What are your plans for Christmas?

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by dissention

I want to go to your house and pig out on Chinese. Crab rangoons, chicken finger, general tso's chicken; you've got me salivating.

My friend Jon goes skiing which he says is great because no one is on the mountain on Christmas day! Last year I vowed to go away over the holiday but I didn't do that, too many financial pitfalls this year, AHHHHGGGRRR!!!

Diss, we have a fab gourmet Italian restaurant near me called Billy Tse's. Maybe we should blow off the families and go there! Hehe. Or pick up a feast in Chinatown and eat until we puke then eat some more!! Oh the holidays make me crazy!

[dissention]

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

LOL! That's great. I couldn't imagine you would keep quiet while they babble on about nonsense! Unfortunately they will probably learn the hard way why it is all so empty.

I used to work for an Admin who supported the CEO and he used to brag to her about stuff like his $30,000 home stereo system. Why on EARTH would he tell his admin this??? GRRRR... Makes me want to vandalize things! LOL.

I am such a snob at family gatherings. I walk in the house and just think to myself "I am so much better than these people." Did you ever see The Myth of Fingerprints? I am exactly like Julianne Moore in that flick. My mother and sister are the only other sane people (and my uncles ex-wife).

And anyone who would spend $30,000 on a stereo system is a ****tard of the highest order.

[amber]

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

My friend Jon goes skiing which he says is great because no one is on the mountain on Christmas day! Last year I vowed to go away over the holiday but I didn't do that, too many financial pitfalls this year, AHHHHGGGRRR!!!

Really? I think here, everyone goes skiing in Tahoe for Xmas. I'm suprised there's no one on your mountain. Yes, you were talking to Diss, but i don't care...

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by amber

well, i've been slightly sick (cough, sore throat, runny nose) for the past 3 days, due to chainsmoking and drinking for the two weeks before that. since i didn't want to smoke at this time, i've also been trying to quit. There's no way i will quit if I drink. Also, my parents (although they smoke) don't think i smoke, so i can't easily smoke when i'm at their house anyway, and also I can't drink (well, i could, i've gone to the bar down the street before, but why bother?) So, you see how the many forces are conspiring to get me to not smoke and drink? My mom quit drinking when she was 25 cause it started giving her headaches. Drank heavily for a few years before that, i think. My dad was an alcoholic, and when i was 8-9, and he wanted to come live with us, my mom said he had to stop drinking (which was why she left in the first place, when i was about 1 1/2.) So he did. So he can't drink anymore. I think it's nice my parents don't drink.

Sweetie, I hope you feel better soon. I used to smoke and have quit MANY times. This time I have been smoke free for 2 years. All I can say is keep trying. The patch really helped me a lot. And the last time I only needed it for a week, just to keep me from becoming the b*tch from the East.

The same thing happened in my family, I was 11 when my Dad stopped drinking. Unfortunately the parents have divorced and he started drinking again about 5 years ago. But it isn't as bad as it was when I was little.

So I understand what you mean when you say it is nice that your folks don't drink! Have a wonderful holiday, Amber.

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by amber

Really? I think here, everyone goes skiing in Tahoe for Xmas. I'm suprised there's no one on your mountain. Yes, you were talking to Diss, but i don't care...

LOL, feel free to interject at any time, this is a board after all!

[amber]

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

Sweetie, I hope you feel better soon. I used to smoke and have quit MANY times. This time I have been smoke free for 2 years. All I can say is keep trying. The patch really helped me a lot. And the last time I only needed it for a week, just to keep me from becoming the b*tch from the East.

The same thing happened in my family, I was 11 when my Dad stopped drinking. Unfortunately the parents have divorced and he started drinking again about 5 years ago. But it isn't as bad as it was when I was little.

So I understand what you mean when you say it is nice that your folks don't drink! Have a wonderful holiday, Amber.

THanks. I"m scared to use the patch because it puts nicotine into you again. I've tried it before, though. uh, i guess it didn't work.
Congrats on quitting!!!!!!

[madformac]

Originally Posted by amber

THanks. I"m scared to use the patch because it puts nicotine into you again. I've tried it before, though. uh, i guess it didn't work.
Congrats on quitting!!!!!!

My father years back used patches and still smoked...

I don't think thats the concept behind it!!

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by dissention

I am such a snob at family gatherings. I walk in the house and just think to myself "I am so much better than these people." Did you ever see The Myth of Fingerprints? I am exactly like Julianne Moore in that flick. My mother and sister are the only other sane people (and my uncles ex-wife).

And anyone who would spend $30,000 on a stereo system is a ****tard of the highest order.

He had a self esteem problem and got really caught up in ego bullsh*t for which he wound up paying a high price.

And about my family, one of my uncles (by marriage) cheated on my aunt for a while and she found out right before Christmas last year but they were trying to work it out, I wanted to pound him at the party. Another uncle is on drugs and what not, and he is so sleezy and pervy I want to vomit when he talks to me. My aunts have potty mouths (although I can be guilty of that too, it is all about context however) and are just not nice. But there are a couple who are more sane than the others that I really love to see, so I just limit my time with the ones I don't.

None of them went to college and I think that they think I am rich cuz my Mom has a big mouth and has told them how much money I make. I am not rich by any means though, especially having to pay Boston rent! So there is this undertone of envy. Oh what a mess mess mess!

[amber]

Originally Posted by madformac

My father years back used patches and still smoked...

I don't think thats the concept behind it!!

yeah, that happened to me once, too. very dangerous, actually!

[madformac]

Originally Posted by amber

yeah, that happened to me once, too. very dangerous, actually!

No ****.... smoking killed him in the end!!!!

One of the reasons I don't smoke i guess, subconsciously..

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by amber

THanks. I"m scared to use the patch because it puts nicotine into you again. I've tried it before, though. uh, i guess it didn't work.
Congrats on quitting!!!!!!

I used the patch about a dozen times before I finally quit. I was afraid of it too but I finally realized that cigarettes with all of the tar and god knows what other additives are a far greater health risk than the patch. They also cost about the same per day depending on how much you smoke. The patch just took my cigarette craving down from a 10 to like a 3 or 4, much more managable.

The research shows that the more times you try the more likely you are to successfully quit. So just keep trying.

[GypsySorcerer]

Christmas Eve I'll go to the service at my parents' church; then we'll come home and open presents with my maternal grandma. Christmas Day will be spent at my patenal grandparents..... we'll eat, exchange gifts, and then do the bingo gift exchange. Then, of course, I'll listen to my grandparents and great aunt and uncle bash about every racial/ethnic/religious group known to mankind.

[amber]

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

I used the patch about a dozen times before I finally quit. I was afraid of it too but I finally realized that cigarettes with all of the tar and god knows what other additives are a far greater health risk than the patch. They also cost about the same per day depending on how much you smoke. The patch just took my cigarette craving down from a 10 to like a 3 or 4, much more managable.

The research shows that the more times you try the more likely you are to successfully quit. So just keep trying.

yeah, i will. The patch is very expensive at once, though, like $40 bucks. I've tried it before. I felt my cravings were worse with the patch. Don't know why that would be, but that's how i felt. Actually, now that i'm thinking about the whole thing, I think some kind of aversion therapy would work real well. For instance, i didn't smoke cause my throat was in searing pain. Why can't i get painful electric shocks, or say, something that will make my throat hurt for two weeks straight to keep me from smoking? I'm a giant pain wuss, i know that would work.

[madformac]

Originally Posted by amber

yeah, i will. The patch is very expensive at once, though, like $40 bucks. I've tried it before. I felt my cravings were worse with the patch. Don't know why that would be, but that's how i felt. Actually, now that i'm thinking about the whole thing, I think some kind of aversion therapy would work real well. For instance, i didn't smoke cause my throat was in searing pain. Why can't i get painful electric shocks, or say, something that will make my throat hurt for two weeks straight to keep me from smoking? I'm a giant pain wuss, i know that would work.

You ever tried hypnosis? I've known a couple of people it worked for..

[macmar71]

Eat myself into a coma!!! Well, that is usually how I feel after the feasts!!
Just staying home with my small family of mom and two siblings. My sister's boyfriend will be here as well and occassionally, we have neighbors & friends who visit.
After a typical Italian Seafood Christmas Eve supper, we open our gifts. Christmas Day is recovery day we sleep in a little, have fun with our gifts and have another feast of antipasto and lasagna. Desert is a array of cookies, cake and ice cream. And drinks!
Of course, music plays in the background while I cook and eat!
I will get out of work at noon on Christmas Eve and return to work Monday the 27th, so it will be a nice weekend for me.