Saturday, January 23, 2021

Day 15

 All is well. I kicked another addiction along this route too. Diet pop(soda). I had this thing for diet lemonade. The sparkling kind. It was down to Daughter hauling in 12 large bottles at a time here. I took a serious look at this. I was always afraid of running out of the stuff. First sign of trouble. 

I didn't mention this before, but I'm fairly impressed with this. Kicking these habits to the curb is beneficial to me. I feel it in my body and my outlook. I'm the one who never bought cigarettes by the pack. I always had 3 cartons on the go, one in the office, one in my home, one in car. I never ran out. And that was kicked 33 years ago now. Stockpiler, that's me.

Not bragging at all. I don't take it for granted. Slippage can happen.

I was looking at these little guys on my windowsill today. Little memories of trips to beaches and up north.


I just finished this book. It's about an 85 year old protagonist. A really good, fairly light read.


I also binge watched the series "Mum". A delight from start to finish.










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  1. You have been doing really, really well. And I love that you are triumphing.

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    1. Thanks for those encouraging words EC, and I do hope you are feeling better too, these setbacks with pain can have us very down.

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  2. I think my only addiction is to routines. I do enjoy my routines around breakfast, around reading, around shopping, around my daily walks. A total upheaval in my life would be hard to adjust to.

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    1. I hear you Nick. My morning routines are really important to me, I hate when others make morning plans but I never mention it.

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  3. Ohh, good for you. There's still hope for all us old, grumpy crones. Thanks you!

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    1. Oh you're welcome Charlotte. We are absolutely never too old to change.

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  4. When I was young a drank more than a litre of Coke a day. I gave the vice up but I wish I could give my other vices up.

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    1. It's tough Andrew but I guess it starts with wanting to give them up and then the 3 week process. It ain't easy when stuff that is bad for us is calling our name.

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  5. Would you rate reading and binge watching TV as addictions too? I think my addiction now is WhatsApp and Twitter. I am seriously considering switching to a non smart phone.

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    1. What I hate most about the "binge" Ramana is the fact I can't knit while I do it, which I used to be able to do. I find dialogue at times just about indiscernible and I don't believe I'm going deaf. Actors mumble a lot or use baffling slang. So I usually have the CC going and can't knit at the same time.

      Reading I would never classify as an addiction. But others might.

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  6. Lucky for me I never tried cigarettes even though both my parents smoked.
    Mum looks like my kind of series, thanks for the referral, I hadn't heard of it.

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    1. It's sweet and hysterically funny, Jackie. Vry well written. And I adore Lesley Manville anyway.

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  7. Aren't you just full of surprises. Good job. Great going!

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  8. You are doing very well. I'm making headway in my attempts to eat less chocolate, by now it's the only thing left that I really need to cut back on. I haven't had a cup of coffee since last March, since that is where I always used the most sugar, three teaspoons per cup at three or four cups per day, that's a lot of sugar I no longer have in me.

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    1. I take my teas and coffees without sugar or sweetener. I just like to plough into a tub of ice cream or a tin of good Belgian chocolate biscuits or an entire baguette. No brakes.

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  9. No icecream here since last summer. I really miss it, but know that I will eat too much once I start.

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  10. I loved MUM. Hope we get a new season soon.

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