Ring in the New Year

 We wish you all a peaceful and prosperous 2026.

Slava Ukraini
Glory to Ukraine

It's 2025!

This year's going to be different, to say the least. Let's hope we all survive it.

Slava Ukraini
Glory to Ukraine

Another year over...

...a new one just begun.

Slava Ukraini
Glory to Ukraine

I resolve to...

Many of us make some common resolutions pictured above each January 1. But I've got a better idea, thanks to Bonnie. I have started a list of some wacky spanking-themed resolutions (that I will probably not keep).

1. Stop hiding the paddle with holes and hand it over with a smile.
2. Offer to take a swat for each minute I spend in the shower each morning.
3. Hide the chair cushions so I must eat dinner on a hard wooden chair after a spanking.
4. Stop complaining that it's "too hard" or "too fast".
   
5. Wear the jeans that make my bum look big.
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10. ...
    

Please finish my list with some goofy spanko resolutions. Many of you have the gift of off-the-wall humour, so this should be fun. Leave as many as you like in the comments.

Glory to Ukraine

Happy New Year!

 

To all my blogging family, a very happy New Year.

It's a New Decade!

From all of us to all of you

Happy New Year!

Welcome 2019!

Photo courtesy of Very Hard Spankings

Happy New Year to all my friends!

Ron and I spent a quiet New Year's Eve together at home, enjoying our traditional feast of cheese fondue. Besides cubes of crusty ciabatta bread, there were cubes of ham, Polish sausage and bologna, which all tasted pretty much the same covered in gooey cheese. There were also lightly steamed broccoli and cauliflower florets that fell off the forks so we had to hold them by the stems to dip them. The leftover meats, veggies and cheese will go into a breakfast omelet in a day or two.

We then toasted the New Year with half of a bottle of Prosecco and headed of to bed. We're way too old to stay awake until midnight, and there were other things to be done that were more fun than watching CNN ring in the new year.


Since this is the day I usually share some spanking fiction with you, why not hop on over to Very Hard Spankings and read Jake's Dilemma. I stumbled upon it while looking for a good photo to go with this post, and I assure you it's one hot story!

The New Year Brings Changes

It's now 2014, a year that is going to be an exciting one here at Hermione's Heart. I'm making some changes that I hope you will enjoy.

First and foremost is the addition of the weekly Sunday brunch, as I permanently take over the hostess's chair from our good friend Bonnie, who, I'm very sad to say, has retired from blogging. I have to admit I'm a bit nervous. It was one thing to host the odd brunch during the course of a year, when I knew Bonnie was responsible for the other 50 weeks. But now that I have to come up with a suitable discussion topic each week, as well as two mouth-watering food photos, the task seems a bit daunting. Nevertheless, with your help we will carry on the brunch tradition. Brunch will begin on Saturday and last through the weekend, with a recap on Monday.

I don't want to forget about the faithful weekly contributors to Complete the Caption. That feature was first invented as my own version of a weekend get-together, without seeming to be a brunch copycat. So I came up with something to appeal to those readers who prefer pictures to words. There are one or two regular participants who, as far as I can recall, have never left a comment on any other type of post. I won't abandon those faithful and hysterically funny contributors. Complete the Caption will be appearing on a weekday, starting next week.

From the Top Shelf will also be staying on as a regular weekly feature, appearing after the brunch recap. Wednesday Win and Friday Fail may not appear as regularly as before, because I want to write more personal accounts about Ron and me and our life as spanking enthusiasts. That's my New Year's resolution!

I welcome any comments and suggestions about these changes, whether good, bad or indifferent. I'd love to hear your suggestions for future brunch topics. This blog is written for you, and I want to make it the very best it can be.

Happy New Year everyone!

 

Happy New Year

May 2013 bring you happiness, peace, prosperity and plenty of spankings.

Looking back... and forward

Today I spent some time looking back at the New Year's Eves of the past few years, and want to share those thoughts with you.

Four years ago, we were experiencing a hiatus in our spanking activities. Little did I know that a month later, everything would change, and spanking would become a very important part of our lives. It would be at least three months before I discovered the wonderful world of spanking blogs and started to make friends in that world.

Three years ago, over dinner in our favourite restaurant, I told Ron that I wanted him to introduce some light bondage into our spanking activities.

Two years ago, over dinner in the same restaurant as the year before, I told Ron about my blog. He already knew about it, and I knew that he knew, but he didn't know that I knew that he knew. Got that?

 One year ago, at the same restaurant once more, there were no surprises - although I suspect Ron was waiting for one - just happy togetherness.

This year, we are skipping the restaurant and will be enjoying each other's company over a nice home-cooked meal with wine, candles and music. Time marches on and there have been changes, some definitely for the better. We have grown closer and love each other more than ever, and we look forward to spending more time together in the coming year.

I hope the new year brings you love, joy, happiness, and plenty of fireworks of the right kind, in the right place. Thank you all for your friendship, support and participation over the past twelve months. The upcoming year here will be full of blogging fun, stories and adventures, just for you.

Cyberhugs to all from Hermione and Ron

First Footing

As the clock strikes twelve and the year 2010 begins, let me be the first to wish my readers, my fellow bloggers, and spanking enthusiasts everywhere all the best in the coming year.



I invite you to link arms and join us in a song:

"Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne,
We'll take a cup o kindness yet, for auld lang syne."

It's 2009!

I wish each and every one of you an abundance of happiness, health, and spankings in the year ahead.

Hugs,
Hermione