Day5: I smell CHANGE

Blame it on Obama, but CHANGE is in the air of the Jeep household.

I think that by changing one thing.. it has spurred a great deal of other things.

I am now 5 days smoke free. This weekend I conquered my daughter's 4th birthday party (Halo Laser Tag Tea Party), drinking with my friends on saturday evening, and a major clanmates meltdown last night. All without want of a smoke. All without thinking of a smoke.

My two urges were habit related - one when I was getting ready for practice Friday evening, I always smoke at the balcony while we fill up the lobby. I walked toward the door, reached in my purse for smokes... and realized what I was doing. lol. The second one was Sunday morning... hubby made coffee and I automatically grabbed a cup and headed to the balcony...

The meds do make me ADD, OCD and other acronyms. But the pictures are straight, and I have a new appreciation for all the little ladybugs in my house. :)

So this Change has occurred. and now more amazing things are happening.

1. My kids have managed to keep their rooms clean for a week straight. Without me asking, begging, or bribing them to keep it clean. It was nice to have a weekend without being knee deep in stuffed teddy bears and left over cereal.

2. Kids are managing their laundry. Well, my son is doing the bulk of it. Sunday morning I woke up to the sound of my son lugging his hamper downstairs and dumping it into the washer. He had brought his sister's clothes as well. They both have been putting them in the hamper.. not on the floor. Better than I do! :)

3. The dogs are magically being fed, watered and put out in the mornings. All week... I thought it was hubby, hubby thought it was me. Saturday morning the culprit was caught. My son is not only getting himself dressed in the morning for school, he has started letting the dogs out of the crate, feeding them then putting them outside for the day. He even takessome time to play with them a bit. He said he really enjoys it.

4. My brother-in-law has quit smoking as well.

5. My husband's bank job is still very shaky. He still has it... but there is no guarantee that he won't lose it. The military has some things in the works for him. More money, and on track for his flight status. So good news all around!

I consider these to be little perks to quitting smoking. They might have happened anyways, but I don't think I would have appreciated them as much. It's tough to make a change, to start or stop something. I am really proud of my kids, and my family. Alright.. I'll quit being sappy.

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LLS Tournament! I am participating in a tournament to raise funds and awareness for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). Please take a moment to click the link. A good friend of mine is running this. :) If you can't participate, please considering donating! There's a RockBand tourney for the last week that I know a lot of you would ROCK at! :)

http://llsxct.blogspot.com/

COD4 -(Sat) 2/7/09 8pm CST
Halo 3 - (Sun) 2/8/09 8pm CST
Rockband 2 - (Sun) 2/15/09 3pm CST

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This coming weekend I will be in Goldboro for the Carolina Games Summit LAN 2009! :) Wish me luck! http://www.carolinagamessummit.com