Monday, August 04, 2008
BDSM demo
A couple of weeks ago there was a demo put on by Sir T and His girl R. Although the demo was well attended by TMP members. i know it left a lot of you with many questions and maybe even some fears about this other lifestyle that seems to have invaded your club. Believe it or not we've been there for quite some time. Granted not all BDSM couples are swingers, but then again not all couples are swingers. i'm hoping that with my post, which is probably going to be a long one. i can help put some of those fears to rest and maybe answer some of your questions.
First let me introduce myself, i'm candy. i'm one of the newer members of the TMP staff. For those of you that don't know me, you can usually find me selling raffle tickets, doing tours, cleaning or doing laundry or whatever else needs to be done. What some of you may not know about me is that i'm a submissive, just like R. if you would have told me five years ago i would enjoy the things i now crave, i would have told you that you were out of your mind!!!! Still here i am, learning more and more about myself every day enjoying the new experiences and sensations that i have been privileged to be exposed to.
i know that some were taken aback by what happened to R during the demo. i can say this with the utmost certainty, nothing happened to her that she did not want to happen or know was going to happen. Yes we do play different. But in our lifestyle everything is negotiated, there are limits that are set up between the Dominant and submissive when they enter into their relationship. Yes those limits are respected and honored by both. There are rules and guidelines that we adhere to. Are they set in stone? No. Are we mindless individuals that blindly obey and accept? No. We very much have a voice and a say in what happens. The difference is in how we approach it. We can always discuss things openly and honestly without repercussion. Just like in any relationship if there is no communication there are problems. we are our Dominants most prized and cherished possession. They would never intentionally cause us any physical or emotional harm. Let's face it. You can't play with broken toys. What we give them of our body, mind heart and soul is a gift and is never taken lightly.
Another thing that may have shocked you is when R asked permission to cum and called Sir T “Lord” and was denied at first. This is something that is taught and again mutually agreed upon. Would he expect you to call Him Lord or Master no. That is something that is reserved only for his girl. Even others like myself would not, although we would refer to Him as Sir, simply because He is a dominant. No different that any name you would have for your better half that is simply for the both of you.
The way i try to explain my lifestyle choice to my non lifestyle friends “vanilla friends” is that this is much like an 1800's marriage. The collars that we wear are much like the wedding bands that you wear. They are a symbol of commitment between the Dom and his sub. We have a voice but we defer to our Dominants to make a final decision, knowing He will do what is best for all of us. There is a deep trust between us our relationship is built on that. it is our need to be in service and to perform well that drives us. There is nothing more that anyone wants to here is i'm proud of you, well done. We are rewarded for good behavior just as we would be punished for bad. in our lifestyle what we and how we behave directly reflects on our Dominants, so this thought is always first and foremost in our actions, wherever we are. You're probably thinking OMG did she say punish????? No it's not always corporal, some of us enjoy that too much so it wouldn't be much of a punishment *giggles*. For example if you run your credit card over the limit or he is bringing the boss home for dinner and your decide to do McDonald's instead, wouldn't your spouse be ticked? He probably take the credit card away or even close the account, he may not say anything in front of his boss but you can guarantee he will later. Or if you're at work and decide your not going to do your job the hell with the deadline your boss gave you. is he going to say oh well we'll get it next time? No. It's no different for us.
Believe it or not there are a lot of similarities between the two lifestyles, swingers and BDSM and follow many of the same rules. Were we all born to this lifestyle? No but then again neither were you. it was something that we explored and discovered enhanced our relationships and brought meaning to who and what we are.
in BDSM just like swingers no is no. You don't touch unless you ask. You treat those around you with respect. The concept we follow is called HARD Honor, Accountability, Respect and Duty. After a play session we wear our marks proudly because we know we have served Him well and yes gives us the warm fuzzies and heightens our senses and makes sex afterwards even more amazing than you can possibly imagine. Remember after R was untied she played in the ropes she wore like a kitten playing with a ball of yarn. We learn and grow in our relationship just like you. We are always learning and growing just like you are. if you don't it gets old and boring.
Okay i'm going to quit here because i can go on and on. Please let me leave you with this. if you have any questions, whatsoever, please please please come and talk to me. We can go outside and talk if you would prefer or you can even email me off list. i don't mind.
Submitted proudly and respectfully
candy
First let me introduce myself, i'm candy. i'm one of the newer members of the TMP staff. For those of you that don't know me, you can usually find me selling raffle tickets, doing tours, cleaning or doing laundry or whatever else needs to be done. What some of you may not know about me is that i'm a submissive, just like R. if you would have told me five years ago i would enjoy the things i now crave, i would have told you that you were out of your mind!!!! Still here i am, learning more and more about myself every day enjoying the new experiences and sensations that i have been privileged to be exposed to.
i know that some were taken aback by what happened to R during the demo. i can say this with the utmost certainty, nothing happened to her that she did not want to happen or know was going to happen. Yes we do play different. But in our lifestyle everything is negotiated, there are limits that are set up between the Dominant and submissive when they enter into their relationship. Yes those limits are respected and honored by both. There are rules and guidelines that we adhere to. Are they set in stone? No. Are we mindless individuals that blindly obey and accept? No. We very much have a voice and a say in what happens. The difference is in how we approach it. We can always discuss things openly and honestly without repercussion. Just like in any relationship if there is no communication there are problems. we are our Dominants most prized and cherished possession. They would never intentionally cause us any physical or emotional harm. Let's face it. You can't play with broken toys. What we give them of our body, mind heart and soul is a gift and is never taken lightly.
Another thing that may have shocked you is when R asked permission to cum and called Sir T “Lord” and was denied at first. This is something that is taught and again mutually agreed upon. Would he expect you to call Him Lord or Master no. That is something that is reserved only for his girl. Even others like myself would not, although we would refer to Him as Sir, simply because He is a dominant. No different that any name you would have for your better half that is simply for the both of you.
The way i try to explain my lifestyle choice to my non lifestyle friends “vanilla friends” is that this is much like an 1800's marriage. The collars that we wear are much like the wedding bands that you wear. They are a symbol of commitment between the Dom and his sub. We have a voice but we defer to our Dominants to make a final decision, knowing He will do what is best for all of us. There is a deep trust between us our relationship is built on that. it is our need to be in service and to perform well that drives us. There is nothing more that anyone wants to here is i'm proud of you, well done. We are rewarded for good behavior just as we would be punished for bad. in our lifestyle what we and how we behave directly reflects on our Dominants, so this thought is always first and foremost in our actions, wherever we are. You're probably thinking OMG did she say punish????? No it's not always corporal, some of us enjoy that too much so it wouldn't be much of a punishment *giggles*. For example if you run your credit card over the limit or he is bringing the boss home for dinner and your decide to do McDonald's instead, wouldn't your spouse be ticked? He probably take the credit card away or even close the account, he may not say anything in front of his boss but you can guarantee he will later. Or if you're at work and decide your not going to do your job the hell with the deadline your boss gave you. is he going to say oh well we'll get it next time? No. It's no different for us.
Believe it or not there are a lot of similarities between the two lifestyles, swingers and BDSM and follow many of the same rules. Were we all born to this lifestyle? No but then again neither were you. it was something that we explored and discovered enhanced our relationships and brought meaning to who and what we are.
in BDSM just like swingers no is no. You don't touch unless you ask. You treat those around you with respect. The concept we follow is called HARD Honor, Accountability, Respect and Duty. After a play session we wear our marks proudly because we know we have served Him well and yes gives us the warm fuzzies and heightens our senses and makes sex afterwards even more amazing than you can possibly imagine. Remember after R was untied she played in the ropes she wore like a kitten playing with a ball of yarn. We learn and grow in our relationship just like you. We are always learning and growing just like you are. if you don't it gets old and boring.
Okay i'm going to quit here because i can go on and on. Please let me leave you with this. if you have any questions, whatsoever, please please please come and talk to me. We can go outside and talk if you would prefer or you can even email me off list. i don't mind.
Submitted proudly and respectfully
candy
Monday, June 23, 2008
A Wedding Swinger Style!
Yep you read that right! Saturday June 21st there was a wedding swinger style at TMP. Two of our TMP regulars Charlie aka Carlos Man of Love and Cheryl aka Princess of all Cuteness and Giver of Divine Orgasms were married at TMP!
The downstairs was beautifully decorated by our own Lisa who did a fantastic job! Standing up for the bride and groom were The DJ of Funk, The Goddess of Everything Good at TMP, me, Candy, and L giving the bride away, although the minister officiating did his best to talk him out of it.
The bride wore a white corset, gstring and garterbelt with white stockings, showing off all of her cuteness, while the groom wore a leather vest and chaps showing his cute fuzzy butt*giggles* D you have competition!
The minister's outfit suit him perfectly. What may you ask was that???? A very becoming devil thong, yes, he does have a card that says he can do this along with keys while you wait :) .
Now was this your traditional wedding ceremony? You've got to be kidding! We have discovered that the DJ of Funk has other talents besides spinning great music. He wrote the ceremony! (btw Trish will be posting it as well for those that want a copy)
The audience participation was climactic making this a wedding for all who attended one we will not soon forget and I'm sure the newlyweds won't either.
Thanks Carlos and Princess of Cuteness for sharing it all with us. It just goes to show the lengths that TMP will go to for it's members.
So if you have an idea for a party theme, games that we can play, and especially music that you want to hear speak up. The only way to make it happen is to let someone know what you want. That's what this club is all about, the members. Without you there is no TMP.
candy
The downstairs was beautifully decorated by our own Lisa who did a fantastic job! Standing up for the bride and groom were The DJ of Funk, The Goddess of Everything Good at TMP, me, Candy, and L giving the bride away, although the minister officiating did his best to talk him out of it.
The bride wore a white corset, gstring and garterbelt with white stockings, showing off all of her cuteness, while the groom wore a leather vest and chaps showing his cute fuzzy butt*giggles* D you have competition!
The minister's outfit suit him perfectly. What may you ask was that???? A very becoming devil thong, yes, he does have a card that says he can do this along with keys while you wait :) .
Now was this your traditional wedding ceremony? You've got to be kidding! We have discovered that the DJ of Funk has other talents besides spinning great music. He wrote the ceremony! (btw Trish will be posting it as well for those that want a copy)
The audience participation was climactic making this a wedding for all who attended one we will not soon forget and I'm sure the newlyweds won't either.
Thanks Carlos and Princess of Cuteness for sharing it all with us. It just goes to show the lengths that TMP will go to for it's members.
So if you have an idea for a party theme, games that we can play, and especially music that you want to hear speak up. The only way to make it happen is to let someone know what you want. That's what this club is all about, the members. Without you there is no TMP.
candy
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Amateur Stipper Night
WOW!!!! What a party. We had a Competition and all of the ladies did a beautiful job doing their strip tease, I actually won, but the competition was definitely hard. There was a tie breaker between T and myself, and K got 2nd place. The win could have ultimately gone to anyone. There where a couple of newbies, they where great and I am positive that they had a wonderful time. Dave's was great as usual and he kept the party going all night. There where lots of people there to join us in the fun. We had a bachelor and bachelorette party we just had a great night. If you haven't been to the club you definitely are missing out on a lot of fun, so cum see us! Kristina
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Memorial Day Weekend (Friday Saturday and Sunday Night) 5-23-08-5-25-08
We are back to posting events that happen at the club! Staff has been extremely busy with the planning of parties and were just unable to get to the blog so we will try to get back to normal with this.
Friday night was a good sized group and a lot of fun. Good food and great conversation, not the typical Friday night, more couples came out to have a good time.
Saturday night was just awesome, Games were just great the guys had to use the sticks of plungers between there legs to get toilet rolls (in between the girls legs) carry them to buckets and drop em in. The girls had to suck m&m's with straws and transport to a cup (hilarious) the girls where really using those skills! The weather was just awesome, food was great. Barbecued ribs and chicken, fruit salad, potato salad, and pasta salad. Lot's of good times, good music, and great people on Saturday.
Sunday was beautiful, we played volleyball, Hillbilly Horse Shoes and hung out on the deck and had great conversations and just a great day. Remember : Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner where served all weekend. Dinner on Sunday consisted of kabobs (chicken, beef and pork) fried veggies and salads. Everyone had a great time Sunday night too, The party was smaller than Saturday night but in this case smaller wasn't bad it was good.
Those of you who just haven't had the time to come out and visit really should come on out and see all the fun you have been missing. There are always newbies, and of course we have our awesome DJ who plays the requested music for everyone except Kristina (just kidding) he listens to me every once in a while. See you at the club.
Friday night was a good sized group and a lot of fun. Good food and great conversation, not the typical Friday night, more couples came out to have a good time.
Saturday night was just awesome, Games were just great the guys had to use the sticks of plungers between there legs to get toilet rolls (in between the girls legs) carry them to buckets and drop em in. The girls had to suck m&m's with straws and transport to a cup (hilarious) the girls where really using those skills! The weather was just awesome, food was great. Barbecued ribs and chicken, fruit salad, potato salad, and pasta salad. Lot's of good times, good music, and great people on Saturday.
Sunday was beautiful, we played volleyball, Hillbilly Horse Shoes and hung out on the deck and had great conversations and just a great day. Remember : Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner where served all weekend. Dinner on Sunday consisted of kabobs (chicken, beef and pork) fried veggies and salads. Everyone had a great time Sunday night too, The party was smaller than Saturday night but in this case smaller wasn't bad it was good.
Those of you who just haven't had the time to come out and visit really should come on out and see all the fun you have been missing. There are always newbies, and of course we have our awesome DJ who plays the requested music for everyone except Kristina (just kidding) he listens to me every once in a while. See you at the club.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Who or What We're you?
We had a nice group both Friday and Saturday night, both night brought some new faces, so welcome to all of you, we hope you enjoyed your time with us. The game Saturday got started off a little slow, it seems with so many new faces on Saturday we also had some shyness. I give the more experienced club members credit though you jumped right in and got all the newbies asking questions too....so good for you all, that's how it should be.
Dave as always did a great job with the music, and had the dance floor hoppin most of the night. As usual though the best of the action took place upstairs, and we all know what happens at TMP stays at TMP so you'll just have to come out for a party to find out about that.
This coming Saturday is Truth or Dare, we're gonna change this up a bit from past games and make it a team game. We know you all love the team games and sometimes even get pretty competitive, but this time should just be a whole lot of fun. So how daring are you? We're gonna find out on Saturday night. We will be starting the game at 10 so make sure your there before then to participate.
See you all at the Club,
Trish
Dave as always did a great job with the music, and had the dance floor hoppin most of the night. As usual though the best of the action took place upstairs, and we all know what happens at TMP stays at TMP so you'll just have to come out for a party to find out about that.
This coming Saturday is Truth or Dare, we're gonna change this up a bit from past games and make it a team game. We know you all love the team games and sometimes even get pretty competitive, but this time should just be a whole lot of fun. So how daring are you? We're gonna find out on Saturday night. We will be starting the game at 10 so make sure your there before then to participate.
See you all at the Club,
Trish
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Fetishes are fun
We had a couple of really great parties this weekend. Friday night was an awesome crowd, many more than is usual, and that made for a really great party. The free Friday's is really catching on and lots of people are taking advantage of getting the whole weekend for 1 price. This is good for those who can only make it on a Friday, because there's more people to party with.
Saturday night was another awesome crowd, we all learned something new I think with the fetish definitions game, and we spent some time learning a little about each other playing Bingo. Those that chose to dress up in their favorite fetish outfit, really looked great. Thanks C for making Ed his rope dress, Ed didn't get to see much of the party, but he looked all ready to play.
I would also like to thank C for taking the time to sit and talk with people and share your knowledge of toys and the BDSM lifestyle, I know many people found it very interesting. You've always been great about doing the demos and talking with people, so thank you for sharing your knowledge.
The dance floor stayed pretty full on Saturday night too, so thanks Dave for doing such a great job getting everyone in the party mood. Thanks also to C for selling the raffle tickets, you did a great job. For anyone who doesn't know we use the raffle money to make improvements to the club, if you haven't been there in the last year you've missed all of the renovations to the meeting area, make some plans to come check it out soon. The money from the door covers the clubs bills and that's about the extent of it, so the extra raffle money has been going a long way to fund projects that have needed to be done for years. I want to thank everyone for their support, we know you have fun with the raffles, but it makes a big difference in your club as you can see. We will continue doing them throughout the year and keep making updates and improvements to make the club more enjoyable for everyone.
I guess that's really it for this addition, we have some great parties coming up, see the website for full event details.
This coming Saturday is a game we've played before; " Who or What am I?". We pin a small slip of paper to everyone's back coming in the door, it will have on it the name of a person or thing. You basically walk around and ask everyone yes or no questions so you can guess what your person or thing is. It's a great way to spark conversations with people, so have fun with it. Let's see if we can get 100% participation on this one, and really get people up and talking.
Have a great week,
See you soon!
Trish
Saturday night was another awesome crowd, we all learned something new I think with the fetish definitions game, and we spent some time learning a little about each other playing Bingo. Those that chose to dress up in their favorite fetish outfit, really looked great. Thanks C for making Ed his rope dress, Ed didn't get to see much of the party, but he looked all ready to play.
I would also like to thank C for taking the time to sit and talk with people and share your knowledge of toys and the BDSM lifestyle, I know many people found it very interesting. You've always been great about doing the demos and talking with people, so thank you for sharing your knowledge.
The dance floor stayed pretty full on Saturday night too, so thanks Dave for doing such a great job getting everyone in the party mood. Thanks also to C for selling the raffle tickets, you did a great job. For anyone who doesn't know we use the raffle money to make improvements to the club, if you haven't been there in the last year you've missed all of the renovations to the meeting area, make some plans to come check it out soon. The money from the door covers the clubs bills and that's about the extent of it, so the extra raffle money has been going a long way to fund projects that have needed to be done for years. I want to thank everyone for their support, we know you have fun with the raffles, but it makes a big difference in your club as you can see. We will continue doing them throughout the year and keep making updates and improvements to make the club more enjoyable for everyone.
I guess that's really it for this addition, we have some great parties coming up, see the website for full event details.
This coming Saturday is a game we've played before; " Who or What am I?". We pin a small slip of paper to everyone's back coming in the door, it will have on it the name of a person or thing. You basically walk around and ask everyone yes or no questions so you can guess what your person or thing is. It's a great way to spark conversations with people, so have fun with it. Let's see if we can get 100% participation on this one, and really get people up and talking.
Have a great week,
See you soon!
Trish
Friday, February 08, 2008
Catching Up
Sorry everyone that this post took so long to get down here. I have had nothing but problems with my computer for the last month. It's all better now, but I did get to realize how many of you actually read this and miss it when it's gone, so I apologize for the lack of blogs.
We've had some really great parties over the last few weeks, so just a brief catch up on those. Mardi Gras, as always was a lot of fun and I think everyone had a good time earning the beads. The treasure hunt despite the staff mistake went really well and everyone including the newbies said they had a lot of fun with that. For the luau we heated up the inside despite the fact it was freezing cold outside, we had a really great turn out for this party despite the horrible weather. Casino night the weather kept the crowd a bit smaller but the group that was there had a blast, black jack and poker seemed to rule the evening and thank you to our busy dealers at those tables, you guys did an awesome job.
So the renovations to the meeting area are now just about complete, the last thing left to do is the wood dance floor and we will finally be done. It's all already been purchased it's just a matter of getting it cut and laid down. Thank you to everyone for your words of encouragement and compliments on everything already done, it really means a lot and makes our whole team want to keep going to make TMP the best club in the midwest.
For Friday nights even though the crowd has picked up a bit, we will continue to run the Friday special. It's kind of nice with the small groups on Friday nights, we see a lot of people playing cards and just getting to know one another. FYI.....there's all sorts of cards and games in the locker room on the shelves, please feel free to use any of those while you are there, just please put them back when you are done.
We've been listening to your suggestions as well, we've heard many times that you all really enjoy the games we've been playing so we are trying to do some type of game every weekend to get people up and mingling. Not everything gets posted to the events page, but we are trying to have something every weekend, so make sure your arriving by 9:00 to be included in those activities, especially for those of you who say you are having a hard time meeting people.
Guess that's it for this week.
Valentines Party is this Saturday and we have a great game planned, especially for you ladies who felt left out of the receiving end of Mardi Gras. So make plans to join us.
We've had some really great parties over the last few weeks, so just a brief catch up on those. Mardi Gras, as always was a lot of fun and I think everyone had a good time earning the beads. The treasure hunt despite the staff mistake went really well and everyone including the newbies said they had a lot of fun with that. For the luau we heated up the inside despite the fact it was freezing cold outside, we had a really great turn out for this party despite the horrible weather. Casino night the weather kept the crowd a bit smaller but the group that was there had a blast, black jack and poker seemed to rule the evening and thank you to our busy dealers at those tables, you guys did an awesome job.
So the renovations to the meeting area are now just about complete, the last thing left to do is the wood dance floor and we will finally be done. It's all already been purchased it's just a matter of getting it cut and laid down. Thank you to everyone for your words of encouragement and compliments on everything already done, it really means a lot and makes our whole team want to keep going to make TMP the best club in the midwest.
For Friday nights even though the crowd has picked up a bit, we will continue to run the Friday special. It's kind of nice with the small groups on Friday nights, we see a lot of people playing cards and just getting to know one another. FYI.....there's all sorts of cards and games in the locker room on the shelves, please feel free to use any of those while you are there, just please put them back when you are done.
We've been listening to your suggestions as well, we've heard many times that you all really enjoy the games we've been playing so we are trying to do some type of game every weekend to get people up and mingling. Not everything gets posted to the events page, but we are trying to have something every weekend, so make sure your arriving by 9:00 to be included in those activities, especially for those of you who say you are having a hard time meeting people.
Guess that's it for this week.
Valentines Party is this Saturday and we have a great game planned, especially for you ladies who felt left out of the receiving end of Mardi Gras. So make plans to join us.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Funny T-shirts
Friday we had a nice party, not too busy but some really great people. It was nice spending the evening with all of you.
Saturday was actually much busier than I expected, given the fact many of us had just gone home from the New Years party on Tuesday. I know the staff was pretty exhausted Saturday night, but it was still a really good party. We'd love to hear what you all think of the new bar and the changes to the meeting area, please leave us a comment and tell us what you think.
In case you didn't see or already hear through the yahoo group, the new bar was installed on Saturday. I personally think it's awesome and don't miss one bit climbing under the old one.
We had a very busy year in 2007, with all the changes at the club, and a whole bunch of new members, and a lot of fun along the way. We posted the poster boards at the club for all of you to share you TMP memories for 2007 and many of you did. You can find those on the website, so check them out. If you didn't get a chance to add yours yet, we're leaving them up through January and you can also e-mail them to info@meetingplacemichigan.com.
If you were at last Saturday's party, I know many of you already have one for 2008, at my expense, and that's ok at least I got my most embarrassing moment out of the way early, all those that helped out with that one, there's a lot of year left for you to get yours in. I'm sure when we put the posters up next January, that BJ will be at least on a few peoples minds. Now if I would have just had the thought to come out and bow, you all could have had an even bigger laugh, oh well next time. It was very funny, so my hats off to D who got them all started and C for getting his side of the room going. If you missed it, sorry you'll just have to hear the story some other time. LOL
Have a great week everyone.....don't forget to join us for Casino night this coming Saturday, should be a lot of fun!
Trish
Saturday was actually much busier than I expected, given the fact many of us had just gone home from the New Years party on Tuesday. I know the staff was pretty exhausted Saturday night, but it was still a really good party. We'd love to hear what you all think of the new bar and the changes to the meeting area, please leave us a comment and tell us what you think.
In case you didn't see or already hear through the yahoo group, the new bar was installed on Saturday. I personally think it's awesome and don't miss one bit climbing under the old one.
We had a very busy year in 2007, with all the changes at the club, and a whole bunch of new members, and a lot of fun along the way. We posted the poster boards at the club for all of you to share you TMP memories for 2007 and many of you did. You can find those on the website, so check them out. If you didn't get a chance to add yours yet, we're leaving them up through January and you can also e-mail them to info@meetingplacemichigan.com.
If you were at last Saturday's party, I know many of you already have one for 2008, at my expense, and that's ok at least I got my most embarrassing moment out of the way early, all those that helped out with that one, there's a lot of year left for you to get yours in. I'm sure when we put the posters up next January, that BJ will be at least on a few peoples minds. Now if I would have just had the thought to come out and bow, you all could have had an even bigger laugh, oh well next time. It was very funny, so my hats off to D who got them all started and C for getting his side of the room going. If you missed it, sorry you'll just have to hear the story some other time. LOL
Have a great week everyone.....don't forget to join us for Casino night this coming Saturday, should be a lot of fun!
Trish
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Say goodbye to 2007 & Hello to an exciting 2008
New Years Eve Weekend.......wow not sure where to begin.
This was a really big weekend for TMP, 4 nights of parties and each one different. So let's start at the beginning......
Friday night was a nice party, not too crowded, but we had a good sized group. We had a couple of new couples join us, and they were just awesome. Had a couple who hadn't been back for a long time, it was really nice to see them as well. Some regulars and some semi regulars made for a nice well rounded party.
Saturday nights party was very busy, we really weren't sure which would be more popular Saturday or Monday, but if Saturday's crowd was any indication, we figured Monday would be just as good if not better. Great group on Saturday, lots of laughs, great food, terrific music and dancing and everything else that makes a party fun.
Sunday night we did the Rocky Horror thing, no we didn't manage to get all dressed up, the majority of the people attending this party were those spending the whole weekend, so we mostly attended in our jammies and got comfy for the movie. We popped pop corn and threw rice and just had a lot of fun and laughs.
Monday night was standing room only, even with the additional space added before Halloween, we still had people standing, but no one was complaining either, this just gave people more of an opportunity to mingle and head upstairs early. At one point at the door we had 12 couples and it seemed like every time we'd get the door closed another couple followed right behind. The party actually got started fairly early too, and Dave kept us dancing all night. We served a catered dinner, and had lots of food and fun through out the night. We did our count down just before midnight and celebrated with a toast and champagne punch.
So that's the quick explanation of the parties. There was a lot of work though in throwing this party together, and not just from the staff and Phyllis either. So all of us at TMP have a lot of thank yous to go around. First to all of you who came out to spend the weekend or attended parties, thank you for supporting TMP and making it such a wonderful place to party. To everyone who stayed the entire weekend, all of you pitched in at one point or another and helped out cleaning up in between parties and after meals, a huge thank you from the staff for making our jobs that much easier. We all got to see the best example of how quickly a team of people can clean up a room after the Rocky Horror Show, it was so wonderful to just see everyone, and I mean everyone help clean up and move things around and get what needed to be done done. This is what TMP is about. Our staff volunteers their time to help make TMP a better place, but when you all jump in and help like that, it's just an awesome thing and makes us just glad to be apart of such a wonderful community. All of the people who spent the weekend, helped out all weekend long along the way, even the little things make a big difference, just keeping the coffee going was a huge help. So once again thank you to all of you who were there all weekend long.
To the TMP staff, full time and extra board, thank you all for pulling this all together and making things work so smoothly. You all helped with things all the way from planning to execution and beyond, so thank you all for putting in the time and effort to make sure everyone had a great time. I heard over and over again all weekend long just what a wonderful job we're all doing and it's just so nice to hear that, especially when it's coming from long time TMP members who've been there through all the changes over the years and have seen it at it's worst and best.
The staff at TMP works at the club because we love TMP, we love the people who come there and we love helping you all have a good time. We don't get paid, but we do it because we care about the club and Phyllis. We're very fortunate, we have an awesome staff and if you don't know who they are take time to meet them and talk with them, we all go to parties for the same reason you do, we just help out along the way.
So my personal thank you to all the staff: Lisa, Chris, Laurie, Larry, Don, Don (ATF), Mike & last but not least Dave......thank to you all for making New Years 2008 the best New Years Party TMP has seen in a long time. Thank you all for the help, the hugs, the laughs, the sweat and the tears this year! Here's to hoping 2008 brings us more laughs and maybe a little less sweat and tears! lol We all accomplished a lot this year in the way of changes to the club, and to think it all started with a little late Christmas gift to Phyllis last January with the purchase of the new carpet for downstairs. I know I never thought then, we'd not only be buying more of that carpet but making some major drastic changes to go along with it. We've worked hard though this year, and our downstairs renovations are just about complete and I know I for one am very excited.
I have a few more very special thank yous before I close this final edition of our blog for 2007, I want to thank all of you who've bought the raffle tickets, sold the tickets, torn the tickets, pulled the tickets and made donations to club improvements and the raffles, TMP is an expensive place to run and without your help everything we've accomplished would have taken a much longer time to complete.
We know we started the raffles to do the floor only, and we are, but we felt the necessity to expand downstairs and make a few changes before putting in the floor so that nothing would have to be redone again in the near future. TMP has expanded in membership a whole lot this year and we want everyone to be as comfortable as possible while your there. I think the expansion downstairs helped accomplish this and it does really look cool too.
When it's complete there will be a new bar, and I know you'll all be excited to know, you won't have to go under it anymore. There will be a new dance floor, and all of the seating areas will be carpeted. This will all be accomplished the first part of 2008, and it's because of all of you that it's possible, well that and some help from a contractor, our chief engineer and some more of that sweat and tears from the rest of the staff and volunteers.......lol.
So thank you, and we will continue the raffles in 2008 to make even more improvements in the club and hopefully make every one's experience at TMP that much better in the future.
So as we say goodbye to 2007, we are really looking forward to 2008 and all the exciting parties and hopefully a lot more of those laughs and good times we all shared in 2007.
Happy New Year Everyone!
Trish
This was a really big weekend for TMP, 4 nights of parties and each one different. So let's start at the beginning......
Friday night was a nice party, not too crowded, but we had a good sized group. We had a couple of new couples join us, and they were just awesome. Had a couple who hadn't been back for a long time, it was really nice to see them as well. Some regulars and some semi regulars made for a nice well rounded party.
Saturday nights party was very busy, we really weren't sure which would be more popular Saturday or Monday, but if Saturday's crowd was any indication, we figured Monday would be just as good if not better. Great group on Saturday, lots of laughs, great food, terrific music and dancing and everything else that makes a party fun.
Sunday night we did the Rocky Horror thing, no we didn't manage to get all dressed up, the majority of the people attending this party were those spending the whole weekend, so we mostly attended in our jammies and got comfy for the movie. We popped pop corn and threw rice and just had a lot of fun and laughs.
Monday night was standing room only, even with the additional space added before Halloween, we still had people standing, but no one was complaining either, this just gave people more of an opportunity to mingle and head upstairs early. At one point at the door we had 12 couples and it seemed like every time we'd get the door closed another couple followed right behind. The party actually got started fairly early too, and Dave kept us dancing all night. We served a catered dinner, and had lots of food and fun through out the night. We did our count down just before midnight and celebrated with a toast and champagne punch.
So that's the quick explanation of the parties. There was a lot of work though in throwing this party together, and not just from the staff and Phyllis either. So all of us at TMP have a lot of thank yous to go around. First to all of you who came out to spend the weekend or attended parties, thank you for supporting TMP and making it such a wonderful place to party. To everyone who stayed the entire weekend, all of you pitched in at one point or another and helped out cleaning up in between parties and after meals, a huge thank you from the staff for making our jobs that much easier. We all got to see the best example of how quickly a team of people can clean up a room after the Rocky Horror Show, it was so wonderful to just see everyone, and I mean everyone help clean up and move things around and get what needed to be done done. This is what TMP is about. Our staff volunteers their time to help make TMP a better place, but when you all jump in and help like that, it's just an awesome thing and makes us just glad to be apart of such a wonderful community. All of the people who spent the weekend, helped out all weekend long along the way, even the little things make a big difference, just keeping the coffee going was a huge help. So once again thank you to all of you who were there all weekend long.
To the TMP staff, full time and extra board, thank you all for pulling this all together and making things work so smoothly. You all helped with things all the way from planning to execution and beyond, so thank you all for putting in the time and effort to make sure everyone had a great time. I heard over and over again all weekend long just what a wonderful job we're all doing and it's just so nice to hear that, especially when it's coming from long time TMP members who've been there through all the changes over the years and have seen it at it's worst and best.
The staff at TMP works at the club because we love TMP, we love the people who come there and we love helping you all have a good time. We don't get paid, but we do it because we care about the club and Phyllis. We're very fortunate, we have an awesome staff and if you don't know who they are take time to meet them and talk with them, we all go to parties for the same reason you do, we just help out along the way.
So my personal thank you to all the staff: Lisa, Chris, Laurie, Larry, Don, Don (ATF), Mike & last but not least Dave......thank to you all for making New Years 2008 the best New Years Party TMP has seen in a long time. Thank you all for the help, the hugs, the laughs, the sweat and the tears this year! Here's to hoping 2008 brings us more laughs and maybe a little less sweat and tears! lol We all accomplished a lot this year in the way of changes to the club, and to think it all started with a little late Christmas gift to Phyllis last January with the purchase of the new carpet for downstairs. I know I never thought then, we'd not only be buying more of that carpet but making some major drastic changes to go along with it. We've worked hard though this year, and our downstairs renovations are just about complete and I know I for one am very excited.
I have a few more very special thank yous before I close this final edition of our blog for 2007, I want to thank all of you who've bought the raffle tickets, sold the tickets, torn the tickets, pulled the tickets and made donations to club improvements and the raffles, TMP is an expensive place to run and without your help everything we've accomplished would have taken a much longer time to complete.
We know we started the raffles to do the floor only, and we are, but we felt the necessity to expand downstairs and make a few changes before putting in the floor so that nothing would have to be redone again in the near future. TMP has expanded in membership a whole lot this year and we want everyone to be as comfortable as possible while your there. I think the expansion downstairs helped accomplish this and it does really look cool too.
When it's complete there will be a new bar, and I know you'll all be excited to know, you won't have to go under it anymore. There will be a new dance floor, and all of the seating areas will be carpeted. This will all be accomplished the first part of 2008, and it's because of all of you that it's possible, well that and some help from a contractor, our chief engineer and some more of that sweat and tears from the rest of the staff and volunteers.......lol.
So thank you, and we will continue the raffles in 2008 to make even more improvements in the club and hopefully make every one's experience at TMP that much better in the future.
So as we say goodbye to 2007, we are really looking forward to 2008 and all the exciting parties and hopefully a lot more of those laughs and good times we all shared in 2007.
Happy New Year Everyone!
Trish
Friday, December 28, 2007
The Butler Didn't Do It
The louse of a husband did, although he killed the wrong person. Well anyway that was how our Murder Mystery turned out.
Friday we had a really good sized crowd. Nice party and some really great people.
Saturday nights Murder Mystery was really a lot of fun. We had 6 volunteers take on the roles of our characters, CJ, M, D, L, M & J. Thank you to all of you for a job well done. Everyone got to participate though even if they didn't have a part. It was much like playing a live game of clue.
We also found out we may have a few actresses among our members.
4 People in the end guessed the murder was the husband played by L, and he was actually trying to kill his wife and killed her sister instead. They looked very similar in the dark.
Thank you to everyone who brought a dish to share, that was probably one of the best Pot Lucks we've had in awhile.
The rest of the party went really well, we got in some dancing, thanks M for helping out with the music. Then the party moved upstairs and into the hot tub.
I hope you all had a very nice Christmas. This weekend we are having a 4 day long New Years Party, so by Tuesday I figure we'll all need a vacation. Hopefully though we will have a blast and it's looking like we will have a great crowd all 4 nights by the reservations.
The following weekend of the 5th, we're having a funny T-shirt night, I know you all have at least 1 funny T-shirt, so come on out and show them off.
Have a Safe and Happy New Year!!!!!
I can't wait to see what 2008 brings to TMP. We're saying goodbye to one really awesome year of change at TMP, but 2008 will hold more surprises and hopefully a lot more fun as we continue to grown and make improvements to your club.
Here's a quick recap of some of this years changes:
New Carpet for the Meeting Area
The Long room converted to the twister room, complete with giant twister board and complete floor play space.
The cove opened up, with a couch and tv in there it's a nice cozy place to sit and chat.
The removal of a wall in the meeting area, opening up more space for tables and the dance floor.
Lots and Lots of new members (The class of 2007 welcome to all of you)
Lots of old members returning after being away for a while.
A New DJ booth complete with built in speakers
New staff and a new outlook on parties and improvements
New Website, Web designer and chat room
and I'm sure some I've forgotten over these month.
We've also had some momentous occasions to remember:
Team 4, our special team during pictionary, and team 1 who promised to show them later and didn't
R and her goat.....you had to be there for that one
Dave winning the sexy buns contest even though he didn't participate and everyone else just decided to write him in (his face was priceless)
L and her farm animals (maybe her and R should get together)
Numerous funny costumes, and not just for Halloween
Some awesome food, especially those veggies for Memorial Day weekend
J coming out in a thong to surprise Dave (notice a trend, everyone seems to like to get Dave)
B willing the BJ contest on Gigolo Night ( although C was a close second)
C emptying that condom full of pudding faster than anyone else
Orgasms on the dance floor (congrats again C)
Snowball Dances
Line Dances
and I'm sure you all have many many more!
The best part of this year for me personally though was watching our little club really become a community of people. Didn't matter what you looked like, or how long you'd been coming or who you knew, everyone just really got along. New couples always felt welcome, seasoned couples took on the task of helping along the newbies, and everyone just pitching in and helping out where they could. If only everything in the outside world worked as well, we might all have more peace in our lives.
I am going to put up a poster board this weekend at the club for everyone to recount their favorite memory at TMP for 2007 and then recap it all here for you next week. So check back to see everyone's favorite memories. If you want to do this and can't be at the club this weekend, send your along to info@meetingplacemichigan.com.
Have a great New Years!!!!
Trish
Friday we had a really good sized crowd. Nice party and some really great people.
Saturday nights Murder Mystery was really a lot of fun. We had 6 volunteers take on the roles of our characters, CJ, M, D, L, M & J. Thank you to all of you for a job well done. Everyone got to participate though even if they didn't have a part. It was much like playing a live game of clue.
We also found out we may have a few actresses among our members.
4 People in the end guessed the murder was the husband played by L, and he was actually trying to kill his wife and killed her sister instead. They looked very similar in the dark.
Thank you to everyone who brought a dish to share, that was probably one of the best Pot Lucks we've had in awhile.
The rest of the party went really well, we got in some dancing, thanks M for helping out with the music. Then the party moved upstairs and into the hot tub.
I hope you all had a very nice Christmas. This weekend we are having a 4 day long New Years Party, so by Tuesday I figure we'll all need a vacation. Hopefully though we will have a blast and it's looking like we will have a great crowd all 4 nights by the reservations.
The following weekend of the 5th, we're having a funny T-shirt night, I know you all have at least 1 funny T-shirt, so come on out and show them off.
Have a Safe and Happy New Year!!!!!
I can't wait to see what 2008 brings to TMP. We're saying goodbye to one really awesome year of change at TMP, but 2008 will hold more surprises and hopefully a lot more fun as we continue to grown and make improvements to your club.
Here's a quick recap of some of this years changes:
New Carpet for the Meeting Area
The Long room converted to the twister room, complete with giant twister board and complete floor play space.
The cove opened up, with a couch and tv in there it's a nice cozy place to sit and chat.
The removal of a wall in the meeting area, opening up more space for tables and the dance floor.
Lots and Lots of new members (The class of 2007 welcome to all of you)
Lots of old members returning after being away for a while.
A New DJ booth complete with built in speakers
New staff and a new outlook on parties and improvements
New Website, Web designer and chat room
and I'm sure some I've forgotten over these month.
We've also had some momentous occasions to remember:
Team 4, our special team during pictionary, and team 1 who promised to show them later and didn't
R and her goat.....you had to be there for that one
Dave winning the sexy buns contest even though he didn't participate and everyone else just decided to write him in (his face was priceless)
L and her farm animals (maybe her and R should get together)
Numerous funny costumes, and not just for Halloween
Some awesome food, especially those veggies for Memorial Day weekend
J coming out in a thong to surprise Dave (notice a trend, everyone seems to like to get Dave)
B willing the BJ contest on Gigolo Night ( although C was a close second)
C emptying that condom full of pudding faster than anyone else
Orgasms on the dance floor (congrats again C)
Snowball Dances
Line Dances
and I'm sure you all have many many more!
The best part of this year for me personally though was watching our little club really become a community of people. Didn't matter what you looked like, or how long you'd been coming or who you knew, everyone just really got along. New couples always felt welcome, seasoned couples took on the task of helping along the newbies, and everyone just pitching in and helping out where they could. If only everything in the outside world worked as well, we might all have more peace in our lives.
I am going to put up a poster board this weekend at the club for everyone to recount their favorite memory at TMP for 2007 and then recap it all here for you next week. So check back to see everyone's favorite memories. If you want to do this and can't be at the club this weekend, send your along to info@meetingplacemichigan.com.
Have a great New Years!!!!
Trish
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