Brooklyn Back When - Open Thread

Hi guys........headache is finally gone. Thank God.

Suzie........cold showers huh??? lol I'm sure that wasn't fun. My door is always opened AND I would have baked something for you...... :chef:

MaryAnn......lunch hour is never enough time to get everything done!!!!

Terry......I hope you feel better today.....and vent all you want!!!!

Helen......is Peter any better?

Warren.....I always enjoy reading what you write even if I don't always comment.

Barbara......you definitely need to quit smoking....although as a non-smoker I know it's easy for me to say. But I bet you'll feel better.

Anna.......you so right......we don't know how strong we really are unless we're forced to prove it!!!

Patsy......i didn't forget about the books.....I'll have kevin drop them over this weekend........btw.....today is my brother Nick's birthday too!!! LOL Happy Birthday to Natalie.

Jim......are you hiding again??

Jeanette....I know where you are......LUNCH.......LOL Enjoy

Judy......how's mom?? How are you feeling??

Festina.....you're tooooo quiet........

Joe.......I love the pic's from A/C

Paul.....so is there a shoprite in A/C????? LOL

Donna.......have a great weekend....great advice you gave Terry!!!

Karen......enjoy your party this weekend.

ANTHONY........CALL THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND DON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER......I WORKED FOR A DOCTOR AND WHEN A PATIENT WAS SICK WE DID WHAT EVER WE HAD TO TO SQUEEZE THEM IN!!!!

HEY DEB!!! GLAD THAT HEADACHE IS FINALLY GONE...
DO YOU STILL HAVE THE BOOKS FOR ME?? LET ME KNOW.. WE CAN ARRANGE TO GET THEM TO ME.. THANX

If I left anyone out it wasn't intentional..........Have a great day everyone.

I'm going to attempt to figure out how to scan these old photo's I found. I'm not good at this and the scanner is hooked up to my desk top not my lap top.....so this should take a while.............. ](*,)

CLL ME.. WE CAN GET TOGETHER FOR COFFEE & CAKE ONE NIGHT.. THAT WOULD BE FUN!!

Debbie Bonavita McCarthy wrote: If I left anyone out it wasn't intentional..........Have a great day everyone.

I'm going to attempt to figure out how to scan these old photo's I found. I'm not good at this and the scanner is hooked up to my desk top not my lap top.....so this should take a while.............. ](*,)

LOL..HAVE FUN... MY KIDS DO PIX FOR ME.. I'M USELESS WITH THAT...

PATSY (MIELE) KIRK wrote: CLL ME.. WE CAN GET TOGETHER FOR COFFEE & CAKE ONE NIGHT.. THAT WOULD BE FUN!!

Yes.....I have the books......and coffee and cake sounds great......

Barbara-I totally understand where you are coming from. I have been a smoker for 43 years. I never wanted to quit before. My wife & kids would constantly ask me to quit and I would always say, "leave me alone, this is my only vice". I don't drink or do drugs. Now I am finally at a point where I do want to quit but finding it very difficult to do. Sure, I can easily make excuses like the stress of running our baseball teams or the concerns of gaining weight after quitting. There are products on the market that will help and people on this blog that will offer encouragement. When Robert Manzione found out I was still smoking he took it upon himself to get a full set of nicotine patches for me. Although I have not started the program I will be forever grateful to him for his kind and generous display of friendship. I am smoking a cigarette as I write this and hoping that we can start some sort of support group among ouselves to quit smoking once and for all. I have never really tried before or really wanted to. Maybe we can push each other.

Well it's looks like Danny and Barbara will be co-ordinating the "stop smoking" support group!!! lol
At least you two can encourage each other.

I know there are a few more on here we just need to get it going. I would like to do this away from the blog so as not to take up too much space with this but come back to the blog for questions and updates.

DannySanchez wrote: Barbara-I totally understand where you are coming from. I have been a smoker for 43 years. I never wanted to quit before. My wife & kids would constantly ask me to quit and I would always say, "leave me alone, this is my only vice". I don't drink or do drugs. Now I am finally at a point where I do want to quit but finding it very difficult to do. Sure, I can easily make excuses like the stress of running our baseball teams or the concerns of gaining weight after quitting. There are products on the market that will help and people on this blog that will offer encouragement. When Robert Manzione found out I was still smoking he took it upon himself to get a full set of nicotine patches for me. Although I have not started the program I will be forever grateful to him for his kind and generous display of friendship. I am smoking a cigarette as I write this and hoping that we can start some sort of support group among ouselves to quit smoking once and for all. I have never really tried before or really wanted to. Maybe we can push each other.

Hey Danny:

Thanks for the encouragement. I had the patch. Put it on for 1 day. I didn't like the way it made me feel. Kind of jittery. But that was just probably withdrawal. Anyway, I took it off. I have the nicotine gum in my closet. I thought maybe I could supplement that for every other cigarette so I could do it slowly but then I read the directions and it said do not smoke when you take this gum. So I would have to do it cold turkey. I don't know if I'm ready. But with the recent problems I've been having that I put in my other post, I am getting scared. I haven't tried Chantex yet, but other people told me they got strange side effects from it. I went for hypnosis. The guy gave me my money back. (That's the truth.) My husband has given up on me. But I know how it upsets him that I am still smoking I wish there was some kind of magic pill that would completely make you not want to smoke. Good luck to you. I hope you can do it.

P.S. I would be happy if we could start some kind of support group. Who else is game? Come on out you closet smokers!

barbaraspencer wrote: P.S. I would be happy if we could start some kind of support group. Who else is game? Come on out you closet smokers!

I'm in, but I'm not a "closet" smoker......I smoke on the deck

Hi Terry:

I hope you didn't take my advice the wrong way. You know we're not use
to you be down in the dumps so I thought I would slap it out of you.
Please don't think for one minute I don't know how you feel but I don't
like others feeling that way. For me I just ride it out myself and don't
talk to anyone about it. I keep a lot to myself. That has been a big
problem between me and Kenny. I just shut down. That's my way of
dealing with things. It may not be right but at this point who can change.

Please come back to your old self and lets have a good laugh. LOVE

Paul Giglio wrote: [quote=barbaraspencer]P.S. I would be happy if we could start some kind of support group. Who else is game? Come on out you closet smokers!

I'm in, but I'm not a "closet" smoker......I smoke on the deck

IM WITH YOU PAUL, I TOO SMOKE ON THE DECK. !!!!

HI EVERYONE.
ITS BEEN A BUSY AFTERNOON ON THE BLOG TODAY,
WENT TO MY SONS PLACE, NEVER GOT TO EAT LAUNCH.PLACE GOT TO BUSY.SO HERE I AM STARVING....LOL PICKED SUBWAY GOING TO EAT NOW.

PEEK IN ALITTLE LATER

I mean I would smoke in the closet but I can't
fit......I'm using that space for crushed tomatoes
from the can can sale

Jeanette LaGreca wrote: HI EVERYONE.
ITS BEEN A BUSY AFTERNOON ON THE BLOG TODAY,
WENT TO MY SONS PLACE, NEVER GOT TO EAT LAUNCH.PLACE GOT TO BUSY.SO HERE I AM STARVING....LOL PICKED SUBWAY GOING TO EAT NOW.

PEEK IN ALITTLE LATER

Enjoy Jeanette

HEY GOOD AFTERNOON

Hey Ant, How ya feelin

HI PAUL
SO SO A BIT BETTER THEN I HAVE

HOW YOU DOING

Better is good

I'm OK Ant, ya cookin anything today

donna reitz tanzillo wrote: Hi Terry:

I hope you didn't take my advice the wrong way. You know we're not use
to you be down in the dumps so I thought I would slap it out of you.
Please don't think for one minute I don't know how you feel but I don't
like others feeling that way. For me I just ride it out myself and don't
talk to anyone about it. I keep a lot to myself. That has been a big
problem between me and Kenny. I just shut down. That's my way of
dealing with things. It may not be right but at this point who can change.

Please come back to your old self and lets have a good laugh. LOVE

No I did not. I am just very sensitive these days. Not menopause past that already...LOL I know what u mean. This is not like me and I don't like feeling this way. Just alot going on right now


SUZIE CAN U ADD DEBBIE AND CHARLIE SICIARGO'S DAUGHTER KIM TO THE PRAYER LIST. THANKS ANOTHER WORRY!!!!!

I hope its not something very serious Terry

YEA MY NUMBERS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE BP VERY HI TO VERY LOW SUGAR SAME THING STRANGE DREAMS CANT SLEEP THEN I SLEEP ALL DAY

PAUL
I DONT EVEN WANT TO SEE FOOD

HI TERRY

I hear ya, when things are not in order everything
is thrown off.....I guess maybe another med adjustment