Sense of Humor

I've always said that you have to have a sense of humor in a DD lifestyle or you'll never make it.

A few nights ago, Hunter was giving me a reminder spanking. So, as he is holding the stupid wooden spatula, he begins to lecture. About mid-lecture, he starts poking around with the thing on my bare butt which resulted in the following exchange.....

Me: "Will you please stop testing the dryness of my butt with that thing. I know it's dry already. You're making me self-conscious."

Hunter (stifling a laugh .. very uneffectively): "Okay, you're laying there with your panties at the middle of your thighs, waiting to be spanked. How much more self-conscious can it get?"

We both found that quite hilarious. Yes, I still got spanked, but after we both had a good laugh.

So, you see, a sense of humor is very important because there's going to be times where stuff like this comes up and well, if you can't laugh at it, then there's just no hope, LOL!

Hope I made y'all smile today

April

DD Continues

I know, I know, I've been really bad about posting here regularly, but life interferes sometimes, so I won't make any promises about posting more, lol.

I have been fighting the stomach flu and things that go along with it for about two weeks and am just now starting to get a lot of my strength and appetite back. It has been one of those really frustrating times where just when I think I'm well, I relapse. As I have gotten better the last few days though, one thing that really stuck in my mind was our DD lifestyle. In the not-so-distant past, if I were to be sick like this, DD would've fallen to the sidelines and stayed there for a long while, but this time, it rode the waves with us. Even though, I was sick, I was still held accountable for appropriate behavior and even though, he couldn't' discipline sometimes as "hard" as he normally would, the consequences were still there and still a very real part of our lives.

When I say "hard", I'm not necessarily talking about physical intensity or even numbers, but more along the lines of at least doing something to address the behavior to let me know that he is noticing and that he cares versus just ignoring it, but yet making compromises. For example, not taking a pill would generally earn me ten hard swats on each side with the big bath brush, but I haven't been able to handle the impact of that implement, so he might use something else or lessen the amount.

While this may not seem like a big deal to some, it's huge for us because it shows that our DD life is becoming more ingrained in our everyday lifestyle and a part of who we are and how we operated instead of just one aspect that we are working on over and over again.

So, big yea for us as we make another step in the right direction! :)

Christmas Meme

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper for the most part unless it's a very difficult shape.

2. Real tree or artificial? We've only had one real tree, but after the troulbe we've had the last two years with it, I'm ready for a real one next year.

3. When do you put up the tree? When the kids were babies, we waited until a few weeks before Christmas, but now that the youngest is almost 3, we got brave and put it up the weekend after Thanksgiving this year, and so far, it's still standing.

4. When do you take the tree down? Near New Year’s

5. Do you like eggnog? the stuff in the dairy section? yep.

6. Favorite gift received as a child? probably a cabbage patch doll just the description i asked for that I know my mom searched high and low for.

7. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes.

8. Hardest person to buy for? my step-dad and my father-in-law

9. Easiest person to buy for? my kids

10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? a tire iron, and yes, i'm serious, lol.

11. Mail or email Christmas cards? I've gotten really bad about sending them, but yes, I mail most and hand deliver the rest. I do email cards to my online family and friends though :).

12. Favorite Christmas movie? "Miracle on 34th Street"

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Depends on the checkbook, but often not until the week before Christmas.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? homemade cinnamon rolls and noodles

16. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Red.

17. Favorite Christmas song? oh goodness, this is a tough one. I love Christmas carols! "Oh, Holy Night", "Do you hear what I hear?", "Oh, Come all ye Faithful", etc....

18. Travel for Christmas or stay home? We stay local, but are driving all over to see all the family.

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Hmmm, let's see... Dasher, prance, blitzen, comet.. oh whatever.. probably not, lol.

20. Angel on the treetop or a star? We have an Angel that we purchased the first Christmas after we were married that holds tremendous sentimental value, but the more I think about the meaning of the Christmas star, the more I'm leaning towards a star when the Angel is needing replaced.

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Both.

22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? all the demands of our time trying to please family.

23. What I love most about Christmas. reflecting about the birth of my Savior and attending Christmas candlelight services with my family!