This post is not going to be nearly as good as the title is. I just wanted to warn you so you could adjust your expectations accordingly. Initially, the name of the post was Staying Alive, Staying Alive... because that song had been playing in my head, and I thought I'd torture you with share … Continue reading A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Christmas

When I feel this way, I wish I had someone to spank me. It’s a strange thing, but I have somehow quit binge eating comfort food at night. Strange because I haven’t felt this way before. And because I never imagined I could do this in quite this way. I’m not dieting. I’m just eating … Continue reading A Mixed Bag

It's time for my annual share of Xmas carols that I love. Let's start with this one. The Christians and the Pagans, by Dar Williams: https://youtu.be/t_KiHRHwaAs In other news, my rebounder came! I put it together last night without too much trouble, thanks to a little help from my daughter and MP. It actually takes … Continue reading In the Spirit…

I’m making a new committment to my health! Yes, I’m pretty sure I did this last year, right about the same time of year too. I know it was around November because when I invited other people to do it too, they were like, ”Um, it’s the holidays. No, maybe in January." Which was a … Continue reading Nothing New Under the Sun

Doctors, frigging doctors. Start a new medication. They tell me, x is a common side effect. Let us know if it persists beyond a week.It persists. I let them know. They tell me, Well, if you’re worried about it, make an appointment and come in. Really? Feels like a bait and switch, you know? I … Continue reading Parenthetically, Bodies and Such

Y'all might not know it from my presence here, but I'm a bit of a Pollyanna. I say that with pride these days, although it used to make me feel silly. But Pollyanna was a child who knew sorrow at an early age and had developed her own strategy (with the help of her father) … Continue reading A Day of Thanks

You know, I might have said this here before. Because my life spirals round and round, I find myself in almost the same spots over and over again. For example, there's a meme going around FB that I keep starting to comment on or repost and disagree with. I had my commentary all prepared in … Continue reading On Strike

Just when I thought my submission was dead, I was scrolling through FB, in my relatively vanilla, real life persona, and ran across this. This was a post from a group I belong to that is not labeled BDSM, that has thousands of members. The post got 3.3 K likes and 267 comments, most of … Continue reading Just When I Thought My Submission Was Dead…

Today, I made chicken vegetable soup. I don’t think it’s as good as the last time I made it, but it’s not half bad. I had it for dinner, with some fancy multi-grain bread from the bakery. Yum. I had some work stuff I needed to do and I did it. I got all the … Continue reading The Pleasures, 3

Ahhh elusive sleep. I have slept like crap the whole month of October, according to my Fitbit. And according to my body, which has apparently decided that 5 - 6 1/2 hours sleep a night is plenty. Sometimes I can't go to sleep. Sometimes I wake up too early. Sometimes, like last night, I seem … Continue reading Sleep?