Thursday Thirteen - Sensual Touch

Something as simple as a touch can arouse a person. Unfortunately in today’s world the act of slow, sensitive, exploring touches is often forgotten when it comes to romance and love making. Humans from early on are affected and nurtured through touching. As adults, we still crave to touch and be touched; an act relevant to initiate us into the mysteries of sex. Touching each other is a form of communication showing trust, love, desire, as well as an opportunity to learn about each other.

Here is a list of 13 erogenous zones that are most likely to provoke sensual responses.

1. Scalp and Hair. The scalp is very sensitive to touch and who doesn’t enjoy having someone run fingers through their hair?

2. Ears and Neck. Possibly amount the most sensitive parts of the body. Being stroked, nibbled, or licked or even feeling a lover’s hot breath in this area can be very arousing.

3. The Waist.
Not often thought of as an erogenous zone, but a bit of kissing, licking, squeezing, and stroking can have an erotic effect. Personally, I like to feel my honey’s hands on my waist. Try it.
4. The Torso. The sides of the torso can be surprisingly responsive to touch, especially light brushing of fingertips or gentle nibbling.
5. The Spine. Very sensitive area you may need to discuss with your partner to see what is preferred. Try a warm touch with lotion or a cold touch with an ice cube.

6. The Chest. Although not as sensitive as the breasts, try light, teasing strokes and slow lingering caresses to create a pleasurable sensual touch.
7. Breasts. Duh. But did you know a man’s nipples are actually more sensitive than a woman’s?


8. The Thighs. The inside of the thighs is highly sensitive. The closer the touch is to the groin, the more exquisite and arousing will be the sensations.
9. The Backs of the Legs. The hollows at the backs of the knees are especially sensitive to touch; try soft touches with fingertips or gentle kisses.
10. The Butt. I love a tight ass. Hmm… there are numerous ways of touching the butt. Try ranging from feather light caresses to squeezing and even spanking.

11. The Face. Yes, cheeks and lips but try placing a kiss on the eyelids. Hmmm…. Feels great giving and receiving.
12. The Neck and Throat. This area responds wonderfully to gentle kisses and delicate fingertip caresses.

13. The Feet. Another area you may need to discuss with your partner. While some people enjoy feet others may be turned off by them. This area is very sensitive to touch from the tips of the toes to the ankle. A foot massage is a great form of relaxing as well.

What is your favorite erogenous zone and how do you like to be touched?

Don't worry. I'll be back tomorrow with this week's Thursday 13.

Can somebody let me sleep and then wake me when September is over? Ack!!! Where's my chocolate?

Thursday Thirteen – 13 Things to Do with Whipping Cream

Okay… I’m writing this due to demand since I promised such a list a few weeks back. Come on folks, give me a break. This list was hard to put together. After a couple ideas and a few cans, I kept getting too distracted to continue. Sheesh!

1. Of course… top off some yummy chocolate pudding, or hot apple pie, or ice cream. Wait a minute. Come on now… let’s spice to it a tad!

2. Dip strawberries into whipping cream and feed them to your special someone.
Swirl the whipping cream upon the lips and lick off together.……


3. Make a whipping cream bikini
or matching whipping cream undies and lick them off each other.

4. Place cut up banana pieces, strawberries, pop rocks candy onto naked belly (or any body part of your choosing) add chocolate syrup then top with whipping cream. Allow your dear honey bunny to lick it off. If you’re daring, try this and add a scoop of ice cream. Wowza!

5. “Hershey's syrup, whipped cream, and a Catwoman mask.” – Men’s Health magazine. Okay…? Sorry, I can’t do the Catwoman mask thing.

6. Oh, you need the obvious idea? Then simply cover your partner’s hottest spots. You have to lick the cream away to get to the “goodies”. Duh.

7. Now this old album cover gives me a few ideas I simply can’t express in words. Hmm... here's another...

What’s an album? If you don’t know… you shouldn’t be reading this post.


8. Add some strawberry syrup to the whipping cream then put it in the freeze for a bit before placing dollops onto nipples. The flavor and the cold enhances the … uh… pleasure.

9. Need a little warmth while you play with all this whipping cream? Try this recipe: 1 cup heavy cream, whipped, add 1 ounce orange liqueur such as Grand Marnier, and whip together. Ladies - let your honey put this mixture wherever you might want him to pay a lot of attention to, cuz he’ll probably be there awhile.

10. Run a line of whipping cream along the backbone of your partner then slowly… I mean slowly lick it off. Don’t ever rush licking. A burp or gas of any kind can be rather embarrassing in a moment of passion.

11. Whipping cream, blindfold, handcuffs, and pineapple flavored edible warming oil. Need I say more?

12. Arm yourselves with cans of whipping cream; be sure to be naked, commence whipping cream war. Note: shower afterwards may be just as much fun as the war.

13. “Have your guy lie back comfortably on the bed; spray whipped cream from his naval to his upper thighs. Begin slowly licking it off the body areas above and below his package. After each lick, kiss his mouth with your lips covered in whipped cream, bring your mouth back below his belt. Slowly lick all the whipped cream off his body — except the cream directly covering his penis and testicles. Not until he’s aching should you finally indulge there.” – Cosmopolitan magazine. (Recommended by Laura Berman, PhD, sex therapist and creator of the DVD series Dr. Berman Can Help)


OHHHHHH…. HONEY….. I HAVE WHIPPING CREAM...

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Thursday Thirteen – 13 Reasons to Smile

1. To show you’re happy.

2. Like yawns, smiles are contagious.
3. To do a simple act of kindness.
4. Because you are wearing a new shade of lipstick. (After all, a girl cannot have too many shades of lipstick.)

5. You know your best girlfriend will tell you if you have something stuck in your teeth.
6. Because that piece of chocolate cheesecake was amazing.


7. You feel very blessed.

8. You feel joy in your heart and love energizes you. (Was that an oversized pink bunny that just went by?)
9. If you smile enough, you’ll start to believe your face.

10. You just took a deep breath and realized life is grand.
11. Because happiness is the result of being too busy to be miserable.



12. My favorite reason: Always smile… because others will think you are up to something. And maybe you are.
13.
oh, must post a Trent smile, ahhhhh...

Need I say more?

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Tanna Aldrick is the captain of a deep space salvage ship in the twenty-ninth century. When she and her all-female crew stumble upon an ancient ship floating in the middle of nowhere, they figure they might be able to find a few valuable tidbits left on the decrepit spacecraft. But what they discover is more valuable than anything they could have ever imagined finding – a gorgeous hunk of a man from the twenty-second century, perfectly preserved in cryogenic suspension. Mankind has changed a lot in seven-hundred years, and six-foot-four, blond-haired, blue-eyed guys like him aren’t just rare; they’re nonexistent. From the moment they revive him, Tanna finds herself falling for their handsome passenger. As logical as her reasons for not getting romantically involved with him are, however, she still finds herself inviting him into her bed.

Garrick Carlisle wakes up after seven-hundred years in hypersleep to find that everything and everyone he knew is gone. Lost and disconnected, the only thing that keeps him from completely losing it is the beautiful and sexy, dark-haired ship’s captain who rescued him.

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Thursday's Thirteen - 13 Shirtless Men

Last week I gave you 13 reasons to attend the Montrose Blueberry Festival, one including plenty of opportunities to view shirtless men. The weekend temps were in the 90's and very humid. I had alot of fun spending 3 days working and visiting with friends throughout the festival and the Renaissance Faire.

Well this list of shirtless men is put together just for Paige and Jennifer. Enjoy!
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Thursday's Thirteen - To-Do List in Preparation for Honey’s Homecoming

After being gone for six weeks, my flyboy is home… but only for a week. *sigh*
Last Thursday I missed TT because I was too busy preparing for his homecoming. This week, I’m busy… well… cuz he’s home!

When I had a moment to spare, I sat at my computer to think of what to write for this week’s Thursday’s Thirteen when I noticed my To-Do list from last week, so I thought I’d share it with you.

To-Do List in Preparation for Honey’s Homecoming

1. Make arrangement for kids to stay with Grandparents for first couple days
2. Tidy house
3. Find good music channel on satellite TV
4. Pick up a bone to keep the dog busy and off the bed.
5. Candles – orange, spice- like scents and some Incense – rose, spice
6. Purchase some black lace panties
7. Three bottles of wine – two to drink, one to play with
8. Two cans of whipping cream. Will that be enough?
9. Fresh strawberries
10. Hershey’s Dark Chocolate Syrup
11. Two silk scarves (or the handcuffs? Ah.. I think I’ll go with the silk.)
12. Honey Dust and feathers
13. Variety of oils…. Hmmmm…

As always… wear something fun when you pick him up from the airport!

Thursday Thirteen – Things to Do for Your Honey When You’re Apart

There comes a time in every man's life when he's called away from home. Usually it's a business trip or it could even be a well planned hunting or fishing excursion with his buddies. Either way, he'll be without you and at times will feel lonely.

As a wife to a pilot, I'm used to my man being gone for periods at a time. Sometimes he was even out of the country; talking on the phone became expensive so we became creative with our communication skills. Here are a few ideas I’ve collected to make sure you're always on his mind. (No, I haven’t done them all!)

1. Write little suggestive notes or mini love letters and hide them in his luggage.
2. Sweets from his sweet. Think Hershey kisses or green M&M’s! Hide some of his favorite candy or snacks in his socks.
3. Spray a pair of panties with your favorite perfume, place them in a zip lock baggie and place them in his suitcase.
4. Put together a small photo album with sexy photos of yourself. It will remind him what he’s coming home to.
5. Hide a set of handcuffs or a silk scarf in his luggage and then play coy when he mentions his find.

6. Send him an email at the end of every day, letting him know what you did. Include the boring monotonous stuff. It will make him feel like his being included in your daily life and not so far away from your touch. Believe it or not, when you write about doing the laundry he’ll picture you bending over a pile and start thinking about your bum, your legs… and so one. He’ll finish reading your letter with a smile on his face.
7. Call him or leave a message on his phone to tell him you are thinking about him. Send him little posts on his IM.
8. Next time you talk on the phone, tell him what part of his body is your favorite and why.
9. Send him suggestive instant messages; tell him what you want to do to him right then.

10. Use webcams to talk to each other. Surprise him by wearing something he really likes or a slinky nightgown. Talk to him normal but use your body in sensual manners to entice him. If you’re able (no kids around), let the mood carry you away.
11. It’s fun to tell him what you want to do to him when he gets home; but it’s more fun to tease him with little hints during his entire time away. The build up is the most fun! Make sure you make arrangements for kids to be gone when your man gets home!
12. If you are bold, make a video of pleasuring yourself and send it to him.
13. If you’re even bolder… make a video of you pleasuring him before he leaves and send it to him.

Just remember the key to keep him thinking about you!