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4 Things

This little meme has been making the rounds, so since I got my laptop cord tonight (!) thought I'd play too!

4 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME

Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Computer room manager at a grocery store
2. Magazine return processor
3. Telemarketer (I know, I know, but the job I left to work there was even worse!)

4. Customer Service Specialist

Four movies I have seen more than once:
1. Forest Gump
2. A Time to Kill
3. The Notebook
4. Christmas Vacation

Four places I have lived:
1. My parents' house.
2. The house we rented as newlyweds.
3. A trailer my papaw rented to us ridiculously cheap
4. The house we live in now, the first home we bought.

Four Shows that I watch (not necessarily regularly)
1. Lost
2. Nip/Tuck
3. House

4. Boston Legal

Four places I have been:
1. The Virgin Islands
2. Panama City Beach
3. Disney World

4. Myrtle Beach

Four People who e-mail me (regularly):
1. My dad
2. My good friend R.
3. My good friend D.
4. My cousin B.

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Lasagna
2. Prime Rib

3. Spaghetti
4. Grilled chicken

Four places I would rather be right now.
1. The beach
2. Ireland
3. In bed with Nick
4. In bed with Nick with him spanking me

Friends I think will respond
Probably not many more people. I'm kind of late on this one.

Four things I am looking forward to this year
1. Christmas
2. The first snow

3. Thanksgiving

4. Getting a little more in control of our finances.

Happy times
1. Age 19

2. My wedding and honeymoon
3. The day Morgan was born
4. Our beach trip last year

I'll buy a vowel please.

So I promised you guys spanking tales, yes I did. And there is indeed one to report. Okay, this started way back on October 5th. That was my last day of work before my vacation. In our city we have red light cameras. If you're unfamiliar with these, they are cameras set up to catch people running red lights. If you cross the sensor against the light, it takes your car's picture with a nice close up of the license plate and sends you a nice $50 traffic ticket. Now by and far these are good things. Traffic fatalities have dropped tremendously since they were installed, because people are a lot less likely to try to beat the cross traffic if they know it will cost them fifty bucks even if they do make it safely across.

So anyway, there are a number of these cameras on my way to and from work. One of them is at a red light where I turn right each day on my way home. Now, let me say in my defense, it is legal (in my city at least) to turn right on red, providing there's no sign that specifically says "No right turn on red." And in fact, there is no such sign at this intersection. And on Friday the 5th, flush with the freedom of a newly begun vacation, I headed gleefully home, turning right under the red light as usual when I saw that there was no oncoming traffic. So I was a bit shocked when on the 13th I pulled a red light ticket out of our mailbox. Sure, I turned right on red. Every freakin day. So why is this suddenly not okay?

I called Nick immediately and said, "Am I insane? It is still legal to turn right on red isn't it?" He agreed that yes indeed it was, and we decided that I hadn't come to a complete stop before turning, and perhaps that had triggered the ticket. At any rate, he wasn't too upset with me. I hadn't done anything dangerous, and we'd both learned that the traffic cameras don't like rolling stops into legal turns.

I agreed to make my turn into the parking lot just before the intersection (which exits onto the road I was turning onto anyway), and thus avoid the whole possibility in the future.

Okay, fast forward to this past Saturday. Morgan has been a little under the weather, so I took her to the doctor. One my way back home I called Nick and he met us for lunch at a little pizza place near our house. When he got out of his truck he had one question for me. "What was the date on your traffic ticket?" When I told him, he have me a look. "You got another one in the mail today."

"What?"

"In the same damn place too."

This did not bode well for me and my butt.

"I thought you told me you weren't turning at that light any more."

"I'm not!" I protested.

"Well clearly you are - we have photographic evidence." The thing is, I really had been turning into the parking lot. But as I thought back, I recalled one particular day when I just plain forgot until I was halfway through the turn under the red light. I didn't think much about it at the time, because it was turning red as I went under it. Over pizza he made it clear that this particular ticket was something we'd be dealing with later.

We spent Saturday afternoon and evening at my parent's house, and by the time we got home it was getting late. He gave me an option of going to the garage to take care of it then or waiting until the next night when Morgan was either occupied or asleep. It had been a while since I'd been really spanked, and I knew that I didn't want to get what would probably be a hard one out in the garage. There was no good place to position myself, and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to hold still. I asked him to wait until the next day.

All day Sunday I was pretty quiet. Frankly I was worried about it. I knew I had seriously screwed up with the second ticket, and he'd also mentioned that there would be other issues addressed. He felt like I just hadn't had my head on straight about a lot of things, and he was right, but that didn't make me dread the spanking any less. Something else that was increasing my anxiety was a serious conversation we'd had when we came home from my parents' house the night before.

There are certain changes we need to make in our life together. We're not the most responsible with money, our health is not where we want it to be, and, while I may be the one who gets spanked for the house, it stems from all three of us just having too much stuff and not being good at controlling what we do with it. For the first time in a long time I saw my husband determined to make some major life changes, and he was determined to bring me along with him. Now honestly, this has been a huge relief for me. I've been just as ready to re-prioritize as he's been, but I've needed him as a motivating force behind me. There have been some unexpected issues that have brought all of this to the forefront, and I'll probably talk about those in a later post. But anyway, the raw determination, while both exciting and comforting to me, was also unnerving with a spanking looming.

Sunday morning we went to church, then came home and played with Morgan in the yard for a few hours. By the time she was ready to go in and watch TV I was ready to pull my hair out with thinking about what I had coming. Finally I asked him to do it soon, so that I didn't have to spend the rest of my weekend dreading it.

Not long after he led me upstairs and locked the door behind us. He pulled me onto my stomach on the bed and began to spank. He started hard with his hand over my jeans, and it always surprises me just how much his hand hurts through denim. Before very long he got up to open the toy box. I was really expecting him to pull out Jokari, which would have been no fun at all, and pretty much the worst thing I expected. So it was with a bit of a whimper that I watched him retrieve "The Big Paddle." I can't even recall the last time I was punished with this thing. It's crazy heavy, and seems to be about eight feet long. He made it when we were dating and he was trying to come up with something to indulge his new spank-crazy girlfriend. Back then I couldn't handle it even for play. Even now a relatively light pop is enough to leave a lingering burn.

These days, if I'm really horny, I can definitely develop a craving for it during play, but it's a serious enough implement that he very rarely brings it out for discipline.

When it came down to it though, he was much more lenient on me than I expected. I was pretty miserable about the ticket among other things already, so he knew that it wouldn't take too much with that paddle to bring me to where I needed to be. I got probably 50 with the paddle, although the last twenty were very, very hard. I got quite a few more with his hand. When it was over he cuddled me for a bit.

As it usually does, the cuddling led to more, and very soon we were reconnecting on a whole other level. It was a well spanked and well satisfied girl who got up from that bed. Even four years into this it still amazes me the level of calm and peace that comes over me after being punished. As much as I dread it, it makes me feel so loved and protected. I'm a very blessed wife.

Still here...

I am so sorry for the silence here, guys. The cord that they sent me for my laptop didn't work, and the old one finally broke beyond what Nick could fix. So I'm waiting on another replacement. It should be here within the next few days, and I'll be up and running again. Right now I'm on a borrowed computer. But I should have an update for you shortly, and this one will have real live spanking in it.

Got Ink?

Sorry for the lack of posting around here lately. It's been a busy week. Unfortunately my papaw has taken a turn for the worse lately. He's had to have several surgeries in the last few months to deal with swelling on his brain. Thursday he suddenly lost the ability to speak, and he was rushed back to the hospital. They went in and operated on his brain again that afternoon, and he's not recovering as well as the doctors (and we) had hoped. He's only spoken about three words since he ragained consciousness, and he's for the most part unresponsive. I thank you for all the prayers you guys have sent up for us, and we would really appreciate you continuing to pray for him.

In other news, I finally got my tattoo yesterday! Nick and I both love it, and the artist was a friend who did it for a very good price. I'm posting a picture, and I also want to explain what it is and why I chose it. I decided on the Celtic design and the Gaelic script because my heritage is Irish. The script is a translation of the Bible verse Song of Solomon 6:3. "I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine."

This verse has always been very special to me for a couple of reasons. Song of Solomon is the book of the Bible which outlines the marriage relationship, the romantic relationship between husband and wife. Obviously my marriage is very important to me, and I know that my husband is a gift from God. But the Bible also tells us that God also intended for marriage to be a picture of Christ's relationship with the body of believers that make up the Christian church. As such, I read the verse not only as "I am Nick's, and Nick is mine" but as "I am God's, and God is mine." It just really captures for me the sweetness of having a closeness to the God who not only created me, but loves me enough to have given me an assured eternity, and on top of that a truly beautiful marriage to the perfect man for me.

The tattoo is on my upper back, and I'm so pleased with how it came out!

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I just wanted to say thank you for all the lovely birthday wishes!

30

Well, it's happened. You might notice something a little different in my profile now. I knew this day would come, and it did. And I have survived. That's right. Yesterday............

.........I turned 30.

Actually I had a lovely birthday. I took the day off, and Nick was off anyway. We got up early and took Morgan to school, then went to have breakfast at Chik-fil-a. Yummmmm!

Afterwards we went to hang out with a friend who was getting his first tattoo. This was very cool since on the 26th I'll be getting my birthday gift from Nick - a tattoo of my own!

After the tattoo parlour we stopped by Nick's stepmom's hair salon, where she colored and cut and waxed me into shape for our next stop - the dreaded driver's license renewal. Sadly I had to give up the one with the cute, skinny picture of me at 21. But the new picture wasn't too awful bad. Now I didn't say that it was good, but then I'm never happy with pictures of myself.

Nick had picked Morgan up from school while I was getting spiffied up, so she was with us for the license renewal and lunch afterwards, then we went home for a bit to just hang out for a while. Later we went out for ice cream with Nick's dad and stepmom.

When we got home Nick and I spent some lovely time alone, during which there was plenty of birthday spanking and other fun stuff. A very nice birthday indeed!

Spanko Candy Fun

So I saw a commercial tonight about how you can order personalized M&Ms for a party. And I started thinking about how fun it would be to order some with spanko phrases. Such as:



Then I thought how fun it would be to have M&Ms with different implements. Imagine the game posibilities!

Happy (early) Birthday, Paul!!!

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Paul, happy birthday to yooooouuuuu! Here's wishing you a wonderful day, dear friend, and many more to come!

LOLOLOL! Not quite...

I am Vanilla Flavoured I am one of the most popular flavours in the world. Subtle and smooth, I go reasonably with anyone, and rarely do anything to offend. I can be expected to be blending in in society. What Flavour Are You?

Oh my goodness! **Updated to include new friends!**

What a fantastic bunch of comments you guys left! I got to meet a bunch of wonderful new people and hear from some lovely old friends too! I'm afraid I'm awful at leaving comments myself. There are so many awesome spanko bloggers out there that usually I just plain old don't have time to leave comments. But I really do try when get the chance, and I always appreciate each and every comment I get on here. A big thanks to Bonnie for hosting this again this year! It's been a lot of fun, and I'm glad she came up with the concept. I'm going to respond to everyone here:

padme amidala, hi sweetie! It's always so good to hear from you, and I always love to read over at your place! You're one of my favorites too!

PK, I'm so glad to hear from you! I'm afraid I don't comment on yours as much as I'd like, but I'm always over there!

hermione, thank you! I can't take any credit for Bonnie - she's an amazing blogger! But I always swell up a bit when she's so generous with her compliments. I look forward to reading your blog!

AKB, thank you! It's lovely to meet you, and I've added you to my Google Reader!

Kaya, it's always great to see you!

April, what a lovely comment! Thank you!

Dove, hi and hugs to you too! It's very nice to meet you!

Hi, Ofia! I enjoy yours too!

Paul, always lovely to hear from you, dear friend!

Kallisto, I'm afraid I'm guilty of that too, but I visit you guys all the time too! Thank you for commenting today!

Bonnie, this year turned out even better than last year. Thank you for doing this again, and for being an inspiration to all of us!

Thank you, luna. I've read you for ages too.

Thank you, Maggie! I always love to stop by your blog!

Ellie, it's so very good to hear from you! Thank you for a beautiful comment!

mthc, thank you for commenting - it's always nice to hear from you!

SelfSpanker, I'm the same way - I do keep up with your blog, and I'm glad you popped in to say hi.

Thank you, Todd & Suzy. I love yours too!

Grace, my sister! Every time I read your blog I think "That is SO me!" Well, except for your Muslim mother in law. You're one up on me there. (But seriously, you guys have my prayers on that). I'm so glad you stopped by.

Hello, Nigel. Nice to meet you!

Carye, hi sweetie! I'm always so glad to hear from you, and I'd love to email with you regularly!

Bethie, I'm the same way - I read your every post, but I just don't get the chance to comment like I'd like too. I always love your blog though!

Thank you, Valdor! Lovely to meet you!

Naughtybuttcute, you're welcome, and thank you for stopping by here!

Thank you for the comment, Marcus, and I'll be back to yours as well!

Danielle, it was a pleasure - I'm so glad I could help! And it's good to hear from you!

Frank, thank you - I always enjoy your blog too!

preggo_spanko, thank you for the lovely compliment! I've enjoyed watching your blog grow!

Erik, I appreciate you stopping by!

Susan, thank you for your comment - I'm glad you stopped in!

Love Our Lurkers!!!

Pssst! You - over there! How about saying hi? You know you want to...

Come on, everybody here is really nice, and a bunch of us got to be friends just by saying hello. And of course you're welcome to just hang out here without introducing yourself - we're still very glad to have you. But we just loooove meeting new people, especially folks with an interest in This Thing We Do (or want to do, or fantasize about doing, or are just curious about).

Anyhoo, I just wanted to let you know that Bonnie and a bunch of the rest of us spanko bloggers would be thrilled to meet you, so please feel free to pop in and say hi!

Gratitude Tuesday

It's Tuesday again, and this post is to express my gratitude for...my vacation!

Yep, this week I'm off from work, and I'm fortunate that Nick's job is still (for now) on a 4 day on/5 day off shift, which means I have him from this past Sunday through Thursday. Yesterday was lovely. My mom picked Morgan up for school, and Nick and I got up and took off to spend the day together. We had breakfast together, then went to our local used book store. This store takes in used books for trade or cash and I got a bunch of new to me ones for the lovingly read ones I turned in. Then, best of all, I got about twice that many from the free bin! Some books they don't accept, whether because they're worn out, too old, or maybe the store just already has a surplus of that edition. Unless the trader wants their rejects back, the store puts them outside in one of three bins for people to look through and take what they want. Apparently I stepped out just after they had taken out a big load, and I got enough good books to do me for the next few months.

Later we went to Best Buy to have the Geek Squad take a look at my laptop. Lately the ac power cord hasn't been working all the time, but I wasn't sure if it was actually the cord or the port in the back of the laptop that was the problem. If it was the port I'd have to have it repaired, which would be covered by warranty, but I'd be without it for a couple of weeks. If it was the cord, I could just order a new one, but the cord is $70, and I was pretty sure it wouldn't be covered by the warranty.

I was pleasantly surprised by my experience. The Geek Squad guy was super nice, very professional, and not interested in trying to do more than I needed him to do (a big help on a very small budget). He plugged it up, turned it on and was able to quickly point out a small place on the cord that was the problem. Okay, awesome, so I didn't need to be without my computer for a couple of weeks. But what was really awesome was that later when I called the warranty department just to check, I found out that the cord is covered by warranty! I should have a new one by the beginning of next week.

We also stopped in at a local general store downtown that I'd wanted to visit for a long time. It was awesome! I loved everything in there. The prices were very reasonable, and I was able to pick out a few things to come back for later when I do my Christmas shopping. They even have this leather flyswatter for about $15 less that I found it for at Orvis.

We also stopped at a Cingular store and found out that we could get both of our phones repaired (long story) for about $50, much less than I'd anticipated being charged for one.

Today was a leisurely sort of day. We kept Morgan home with us and just kind of hung out. Tomorrow is Morgan's class trip to the pumpkin patch. We're both going to go along, and it should be a fun time.

Happy Gratitude Tuesday!

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PaulH666, did an awesome job of turning Morgan's reading list into a story. Very nice job!

Read it here on his blog Tan Her Hide.

For Paul...

A bit of Photoshopping, and a different picture on every side!

Board of Education?

As many of you know, Morgan is in first grade. One of her textbooks is a very basic Reading Handbook (which, I might add, she doesn't need, because my baby girl is an AWESOME reader). But anyway, part of their regular homework is to read a given page, which consists of vowel sounds, phonics, and short words. Today's list:

vat wet Jim nod yum

hug sob zip get Dad

fed miss rod bun tan

leg fuzz vet van lap.

Is it just me? I know people who could build a whole spanko story out of those elements!

Rubik's Spanko

It's no secret that I love silly online generators, so when I found the link to this one over at Bonnie's I had to make my own!

Perhaps...

...I made a mistake.

But it's been months since I bought a spanking toy. And it was only $2.99. And it was so pretty and so deceptively lightweight. Um, deceptively. I think I'm going to hide this one way back in the utensil drawer...