SPRING BONFIRE HERE NOW!

[Giulia]

Starting off this blaze with a little tinder from the forest floor....

Adding in my 122,288 un-smoked Stupid Sticks

WELCOME ALL QUITTERS!  

For those unfamiliar with our bonfire tradition... click on the following link:  About Bonfires and How to Participate (it's pretty simple, just figure out the number of cigarettes you usually smoke in and day and multiply it by the number of days you've been quit.)  Scroll down to just past the Doors video and click on add a comment.  Or scroll through page by page and see how the party is progressing!)

I want to thank Shawn and all the other Bonfire starters for leading the way.

Here are a few  hors d'oeuvres to whet your appetites...

And a few beverages!

Or perhaps you'd prefer something with more of a citrus tang....

Maybe wine????  We're serving Rose'

And..... white

And red!

Pull up a chair....

Or flop into a....

Or maybe you brought one of these....

And a little music to begin the party!!!

Sit back, enjoy your smoke-free beautiful selves!

[exbeantown]

I am tossing in my 31,680 sticks that I have not puffed away. Let em burn,damn it stinks downwind of this fire. Yuck!

I don't come by here enough. It is great to see this community as strong as ever and looking pretty good. I am a month shy of my 3 year quit. Everyday I give thanks I became an EX.

Rock on!! Or in my case, time to go play 18.

[dwwms]

I'm happy to be your backup keeping count Giulia‌. Going through the blog now with a spreadsheet.

Doug

[c2q]

LOL - or is it, everything in moderation except moderation?

[RachelMB]

Good morning my fabulous Ex-family-

I am throwing in 3,893 cancer sticks!  Woo hoo!  Thanks Giulia‌ for doing this!

Rachel

[c2q]

re:

Anybody want to dance with me???

I see a blank grey area. When I click on it, I get a debug screen, and then the video appears.

Maybe that will work for someone else too.

I'll dance with you any time!

[bonniebee]

Hey

[dwwms]

I get the same blank grey area - funny thing, though, sometimes I get the video, other times the blank grey and as you said a debug screen and then the video - other times, nothing!

Got your dancing bunny though!!

I guess this being the first bonfire on this platform, hopefully, a lot will be learned to prepare for the next. (I wasn't around for previous bonfires on the old platform).

[bonniebee]

Good morning Giulia and all of my Ex'er's !!! I am sorry I forgot all about the bonfire last night ! thankfully it is still going on ! Looks like everyone is having a great time and the blaze is high !!!! Time to throw in my sickerttes ,got that one from Thomas , and the yakies ,got that one from our Marilyn !!! I have 811 days today and I get to throw in 20,275 of them !!! Can you imagine how many puffs that would have been ? Here they go burn baby burn !

Yay and a Wooooooo Hooooooooooooo for us all !!!One and All let us keep on rocking our quits !!!

[CommunityAdmin]

c2q wrote:

LOL - or is it, everything in moderation except moderation?

I'm doing the best I can. Sometimes it is within seconds of posting.  

Mark

[MarilynH]

I'll dance with you Patti, whoo hoo let's do the Happy Dance ,yay for smoke free living,  c2q

[bonniebee]

Here is a homemade coffee cake made by my friend Karen for this occasion !

[bonniebee]

Hey I will join in on the dancing Marilyn and Pati !!!

[bonniebee]

Hi Marilyn I just threw my yakies in !!!! 20,275 of them !!!

[bonniebee]

WoW mike that is a lot of "yakies " !!!!!

[Jennifer-Quit]

Very nice party - I'll share some of my campfire breakfast!

[Mortalzeus]

Love this party I am throwing in my 4750 in to keep the fire going and roasting some marshmallows to add to my coffee ice cream. 

Thanks Giulia for hosting the "Spring Fling"

Darren

[MarilynH]

Yay bonniebee I love bon fires  and it's even more enjoyable throwing in all of those yakies in the flames, life is grand without a cigarette in hand especially since the bonfire is pretty much burning through the thousands and thousands of Cancer sticks keeping the flames flying high, yay isn't this great? 

[JustSharon]

I can throw in another 26 sickarettes since yesterday's count!  Wow, looks like the party was wild all night.

[OldBones-Larry]

I'm not feeling very well today because of all the medications right now. I'm still throwing in my fuel for the fire though.

Larry - Free and Healing for Three Years, Six Months, Seven Days, 11 Hours and 19 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 178 Days and 12 Hours, by avoiding the use of 51419 nicotine delivery devices.

Keep the fire burning hot my dear friends ....

Larry the Caravan Master

[Jennifer-Quit]

Nice to see you Larry.  Hope you are feeling better soon.

[Giulia]

Hello and Gooooooooooo Morning (almost afternoon) gang.  Sorry to hear you're not feeling well Larry.  Thanks for coming to the party anyway and throwing in your unsmokies.  And thanks for all of you who got the embers re-kindled this morning.  I too am seeing the blank screen and when I click on it it says video thumb decoedge and looks like....  

But never mind that.  Let's put up images that we know for sure will work!

[Giulia]

Mortalzeus‌  Ah how I wish I had come up with Spring Fling as a title for this bonfire.  Good one!  Marshmallows and ice cream.  Yummmm, great breakfast!

[Jennifer-Quit]

And Happy Birthday to Pops aka Ken!

Pops‌

[Giulia]

Thanks for sharing the cake and fruit Bonnie!  Good eggs Jennifer!

Dancing along with everybody.....

[Giulia]

Thanks Doug dwwms‌ I'll take you up on that offer!  There are a few who threw in their cigs on the invite page, so be sure to add them in too.  https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/events/1023-spring-bonfire 

[freeneasy]

I'm still getting the video blank too. I tried it last late last night and got the video icon though. Good to see the Caravan Master. I hope he starts feeling better. I just drank 8 cups of coffee but want some more after seeing Jennifer's Campfire coffee.    

[JustSharon]

That's how I feel

[Giulia]

EIGHT CUPS OF COFEEEEE?  We're going to have to call you Jitterbug Jim!

[dwwms]

Ok Giulia,  I added FlorFlor and ryan44 off the sign up page, checked the other reminders trying to make sure I didn't miss any and right now, I have a total of 1,532,613!! Let me know if I missed anyone and a BIG THANKS Giulia for hosting this spring bonfire - glad I can help out. Gotta go do some yard work but I'll catch up again this evening! Enjoy the fire Everyone!

[Giulia]

Well we're already in trouble Doug, 'cause I come up with1,566,623.  This is gonna be fun to figure out!  lol

[Florflor]

Thanks Julia for guiding me in my first bonfire adventure. I started  yesterday but I was in other place.  Now I  finished my lunch and be ready to take a nap with my dog too.

                           

[ShawnP]

write down the names and numbers. There will be some that will come again and again to drop in a few more.

[ShawnP]

Would anybody like to have some with me?

[Daniela2016]

[Daniela2016]

Good morning (still 10:00 am for me) ShawnP‌, you won't mind if I bring some of my own, of course every one is invited!

[JonesCarpeDiem]

consider it gone done. 🙂

[freeneasy]

[Giulia]

dwwms‌  Ok Doug, I've now made my first Excel spread sheet.  Very exciting!   And I have written every name and every number and used the SUM feature.  And it comes up with the name number I did when I added it all by my lonesome.  So THERE!  lol

ShawnP‌  Yes, I realize people will keep dropping in with more.  I'm accout'n on that!   Thanks.

New friends joining the party....

[Giulia]

Daniela2016‌  Better make sure that meat is cooked before we eat it!  

ShawnP‌  I know you brought that bacon just to entice Tommy!

freeneasy‌  Where would we be without cackulators....

[Giulia]

Last comment was moderated.  Let' try this!

[Florflor]

Yes,  Yummy!! Very delicious.  Thank you! I got some drinks too.

[Florflor]

Nap is over. Now is time to have some fun. Join with me

[Giulia]

And for a little entertainment....

[Giulia]

I'll join you florflor!  

[Giulia]

[MePlus3]

I'm adding in 20 more for today 🙂

[Giulia]

And for an aerobic workout....

[Giulia]

Thanks Kimberly, I'll throw them in!

[Giulia]

Ride 'em alligatorgirl!

[Giulia]

The Chordettes - Mr Sandman (Live 1958)