February 10, 2002

  •  1 month, 5 days, 19 hours, 13 minutes and 19 seconds smoke free. 700 cigarettes not smoked.

    $191.33 and 5 days, 8 hours of your life saved!


    My Twenty Wishes:


    (stolen from Larston



    1. A satisfying career that I love and that actually makes a difference to people.
    2. To end up seeing that my kid loves me and doesn’t think I am irrelevant.
    3. To play drums in a rock band and wear ripped muscle shirts with obscene slogans on the front. Oh and to have 70’s Suzy Quattro rock-chick hair. And wear feather earrings without looking like a try-hard.
    4. To own a farm in Southern Ireland – somewhere near Dingle and Doolin. And close to a neighbourhood pub. So I can drink a lot of Guinness, which is the only beer I like.
    5. To have a sculpture studio where I could work in metal and stone. Big big sculptures that only stinking rich people will buy.
    6. To have a house on the beach in Northern Queensland – but without neighbours, just a big glass window and a screened in porch looking at the sea. And a kettle barbie with lobsters permanently on the grill.
    7. To have my parents know and like me as a person and not their wayward daughter.
    8. To have a body like Sigourney Weaver.
    9. Fuck it; I want to BE Sigourney Weaver.
    10. To have a farm in Vermont that I only have to go to when the leaves are changing and it’s Halloween.
    11. To have all my wonderful friends around me, living next door, across the street, down the block so we can get together for dirt and dish parties over buckets of wine and Motown.
    12. To have the luxury of being able to go back to school and study anything I want. Even Art History and Philosophy.
    13. A professional chef’s kitchen. With Jamie Oliver on duty the nights I work.
    14. To have at my beck and call, Dr. T. Brazelton, the world’s best child expert and my hero. Maybe he can stop me turning feral after 3 days stuck indoors with a toddler.
    15. The worlds biggest bathroom with a spa, a huge claw footed tub, places to put drinks, a bar fridge and unlimited expensive bath oils.
    16. A complete makeover.
    17. A personal trainer.
    18. The latest and greatest computer with all the gadgets and gear and wing dings.
    19. A pilots’ license.
    20. Dance lessons. I want to dance like Ginger Rogers AND like all of The Pips and The Spinners.

Comments (10)

  • More congrats!

  • WHY is Jamie Oliver NEVER NAKED?!   I keep tuning in, in hopes...

    I used to have a shower with ten shower heads,mmmmm.....

  • woohoo! Way to go on the smoke free thing. Does your hubby smoke? If so, much, much more than way to go. That takes strength beyond any reason.

  • i never did figure out how you know how much of your life that you have saved from each cigarette not smoked!!!! hehe

    i'm very proud of you. your donig a wonderful job. keep up the good work. and my prayers are with you!

  • I guess I'm the only one with plastic explosives in my twenty wishes...

    Larston wants to know who I am?? hmmm I thought I may have owed her money or soiled her lawn, I'll give you a clue... search for a repeat offender of the public nudity laws...

  • Congratulations on quitting!  I quit four months ago... Life is good as a non-smoker, hang in there!

  • That's great that you're still off the cigs!!

  • Huzzah! Here's to a smoke free life!

  • Congrats on the cigs, and I love your list. #11 sounds great to me!

  • I think your right we are kindred spirits this........."To have the luxury of being able to go back to school and study anything I want. Even Art History and Philosophy. "

    Has ALWAYS been one of my biggest dreams. Specifically the Art History, droool. I would give anything to get my Masters in Art History and use it in Ireland! Yeah I like that....of course wearing my punk rock princess ripped up t-shirt....yeahhhhhhhhh wouldn't that be a grand life.

    Congrats on quitting! It's a bitch but well worth it.

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