Twas Brillig

So… I didn’t ever manage to do my Soap Opera Sunday yesterday. To prove that I’m not trying to milk the suspense or anything, I will bring you a special midweek SOS… Plus, it’s just, like, totally time to end the SOS of lengthy lengthiness. Yeah…

In the meantime, though, it’s time to hand out the Perfect Post Award for February.

I give this award to Abish for this post. The post is a true story, dark and terrifying, and honestly and exquisitely written. From Abish I’ve learned about terror and pain, but also courage and forgiveness. If you haven’t read this post, you simply must do so now.

Congrats, dear Abish, for writing the absolute perfect post.

(Thanks to Suburban Turmoil and Petroville for hosting these awards. Check out their sites for the complete list of awardees.)

Sometimes it’s hard for me to narrow down a Perfect Post from a whole month’s worth of wonderful posts.

But this month, it was a piece of cake. While there were many great posts, one stood out as the absolute perfect post.

This post made me cry every single time I read and re-read it. (And folks, I’m NOT a crier. This was a huge exception for me.) I cried over the horror of the story, over the strength it takes to write such a thing (and to write it SO WELL), and most especially over the author herself–because, despite everything they told her that she was, she chose who she was really going to be. And she’s amazing.

So this months award goes to Emma Sometimes for this post. Here’s some blog-bling for you, ES.

Now, everyone else, PLEASE go read this one. It is well worth your time.

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Check out other winners of July’s Perfect Post Awards at Suburban Turmoil’s and MommaK’s sites!

What do Cate from A Beautiful Life, Jessabean of Unquiet Heart, Butrfly of Butrfly Garden, Kelly of Diary of the Nello, Megan of Velveteen Mind, Jenny of Absolutely Bananas, CableGirl of 42, and Dedee of The Quiltmaker’s Gift have in common?

They have FANTASTIC taste. They think I rock. Yup. All eight of them!!!! How I managed to dupe so many people, I’m not sure. Still, what an honor, right? I’d love to turn around and give the award right back to each of them, since they rock–oh yes, they rock–a whole heck of a lot more than I do, that’s for sure.

(Did I forget anyone? My technorati is having issues–I KNOW!!! HOW DO I SURVIVE???–and not all of my beloved linkies are showing up, and it actually seems like there was one more, but I can’t for the life of me come up with it… I’ll update this post and add some more linky-love if I missed you!)

Okay, and here’s where the guilt sets in. See, this here site is still brand spankin’ new, doncha know, and I haven’t yet figured out what I want to do with the sidebar. (There used to be TWO sidebars, but y’all created such a ruckus that I had to take one down. I’m such a people-pleaser.) And so, I was waiting until I knew where to PUT my award before I acknowledged it. And then another award was given, and then another, and so on. And I’m just sure that if I’d put the little button into my sidebar, I wouldn’t have tricked so many people into awarding me.

My little plan worked. I’m so humbled.

So what’s the first thing I’m going to do? Put all eight buttons in my sidebar, of course (for now–cuz I think that might get really old soon…). And here too (and, fortunately for me, people have been tinkering with the look of the award, so I can actually put eight different ones in!):

Okay, then. Now for the fun part. Now for the taggy-tagginess. And I’ll even let you pick whichever blog-bling you want!

• The Road Lester Traveled
• GoldyWorld–Yes, I know Goldy’s not a girl. But it just seems like if I’m giving out awards today, one just HAS to go to Goldy! So, Goldy, feel free to pick a badge that doesn’t specifically say “girl”–or, hey, who knows? Maybe you want to be a rockin’ GIRL blogger? I bet no one’s ever called you that before…
• Annette Lyon
• Virtual Sprite
• Gaining Balance
• Believer in Balance
• Sugar Kane
• The Verge
• Omega Mum
• Debio
• PantryShelf
• Carla Stream
• MammasWorld
• Sheila (who prefers not to be linked to, but she knows who she is )
• Work At Home Mom Revolution
• Nanette
• Swistle

Okay, I could go on for hours. I really could. It seems impossible to narrow this thing down. But, there it is. Congrats, Ladies (and Gent) on your awards. Now what? Well, here are the rules: If you’re given the rocking girl blogger award, then in a post on your own site you link back to the blog that awarded you and then you award it to five other blogs. These should be blogs that are written by women who you think rock. And then they take the award, post it on their blog, link back to you, and award five more blogs, and so on, until the universe is overcome with rockin’ girl bloggers. Any questions? Good. Now go partake in the tag-aliciousness.

The scene: My littlest two boys are in bed for midday naps. Fuzzles, the ten month old, is secure in his crib while Scooby, the two year old, is in his room, which doesn’t have a lock, but the door is very tricky and in three weeks here he hasn’t yet been able to open it. The other two kids (Bubba, 4, and Princess Fluffy, 5) are outside playing on the park with some friends.

And I, well, I need a break. I see this moment of solitude as the perfect time to fill a hot bath and indulge for a few minutes–recharge the ol’ batteries, doncha know. A rare pleasure indeed.

And so, I immerse myself into the delicious water and close my eyes. Ahhhhh. After a minute, I hear some strange noises. I open my eyes to find Scooby (who not only got out of his bedroom but also apparently climbed up the pantry shelf) lording an open box of Lucky Charms over my bathtub. Before I scream, “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO” he turns the box over and the bathtub is suddenly full of Lucky Charms.

(Scooby and his Charms)

“Oh my gosh, how am I going to clean this up?” I say out loud. Scooby has an idea. He begins scooping the cereal out of the water and ravenously eats it. “Ewww! Ick! No, no!” I squeal.

I busy myself with trying to get the cereal out and keeping Scooby from snarfing it all down when I hear yet more noises. I turn to see Princess Fluffy and all of the neighbor children STARING at me. Me. Naked. In the bathtub. With all of my bits exposed. And let’s not forget the Lucky Charms floaties. (And now I’m just certain that their parents are going to sue me for the therapy that will now be necessary.) At this point I begin shrieking, “GET OUT!!! GET OUT!!!! GET OUT!!!!” And eventually, they catch on, and leave. Clever little things.

That’ll show me for trying to take a break. Mommy never EVER gets a break. I should know that by now….

…………….ETA:

On an incredibly bright note today–Believer in Balance awarded me a Perfect Post Award for my “Chad” Soap Opera Sunday series. What a huge honor! Thanks so much!!!!!

It’s that time again, folks! That time where I award my favorite post from the preceding month. For those of you who may be blogging under a rock, the Perfect Post Awards are brought to you by Suburban Turmoil and MammaK. Go check out their sites for other awardees!

And so, without further ado, June’s Perfect Post Award goes to Butrfly Garden for her post, Hunted.

If you haven’t yet read this post, go check it out. If you have, go read it again. It will send chills through your body. You will be sitting on the edge of your seat. Your heart will race. You will wonder if this is truth or fiction (it’s truth, by the way). This was an amazing post and the first time I read it, it left me begging for more–it left us ALL begging for more. And so, to appease her fan club (of which I like to consider myself the president…) she began her Punjabi series.

By the way, I was not alone in my adoration of this piece. Indiebloggers featured it on their site (a rare honor indeed, as they receive hundreds of submissions and only publish a small handful of those and only feature a fraction of the published ones) and Stacy of Jurgen Nation and Indiebloggers fame said, and I quote, “it is absolutely fantastic and I’m proud that we could feature it. I think it’s my favorite post we have ever received through the site.”

Wow. I will say it again. Wow.

Congrats, Butrfly! You SO deserve this!!!!