Simple Pleasures
katie
everyone is saying to focus on the simple pleasures in life and
that it is the simple things that make life so enjoyable. I have
thought about taking up gardening or taking some time for myself
each day. But, I haven't really been inspired by any of my
ideas. I am hoping that you all might be able to share some
stories on what you do to enjoy life's little moments...hopefully
they may inspire me and bring a smile to my face as well!
Thanks so much!
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Brekke
off yourself (cause, really, kiteflying is a barefootinthegrass kinda thing
to do anyway) when you realize you can make it turn without crashing it into
the earth.
Susan, who impressed the socks off herself just yesterday, standing barefoot
in the sand, while DH anxiously watched his precious new sport kite, praying
it wouldn't land in the big bad ocean
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Brekke
open till 11 and sneak out ALL BY YOURSELF when the children are asleep and
walk around for an hour peeking at all sorts of books you'd never peek at if
the kids were with you. Browse through the craft section and be Martha
Stewart for ten minutes. (Any longer than that and I get a rash,
personally.)
OR
Buy some fancy coffee. General Foods International, any flavour. Make
yourself a decadent breakfast beverage by heating some milk in the microwave
and making the coffee with that.
OR
Take your kids to the playground and leave your watch at home
OR
Pretend no-one knows your children and video them for a day, with a view to
telling someone what they like and who they are. (I found this one
accidentally, because I want to send my son's birthmother video of him
...had a blast setting him up for shots all day "Look, he can open this door
all by himself, look, isn't he sweet when he's sleeping? This is his
favourite teddy bear, etc. Makes you totally fall in love with this little
person, all over again. And then you have the video for the rest of
forever)
OR
Pay WAY too much for a haircut.
That's all I can think of at the moment :)
Susan, who is off to do laundry, fancy coffee in hand ...
Enid Karr
immersing myself in any water available whenever possible;
having my honey make me tea before bed!
Enid
katie wrote:
> I have been doing a lot of reading lately and it seems like
> everyone is saying to focus on the simple pleasures in life and
> that it is the simple things that make life so enjoyable. I have
> thought about taking up gardening or taking some time for myself
> each day. But, I haven't really been inspired by any of my
> ideas. I am hoping that you all might be able to share some
> stories on what you do to enjoy life's little moments...hopefully
> they may inspire me and bring a smile to my face as well!
>
> Thanks so much!
>
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Susan I liked your ideas also.
I went to a Feng Shui lecture at Chapters ( a mighty large book store) the
other night, it was free I love free stuff, it happens once a month. I was
so inspired I immediately went home & started cleaning the clutter from my
home, relocating things & adding beautiful things. It's been like a project
for me.
After sharing this great experience w/ girlfriends we decided to go to
Chapters every Fri evening after the kids are in bed.We can grab a fancy
coffee & read to eachother or take notes. First were going to read more on
Feng Shui then other subjects from parenting, woman hood issues, &
spirituality etc.
It is the little things that make me grateful, I look forward to the
simplest events & I like to have a lot of little projects going on, it keeps
me busy & happy. My home is my favorite place to be so to treat myself there
I might take a long bubble bath to music & candles, give myself a facial etc
w/ a glass of wine & some good reading material.
--
Ginny~Mommy to Ryan almost 4 & Sarah almost 2 yrs old
" Success in life is more about what we have overcome than that which we
have achieved. " My Mother
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Weezy
And if it's not kiteflying weather where you live ...find a bookstore that's
open till 11 and sneak out ALL BY YOURSELF when the children are asleep and
walk around for an hour peeking at all sorts of books you'd never peek at if
the kids were with you. Browse through the craft section and be Martha
Stewart for ten minutes. (Any longer than that and I get a rash,
personally.)
That is exactly what my friend and I do every 2nd Sunday!! We leave the
kids with dh's (most of the time they are sleeping). And we take off to
Chapters. We laugh, chit-chat, sit and have fancy coffee ( they have a
Starbucks there) You wouldn't believe what 2 hours of *freedom* can do for
you.
Louise
--
Rule #1~ Don't sweat the small stuff.
Rule #2~ It's all small stuff.
Lynne Bromley
joys of drawing. I'm no great artist, I do best when I copy from pictures
or photos, but just this weekend I've done a picture of a horse for Kay, a
Thomas the Tank for Conor and Lion King characters for Emily. The kids want
to go and buy frames from our local bargain shop to display them.
If you're not confident about drawing, even colouring pictures from books is
really relaxing, if you go for favourite characters they can make great pics
for the kids' rooms. It's such a simple thing, it almost takes you back to
your own childhood, and always gets me going on more demanding creative
projects. My mum was asking what I'd like from the kids for Mothers Day, as
she plans to take them shopping soon, and I've said I'd like my own art set,
pencils, paint etc, and some quality paper - that way I won't have to
contend with run-out felt tips and broken lead from the kids' stuff!
Lynne
--
"While you are wasting your time on your enemies,
Engulfed in a fever of spite,
Beyond your tunnel vision, reality fades,
Like shadows into the night" - Pink Floyd
Brekke wrote in message <_lOD4.573$k9.1...@news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com>...
>Flying a kite. Get one of those ones with two strings and impress the
socks
>off yourself (cause, really, kiteflying is a barefootinthegrass kinda thing
>to do anyway) when you realize you can make it turn without crashing it
into
>the earth.
>
>Susan, who impressed the socks off herself just yesterday, standing
barefoot
>in the sand, while DH anxiously watched his precious new sport kite,
praying
>it wouldn't land in the big bad ocean
>
just me
he ignores me and I watch them sail off over the house....
OR
Sitting in the back yard while the short person plays and leaning my head
back to watch the clouds sail by.
OR
sitting with the short person while he watches Rug Rats and I do my counted
cross stitch of the steam engine that will *eventually* grace his bed room
wall.
OR
watching the short person when he doesn't realize I am watching him play
OR
typing on the ng 8-)
OR
curling up with a cup of coffee [sorry, no fancy ones] and a good book on a
rainy day while all the other folks are taking a nap.
OR
turning on a classical music station while I wait for the short person to
fall to sleep and embroidering
OR
turning on Click and Clack on NPR on Saturday mornings
OR
turning on some ELO or the Moody Blues or Yes to full volume [well as loud
as the speakers will handle without breaking] and cleaning the house while
boogying down. [lasts about 10 minutes until I die from lack of
oxygen.....]
Or
driving out to the ocean and watching the waves roll in, the pelicans float
by and the children play while dh and ds dig sand castles......
Or
well, I'm sure I'll think of a few more later. Just, don't forget the cup
of Cranberry Cove tea with a cinnamon stick....tasty!
- Aula
Tania C
is napping, we have tea and treats and grown up conversation and it is
so heavenly. It only happens ever couple of months due to our schedule,
but the laughter and company of a really good friend always rejuvinates
my soul!
Regards,
Tania
katie wrote:
>
> I have been doing a lot of reading lately and it seems like
> everyone is saying to focus on the simple pleasures in life and
> that it is the simple things that make life so enjoyable. I have
> thought about taking up gardening or taking some time for myself
> each day. But, I haven't really been inspired by any of my
> ideas. I am hoping that you all might be able to share some
> stories on what you do to enjoy life's little moments...hopefully
> they may inspire me and bring a smile to my face as well!
>
> Thanks so much!
>
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<snipped>
>checking out the newsgroups
> and having a smoke (I'm fessing up here- my bad, I know)...
Tut, tut, you naughty girl ;) Nah, you're not the only one who likes to
have a smoke whilst checking out the newsgroups. If I haven't got my packet
of ciggies by my side and one in my mouth, it just doesn't feel right.
Debbie
melvalena
My truck won't start with out a lit ciggie!
But alas...its comming to an end...I've developed an ulcer from taking
high doses of advil, on advise of my dr for a condition I have. I
can't take anything but tylonol for the rest of my life...I've also
developed an alergy to the advil. (and most likley any asprin or
asprin like stuf)
I am getting treated for the ulcer now, have given up coffee and any
cafinated drinks, all of the spicy foods I love, and alcohol. This is
just for 4-6 weeks for the medicine to heal the ulcer.
But the ciggies do make me sick. I'm giving them up now...its easier
to do if you don't feel good and they are making you sick when you do
smoke them.
I wish I'd never started. I don't ever want to be this sick again,
Especially from doing something I know is stupid to begin with, and I
did it to myself.
But I do love to smoke them. I'm sure I'll miss them too. :(
"Debbie Hardisty" <famil...@localdial.com> wrote:
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the worst in people.--David Sarnoff
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts.
Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours
Bethany
melvalena wrote in message <38e0f951....@talkway.com>...
>Hey!
> My truck won't start with out a lit ciggie!
LOL, neither will mine... ;o)
>But alas...its comming to an end...I've developed an ulcer from taking
>high doses of advil, on advise of my dr for a condition I have. I
>can't take anything but tylonol for the rest of my life...I've also
>developed an alergy to the advil. (and most likley any asprin or
>asprin like stuf)
>I am getting treated for the ulcer now, have given up coffee and any
>cafinated drinks, all of the spicy foods I love, and alcohol. This is
>just for 4-6 weeks for the medicine to heal the ulcer.
Oh my goodness, I've heard that is SO painful, I'm glad you found the
culprit and are taking care of yourself...
> But the ciggies do make me sick. I'm giving them up now...its easier
>to do if you don't feel good and they are making you sick when you do
>smoke them.
That is so true, I managed to quit cold turkey when I was pregnant because
even the faintist whiff of cigarette smoke made me want to retch... It
would have been kind of tough if I didn't have that reaction...
>I wish I'd never started. I don't ever want to be this sick again,
>Especially from doing something I know is stupid to begin with, and I
>did it to myself.
>But I do love to smoke them. I'm sure I'll miss them too. :(
I know I'll have to quit eventually, too. Hang in there! ~Bethany
Bethany
Bethany wrote...
><snipped>
>>checking out the newsgroups
>> and having a smoke (I'm fessing up here- my bad, I know)...
>Tut, tut, you naughty girl ;) Nah, you're not the only one who likes to
>have a smoke whilst checking out the newsgroups. If I haven't got my
packet
>of ciggies by my side and one in my mouth, it just doesn't feel right.
>
>Debbie
LOL, I'm glad I'm not the only 'naughty' one... ;o) It seems like I have
been smoking so much more since we got the computer because they seem to go
hand in hand. In the US, ya can't even smoke in public anymore because of
all the dirty looks... It doesn't help that I look like I'm in high school.
I KNOW it's bad, I just REALLY enjoy it. Boo-hoo ;o). Of course, I don't
smoke around my son, FWIW. I'm off to don a flame retardant suit, I just
know this twist in the thread is going to draw flames... ~Bethany
Shoshana
Well, apart from the fact that I've packed up smoking,
have you SEEN the price of cigs in the UK?!
I am terrified my brain becomes more and more
atrpohied every time I read "Where's Spot".
<g>
--
Happy Thoughts
Shoshana
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not
sure about the former."
Albert Einstein
Bethany <Beth...@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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>
> Arghh my simple pleasures are lot different than you guys'... Here
goes...
> Going to the club and dancing like a crazy lady all night with my
> girlfriends... Going to Home Depot and making plans, I just walk round
and
> round and think about what's next for our house... Occasionally I get to
> spend some money... I go to Target and do this, too- good times- they
> always have such neat trendy stuff... Sneaking into my room during
Parker's
> naptime, closing the door, wedging myself between the computer and the
open
> window with my strong coffee and heavy cream, checking out the newsgroups
> and having a smoke (I'm fessing up here- my bad, I know)... Going out
into
> the garden and getting my fingernails dirty... My sister and I have been
> jogging about 3-4 times a week, we usually walk about half of our route
and
> have long talks about life... Drawing, painting, reading, and going to
> school helps me feel like an individual, not someones who is completely
> defined by the titles I have acquired in the past few years... (I.e.
> "wife", "housewife", and "mother") Plus it keeps me from mentally
> stagnating (my greatest fear...) ~Bethany
>
>
> katie wrote in message <0f208768...@usw-ex0102-014.remarq.com>...
Weezy
Good luck quitting!!!
Louise
Debbie Hardisty <famil...@localdial.com> wrote in message
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> Shoshana <shoshana...@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> > Right ok, you've stolen my life Bethany!
> > Well, apart from the fact that I've packed up smoking,
> > have you SEEN the price of cigs in the UK?!
>
just
> wondered how much are they now?
>
> Here in Jersey, they're £2.70 for a pack of 20 B&H. When they got to
£2.00
> a pack I swore that I'd give up, but I guess I changed my mind somewhere
> along the line - I'l give up when they reach the £3.00 mark :-/
>
> Debbie
>
>
>
Debbie Hardisty
Debbie Hardisty
with the quitting.
Debbie
melvalena <melv...@concentric.net> wrote in message
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> Hey!
> My truck won't start with out a lit ciggie!
>
> But alas...its comming to an end...I've developed an ulcer from taking
> high doses of advil, on advise of my dr for a condition I have. I
> can't take anything but tylonol for the rest of my life...I've also
> developed an alergy to the advil. (and most likley any asprin or
> asprin like stuf)
>
> I am getting treated for the ulcer now, have given up coffee and any
> cafinated drinks, all of the spicy foods I love, and alcohol. This is
> just for 4-6 weeks for the medicine to heal the ulcer.
>
> But the ciggies do make me sick. I'm giving them up now...its easier
> to do if you don't feel good and they are making you sick when you do
> smoke them.
>
> I wish I'd never started. I don't ever want to be this sick again,
> Especially from doing something I know is stupid to begin with, and I
> did it to myself.
>
> But I do love to smoke them. I'm sure I'll miss them too. :(
>
>
> "Debbie Hardisty" <famil...@localdial.com> wrote:
>
> >Bethany <Beth...@prodigy.net> wrote in message
> >news:8bqoo3$c0mm$1...@newssvr03-int.news.prodigy.com...
> >
> ><snipped>
> >>checking out the newsgroups
> >> and having a smoke (I'm fessing up here- my bad, I know)...
> >
> >Tut, tut, you naughty girl ;) Nah, you're not the only one who likes to
> >have a smoke whilst checking out the newsgroups. If I haven't got my
packet
> >of ciggies by my side and one in my mouth, it just doesn't feel right.
> >
> >Debbie
> >
> >
>
Debbie Hardisty
Zipper
Fall and i would really love one today.
I loooooove to sit outside in my garden with my neighbours (who are also
my best freinds) and drink coffee, and smoke a cigar. (I know its
naughty but I do love it.)
--
~Zipper~ (who quit smoking 10 years ago...but still craves it once in a
while)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Did you know that the scientific term for a woman like you is beautimus
maximus?
cur...@mondenet.com
"Debbie Hardisty" <famil...@localdial.com> wrote in message
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Bethany
kylie wrote in message ...
> I'm off to don a flame retardant suit, I just
>> know this twist in the thread is going to draw flames... ~Bethany
>>
>
Heehee that was unintentional... ;o)
>anyway, .... whaaaaaaaat? getting flamed for smoking?! well, i smoke too,
so
>there's going to be a lot of us in for it if it's going to happen. in
>australia about 1/3 (& for some reason, rising) of women smoke. i don't
>understand this. i would quit if i could, but i still like it too much!
Well, where I live it is pretty socially unacceptable. :oP Could just be
my family and the area where I live... I get lectured all the time. I
visited LA a few years ago, and they don't even have smoking sections in
restaurants. I *think* California outlawed smoking in bars, too. Egads, I
would stop going! Half of the people I know who are nonsmokers light up
when they go to the bar. It seems like if there is such a huge need to have
nonsmoking bars and restaurants that they could have both... But they just
entirely made it illegal to smoke inside public buildings.
>what annoys me isn't people who dislike cigarette smoke (i can understand
>that - that's why most smokers do it outside these days) but people who
>suggest that smoking is morally questionable, bad without exception, & a
>sign of a weak person!!!
Ahhhh, that last sentence was a very good point. I can totally understand
people not wanting to be around cigarette smoke- I understand what it feels
like for it to make you feel physically ill, I experienced it for 9 months
when I was pregnant. I just hate it when I get judged for it. I do try to
be polite about it- If I want to smoke and I'm around a nonsmoker, I just
go outside. ~Bethany
Brekke
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Bethany
Shoshana wrote in message ...
>Right ok, you've stolen my life Bethany!
Ohhh... Doppelgangers living identical lives from across the oceans... On
the next X-Files... ;o)
(Does the UK get that show?)
>Well, apart from the fact that I've packed up smoking,
>have you SEEN the price of cigs in the UK?!
Congratulations on quitting! They are getting way too expensive around
here, too...
>I am terrified my brain becomes more and more
>atrpohied every time I read "Where's Spot".
Oh, it does, it's a classified disorder known as "Mommy Brain Syndrome"..
;o) You pack your head full of that nonsensical stuff and before you know
it, you can't even remember simple things like appointments, the difference
between a noun and a verb, or that guy's name who you dated for a year in
high school.. But you do know EVERY word to Green Eggs and Ham! ;o)
~Bethany
Bethany
Congratulations on quitting after 14 years, Louise, that is quite an
accomplishment! Now you have to think up a new nickname- Weezy probably
doesn't quite fit anymore... ;o) ~Bethany
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Bethany
Brekke wrote in message ...
>all restaurants in California are non-smoking
Are the bars, too? (just wondering) ~Bethany
Brekke
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Shoshana
over the Foxster!
How sad am I? Let me count the ways,...
;-)
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Happy Thoughts
Shoshana
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not
sure about the former."
Albert Einstein
Bethany <Beth...@prodigy.net> wrote in message
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just me
up to $1.18 by the time I quit my 3 pack a day pack in 1983 or so.} Those
of you who want to quit/just quit/quit a long time ago, hang in there. It
is so worth it! I can breath without an inspatory wheeze, I don't get
bronchitis [had it chronic before I quit after only 8 yrs. smoking], I don't
wake up at 4 am for a smoke, my house me and my car don't smell, I can smell
food cooking, fresh mown grass, etc., and my singing and speaking voice has
come up a couple notches since I quit. Stairs don't kill my breathing!
Yeah, I'm one of those horrible reformed smokers. I hope everyone quits. I
must say, though, I got much more sensitive about smoking when I met dh as
he has a severe smoke allergy - makes him go into severe asthma type
attacks, even if we are near a smoker outside. All he has to do is whiff
the stuff. Poor guy!
- Aula, who is rambling without her a.m. coffee made yet.
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>
> In MI, they are at least $3.20 a pack for nongeneric- and going up all the
> time. They keep taxing them more and more. I could drive an hour to
> Toledo, Ohio, and get a pack for under $2.00. Wierd. I am going to have
to
> figure out how to grow tobacco... ;o)
> BTW, Debbie, how do you convert US dollars to pounds? I have always
> wondered that. ~Bethany
>
> Debbie Hardisty wrote in message <8breoq$5g5ln$1...@fu-berlin.de>...
Debbie Hardisty
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>
> wondered that. ~Bethany
I quite often use an online money convertor, but I can't remember the URL
for it at the moment - (I'll get back to you on that one). Otherwise, I
work it out along the lines of £1.00 = approx. $1.50 - that then allows for
any drops or inclines in the rate of exchange.
Debbie
Shoshana
kylie <stor...@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> that's not sad, shoshana, everyone swoons over him, even heterosexual men
&
> lesbians. he's just got that *thang*!
> :-)
> kylie
Ahh well, there's hope for my poor little brain yet then!
Although the weather is so *utterly* miserable here
today, it's a wonder it hasn't gone into hibernation ;-)
Shoshana
Enid Karr
smoking....) yesterday while I was reviewing my daughters' summer
plans.
When I was 12 I spent a summer at sleepaway camp. This was a
so-called top-notch, accredited, etc. camp. They had all the finest
facilities, and every sport from archery to water sports. They also
had an insidious little problem going on in the bunks at night.
The entire summer was spent fighting off peer pressure to start smoking.
The leading clique in the bunk smoked, and they set the rule that everyone
had to smoke or be an outcast. Being the ornery, asocial little dweeb I was,
I chose the outcast role immediately, but I watched in horror as all but two
other kids in the bunk caved and started smoking. We had counselors,
of course, but this all took place during free activity time before bed, and
after lights out, when there was no counselor in the bunk (someone
was stationed outside the bunk a ways (the on-duty) to make sure no-one
escaped, but the counselors had no idea what went on in the bunks.
There were, what? 12, maybe 15 girls in that bunk. So 9-12 of them went
home smoking. Knowing what we know about the difficulty of quitting,
how many of them do you think have managed to quit? That was 25 years ago.
These women are now in their late 30's. Many, probably most of them have
had children by now. How many of them were unable to give up smoking
during pregnancy? How were their babies affected?
Another 25 year from now, my former bunkmates and I will be nearing
retirement age. Will some of us already have lost a terrible battle with
lung cancer, a battle unwittingly engaged a half century ago, when
getting in with the popular girls meant so much more than what life
would be life as an old lady? Will others be struggling with the
devastation of emphysema and other tobacco-related diseases,
breathing with difficulty and unable to enjoy the years they have left?
How can I prevent this from happening with my own children?
We've talked about smoking, of course, and what can happen
if you start. I've told them about my experiences, and how hard
it was that summer; how that summer solidified my decision
to never start (I rebelled by NOT smoking ;-) ), and most
of all, how glad I am that I never did start.
Not ever starting is really the key. Quitting is so terribly hard.
So how can we empower our children to resist this pressure
to smoke, so they never have to try to quit?
Enid
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kylie wrote:
what annoys me isn't people who dislike cigarette smoke (i can understand
> that - that's why most smokers do it outside these days) but people who
> suggest that smoking is morally questionable, bad without exception, & a
> sign of a weak person!!!
>
> off to have a fag now,
> kylie
Weezy
Brekke
<grin>
Susan
"kylie" <stor...@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> that's not sad, shoshana, everyone swoons over him, even heterosexual men
&
> lesbians. he's just got that *thang*!
> :-)
> kylie
>
> Shoshana wrote in message > We can be the X-Files as long as I get to
Bethany
David Duchovny is *very* yummy... I guess I am a sad individual, too. ;o)
~Bethany
Shoshana wrote in message ...
>We can be the X-Files as long as I get to swoon
>over the Foxster!
>How sad am I? Let me count the ways,...
Spencer & Miyuki
I decided I hate those dual line stunt kites the day my (then) 13 year
old step-son picked one up and started doing all sorts of tricks with
just a little coaching from his father. I, on the other hand, broke
the noses (and spars) off of several of them!
Ironically, my DH and I make kites! We have gone to two international
kite fests (Bristol & Dieppe) and to several others around the country.
My DH has also been on the cover of Kitelines too! :) Although that was
many, many moons ago.
Miyuki, who will stick to her single line "sky trash" and fighter kites!
Brekke wrote:
>
> Flying a kite. Get one of those ones with two strings and impress the socks
> off yourself (cause, really, kiteflying is a barefootinthegrass kinda thing
> to do anyway) when you realize you can make it turn without crashing it into
> the earth.
>
> Susan, who impressed the socks off herself just yesterday, standing barefoot
> in the sand, while DH anxiously watched his precious new sport kite, praying
> it wouldn't land in the big bad ocean
Tania C
until the day I found out I was pregnant. I quit with no problems.
Every once in a blue moon I feel like having a smoke, but then I
remember how bad it smells and I don't.
I don't have a problem with people who choose to smoke, what I do have a
problem is when people smoke around children who are unable to leave or
unaware that it is harmful.
Brekke wrote:
>
> all restaurants in California are non-smoking
>
> "Bethany" <Beth...@prodigy.net> wrote in message
> news:8bs483$cs0g$1...@newssvr03-int.news.prodigy.com...
> >
> > kylie wrote in message ...
> > > I'm off to don a flame retardant suit, I just
> > >> know this twist in the thread is going to draw flames... ~Bethany
> > >>
> > >
> > >ho ho, bethany, tho' there was probably no pun intended. :-)
> >
> > Heehee that was unintentional... ;o)
> >
> > >anyway, .... whaaaaaaaat? getting flamed for smoking?! well, i smoke too,
> > so
> > >there's going to be a lot of us in for it if it's going to happen. in
> > >australia about 1/3 (& for some reason, rising) of women smoke. i don't
> > >understand this. i would quit if i could, but i still like it too much!
> >
> >
> > Well, where I live it is pretty socially unacceptable. :oP Could just be
> > my family and the area where I live... I get lectured all the time. I
> > visited LA a few years ago, and they don't even have smoking sections in
> > restaurants. I *think* California outlawed smoking in bars, too. Egads,
> I
> > would stop going! Half of the people I know who are nonsmokers light up
> > when they go to the bar. It seems like if there is such a huge need to
> have
> > nonsmoking bars and restaurants that they could have both... But they
> just
> > entirely made it illegal to smoke inside public buildings.
> >
> > >what annoys me isn't people who dislike cigarette smoke (i can understand
> > >that - that's why most smokers do it outside these days) but people who
> > >suggest that smoking is morally questionable, bad without exception, & a
> > >sign of a weak person!!!
> >
> >
> > Ahhhh, that last sentence was a very good point. I can totally understand
> > people not wanting to be around cigarette smoke- I understand what it
> feels
> > like for it to make you feel physically ill, I experienced it for 9 months
> > when I was pregnant. I just hate it when I get judged for it. I do try
> to
> > be polite about it- If I want to smoke and I'm around a nonsmoker, I just
> > go outside. ~Bethany
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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