Name That Paddle Contest!

It's that time of year again! John of Leather Thorn Paddles is holding a "Name That Paddle" contest for his newest creation:







Visit the online store to view the complete rules, along with his other fine work. I got his Buster Paddle last year for Christmas, and it was my favorite gift! I was just as happy with his Brat Paddle.

Go take a whack (hehe) at naming his latest masterpiece and it could be yours!

Gratitude Tuesday - I

It's Gratitude Tuesday again! Time to celebrate the I's -

Ice Cream - Now who doesn't like some kind of ice cream?

Innocence - Beautiful while it lasts - I see it in my daughter every day.

Interest - How grand to both feel and inspire it!

Inspiration - That swelling burst of clarity, that urgent blooming of ideas - how glorious!

Implements - of all shapes, sizes, and materials!

Iced sweet tea on a hot summer's day - Ahhhhhh!

Imagination - such a beautiful tool.

Internet - How much I've grown because of it!

Inclusion - How I love feeling included!

Happy Gratitude Tuesday!

Whew!

Well, it took some doing (like 2 1/2 hours), but I did some much needed housecleaning on the links. I deleted the dead/taken over by porn ones, and I've added everyone on the Delurk List who wasn't already there. Welcome, everyone!

More on Delurking

Delurking Friday was a great success, well attended all around. Below is a list (borrowed from Bonnie) of other blogs that participated. I encourage you to say hi if you already read these fine authors, and if you don't, to go check them out!

Bonnie at My Bottom Smarts

CuddlyBum at Random Thoughts from a Random Girl Theresa at Hungry Heart Anxious Bottom Eva at Nothing Random About a Spanking Elis at New Beginnings Cassie at Cassie's Space Grace at A Day in the Life Tiggr at A Spanking Good Time Gem at Domestic Discipline Spanking Stories Padme at Journey to the Darkside Snow at Snow Wonders Katie at Katie Spades: The Princess of Spanking Aunty at Aunty Agony Anne Elizabeth at Make My Cop Come SuzyQ at My Naked Truth Don at Confessions of an English Gentleman Kay at Brat Under Control Tulsa at Tulsa Moda Adam at Adam's Spanking Stories Pandora at Pandora's Blog Lily at Life with a Bit of Spanking Patty at Creative Spanko Wench CeeCi at Giardino del Piacere Mistress Sky at Mature Mistress Ruby at Ruby Redd Haron at The Spanking Writers Bella at the B____ Inside Butterfly at Butterfly Temptress Adele at Spanking Model Speaks Mike at Spanked Hubby Natty at Natty's Spanking Blog Minxy at A Spanked Minxy Wife Matt at Matt's Spanking Blog Bbobb at Bbobb's Place Lisa at Pleasure of Being a Spanked Wife Sparkle at Life in Motion Maggie at Maggie Dear Doc at Reformations Bethie at Spanking Bethie Fox at Taught a Lesson Frank at Fantastic Spanking Chris at Chris' Firehouse Brush at The Spanking Spot Flinchflower at Facing Fear

Come Delurk!

I'd like to invite all of my silent readers to come out and say hi! I have the world's most awesome commentors, and I truly feel that I've made wonderful friends of them; I'd love to meet more of you. Just comment here, or if you'd rather email me, feel free. Remain anonymous or introduce yourself - either way I'd be delighted to hear from you!

Waiting no more...

Tonight was the night. Fortunately (?????) my mom wanted to spend some time with Morgan, and she took her home from school, which meant that Nick and I finally had some time alone. Shortly after I got home from work, he ordered me upstairs and took out (what else?) Jokari. We both sat on the bed, and after a few minutes spent going over just what had brought this about, he told me to turn over. I started to obey, then he abruptly said, "No, I tell you what: I want you to get up and stand right there and bend over." He indicated the end of the bed, which happens to sit directly in front of the mirrored door of the armoire.

Reluctantly I did as I was told and assumed the position. I have to tell you, that really got inside my head, which was of course his point. The vast majority of my spankings happen with me laying on my stomach on the bed with him helpfully holding me down. To have to assume and hold a position which is convenient for nothing other than being paddled will show you in a hurry that serious business is meant. It didn't help to have a clear view of the paddle smacking my bottom.

The spanking was very hard, and mostly concentrated on two spots, one on each cheek. The tears came quickly, much more quickly than the spanking ended, and I was a very sorry girl by the end of it. When it was done he held me and let me cry until I was still and calm. Right now I am at peace.

Gratitude Wednesday Redux

Okay, so I ran out of time last night. We took Morgan trick or treating (she was the cutest girl pirate), then to both of our parents houses. Then I had to be at work a half hour earlier than usual today, so I crashed. That said, I am still grateful! Sooooo...without further ado, here are the H's:

Halloween candy - Ask Nick, heck, ask anybody - I'm a candy freak. I loooove candy. And what better holiday for candy than Halloween?

Health - I'm grateful for my health. I know not everyone has theirs, and I don't take mine for granted. (I know, I know...the candy thing)

Heaven - I know my future, and that gives me peace.

Highlights - I recently got my hair highlighted, and even though it was a small thing, it made me feel pretty!

Hairbrushes - so handy for...brushing one's hair...

House - I'm addicted to the biting medical drama, which includes Hugh Laurie!

Hugs - What's to explain?

Home - wherever my family is.

Honey - I love honey on biscuits!

Hands - I adore Nick's hands, and all the wonderful things they do for/to me.

Happy (late) Gratitude Tuesday!

Waiting

Okay. I'm waiting on a spanking. I've been waiting on a spanking. For two weeks. When we were on vacation there was an argument that escalated into some pretty serious disrespect, but the proximity of my parents along with a desire on both of our parts to just put it away for the time being resulted in reckoning delayed. But when we got back to the house I was supposed to have spotless before we left, he announced that there were issues to be dealt with.

Even though he was going into a 6 day shift, he promised I wouldn't have to wait till his next day off. Well, that day came and went. Along with his entire next shift. Yesterday, his first day off this time, he announced on the way to church that we had business to attend to. So I sit in church, my stomach in knots, trying to concentrate on the sermon instead of what he might use to blister my bottom.

After church we went to the pumpkin patch to get our pumpkins. Then back to church. Then back home. Then eventually to bed. Still no spanking. Although we did have a short conversation about how I'd assumed that after two weeks the issue was off the table and he assured me that in fact it was not.

Tonight he turned on a movie after he carved the pumpkins. Now granted, he's put a lot into today: he had to take Morgan for her kindergarten physical, complete with the throat swab and the finger prick and the peeing in a cup and the immunizations, all of which was rather upsetting to her. And then he took her bowling to get her mind off things, which was an awesome thing to do.

But I am about to go nuts. I'm not at all excited to get spanked here - in fact I'm really dreading it. But I hate the waiting. I just want it done with so I don't have to think about it. Urrgg!

Pumpkin Carving

Nick carved our pumpkins today, and as always, he did an outstanding job! The one on the right (also pictured below) is actually for a contest at my work. I got permission for him to do the carving for my team, and I think they'll all be pleased. Happy Halloween!

Well this can't be right...

LOL! Via Lady C.

Spanking Purity Test

A Spanking Meme via Katie Spades.
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Have you ever...


1. Posted to a spanking newsgroup/bulletin board/mailing list? Yes

2. Bought/downloaded spanking pictures? Yes

3. Bought/downloaded spanking magazines or literature? Yes

4. Been in a spanking chat room? Yes

5. Bought spanking-related books in a real bookstore? Yes

6. Written a spanking story? Yes

7. Looked up the word "spank" in the dictionary? Yes

8. Bought/watched a spanking video? Yes

9. Cyber-spanked someone or been cyber-spanked? No

1o. Watched someone else get spanked in real life? Yes

11. Been to a fetish shop such as Kinematics or Stormy Leather? Yes

12. Purchased toys specifically for spanking? Yes

13. Made your own spanking toys? Yes

14. Spent more than $100 on a single spanking toy? Yes

15. Owned 10 or more spanking toys? Yes

16. Had a spanking fantasy while masturbating? Yes

17. Had a spanking fantasy about a real life spanking you'd seen/read about? Yes

18. a spanking fantasy while having sex? Yes

19. Spanked/been spanked while touching intimately? Yes

20. Spanked/been spanked during sex? Yes

21. Had an orgasm while spanking/being spanked? Yes

22. Spanked/been spanked with no specifically sexual overtones whatsoever? Yes

23. Spanked/been spanked on the bare bottom? Yes

24. Spanked/been spanked for more than 10 minutes? Yes

25. Spanked/been spanked for more than an hour? No

26. Been involved in a situation where if something went wrong, the only means to stop the scene was a safeword? Yes

27. Used your safeword/ had someone use their safeword? No

28. Spanked/been spanked where there was no safeword? Yes

Spanked/been spanked with:


29. A hand? Yes

30. Paddle? Yes

31. Hairbrush? Yes

32. Ruler? Yes

33. Spoon? Yes

34. Cane? Yes, well, actually long dowel rods of varying thicknesses

35. Switch/birch? Yes

36. Crop? Yes

37. Belt/strap? Yes

38. Flogger/whip? Yes

39. Implement with holes? Yes

40. Ordinary object not intended for spanking, such
as a remote control or shoe? Yes

Have you ever...


41. Broken a toy (over someone's bottom) during spanking play? Yes, or rather several have been broken over mine.

42. Switched? (been spanked if you are primarily a top, or spanked someone if you are primarily a bottom) No

43. Spanked/been spanked on the back of the thighs? Yes

44. Spanked/been spanked on the front of/inside of the thighs? Yes

45. Spanked/been spanked on the breasts/genitals? Yes

46. Wet your/your partner's bottom to make it sting more? Yes

47. Spanked/been spanked outside? Yes

48. Spanked/been spanked in a hotel? Yes

49. Spanked/been spanked in a car? Yes

50. Spanked/been spanked in a bath, shower or hot tub? Yes

51. Made someone do something/been made to do something they/you did not want to do? Yes

52. Punished someone/been punished for not doing something correctly or refusing to do something in a scene? Yes

53. Punished someone/been punished for a real life issue? Yes

54. Used spanking "talk"? (i.e. "You've been very naughty," "I'll be good." etc.) Yes

55. Been involved in the acting out of a roleplay fantasy? Yes

56. Been involved in the acting out of an ageplay fantasy? No

57. Asked for/been asked for a spanking? Yes

58. Made someone/been made to count the spanks? Yes

59. Made someone stand/stood in the corner? No

60. Made someone stand/stood in the corner for more than 5 minutes? No

61. Been provoked/provoked someone into spanking you by acting like a brat? Yes

62. Deliberately disobeyed/had someone deliberately disobey, in order to get spanked? Yes

63. Kept a list of "infractions" to spank/be spanked for later? Yes

64. Spanked yourself? Yes

65. Spanked yourself at the instruction of someone else/instructed someone to spank him/herself? No

66. Required someone to/been required to call someone Sir/Ma'am/Master/Mistress/Mommy/Daddy/some-other-variation during spanking play? Yes

67. Met someone specifically for spanking play? No

68. Travelled more than 100 miles to spank/be spanked? No

69. Placed/answered a spanking personal? No

70. Gone to a play party or club? No

71. Participated in play with someone at a play party or club? No

72. Spanked/been spanked by someone whose name you didn't know? No

73. Paid or been paid to spank someone? No

74. Been involved in a spanking scene with more than one person at a time? No

75. Spanked/been spanked by both men and women? (not necessarily at the same time)? No

76. Spanked/been spanked on a spanking horse or someother piece of furniture specifically designed for spanking? No, but I'd like to try

77. Made videotapes of your spanking play? Yes

78. Taken pictures of/had your partner take pictures of you during or after spanking play? Yes

79. Admired your/your partner's bottom in the mirror after a spanking? Yes

80. Spanked someone/been spanked nude? Yes

81. Bought new underwear specifically for spanking play? Yes

82. Worn fetish clothing (schoolgirl outfit, leather, etc?) Yes

83. Worn fetish clothing in public? Yes

84. Spanked/been spanked so that the spankee had trouble sitting afterward? Yes

85. Spanked/been spanked so that the spankee had trouble sitting the next day? Yes

86. Spanked/been spanked so there were marks/bruises showing? Yes

87. Spanked/been spanked so there were marks/bruises showing for more than a day? Yes

88. Had to explain your marks to a vanilla person? Yes

Been involved with any of the following in connection with spanking play?

89. Restraint (ie. holding someone down, trapping their legs, etc.)? Yes

90. Restraint with ropes, cuffs, scarves or other bondage toys? Yes

91. Blindfolds? Yes

92. Gags? No

93. Nipple clamps/clothespins? No

94. Icy hot or some other heat-enhancing cream? No

95. Ginger root or some other burning/stinging substance inserted anally? No

96. A butt plug, dildo or vibrator? Yes

97.Mouthsoaping? No

98. Enemas? No

99. Temperature taking? No

100. Cried/made someone cry from a spanking? Yes

Looks like I'm 75% pure

ThinkPink

I'd like to introduce a very cute new blog called ThinkPink. There's some neat stuff over there, including some great spanking smilies I'd never seen before.
For example: and !

Cure for road rage?

Nick and I took Morgan bowling for the first time last night, and while we were there we saw this rather interesting sticker on the windshield of a car in the parking lot. Hmmm...

Gratitude Tuesday - G

It's Gratitude Tuesday, and I'm back in the saddle! Today I celebrate the Gs. I'm grateful for:

God - first and foremost I am grateful for and to God for everything from my family to my salvation.

Gmail - How great is gmail? My spam filter is amazing, and I never have to delete!

Google - Well, what would we do without it? I know there are other search engines, but they're just not the same.

G-Spot - 'Nough said.

Girl - The fact that I am one - I love, love, LOVE being a girl!

Green - my favorite color of all

Gratitude Tuesday - What a great tradition!

Green Bean Casserole - Yummy!

Gateway - I adore my new laptop!

Girlfriends - I've only had a few really close ones in my life, and they've each been a treasure.

Giardino del Piacere - the blog that started it all definitely deserves a mention!

New Links

I have a few new links to update:

Maggie Dear

Angel's Reflections

AngelGirl In Love

Bbobb's Place

Brat Under Control

Facing Fear

I'll Beg

Master Fitz and His Brat

Vintage Spanking Photos

Well Spanked Bot

How did you get here?

Elis posted a great question the other day: How did you get here?

I've been a spanko for literally as long as I can remember. When I was younger even than Morgan I was fascinated by spanking. Of course I just knew I was the only one ever, so I never told a soul until Nick, and it was nothing short of astonishing that I managed that!

I was literally never on the internet until I was maybe 21, and one day, yup, just like everybody else, I typed the word "spanking" into a search engine. Holy crap! A lot of the stuff I found was pretty scary, but the sheer volume of what was there overwhelmed and delighted me. There were others like me! Sadly, it wasn't long until our second hand, ten-year-old computer bit the dust, and there was no such thing as money for a new one.

It wasn't for a few of years that we finally got another hand-me-down machine and got back online. I waited till I was alone (years into our marriage I still couldn't say "spanking" without the lights out and Nick half asleep), and typed that magical word back into a search engine. I found a lot of stuff, but I remember thinking that, "yeah, this is spanking stuff, but somehow it's just not exactly my cup of tea."

By this point in our marriage, Nick and I had begun to chafe against each other. It was nothing so serious as to ever bring "not making it" into the picture, but we'd definitely been happier. The two biggest issues were the facts that I was a horrible housekeeper (I know, I know, but back then I didn't even try), and he just didn't get or want to cater to my spanking needs. There was definite resentment on both parts, and it became a whole "Why should I spank/clean if she/he won't clean/spank?"

On New Year's Eve, after 5 1/2 years of marriage, we had the mother of all fights. Somewhere in all the yelling and screaming I flung out that maybe he should just spank me for it if he was so upset about the house. It was like someone suddenly cut the lights. We both stopped yelling and looked at each other as though we'd heard the stove speak. Who'd ever heard of such a thing? I mean, really?

But I started exploring. I first found Southern California Spanked Wives and Brat's Place for Spanking on MSN, and from there I found SpankSpot and Bethany's Woodshed. What really grabbed me though was Vickie Blue. All of a sudden every question, desire, and unvoiced need I had about spanking came into focus with the words "Domestic Discipline."

This was what I wanted and needed! Our marriage had started to bind in ways that weren't good, and I felt with overwhelming certainty that I was looking at the way home.

I spent days researching, hunting and printing, gathering a huge binder full of articles. One night I finally got up enough courage to dump it in Nick's lap with a "Here'ssomestuffIfoundonlineyoumight-wannareadit&maybethinkaboutitIgottago!" I fled, and thankfully, he read. It wasn't easy at first (or truly even now), but it did get easier with time.

I started blogging after Patty started hers. I enjoyed the forums where I read, but I never really felt comfortable posting, mostly because Nick would never read, and he was the one I really wanted to communicate with most of all. Blogging seemed the perfect low pressure way to present my thoughts and needs. What I didn't expect were all the wonderful friends I've made here. This has become a place where I feel loved and appreciated, able to share and laugh and be a crazy uber-spanko who puts up pictures of provocative socks with full confidence that someone here will find them just as kinky as me.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled program...

Whew! I've got a minute to breathe, so I thought I'd hop on here. Yesterday was my birthday - I'm now 29. Sadly Nick and I both had to work, so there wasn't much celebration, although we did go out for dinner when he got home. I'm loving my laptop! (Thank you SO much, baby!) As it turns out, birthday spankings aren't official until they're administered to both cheeks. Who knew?

I've added a few new links on the right. Spanking Over Skirts has a new blog, and I've also added the new site Bondage-Guide. I also want to point out some tastefully kinky shirts and stickers over at Artful Surrender.

Now, speaking of lovely kinky stuff for sale...my friend Mary pointed out some lovely (and quite reasonably priced) crops and things at Torrid, and I just had to put them up here:

We interrupt this program...

I've not forgotten about Gratitude Tuesday, or about all my wonderful commenters, or about the several people who are patiently waiting for reciprocal links, but the last two days have been cram-packed with catching up at work and at home, so I'm afraid I haven't had a chance to catch up here yet. Thanks for your patience!

We're baaaack!

We're back, and we had such a great time! The weather was phenomenal, and we got to go do all the cheesy touristy stuff in Panama City Beach. Nick got to do some deep sea fishing with my dad, and my mom and I did some shopping. Nick and I did some shopping of our own, and I got this cool Bettie Page key chain at Hot Topic, where they also had some very interesting riding crops in their Halloween section, not to mention some rather provocatively named thigh high stockings.














We also went to an antique shop where they had this cool old razor strop. Unfortunately it was priced a bit out of our range, so it stayed where it was, but a girl can dream, right?




It was an amazing vacation, and I'm so glad we got to go, and so very grateful to Nick for making it happen. Thank you, Sugar!

Just dropping a quick line...

We're here in Panama and having a blast. Turns out the condo we rented doesn't have wi-fi, so I'm at a coffee house, but everything is gorgeous, and we're having a blast! More later...

Paige Tyler

Our dear friend Tigger writes novellas for Bethany's Woodshed, and she's just set up her own author's page. She's an amazing writer, and well worth reading. Go check her out!

Paige Tyler

I'm sooooooo excited!!!!!

Okay, first of all, things got settled, and we're leaving for the beach on Saturday!!! Hooray!!! That in itself is awesome enough. But there's more...

Tonight Nick took me to Best Buy and bought me an amazing laptop and all the stuff we need to go wireless with it! I've wanted a laptop for the last dozen years, but we've never been able to afford one. Tonight he generously used a good chunk of his inheritance to buy me not just a good one, but a great one! I'm sooo excited about this, because as a spanking blogger, sometimes I need privacy from little eyes that's hard to get when the computer's in the same room as the DVD player.

Speaking of DVD players, this is going to come in sooo handy on the 9 hour drive to the beach with a five year old. I'm posting this from our desktop PC, because the Geek Squad is going to come install the wireless router and set up the security, but they can't get here till the 24th. In the meantime, I hope to stay at a hotel with wi-fi so that I can check in from the beach.

I'm truly humbled by such a gift, and the simplest, purest words I can say to Nick are just THANK YOU!

Halloween's coming...

I recently wrote an article for South Coast Pleasure called The Joy of Role Play. South Coast has started carrying some gorgeous lingerie, not to mention some awesome fetish costumes, and they have one for almost every fantasy I wrote about! Go check them out!

Gratitude Tuesday - F

It's Gratitude Tuesday again! Today we're on the F's:

Fruit smoothies - especially strawberry ones. And orange ones. And strawberry-banana ones.

Flowers - I looooove getting flowers! And Nick has surprised me many times when I've been down, or when I've been sick, or just because he wanted to say how much he loves me!

Friends - and not just the ones I know in person. The friends I've met here all mean SO MUCH to me!

Floggers - we have a couple - one that Nick made from some rubber strips he came up with at work, and a purple rubber one that I bought us for Valentine's Day a couple of years ago. The purple one especially he can really put his arm into without doing damage to me, and I looove all those caressing little fingers!

Flirting - I still flirt with Nick every day, and it never gets old (for me anyway)!

Fleece blankets - they're cheap, warm, and I've got a house full of them!

Fall - Okay, I said Autumn for the A's, but I really love this season!

Fried okra - Undeniable Southern, and unbeatable dipped in ranch dressing - yum!

Fridays - such a relief!

Flea markets - so much cheap, unique stuff, and there's always a guy selling leather belts!

Happy Gratitude Tuesday!

Spanking toys in the strangest places...

My nanny was a wonderful quirky woman with a house full of off the wall stuff. The other day my mom was going through some of her things to distribute and discard, and she came across this kooky flyswatter. I couldn't help rescuing it from the garbage.