Category:Karen's Posts’

*Sniff sniff* yes the time has come for the Naughty & Spice ladies to say goodbye. I’ve had some good times here. Blogging about a variety of strange and sexy stuff, mundane stuff, silly stuff.

But never fear, you’ll definitely be able to find all of us at our other various haunts on the Internetz. This social media thing has really exploded huh? I remember signing up for Twitter when hardly anyone was on it. And thinking, “Why am I doing this? Twitter is a dumb idea.”

Guess I was wrong.

So yeah I’ll still be blogging over at my personal blog (http://karenwritesromance.com/blog). I’m hanging out there at least four or five times a week, talking about strange, sexy, mundane and silly stuff. Though over there, I do tend to talk about the family more…

I want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who’s stopped by over the years, who’ve lurked, who’ve guest blogged. I’ve enjoyed each and every one of you!

Can’t name the blog post this without sharing this song. I’ll say you’re welcome for the ear worm in advance!

Yeah, yeah I’ve blogged about it already but nothing much else is going on this week so I’m proclaiming it to the world:

TODAY IS MY 40TH BIRTHDAY!!

Yes, I came into the world forty years ago today. All I can say is DUDE. I can’t believe I’ve already been on this earth for forty years! Where did the time go? Seriously, it feels like yesterday I was still in high school. Now I have a kid in high school who is learning how to drive. Aaackkk….

It’s a milestone birthday but I’m not having a big celebration. My husband and I will go out for a nice lunch (sans kids – yay!). If we can fit it in we might go to a movie (Dear John so I can drool over Channing Tatum – yay!). But first, we have to pick up our truck which has been in the shop. There’s my birthday present – a decent vehicle that runs! (If you saw what I’ve been driving for the last week, you’d say yay too…)

I’m just happy to have been around for the last forty years. Overall, they’ve been good. Oh, some were kinda bad (like last year) and some were really awful (a few dark ones in the 90s) but I can’t complain.

So yeah…happy birthday to me!

Yep, I’m so going there. My husband was out of town for work for a month. Which means that I let the self-maintenance go a little bit. As in, I didn’t shave my legs for nearly the entire month of January. As I used to say when I was younger and a tad neglectful of that task during the cold months — “I’m growing my winter fur.”

I had some major winter fur growing on my legs. Some of you might be grossed out. Some of you might come by this post because you have a hairy leg fetish. I bet more than a few of you will be thinking, “I do the same thing.”

Go ahead and admit it. I just did. I can’t believe how hairy my legs got! Makes me realize that when I read historical romances and the hero runs his hands along the heroine’s smooth legs, that’s TOTALLY BOGUS. More like he’s running his hand over her smooth fur.

Oh yeah I so totally went there. Hairy legs on women aren’t really sexy, huh? I mean check out these ladies:

Selma and Patty have got it goin’ on! Now confess – do you really keep up the leg shaving during the winter months? Or hey, maybe you’re single and have no man currently in your life. How about then? (Guilty of that too). Let’s talk hairy legs!

It’s been a rough week for me and it’s only Wednesday. But sick children will do that to you. And I’ve realized something these last few days.

I really need a certain amount of sleep to function.

Remember being young and acting like a fool and staying up to all hours of the night? Only to wake up in the morning and you feel kinda crappy but it’s nothing a small fry and a coke from Burger King won’t fix.

Oh, wait. That was our remedy for a hangover when I was in college. Well, same deal. I’d stay up so late then go to work or class the next morning and I was okay. Hell, sometimes I even thrived on that sort of thing.

Now? Well, first it’s changed because usually I’m not up all night because I’m doing something wild and fun, I’m taking care of a child with an ear ache who won’t stop screaming and crying (Monday night). Or I’m dealing with the same kid who for no explanation, broke out in hives and couldn’t stop scratching (Sunday night).

That’s not fun. That’s not a most awesome reason to stay up at all hours of the night. That just…sucks.

So yeah. I need my beauty sleep. Went to bed early last night and slept right on through. No outbursts, no waking up, nothing. Just sleep. And it was awesome. I feel pretty good. And I need to feel pretty good because well, I haven’t written much lately and I really feel the need to do that today.

What’s your minimum amount of sleep you need? Mine is seven hours. I get that and I’m good. Less than that and I’m not so good.