Taking Care of Her Bottom
May 16, 2012 by Devlin O' Neill
Recently I have been accused of, er, complimented on a forgiving nature and a warm heart.
It is true that I always forgive a girl when she truly apologizes, and the deeper her feelings of contrition, even if that contrition is brought on by strong, ouchy feelings of a more physical nature, the more readily and fully I forgive.
Moreover, if that deeply felt contrition is mirrored in a well marked bottom, I also am apt to take further forgiveness related measures, such as cuddling, petting, and perhaps even the application of emollient to the affected area. In short, after care.
This often is especially important when implements are involved.
I enjoy providing after care, of course, or I would not do it. I won’t say it is more satisfying than the arm exercise I did that caused the after care to be necessary in the first place, but once that stage has gone past, the time for forgiveness and reconciliation has arrived.
And what better way is there to show a girl that all is forgiven than to make her bottom feel better, with a bit of aloe lotion and some tender, loving care?
Someone asked me though, while I was in the midst of writing this post, ‘what about her sore spirit?’
That certainly is a valid question, and some girls’ spirits are more easily marked by a spanking than others, but generally speaking, it’s the forgiveness and reassurance that she is a good girl once more that should make that all right.
If it does not, then it is possible that the spanking did not take, and further treatment might be indicated.
However, it is also possible that one is simply dealing with a girl who finds it terribly hard to believe that she can be exonerated, expunged of her guilt, by such a simple and straightforward procedure.
And here it is incumbent on the Top to use all his manifestly expert skills of persuasion in order to convince her that this indeed is the case.
But then too, it is a Bottom’s responsibility to trust her Top. She has to let go of the guilt, to let go, and let him.
And when she does, then there is reconciliation.
If she does not … well, he can always try another tack.
That is all.
Devlin out.
( Hey … wait a tick …
That’s not a tack. )
I have to say, the fourth picture girl doesn’t seem very appreciative of the after-care.
All I know is such matters are the job of the lady’s maid, except in special circumstances, under austerity measures, or when on campaign.
Well, I thought it was a perfectly wonderful post and I’m shocked and appalled, Pygmalion that you don’t proscribe to the level of aftercare that Dev does.
Your Goddess should smack you senseless.
I neither subscribe nor proscribe, for indeed! If she wishes to request special circumstances, she may have the maid (or house-girl, if the maid is upon other duties) deliver the formal faux’vintage carte de visite of her reclining sexily unto the correct office pigeonhole for my inspection and approval.
{SNORT!}
So, you don’t believe the Top’s duties include seeing to the comfort and wellbeing of his bottom’s bottom.
You’re a more hit & run kind of Top, huh?
“Spank & Perambulate”: Family crest.
I don’t believ that load of carp – hah, you thought I was going to say something else didn’t you, Dev. Anyway, Mr. Pygmalion Esq, I bet you not only soothe her sore bottom with lotion but bring her refreshments.
She should stamp that on your forehead.
For all the world to see.
For your shame to be known.
Dev, you put it all in perspective, I enjoyed this very much. I personally never receive aftercare or a good girl
but it sounds very nice when I read about it in stories. 
The girls that receive it are very lucky.
I’m sure you made the girls in your life very happy with your aftercare.
It is odd to think that my preferences and predilections concerning this thing we do are not the immutable laws of nature, Kaki, but since it has been so pointedly pointed out already that they are not I suppose I should keep that in mind.
On the other hand, I could set myself up as the ideal practitioner of the spanking related arts, and continue to pontificate as if I were in fact the perfect role model. Yes, in fact I think that’s what I’ll do, since I seem to be well on that path already.
I do bring refreshments. Or, that is, they are provided with the wet bar.
Humility is a sucker’s game.
We could do without the last picture .
Goodnight everyone
Night, Kaki. You must be tired. Your avatar went to sleep ahead of you.
Goodnight, all, and have a pleasant tomorrow.
Nice, well, except for that last picture. Your girls are lucky, Dev.
Very nice…apart from the sticky in thing in the last picture.
Now i draw your attention to picture #2, note how pink-sweater-dude is being so kind and nice with that Aloe stuff.
In picture #f3 however, he has stopped his kind ministrations to go an fetch a hairbrush!!! Whats up with that!!!?
And picture #4′s girl is glaring at his for 1 of two reasons. A) He’s concentrating too hard on trying to rub that brown spot off only to find its a freckle. B) She dosent like his military hair cut.
jay out.
Well spotted, Jay! What’s with that hairbrush, I wonder.
Dev, good morning.
I’m sure that you will think of further measures if the spanking didn’t do the job.
Warm
Paul.
That is what happens when I comment from my phone. Me and my phone were sleeping.
Your phone needs a spanking. That will wake it up.
We were tired, Mindy. I still am, we had terrible thunderstorms last night. I swear it was right over us. Now it is so humid I feel like I am in a steam room.
Is is time for bed for you?
No! It’s not even 9:30pm. I’m watching Bones. Will get into bed when that finishes.
Jay, Mindy, I think the hairbrush was there all along, and in fact responsible for the rash on her behind. It had been merely relocated in that second shot. Anyway, glad you liked it – or most of it anyway.
Paul, you’re right. Sometimes we must choose a path less frequently traveled in order to bring her to the proper destination.
“However, it is also possible that one is simply dealing with a girl who finds it terribly hard to believe that she can be exonerated, expunged of her guilt, by such a simple and straightforward procedure.
And here it is incumbent on the Top to use all his manifestly expert skills of persuasion in order to convince her that this indeed is the case.
But then too, it is a Bottom’s responsibility to trust her Top. She has to let go of the guilt, to let go, and let him.
And when she does, then there is reconciliation.
If she does not … well, he can always try another tack.”
Ok–this is where I have some stooopid questions…… Does this mean you’re going to spank her some more just because she can’t let go of her guilt? I know a lot of ladies (at least in my age group) who were raised with a HUGE amount of guilt. No matter what we did to attone, our guilt was never assuaged. And my second question has to do with the issue of trust. Girls like me who have basically always been alone & responsible for taking care of themselves because the men in their lives have been unable to & constant sources of disappointment, find it incredibly difficult to trust—to give up control to another person—to believe that someone truly has our backs, so to speak.
As others have said, Dev, the girls in your life are very lucky indeed to have experienced your tender aftercare! It’s clear in your writing that you are a deeply romantic soul!
No subbie, bottom, spankee, (insert appros word here) really ever gives up control Lj. If you really wanted him to stop spanking you then you would and he would.
or eating too many cream cakes when you really really shouldnt.
Theres a whole big stigma about control and how one gives it to another…but I see it more as me saying or something along those lines.
And ‘little problem’ could be any manner of things, from needing to get ones jollies off (not terribly ladylike, sorry) to a little issue of driving in a bus lane and getting a £60 fine
PS. I really hate those and things …i can never work them out!
Ok, the blite ate half my comment and now it dosent make sense!
What i said was ~ Theres a whole big stigma about control and how one gives it to another…but I see it more as me saying ‘ok Sir, I have a little problem and I would really like you to take charge of it’ or something along those lines.
or eating too many cream cakes when you really really shouldnt.
And ‘little problem’ could be any manner of things, from needing to get ones jollies off (not terribly ladylike, sorry) to a little issue of driving in a bus lane and getting a £60 fine
So he takes charge (like you want him to) and you submit to him (because you want to) and even though you will very possibly hate every single second of that very ouchy ‘him-in-charge’ bit….you know you need/want it therefore you stay over his knee.
Jay makes a good point, Laura. Spanking can be therapy, but like any therapeutic treatment, you can’t expect it to clear away a lifetime’s accumulation of issues at one go. Each session addresses immediate issues, and slowly but surely chips away at the underlying problems. Trust comes gradually, but it does come if the participants are persistent and committed.
And as far as the last line of the post, I meant that other therapy tools are available to a Top – the one shown, as well as corner time, writing lines, and other non-spanking options. But yes, in some situations, more spanking is necessary to convince the girl that everything really is all right now, and she can let go of the awful feelings, or at least the current awful feelings. The ones from 30 years ago may have to take care of themselves. A main point though, is that the girl should be convinced, again perhaps gradually, that she doesn’t have to face all that alone.
You know, Dev, sometimes the path less traveled, is less traveled for a reason.
Just sayin.
I gotta tell you. That guy in the second picture? Yeah, he’s being pretty darn stingy with the lotion. Maybe it’s ‘magic’ lotion that’s got gold dust in it or something, but come on!
‘Magic’ lotion???
Hows the
rehab going?
Cindy, with a bottle that tiny I guess he has to ration it. He probably thinks he won’t need it anymore because she is normally so well behaved, kinda like me. Dev buys his by the gallon at a wholesale store.
I like the girl with the mad face, I bet her Top made some kind of wise donkey comment, like, did that hurt.
I don’t reckon he even buys it kaki, i bet its axle greese from the T-Bird.
He traded a milk-cow for some magic lotion, and it raised a beanstalk to the land of the giants.
…from whence he stole that sweater.
Or maybe he didnt steal the sweater? Maybe the angora goat that the Toppy Giant owns coughed up the sweater in a hairball?
You all are particularly funny today…
and it’s just what I needed when I took a little stroll over here from my office. How nice it is that Dev’s apartment is just around the corner from me.
Dev, I love how you do what you do. Except I’m with Jay and Kaki on that last picture. It looks like a popsicle stick to me, although I’m guessing it isn’t. But perhaps the popsicle part is missing…?
Kaki, you must follow Pygmalion’s instructions and ask your Lady’s Maid to take care of your nether regions. Perhaps after she’s mended your stockings and removed the curling papers from your hair.
lauraj, this is one of those things that defies reason and logic. It works because it works. Thinking about it and trying to figure out why will only take you in crazy-making circles.
My mind and my body have a will of their own, and they don’t often consult me about it. For me, this is the true meaning of surrender.
I hope you wouldn’t do it with someone you didn’t trust to begin with, but trust also grows. Life is a mystery.
Bye, everybody. I’m off to the big city. If I see any cowboys, I’ll round them up and bring them home. I should be home Friday or Saturday.
I don’t know what kind of internet reception I’ll have, but I’ll try to peek in from time to time.
Don’t have too much fun without me!
“Lady’s Maids” would be a good prequel to / parody of “Bridesmaids”.
Albeit with more spanking, because we know our audience.
I hope he hasn’t hidden that golden egg somewhere it shouldn’t be…
Would we have a Scottish policeman still? And a litter of golden retrievers?
If so, I’m in!
Bye Cindy! Don’t be too alluring near the fountains, or if you do, call us for bail money!
Have fun. If you can’t find a cowboy, an investment banker will do.
Dev would NOT do that. It would mean less for his T-bird.
Or perhaps the popsical part is up the
WHOA, brrrr 
<blue with cold) that dosent even bare thinking about! Evil man in the picture sticking a popsicle up his ladies froo-froo!
A Scottish city watch, and golden dragon retrievers.
Bye cindy, steer clear of parrots on hotels or parakeets in motels or whatever it is.
An if you call the Professor to bail you out of jail,make sure its kate the cop who calls him so she can smooth things over for you.
Oooh, I love the way you handle a script, Pygmalion!
Eww eww eww….i don’t wanna find out thanks……an thats the kind of dangerous question, that would have the Professor or Tony or pygmalion or some other Toppy fellow who frequents this blite, that would have the blokes going “I dunno scarlet, lets find out…now bend over an spread your legs….this might be cold”
Don’t forget to wear you seatbelt. Bring us home some cowboys.
I’ve just received an email from a man named Jacob Kornstetler, saying he is going to be in Kansas City this weekend and asking for recommendations of places to stay. Apparently he’s been following this thread and intends to follow Cindy to KC…
Run, Cindy, run!
*sniff*
I miss Cindy.
Is he a cowboy, farmer or bank manager?
me, too. It’s like someone turned off the lights in here.
farmer. cows. how could you forget?
I’ve played long enough. Time to get back to work. See you later, gators.
See you later, Scarlet.
I have to think the guy with the tiny lotion bottle and the oversized sweater also was practicing with just a learner’s permit. He’ll figure it out as he gets older.
Be careful out there, young lady.
Bye, Scarlet! Thanks for stopping in.
So kaki, what you been up to today?? (so far today?)
I was supposed to have something done for my back but they couldn’t do it, rescheduled for next week. Not happy.
How about you, Jay, whatch been up to? Do you still go to that farm and volunteer?
Hey, why is it so dark here? Someone forgot to pay the electricity bill?
Have a good trip, Cindy.
Nah, not since i was about 18 or so….years ago.
Today I have been gathering ingrediants to make http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/8812/ham-leek-and-potato-pie
I also bought some little pots so i can make http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4746/cauliflower-cheese-pot-pies
and then for desert I was thinking http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4157/blueberry-cheesecake-pots
But nothings decided yet.
Jay, can I come for dinner? Yummy.
Here are the directions for the first one, first take a leek.
I love blueberries, they are almost in season here. Not too fond of cheesecake though.
Hiya, Mindy. Ready for work?
No. I’m tired – woke up way too early and couldn’t get back to sleep.
How’s your back, Kaki?
Kaki!
Okay, that was really, really funny.
But I can’t believe anyone doesn’t like cheesecake! I mean the food here, of course. But the bakery at the grocery store I go to makes a Key lime cheesecake I swear I could eat until I look like the Michelin tire man. I have to avoid that area of the store diligently.
Jay, the first recipe is really good, haven’t tried the others. Is Tony visiting tomorrow by any chance?
That was such a nice post…..til the last line and the last picture.
There are places thermometers shouldn’t go after your one year old! 
but the aftercare sounds real nice.
Kaki, maybe you should show Charlie this post, with the last picture excluded, or he might pick up the wrong idea from it.
Dev, I was going to say what a lovely post this was and how aftercare was really important and what a caring Top you are…and then you had to post that last picture! Just about the last thing a spanked girl needs!
Kaki, I think you need to send this post to Charley, omitting the final photo. Aftercare is the yummiest part of a spanking and I’m not sure if I could submit to some of them if I didn’t know it was there at the end.
Alice, snap! Have a Bellini on me!
Hello, England!
And I see you both have firm and unwavering opinions on one topic, anyway. However, a Top has to do what a Top has to do sometimes, to sort out his girl. I am not saying that this happens frequently, but if she is not listening then he has no choice but to find other ways to get her attention. My best advice to you two is to always listen.
Yeah. Right.
It’s so hot here that ice cream sounds like the perfect dinner, but a fruit smoothie will be almost as good and healthier.
Dev – Cheesecake – yum. You know what I don’t like about it? It is really easy to make. I have a question – is cheesecake an acceptable dinner? I have some chocolate cheesecake in the freezer and I could share.
Mindy – Thanks for the welcome on the other topic.
I had the same of waking early and not being able to get back to sleep that you did. Grr, arrgh!
Lol, yes dd he is, but this food is for saturday nights dinner. And most of it is a first attempt and prep for my Da’s b-day in june.
How funny, dd, not only the same time but the same sentiments!
Cheers
Listen?
Why, I always listen! 
(Why is there not a fingers crossed emoticon here?). And that nasty thingummygigummy should not be used under any circumstances except the direst medical emergencies!
Lily, Hi, cheesecake sounds like the perfect dinner. If you have the smoothie with it it would be a dietician’s dream.
Alice, maybe we should start a petition.
Lily, the no ice cream for dinner rant applies to cheesecake as well. HEALTHY food is required, young lady.
dd, you are not helping. :waits:
but it’s CHEESEcake, Dev, lots of protein!
Exactly, Alice, protein from the cheesecake and vitamins from the smoothie. What’s not to approve? Perfectly balanced diet.
I eat helthily Professor, you can tell by my menu…..and I was planning on doing some brocalli florrets with the main course too.
Jay, you are, of course, a saint. Good night!
Goodnight, dd! And Alice, there is NO cheese in cheesecake. You know that. :waits:
Jay, carry on healthily.
I meant Healthily….sometimes my fingers type faster than my brain allows.
dd, you’re back! We thought BBH had you stuck in a corner with the brooms and forgot about you.
Lily, I’ll have some of your cheesecake. Today has been that kind of day…might as well finish it off the same way!
What is it about this blite that keeps all the girls awake at night, or too early in the morning?
Dev, it may be the alarming photos. Perhaps you should start illustrating your posts with little lambs and baby bears and puppies. 
dd, you can use this
its the closest thing we have to crossed fingers.
Not that I would have reason to use it.
Isn’t cream cheese cheese? It has cheese in the name.
Scarlet, if you stay up til 1:00 am and set your alarm for 6:00 am and don’t take a nap all day you might sleep all night. I find that it helps loads, you may get a little tired during the day.
Avoid caffeine after noon. Five hours of sleep should do ya. 
Dev – Yes, Sir, healthy food it is.
Kaki – My cookbook says that cream cheese is soft, unripened cheese. Which means that the traditional cheesecake made with cream cheese, sour cream, and sugar is basically butterfat and sugar, just like ice cream. Maybe I shouldn’t have said that.
Scarlet – You are welcome to some of my cheesecake. The chocolate should help.
Lily, cheese is cheese, its made from milk and what could be more healthy?
Dev really is very happy to see girls drink their milk so put a straw in your cheesecake and there you go. I’ve seen cheesecake ice cream. 
:waits:
Is that a bus I see headed my way?
No, that’s just my subtle reminder that rationalization of ice cream or its near cousins for dinner still is contraindicated, dress it up how you will. And mostly aimed at Kaki, in any case.
Good night, Lily. Good night, Kaki. Good night, anyone still up and about.
And I am off to bed.
Good night, Dev.
It’s not that late on the left coast so I’ll be up a bit longer.
Cheesecake for dinner. Yummy. Where can I get one? I don’t feel like cooking dinner tonight.
Baked cheesecake has protein, most definitely. It contains egg as well as cream cheese. Lots of calcium too.
You too, missy. :waits:
I will be out of town for a few days visiting, and should be back late Monday. I won’t have much internet access, but will try to find wifi where I can and check in. Meanwhile, you girls behave yourselves. I mean it.
Have a nice time, Dev. And don’t worry about us, we’ll be good.
Gosh, Dev AND Cindy away, hmmm, imagine that.
Don’t worry, Dev, I’ll look after your place.
Have a good time.
Yeah, we just need all the other girls here to have a party.
No dancing on the furniture!
Fine.
Mindy, I’ll help you.
I wonder if Cindy has arrived at Kansas City. Would she catch an investment banker?
I wonder if she reserved her spot at the fountain?
And donned her costume.
Good morning, everyone! We haven’t heard a peep out of Cindy, which makes me think she must be at the fountain. There’s no other possible explanation. I hope she catches some cute cowboys, even if lauraj says there aren’t any.
Have a good time, Dev. We will try very very hard to be good. Mostly because you have a way of sneaking up on us when we don’t expect it, and a little bit because it’s the right thing to do. So no worries! Is the only rule “no dancing on the furniture?” Because if it is, we’re going to have a really good time!
All the usual rules apply, Scarlet, and thanks for asking. I am headed out the door now, but as you say, there is wifi at every McDonald’s.
Hugs and bye for now!
But Dev, you would never be caught eating at McDonalds.
Scarlet, why did you ask,he specifically said no dancing on the furniture nothing about pets, glitter, redecorating.You must be working too hard.
Here, have a drink 
and relax. OK, I know it isn’t 10:00 in the morning yet but like they say, its 5:00 somewhere. 
Bye, Dev.
Have a safe trip, don’t forget to write. 
Hugs back, Dev! Travel safe!
I have a question – Are there any rules on the use of Metalflake paint?
None whatsoever lily! You go right ahead an start painting……i suggest the Professors Lazy Boy gets the first coat……then his bed frame.
Lily, add some glitter so it’s all sparkley.Dev loves sparkley, it goes back from when he was a kid he used to play with Sparkle Paints all the time.
(anyone remember them?)
Jay, did Tony come to visit you and your behind?
In fact I am sitting at Mcdonald’s. Apparently leaving the cheese off a chicken salad is beyond them, but I have time to eat around it. Kaki, don’t fuss at Scarlet for trying to behave. And paint of ANY kind is contraindicated without adult supervision, and I have to get back on the road in a moment so there won’t be any, Lily.
I feel sure you girls can find non-troublesome ways to have fun while I’m gone. I mean it. :waits:
Yes he did kaki, he had me in my whites (that’s white shorts, white polo shirt, white bra/knicks/ankle socks) for 400
with the two tongue tawse 
…..and the leather paddle 
(which has less give than a slipper) an he was muttering about getting the cane out 
just to test it on my white shorts 
but i disuaded him from the idea. 
Oh and he broke our toilet!
Annnnnnnnd when I put my pizza in the oven he spanked me until the buzzer went
and he even let me put my white shorts back on 
How’s your back kaki?
How bout we hatch these eggs I found at the pet store?? You may well have 6 lovely little ….umm well i’m not sure what they are, the guy who gave em to me…well he didnt stick around very long after i had the box in my hands….but all Gods creatures right???
I’ll just set up the incubator here in the living room…ok Professor?? And make a shift rota thingamyjig so one of us is always here incase they hatch. Wouldnt want them to inprint on that gastly floor-lamp you have standing there.
Kaki – You don’t understand – you don’t have to add glitter to metalflake paint, it IS glitter paint. It is made for cars, but I think it could be used on other things made of metal like door knobs, faucets, large and small appliances. Do you think Dev would like a sparkly kitchen? I will need some help picking out a color, so please look at this color chart and let me know what you think is best.
http://metalflakecorp.com/mod.php?mod=userpage&menu=31&page_id=27
Dev – I am an adult – it says so an my driver’s license. I can vote and buy booze, so I really don’t need supervision, right?
Jay, since you won’t be sitting anytime soon you can take the first shift. Let’s make something with Dev’s face on it because you’re right, Jay, imprinting his image is very important to the little whatevers.
How exciting, I wonder if they are all the same species.
Back is still sore, Jay.
Sorry, Lily, I thought it was like Rustoleum. Wow! It comes in all sorts of pretty colors. I think we should use all of them, turquoise, cherry, magenta, and a few others.
Oh, and don’t mind Dev, he always acts like he doesn’t like our decorating.
Oh, Dev, don’t worry, I’ll supervise Lily while she paints.
We could paint
rainbows!
Keep the paint away from the eggs pls…I don’t want the baby wotever’s to breathe in paint smell and get high.
On the previous topic, Jay, you must be the bravest girl alive. 400 spanks with anything would be waaaaaay beyond my endurance level. What kind of naughty do you get up to, girlfriend?
Good point, Jay. No paint near the incubator! Why don’t you do the walls in the bedroom too, while you’re at it?
Oh i wasnt naughty, it was a testing limits day is all.
Tony says “was no where near 400″ ….so I say “well i remeber the first 4 ….and then there was the hundred…..so that = 400 to me!”
I’m not sure this paint will stick to walls because it’s made for cars. I can give it a shot, though. What’s the worst that can happen?
I think those are Komodo dragon eggs. Wow! What special pets those will be. I’m sure Dev will be thrilled.
Does Dev have special powers that let him control what music is playing on my computer? Right after I typed that last sentence the spooky “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” started playing. I mean, it’s just a coincidence, right? Nothing to worry about?
Komodo Dragon eggs? That sounds promising.
NOT to eat, Pygmalion! Have you had your breakfast fish yet? We’re not letting you in here if you’re hungry.
Come’s in to check
the eggs and is fairly certian they are not http://blog.shunya.net/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/15/komododragon.jpg
They are much much smaller and brown….kinda resemble peanuts so i reckon they are http://startswithabang.com/?p=1662 much cuter than komodo’s ….and prolly more tameable.
Just for that we aren’t going to name any of the “whatevers” after you, Pygmalion.
Hmm, where’s Dev all day? No McDonalds around?
Very well, then. I shall order pizza.
With Komodo Draganchovies.
It must be quite a large pizza….
3 large. Special deal, too, if you take the tail.
Is the tail edible?
I’ve lived a long and happy life by always taking what tail has been cheerfully offered.
Congrats, Dev. This got Chrossed.
I’ll bet you have.
Congrats, Dev. I would be more please if you would delete that last photo. Mindy, is that in your power?
Err, I can but I wouldn’t dare.
Who knows, it could be that last picture that cinched the Chrossing.
That’s a lot of
to feed you.
Jay, I just released your comment from spam prison. It got caught because it contained more than one link.
We can keep them in Dev’s bathtub.
Mindy, do you have any duck billed platypusses in your neighborhood? If that is what the eggs are you can take care of them.
Lily–Hello! And watch out for Kaki.
(Hi Kaki!) I woke up with skidmarks on my back after my first meeting here. 
Mindy—I’m so sorry that you continue to have trouble sleeping through the night. Have you tried listening to the tv or radio to lull you to sleep? That’s what I do and it works pretty well.
Jay–thanks so much for your candid answers to my question. I appreciate learning from everyone who has been in relationships.
Hi Scarlet and Alice! Is Cindy home yet or did she have any luck rounding up cowboys and investment bankers?
By the way, how are those houseplants doing that we left in Dev’s corners? Do they need water or fertilizer? Maybe the little hatchlings would like to nest in them…..
Err, no.
Sorry about your post, Lauraj. I hate it when that happens.
As for my sleeping issue, I think it’s more anxiety/stress related. I can get to sleep most nights but it’s the waking up way too early that’s the problem. Guess what, I slept pretty well last night because it’s Saturday today! No work on weekends. Well, I did wake up early but I had no problems falling back to sleep till 9am this morning!
Oh, we have set up these nifty plant watering spikes in the pots. We just need to top up the water every few days. We could add liquid fertiliser in them too.
Maybe in the zoo.
Laura, I couldn’t tell you how many times that has happen to me, mostly when I use my phone. It’s very frustrating.
What do you mean “watch out for kaki”!
I like to nurture new girls to the blite and encourage them to sit right next to me and do as I do. It’s Scarlet that you have to watch for. She runs you over 
then makes you feel like she just did you a favor and you feel the need to thank her. 
I wish I could write well. 
Close enough, Mindy, you are in charge of any Aussie type animal, bird, reptile, mamal, any combination of therein that hatches.
I hope one of the eggs is a puffin, I love puffins. A penguin and parrot in one, what more could you ask for?
I googled puffin. They are cute.
Darlings, all these compliments, my head is quite spinning. Of course, bus wheels spin too, don’t they? Girls have to be so careful around here…
Yes, Scarlet, that is exactly what they were, compliments.
You shouldn’t even consider them anything else. 
Why is there paint all over the house? Lily, I TOLD you you needed adult supervision, and there is none while I’m not here. And what is this hot box full of duck eggs doing here? All right, girls, I’m still only barely in touch, but I do have my eyes on you all the same. Oh, and Mindy, good thinking.
Oh, and thanks for the congrats on the Chrossing!
THEY’SE HATCHING!!!!! I can see a bill!!!!
Umm ok, so theres 2 Platypuses/ platypi??? and 3 reptile things? and one egg not hatched yet….but i can hear something in there.
Ok so the last egg hatched an it’s a komodo like lily said?
The other two are reptiles but they seem to be http://yellowmeansgo.tumblr.com/post/5594067234/before-they-hatch-kokology-32
Dev, you must have missed my comment above. I was supervising Lily and I am an adult so no problem there.
She isn’t a professional but I think she did a bang up job, don’t you. Not everybody could mix all those colors together and make it work. 
Pop in anytime, don’t be a stranger.
No, Jay, no snakes. I think they look like turtles.
I was hoping for a blue footed boobie and a puffin.
Well tomorrow we can fill the tub with water an let the platty’s test their tub legs…dunno what to do with the others, perhaps a zoo would want the komodo?
Just don’t give the komodo dragon to Pygmalion as he’ll eat it!
Dev, Kaki did supervise the WHOLE time. She even made some great suggestions which is why there are beautiful rainbows in the corners. I have to say, though, that I think my best work is the recreation of the Helix Nebula; you know, the one that looks like a giant eye.
Of course, if you don’t like they way the place is painted it really isn’t a problem because I got the paint that can be removed with water as long as you don’t wait more than a week. I can just get a hose and have it all cleaned up in no time.
Oh, the baby platypuses are so cute.
I think that a zoo would be glad to get a Komodo dragon because they are rather rare. Maybe the Pittsburgh Zoo would take him because the one they had just died. I considered taking him myself, but they get really big and they are carnivores. I don’t think I want a pet who might decide that I’m lunch.
Dev must be starving, he hasn’t stopped at McDonalds since yesterday.
Maybe he’s on a diet.
Isn’t it cute how the platypus follows the picture of Dev around, he thinks Dev is his mamma.
Really cute. Maybe you should move Dev’s picture away from the Komodo dragon so it doesn’t get the same idea.
Why???
I’m dear ole Dev will love all his little hatchlings equally.
Grins, so them eggs wasnt such a bad idea after all. Do you think the Pittsburg zoo would like the turtles too? they need so much water…
Jay, no worries, Dev has a pool at his condos.
He can take them for a swim a couple times a day. It will be good exercise for all of them. Just think of all the fun he will have teaching his little hatchlings to swim. All the other people at his condo will be so jealous. 
I was thinking, Mindy, do you have access to kangaroos or koalas? They will make the platypus feel more at home.
I used to have a stuffed koala once.
Jay, they’re all darling, except the Komodo dragon, but Dev will like him because he’s such a guy kind of pet, isn’t he? Don’t give anyone away until Dev gets home so he can enjoy them too!
Kaki, do you think Dev has been kidnapped by pirates? Should we organize a search party? I will go through his desk drawer to look for clues to where he might have gone. Do you want to empty all the waste baskets and look for odd scarps of paper with mysterious things scribbled on them?
I don’t recall Dev ever being away for so long, I’m worried.
There still are pirates out there, poor Dev. I hope there aren’t any naughty wenches on that ship.
We’ll have to use all the skills we learned from watching CSI, NCIS, Law and Order,and Magnum PI. Scarlet, look for note pads by the phone, get a pencil and shade the top sheet it will give the impression of the last thing he wrote.
*looks through waste basket in study* Hmm, doesn’t look like he is doing much work on his new book.
I think I’ll take a look in his computer and check recent searches. 
I found something! It says “risotto asparagus chicken broth onions.”. Clearly it’s written in code! What do you think it means?
This has nothing to do with Dev or his criptic message but I just saw a commercial for a tv show with Cedric the Entertainer. He and his wife were going to be alone so he ran in the kitchen for whipped cream and he was holding a spatula too. What do you suppose the spatula was for?
Isn’t the Komodo Dragon the one that bites you, then tracks you waiting until you fall over dead and then it eats you?
I’m sure Dev will be safe, since it’s going to imprint on him and all but if it can get under the furniture and wait for one of us to walk by so it can strike, aren’t we all going to have to be very, very, careful? Maybe someone should be researching ankle guards/.
You guys promised not to have fun without me and you had exciting hatchings. I was kind of hoping for a Norwegian Ridgeback like Norbert.
I’m back from the big city. Everything’s up-to-date there and I think they’ve gone about as far as they can go.
I’ll write more later when I am more awake and have collected my thoughts.
I don’t know if it’s code, but it sounds delicious. Can you fix some of that for me? I’ve had a personal chef for 3 days and I’ve kind of grown accustomed to it.
Probably to flip the crepes.
Norbert was pretty cute when he was a baby but real dragons get kinda nasty with all that fire breathing and stuff.
‘nasty, fire-breathing’ ….sounds like the Professor in a temper.
Was it a Koala you shot yourself, or did a friend offer you the carcass for taxidermy?
Cindy, you’re back!
Since you were in Kansas City on a Friday, by Saturday did you learn a thing or two? How did the fountain sitting go? Did you catch any bankers?
Get some rest…i’m going back to the garden.
I’m a little worried about the Komodo dragon too. Maybe we should give him to Pygmalion. What if Dev decides to keep him as a watchdragon? We need to have the run of the place so we can keep on being helpful.
Like this
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Welcome back, Cindy! I missed you.
Where can I get a personal chef?
I missed you too, Mindy!
The chef was at the Marriott in Kansas City. I wanted pancakes late Thursday night and he MADE them for me! And people say whining doesn’t pay off. Lot they know.
Wow! He’s a good chef.
Yes, I learned a thing or two. First thing I learned was don’t sit by the fountains in the boulevards. The bus fumes about knocked me unconscious. The buses themselves tried to knock me unconscious. It’s hard to dodge all that traffic on foot.
It’s just best to sit by the fountains in the parks.
I tried to pick little parks during lunch time around the different office complexes. I gained the attention of many accounting clerks, and even a CPA! But she wasn’t my type, although she was very nice. And cute.
I thought I had reeled in an Actuary one time. Turns out he was a total poseur. I pitched him back.
I only saw 2 cowboys during my whole trip. One was at a gas station and he was hauling a load of cattle, probably to market. I got his license tag number, we may check him out later. The other one I saw must have heard the same thing we did about the fountain sitting. He sat across from me at one fountain and we were competing for the same type. I guess cowboys get lonely too. I tossed the CPA his way and wished him luck when I left.
And you aren’t going to believe this and I’m fearful of mentioning it because you’re going to think I’m crazy (wait – that ship done sailed, right), but I swear I thought I saw Jacob Kornstetler going into a room down the hall from me at the hotel. Last I saw Jacob, he was heading east on the turnpike towards Amish Country. It couldn’t have been him, but it sure looked like him from the back.
He knows where I live. What if he shows up down here? I don’t think he’d like living in a house with electricity and modern appliances. I could sure use a good farmhand though. I think I’m gonna have to let my guy go.
Even though he was nowhere to be found when I opened the pool and could have used his help, I told Steve last week he could use the swimming pool if he wanted. I didn’t think I needed to tell him he should wear swim trunks when he did.
I looked out the kitchen window last week before I left and there he was climbing out of the pool. Naked and wet. I didn’t watch out the window very long, I swear.
Somehow, I don’t think I would have that problem with Jacob.
I thought you were going to say that you tossed the Actuary to the cowboy.
Jacob is not stalking you, I hope.
Have you asked Deputy Dan to stake a look out?
Skinny dipping in YOUR pool! The audacity!
Scarlet, I guess you are right, I don’t like the way he’s been looking at me all day. I think the zoo is a better choice, I don’t want Pygmalion eating him.
Cindy, you are BACK!!!
I missed you.
Did the chef spank you after he made pancakes for you? Sometimes that happens if you whine too much, just saying.
If the chef had done that, she might have kidnapped him.
I’d have moved into his kitchen and slept in the walk-in. He made really, really good pancakes.
It appeared to me that Pygmalion was more interested in the EGGS than in eating the dragon.
But he ate the tail that was served on his pizza!
hahahhahhaha!
Kaki, I was just reading the messages I missed further up and you said you missed me 10 minutes after I said goodby! I wasn’t even out the door yet!
LOLOL
I like goin on trips, but I love coming home. To my own bed, my own shower. All my own stuff.
I’m never going anywhere again. Till June 1, anyway. Then I’m going to visit the Arkansawyers.
Arkansas. You’ll be halfway to Dev.
Yea, he always says he has no favourites.
Hmm, since he has no favourites, we could just replace his Glenlivet with something else, and feast on his Ben and Jerry’s and key lime cheesecake. When we’re done, we’ll just go into the store and get store brand ice cream and cheesecake to replace them.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend, Cindy, Kaki, Scarlet and anyone else still hanging around.
I’ve been awake for 3 hours and I think it’s time to get changed for work now that the room is nice and warm.
Be good! I can’t fix any mistakes on the blite while at work.
Ew.
I missed that part.
Ok, no dragon for Pygmalion.
Well, not quite. It’s NW Arkansas. Maybe 1/4 of the way.
Yikes. That’s a scary thought that I’d just as soon you hadn’t pointed out, Mindy.
I’m sorry you woke so early again. If you aren’t going to get all the sleep you need, what if you stay up 3 hours later than normal? I’d rather have the time at night than early in the morning.
If I stayed up any later I’ll only have one hour of sleep. I fell asleep at 12 midnight and woke up at 4am! I just don’t seem to have the problem on weekends.
Sorry for whinging.
The little dragon and plattys sound adorable and I’m sure Dev will be thrilled with his new pets. Hopefully one of you remembered to lock Rinny up so that he doesn’t chase the babies—or worse yet—EAT them!
As for Dev—maybe his right arm is too tired to drive home from
spanking all the wenches on the pirate ship! That would explain why he wasn’t able to get on the net—I’m told wifi from ships is nearly impossible. Hopefully he collected some excellent “research” for the new book. 
OR–maybe he went to Chicago this weekend to join in the NATO protesters and got caught in the melee. Or—he went to Chicago to spank the NATO protesters—-which would make me kinda upset cuz I do love and admire and support a good Chicago protest!!! Ahhhhh the summer of 1968 in Grant Park was a volatile one! The Chicago 7 got a raw deal!
Until later…………..
Aaaagghh! What did I tell you girls about leaving critters strewn about? And would someone please clean up those egg shells?
I am home, and there is going to be some order around here, if I have to spank every single one of you girls. In fact that’s exactly what I will do. I’m going to take a shower and get rid of this road grit, and I want all of you lined up when I come out.
Those crickets certainly are loud all over sudden.
Hi Dev, welcome home! I hope you had a wonderful time away. I told all those other girls you wouldn’t like the new pets, but they insisted they were exactly the kind of thing you did like.
One can only do so much. 
I’m off to bed, otherwise I would stay around to watch the spankings–I mean, provide tea and sympathy when they were over. You should probably start with Jay. She’s the one who brought the eggs here in the first place.
Dev, Welcome home.
About the paint. I don’t remember anything about it. I might have been a fugue state or it might have been done by my evil twin. Either way, I’m really not responsible, am I?
Oh, spankings over? Safe to come out now?
Cindy, are you ok? I just heard on the news that a tornado hit Kansas.
Welcome home, Dev!!
We missed you. Did you bring us home anything? 
Um, about that lining up for a spanking thing.
Dev, Scarlet is right. It was all Jay’s fault she brought in those eggs without consulting us first so we had no other choice than to help take care of them. That’s the nurturing part of us we couldn’t let them on their own. She should take all of our places in line, don’t you agree.
Lily, I’m sure it won’t take you too very long to paint over everything, and I’m sure working with a sore bottom will give you extra incentive.
And where IS Jay, anyhow? Not that I think it’s all her fault because you lot were eager enough to aid and abet with the critters, egging her on, as it were.
Hmph!
And Mindy, what sort of corrections did you have to make to the blite during my absence, hmnnn?
Anyway, good to be back.
Dev, I was just reading one of your posts from your book and you used the same word
that got me in hot water recently. 
I think you owe mean apology, 
I am quite traumatized seeing this word usedy you. 
that should read me an not mean. I want a nice apolpogy not a mean one.
Kaki, besides the fact that I can tell you not to do things that I do, I also have a valid literary license so it’s perfectly all right that I occasionally use words that you are forbidden to.
And I never said you couldn’t make puns.
Have you renewed that license lately?
I’m home!! I took all the critters down to Pittsburg zoo, as suggested so the Professor dosent get all tizzy when he comes home. I reckon you girls should get to cleaning that paint up…huh lily!!!
About 200 miles west of me, Mindy. We didn’t get any storms at all!
Thanks for checking on me, though!
Oh, there you are Jay, the professor is looking for you. He is waiting for you in his office, I’d hurry along if I were you.
See what a good helper I am, Dev.
But i don’t know where the office is.
Yeah, Kaki, you’re a BIG help.
Jay, zoos are where critters belong, especially such as those, but I did tell you girls that my house is not an animal husbandry experiment zone, DIDN’T I? :waits:
Come on, I’ll show you, I can find it blindfolded.
Yes Professor, you did, but the guy at the pet store didnt really give me a choice, he practically threw the box at me, an i couldnt leave the poor little things out there on the street in the rain and the snow could i? So you see Professor, I just had to bring them to your place while I found a new home for them, it was only a temporay solution and they didnt make any messes an if they did it was cleaned up.
An i knew you wouldnt object really if they was temporary and no trace of them was left, what with you being such a warm and kind hearted gentleman…and an animal lover too, you should get an award of some kind, Animal Lover of the Year or something equally grand.
Annnnnnnnd, since both komodo dragons and Platypus’s are endangered species…and since I told the zoo that it was a donation from Professor Devlin O’Neill and myself then I think that we have just contributed to helping to save 2 endangered species. Thats something to tell the grand kids init!
I’ll bet you can and all.
Uh huh. Well, they did teach you to shovel it at the farm, didn’t they?
It’s a good job I buy Glade by the case. There was a distinct jungle-y smell in here, that was barely masked by the smell of paint.
Mindy, have you tried Melatonin? When I remember to take it, it seems to help me stay asleep. I take a 1mg tablet.
No, I haven’t but I will check it out. Thanks.
That’s not “whinging” (god, what a weird word that is)! It’s MISERABLE not being able to sleep.
If you aren’t having the problem on weekends, then yeah, I’d say it’s probably stress driven. Either from your work situation or just freaking out that you aren’t going to get enough sleep. Either way, it ain’t good.
4 hours sleep just isn’t enough. You’ll get sick.
You weren’t having this problem until your folks left, huh.
I wish there was something that would help you. Cutting out caffeine helped me a lot. I still have bouts of not being able to shut my brain off, but it’s way better. I miss coffee something awful though.
Laura, how is your ankle? Still paining you?
And I agree – the Chicago 7 DID get a raw deal! Turned out ok, though.
“Hey, hey, LBJ …”
Mindy, Melatonin is generally very safe, but be sure to clear it with your doctor first. And read the instructions and contraindications very carefully.
Dev – I’m very sorry that I didn’t listen to you. I’ll never paint your place again when you aren’t there to supervise. I hope the restoration is acceptable. I won’t even point out that it wasn’t entirely my fault because I was encouraged by others to carry on because I really should have known better than to pay attention to anyone but you.
Are puns only acceptable in the context of an ongoing conversation? For instance, I wonder if it objectionable if I were to mention that I appeared in theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words.
Mindy – I have found Melatonin as well as Valerian to be helpful, but please do follow Laura’s advice to clear it with your doctor.
Yes, well, these lessens need repeating over and over, for the girls around here anyhow. It seems you girls would ALWAYS rather listen to each other than to me. :waits:
And puns are bad whether or not they are on topic.
Dev, are you going to spank her or at least send her to the corner for that pun? *groan*
Kaki, if I spanked for bad jokes, none of you girls would ever sit comfortably.
Dev, it wasn’t entirely Lily’s fault. Sometimes only us girls
are around for guidance 
while your off doing who knows what. 
I knew eventually someone would get around to blaming me for the shenanigans you girls got up to in my absence. It’s utter nonsense of course, but I’m somewhat surprised it took this long.
And yes, ‘fraid so.
Mindy, my hubby was taking it also when he was having trouble sleeping. I have the most luck with the PM type pain relievers like Advil PM or Tylenol PM. They don’t make you sleepy but I stay asleep when I take them, just take it about an hour before you go to bed.
Mindy, if the melatonin doesn’t help you sleep, try calling the police. They’re pretty good at helping girls who are resisting a rest.
Jay, i tried to call the zoo to check on the hatchlings, but the lion was busy.
I hope you get spanked for that one!
PROFESSOR!!! Make them stop!
It hurts! 
Courage, Jay. Scarlet will collapse under the weight of her own shame sooner or later.
Jay, I not only can show you the way to the professor’s office blind folded I could show Mindy how to sleep with my eyes closed.
Don’t worry about sleeping, girls, it doesn’t really mattress.
Ok, that one was a stretch. But i did hear it helps if you have fish for dinner. No, really, Then when you filet down to sleep…
Ok, i’m out of puns. I’m off to knit up the ravelled sleeve of care…. Night everybody.
Night, Scarlet. Hope you can sleep despite the guilt.
Dev, Jay brought in the incubator, she is a regular hatch-it woman.
Hee hee
Thanks a bunch, Kaki. You are making me feel like the incompetent mathemetician. He couldn’t count on his friends.
And now Lily too?
You are all a bunch of cards, and need to be dealt with.
Goodnight, everyone.
Scarlet – Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
Perhaps Shakespeare has written better poems, but he has also written verse.
Lily, you can always count on me.
Dev, I didn’t see your post before I posted.
I’m a good baker, so I had to rise to the occasion; it’s the yeast I could do.
Good night to you.
Lily, just remember, those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end. And we all know where that leads.
Goodnight, all.
What a joker.
I guess the pun police was too preoccupied to walk the beat here tonight.
Good morning! I hope you all got that out of your systems yesterday. My eyes are tired from rolling.
Is that a challenge, Dev?
NO!
My ears are just like my bottom, very sensitive.
How do you feel about elephant jokes, Dev?
Forget it lily!
Jay!
Dev, does that mean you do want elephant jokes?
Do you know the difference between an elephant and a mouse? Try picking one up.
No, I really could do without elephant jokes, Kaki, but Jay’s elephant memory joke was even worse.
Dev, I’m sorry. I woke up feeling silly this morning, but I think I can behave like a mature adult. For a while. Maybe.
Don’t hurt yourself, Lily.
Oh come on! They did like 100 bad jokes each an i do 1 piddly little pun and get lambasted! Least it wasnt the Elephant in the fridge joke!
Scarlet, BBH would never stick me in a corner of the broom cupboard and forget about me! In fact, he would never stick me into a broom cupboard to begin with
don’t you know there’s spiders in there no matter how good your housekeeping is, the suckers sneek in!
Glad to see you all had a good time whilst Dev was away but no party…why?
Or the “how many Tops does it take to change a light bulb?”
Jay, it looked like you were opening the gates again, and I wasn’t having that.
Let me see, dd.
“DD! Go change that light bulb. Now, missy.”
One.
dd, we missed you. If you were around we would have had a big party.
What the heck, let’s ignore Dev and have one anyway. 
The gang is all here, Cindy is back too. 
Sorry, Dev, don’t do ladders…or chairs…or stools…
Kaki, party, yippee
Now let’s see, Margaritas, Bellinis, Cosmopolitans, Brandy Alexanders (for those of us who are supposed to be in bed in less than 30 minutes – great as a night cap), Highland Park for Dev (he needs to experiment more with his malts), beer…now for food…I’ll leave it up to you. Planning a baking day tomorrow, so let me know what you need.
This is for Mindy: Q: What do you get when you cross an elephant with a kangaroo? A: B***** great holes all over Australia!
Ok–now I have to go back to work…………
It’s a table lamp, for crying out loud! :waits:
I’ve heard of Highland Park. I’ll try it sometime.
It’s very peaty, yummy
I’ll add it to the party list.
I’ll stick with beer.
You know, nobody asked you to roll your eyes. You only have yourself to blame!
Oh, is that right, missy? Hmph! :waits:
…I ran out of beer.
1 pun is the [im]moral equivalent of 100 bad jokes, though.
How many hundreds of bad jokes have you told, Pygmalion?
I blame my cheekiness on the headache that was caused by being thrown into a project I had no inkling about minutes before the initial meeting started! No prizes for guessing who has to do all the work.
So Professor, while you was away did you happen to think of a new topic that us girls could b**** and moan over?
Talking about hot springs, I want a relaxing day at the hot springs – nice warm mineral water and a full body massage that will be good for any aching body and head.
Jay, he answered your question very speedily! See new post.
Yes, well sorry about that, Mindy, but although I always listen to girls’ excuses, I almost never pay them any heed.