I've got a fever, and the only cure is...

...more spatulas! Actually, I suppose what I have can be better described as Bethie-itis: I have waaaay too many toys, but my greedy bottom can't resist a couple of cheap implements like these, especially when they're made of my favorite play material - silicone! And appropriately of course, I found them on Bethie's blog. Bethie finds the BEST toys at the BEST deals, and I knew I had to have these. I got them for a mere $6.99 each, and I can't wait to really try them out. Nick gave me a few test whacks with the bottom one, and I was very impressed! Thanks, Bethie!

Happy Birthday!!!

A very happy birthday to both Nick and Morgan today! Nick is 29, and Morgan is 7. Unfortunately he had to work today, but I was off, so I got to have lunch with him. Then I got to go to Morgan's school, where my mom gave her a very sweet and creative birthday party with her class. Tonight we went to my parents' house for gifts and cake. Tomorrow Nick and I are both off,so hopefully we'll get to spend some fun time on a date during school hours. Perhaps I can even talk him into giving me his birthday spanking!

Meme, Blogaversary, and more!

I was over at Grace's, and I picked up this yes or no meme. I didn't have to change very many anwers!

Taken a picture naked? Yes

Made money illegally? No

Had a one night stand? No

Been in a fist fight? No

Slept with your best friend? Yes

Had sex in a public place? yes

Ditched work to have sex? Yes

Slept with a member of the same sex? yes

Seen someone die? no

Ran from the police? No

Woke up somewhere and not remember how you got there? no

Worn your partners unmentionables? no

Fallen asleep at work? Yes

Used toys in the bedroom? Yes

Ran a red light? Yes

Been fired? No

Been in a car accident? Yes

Pole danced or done a striptease? yes

Loved someone you shouldn't? no

Sang karaoke? yes

Done something you told yourself you wouldn't? Yes

Laughed so hard you peed your pants? Yes

Caught someone having sex? no

Kissed a perfect stranger? no

Shaved your partner? Yes

Given your private parts a nickname? Yes

Ever gone in public without underwear? Yes

Had sex on a roof top? No

Played chicken? no

Mooned/flashed someone? Yes

Do you sleep naked? no

Blacked out from drinking? No

Felt like killing someone? Yes

Had sex more than 5 times in one day? no

Been with someone because they were in a band? No

Taken 10 shots of liquor in a day? No

Shot a gun? Yes

Gone outside naked? Yes

Also, while I was over there, she mentioned that she'd missed her blogaversary, which made me realize I did the same thing - AngelBrat's Blog turned 3 on March 13th. I can't believe it's been three years. I've met so many great people, and I'm so very glad to know you all!

In toy news, my dear husband has been a very crafty fellow. My favorite all time non-spanking toy is the good old silver bullet. The problem with the silver bullet is that it tends to wear out pretty quickly (if that's just with me, please don't tell me). Fortunately the adult store in our area usually has them for around $5, and Nick's always been good about buying me a new one when I needed it. Okay, here's a silly, embarrassing fact about me: I've always been afraid to toss these in the garbage when they wear out, because what if Morgan sees it? So until the other day, I had a bed table drawer full of them that had accumulated over the years.

A couple of days ago, Nick said, "You know, I bet I could fix those. You probably just have a wire loose in the egg part." Sooo...after Morgan went to sleep he gathered up all my poor broken down toys and took them out to the garage. And he fixed like 5 of them! But wait...on one of them, he got creative. When I got it, there was a little speed dial on the side that you used to turn it on and off, up and down. Nick put a push button switch on it, so now it has user controlled pulse action. Yes, I now have a souped-up vibrator. How cool is that?!

In other toy news, I found some super cool flyswatters for $1 at the grocery store the other day. In fact, I bought two of them. I don't know if you can tell from the picture, but the handle has a rubber grip and kind of a narrow bulb shape that stays cylindrical until it gets to the business end, which gives it a real flexibility. I can't wait to play!

Well spanked and well loved

So I got the spanking. Nick claimed it was a medium, and outside the experience, I guess he was right, although when I was trying to claw my way through the mattress it felt more like nuclear war. The truth is, he used his hand, and I didn't get more than a couple of hundred swats. I'm not really even sore today. So guess it was a medium. And it was certainly no more than I needed.

Anyway, after it was over we did indeed move on to more pleasurable pursuits. Nick felt it necessary to tell me that I had been neglecting a certain wifely duty. And we aren't talking about doing the dishes. And he then felt it wise to show me just how serious an offense this was with our heavy orange silicone spatula. Which, in this case was just the right amount of heavy.

And so after a very delicious spanking with the orange spatula, I enthusiastically remedied the situation. In fact, it all went so well that we've decided that in the future, when he's feeling neglected in such a way (even if he's only perhaps been neglected since the night before), the orange spatula would be an excellent way of showing me that he needs some attention.

A rather productive night, I would say.

From today's PostSecret

Happy

Yippee! Nick is back home safe with me! He got back around seven last night, and we went out and had a nice dinner as a family. I'm so very glad he's home! He enjoyed his trip, learned a lot at school, got to drive around some really high-end cars, and had lots of nice meals on the company expense account. I'm a little jealous!

Before he left, he told me that he wanted the house clean when he came home. Now it really wasn't that bad before he left. Since my last big encounter with the AngelBrat Paddle I've done my best to keep on top of things. So it was a pretty simple request to have it clean for him to come home to. I had big plans to concentrate one one room each night he was gone.

Then Tuesday I went to the bookstore. Okay, you may not know this about me, but I like to read. A lot. It's one of my favorite pastimes. In fact, I'm physically incapable of having a meal alone without reading something. If I forget my book on my lunch break at work, I've been known to read junk mail, or one of Morgan's school books, or even my car owner's manual. So yeah, I like to read. And there's a great used book store in our city. The price for paperbacks ranges anywhere from 25¢ to $4.50, usually less than half the publisher's printed price. But the best part is their trade feature. You can bring in your own already-read books and trade them for others. Now they don't give you trade credit for quite the same amount that they charge for the book to be re-sold or re-traded, but still, you're getting something back, and you can always get more than you have trade credit for and pay for the rest in cash.

So on Tuesday my mom took Morgan home with her after school, which is a pretty regular Tuesday thing for them, and I took my bag full of books from my last trip back to the bookstore. And boy did I get books! I got probably 14 or 15, a couple even that I'd already read and wanted to read again. Then I went to pick up Morgan, and I went home and read. Tuesday night I read this one:


Wednesday I read this one:



Thursday I read this one:



And Friday I was well into this one:



I really love Harlan Coben's books.

So maaaaaybe I didn't spend as much time concentrating on the house as I had planned. Now don't get me wrong, it still wasn't bad when he got home. The kitchen in fact looked fabulous (perhaps due in part to mine and Morgan's patronage of all things fast food while he was gone, but I did some cleaning on it too!). But the rest of the house, well it looked more or less like it had when he left.

So there might be a small spanking in my future. I say small because that's what I'm hoping for. Of course I suppose there could instead be a medium or even a large spanking in my future. But there's going to be a spanking pretty much either way.

Even so, I'm so very glad to have him back!

Missing my baby...

....which some people might think is silly, considering he's usually only been home for a couple of hours by this point in the day. But those people don't know how awesome and addictive my husband is! But anyway, he got there safe and sound, and we had a lovely little ooey-gooey phone conversation to make me feel better.

 

Yesterday my friend Alicia (who I teach children's choir with) picked Morgan up and gave me the night off so Nick and I could have some time alone before he had to leave. We went to a gorgeous local park that we'd never been to before so we could see it all and take some pictures of the beautiful spring flowers. Today after I picked Morgan up from school I took her there too, and I got some gorgeous pictures of her. I wish I could put the ones of her up on here so that everybody could see my beautiful princess, but I'll have to settle for showing you some of the park itself...

Waaaaaaaah!

Okay, so I'm being a big baby. Nick has to leave for Atlanta for work tomorrow while I'm at work, and he won't be back till Friday evening. The longest we've ever been apart has been 2 nights, so I'm truly freaking out here. I know, I know - it's just 5 days. He'll be fine, we'll be fine, he'll be back soon and everything will be back to normal. But I don't want him to go!!! So keep me and my sanity in your prayers, and definitely his safety on this trip. Sniff, sniff...