Big Announcement

Two $1 plastic bucket/shovel combos from HEB=Great fun for the girls and 30 minutes of peace and quiet for me.

But that's not the big announcement. Drumroll please..............I am going to quit try my hardest to quit smoking. The reason I say it like that is, well, I've tried before. I quit with each of my pregnancies but then picked it back up like the bad habit it is. I'll admit that I even tried quitting with the gum (when no pregnancy was involved), and after buying a $50 box of gum, started again within 2 days. I have a brand new box of lozenges, sitting on the kitchen counter, staring at me. There is a major difference this time, however, that I am hoping will finally turn the tide. My husband is quitting with me. Being the strong man that he is (read: unwilling to admit to weakness and/or being addicted), he is going cold turkey with no nicotine replacement therapy. We also have another friend, his helper at work, who is joining what we have coined "the quitting party". The only reason I am spilling this secret here, where family reads, is because I am hoping accountability will increase our chances of success. We need every bit of motivation we can get, and anything that will tip the scale in our favor. If I have to admit to loved ones that I am smoking again, maybe that will get me through the moments when I just want to give up and light up.