5 days 3 hours - Thank you!!

[lettie]

Hi everyone,
Well it has now been 5 days and 3 hours (yes I'm even counting the hours!) since I have had a roll-up.........well actually that is a little lie as yesterday morning I played the devil with myself and rolled a cig, took 3 drags, grimaced, put it out, brushed me teeth to get rid of the horrible taste, and swore NEVER again!

Hubby is the same, and is equally as impressed with his Riva.

What a liberation! No more stinky ashtrays, no more smelly house or car, no more cursing cus me lighter has run out, etc etc.

Over the past few days I have washed all the curtains, cushion covers, bedding, etc. I have washed the leather suite, cleaned all the white kitchen cupboards, skirtings, door and window frames, and this weekend we are going to re-paint the kitchen and lounge ceilings........... and have the lounge carpet professionaly cleaned - Happy days!

Hubby gets 10 packs of baccie FREE every month and so we are going to sell them to our still smoking friends, and that money will pay for all our e-cig requirements.

We can't believe, in this short time, how much our taste buds and sense of smell have improved!

Dave (hubby) has an extremely stress full job, but he swears that the e-cig totally chills him out! And that he has far more time on his hands, and is already noticing an increase in energy.

Maybe we are lucky in that we have had no 'newbie' problems at all with our Riva's, or the e-juices we have picked. This is the best thing we have ever done and we both wish we had done it ages ago.

And a huge thank you to all you lovelies on this forum for your patience, guidence, and expertise - I may not post every day but I sure do lurk!

[Chrissie]

Well done Lettie & Hubby

And thank you so much for letting us know

Congratulations to both of you

[lettie]

Awwwww thank you Chrissie

We have just booked a weekend away in a lovely hotel in Glossop in the beautiful High Peak, and it was smashing to be able to actually book a NON smoking room - instead of hoping the weather will stay good enough for us to smoke outside.........

Liberating is a very appropriate word for vaping!

[lettie]

And just to add that my ebay selling will be 'liberating' as well!

I have a summerhouse at the end of the garden which i actually use to keep all the bits and bobs that I want to sell on ebay in.

I was taking my laptop out to the summerhouse so I could list stuff to sell, away from the house, as I never smoked in the summerhouse.

Now I can list in the house without fear of the stuff I list smelling of smoke!

Cor blimey this vaping is soooo liberating!

[ken]

Lettie and hubby,

Fantastic I'm really pleased for you both and understand how you are feeling.

Ecigs are more relaxing than smoking.

Proud of you both.

Ken.

[lettie]

Thank you so much for your encouragement, Ken

I have just had a non smoking friend round for a coffee - she has NEVER smoked, and her first comment on walking in to my house was how lovely and fresh it smelt!!

She actually admitted that in the past, after visiting me, she would go home and shower, and chuck her clothes in the washer as they always smelt of smoke - because I used to sit at the kitchen table whilst chatting with her, and basically chain smoke.

Liberating indeed!

[deesigner]

That's such fantastic news Lettie, well done to you both.

I've always noticed the difference when I've gone to friends houses and they smoke in the house. I've not smoked in my current house due to my job so my home has always been smoke free.

My old house had an ashtray in every room including the bathroom!

I still have this habit of going outside to use my eciggy - it's funny how habits die hard!

[lettie]

Hiya Dee,

That sounds like me! When the weather is nice in the morning, I make a pot of coffee, get the newspaper, a pen, and me Riva - and sit outside vaping away to me hearts conetent, reading the paper and doing the crossword.

Tis me ashtray I miss the most though, as I used to also use it for 'bits' of rubbish, now I am having to make the effort of walking to the bin!

Hubby is missing his baccy tin, so I put a piece of kitchen paper in it, along with his e-juice, a spare cart, a spare attie, and a pair of tweezers.........now I have one very happy hubby!

[ken]

Lettie,

Unlike you I never smoked in the house because my wife never smoked and I did not want to inflict my smelly habit on her.
In Ireland, the land of rust I always smoked at the back door or went to the garden shed in wet weather which was a lot lol.

When we moved to Crete where you can basically smoke wherever you like I thought great this is a smokers paradise.
The weather here is great for at least 10 months of the year and generally you eat,drink and smoke outside anyway.

In January this year we were invited out with some friends for a meal and because it was a little bit chilly we got a table inside the taverna.

Smoking inside a taverna here is perfectly acceptable so I proceeded to light up a ciggy and of course the more I drank the more I smoked.
There were 7 of us, Greek,English,and Irish and I was the only smoker.
To cut a long story short at the end of the night the ashtray had been emptied by the waiter 3 times and I thought what must my friends think of me?
My friends of course were to polite to say and as I said smoking is acceptable here but I felt a little bit unhappy about the situation that I was putting my friends in.

Happily, now, not a problem. I enjoy my vaping,I still get my fix, I no longer smell, my wife is happy, my friends are happy.

HAPPY DAYS.

As you say Lettie : A feeling of liberation.

Ken.

[jaki]

Well done to you and your hubby Lettie.

I know what you mean about missing the ashtray - I keep picking the sticky buds off the cats when they are sitting on my lap then having to put them in my empty coffee cup!

[inn]

Hi Lettie. I'm very new to this too. I was amazed how quickly I come to prefer ecigs. I've been laughing about the ashtray comments, I still carry mine off with me when I'm going to sit down and vape.
Ken, I loved your story about smoking in the taverna. We holiday in Greece twice a year, I love it. I couldn't settle down to enjoy one of those lovely long-drawn-out Greek meals for hours without smoking, but like you I was beginning to feel uncomfortable about it although it seems to be accepted everywhere. I won't need to worry when we go next time (late August).

[ken]

Hi Inn,

True you won't need to worry here if you are vaping and the ex-pats who are mostly non-smokers will love you.

You may however get a few strange looks from the locals though as they will wonder what you are doing with this piece of plastic that gives off smoke.

I have not seen anyone else here vaping and those that have seen me probably think I am nuts lol.

But do I care ? NO as I am a happier,healthier chappie

Ken.

[magicma]

I still use ashtrays and have them around the flat. I rest my e-cigs in them exactly as I did with the 'real' ones. They don't have that disgusting smell any more though. MM

[ken]

Jul 23, 2010 18:35:48 GMT magicma said:

I still use ashtrays and have them around the flat. I rest my e-cigs in them exactly as I did with the 'real' ones. They don't have that disgusting smell any more though. MM

Interesting you should say that Magicma,

I find that the ecig resting angle in an ashtray is just about right.

I find that if I lay my ecig flat or sit it upright that it leaks a little bit but it does not if I angle it in the ashtray.

Anyone else notice this or any tips ?

Ken.

[lettie]

Glad I'm not the only one missing me blooming ashtray! I washed all mine and put them away in a cupboard - just got the biggest ashtray back out though to 'rest' me e-cig in and i feel better already.

Strange how ashtrays and lighters become something to miss.......