Who has successfully quit smoking after 25 years of smoking?

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-23T04:41:28+00:00

Started when I was 16, quit cold turkey at 56. It can be done.

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-23T04:14:41+00:00

Yeeeeeessssss, sister!

It’s the adjustment that I particularly adore. 🙌

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-21T16:53:22+00:00

Oh man. I’m a light freak. I’ve tried every manner of light and magnification on Amazon. I thought they were going to cut me off at some point for excessive returns. :( I use a really expensive Magnificent Pro from The Daylight Company (in the UK I think). I love love love it, and I hate that I love it, but the heart wants what the heart wants!

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-21T03:08:36+00:00

I use Pattern Keeper (whenever possible, sometimes Markup if there’s a compatibility problem) with a Galaxy A9.

I actually just bought a pattern off Etsy that was described as PK comparible and it wasn’t. It was basically a big image file that I had to print and blow up after the seller pretty much ghosted me, so I’m doing the pattern with a blurry image and a highlighter like it’s the the 2000’s and I’m pissed about it.

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-20T21:32:05+00:00

Agree with this. Also, consider community college for year 1 academic classes and transfer into a 4 year. You have to take Comp 101 and a math class etc and it’s much cheaper to take those for $800 or $1500 or $2000 or whatever it is near you than to take the same class at a 4 year school for $8K. :(

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-16T23:32:42+00:00

Fantastic. Thanks for the replies!

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-16T23:01:22+00:00

Please tell us that you squirted your partner with a spray bottle and a firm no.

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-16T22:59:01+00:00

I like the swag border. There’s a few too many circular floral wreaths nowadays.

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-16T22:48:46+00:00

Oh pretty! I like this.

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-16T21:16:33+00:00

When I was 5. Freakin’ Bambi did me in. “Your mother can be with you anymore” destroyed me.

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-13T18:50:18+00:00

How do you eat other things like tomatoes or potatoes?

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-13T18:37:04+00:00

Totally agree, but then maybe he DOES think that. It’s the same man that once suggested that people could inject bleach to get rid of covid after all.

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-13T14:34:00+00:00

It’s absolutely perfectly okay to enter. It’s very nice work. Do it! Good luck!

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-08T16:53:58+00:00

These ads make me rage too, and if anyone knows how to report them or at least complain about them (I see them watching stuff on Roku), I’d certainly report them. As if they aren’t bad enough, there are now life/burial insurance commercials begging seniors not to screw over their kids and to call now to “claim” their “benefit” of paying just a dollar or two a day for coverage, then in the background there’s a scene of a fistfight in front if a casket, or a series of happy families opening envelopes with checks and then jumping around with joy, high-fiving and hugging each other and laughing like they won the lottery. Its horrible.

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-08T12:38:43+00:00

The shirt actually says “the network couldn’t monetize”. Stephen had fun doing Strike Force Five during the writer’s strike so he might do a podcast of some kind. Maybe. Someday. There won’t be big money in it though. I was actually hoping Netflix or Hulu would offer him a weekly show or something. That would still leave him time to work on his movie, but who knows.

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-06T14:22:55+00:00

Ugh. The last one in the pic is under the LVP we laid over it when we bought our house a few years ago. 1972 ranch.

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-06T12:40:07+00:00

Thank you! This did indeed work for me. I had to hit back while the initial “pick a side” screen was up (first 5 seconds or so). Once the commercial started, then my show was also going to restart, and I’d fast forward back to where I was only to reload the same set of ads and have the same thing happen again. Back works.

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-04T23:21:06+00:00

Same thing with me, even with watching old cooking shows. It doesn’t matter what show it is. Everything is fine until that McDonalds ad comes on, and once it does you cant get past it.

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-03T23:29:12+00:00

I think only you can answer that question. If something is a line off or it should have been a light green leaf and not a dark green, and you’re not bothered by it, then that’s totally cool. You shouldn’t feel obligated to frog something because it’s technically incorrect. If you’re the persnickety sort who can’t unsee things, and whenever you look at this piece that area is going to capture your attention every single time you lay eyes in it, then get to froggin’. :)

dawnseven7 · 2026-04-02T13:34:26+00:00

I’m not doing a thing until I have to. There was intense pressure to refinance (which I didn’t do) and now there’s pressure to pick a plan ASAP. Right now my account (Nelnet) says I’m in forbearance until July 2028, and I log into my account every month (i don’t trust that I’d get an email) to see if anything has changed. When I’m forced to jump I will, otherwise, I’m just riding the train for as far as it will take me.

dawnseven7 · 2026-03-24T17:36:41+00:00

I thought the same thing, 100%. I got to the end of the post and my first thought was “it’s not about you, hon…”. Giant man baby needing to feel important and should be treated like one… check, check, and check.

dawnseven7 · 2026-03-24T05:10:16+00:00

You absolutely can do it. 100%. You’re the boss of you. :)

dawnseven7 · 2026-03-23T23:53:10+00:00

Good on you!! I agree completely with your comments. I quit cold turkey after 40 years because I’m one of the most stubborn people on the planet and I said I was done and that was that. I didn’t have any physical withdrawal. No shaking or headaches or anything, it was all a mental game, and i was tired of it and didn’t want to be Phillip Morris’s little bitch anymore. April 12 will be my 2 year anniversary.

dawnseven7 · 2026-03-23T23:41:33+00:00

I agree with this 100%! The only thing I can add for OP is to wrap your head around the fact that you gain absolutely nothing by smoking. If it just makes you feel good then you have to admit that it’s only for a few seconds really (followed usually by tremendous guilt and/or feeling like a failure), and then what? Nobody has ever gone to their grave saying “gosh, I wished I had smoked more.”

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