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12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 11214

Hi Rudy,

Welcome to the site, glad to e-meet you

Sounds like you had an amazingly productive weekend! Remember to acknowledge and be present to your accomplishments; each and everyone and do be so quick to point out items you missed. Celebrate the ones you accomplished.

Sounds like you are doing great!

How does it feel?

Ashley, Health Educator

Here to help :)

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 29

Yeah, a hooka's probably not the best way to use your talents. When you do retire it should be an easy transition if your interested in doing your art as a hobby. I'm kind of a jack of all trades, master of none. My wife's an artist, I can't draw a straight line with a ruler.

Still not focused on my quit but I did get off my butt this weekend. Bought paint for the porch, fixed the lawn mower, raked front and back, cleaned up the vegetable garden and cut the grass. Cooked some great back ribs made enough chili for seven lunches and did some grocery shopping for my mother. Ok, starting to get motivated now. Now that I'm keeping busy I can go over the program and pick my quit date. Here we go again!

Oh no, just read my earlier post. I didn't fix the screen door yet or clean the front closet. Whoops. The robins are gone, not sure what happened there, maybe a squirrel.

The pork shoulder was just ok.

Go Philly!

Rudy

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2778

Hey Rudy!

Glad to see that you are still "P-ing"!!!

Preparation is key, just don't let the other P (procrastination) win! It may even be to your advantage to just pick a date and jump right on in! You've been on this ride before, so in the end, you'll have to do what is right for you. The main thing to remember is to not quit quitting!

You are correct, sir, I could make a hooka if I so chose, but right now, I'm just too dang busy making research apparatus to make anything else for the next few months, maybe years! Besides, I'd rather not make anything that might someday adversely affect someone's health! Yes, it's cool and hot job all rolled in together! I can't wait till the day that I'll be able to make what I want to make! Unfortunately, I may have to wait till I retire to realize that reward!

So how was that pork shoulder? I can't wait till we smoke one of those!

Jim

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12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 29

Blah! Still stitting on my keester. Gotta get motivated. Pork shoulders in the oven but that doesn't count.

Rudy

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 29

I think I'll replace the screen on the front door that one of the dogs ruined. The weather's getting nice so it'll be good to get some fresh air circulating. The second thing I'll do is clean out the front closet. If it hasn't being worn in two years, off to Goodwill it goes. I'll start going over the program again, but I'm not ready to set a quit date yet.

We've got a Robin building a nest on the front porch. I might see if I can set up a web came. I'm sure they're waiting for me to till the garden so they can get some juicy worms, but they'll have to wait till next weekend.

Rudy

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1853

Hi Rudy,

You definitely have a good list of things to keep you busy! What will you do first?

Funny about the scientific glass blowing! When I figured out what SiO2 was, I also googled to read more about it.

Vincenza, Health Educator

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 29

Unbelievable! I just wrote a really long post then went to another site to see what scientific glass blowing is all about and lost my post. Anyway, here's what I think I said.

Yeah, I gotta get my head/heart into it. I had every intention to go over my 6 p's again but didn't get around to it. Again, a million excuses. What worked for me on my previous quit was staying busy. Our house is as old as the Titanic so there's lots to do. Time to make a list. Paint front hall, paint going upstairs, redo front closet, repair dresser drawer, refinish hoosier, clean basement, clean garage, paint garage, sand deck, resand/stain varnish floors, paint porch, till garden, clean and repair screen on front door. That should keep me going and scince the Leafs and Canadians aren't in the playoffs I'll have more time.

Scientific glass blowing. That's cool, or hot depending how you look at it. Jim, when I first saw your profile picture I thought you where smoking a hookah. I bet you could make some real nice ones.

Cheers

Rudy

P.S.- Go Bruins

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1853

Glad your still with us Rudy. Keep reading, keep posting and work through the program.

You are better prepared then you have been in the past.

What do you see as your biggest challenge?

Vincenza, Health Educator

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2778

Hey Rudy!!!

All in good time! Go through your 6-P's, psych yourself up and set your new quit date when you are good and mentally ready! If your heart and mind aren't in it from the beginning it is hard, hard, hard! Oh, and you may need a couple extra hours on that bike after your inaugural doughnut episode!!!

Prepare well!

Jim

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12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 29

I haven't started my quit yet. I have a million excuses if anyone wants to here them. On the brighter side, the new deep fryer works great. Made our fist batch of doughnuts last night.

Rudy

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