Being a Non-Smoker

It's been a few months since I've smoked and things are going really well. Technically I am still dependent because I vape instead but at least some of the bad stuff is removed. I just came across this book by allen carr and I kind of wish I had found it before I decided to invest so much into vaping. He claims to teach you to rid your dependency while you are still smoking so you can drop the habit easier. Actually, had I found that book years ago I probably would have tried to quit back then and not waited until now. I always knew that I would need something other than gum or a patch because it was so habitual for me. I guess I could still read and try his method to see what happens. Maybe I should pick a couple up anyway because my friend really needs to quit too.

On to Christmas!

Thanksgiving is over and the crunch for Christmas begins. I normally like Christmas shopping with the lights and music...there's something about it. This year is rather hectic and I'm really feeling the pressure right now. I've been working like crazy and the money seems to go as fast as I can make it. Every year I say I'm going to save up and be prepared but it's so rare that it actually happens.

Hopefully I can still make this year a good one for the kids since it looks like we are going to lose our house. It's going to be a really sad day when we do have to leave. I never really thought that this day would come and that some kind of miracle would happen...guess not. I hope it's not too painful of an experience...but I think it will be.

Changed My Mind

Boy that was fast! LOL! I thought about it just after I wrote the last post and I think I may do some sort of pill at least in the beginning. I don't think I'll have any energy at all with working on everything I do all day and going after work with her to the gym. I'm thinking I'm going to go buy weight loss pills tomorrow so that I can be done with it and be ready when Monday rolls around. The weekends have been passing me up so quickly lately it's crazy. Well, that actually goes for everyday right now. It's nothing but work and go, go, go! No matter what happens to the house, I'll be glad once the holidays are over.

Workout Buddies

I agreed to start a workout/diet buddy system with one of my friends. She wants to jump start her's by taking a diet pill for a while and thought about those hoodia ones. I remember seeing a lot of advertising on hoodia diet pills but I admit I don't know much about them. I know that she wants to try something that will help keep her energy up and I think what was said is that it's more of a fat burner. I know there have been some that helped me maintain my energy levels so I'm sure she'll find something that she likes. This time I think I may go about it without pills but I'm not sure that will be my final result since I'm so tired as it is. Man, I hope she doesn't flake out one me because I'm excited about this one!

iPad!

These are probably one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time. I know tablets have been around for a while but you can always bet that Apple will bring it on a fast forward. I'd love to have an iPad but I'm thinking I'll wait a little while (I'll have to anyway) so I can see how it evolves because you know it will. The thing I love most about Apple is the accessories they come out with and you know that they'll come out with some really cool Apple Ipad accessories. There are a couple of things I think they eventually will put into these so I know it's good for someone like me to wait but I can't wait until I can get one too!

No More Job

As quickly as it came, it went. DH no longer has a job. It's really bumming knowing that it wasn't his fault and we're back to square one but I'm not really surprised with the luck we've been having lately. I'm praying that he can find something else at least temporarily but the chances are slim I think considering the competition around here. Pretty much everyone is still over qualified for the jobs they are taking just because they need to make ends meet. It's still really hard and I'm not sure what we're going to do. I know it's all fallen back onto me and the stress is starting to become too much with everything else I have to do around the house everyday. I just keep praying things start looking up REALLY soon.

On Sale!

My mo has really been wanting to upgrade our furniture. We've ended up with a lot of hand-me-downs and it's all kind of a mish-mash of stuff now. Everything does kind of go together and fall into place but it's not our style at all and of course we'd like it to be. She saw that one of her favorite places is having a sale and picked out this really cool contemporary coffee table that I think she may get. The funny part is that it really won't go with a lot of the other things we have right now but eventually those will get traded out too...at least I hope it will be soon. LOL