1 Whole Year

As of 7:30 this morning it marked the 1 year mark since I quit smoking! I'm excited and proud that I actually was able to do this. It wasn't easy in the beginning. Now I find that I hardly ever find myself wishing for a cig during a stressful time (my biggest trigger). Now if only I could master losing weight like this!

Other happenings in my life about now:

Valentine's day weekend was fabulous! Rick and I went to the Polaris on top of the Hyatt for dinner on the 13th. The view was beautiful, but we didn't think the food was that great. When I pay $30 + for a steak I think it should be cooked perfectly! Neither of ours were perfect. But the view was wonderful and it was a very nice experience.

As a valentines present Rick got me a $100 gift card to Vici Capilli Salon and Spa! I'm psyched about this. I've never ever been to a spa before and I'm so looking forward to a massage! I made my appointment yesterday for a Relaxation package! Facial, 30 min massage, and an areoma therapy foot soak. Plus free lattes or anything from their relaxation bar. SWEET!!! It did throw me off for a second when the lady who was scheduling me asked if I wanted a male or female massage person. Honestly that thoght never crossed my mind. I went female, I didn't want to add any extra anxiety around my first massage...just in case. ;)

One of our wonderful kitties has OCD. Somehow I find this funny (as in funny haha) that one of our cats ended up OCD go figure! What he does is licks his belly constantly, this the vet says is his way of dealing with stress and/or boredom. We have to try a diffuser that works like a glade plug in but with a cat pheramone instead of scent. This is supposed to calm cats. I believe it will work because the vet sprayed some on his hand then rubbed it on the towel in the cat carrier. After that Abby fell asleep (in the carrier at the vet!) and Spaz appeared more relaxed and didn't huddle in the back of the carrier. Also, the ride home was much much quieter. Abby didn't meow at all and Spaz only did a little bit. A complete difference from the way to the vet!

Now that the kitchen sink is dethawed we have come to another problem. Now it's the garage door opener. It opens fine but closing is a challenge. It stops and reverses every 6 inches or so. NOT FUN! I think we're in agreement that we're going to get a new opener as the one we have now is very old.....infact it is the same one that my parents have and that has been in there since we moved into that house 23 years ago! Wow that makes me feel old! I'm excited about the new one we picked out. It's more expensive but cool. It has a battery backup which is necessary since the garage door is our only option for getting in the garage. It also has the keypad and a fingerprint reader! How cool is that, we can open it with our fingerprint!

Everything else seems to be good. Knock on wood!