Real Neat Blog Award

Thank you to tori for the nomination.

The rules...UGH, I'm not a born rule follower!  Blogland is always so challenging to me :)

1)  Put the award logo in your post
2)  Answer 7 questions asked by the person who nominated you
3)  Nominate any number of bloggers you like, linking to their blogs
4)  Let them know you nominated them

tori's questions

1)  You win £5,000 what do you spend it on, nothing boring like bills etc...for yourself, both, home etc?
So today that would equal $7380.70 or 6817,09 Euro...hmmmmm well if I can't pay bills...then...tuition for my kids school, buy screens for my windows or a screen door or help pay for summer travel plans or buy gifts for my husband and kids.  I'm kinda a practical girl like that.  I don't like to spend much on me, but I do LOVE to spend money on my Sir and kids and we have a long list of things we need for our house. Sadly, I'd probably spend it on nothing fun.

2)  Your significant other, gives you the option of doing something kink wise, for one night, your choice, whatever you like, free reign..what you going to do?
free reign....wow.  That WOULD be exciting.  I would love to go to a club (kink) or have another join us for a night, or have him use the spreader bar and really restrain me and use me and SPANK me and FLOG me and fuck me and and and .... yikes, I'm all hot and bothered now.  UGH.

3)  Breakfast in bed, chilling together or a night out at your favourite restaurant?
This is SO easy!  Chilling together.  We don't get enough time to just chill.  We're always multi tasking...chilling means working and chilling or cleaning and chilling or folding clothes and chilling.  Just to have time to relax together!  YEA!  Breakfast in bed, no way - don't like breakfast too much.  Favorite restaurant, yes - but can't beat time with Master to hang (literally and figuratively)!

4)  Whats the last music album you bought/downloaded?
We listen to a LOT of music as a family...in the car, in the house, on iPods, all the time!

Well, let me take a look at my phone, just a minute.  

Ok, well last few songs were: an old one - Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega,  Bright by echosmith, Centuries by Fall Out Boy, Animals by Maroon 5, Lips are Movin by Meghan Trainor.

5)  What advice would you give your 18 year old self looking back, knowing what you do know now, about anything...you choose?
Hmmm...well 18 was a pivotal year!  
1.  Don't change majors!  Stick it out.  
2.  Study and don't skip classes, dumb-ass!
3.  Keep drinking and keep having fun!  So worth it.  Let go a little more!
4.  Jump your Sir (ya, would have NEVER said Sir, I would have thrown up a little a LOT at 18 if I had told me that he would be my Master and I would be submissive to him.)  Yes, I was 18 when I started dating him.  
5.  Learn grace.  Don't argue with others even if you are right.  Learn to be graceful.
6.  You are beautiful.  Embrace that!  
7.  Some of your best friends right now will be gone in the next 10-15 years.   Enjoy every minute with them and always tell people how you feel about them!

What can I say...it was definitely a HUGE year!


6)  New shoes or a new dress? why that choice?....no you cant have both lol
New shoes.  I'm not really happy with my size or weight right now, so clothes are a necessary evil and not something fun at the moment.  But shoes are a blast!

7)  Do you have any rules/expectations you wish you didn't have or are there rules/expectations you don't have but would like?
I wish I could bite his lip all the time.  I love to do it.  He hates it and spanks me or slaps me HARD every time I do it.  So it's almost never any more!  I wish i had more rules from him...but who am i kidding.  We're treading water keeping our heads bobbing in the ocean of daily life right now.  No more anything.

ok, the difficult part...nominees
trying to gleam who was nominated already...I'll try to pick some I haven't see nominated yet.  Sorry if I double up.

1)  ancilla at A slave to Master

2)  abby at finally finding "me"

3)  Conina at Exploring Surrender

4)  nilla at VanillaMom

5)  sofia at Loving Submission

6)  subkitty at His omega

7)  julie at MPB

8)  ronnie at ronniesoul


OK - sorry, I got a bit carried away!


And the 7 questions

1)  What scares you most about TTWD, and conversely what are you most gratified about your journey through TTWD?

2)  What is your favorite tradition surrounding your birthday (or if you don't have one - around a holiday that you like)?

3)  If you're home alone, is there music playing, a television on, or quite in your home?

4)  What's your favorite book, movie and song?

5)  If you were 18, found your blog and read it, what would your reaction be?

6)  What qualities, do you think, is your significant other is most attracted to in you?

7)  What is your favorite toy to make you cum?  What's a fantasy of yours using that toy?


Well...there you go.  Have fun!

How Could I Inspire Anyone?

First, Please allow me to thank Cassaundra, HisLilAngel, Mrs. D, Aisha, Joolz & Tori for nominating me.  It seems silly, I couldn't inspire ANYONE in blogland...it's just my sex life.  I mean, really!  I'm simply this middle-aged married-for-forever submissive.  But thank you for nominating me.  REALLY!

The Rules:

1. Display the award logo on your blog  

2. Link back to the person who nominated you 

3. State 7 things about yourself 

4. Nominated 15 other bloggers for this award & link to them 

5. Notify those bloggers & the award's requirements 

I, like many, can't nominate 15...that seems like an excessively large number of blogs and many have been nominated and I'm having trouble keeping track.  Please message me if you would like to have a nomination and I would be THRILLED, otherwise, sorry.  Can't.

Seven things...about my Sir (as several have already done...and I know I haven't shared a ton)

Sir Q:

1. He's brilliant, not just because I think so, but because he IS.
2. He's a big guy...think line backer size.  OK so not quite, but a Big Guy...Tall!
3. He's a serious rule follower (hmmmm, funny - that shouldn't surprise anyone - huh.)
4. He can't use a comma to save his life!  He'll know it's wrong, but can't see how to fix it.
5. He loves Christmas music all year long.
6. He is loyal to a fault.  He will forgive and forgive...it's insane!
7. He's a total introvert, but plays the extrovert expertly when he so desires or is required to.

     BONUS:  Not like it's shocking, he's my everything and I his. 

UPDATE:  I missed HisLilAngel...I am very sorry.  And when I read your post, OMG, you are just the sweetest.  So here's the thing...I still can't see how we can be inspiring to ANYONE...we're just...US.  That just does NOT seem like it should be inspiring.  IDK.
;)

Liebster Award

I was nominated by aisha  for The Liebster Award.  Here are rules...

• When one receives the award, one posts 11 random facts about oneself and answers the 11 questions asked by the person who nominated you.
• Pass the award onto 11 other blogs (while making sure one notifies the blogger that one nominated them!)
• One writes up 11 NEW questions directed towards YOUR nominees.
• One is not allowed to nominate the blog who nominated one’s own blog!
• One pastes the award picture into one’s blog. (You can google the image, there are plenty of them!)

Here are the 11 random facts:

1.  I am a total geek - LOVE math and science.

2.  My favorite color is blue...I love almost all shades of blue except teal.

3.  I am very adventurous and willing to do most everything, though sometimes I need a bit of coaxing.

4.  On the coaxing front, I love to dance, but it usually requires the addition of alcohol for me to dance in front of non-family members.

5.  I love coffee and hot apple cider in the winter, but also drink milk every day.

6.  I love to drive very fast..it's more of a sport to me.

7.  I love to travel and would go ANYWHERE!  

8.  I love dogs and kids.

9.  I grow out my hair so that I can cut it off and donate it to locks of love, then grow it back.

10.  Peppermint ice-cream rocks my world!

11.  Although I love water, I hate very deep water where I can't see what's below me.

Here are the questions I need to answer for aisha:

1.  Who was your most important role model?  

My husband, Sir is my most important role model (for the past 22 years)

2.  What’s your favorite meal?

Tacos de Camerones, guacamole and fried ice cream

3.  What one food would you NEVER eat?

Veal, Brains, Eyes, Intestines and the like.

4.  What do you like best about being kinky?

How it makes me feel...SO alive...so connected...so in love...so loved

5. Do you have a hobby?  What is it?

Photography, but it may be an obsession more than a hobby.

6.  Is there a sexual position you haven’t tried that you’d like to?

hmmm, there's a whole karma-sutra-of-positions I haven't tried that may be fun.

7.  When was the last time you danced with someone?

This afternoon.

8.  Were you in a clique in high school?  Which one?

I was, in the Geeks, the Jocks and the Rebels.

9.  If you could live in any time era, which one would you pick, and why?

A toss up between Now and the Victorian Age.

10.  Do you prefer giving or receiving oral sex?  Why?

I prefer giving oral sex because I adore sucking on my Sir's cock.  Now that doesn't mean that I don't like him going down on me.

11.  If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?

Ireland or Germany.

Here are the questions I would like you to answer:

1.  What's your favorite implement for spanking?

2.  What is your favorite dessert?

3.  What's your favorite toy in your arsenal?

4.  What is your favorite sport (whether to play or watch)?

5.  City life or country life?

6.  What's your favorite pair of shoes?

7.  Are you with a significant other?  If so, for how long?

8.  Swallow, spit or pull out?  (either you do or have your partner do)

9.  What would your motto be?

10.  Most interesting class you ever took in school?

11.  Describe your kink in 11 words or less.

11 nominated blogs

The Liebster award is for blogs that have fewer than 200 followers, {according to the internet.} I also had to make sure not to include the folks that aisha had already nominated.  Aisha posted later that some disagreed with choosing others to award - that it was showing favoritism.  I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do given the conflicting input...so I went with the original directions...here are 11 - in no particular order :)

~ The Dish with Ward and June with Ward and June ~ I count this a TWO because they BOTH always post.  I have loved hearing both of their perspectives on so many things.  Both on the day to day life that happens and their wonderful connections.

~ New Life in DD with Bas ~ Bas is wonderfully real.  He lets us in on his life and his love.  He is very frank and honest and helpful. 

~ Exploring Surrender with Conina ~ Holy Scorcher.  She is a wonderful writer!  She and her husband know and embrace their kink and it is ... um ... exciting to peek inside.

~ Bright Bottom with Spanky ~ I love Spanky's pictures.  I love his interview with fondles and look forward to fairie's and of course his organization of CWS.

~ Life Under a Firm Hand with Mrs. Soft Bottom ~ She and Mr. FH have such a normal life.  It's wonderful to hear about kids ups and downs, their struggles and successes.  He is certainly embracing his inner-Dom and it's fun to come along for the ride.

~ Joey and Friends with Joey ~  Joey is the best of Spankos.  His adventures in spanking are inspiring!  It's fun to live vicariously :)

~ Smiling Belle's Journey with Belle ~  Belle is upbeat and makes me smile (as her title intones).  She provides vanilla life - romantic posts, posts about kids, and kinky posts that give us something oh so hot!

~ the Life of Liz with Liz ~ I love to hear about Grandma getting ready to move in, the craziness with the kids as well as delicious spankings and fun that ensues.

~ The world of Joolz with Joolz ~  I look forward to her adventures.  They are so well planned and push so many limits and are H..H...Ho...HOT!  But I have even enjoyed her 30 days of submission and day to day insights.

~ What does it mean to be Dominant? with Sir J ~  He is so insightful.  I love his posts and have learned a lot about the D side of things.  That sounds so cliche, but I really have gleamed a lot from his insights.  Incidentally, some of his posts are extremely ... combustible.