Time to end this year and getting ready for the next. What’s better than a disco ball to light things up?
Continue reading N is for New Year’s EveCategory Archives: SnakeDenAtoZ
Swinging…
It’s been a long, long day at work. We decided to head out and get some dinner, relax a little and try to unplug from the garbage that had gone down.
Dinner was good, the glass of wine was better.
As we head home, we decide to take the scenic route – through the foothills, through the more back-roads ways back to the house. We’re talking bout anything, and nothing. And we’re certainly not talking about work.
Continue reading Swinging…T is for Top 10
Looking back over the past 6+ years, you’d think that most popular posts would be somewhat evenly spread over the time. Nope.
Continue reading T is for Top 10C is for Christmas Eve
All of the presents are wrapped, decorating is done and now it’s time to just enjoy some quiet time.
Continue reading C is for Christmas EveHand me that tape…
It’s always the same, always looking for the tape, the ribbon, the scissors. It seems like no matter where you put them, she has moved them just a bit out of reach. It’s almost a game to re-find them between packages.
We’re wrapping and sipping and enjoying the fire and this strangely relaxed evening of package prep, getting ready for the holidays and family and all that.
I *hate* wrapping. I’m not good at it, and she’s always responsible for making the packages look passable once they’re beyond “but they have paper on them now anyway” stage. Ribbons? Bows? Frilly decoration-thingies? Forget it.
But, of course, you DO know how to incentivize. “For every package you wrap, we’ll play strip-wrapping – I’ll remove one piece of clothing of my choice.” This. This has me fully engaged in this process, I must admit.
Continue reading Hand me that tape…F is for Festive Days
It’s the end of the year and most of us are crazy busy–and sometimes just feeling a little crazy.
Continue reading F is for Festive DaysHow Fast…
We turn over the in bed and she snuggles into me. It’s a lazy morning, she’s fiddling with my cage, or at least as much as she can. I mean, it’s morning. And the cage is much, much less mobile than many other times right at the moment.
I growl as I come awake, and grin at her. Her head is on my chest, she’s looking at me and squeezing… just so. It feels amazing and aggravating.
It’s been a loooooooooong run. And she’s been doing everything from edging marathons to other types of play and it’s piling on a bit. I’m at that tipping point between aggravation and frustration of the good kind.
Continue reading How Fast…D is for Dinner
We are sneaking out of town for Christmas this year. No family visits until January so this is going to be a destination Snake Den Christmas. Nope. No hints on where we’ll be.
Continue reading D is for DinnerWhat 2021 Has Taught Me
A decidedly non-sexy post, but certainly have learned a lot on that front as well.
2021 has been brutal, awful, intense, crazy, wild, all of those things, up and down, for so many people. It’s hard to over-state the impact this time has had of course, and we certainly didn’t escape the roller-coaster either. From the societal changes to the loss of loved ones to changing relationships with friends and family and so much more.
Continue reading What 2021 Has Taught MeB is for Bow
Sepia and b/w photos are always fun, but sometimes, you have to dial up the monochrome to fit the season.
Continue reading B is for BowTo the Edge and Back… and Back Again
Charmer has been experimenting. Again.
Edging is one of those things that fit in the “frustration, but hella fun” category. It’s bizarre, difficult to manage at times, and overall, it’s a very demanding thing (don’t you feel sorry for me? )
Continue reading To the Edge and Back… and Back AgainB is for Blinded by the Light
“Want to play a game? she asked out of the blue one lazy Saturday morning.
“Video game or board game?”
Continue reading B is for Blinded by the LightB is for Blizzard
Maddy was glad that she wasn’t driving. They were headed to her in-laws for the weekend and she could barely see 10 feet in front of the car.
Continue reading B is for BlizzardP is for Performing
Besides travel, the biggest thing that we had to postpone during the past two years has been dancing. We couldn’t take lessons for about 9 months because everything was shut down and then performances didn’t start again until fall of this year.
Continue reading P is for PerformingN is for Naked
She was in the tub and he had run out to get some wine and a snack for them. She heard the electronic lock open and then a knock on the bathroom door.
Continue reading N is for NakedS is for Shadows
A few candles, a reflective vase, a little undressing–it’s fun playing with lights and shadows.
Continue reading S is for ShadowsE is for Endings
If anything the last couple of years has taught me, there is no guaranteed happy ending. All of our lives were changed by circumstances totally out of our control.
Continue reading E is for EndingsL is for Life Lessons – Always Changing
It’s bizarre to look back at the time with This Thing We Do (TTWD). It’s been a handful of years now (my own 7r Twitter-versary came up) and I was going back through our posts and journals to each other. But also, it’s been about changing as we go forward.
Continue reading L is for Life Lessons – Always ChangingQ is for Quiet
The drive from the city that was supposed to be last night got pushed to this morning. Why did work emergencies always happen on Fridays?
Continue reading Q is for QuietB is for (Time For a) Break
Travel arrangements to be made. Gifts to purchase. Family to visit. Cards to address. This time of year is full of responsibilities.
Continue reading B is for (Time For a) BreakW is for Wrapping
“I am so over wrapping presents. Next year, everyone is getting an online gift card.”
Continue reading W is for WrappingD is for Details
Without the vivid teal, this bra shows off the more subtle details…
Continue reading D is for DetailsThe Fantasy Quota
“Here you go…” she says, handing me a dice. The 4-sided die rattles around in my hand. I was just sitting here passing the time on one of our favorite shows and she walks in and hands me this.
“What’s up,” I ask. Not knowing if I really want to know. The answer on gaming stuff like this is usually some strange setup that puts me at a, well, disadvantage, to put it lightly.
Continue reading The Fantasy QuotaS is for Secrets
Why do secrets draw us in so much? There’s this sense that we don’t know a person unless we know their secrets.
Continue reading S is for SecretsS is for Seduction
He called towards the bedroom, “We’re going to be late. Are you about ready?”
Silence.
Continue reading S is for Seduction