Good morning all! It's
another gorgeous summer day here in the Midwest, by which I mean sweltering hot
at dawn, but hey! I got to see the sunrise over the forest and that was
awesome! Plus… today, I am getting a jump start on fall by adding a splash of
pumpkin spice creamer to my coffee. Mm. *sips coffee* *hums These Are a Few of
My Favorite Things* I happened to pick up this bottle of creamer at the grocery
store, but it reminded me that I found a recipe for making your own creamer
that I intend to try out. Once this bottle is empty, I plan to
refill it with my homemade version. It goes perfectly with my music of the day:
Renegade by Styx.
Do you enjoy any particular seasonal coffee trends?
Yesterday, Havan and I
started working on the opening chapter of our project. We're currently calling it
"At the Heart of Christmas" but that's strictly a working title and
is likely to change between now and the end of the book. We worked out some back
story and basically introduced ourselves to our characters. There's a bit of
humor and a lot of potential for disaster in the offing. Chaz and Sprocket are
today's top priority as well. Here's a tiny taste of what went down yesterday: (Remember,
this is completely unedited and is subject to change!)
The jangling bell attracted both Xander and
Sprocket’s attention. Xander’s smile widened, his mouth parted to utter a
greeting. Before any words came though, Sprocket whirled with an excited
squeal.
Chaz saw it coming. He held up a hand, as though that would
do any good.
Xander saw it too. He stepped back and raised his Chinese
take-out boxes.
Even Sprocket saw it coming. The squeal died. His cute
little bow of a mouth turned into a startled “o” that triggered filthy memories
Chaz had been suppressing for months.
The breeze caught one plastic lid, swirled it in a delicate
dance of passion and denial, then swept it off down the street. A pumpkin and
spice scented arc of coffee, thick and creamy and scalding hot, whirled up from
the cup like a genie from a brass lamp, seemed to hover in midair,
choosing its target, before darting forward and tagging Chaz squarely in the
chest.
He dropped his hand, squeezed his eyes shut, and counted
again. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. He opened his
eyes, and reassessed the situation. “Hello, Sprocket, Xander.”
Still working on Mum's
the Word as well. I'm at chapter seven, which will post to the blog on Sept. 14th.
It's good to be a little ahead of the game instead of playing catch up!
Drinking my coffee this
morning, I skimmed Pinterest, just because, well, that's what I do after the
sun rises, and nearly spurted coffee all over when I saw this article:
Well, yeah. I was all
over that. Clicked right away. Because you know how old sex is? As old as the
human race, right? How can anything about it be trendy and hip? Once you get
past fifteen and start actually having sex instead of thinking about it, well...
Anyway, I'm not much of a trend follower. Not fashion trends (give me a good
pair of Levi's and a t-shirt any day), or trendy cars, or music, or anything
really… But I thought I could probably get into trendy sex.
Except that as it turns
out, these trends are uh… kind of not all that trendy. Risky sex? 35 % of
people surveyed admitted to having sex outside? Please. Human kind has been
fornicating outside in public for centuries. This isn't a trend. It's a
confession. If everyone were being honest, their first time was probably risky
public underage sex.
Showing your nipples?
What does that have to do with sex? Nipples are body parts. Some people find
them sexy. The "Free the Nipple" campaign isn't about sex, is it?
Isn't it about equality and the right not to be treated as a sex object because
your nipples are female and not male?
Anyhow, I got a kick out
of the sex trends, even if there wasn't anything useful I could take to the
sheets. Except maybe the sex toy thing- that might require more research.
Signing of with an
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Have a great weekend!
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