It has become so exasperating. It seems that it doesn't matter what weekend is picked for the yard sales, it is not nice to us. For the last few years the Elgin and Area Lions have also been having their BBQ sale on the same weekend.
One weekend was so bad there was a dirt storm, not a dust storm, a dirt storm, the farmer just west of the village had decided to plow or seed or whatever his field. The wind that day came from the west. Everything and I mean everything, was covered in a layer of oily dirt. Where the oily part came from I don't have a clue, but it was hard to clean up as the duster wouldn't clean up all of it. A pail of warm soapy water had to follow the duster to make a good clean up.
I must say though that regardless of the wind and dirt, the Lions did have a fairly good BBQ sale. The community really did support it.
This year the weekend is not looking good again. We can only hope that our efforts will be well supported.
By the way, regardless of the weather, come out and join us and while here, look at the yard sales that will be available.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Smoking
This is a topic that is on most peoples minds. That is a smokers mind. I am a previous smoker, and although I feel that everyone should quit now. I know this is not possible.
Here is Ron's and my story on how we quit smoking and I will stand behind this way of quiting because I know it works. It did for us. I must remind you though that it is a crutch and you have to work with it. But this crutch works silently along side of you as try to quit.
We smoked the last two cigarettes that we had, threw the empty package away and went into the place to have a laser treatment. Scary, I'd say, but it wasn't. At the time we went into to take the quit smoking treatment, it was a special of 2 for 1. What better time to quit. Ron was smoking two packs a day and I smoked one. But I honestly think that I was more addicted than him. The Doctor had told me I had to quit but I felt that unless both of us quit that was not going to happen. I just couldn't quit with a smoker in the house.
We went up the stairs and proceeded to take the treatment. We were warned that we should come back in a month to be retreated to make sure it stays working. However, we have never gone back.
Ron was working in Winnipeg at the time so our phone bills got rather high. We quit going to the places where we knew there was heavy smoking. Some of our friends smoked, and though we let them smoke in the house, we encouraged them to smoke outside. In time, the ash trays went into the garage after we moved to our new location.
We had been warned that we would become violently sick if we would try to have a smoke. During that time, my Dad had died and I did try to have a smoke and I did indeed get really sick. That was the last time I tried to smoke. I washed the curtains, the walls, the clothes, everything I could. It was amazing how much tobacco crap covered everything. My kitchen curtains had brown stains in exposed areas. Windows were covered with a brown film, even the front of the TV. I really couldn't believe how much film our smoking was putting on the items inside our house and cars until we had quit.
Would we do it again? We sure would. It was the best thing that we could have done for ourselves. We quit in around 1989 and we are still cigarette free. Now we can smell the horrible smell of tobacco on our hair and clothes, our sinuses burn and become aggravated when we are near anyone else that smokes.
There is a company in Brandon that does do laser, I found the phone number in the advertisement in the little paper that is put for your convenience at local restaurants.
You have a whole lot to lose by trying it. The high cost of tobacco, the need to have make sure you have cigarettes handy at all times and you will gain the sense of freedom in not having to worry about all of things that go along with smoking.
Here is Ron's and my story on how we quit smoking and I will stand behind this way of quiting because I know it works. It did for us. I must remind you though that it is a crutch and you have to work with it. But this crutch works silently along side of you as try to quit.
We smoked the last two cigarettes that we had, threw the empty package away and went into the place to have a laser treatment. Scary, I'd say, but it wasn't. At the time we went into to take the quit smoking treatment, it was a special of 2 for 1. What better time to quit. Ron was smoking two packs a day and I smoked one. But I honestly think that I was more addicted than him. The Doctor had told me I had to quit but I felt that unless both of us quit that was not going to happen. I just couldn't quit with a smoker in the house.
We went up the stairs and proceeded to take the treatment. We were warned that we should come back in a month to be retreated to make sure it stays working. However, we have never gone back.
Ron was working in Winnipeg at the time so our phone bills got rather high. We quit going to the places where we knew there was heavy smoking. Some of our friends smoked, and though we let them smoke in the house, we encouraged them to smoke outside. In time, the ash trays went into the garage after we moved to our new location.
We had been warned that we would become violently sick if we would try to have a smoke. During that time, my Dad had died and I did try to have a smoke and I did indeed get really sick. That was the last time I tried to smoke. I washed the curtains, the walls, the clothes, everything I could. It was amazing how much tobacco crap covered everything. My kitchen curtains had brown stains in exposed areas. Windows were covered with a brown film, even the front of the TV. I really couldn't believe how much film our smoking was putting on the items inside our house and cars until we had quit.
Would we do it again? We sure would. It was the best thing that we could have done for ourselves. We quit in around 1989 and we are still cigarette free. Now we can smell the horrible smell of tobacco on our hair and clothes, our sinuses burn and become aggravated when we are near anyone else that smokes.
There is a company in Brandon that does do laser, I found the phone number in the advertisement in the little paper that is put for your convenience at local restaurants.
You have a whole lot to lose by trying it. The high cost of tobacco, the need to have make sure you have cigarettes handy at all times and you will gain the sense of freedom in not having to worry about all of things that go along with smoking.
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