Mar 20
2008

When It’s Good to Have a Mouse…and Trowel

It’s time to cast your ballots for the Mouse & Trowel Awards.

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Colleen V. at In the Garden Online established these awards to recognize excellence in “online gardening.” You can vote for for up to three of your favorite blogs in each category by going here. There are categories in:

-Best writing
-Best photography
-Best design
-Most innovative
-Blogger you’d most like as a neighbor
-Best gardening podcast
-Best North American blog
-Best international blog
-Best new blog
-Post of the year
-Garden blog of the year
-Best forums
-Best gardening site of the year

I already have most of my nominations decided. But it’s not too late for you to woo me with cookies and pies to submit your blog. I can be bought we sweets! I’ll wait until near the deadline to send in my votes so you don’t have to pay for FedEx to get all the treats to me in time.

We all need to get our votes in by April 13. Don’t worry. You’ll still have two days to do your taxes!

And while you’re voting, don’t forget to have your say about blog posts on garden products here on Bumblebee. The poll is in the upper right hand corner of this page.

Now go vote!

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Robin
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6 Responses to “When It’s Good to Have a Mouse…and Trowel”

  1. ewa Says:
    March 21st, 2008 at 5:52 pm

    good reminder. thank you.
    Happy Easter!

  2. Mary Says:
    March 21st, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    Robin,

    Can non-garden blogs nominate or is this strictly for garden blogs? I’m not a gardener but I have a few garden blog favorites.

    Very cool idea!

  3. Jennifer Says:
    March 22nd, 2008 at 7:35 pm

    Will you post the results? I’d like to read more gardening blogs.

  4. Dawn Says:
    March 23rd, 2008 at 5:47 pm

    Thanks for the reminder.

  5. Layanee Says:
    March 24th, 2008 at 9:00 am

    LOL at that one! Thanks for that concise listing! I went to the site to vote and was overwhelmed and with little time on hand decided to wait! I have until tax day don’t I? The deadlines accumulate like leaves on the garden! Whoever wins, I love your blog and you have already won in my book.

  6. Kylee Says:
    March 25th, 2008 at 8:29 pm

    Chocolate chip? Oatmeal? Peanut butter? Snickerdoodles? :-)

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February 8th, 2012

Today was Sophie and Sarah’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

They went to the vet to have their teeth cleaned. Sophie came out a few teeth lighter. Both are very tired, hungry, needy and out of sorts.

February is National Pet Dental Health Month, so our vet offers a 15% discount on the cleaning. That’s a big savings. It’s expensive to have a pet’s teeth cleaned because they must be anesthetized. No animal will willingly sit in the dental chair with his/her mouth open!

It must be done though. It’s not just a matter of bad breath—although my little dogs’ breath was plenty bad. Dental problems can lead to more serious health issues.

Well, at least the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day is nearly over. Poor dogs.

Robin

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February 6th, 2012

Another Monday.

Harry and I spent the better part of the weekend painting the master bedroom. We traded off between rolling and detail work and we both made our fair share of messes. For a while Sophie perched on top of a chaise to supervise our work. Sarah was distraught. She does not like change.

Today we get back to normal. I will have to do something about my manicure. Speckled fingernails in Benjamin Moore Light Pewter is not really a good look.

Here’s wishing you a happy, calm and productive week.

Robin

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February 3rd, 2012

If you’re in the neighborhood and just happen to have your paintbrush and paint clothes with you, stop on by. Harry and I are taking the day off from work to start painting the master bedroom. We figure it’ll take until Sunday. Harry does most of the rolling—no small chore with high ceilings—and I do all the tedious detail work. You, of course, can pitch in wherever you like.

We’re painting it a dove grey. So if you see some grey in my hair in the next few days, it’s paint. Got it? The grey is paint.

Robin

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February 2nd, 2012

Happy Groundhog Day! What are you doing to celebrate?

We’ll have a special dinner of NOT groundhog. Dinner will be a special pasta (TBD) and some yummy homemade yeast rolls. Then we’ll pull out the photo album of past Groundhog Days and reminisce. We will toast Puxatawny Phil by opening the first bottle of my homemade apfelwein, which I hope is sparkly by now. If it’s any good, you’ll hear more about it.

Cheers!

Robin

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