<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785</id><updated>2012-02-16T11:19:28.935-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Interracial Love and Romance</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>34</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-2973047154364435365</id><published>2009-04-06T02:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-06T06:21:36.026-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Come joining the Fun. 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Teh 3 Ss of Romance! Yahoo Group'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-3272705697146012353</id><published>2009-04-04T01:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-04T05:04:12.155-07:00</updated><title type='text'>THANKS FOR COMING.....</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Hey Gang!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I just want to thank everyone for coming to my chat. Thanks for the questions and the interest in my debut book and projects to come.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Again, sorry for the sucky connection, but we made it through in spite of.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;See you on the boards!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-3272705697146012353?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/3272705697146012353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=3272705697146012353' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/3272705697146012353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/3272705697146012353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/04/thanks-for-coming.html' title='THANKS FOR COMING.....'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-1702788603939128602</id><published>2009-03-31T01:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-31T05:24:18.240-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chat with me the author of YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN! 4/3 @ 9:00PM EST</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt;Come join my while I discuss my debut book YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#cc6600" size="3"&gt;We’ll also talk about the writing process, being a new author and what new projects I have coming up.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt;So come sit back and relax and have fun!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt;Here are the links. If you can’t get into Chatzy, go to the IMRR board&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt;April 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; @ 9:00pm EST&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt;Link to IMRR&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt;http://imrrbookclub.multiply.com/&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt;Link to Chatzy&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt;COLOR: red;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman';mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chatzy.com/864220559849"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600" size="3"&gt;http://www.chatzy.com/864220559849&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-1702788603939128602?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/1702788603939128602/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=1702788603939128602' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/1702788603939128602'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/1702788603939128602'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/03/chat-with-me-author-of-your-local_31.html' title='Chat with me the author of YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN! 4/3 @ 9:00PM EST'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-7711387120342070624</id><published>2009-03-31T01:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-31T05:23:21.872-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chat with me the author of YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN! 4/3 @ 9:00PM EST</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt;Come join my while I discuss my debut book YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#cc6600" size="2"&gt;We’ll also talk about the writing process, being a new author and what new projects I have coming up.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt;So come sit back and relax and have fun!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt;Here are the links. If you can’t get into Chatzy, go to the IMRR board&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt;April 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; @ 9:00pm EST&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt;Link to IMRR&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600"&gt;http://imrrbookclub.multiply.com/&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman';mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc6600" size="2"&gt;Link to Chatzy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman';mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" color="#cc6600" size="2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chatzy.com/864220559849" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.chatzy.com/864220559849&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-7711387120342070624?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/7711387120342070624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=7711387120342070624' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/7711387120342070624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/7711387120342070624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/03/chat-with-me-author-of-your-local.html' title='Chat with me the author of YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN! 4/3 @ 9:00PM EST'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-4506838553435870542</id><published>2009-03-18T03:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-18T07:37:42.563-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sicilians..Gotta love them.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cue the Godfather theme music&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;….&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt;As most of you know, and maybe not. My BFF, hubby, confidant, Knight in shining armor is a direct product of Palermo, Sicily. His father actually ran with Lucky Luciano and Myer Lansky back in the day. He even has a picture of him and his gang having lunch at some restaurant. His dad is like 99 years old. Seriously.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt;Anywho, Giuseppe will tell anyone, especially woman, that if you date a Sicilian, two to one, you’re dating someone that’s done ten to twenty.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt;Which brings me to this.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt;He comes from a HUGE family. Ninety-five percent of them are hard honest working people. His favorite uncle use to be a Politian that fought against the mafia and help clean up Palermo.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt;Use to be. He was murdered ten years ago. His torso was found in the river.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt;Giuseppe’s cousin belonged to the gang that did it. It was his father.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt;He went to the funeral vowed vengeance and two weeks later, three men where found sliced up in an alley.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt;He’s been on the run ever since…&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt;Until now. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt;He’s back! &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt;Our mutual “friend” called us from the States (We’re in Toronto now as I type this) and said, “Hey, guess who called?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt;Giuseppe was in tears. Me too, but for a different reason. I don’t like this guy. He’s evil personified. Yeah, I had the pleasure of meeting him. He’s charming, Never trust charming people.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt;Giuseppe wants him to turn himself in. The worse he’ll get is life. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt;I know, you’re asking, “Isn’t that bad enough?” You read the stuff prior right?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt;So we’ve had a very emotional conversation with cousin. Don’t know where he is. And really don’t want to know. But we are trying to convince him to do the right thing&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt;We’ll see. Stay tuned&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#ff6600"&gt;Cue exit Godfather theme music&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-4506838553435870542?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/4506838553435870542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=4506838553435870542' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/4506838553435870542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/4506838553435870542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/03/siciliansgotta-love-them.html' title='Sicilians..Gotta love them.'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-8843538238049962618</id><published>2009-03-15T09:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-15T13:20:45.985-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What's with HUGE furniture in small places?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Names and locations are omitted to protect the innocent.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Okay, I have a relative that lives in this small apartment. One bedroom, NO DEN NO, DINNING ROOM. Remember that.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Just a bedroom, bath, kitchen and living room. Can’t be more than 700sq feet total.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So why do I walk in and bump into a HUGE couch, then turn around and bump into a HUGE love seat, try to step into the kitchen and stub my toe on a HUGE entertainment center with a HUGE T.V.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But wait. In front of the HUGE loveseat there is a HUGE coffee table, and if you take half a step forward…you ain’t gonna believe this. I slam into a HUGE dining table that seats 6!!! It’s butted right up against the couch so you can’t pull out one chair or sit on the couch!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remember – no dining room folks.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now this relative does this ALL THE TIME! I don’t care what place she moves into, she can’t seem to get the concept of SCALE!!!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oh, we won’t even talk about the bedroom. But you have a pretty good idea right?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do you know someone like this? That buys HUGE furniture that’s made for Buckingham Palace, but they live in Tiny Tim’s house?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What’s with that?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#cc9933"&gt;Oh, she also has the plastic on the furniture. The couch, the loveseat. Even down to the legs of the chairs for the dining table – CUSTOM MADE!&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-8843538238049962618?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/8843538238049962618/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=8843538238049962618' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/8843538238049962618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/8843538238049962618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-with-huge-furniture-in-small.html' title='What&amp;#39;s with HUGE furniture in small places?'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-3205221724054364590</id><published>2009-03-14T02:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-14T06:40:36.947-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Was that an Interracial Couple on Match or eharmony.com????</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none;PADDING-RIGHT: 0in;BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0.5pt solid;PADDING-LEFT: 0in;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in;BORDER-LEFT: medium none;PADDING-TOP: 0in;BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;"&gt; &lt;p style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none;PADDING-RIGHT: 0in;BORDER-TOP: medium none;PADDING-LEFT: 0in;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in;BORDER-LEFT: medium none;PADDING-TOP: 0in;BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;mso-border-top-alt: solid #CCCCCC .5pt;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 6.5pt;FONT-FAMILY: Arial;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#993300"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It was on one of those online date things. I was just walking into the room and kinda saw the last few seconds of it. But yep, she was a sister for sure. Dark skin and two –toned French braids and he was white with dark hair and facial hair. Unless he was a really light brotha. LOL!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none;PADDING-RIGHT: 0in;BORDER-TOP: medium none;PADDING-LEFT: 0in;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in;BORDER-LEFT: medium none;PADDING-TOP: 0in;BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;mso-border-top-alt: solid #CCCCCC .5pt;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 6.5pt;FONT-FAMILY: Arial;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#993300"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However the announcer seemed to stress. "We match based on &lt;i&gt;compatibility&lt;/i&gt;." So it was possible that it was a mixed couple&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none;PADDING-RIGHT: 0in;BORDER-TOP: medium none;PADDING-LEFT: 0in;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in;BORDER-LEFT: medium none;PADDING-TOP: 0in;BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;mso-border-top-alt: solid #CCCCCC .5pt;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 6.5pt;FONT-FAMILY: Arial;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#993300"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YAAAY them!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none;PADDING-RIGHT: 0in;BORDER-TOP: medium none;PADDING-LEFT: 0in;PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in;BORDER-LEFT: medium none;PADDING-TOP: 0in;BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none;mso-border-top-alt: solid #CCCCCC .5pt;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 6.5pt;FONT-FAMILY: Arial;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font color="#993300"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So you do realize I’m going to be looking out for the commercial again right?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 6.5pt;COLOR: red;FONT-FAMILY: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"&gt;&lt;font color="#993300" size="2"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If any of you guys see itm holler!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-3205221724054364590?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/3205221724054364590/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=3205221724054364590' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/3205221724054364590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/3205221724054364590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/03/was-that-interracial-couple-on-match-or.html' title='Was that an Interracial Couple on Match or eharmony.com????'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-8889787417821673953</id><published>2009-03-13T02:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T06:21:31.393-07:00</updated><title type='text'>YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN IS NUMBER #1!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="comic sans ms" color="#cc0000" size="5"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;WHOO-HOO!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="insertedphoto"&gt;&lt;a href="http://kittydiva.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/Sbj1awoKCEcAAHQeLQk1"&gt;&lt;img class="alignleft" src="http://images.kittydiva.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/Sbj1awoKCEcAAHQeLQk1/Your-Local-Handyman.jpg?et=4QgHGMBpjEju%2BX%2CDn6A2IQ&amp;nmid=0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3px;TEXT-INDENT: 30px;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who is going to fix who up with what?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3px;TEXT-INDENT: 30px;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3px;TEXT-INDENT: 30px;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Alexis Harrison has bought the American Dream. She purchased a huge Colonial fixer-upper in a posh neighborhood. She’s now ready to have a house warming party. All she has to do is find the right person or persons to help her do all the hard work. No problem. She has met and hooked up with the local handyman, the sexy Tony Castellano. But when her house starts falling apart at the seams, so does she. But Tony is there ready to fix things—and not just the house.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3px;TEXT-INDENT: 30px;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Tony Castellano, wants to be more than the local handyman to the sexy new neighbor Alexis Harrison. But he’s willing to fix her windows, her pipes and anything else that needs repair as long as he’s near her. But fate has come knocking. Now her house is a total wreak and she needs a place to stay. Now he can show her he can fix more than pipes.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3px;TEXT-INDENT: 30px;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Will Tony heat up more than the water or will Alexis deep freeze him?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3px;TEXT-INDENT: 30px;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3px;TEXT-INDENT: 30px;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GET IT AT RED ROSE PUBLISHING!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3px;TEXT-INDENT: 30px;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?products_id=422"&gt;http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?products_id=422&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-231063004127580031?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/231063004127580031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=231063004127580031' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/231063004127580031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/231063004127580031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/03/your-local-handyman-is-out_12.html' title='YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN IS OUT!'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-8948472646395059478</id><published>2009-03-12T00:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-12T04:40:28.792-07:00</updated><title type='text'>YOUT LOCAL HANDYMAN IS OUT!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Yeah, I know I mentioned this yesterday, but I jumped the gun. LOL!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="insertedphoto"&gt;&lt;a href="http://kittydiva.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/Sbj0aQoKCEcAAFYWlNk1"&gt;&lt;img class="alignleft" src="http://images.kittydiva.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/Sbj0aQoKCEcAAFYWlNk1/Your-Local-Handyman.jpg?et=IwXsnbQeRH7cfjqeafo%2Crg&amp;nmid=0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="insertedphoto"&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3px;TEXT-INDENT: 30px;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Who is going to fix who up with what?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3px;TEXT-INDENT: 30px;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3px;TEXT-INDENT: 30px;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Alexis Harrison has bought the American Dream. She purchased a huge Colonial fixer-upper in a posh neighborhood. She’s now ready to have a house warming party. All she has to do is find the right person or persons to help her do all the hard work. No problem. She has met and hooked up with the local handyman, the sexy Tony Castellano. But when her house starts falling apart at the seams, so does she. But Tony is there ready to fix things—and not just the house.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3px;TEXT-INDENT: 30px;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Tony Castellano, wants to be more than the local handyman to the sexy new neighbor Alexis Harrison. But he’s willing to fix her windows, her pipes and anything else that needs repair as long as he’s near her. But fate has come knocking. Now her house is a total wreak and she needs a place to stay. Now he can show her he can fix more than pipes.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3px;TEXT-INDENT: 30px;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;Will Tony heat up more than the water or will Alexis deep freeze him?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3px;TEXT-INDENT: 30px;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3px;TEXT-INDENT: 30px;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GET IT FROM RED ROSE PUBLISHING&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3px;TEXT-INDENT: 30px;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?products_id=422"&gt;http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?products_id=422&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3px;TEXT-INDENT: 30px;TEXT-ALIGN: left;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://kittydiva.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/Sbjz-QoKCEcAAE0sXpc1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-8948472646395059478?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/8948472646395059478/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=8948472646395059478' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/8948472646395059478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/8948472646395059478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/03/yout-local-handyman-is-out.html' title='YOUT LOCAL HANDYMAN IS OUT!!'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-2168519816724840554</id><published>2009-03-11T01:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-11T05:59:36.303-07:00</updated><title type='text'>YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN IS OUT!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Yes it's a day early folks! YAAAY ME!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Stop by RED ROSE PUBLISHING and pick up a copy.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=195&amp;products_id=422"&gt;http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=195&amp;products_id=422&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-2168519816724840554?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/2168519816724840554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=2168519816724840554' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/2168519816724840554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/2168519816724840554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/03/your-local-handyman-is-out.html' title='YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN IS OUT!'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-4204982604437118464</id><published>2009-03-10T03:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-10T07:29:24.407-07:00</updated><title type='text'>YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN due out MARCH 12TH!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;YAAAAAY ME! LOL!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN" src="http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/19940392/sn/2103712796/name/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;TEXT-ALIGN: center;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;Your Local Handyman&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;TEXT-ALIGN: center;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;By Stephanie Williams&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;TEXT-ALIGN: center;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;TEXT-ALIGN: center;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;Chapter One&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;TEXT-ALIGN: center;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;Tony stood outside her door and began straightening his T-shirt. He looked at his reflection in her window and wondered if he should have put on something more presentable.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;“Come on, Tony, you’re going to look at the woman’s roof, not take her to the Waldorf.” He rang the bell and waited.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;As he did so, he began to think back to when they first met.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;They had been talking and going to home stores for the past six months, since she moved to Marin County. The first time they met was at the block party the neighbors threw to welcome her to the neighborhood.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Someone had mentioned he was the local handyman and that he’d done work on almost everyone’s house on the block. She had seemed impressed and told him she would give him a call if she ever needed his services.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Considering the house she had purchased, she needed his services—like yesterday! It was a true fixer-upper, so when she called the first time, he just knew they would get chummy, perhaps more.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;But nope. She had wanted only his advice on flooring, rugs, window seals, door jambs—anything and everything to do with renovations. Their conversations never strayed.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;She looked at him strictly on a professional level.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Hell, whenever he had a chance to go to her house, she was never home. She left her keys with Mrs. Benson, her closest neighbor, and Mrs. Benson always let him in. There was the usual note on the foyer table telling him what needed to be fixed or asking his opinion about flooring or such.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;But that was okay. Those times they were together, either in the lighting department at the local design center or sitting with a slice of pizza outside the home store while a clerk loaded her new lumber, were worth the wait.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;But he waited for that one call. The call when he could come over &lt;i&gt;while&lt;/i&gt; she was home and they would be alone. In the meantime, he had fantasized about making love to her every which way ‘til Tuesday.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;Yep, he was jonesin’ for Ms. Alexis Harrison. Tall and voluptuous. She had so many curves it was enough to give him whiplash. Her face was framed by a mass of thick, curly dark hair, and she had gorgeous mocha skin. And those lips. Mamma Mia! They should be outlawed for causing spontaneous hard-ons!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;Despite his growing need and excitement, he had kept the conversation professional when he took her call.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;“Hello, Tony. I hope I didn’t disturb you.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Honey, you can’t help but disturb me. But it’s all good&lt;/i&gt;. “No, not at all. How are you doing?”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“Not good. I think I need a new roof. I’ve been putting it off because I know the cost, but after this last rain, I can’t do that anymore. I’m having a housewarming party in three weeks. I’m going to need it done before then, if it’s possible,” she quickly added.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“It’s possible, but you did wait a little long. Remember, I told you, that’s the first rule when buying a fixer-upper—fix the roof first.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“I know, I know. But I’ve been calculating all the stuff that needs to be done in the place and it’s really adding up. The roof costs most.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“In more ways than one, as you see.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“So I was wondering if you could come over and check it out for me. You did say you’d give me a good estimate for any repair work. Of course, this is more than just a repair, huh?”&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;He chuckled, then, “Don’t worry. I got you covered. I can probably give you thirty percent off your highest bid. Just do the usual, leave the key with Mrs. Ben—”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“Oh no. I need to show you this myself. ” &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;So she’s going to be there to give the grand tour. No leaving the key under the proverbial mat. Yes!&lt;/i&gt; “Um…may I come over now, or are you busy?” He’d crossed his fingers tightly and gritted his teeth.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“I just finished eating dinner, so if you’re not too busy, sure.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;He’d almost blew out a sigh of relief into the receiver, but instead said, “Great, I’ll be right over.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Yes! Yes!&lt;/i&gt; He’d pumped his fist in victory and went to his desk for his keys.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;He was halfway to his goal. Doing the work on Alexis’s place would be the easy part. Getting her to go out with him and share nights of passion was another.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Alexis opened the door, bringing him back to the present. It was then that he didn’t care if he had a T-shirt or &lt;i&gt;any&lt;/i&gt; clothes on. He wanted to push her in the house and get buck-naked and freaky.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;“Hello, Tony, come in.” She opened the door wider and allowed him in. “Thanks for coming right over,” she said, walking into the living room. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;“No prob. You know I’m always available for you.” He looked around the living room. “It’s coming along.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;“Slowly, but thanks to your help, quicker than I expected. I didn’t realize how big a task it was to renovate a house as big as this one.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;“Don’t worry, you’ll get it together. But first things first. I need to see the damage to your roof.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;“It’s in my bedroom. Come with me.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;Boy, would he love to come with her…in the bedroom or any other room for that matter. He followed her up the stairs and to her bedroom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;As she walked in, he stood in the doorway and looked the place over. He never ventured anywhere in her house on his own except as needed to follow the instructions she left for him to fix this, that or the other. Until today, his work had been limited to the downstairs.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;Her bedroom was a treat. It was totally fem without being flowery. It looked very Victorian. A huge tufted headboard and canopy framed a king-size bed. Her furnishings were large and ornate but not gaudy. &lt;i&gt;Everything&lt;/i&gt; in her room was large. But he could tell that she was trying to fill space as well as decorate to her taste.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;“Come on in, I’m not gong to bite,” she said.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;“Gee, that’s too bad. I was kinda hoping you wanted a little snack.” He wanted to snatch back those words before they left his lips. But it was too late. The look on her face gave him pause. He couldn’t quite read it, but then she smiled and turned to her closet. “The leakage happened here.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;He peeked inside the closet. She was pointing at the ceiling and he immediately saw the problem. And felt his cock get hard.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;“I had a bucket in here. But since it’s not raining, I moved it. I really need this patched up before the next rain. The weatherman said there was a big storm heading our way. So a quick patch job—”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;“No patch job. We are doing a whole new roof. But first I need to get up there and look. I see a door up there.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;“Yeah, it goes to the attic.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;“Hmm, this is serious then.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;“Really?”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;“Yep. Have you been in the attic?&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“No.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;“This tells me that there in no protection on the attic floor.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;To be honest, I’m kinda scared.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Could still be inches of water up there.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;“Do you really think you can fix this before my party? I really hate to impose such a huge task, when you could just—”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;“Don’t worry, it’s nothing that can’t be fixed. Could you get a ladder?”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;“Right away.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;He watched her as she ran to the hallway. Okay, he could breathe now. What was happening to him? He’d never had this reaction to a woman before, not this strong. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;He wanted to push her against the wall of her closet and fuck her crazy, until she screamed.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;Sweating, he leaned against the doorjamb. He blew out an exasperated breath and pulled off his T-shirt. That was better. It was hot in the room and he needed to breathe before he exploded.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;He was about to put his T-shirt in the dirty clothes hamper when he remembered that he wasn’t in his own house!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Damn Tony, what is wrong with you?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="3"&gt;“Okay, I hope this ladder will do. I…” Returning to her bedroom, Alexis stopped dead in her tracks, staring. This time, there was no mistaking the look in her eyes. Lust.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-4204982604437118464?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/4204982604437118464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=4204982604437118464' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/4204982604437118464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/4204982604437118464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/03/your-local-handyman-due-out-march-12th.html' title='YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN due out MARCH 12TH!!!'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-7387966180633280350</id><published>2009-03-09T14:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T18:52:26.619-07:00</updated><title type='text'>YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN COMING OUT MARCH 12TH!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size="5"&gt;YAAAAY!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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&lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff00ff"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Your Local Handyman&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-ALIGN: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff00ff"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;By Stephanie Williams&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;TEXT-ALIGN: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;TEXT-ALIGN: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Chapter One&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Tony stood outside her door and began straightening his T-shirt. He looked at his reflection in her window and wondered if he should have put on something more presentable.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;“Come on, Tony, you’re going to look at the woman’s roof, not take her to the Waldorf.” He rang the bell and waited.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;As he did so, he began to think back to when they first met.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;They had been talking and going to home stores for the past six months, since she moved to Marin County. The first time they met was at the block party the neighbors threw to welcome her to the neighborhood.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Someone had mentioned he was the local handyman and that he’d done work on almost everyone’s house on the block. She had seemed impressed and told him she would give him a call if she ever needed his services.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Considering the house she had purchased, she needed his services—like yesterday! It was a true fixer-upper, so when she called the first time, he just knew they would get chummy, perhaps more.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;But nope. She had wanted only his advice on flooring, rugs, window seals, door jambs—anything and everything to do with renovations. Their conversations never strayed.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;She looked at him strictly on a professional level.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Hell, whenever he had a chance to go to her house, she was never home. She left her keys with Mrs. Benson, her closest neighbor, and Mrs. Benson always let him in. There was the usual note on the foyer table telling him what needed to be fixed or asking his opinion about flooring or such.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff00ff"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;But that was okay. Those times they were together, either in the lighting department at the local design center or sitting with a slice of pizza outside the home store while a clerk loaded her new lumber, were worth the wait.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;But he waited for that one call. The call when he could come over &lt;i&gt;while&lt;/i&gt; she was home and they would be alone. In the meantime, he had fantasized about making love to her every which way ‘til Tuesday.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Yep, he was jonesin’ for Ms. Alexis Harrison. Tall and voluptuous. She had so many curves it was enough to give him whiplash. Her face was framed by a mass of thick, curly dark hair, and she had gorgeous mocha skin. And those lips. Mamma Mia! They should be outlawed for causing spontaneous hard-ons!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Despite his growing need and excitement, he had kept the conversation professional when he took her call.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;“Hello, Tony. I hope I didn’t disturb you.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Honey, you can’t help but disturb me. But it’s all good&lt;/i&gt;. “No, not at all. How are you doing?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“Not good. I think I need a new roof. I’ve been putting it off because I know the cost, but after this last rain, I can’t do that anymore. I’m having a housewarming party in three weeks. I’m going to need it done before then, if it’s possible,” she quickly added.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“It’s possible, but you did wait a little long. Remember, I told you, that’s the first rule when buying a fixer-upper—fix the roof first.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“I know, I know. But I’ve been calculating all the stuff that needs to be done in the place and it’s really adding up. The roof costs most.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“In more ways than one, as you see.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff00ff"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;“So I was wondering if you could come over and check it out for me. You did say you’d give me a good estimate for any repair work. Of course, this is more than just a repair, huh?”&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;He chuckled, then, “Don’t worry. I got you covered. I can probably give you thirty percent off your highest bid. Just do the usual, leave the key with Mrs. Ben—”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“Oh no. I need to show you this myself. ” &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;So she’s going to be there to give the grand tour. No leaving the key under the proverbial mat. Yes!&lt;/i&gt; “Um…may I come over now, or are you busy?” He’d crossed his fingers tightly and gritted his teeth.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“I just finished eating dinner, so if you’re not too busy, sure.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;He’d almost blew out a sigh of relief into the receiver, but instead said, “Great, I’ll be right over.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Yes! Yes!&lt;/i&gt; He’d pumped his fist in victory and went to his desk for his keys.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;He was halfway to his goal. Doing the work on Alexis’s place would be the easy part. Getting her to go out with him and share nights of passion was another.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Alexis opened the door, bringing him back to the present. It was then that he didn’t care if he had a T-shirt or &lt;i&gt;any&lt;/i&gt; clothes on. He wanted to push her in the house and get buck-naked and freaky.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;“Hello, Tony, come in.” She opened the door wider and allowed him in. “Thanks for coming right over,” she said, walking into the living room. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;“No prob. You know I’m always available for you.” He looked around the living room. “It’s coming along.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;“Slowly, but thanks to your help, quicker than I expected. I didn’t realize how big a task it was to renovate a house as big as this one.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;“Don’t worry, you’ll get it together. But first things first. I need to see the damage to your roof.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;“It’s in my bedroom. Come with me.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Boy, would he love to come with her…in the bedroom or any other room for that matter. He followed her up the stairs and to her bedroom.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;As she walked in, he stood in the doorway and looked the place over. He never ventured anywhere in her house on his own except as needed to follow the instructions she left for him to fix this, that or the other. Until today, his work had been limited to the downstairs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Her bedroom was a treat. It was totally fem without being flowery. It looked very Victorian. A huge tufted headboard and canopy framed a king-size bed. Her furnishings were large and ornate but not gaudy. &lt;i&gt;Everything&lt;/i&gt; in her room was large. But he could tell that she was trying to fill space as well as decorate to her taste.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;“Come on in, I’m not gong to bite,” she said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;“Gee, that’s too bad. I was kinda hoping you wanted a little snack.” He wanted to snatch back those words before they left his lips. But it was too late. The look on her face gave him pause. He couldn’t quite read it, but then she smiled and turned to her closet. “The leakage happened here.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;He peeked inside the closet. She was pointing at the ceiling and he immediately saw the problem. And felt his cock get hard.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;“I had a bucket in here. But since it’s not raining, I moved it. I really need this patched up before the next rain. The weatherman said there was a big storm heading our way. So a quick patch job—”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;“No patch job. We are doing a whole new roof. But first I need to get up there and look. I see a door up there.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;“Yeah, it goes to the attic.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;“Hmm, this is serious then.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;“Really?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;“Yep. Have you been in the attic?&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;“No.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff00ff"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;             “This tells me that there in no protection on the attic floor.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;To be honest, I’m kinda scared.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Could still be inches of water up there&lt;/font&gt;.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;“Do you really think you can fix this before my party? I really hate to impose such a huge task, when you could just—”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;“Don’t worry, it’s nothing that can’t be fixed. Could you get a ladder?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;“Right away.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;He watched her as she ran to the hallway. Okay, he could breathe now. What was happening to him? He’d never had this reaction to a woman before, not this strong. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;He wanted to push her against the wall of her closet and fuck her crazy, until she screamed.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Sweating, he leaned against the doorjamb. He blew out an exasperated breath and pulled off his T-shirt. That was better. It was hot in the room and he needed to breathe before he exploded.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;He was about to put his T-shirt in the dirty clothes hamper when he remembered that he wasn’t in his own house!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Damn Tony, what is wrong with you?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;“Okay, I hope this ladder will do. I…” Returning to her bedroom, Alexis stopped dead in her tracks, staring. This time, there was no mistaking the look in her eyes. Lust.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;TEXT-ALIGN: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;***&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Alexis mentally tried to pull herself together. This was the first time she’d seen Tony with his shirt off, up close and personal.&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Tony Castellano was the finest man on their block. Hell, he was the finest man &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;ever. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;He had introduced himself at the welcome block party by taking her hand and kissing the back of it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt; He said he liked greeting beautiful women the Old World way, and being Italian, it came naturally.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;He was actually third generation Italian-American. But he liked to use that line, she later discovered. So he was a ladies man. At least, that’s what she had thought after that introduction.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;In the six months she’d been living in this the pristine gated community of Bordeaux, she had not seen him with a woman. And they had been thick as thieves, at least when it came to home stores and lumberyards. He was always available when she called, and off they would trot to yet another mega depot.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;She then thought he was gay. Someone that good looking had to be. But no. Whenever he was with her, even if it was just to talk about the latest in crown molding, he stared at her with that &lt;i&gt;look&lt;/i&gt;, the look men on the make gave women. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;He was probably having a dry spell. Or just needed to cool off before his next conquest.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;That was okay with her. She loved his &lt;i&gt;look&lt;/i&gt;. Boy, did she love his look!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Tall, dark and &lt;i&gt;fine&lt;/i&gt;, he was the poster boy for Italian beauty. Midnight, wavy hair. Onyx eyes. Smooth olive skin that begged to be touched. She so wanted to touch it.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Every morning at breakfast, before she went to work, she would stare out her window with a cup of coffee in hand. She watched him as he headed off to some job. He was always shirtless. Hills and valleys of muscles graced his torso. She wanted to frolic through those hills.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Well, now she had him in her house alone. She needed the roof fixed. But she needed something else fixed, too. Her sex drive. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;Seeing him day after day, night after night, wasn’t helping either. But what could she say? “Hey, after you nail the shingles for the roof, can you nail me?”&lt;span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;No, she would have to play it cool. Besides, who’s to say he was even interested in her? She was just one of the neighbors that needed the local handyman.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;She slowly walked over to him, dragging the ladder, not once taking her eyes off that gorgeous, almost unreal body.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Her hands itched to take a stroll through muscle valley. She wanted to rub her body all over him. What would he feel like? What sounds would he make if she caressed him all over?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Okay, she had to stop this. She felt herself literally drooling. “Um, I hope this is tall enough.” She placed it in front of him. He didn’t move. He looked at her with a desire that scared the crap out of her. Well, not scared, since could feel her panties getting soaked.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;He swallowed hard. “I don’t have to look at the roof right now.” His voice was thick and hoarse.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in;LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;COLOR: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;“Oh? Then, wha…what would you like to do?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman';mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff00ff"&gt;“You.”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-8240481554236397824?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/8240481554236397824/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=8240481554236397824' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/8240481554236397824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/8240481554236397824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/03/your-local-handyman-coming-out-march.html' title='YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN Coming out March 11th!!!!'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-7616501993216670084</id><published>2009-03-07T01:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-07T06:18:28.094-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Is it just me??</title><content type='html'>People that shouldn't be naked or seen in spandex&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Yeah, I said. Here is the reason for this topic.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Last week, here in sunny Southern California, the police were called to a church not far from us. About 6-8 miles. Why were they called? Because there was a naked man on top of it, pointing at people and patting his butt cheeks!&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;YES! You read right! he was charged with vandalizing a church cross. &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;The other day I was watching the news and they caught this naked shoplifter. What's with naked people going to 7-11 for Slim-Jims, Twinkies and a Slurpee!&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;And when I was watching one of my court T.V. shows (my guilty pleasure) The plaintiff was a nudist.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;LaVerne sent me apic of what looked like a Manatee in spandex. This is the dud that dances to the Beyonce video. Yeah, it's funny, gave me a laugh. But it brings up the question.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;WHY?&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Now what do all of these people have in common besides the obvious?&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;THEY SHOULDN'T BE NAKED OR IN SKIMPY CLOTHES!&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Why do people with scrawny, pasty, patching, pimply, flabby, wrinkly bodies INSIST on giving us a show? HUH?&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;This is why clothes were invented. Some caveman saw their neighbor doing his yard and said "UHG, him need to cover up. My eyes hurt."&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;See it's not like it's my hubby who still lifts weights and has a butt you can bounce a  roll of quarters off of. Ahem..sorry I digress. Or a friend of ours who can stop traffic with just his shirt off.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Nooooo. It's the Michellan man or bubba or someone like that that's exposing themselves and we have to watch while eating dinner.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Have you seen this phenomenon? Let us know &lt;br&gt;&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-7616501993216670084?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/7616501993216670084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=7616501993216670084' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/7616501993216670084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/7616501993216670084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/03/is-it-just-me.html' title='Is it just me??'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-1836857302275312052</id><published>2009-03-06T02:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-06T07:12:02.703-08:00</updated><title type='text'>YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN is coming soon!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;As you all know (or maybe not)  YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN will be coming soon from Red Rose. I will get you all the due dates shortly&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Until then...Enjoy the cover&lt;span class="insertedphoto"&gt;&lt;a href="http://kittydiva.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SbE9NgoKCEcAAHWvM881"&gt;&lt;img class="alignleft" src="http://images.kittydiva.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SbE9NgoKCEcAAHWvM881/Your-Local-Handyman.jpg?et=eD0IzFgBy7Ze%2Bfx0Rt13%2CQ&amp;nmid=0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-1836857302275312052?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/1836857302275312052/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=1836857302275312052' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/1836857302275312052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/1836857302275312052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/03/your-local-handyman-is-coming-soon.html' title='YOUR LOCAL HANDYMAN is coming soon!'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-782643622540099774</id><published>2009-02-28T02:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-28T07:26:46.972-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What would you like to be known for?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;This is a cross-post&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;As in writing!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This is a question I am asking myself lately.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Now I know most of the authors here if not all write Romance and Erotica. But as we know there is aways that one book in us that we want to write, that we feel that we have to write.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;OR...&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Maybe it's a genre that we want to change to.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Do you really want to write Westerns? Do you want to be the next Stephen King and write Horror? Do you want to make other children happy and write about cute ducks and bears? Or Teenage books that help them with life lessons?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Or better yet. Instead of fiction you want to write something that deals in history or a social commentary.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Or are you already writing what you want to write. Romance and Erotica is in your blood and the only way they can get it out is through a transfusion.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It's okay if you want to write something else that you are not known for, by the way. It doesn't mean you've turn your back on your first passion. Sometimes it just means you've grown a bit more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-782643622540099774?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/782643622540099774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=782643622540099774' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/782643622540099774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/782643622540099774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-would-you-like-to-be-known-for.html' title='What would you like to be known for?'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-8931058823601268559</id><published>2009-02-27T02:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T07:28:35.943-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What would you like to ne known for?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;As in writing!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This is a question I am asking myself lately.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Now I know most of the authors here if not all write Romance and Erotica. But as we know there is aways that one book in us that we want to write, that we feel that we have to write.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;OR...&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Maybe it's a genre that we want to change to.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Do you really want to write Westerns? Do you want to be the next Stephen King and write Horror? Do you want to make other children happy and write about cute ducks and bears? Or Teenage books that help them with life lessons?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Or better yet. Instead of fiction you want to write something that deals in history or a social commentary.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Or are you already writing what you want to write. Romance and Erotica is in your blood and the only way they can get it out is through a transfusion.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It's okay if you want to write something else that you are not known for, by the way. It doesn't mean you've turn your back on your first passion. Sometimes it just means you've grown a bit more.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-8931058823601268559?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/8931058823601268559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=8931058823601268559' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/8931058823601268559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/8931058823601268559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-would-you-like-to-ne-known-for.html' title='What would you like to ne known for?'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-8144893815538091579</id><published>2009-02-19T10:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T15:50:07.261-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Reality Shows and a Trivia Question</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;Okay, I’m sitting down talking with my hubby, channel surfing. You know not really paying attention to what’s on the screen really and lo and behold this new reality show is being advertised.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;You would not believe what the show was about. Jockeys. Yes, you saw right - jockeys. Those vertically challenged people that ride horses around a track!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;HUH?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;Okay, come on is television that hard up for entertainment. Now I admit I’m a nerd. Got a masters in history, lived in Italy, traveled around the world. I sing opera. And I will admit to watching the History channel and all those “Expand Your Mind” channels. I have over 2500 books mostly history in my personal library. But I have guilty pleasures too. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;Court shows! Not Court TV. Although if an interesting trial is on I’ll watch, but no, court shows, Judge Alex, (hubba hubba) Judge Karen, People’s Court, you know them. I also love to watch the shows that talk about the UFO’s. Those are funny. Always hilarious watching a farmer with three teeth in his head: “I saw this here disk just a flotin’ in the air and me and my wife…” Yeah, I’m on the floor. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;So I am not a television snob.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;But Jockeys!&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Come on now. And the funny thing is I have horses. This is still crazy! &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;But this made me think of ALLLL the crazy reality shows they have out there and I think they are running out of ideas.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;What’s next?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;Mailmen. The true story of the men and women that deliver your mail!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;Maids. What really goes on when you’re at work and they’re cleaning your house.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;Cable repair People. Yeah, they really are watching what you watch!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;So this also brings me to this trivia question.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" color="#ff0000" size="2"&gt;What was the very FIRST reality show that got this stuff started?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ff0000"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt;COLOR: red;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman';mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Oh, and feel free to list your guilty pleasures&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-8144893815538091579?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/8144893815538091579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=8144893815538091579' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/8144893815538091579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/8144893815538091579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/02/reality-shows-and-trivia-question.html' title='Reality Shows and a Trivia Question'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-1131565310130949065</id><published>2009-02-14T03:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-14T08:33:27.495-08:00</updated><title type='text'>HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;*SMOOTCHES*&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;What do you have planned with a loved one. And hey, even if you don't have that special someone now, how are you treating yourself today? Shopping (my personal favorite), a day at the spa, museum ti get some culture, treating yourself to a nice lunch?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hubby is waiting on me hand and foot today. I think I'm even going to have him type for me as I dictate scenes in my other stories I'm working on.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I have a surprise for him to. I got his care detailed. Hehehe. He thinks it needed a tune-up and I sent it out.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-1131565310130949065?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/1131565310130949065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=1131565310130949065' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/1131565310130949065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/1131565310130949065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/02/happy-valentines-day.html' title='HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-7349073784188957456</id><published>2009-02-12T09:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T14:05:10.926-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanking all my New Friends</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Just want to take this time to thank you for the invites and accepting my invitation for friendship.  I am trying to make my rounds to every ones sites. They are all so pretty and creative.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If you noticed yesterday I had some issues. LOL. Trying to figure Multiply out. I think I have it now, but we'll see. So if you see multiple posts from me...HEY! That's why it's called Multiply! Because you're so busy posting so many things trying to see if it takes in the area you want! And you end up with multiple posts!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Well ain't that a...!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-7349073784188957456?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/7349073784188957456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=7349073784188957456' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/7349073784188957456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/7349073784188957456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/02/thanking-all-my-new-friends.html' title='Thanking all my New Friends'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-8264997223327584389</id><published>2009-02-11T10:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T15:00:28.099-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Contract With Red Rose Publishing!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Yes, you read right. I have a contract for my very first book. YAY!  It's titled HANDYMAN. It's a short story, IR of course and a bit on the erotic side. It's been sent to an editor so the wait is on now.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I will give due dates, excerpts and a cover as soon as they become available.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-8264997223327584389?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/8264997223327584389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=8264997223327584389' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/8264997223327584389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/8264997223327584389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/02/contract-with-red-rose-publishing_11.html' title='Contract With Red Rose Publishing!'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-3996553650961526144</id><published>2009-02-11T09:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T14:56:53.592-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Testing</title><content type='html'>Again, still having problems posting. *SIGH*&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-3996553650961526144?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/3996553650961526144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=3996553650961526144' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/3996553650961526144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/3996553650961526144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/02/testing_11.html' title='Testing'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-959074730269937936</id><published>2009-02-11T09:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T14:21:18.707-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Contract With Red Rose Publishing!!</title><content type='html'>Yes you saw right! I have a contract with Red Rose.  YAY! The book is Handyman. It's short IR. Right now it's in the beginning stages, so I am waiting for edits. All you writers know how that is. So I will post due dates, excerpts and a cover as soon as possible. &lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-959074730269937936?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/959074730269937936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=959074730269937936' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/959074730269937936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/959074730269937936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/02/contract-with-red-rose-publishing.html' title='Contract With Red Rose Publishing!!'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-4018986392470458716</id><published>2009-02-11T08:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T13:39:40.837-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What's happening With Me!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#000000"&gt;Okay folks. 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LOL!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-4018986392470458716?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/4018986392470458716/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=4018986392470458716' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/4018986392470458716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/4018986392470458716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-happening-with-me_11.html' title='What&amp;#39;s happening With Me!'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-8238972415845326938</id><published>2009-02-11T08:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T13:04:54.758-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Testing</title><content type='html'>&lt;!-- multiply:no_crosspost --&gt;&lt;p class='multiply:no_crosspost'&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-8238972415845326938?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/8238972415845326938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=8238972415845326938' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/8238972415845326938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/8238972415845326938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2009/02/testing.html' title='Testing'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-2104614085194080682</id><published>2008-07-23T08:44:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-01T13:31:55.049-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How far will you go to make that story authentic?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Well for the members of IMRR, you already now that I am working on other stories. One of them being Cabin Fever. It’s a Ménage a trois/IR.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I am two chapters away from completing the first draft. But something is still missing. I have the sex scenes in there, but they just don’t feel quite right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is my first threesome, so I can’t write from experience. I have read some other books in this genre, but you know you want your own voice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So you know what I did? I went to an Adult Video store and took my hubby and our mutual best friend – who is so fine it’s unreal!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was crazy folks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the email I sent three of my friends in my email loop. Viola (manager of IMRR) told me I should post this and that is want I am doing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So without further delay, read on!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;OMIGOD!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay let’s start from the beginning. First off Giuseppe (my husband) wanted to drive. Dang it! But we grabbed our mutual friend and headed to the Adult store or in the general direction. Now I told Giuseppe I wanted to stop at this jewelry place that is across the street from the store. If I was driving we would have went straight there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So he’s like cool. And I told him we could just hang out and go to dinner somewhere. So he’s like cool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hehehe. So we get to the jewelry story and I get a couple of things. Then I say: “Hey let’s check out that place I’ve always been curious.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They both look at me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So we go in. Now the place is a pretty pink place. Don’t let that fool you. They have X, XX and XXX rated movies. What the hell is triple X! X-rated is X rated right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anywho, I drag the guys to the counter and the clerks greet us. I ask them “I’m looking for straight ménage a trios videos that are Interracial. I want the ones with two white men and a black woman only.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Their eyes got THIS BIG! and so did their smiles. ROFL! They just looked at us. And I looked back at the guys and the friend was looking at Giuseppe asking him if he knew about this and who’s idea was it. And Giuseppe is looking at me with that “When I get you home and there are no witnesses.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, they had A LOT of IR threesome videos. Guys, it’s amazing what is out there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I’m in the aisle looking at all the videos while the guys are trying to sneak out. I call them over all loud and country. “Hey guys here’s the perfect one for us!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They come over but grudgingly. ROFL. Now I asked the clerk I didn’t want any butt sex. But they said ALL these types of videos have butt sex. Thank goodness for fast forwarding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay, now here’s where it really gets funny. The lady clerk took me aside and made suggestions. There are some vids (that’s what they call them) that are made by women. Cool. Just as nasty but more plot oriented. Whatever. LOL.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I looked at those. Guys, this stuff is CRAZY! We got two vids by the way One called Black Maids – don’t even ask! And one called Sistahs with White Boy Toyz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The male clerk said if I really wanted to get things going to get the XXXX stuff. WHAT THE HELL IS XXXX NOW!! The ménages have more close-ups and the sounds are great. Now this is where Giuseppe and our mutual friend decide to get back at Stephanie for pulling this stunt. Because at this point I am ready to run out of this place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giuseppe asks the clerk are there any vids with Italians and black women.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Oh yes, we have a foreign section right here.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to scream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They drag me to the section . Yep Brazilian men and woman, Spanish men and women Italian men and women All kinds of combos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Giuseppe turns to our mutual friend (did I tell you he was as fine as the day is long?) and asks him. “Which one do you think my bella with like? These two guys look more like us than the ones she picked”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to run, change my name and leave the country!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then they look at the toys. Giuseppe looks at vibrators. “Hey, bella this is perfect. We can both use this on you.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did I mention I wanted to leave the country? Make that get on the next Space Shuttle!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mutual friend is like looking at me all lecherous going “Yeah. The clerks are getting their jollies; probably going to talk about this when they get home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AAAARRRGGH!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So we purchase the two vids that I mentioned earlier and get back in the car. Giuseppe looks over at me and says; “That’s what you get for trying to pull a fast one.” Our friend is like “I didn’t know if you were serious or what!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now dig this. Giuseppe and I get home after eating out and dropping off our friend. Now through dinner Giuseppe is telling me what a bad girl I was. Friend however is quiet. He joins the conversation, but the wheels are turning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But anyway, we got home and Giuseppe and I both started laughing again Because after all when you stop and think it’s typical “us”. But then we both stopped and looked at each other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why didn’t our friend make a big issue out of this?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I told Giuseppe to call him and ask a few questions. He said he was kinda scared to. LOL. I told him same here. So we both decided it might be best to not hang out with him for a while. ROFL!!! Because neither one of us really want to know the answer to this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I asked Giuseppe since he’s a dude and I know he’s watched this stuff, What was the difference with the X, XX, XXX and oh please XXXX.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said the XXXX has everything you can imagine and not imagine. Now our vids are XXX. He said it will show CLOSE UPS of all the body parts, they don’t use condoms at all. We will see ahem….actual come shots CLOSE UP. There will be a lot of screaming mostly on the woman’s part.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh yeah. Black Maids here’s the plot:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;White guy has maid. Wife is out of town **rolls eyes** he invites neighbor over and they have there way with her. At first she resists, but they are that good that she begs for it. Whatever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sistahs with White Boy Toyz. Black girls get it one with white guys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are deep folks. ROFL!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Man I can’t believe I am going to watch this stuff! Giuseppe and I will probably be too busy laughing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-2104614085194080682?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/2104614085194080682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=2104614085194080682' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/2104614085194080682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/2104614085194080682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-far-will-you-go-to-make-that-story_23.html' title='How far will you go to make that story authentic?'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-374782533818401945</id><published>2008-05-02T17:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-02T18:09:34.112-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Fun Continues!!!!</title><content type='html'>Hey guys!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got such great responses from my first posting of Detention that I felt confidant enough to do a second.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now just to let you guys know, I'm having trouble formatting in this blog. Spaces, indenting are not my friends here. LOL!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll get the hand of it by the time I do another posting-I hope&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the next chapter and the set up is this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brett is having Mia call her boyfriend to break tings off. He's not gonna have any man touching his woman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That would be fine, except Mia as to be in a..ahem...certain position while she's talking to Tim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WARNING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;{WHAT ELSE IS NEW} LOL!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“That looks wonderful,” he said coming to her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The teddy was like an extreme body suit with cut outs in all the right places.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her full chocolate breasts where expose as well as her crotch and rear. The man that invented this needed to win the Nobel Prize, Brett mused.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The leather was like a second skin on her. She was even sexier with this on than just stark naked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Turn around for me.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She looked at him with a slight grimace, then did as she was told.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Perfect, except for one little item.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“A robe,” she said in a tone that was obviously defiant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Watch your tone with me Mia, I don’t want to punish you this early.” He stepped back and took another good look at her then handed her the finishing touch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“What’s that?” Mia looked up at him eyes blazing. It was going to be fun bringing her to submission. Hard, but fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“It’s a Sub collar,” he said trying to look as serious as possible, because at the moment the look on Mia’s face was hilarious.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I am not putting on a dog collar.” Mia crossed her arms over her bare breasts and looked straight at him. She was actually challenging him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well it was time to show her how this game was actually played. “Very well.” He placed the collar on the stool. He then reached over and grabbed Mia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Wha…what are you doing?”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brett turned her around so her back was against his chest. He then began fondling her breast slowly. He then moved on to her stomach until he was at the edge of his final destination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“No.” Her voice was breathy and she was squirming under his touch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He didn’t say a word; instead he proceeded with his assault. When he found the magic spot he began slowly rubbing her clit. She bucked like a wild horse nearly making him lose his balance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Brett!” She went to reach for his hand but he stopped her by slapping her hand away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“You cannot touch yourself unless I say so.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Oh Brett!” Her head tossed back and forth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Put you hands to your side.” He waited as she did as she was told. Then continued. “Ah Mia, you are so wet, I love a woman that is wet for me. This is for me isn’t it?”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Yes,” she moaned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Mmmm, lets see how close I can get you to come.” He inserted another finger, going in and out of her faster and faster.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Oh Brett, yes, faster, please!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“You’re ready to come aren’t you?”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Yeeesss!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He then stopped and slowly removed his finger from her tight channel. He handed her his cell phone. “Call Tim now!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Brett! No! Please, why did you stop?” Her voice was on the verge of sheer panic.&lt;br /&gt;“Dial his number and tell him anything you want, as long as the final outcome is that it’s over between you.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“But Brett.” She reached for him but he pulled away. “Don’t leave me like this!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brett forcefully placed the phone in her hand. “On your knees and call him, then maybe I’ll finish where I left off.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I can’t talk to him like this, I can’t talk to anyone like this!” Her eyes were pleading and she was just short of screaming at the top of her lungs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now this was more like it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“On your knees.” He pointed to the floor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She let out a whimper and got on her knees. She looked up at him with pleading eyes. He wasn’t going to budge on this one&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;She began dialing with noticeably trembling hands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;He then stood behind and directly above her. He leaned over and began to caress and massage her breast. “Talk normally,” he whispered in her ear. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;***********&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mia swallowed then, “Hello, Tim?” Brett began pinching her nipples. Oh God this was torture.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Hey Mia, I just called you, where are you? I thought maybe we could catch a movie.” &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Um…I…don’t…think….” Mia removed the phone from her mouth as she let out a gasp. Brett was now on his knees behind her and those strong hands of his were doing things to her body that was probably illegal in some states. “Brett please,” she said as low as possible.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Do you want me to take the phone and finish the conversation?” he whispered in her ear. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mia closed her eyes and tried to refocus. She then came back the phone. “Um…Tim….”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Are you okay babe?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;No, there is a man playing with my pussy as I’m talking to you and it feels fantastic!&lt;/em&gt; Brett’s fingers were back on her clit, circling it slowly as he kissed and licked her neck and shoulders. “I’m fine, I think I’m coming down with something. Anyway I wanted to ask you something, I’m glad I caught up with you.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Really? Sounds serious, what is it?”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;At that moment Brett began picking up the pace, Mia was now on the verge of a mind-blowing climax! &lt;em&gt;Please don’t let me come while on the phone with this man, because Brett’s name will be the only thing on my lips.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mia was biting down on her lip almost drawing blood as Brett pushed his fingers deeper inside her. “Tim,” she squeaked loudly. “What…do…you think about settling down and starting a family? Whew! She got that out in one breath. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There was an uncomfortable pause on the other end of the phone, then. “Um, Mia, you know you said you didn’t feel too well, so I’m going to let you go to get some rest. I’ll…call you later.” He disconnected.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mia dropped the phone and was now on all fours. Brett stopped, took her by the waist and laid her on her back. He spread her legs wide and pushed his tongue deep inside her.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Brett! Oh God, yes!” Mia nearly came up off the floor as her orgasm hit like a hammer. She never saw stars before but she could swear she saw a whole galaxy of them.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;She lay there panting, her eyes closed as she waited for her body and soul to return to earth.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brett took her hand and pulled her up to a sitting position facing him. “See what happens when you get smart with your master?”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;She nodded, still in a haze. Then the realization of Tim’s reaction hit her.&lt;br /&gt;Brett stared at her trying to read her face. She turned away trying to focus on something else—anything else.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;He gently took her chin and made her look at him. His expression was solemn.“He’s a fool for not even considering your proposal.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-374782533818401945?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/374782533818401945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=374782533818401945' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/374782533818401945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/374782533818401945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2008/05/heres-some-more.html' title='The Fun Continues!!!!'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-4874514025960641766</id><published>2008-04-27T12:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-27T12:27:22.392-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Updating my Blog and You!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"&gt;Hey Gang!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, I know it’s been a long, long…long time since I’ve updated my blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of you probably even forgot I had a Blog!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A lot of you are members of IMRR and see me post there with updates and such, and I too have been complacent about posting to my blog, figuring that since I posted on the IMRR board that’s all I need.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So wrong. This is my personally little spot, a corner of my room where I allow everyone to visit and I let ya’ll know what’s going with me, give my opinions on any topic and various views on writing and the publishing industry in general.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well let’s pick up as though there were no interruptions! LOL!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you know from the last post, I had a little manuscript that I was working on called &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Detention.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well I submitted to Ellora’s Cave and it made it past the first reading&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHOO-HOO!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now the waiting begins. *SIGH*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellora’s Cave has become the NY Mass Market publisher of epubs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But let’s face it fellow writers. If you want your work to be taken seriously AND you want it to be with an epub that’s going to last more than a minute, there are some sacrifices you have to make.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellora’s Cave was the first and the best epub out there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now if you’re a member of IMRR, you know that every now and then some one is posting about another epub that’s bit the dust or jerking authors around.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EC, Loose-id, Phaze, Red Rose and a couple of others (and please forgive me if I don’t mention you) are the only few that have weather the storms of the epub fiascos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, I will start posting excerpts of Detention on my blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will also introduce another story you might remember.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Personal Trainer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now this story was to be a short short. It has now turned into a full novel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"&gt;How? Why?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know how it is. If you start like the characters you give them background, foreground, little idiosyncrasies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You make them three dimensional, which makes your plot more detailed and so on and so on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That’s what happened with Personal Trainer. I liked Bruce’s character, I gave him a deep background and a…..dare I say it? A hidden past!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jasmine, is now a victim of Bruce’s past and is coming in between them and…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, you get the picture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This story is almost finished, I have one more chapter to add, look it over and I’m Submitting it to Red Rose Publishing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don’t think I can handle the long wait from EC twice in a row. LOL!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well that’s it so far. As the days and weeks go on, you will be noticing updates to links and things on the side.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again, my apologies for abandoning you and I will make sure that I blog something at least once a week to keep all my fans abreast to what’s going on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-4874514025960641766?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/4874514025960641766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=4874514025960641766' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/4874514025960641766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/4874514025960641766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2008/04/hey-gang-yes-i-know-its-been-long.html' title='Updating my Blog and You!'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-117571893550476467</id><published>2007-04-04T13:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-04T13:42:21.583-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I am back and still writing!!!</title><content type='html'>Okay, folks. I know it's been a &lt;em&gt;looooong &lt;/em&gt;time since I wrote anything in my blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well let me give you a brief update.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those of you that belong to the MSN Group&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; IMRR (Interracial/Multicultural Romance Readers)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, you already know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I married my best friend of 20 some years Giuseppe Spalino. The last time you heard from us we were going to Sicily for his sick father, then Torino for the Olympics. My how time flies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, after a long honeymoon - We sailed the QM2 World Cruise - 86 days! Man! That's a lot of time at sea! I am back with a vengence!!! LOL!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anywho, I have been writing all this time. And guess what? I got some stuff ready to go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first is my Light BDSM novel &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Detention&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. I am putting the finishing touches on that and I will be submitting it to Ellora's Cave or Loose-id.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second thing is my Mass Market book Mystery/Romance &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Boys in the Band&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is being seriously considered by a regular publishing house. WOOHOO!!. They sent it back with suggestions on improving and editing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will be putting up excerpts for all these works in the days to come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Personal Trainer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is another IR romantica book, that I will be finishing after Detention.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then who can forget &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;With Friends Like These&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. The Vamp/Were IR Menage. I will be finishing that also, hopefully by later this spring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So that's what's been going on with me. A lot huh? LOL!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephanie&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-117571893550476467?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/117571893550476467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=117571893550476467' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/117571893550476467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/117571893550476467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2007/04/i-am-back-and-still-writing.html' title='I am back and still writing!!!'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-113078605076382752</id><published>2005-10-31T11:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-10-31T11:14:10.773-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Going out of town w/my honey for a family crisis</title><content type='html'>Life is rearing it's ugly head.  My honey's (Guiseppe) father has taken ill. For those of that don't know, my honey is from Sicily.  So that's  where I will be, right by his side.  We are leaving tomorrow morning and it's like a ten hour flight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway I can't tell you how my heart breaks seeing the rock of my universe fall to pieces.  I don't blame him, that's not my point. But seeing him cry shakes me up a bit.  I feel helpless at times and I just clam up and let him have his moment.  I don't know what to say to him.  I've known him for 19 years and something like this has got me tongue tied!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He told me just being there was enough. I guess that's what I will have to except.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right now we are concentrating on his mother who is 93, Papa Spalino is 97. They have been married for a little over 70 years!  We both have to be strong for her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will keep you posted, we don't know what to expect when we land and I don't know how long I will be there. Papa Spalino is a well respected man in his town, so it's going to be interesting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephanie&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-113078605076382752?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/113078605076382752/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=113078605076382752' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/113078605076382752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/113078605076382752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2005/10/going-out-of-town-wmy-honey-for-family.html' title='Going out of town w/my honey for a family crisis'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-112585707306243622</id><published>2005-09-04T11:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-04T11:05:30.703-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fetishes in Black and White.</title><content type='html'>When I first started reading IR romances, they were your typical garden variety fare: Boy meets girl; problems with friends and family due to the make-up of the relationship. Boy and girl struggle with themselves and society; they tell friends and society to kiss off; they get back together-HEA!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We’ve come a long way baby! Now don’t get me wrong,&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; I LOVED&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; those books, I was hungry for them. But like everything else—you grow and so did the IR Romance Genre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have Historical, Paranormal, Vamps and Werewolves, Gay and Lesbian and yes &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;THREESOMES—M/F/M!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;(May fave if you haven’t noticed LOL)!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;There is also another genre out there—Fetish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is Fetish you ask? Well, think about your love of shoes. &lt;em&gt;(I’m sure every woman reading this can relate)!&lt;/em&gt; Now take that love and add some kink to it. Ex: You have to have sex in the latest pair of Manolo Blahnik pumps. Your walls in your closet are stacked with heels from floor to ceiling. You only wear certain pairs for certain sex acts. You get the picture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is also lifestyle Fetishes-Bondage, Spanking, Stockings and other things I care not to go into.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where does IR Romance fit into all of this?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well look at your favorite e-publishers. Adrianne Kama, Eve Vaughn, Jaci Burton and Marilyn Lee, just to name a few.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are now seeing more IR relationships participating in these ‘delights’.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is this a good thing? &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;YOU BETHCHA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will it offend some, especially those that associate BDSM with the old slave master mentality? Let’s face it, seeing a Black woman with a collar on and a chain with a White dude (no matter how fine—Hubba Hubba) standing over her can be controversial at best.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But remember, these are consenting adults in trusting loving relationships.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So having said all of that, I’m asking women of color this &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(those of the lighter persuasion can put in their two cents also LOL!!!):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Do images and stories like these offend you?&lt;br /&gt;2. Do you enjoy reading (or seeing) these images?&lt;br /&gt;3. Would you like to see more of the genre, especially on the bookshelves?&lt;br /&gt;4. Do you entertain the idea of participating in these pastimes? &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(This is a rhetorical question of course LOL)!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let’s hear what you have to say!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-112585707306243622?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/112585707306243622/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=112585707306243622' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/112585707306243622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/112585707306243622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2005/09/fetishes-in-black-and-white_04.html' title='Fetishes in Black and White.'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15531785.post-112474087178944953</id><published>2005-08-22T12:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-22T15:38:39.256-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome! I'm Finally Here!! /An Introduction</title><content type='html'>First off I would like to welcome everyone that stops by here!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been talking about getting a Blog to promote myself and share ideas about IR eroitca and romance, but I never got around to it - until now!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So a little about myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am an up and coming writer in the genre of IR (Interracial Romance). I was first just an avid reader, trying to get my hands on every IR book I could find. It could be romance, espionage mystery or erotica, you name it, it was on my shelf!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well as you know the pickings were slim. It's just been in the past five years that this genre has picked up but we have a long way to go!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That' s where I come in and a lot of others that are already out there making their mark!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has only been in the past two years that I really considered writing - period. Not just Romance but anything for that matter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well now I have four books in the works! Two Erotica one Mystery Romance and one Espionage Romance. The first two I am sbumtting to e-publishers the last two to mass market. But more on that in my next post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right now I just wanted to give you an idea about what this blog is about and what I'm about. I hope you join me in my journey to becoming published and watching other stories develop. Who knows, you guys might have some ideas that you want to see out there in print! LOL!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15531785-112474087178944953?l=interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/feeds/112474087178944953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15531785&amp;postID=112474087178944953' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/112474087178944953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15531785/posts/default/112474087178944953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://interracialloveandromance.blogspot.com/2005/08/welcome-im-finally-here-introduction.html' title='Welcome! I&apos;m Finally Here!! /An Introduction'/><author><name>IR LOVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13327039448553107797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YpUvsusBzr4/SbEkxJ-v35I/AAAAAAAAABY/kURTxu5zBNw/S220/Your+Local+Handyman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry></feed>
