April 2005

There were 17 posts published in April 2005 (this is page 1 of 3).

Revamping the Hope Chest

Is 40 too old to have a hope chest? These days women are remarrying after divorces or just starting out later with the whole marriage and family values ideal. We have careers and then think about children. Some of us begin with a family and career second but are side tracked by divorce or widowhood. (Whichever comes first?)

I don’t think the hope chest is a tradition which should be forgotten or left to those younger ladies, fresh out of school, all dewy and cute. Women should never give up hope and a good chest is always appreciated. Have a hope chest party with your friends and see who has the best ideas to stack the hope chest.

Consider revamping the tradition. If you know a woman beginning the dating thing again, show her your faith and give her a cedar chest. It doesn’t have to be some costly antique, any decent chest will do. Cedar works cause it smells nice and prevents your linens being eaten by moths, at least in theory. You can always add cedar or other pleasant smelling sachets to the chest to make it smell delightful each time it’s opened. The chest should have a top shelf which is removable and under that is the larger space for the traditional hand made linens.

We can revamp that too. Instead of hand embroidered lacy pretty sheets how about lacy, pretty lingerie. Include the sheets, tablecloths and quilts too, she’ll need those after all. You can also include personal and special items: Christmas ornaments, glass flower vases, a piggy bank with cash, favourite books or CDs and so on.

The top shelf of the chest can store photo albums, greeting cards, scrapbooks and anything else she might like to take out and look at between the dating scene and the marriage deal. The tradition was to give her things to make her new house a home. Think along those lines. Include gift certificates to stores where she can pick up home appliances and other goodies.

Keep in mind she will have plenty of her own keepsakes and trinkets which could also be put into the hope chest. Leave her some storage space in there too. By the time everyone has finished loading it up with new things and old things that should be one heavy hope chest. Full of hope and good wishes for a new bride whether she’s 20 or 40.

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One of your strongest sexual traits is your exhibitionism.

Your Sex Sign is Leo!

You’re fierce, forceful, and dominant.
Lovers leave your bedroom with a few scratches and bites – if they’re lucky!
You’re a born performer and totally hot.
Everyone begs to be your slave.

Leo, many people are attracted to your dazzling style.
You are always at the center of attention.
Heads turn when you enter a room.
You are flamboyant, glamourous, and spectacularly attractive.

You are known and sought after for her fiecy, forceful lovemaking.
You’re totally abandoned (and noisy!) in bed.

You kick, bite, scratch, and scream with pleasure.
You like rough, heavy foreplay – and hot pounding intercourse.
You like to play the dominant role in S & M games.

One of your strongest sexual traits is your exhibitionism.
You adored being watched during sex. (Have a cam in your bedroom yet?)

First, you do a slow, sexy strip tease for your lover.
You become aroused yourself as you peel off your sparkly thong.
You especially like to have mirrors strategically placed so that you can watch yourself perform prolonged oral sex.

What’s Your Sex Sign??

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Wicked is Me

It’s only been a few days, but I have met someone I like, online. I think this guy can even handle all my wickedness, my craziness and all the other random stuff. Maybe even my tendency to skim. Could there be such among mortal man? We will see. I’m starting to look forward to his test drive.

Being wicked is fun! It should be a flavour of ice cream.

Marriage Boycott

I was skimming/ reading another blog and one of the posts about a post was some guy raving about boycotting marriage cause women were evil and there was no sex after marriage. The usual silliness.

It had me thinking. First, the marriage boycott works both ways. Secondly, who has more reason to boycott marriage these days than we do? The days of women at home and men working are pretty over. Women work, women cook, women clean, women kill their own bugs, get step ladders to reach the high shelves and we can have an orgasm without a man being in the room. So, where does that leave modern man?

If he isn’t contributing to the running of the household, is he just another thing to be cleaned and maintained? Bringing in a pay cheque isn’t enough. Women who have a job and come home and clean the house, cook the dinner, take care of kids and then get told it’s time to wake up and have sex, might not see the good point in having a man around the house.

Men need to put out. I don’t mean sex. Put out the garbage, wash the clothes, tidy the kitchen, pick up the dry cleaning, vacuum the rugs, walk the dog, get the kids out of the house early on Saturday morning and then wake up for sex too. It’s being part of a couple, rather than a woman and her self contained sex toy. Sex isn’t enough, women want someone to come home to with a smile. The guy that makes us smile and glad to see him. That’s they guy we want to come home to, that’s the guy we want to wake up beside and do all kinds of wicked, wanton shameless things to. Things you wouldn’t discuss with anyone but him.