Posted by Silke on Dec 10, 2007 in
Uncategorized A year ago, Paul had booked us into the Alan Carr Clinic.
We’d discussed it, and we’d decided to give up smoking.
And that’s the last time you’ll see me refer to this as “Giving up”, because… I didn’t give up smoking.
Yes, you saw that right. I said I didn’t.
One year on, I am still a non smoker.
I stopped smoking. That’s the difference.
If you keep telling yourself that you’re giving up, you’ll never do it. So go and rewire your brain.
You give up strawberries. You give up chocolate.
You stop smoking.
If I told you to eat dirt, would you say you’d stop eating dirt, or you’d give up eating dirt?
Okay that was step 1. Stop giving up. Just stop. Period. You’re going to have to rewire your brain a bit probably, but it’s doable.
Step 2 is simple too. Ignore what everyone tells you. As long as you are comfortable with the way you’ve stopped – keep doing it.
For instance, I used a real cigarette, drenched in peppermint oil, and sucked on that sometimes. Not because I wanted a cigarette, but because the activity helped me to think. Everyone was flapping about it.
I still have that ciggie. I have no desire to smoke it.
Go cold turkey. It might sound hard, but it’s not that bad. Yeah, you get a craving every now and then, but it’s more for the action of smoking than for the nicotine.
Still… I am amazed at myself. I did it. I will keep doing it.
Oh. My. Gosh.
I figured it was worth mentioning. 
Silke writes paranormal romance, and knows a thing or two about things going bump in the night. Although it is usually her, creeping to the kitchen at O' Dawn Thirty to score another cup of coffee.
She grew up in Germany, but her home of choice is in the UK, where she lives with her partner on the outskirts of London.
Her first book Smitten is now available from Decadent Publishing.
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Posted by admin on Dec 8, 2007 in
Uncategorized Hello to everyone in blogland. I’m Bethany, the airheaded wench, and I’ve forgotten the password to my personal blog. So – until I get that straightned out, I’m just going to blog all of the wonderfully mundane things that go through my head here. Aren’t you all lucky?!?
Considering we’re coming up on Christmas, and I’ve so far managed to completely ignore the fact I haven’t even started shopping yet, I thought a bit of Christmas cheer was in order. So, without further ado, I’ll post the answers to the survey Angelle tagged me with a few days ago.
- Eggnog or hot chocolate? Hot chocolate. Eggnog is just gross.
- Does Santa wrap presents or just put them under the tree? Depends. Most get wrapped, but some of the bigger ones might just go under the tree.
- Colored or white lights on tree/house? Colored.
- Do you hang mistletoe? Nope.
- When do you put your decorations up? Usually the weekend after Thanksgiving, but this year I STILL haven’t put them up yet. Tomorrow…I swear.
- What is your holiday dish (excluding dessert)? There are dishes other than desert?
- Favorite holiday memory as a child. Watching the classics for the week leading up to Christmas. You know the ones…Albert Finney’s Scrooge (the musical version), Santa Clause is Coming to Town, The Year Without a Santa Clause….the classics!!
- When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I’m the oldest, so I found out at some point during my early grade school years from a friend, lol.
- Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? We do Christmas Eve with the husband’s family, so we open tons of gifts Christmas eve. Growing up, we got to open 1 gift Christmas Eve, right after we read Twas the Night Before Christmas.
- How do you decorate your Christmas tree? The usual – lights, glass balls, garland, ornaments (no tinsel, though. Too messy!)
- Snow! Love it or dread it? Loathe it with an all consuming hatred. It’s pretty to look at, though.
- Can you ice skate? No. I’ve been bugging hubby to teach me for two years.
- Do you remember your favorite gift? A stuffed bear, the first gift hubby gave me when we were dating.
- What’s the most important thing about the holidays for you? Spending time with the family, and not having to work.
- What is your favorite holiday dessert? Chocolate Cream Pie.
- What is your favorite holiday tradition? Decorating the tree, watching The Classics, and reading Twas the Night Before Christmas on Christmas Eve…I’m very traditional, LOL.
- What tops your tree? A star.
- Which do you prefer, giving or receiving? Both.
- What is your favourite Christmas song? I Hate People
. No, seriously, it’s my theme song, and it’s from the Albert Finney version of Scrooge. OK…serious Christmas Song…hmmmm….I like all of the oldies, as long as they haven’t been bastardized by a boy band. All time favorites are probably Wonderful Christmastime, Sleigh Bells, Christmas Shoes (even though I ball like a baby every time I hear it), and all of the songs from The Classics. (Are you noticing a trend yet? LOL)
- Candy canes. Delish!
- Favourite Christmas movie? The Classics .
- What do you leave for Santa? Milk and Cookies.
- What is your Christmas Wish? To go out to Japan and force a little holiday spirit on Angelle
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Posted by Silke on Dec 6, 2007 in
Uncategorized 
You know…
Deb started some evil thing. So I’m… going to do it too!
I just got tagged by Angelle… so I’ve now tagged Lara. Only fair! And Nicole needs to get herself a darn blog so I can tag her too! And Kath! And… you know who you are!
So I figured I’ll make one post here… sling the trackback to it into my tag.
Silke writes paranormal romance, and knows a thing or two about things going bump in the night. Although it is usually her, creeping to the kitchen at O' Dawn Thirty to score another cup of coffee.
She grew up in Germany, but her home of choice is in the UK, where she lives with her partner on the outskirts of London.
Her first book Smitten is now available from Decadent Publishing.
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