Roll Call: Week of June 3 2013

[Don]

Checking in...as opposed to checking out!

Thought I'd stop in and ring the bell, toot a horn or make some peep.

Been way too quiet around these parts.
That must mean that we're all living our (smokeless?) lives!

I've had no desire to smoke for a long time. The newest battles are aging and weight gain. Medications\slowing metabolism is making weight gain happen much faster than ever.
So I went on a diet and exercise routine...lost 15+ pounds.
Then got hurt doing all that exercise and gained 5 back.

Like the life change to quit smoking I'm hopeful I can change my life a bit to keep in shape and stay relatively healthy.

Another aging moment is seeing The Boy becoming a young man.
He's taller than his mom, gaining up on me and even Driving MY Car now. The time flew!! On a plus side I did have a dream recently that put me back in time when he was a toddler...a pleasant trip down memory lane.
I quit smoking when he was nearly two and the dream didn't throw any cigarettes into view.

I have to say this is my favorite time of year around my neck of the woods. Flowers blooming, warming temps...everything greening up. I could lie in my yard and listen to the chatter of the birds and get quickly chased away by the buzz of the bumper crop of mosquitoes. ;D

So how's things everyone?
Keeping the Quit? or just keeping on?

cigless since: 10-27-99

[Ann]

LOL, you should be a women past the age of 50, then you will have problems. ;D
I haven't been checking in like I use to, life just got away from me. I'm here and still smoke free.

Jan. 20, 2000

[slim]

Hey Don and Ann

I am still here doing the smokeless thing still!
I was driving down the road today and came to a stop light....a gal was smoking in a car next to me...amazing how powerful the smell was and continued as i drove away. Hard to imagine going back to smoking after almost 12 years. Like you Don the kids are growing up fast...and i have become this older dad. My shoulder is killing me and the pants are getting snug. May have to do some diet and exercise myself.

72 and Sunny here in Michigan...Loving it!