Thanks for stopping by and weighing in with your opinion.
I'm busted I'm no longer "not smoking." I plan to give it a whirl again as a New Year's Resolution.
I have tried imagining what a casual conversation with XH would be like as we really didn't have much of that over the past 2 1/2 years. I agree though, that upbeat and a little mysterious might be the way to go.
Heck, I may call an get his answering service and that might be the end of it...or he could be in a variety of less than appealing moods. No expectations. Boy, I haven't thought of the old "catch phrases" for a long time.