{"id":265,"date":"2006-12-18T15:22:05","date_gmt":"2006-12-19T00:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spankingbethie.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/18\/happy-holidays-to-all\/"},"modified":"2007-09-05T19:25:31","modified_gmt":"2007-09-06T04:25:31","slug":"happy-holidays-to-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.spankingbethie.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/18\/happy-holidays-to-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Holidays To All"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='http:\/\/www.spankingbethie.com\/blog\/bp_holidaypic.jpg' alt='bettie_holidaypic' \/><\/p>\n<p>I wanted to take some time to wish all of you happy holidays!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry I&#8217;ve been scarce around here lately, but we&#8217;ve been going through a bit of a crisis around here.  Dan and I are fine, but one of our loved ones hasn&#8217;t been fine at all.  It&#8217;s been a rocky road with lots of ups and downs and a couple of serious bumps, but we&#8217;re getting through it.  One thing I&#8217;ve been grateful for is that we&#8217;ve managed to get through this as a loving and supportive couple and be stronger than ever.  <\/p>\n<p>Unluckily, these events have had an adverse effect on the energy and enthusiasm I normally have for my online activities.  For that, I apologize to all of you faithful readers and friends.  I&#8217;d planned on not saying much about what&#8217;s been going on, but I felt like I needed to say something.  I couldn&#8217;t just leave you all wondering what had happened.  I just didn&#8217;t want to sound like I was looking for sympathy, I wouldn&#8217;t do that so I&#8217;ve been a bit hesitant to say anything.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always viewed this site as a place where I can share my kinky side without reserve.  I don&#8217;t have that many people in my daily life that I can do that with.  I have lots of friends, but few I&#8217;d feel comfortable talking about this lifestyle with.  The fact that my best friends are also family members may have something to do with that.  There are just certain things that I feel none of my relatives should know about me, and the kinky side of my life is one of those things.  <\/p>\n<p>I feel that way about most folks though.  I&#8217;m one of those people that just never cared what my buddies and neighbors were doing in their bedrooms.  I&#8217;d rather not have that info, or rather, that image burned into my brain, thank you very much.  I figure they feel the same way about me.  Once you start sharing that kind of information, it becomes a two-way street and if I&#8217;m not among like-minded people, I&#8217;d rather not go there.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why I&#8217;ve carved out this kinky little place for me.  I can share all of my spankiest desires and never fear that I&#8217;m sharing too much information.  In fact, even if I were the only one here, I&#8217;d still do this.  Sometimes I just feel the need to express myself and that&#8217;s what this site is about.  I&#8217;ve been thrilled and grateful when I&#8217;ve found kindred spirits in this cyber spanko world.  It&#8217;s good to know I&#8217;m not alone out here.<\/p>\n<p>But because this is my special kinky corner, I don&#8217;t like to drag in the more mundane aspects of my life, even when those things infringe on my spanking life.  I&#8217;m only making an exception now because I&#8217;ve been absent so much of late.  <\/p>\n<p>Besides, where else can I go to complain about needing a good spanking but not having the energy to do anything about it?  Right now, I&#8217;m content to climb into bed at night and get a little snuggling in before we both fall fast asleep.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to do more than cuddle, but being kinky takes more energy and imagination than I have right now.  We&#8217;re looking mighty vanilla right now.  Oh well, better to get some vanilla lovin&#8217; than none at all, huh?  Heh.<\/p>\n<p>If nothing else, one thing I can count on is that we&#8217;ll get back to our kinky lifestyle eventually.  Dan felt energetic enough last night to pinch my nipples until they were sore.  It&#8217;s not spanking, but it&#8217;s something anyway.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the update for you all, I hope I didn&#8217;t bore anyone.  All I have left to say for now is, Happy Holidays, friends!  Enjoy and take care during this special season.  If you&#8217;ve been good, I hope you get all you deserve, and if you&#8217;ve been naughty&#8230;then even more so.  Bring it on Santa, switches for everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to take some time to wish all of you happy holidays! I&#8217;m sorry I&#8217;ve been scarce around here lately, but we&#8217;ve been going through a bit of a crisis around here. 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