You make me smile! Thank you!

LOL...I hear ya viv0147. I started washing walls and I am washing my furniture and daily I notice it smelling better and better.
I used to do the same thing with my car, by the time I got around to cleaning my car I would have a bag full of discarded cigarette packs etc. I used to try and hide the smell with deodorizer and I think it probably made the smoke even more noticeable.
Thanx for reminding us of another great outcome of not smoking.

I can relate to this viv, so many aspects of my life feel better cleaner ect. being smoke free. Nice to be FREEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can't really relate too much because I was always banned from smoking in my house or car. I did have to have my leather jacket professionally cleaned though....

Congrats on your quit my friend.

Amen Viv.

way to go viv

I am on day 9 and I had to take my feather pillow which I only bought a month or so ago and put it in the dryer with that cleaning stuff and hang it outside cause it smelled awful.

Its the perfect time of year to not smoke...you can open the windows and let everything get fresh with the great smells of spring and all the flowers! Detox the house, clothes while you detox yourself!

Viv you are so right! I love walking up to people and knowing that I don't have a lingering smoke smell. Feels awesome!!!

GOOD FOR YOU!!

i love to read anything you write, and your so right about feeling nice and clean,
its nice to be happy and smoke free, not many smokers can hav both, have a great day

So true Viv. I used to hate the smell of my car and I never wanted to give any non-smokers a ride. My husband recently gave it a top to bottom cleaning and I recently carpooled with two non-smokers and I was proud of my car for a change. I told them that I would have never had them ride with me before I quit. One of my riders said it wouldn't have bothered her but I told her I never would smoke in my car with a non-smoker in there, therefore I would not have offered to have them ride with me because I would have wanted to smoke the whole way there and back. Instead I got to have great company and someone to share the gas fare with. Life as a non-smoker sure is much better!!!

I know exactly how you feel. I washed all my curtains. The ones in the dining room are white now and not beige! I think I have washed everything I can get my hands on. I love knowing that my house and car smells great.

I have painted all the walls in my house. Have had the chair covers dry cleaned and given the entire house a spring clean (we do not have curtains or carpets here in Spain).

In addition to signifying a new start it has kept me busy so that I don't think of smoking.

I put on a sweater the other day which has been in the wardrobe since before my quit and it smelled DISGUSTING. Can't believe the I and my house smelled so bad for so many years. What must non-smoking friends have thought of me.