An Anniversary and a Transition

We started this little blog three years ago today...

Since then there have been 1056 posts here, and, according to the little google meter, more than 730,000 page views. We seem to average about 1100 page views a day these days.  And all that  doesn't count our month long exodus last fall to Mistress and Slave on the Lam , when we thought our cover had been blown. That frolic and detour covered about 35 posts from exotic climes and plush yurts in Whatthehellitstan under the sheltering wing  of the sex bloggers'  protection program.

The blog has been a joyful act of lust over these 36 months, and personally therapeutic for Mistress and Slave: in a strange way it helped us get beyond a soft patch in our marriage, by providing a focus and an opportunity for this humble Slave to express his devotion and addiction to my beloved Molly.

There have been more than 1000 mornings in which we started our day with Mistress reading the blog as I lavished her clean shaven folds with the attention it deserved. (Come to think of it, when we got rolling here, she had a lush patch of fur down there, lost at the suggestion of Mike, one of our first and certainly most loyal fans.)

And of course things evolved for us in unexpected but always entertaining ways as a result of the blog.

With role models like Suzanne, Tammy and Jay over at All Mine, Mistress got the inspiration to branch out and fully exploit her contractual rights to test the water with a variety of other lovers. It's a process that continues now, as she sorts through her current  collection of suitors.... Matt, the "nice guy" who's taking it slow, and who will take Molly to dinner on Sunday night; K, aka, Mr. Perfect Cock, with the glamorous Lance Armstrong packaging that's hard to resist;  and the other Matt, who wants to scratch Mistress's urge to submit.  Mistress has  lunch set up with the other Matt on Friday for their first face to face.

Who could forget Home Cumming Weekend, just over a year ago, when I got to watch Mistress take the muscular Didi with her strap-on, and the next night, succumb to the oral stylings of that barely 20 year old who ended up in jail days later on a trumped up charge. (Of course, that's why we went on the Lam).

Then there is our far flung staff: our Western Correspondent, with the special occasion cock and the rather slothful work habits and industrial size tubs of lube; Donna, our Senior Correspondent, who took care of us when we were on the lam, and Bill, our Director of Security International, who always had Molly's back.

We've enjoyed getting to feel like we are part of an extended family, and to hear from our regular cast of commenters who have come, gone, and returned over the years.

Of course, we've also seen so many  of our fellow bloggers  slowly fade away over these three years: Who could forget inimitable Riff Dog (who apparently crashed and burned in dramatic cyber-style). And Mistress always had a thing for the Discerning Dom, who signed off a few months back. It reminds us that the natural life of this sort of enterprise is limited.

So after some consultation here at the UCTMW World HQ over the weekend, Mistress and Slave decided it was time to move on from the routine of our almost daily posts here.

Why?

Well we noticed we were both succumbing to the pressure of coming up with bloggable moments to entertain our followers. What was unique and titillating one week became a little routine and repetitive the next. So why not crank it up a notch. More blog fodder needed.

Maybe we jumped the shark with "Cougar Week"? 

In any event, while Mistress has no plans to end her search for the perfect addition to our empty nest - or some combination of lovers who might meet that elusive objective - it makes sense to us to back off from our current routine of posting "real time" developments here. Nature will take its course, without the pressure of a daily publishing deadline. Our goal is to do what feels right for us, wherever that takes us, but not with the pressure of entertaining a wider audience.

Does this mean you've heard the last of Mick and Molly?

Unlikely.

We have no immediate plans to delete this collection of smut, sarcasm, amateur photography, and political and pop culture commentary. I suspect there will be developments and topics that will cry out for a timely post. So don't erase your bookmark or delete us from your blog roll just yet, friends.

And expect to hear our snarky comments on your blogs in the months to come.

As for that far flung staff: your generous severance pay checks are in the mail, along with your COBRA notice. And like the Romney campaign, I've already cancelled those company Amex cards. Hope you aren't in a cab on the way home when you get you read this.
But remember: your non-competes still run for the next 12 months!