A Catch Up Post....

     Thank you all for your warm welcome back....and I am very happy to be with my blogging family once again.  Thought I might fill you in on a few happenings while I was away.
     First, I caught some terrible crud.  It started with a cough, and then coughing fits, was diagnosed with a virus.  When the coughing stopped, I was just worn out.  No energy AT ALL!
I way toooo slowly recovered but it took about 3 weeks.
    
       Master's Christmas project.  Every year at Christmas, M works and completes a wood working project.  Last year He make our spanking horse.  It is good sized, heavy wood, all the places where my body touches it are covered with leather
covered foam padding.  There are rests for my arms and for my upper legs....it is meant to keep me completely open to Him.  There is a belt that can go around my waist and ties for my wrists and ankles.  The restraints are not used often as I am quiet comfortable on it....but they do come in handy at times.  He wants to add a head support so I can be totally comfy.....It has been a great addition to our playtime.

            This year, shortly after Christmas, M presented me with a wooden spoon as his project.  Now it is not a teaspoon, nor a tablespoon, more like one of those large wooden salad spoons.  The wood he used has a beautiful resin running through it, and it is shiny.  The first time we used it, I was a little hesitant....it is heavy...but after a good warm-up I managed to get used to the thud, and grew a little fonder of it.
The next time it was used was during a punishment session...yes my halo fell off....and that thing can make quite a statement.  I was loud, He spanked hard and fast, and my rosy pink bottom, quickly was  a cherry red bottom.  So I guess right now I have a love/hate relationship with it.

         Some of you have asked about the Aruba vacation.  It was wonderful!!!!  I traveled to my son's about a week early to help with the kids.  Our flight out was smooth and the weather was perfect, the beaches beautiful and the water a shade of aqua that drew me in.  I am a beach girl at heart, and we had so much fun.  One day, the 9 year old and my son and I went for a submarine ride. Every seat had a window, and we saw coral reefs, all kinds of fish and a couple ship wrecks.  The next day, the same 3 of us went for a walk on the ocean floor.  Yes, we used the air helmets that deep sea divers used...had a short class on how they work and how to keep our ears unplugged, and some hand signals to help us communicate with the guides once we were on the ocean bottom.  We were told there was a hand railing we had to hang on to...since they did not want us to wander off.  It was AMAZING....so many schools of fish, and they swam close enough for us to feel their fins, we saw more ship wrecks, and many pictures were taken.  The only downside, was taking almost 16 hours to get home.....bad weather and plane problems..but we made it back safely.  The weather kept me at my son's longer than I had planned before returning home, so I was away about 3 weeks.
Have a good weekend all...I am still catching up with all of you....have found a few meme's I need to add my 2 cents worth to.....
hugs abby