Happy Sunday!

Dirty little secret, I’ve been into the lifestyle for years.  But Binging Dieting Scales & Mirrors (BDSM) isn’t just about trying to balance pleasure (if you binge on chocolate) and pain (DSM).  In the spring you get to add a bit humiliation when the S also starts to stand for Swimsuit.

Today’s agenda..  a little time outside making sure spring springing isn’t just a mirage.  Already found one sign I love.

It’s not that I don’t know how to diet or why I should diet.  It’s that the mercury just climbed into the 50s and, without the extra layer of Long-Johns under my jeans, I can convince myself that I have a little breathing room between now and the hell that is swimsuit season.  But I swear I can get serious.  Really.  As soon as the Easter candy is gone.

Snoop, our fat black god of pleasure and shedding has a few theories about living the good life and the meaning of it.  Today’s subject – shedding.  Cat-kind’s gift to laundry, he assures me, is not just for his benefit. It’s a sign of spring, which should make repeating a load or three of sheets something to add under the ‘Thankful’ column.  I’m allowed to worship at his feet too.

And a middle-age Mom’s thoughts turn to the open road….

Hope everyone’s having a nice Easter with lots of family, fun, and, of course, chocolate.  We’re working hard to keep Retailia from turning another holiday into shopping list, but we do like keeping up the egg hunt for as long as Thing-Two is willing to play along.