I Can't Get No...Satisfaction

Yes, it's definitely true lately I.AM.NOT.GETTING.ANY.SATISFACTION.  

However, this is actually not about me (whew..for once).  There's a new show debuting on the USA Network this week called Satisfaction.  (Thurs at 10pm)  At first the trailers were kind of vague about what the subject of the show involved.  As the date has drawn near, it seems the show is going to be about marital infidelity and somehow that may possibly evolve into male prostitution.  The gigolo part of the story doesn't really pique my interest (well, I suppose I'll see) but the trailer does ask the question "Can having an affair save your marriage?"

It is a question I've seen posed on various boards where I sometimes read.  There, the general consensus seems to be "yes, it can."  Of course, these people are mostly having affairs and that's why they read there so they are somewhat biased.  I am pretty interested in seeing what the more "general population" thinks of the show and see if it generates any buzz.  Of course, I am not married but have been involved with several married men which is why this caught my eye.  I have definitely set up my DVR to record it and will be checking it out.  I'm including a link to the trailer in case anyone is interested.  Maybe I'll put up a follow up post if the show seems worthy.  

Hope you're having a nice week!  Happy Hump Day!  

Perfect Pool Day

I don't normally do this on the blog.  Post pictures.  But quite honestly I could use the ego boost.

I'm not feeling down or depressed.  I think I'm just stuck.  It's been quite some time since I got any and I'm trying hard and feel like I'm not getting anywhere.  It's feast or famine around here.  The feasts are fleeting and this famine is farflung.

I actually had a date Saturday night.  It was nice, we had fun, he was a nice guy but there was absolutely zero attraction on my part.  So now I will have to do "the let him down gently" email.  Sigh.   I seem to always have a guy or two around online to chat with.  But they are all too far away to just hop in their car come over and END this famine. I'm tired.  It seems like I'm putting in all the effort for very little reward lately.

I shouldn't complain.  It truly was a wonderful weekend.  Friday night was a great summer night.  It was cool, low humidity, a full moon and just a perfect evening spent on my back porch chatting and drinking with friends.  Saturday was date night and we went to a nearby town and had a lovely dinner and then went downtown to the square and listened to some live music while having drinks and again enjoying a lovely summer night. Yesterday was spent at the pool with my nephew swimming and splashing with him and cheering him on doing back and front flips off the diving board.  (the child is a naturally gifted athlete).  All while secretly ogling the very nice eye candy at the pool.

In other news, the shaping up plan is going well.  I've now lost 10 lbs--a quarter of the way to my goal--and I'm more determined than ever to reach it by my birthday in the fall.  I got into clothes this week that I haven't worn in a year.  Thank goodness I can get back into my "little" shorts and am looking better and feeling much more confident these days.  The new job is going well and I am incredibly busy these days.  The Hot New Guy is still in the picture and I just canNOT seem to stop looking at his pix.  I may have a chance to get out of town this weekend to see another friend and spend some quality time with him.

So to quote Zac Brown.."life is good today.... life is good today. Adios and vaya con Dios"

FFF-July 4th-Let Freedom Ring!

• Key Phrase: "Let Freedom Ring"
• Word Limit:  294
• Forbidden Words: Independance, Revolution
• Extra Credit:  Tell me how I came up with the word limit
• Bonus Words: Tell us about a special holiday Romp

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Sorry this is a little bit late.  I started writing it before I left to go out of town and meant to finish it in the hotel Thursday night.  Of course, I walked off and forgot it.  BOY do I wish I had been laying in the hotel room writing FFF instead of what happened.  I'm over it.  It's done and what happened doesn't deserve to be even a little blip on this blog.  Sorry to be cryptic but that's all I'm going to say.  

I hope you all had a wonderful 4th!

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She stood on the deck and watched as the yacht pulled into port at yet another cosmopolitan city.  She looked longingly at the shore.  This city was much closer to home.  She grew up in a small town in Georgia. The yacht was docking in New Orleans.  She looked longingly to the east.

Auguste watched her as she stood against the rail, she looked as sexy as she ever had when he had rescued her from that podunk town.  How fortunate his limo had broken down that day.  She looked so fetching and innocent while she poured his sweet tea.  Now she is a sophisticated woman of the world.   He approached her silently and she smiled as she turned toward him and reached up to plant a soft kiss on his cheek.

"Come, my dear Raquelle.  We must get dressed for the party.  I have laid out your clothes for you.  This is a very important meeting.  I need you at your finest tonight, chere."

Raquelle looked at him in surprise.  He had never taken an interest in what she wore other than to expect her to look her finest for him.  She always tried to comply.  She squealed in delight upon seeing the lovely dress and the jewelry box laying on the bed.  The sapphire necklace was stunning.

He met her at the stairs.  "You look perfect, darling.  I have to make a very important business connection tonight so I'm afraid you may be on your own more than usual."

"That's ok, Auguste.  I'm sure I can find a way to entertain myself.  I'm sure the other wives are as bored as I am."  She patted his arm.  "Shall we go?"

Raquelle wandered the room.  She had lied to Auguste.  All the other wives despised her.  As if she'd want their husbands!   They were polite only to salvage their husband's business opportunities with Auguste's many holdings.  She stopped and grabbed a glass of champagne from a passing waiter.  She was sipping it and watching the entrance when HE entered the room.  She stood up a little straighter and kept her eyes down and watched as he made his way to the bar.

He was just her type: tall, broad, solidly built, close cut salt and pepper hair, neatly trimmed goatee (wink), confident.  Definitely an alpha male.  She saw the others in the room turning his way.  He got a drink at the bar and turned.

Blushing she quickly looked down as he had caught her blatantly staring--hopefully not with mouth open!  He raised his glass to her and appraised her slowly.  Suddenly remembering she scanned the room for Auguste. He was in a corner surrounded by his cronies.  The gentleman worked the room and they began the dance. She walked ahead and he pursued.  She noticed him bearing down and quickly stepped out to get some air.

His voice was velvety smooth and deep behind her.  "So I caught you at last.  What is your name?"

"Raquelle."  She hesitated to ask his and then she thought she didn't want to know.  She took his arm as they walked out of the ballroom.

It was an amazing night of passion.  He gave her everything Auguste could not.  But the next morning the guilt overwhelmed her as she quickly dressed and slipped away.  She gasped when she opened the door.  She looked down in shame.  Auguste lifted her chin and looked into her eyes.

"So Raquelle did you enjoy the evening I arranged for you?"  She looked up in surprise.  "You don't think I see how sad, how homesick you are.  I am a wealthy man, yes, but an old one.  No, quiet, ma chere.  This was my gift to you for treating an old man so well for all these years."

She threw her arms around him.  "May we please go home, now?"  They wrapped their arms around each and walked into their future.

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I loved this prompt and the woman in the picture above is absolutely beautiful.  Again, I apologize for being late.  Please head over to see Advizor and all the other entries and if I'm not mistaken, next week's prompt has already been posted.

Paper

They say you learn more during your first year of life than you ever will again.  They also say the first year of marriage is the hardest and I'm sure it's true of many things.  Monday was my one year anniversary writing this blog.  And I must say the first year has been amazing!  I've made so many new friends through this blog and developed some wonderful relationships.  It has been a blast!  The wonderful comments and the interaction among the "blogosphere" has been all that I hoped for and more.  I thank you all!

You may have noticed I completely re-designed the blog.  I thought this was the perfect time to do that.  I'm really pleased with the new design.  Feels more modern. More me.  There's another change I want to make. I want to take more risks with my writing.  Mostly I've relayed info about various hook-ups/anecdotes that happened in the recent past or the present...which are fun to write, no doubt.  Which is fine, it feels like the "getting-to-know-you phase when dating.  I want to get deeper with my writing.  For some reason I've been a little hesitant to put myself out there on some issues.   I'm sure it's a self-esteem issue.  But I've got to get over it.  This is my blog and I can write what I want!  I want to get a little deeper.

Honestly there was a time when I didn't think this little blog was going to make it.  I got down and discouraged and depressed when I was out of work.  I couldn't muster the energy to post anything.  I would have regretted it so much if I had let this die.  I'm glad I made it through.   I'm sure that time will come but not now.  I feel energized, happy and just ready to take on the world right now.  I'm in love with writing again!

As for the title of this post, I feel I should explain.  Paper is the traditional wedding gift that etiquette sites suggest as the gift on the first wedding anniversary.  And while I'm not married, I felt it was apropos.  I write in the traditional way normally.  Many of these posts here began with pen to paper.  So paper is my gift.

Nevermind

I found the cure for thinking about sex "too" much.  WATERPARKS!!!!!  All you think about there is death, torture and destruction.  Yours and everyone else's.  Screaming kids, yelling parents (and I'm ashamed to say I was one of them during an "episode" with my niece), kids pushing you out of their way.  Worse--adults pushing you out of the way.  Rowdy, stupid teenagers roughhousing in the wave pool and the list could go on and on.

But certainly not my kids(niece and nephew)...they were perfect little devils....ummmm angels.  (To their extreme credit, they uttered not a word on the way home while I was navigating Waterpark City's rush hour traffic.) The incidents passed and everyone had a great time while enjoying perfect weather--84 and sunny..when it was forecast to be in the 90's today!  I texted Rob that I was "gonna need a carton of cigarettes and a gallon of vodka when I got home....lol"   All in all, it turned out well.  Good start to the vacation.  One good thing, kids exhausted and in bed BEFORE 8 o'clock.

P.S.  My preferred mode of transportation: lazy river!

P.P.S.  Thank you very much for your thoughts on my post today.  A lot of you contacted me off the blog to let me know that apparently I'm "normal.  Ha!  What the hell do y'all know!?  LOL.  Again thanks so much.

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A Cool Change

Tomorrow is a pretty big day at ye olde Simple N Sexy blog.  So I thought I would take the time and do a little redecorating so to speak.  I never was thrilled with the original template but it worked.  This one feels more like me.  I like it. A lot!

Last week was unreal.  By Friday afternoon I honestly thought my head would explode.  I don't recall a time I had so many positive and negative thoughts going on all at once.  I was (and am still) a jumbled mess of emo!  Thankfully I am on vacation all next week and will have time to gather my thoughts.  I've done a lot of writing this weekend and that always helps.

I also want to say how very happy I am for Rob and his latest adventure.  I was very shocked to receive his text the other night.  And then I was very pissed when he teased me..lol.  He really had no idea how close to death he was!  I was thrilled when he agreed to call and talk it out with me.  It was wonderful to hear his voice.  I'm so glad this was such a positive experience for him.

The "Shaping Up" plan is going well.  I'm down 8lbs now and only 2 away from my 4th of July goal of losing 10.  It's good to know that I've done it before and I WILL do it again!  Losing weight, I mean.   It's funny once I get my head straight and get determined, the weight seems to fall off.  Getting my head straight is the hardest part by far.

I'm working hard for this body and it's way past time to put it to good use!  And I may have the chance this week while I'm off.  I've mentioned briefly that I've been chatting with a hot new guy.  (For some reason I'm having a hard time thinking of a name for him here so I think I'm going with HNG).  He is very attractive and has opened the door to a very titillating possibility.   I hope we get the chance to meet.  So far its been fun and very hot.

Well, I'm off to the pool.  Hope you're having as good a weekend as I am!

And she walks off singing "Vacation's all I ever wanted.  Vacation have to get away!"