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150 Days of Being Smoke-Free!

Posted: 22nd June 2009 by Luc "Sandman" G. in Life
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My Mileage Smoke-Free Days: 150 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,263 Amount Saved: $841.50 Life Gained: 21 Days, 13 Hours, 18 Mins, 34 Seconds All I have to say is WOOHOO! 🙂

For our one year anniversary, my wife and I decided that we wanted to recreate part of our honeymoon. We achieved this by going to the Metropolitain Brasserie Restaurant, a Parisian Brasserie themed restaurant based in the heart of Ottawa. The decor was very reminiscent of a few brasseries that we ate in during our […]

rapid-fire (rap′id fÄ«r′) adjective done, delivered, proceeding, or carried on swiftly and sharply Summer movie season has started, and right out of the gate we have a front runner for best movie of the summer. Its a really great story, with great characters (with a different twist from the characters we knew before), amazing acting […]

3 Months Smoke Free

Posted: 26th April 2009 by Luc "Sandman" G. in Life
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This weekend was my 3 month anniversary of being smoke free. Those are my last 2 packs that I never smoked. These aren’t quite what was my usual brand, which was DuMaurier Premiere (formally DuMaurier Extra Light). I officially quit smoking on January 23rd. Here’s my numbers according to the Canadian Cancer Society: My Mileage […]

For the last few years, a number of people have joined a photo project or challenge called the 365 Project or 365 Challenge. For this project, you take one picture every year and post it to a blog dedicated to that project. Doing such a project has a few advantages. The pictures can act as […]