when and where needed. CheerfulStorm was just asking yesterday where all of the Ash Kickers are. We Need to regroup.......strength in numbers and all, so maybe U can start a roll call thread!! Today marks my 4 months, 16 weeks smoke free anniversary. Best of Luck to U..............dust off your pom poms and let's have a big cheer! Cheers, Pat [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/2/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 112 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,681 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $448 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 14 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 47 [B]Seconds:[/B] 44
18 years ago 0 103 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Ash Kickers, Come Strut Your Stuff!!!!

Hey Wait for me!!! The Little Redhaired Granny is still here. Wow! All this time I thought I was all alone! Thanks Redrosie and all.........nice to see U are all still here. Just saw StuBow's posts and happy to have him back..........vroooom, vrooooooom! Lots of Happy Anniversaries this week..........keep up the good work all. Cheers, Pat [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/2/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 112 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,681 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $448 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 14 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 48 [B]Seconds:[/B] 31
18 years ago 0 103 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
*MONDAY MORNING STATS PARADE 4.24.06*

112 days! 16 weeks! 4 months.....................two extra weeks to spend with my Dear Hubby of 32 years and our 3 children 30,28 and 22 and 2 Grandsons.............thank U all for all of your kind words, sentiments, honesty as to our shared failures and weaknesses ( always tough to verbalize ) and wonderful stories of courage and strength. Verbose little person, aren't I? LOL Happy Monday! Cheers. Pat [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/2/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 112 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,683 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $448 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 14 [B]Hrs:[/B] 16 [B]Mins:[/B] 17 [B]Seconds:[/B] 1
18 years ago 0 103 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I would like to introduce my mother hen!!!

To Chicken Stix and more importantly, Smokey Bandit. I am 55........... Today! Yes, that's right, I forgot, today is my Birthday! LOL, I am really losing it!! See, Smokey.........U do not have a monopoly on DUH!!! Anyway, that is not the point. The point is, my Mom, my Best Friend, would have been 81 this year if she had been able to quit smoking back in 1974 when she was 1st diagnosed with Asthma and possibly Asbestoses. But, she never did and I lost my Best friend in a very long, painful tramatic drawn out ( 20 years! ) struggle. I am fully convinced that she would be here today if she could have only quit smoking.........for whatever reasons, she was never able to. So, daily..........especially today...........the day she gave me life, I miss her so much. Don't look back Smokey.........give yourself and all of your loved ones the best gift ever..........Life. They say that the best thing a parent can give their children is their own good health............BELIEVE. Cheers, Pat [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/2/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 115 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,728 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $460 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 15 [B]Hrs:[/B] 1 [B]Mins:[/B] 36 [B]Seconds:[/B] 24
18 years ago 0 103 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
has anyone had this?

Sounds to me as though your taste buds and olfactory senses finally have an opportunity to function! I doubt that they are phantom.......I am sure that U were just never able to sense them before. What a wonderful machine this human body.......we can abuse it for a long time but, given the chance.........it can do it's own maintanence. I am sure that even my hearing has improved over these last 4 months.........no longer stuffin' my head full of smoke! This feels like a rebirth to me and I am throughly enjoying the journey...........even the " nasty tastes " are positive experiences as I see it, you are able to actually naste again! Cheers, Pat [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/2/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 119 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,792 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $476 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 15 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 56 [B]Seconds:[/B] 44
18 years ago 0 103 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
has anyone had this?

......OMG.....that be taste not naste..........guess Pat is due for a maintanence check...LOL. Cheers Pat [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/2/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 119 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,792 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $476 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 15 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 57 [B]Seconds:[/B] 4
18 years ago 0 103 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
MONDAY MORNING STATS PARADE 5.1.06

Proud to strt my stats with all of U! Cheers, Pat [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/2/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 119 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,788 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $476 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 15 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 14 [B]Seconds:[/B] 58
18 years ago 0 103 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Thomas makes one year!

Congrats and continued success and happiness.............may the journey be joyful. Cheers, Pat [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/2/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 119 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,788 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $476 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 15 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 15 [B]Seconds:[/B] 34
18 years ago 0 103 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
4 months tomorrow..

Congrats BJ! Ash Kickin' away in Massachusettsville.............Would love to hear from all Ash Kickers........Polly? Redrosie? Shout Out!! Cheers, Pat [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/2/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 118 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,781 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $472 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 15 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 35 [B]Seconds:[/B] 32