I must be hungry. I could go for some of that right about now.
BIKSS and I are in our 50s. We met in 1988 but it took us 24 years before hooking up in 2012. We moved into a DD/lg dynamic a year later. In April 2015 some shit hit the fan. We took some time off but eventually found a new us. I used to live alone except for a few shifting years when my folks moved in then out, then after dad passed on, mum moved in again. Now that she too has passed, it's just me, one carer whom I've decided to keep on, and my tenant. He lives with his family. This is us.
10 February 2022
Short and Sweet. A Surprise.
I must be hungry. I could go for some of that right about now.
18 January 2022
More Gifts
Today my colleague handed me a large-ish paper bag - she bought me some gifts from her recent cruise trip as a sort of "souvenirs from my vacation" cum birthday present.
17 October 2021
The Sunday Round Up - Pink Pots, Platters, Mum's Medical Matters
Anyway, she has now been working on lifting her feet up and over small curbs, and will hopefully be home later this week. It's amazing how quickly a month flies by. She will be able to use a quad stick (see pic) walking around the house, which isn't too bad considering she had a walking stick in the past, and as long as someone walks with her she's stable enough to resume her regular day to day activities. Which, really, just consists of walking around the house and watching TV or listening to Eddie Arnold songs on Youtube.
Her liver function test results got them a bit worried so she had an ultrasound done, and the results show some cirrhosis. But according to my boss's gastro friend, since her protein / bilirubin levels are well in the normal range, there isn't much to worry about. Just don't drink and don't take fatty foods. That was the advice. Great. At least that's something I don't have to stress out over.
Last Wednesday I taught a couple of new students. One of them is a little 5 year old boy and he's adorable. I haven't had a tiny tot to teach in about 5 years, so it was quite refreshing.
After that BIKSS got me and we had dinner at one of our regular quiet places.
It was delicious. I'm sorry about the lighting I realise it doesn't look so great, but trust me, it was.
In plant updates - This freshly potted bunch of ZZ twigs and leaves is a total of 5 cuttings that have been rooting for a while, and some of them have even begun producing rhizomes. I'm hopeful that even if a couple of them don't make it, there'll at least be enough life in the pot to produce new shoots. Once I see any new growth the pot will be moved to its new home which is BIKSS' office table.
20 August 2021
Brrrr
We had some good weather yesterday tho', it was sunny, and there was a cool breeze blowing (and at this point it sounds like I'm about to break into song lyrics) so I took the mum to a nearby reservoir park.
We sat in the shade of a tree, on a bench, and she listened to Christmas songs on Youtube! LOL.
We're also getting a little closer to making her more comfortable. The docs (yes, plural) agree that it's most likely anxiety we're dealing with, and aside from the very low dose benzo helping her feel better, we've also got her on a mild dose of salbutamol, which in some elderly patients, the Monday doc said, seems to help when they complain of laboured breathing. (Mum insisted on going to a different doc last Monday cos she feels the other ones she has seen are useless and she doesn't trust them to tell her what's what. Don't ask.)
I can't wait to pass the doctor's letter to the psycho-geri next Tuesday. For some reason everyone thinks she could benefit from an anxiolytic except the ONE person who CAN prescribe it.
(Well, ok, other doctors can prescribe it too, but they need a government hospital certified psych doc to sign off on it for long term use - this is the government's way of preventing abuse.)
I shall wait and see what happens.
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The other thing about the weather being as cool as it is, is that I get hungry for carbs. OK, I don't, really. I get cravings for sugar. Yes, that's it.
Donuts specifically. I had a mad craving last Tuesday so I hopped over to the mall and picked up half a dozen. Mum had a friend coming over to visit that afternoon so I made that my excuse for buying the sweet treats. She had one, I had two. Then I had another the following day. Brilliant!
I had a Boston cream. a Bavarian cream, and a strawberry-filled berliner. I love the no-hole-in-the-middle ones.
But if that wasn't enough, after our brisk walk last night where I told BIKSS about my many-donut adventure, he shooed me into the car and drove me to the gas station where they are apparently selling the famously delicious DOTS donuts in the express marts! Only, I hadn't ever heard of them. He had, evidently.
Flown in from Spain? At gas stations? Dammit. That's taking something from bluddy halfway across the world and making it WAY TOO accessible.
How did I not know about these beautiful things? Anyway. I didn't. Had no clue what he was on about when he mentioned them. Which is why BIKSS decided we were gonna get me some! Bless him!
(I might still pick a jam berliner from Dunkin' over these but as far as chocolate covered donuts go, these are probably the best ones I've had.)
While I waited in the car, he went into the store and picked up a couple of mini 'chocolate drizzle' ones
... and a couple of regular sized lemon dots - which are stuffed on the inside too!
The description reads :
Soft dough filled with delicious lemon cream and decorated with a white chocolate coating and yellow sugar nibs on top.
I could do without the yellow sugar nibs, cos all I really need is WHITE CHOCOLATE!!! (Yes yes, I know there's no actual cacao in white chocolate, but it's milky and sweet and chocolate-textured and I love it!)
It really is a donut and then some!
For now I think I shall rest a bit before checking out the other flavours. If their website is anything to go by, I'll have a LOT of exploring to do in the coming weeks and months!
But the sweetest thing in all this, is BIKSS!
My mood pic today ~ (what else was it gonna be??)
19 July 2021
Shocked and Surprised and Cheap Haircuts
A new hair place opened near me. A short walk from my home. They had an opening promo - $5 haircuts.
Great, I thought.
I went to get a quick trim. Just thin this mop and sort out that slope at the back, I said. I'm trying to grow out the front and sides. This is the goal -
I was done in a jiffy. No fuss. No muss. When I went to pay at the counter the lady said I could get a package. Oh no, I thought. These things are meant to rob you blind. But wait. What she was offering was 7 cuts for $30.
That's a little under $4.30 a cut. Almost 1/3 what I usually pay. So of course I said yes. Hurray for savings!
AND it's transferable. So I told the brother if he ever wanted a haircut he could come get the card from me. Since he comes to visit the mum every fortnight anyway.
What? I did what?
Yes. I offered him the use of my hair cut card.
Because he was (shockingly) nice enough to give me a third (we're a set of 3 siblings in total) of the cost of the wheelchair. Voluntarily. Like just grabbed his wallet out of his pocket and said, here, I'll give you some money for the wheelchair. Wow.
I need to go buy a lottery ticket. Don't get me wrong. I'm not being snide or nothing. I'm just genuinely surprised. I won't go so far as to say he's turned over a new leaf, but maybe he's realised something - I don't know what - and it's making him more human.
He also asked about his dog. And wanted advice. What? This is the fella who ALWAYS knows everything about everything, and anyone else's rules don't apply to him cos he (and anything connected to him) is ALWAYS the exception, in his view anyway.
Well, so *THAT* was a good Sunday visit.
Mum was also very well-behaved yesterday. No problems at all. Agreeable till she closed her eyes and went to bed.
I wish days like this were the norm instead of the exception. Still, I'll take whatever happy days I get!
My mood pic today ~
20 April 2021
Dinner and When You Can't Have Sex 'Cos #Period
Now that I'm done with my A-Z challenge, it's back to regular posts from me.
A week ago we went for dinner at a neighbourhood coffee shop. BIKSS was craving some Zhi Char (literally means 'cook fry') veggies, and we decided to head back to the cheap dim sum place we discovered a couple of months ago.
We had stir fried sweet potato leaves (with a chilli + dried shrimp paste aka 'sambal')
and some cream corn prawns - this one was new to me, according to the lady it's their special.
I won't lie, it wasn't spectacular, but I love prawns *shrug* so as far as I was concerned, it was fantastic.
Since we were there, we had dim sum too.
And then we went to buy some stuff and went home.
And obviously *I* didn't get any sexy playtime... well, puss didn't.
But I managed some bonding time with Roger. It went splendidly as usual... and then we cuddled.
The fun part tho, is after.
I believe it was getting close to the time that BIKSS should get going and as we cuddled his hands roamed over me. He got hold of a boob and stroked my nipple. I nuzzled into his neck. Encouraged, he found the other boob.
"Mean Daddy" I said, because usually he'll leave me alone after a quick fondle when I'm on my period and unable to fuck, 'cos getting me hot and bothered would be mean. And he's not usually mean.
"Mm hmmm. I am," he replied.
Eh? That's NOT the right answer, I thought to myself as he went back to twiddling the first nipple. I inadvertently let out a moan and that was the end of that.
According to him (he told me later on), Roger got all excited when I made those groany moany sounds, and he decided that if he couldn't play in my pussy, well then, he could just play in my mouth.
"Cos why not? I own it after all; it's mine, you're mine."
Ugh. Great.
So he did - knelt over me and fucked my mouth till the tears dropped from the sides of my eyes just as his cum slid down my throat.
And for some reason the submission quotient was really high and suddenly I just knew I needed some serious aftercare. Even saying it now sounds weird to me, given there was no pinching, no choking, no spanking, no pain - NO PAIN AT ALL! ... all the things that normally send me into subby subby land.
BIKSS held me tight and I clung to him in a way I think neither of us was expecting me to. He's good at sensing these things, thank goodness, and kissed my head and stroked my hair and whispered all the good girls I needed to hear.
It's strange that something so seemingly 'mild' could trigger such strong feelings of submission. It was surprising and unexpected, but it did leave a smile on my face as I drifted off to sleep that night.
My mood pic today ~
15 January 2021
Talk about A Surprise
I feel fine. We had a screening process. I had an interview with a nurse who made sure I knew what was going on, what might happen, how to deal with side effects if any etc.
And after the jab they had us sit for 30 mins to see if we were ok, just in case anyone started to develop any reactions as most of the reports show that onset of adverse reactions began within 30 minutes of getting the jab.
I'm now 3.5hours post jab and I'm fine. I expect the arm may start to ache at the puncture site but beyond that I don't think anything else will happen.
Also, here's more cake that my student's mum delivered to me yesterday afternoon -
This takes the tally to 2 cakes and a set of 4 minis.
Are you ready for this next one?
DARTH came over with a blackforest cake, lit a candle in the kitchen and came knocking on my door and sang me a birthday song and everything. THIS IS THE PROOF. I mean. I almost fainted. The sister thinks he's grown a conscience. I am still suspicious. But I shall not be the person who will say get out. If he's here in good faith, he can stay. If he starts to be an asshole, I'm removing myself. At the end of the day he comes to "see his mum" technically, not me, so whatevs. He can visit with her. I don't have to make small talk.
But since he was pleasant enough to have a decent conversation like a regular person I spent about 10 minutes eating cake and chatting and then decided to disappear into my room.
Now I stand at 3 cakes and a set of minis.
After her work my tenant brought home a slice of carrot cake from this place where I absolutely adore their version of it. I opened the box and ate half of it before I remembered to take a pic.
Um, so that's all I got of it. And then I proceeded to eat more. I did manage to save half for today.
(It's gone by now tho.)
Are we still counting?
3 cakes, a set of 4 minis, and a slice. That was yesterday's cake total.
[EDIT : I remembered this as I was replying Roz's comment below... I've also got my bloodwork back and as usual the numbers are pretty boring. I managed to bring my cholesterol ratio down even more. Hurray! Triglycerides and sugar are unremarkable, which is a good thing. Cancer markers show nothing's mutating in my liver, ovaries or colon. Again, yay. BUT I do have slightly lower levels of Vit D than we like. So I shall go ahead and share mum's Vit D supplements. We think alternate day supplementation will be adequate as my numbers don't show a deficiency per se, just slightly below 'optimal'.]
My mood pic today~
13 January 2021
We Were Supposed to Go Shopping for Pants
There's a steamboat place in Chinatown that's part of the same chain as the one I took mum to on New Year's Eve. But when we got there we saw the queue - it was ridiculous.
So we decided to just eat at some other place in the mall - a quick meal and then we could go hunt down those pants.
The meal was quick enough. We ended up at another hotpot / steamboat place. Same concept, similarly priced, but we lucked out because it was empty, the service was awesome, the food was good (read: better!) and the portions were more generous than where I had originally intended to take BIKSS.
For anywhere from 10 to 20 dollars you would get a set meal consisting of your choice of meat or fish, that's pork or beef or chicken (I had the fish, BIKSS had the beef), a serving of vegetables (you'll see two identical bowls of veggies there), a main carb (noodles or rice - we both chose the glass/cellophane noodles) and one of 6 soup broths on the menu. His was a chicken herbal soup and mine was a Japanese pork bone broth.
All in all, a very unexpectedly yummy dinner at a place we didn't even know about. I'm pretty certain I'll want to go back there again. And again. LOL.
After dinner it was time for the pant hunt. Lucky me, I checked the interweb for details on the store's closing time. Turns out because of this Covid thing, they had changed their operating hours, and had already pulled down their shutters for the night.
So we did the next best thing - we went grocery shopping.
I'm happy I managed to pick up some yummy yoghurt tubs on sale, and found some reduced-sugar soymilk. And nuts. I have to be careful about not going overboard tho, as I'm really happy I managed to get back to my usual weight after being super careful over the weekend and thru-out the birthday celebrations so far - I had dinner with friends on Monday night and a very long lunch with my cousin yesterday. The feasting continues on Friday with a dinner with BIKSS. Hurray!
Meanwhile I've been trying out some new exercise videos since the rain is preventing me from getting my usual evening walks in, and my muscles are majorly aching now. I suppose that's not a bad thing. I'm feeling fitter, and lighter, and ready to conquer the world... well, ok, ready to conquer some new pedal pushers, at any rate! Now if *only* I could get my hands on some!
My mood pic today ~
7 August 2020
McGreedy for McGriddles
And writing about this is making me want more... maybe I'll remember when I wake up this weekend.
27 May 2019
It's a Date - Endgame, QuickRoger, Vadai,
Spotted that car in front of us. I said to BIKSS "How much you wanna bet he's Jewish?" |
After a good pork rib soup lunch (which is traditionally eaten with Youtiao), we came home for me to freshen up and grab a sweater and shawl and then we were off to the movies.
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Our pork rib soup came with added mushrooms, meatballs and bean curd |
But BIKSS made an observation "Coughing contracts the vaginal walls" he noted. Smiling.
"I'll be sure to put that on the blog" I replied :)
17 April 2019
Review ?
It's called Paloqueth. I've never heard of it. But they wrote to ask if I would do some reviews.
I think you can sign up to be a reviewer, an influencer... or whatever. But since they came looking for me, I thought I might give it a go.
This is kinda exciting. It's time to earn that Sex Blogger title! LOL
So stay tuned. Let's see where this takes me. :)
4 December 2018
Top 100 Sex Blogs 2018
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