Please Don’t Nominate Me For A MADS Awards
The MADS, in case you haven’t heard, is an new awards scheme for UK (living in or expatriated from) mum and dad blogs.
The idea being that blogs are nominated by readers for various categories and the winners get some goodies – they have some fab sponsors, go over and have a look.
I do think it’s a good idea, a great way to give some recognition to some great blogs out there, many very deserving of an award or two, however I don’t want you to nominate me or vote for me in anyway.
Why?
Because I would much rather you voted for these blogs instead, bloggers I think are much more deserving than I for these awards.
These are the blogs I will be nominating, if you were thinking of nominating me, please use that nomination towards these blogs instead.
Thank you.
Blogger Of The Year
Vegemitevix is a clear winner.
Her blog looks the business, her writting is engaging, funny, insightful and thought provoking. She has never, to my knowledge, written a ‘I don”t know what to write about today’ or a ‘sorry I haven’t been blogging’ post, instead her blog is full of interesting well written post after interesting well written post and she’s a commenter too, she replies to comments you leave and she leaves them in abundance on other blogs.
But Vix goes way beyond what you read on her blog. She is friendly and chatty on Twitter, she is generous with her time and help. A genuine, warm person who has helped so many people. She wouldn’t tell you herself but she has been giving me a lot of help and advice on my new website and has been setting up a new blog and sorting out code for another blogger from the kindness of her heart.
A true community blogger who deserves your vote. If you vote for no-one else form my list, please vote for Vix.
Best MAD Blog Writer
Steve from Bloggertropolis. Steve isn’t a dad blogger as such, he doesn’t blog about his kids but sod all the rules and laws, he’s a dad, he’s a blogger and a he’s bloody brilliant writer. In my book he deserves to win this title.
I love this blog, if you don’t read it you are missing out. Well written and witty, Steve is another blogger that doesn’t make excuses about his lack or blogging, or any of that nonsense, he simply writes excellent posts that have me giggling or pondering things. Quite often both at the same time, which is no small feat.
Read him, subscribe to him and go and bloody nominate him.
Best MAD Blog Photography
Mrs W’s Clinicaly Fed Up. Amazing photography, witty writing, and one of those bloggers that you would just love to meet in real life and get pissed while away an evening with chatting about nothing.
Mrs W is also another blogger very generous with her time and has been known to fix up other peoples photos for free, and is full of sage no nonsense advice in comments.
Go and visit her, add her to your reader and if you are nominating a best photography blog, make it this one.
Most Inspirational MAD Blog
Paula from Battling On inspires me in so many ways. Her writing is excellent, well thought out, thought provoking and witty. The topics of her posts often have me thinking for days. She is chatty and engaging, another blogger you are likely to see in the comments sections of lots of blogs, she is generous with her blogging time and friendship.
When I first saw Paula’s tweets on Twitter I assumed she must know the people she was talking with really well and felt like a bit of an outsider, but she isn’t like that at all – or rather she is, but with everyone! She will include you in the conversation, share jokes, stories and offer support.
If you don’t read this blog, if you don’t chat with her on Twitter, you really are missing out. Go and nominate her, please?
n.b having just gone back to MADs to nominate blogs, I realised there were even more categories.
I haven’t the time (really must be getting on now) to write a full blurb and picture for each blog but the ones I am nomiating are:
Most innovative - All that comes with it for his wonderful podcasts and videos.
Best for Family fun - A mother’s Ramblings – good, clean family fun.
Best Looking – A place of my own – I love this clean and simple design.
Best Baby Blogger - Muddling along mummy – another excellent blog.
Best New Blog – Eggs, cream and honey – well written and funny with gorgeous recipes.
Please consider all these blogs when making your own nominations – they are definitely worth it.
I'm Heather, an ex expat, now back in blighty and living in Lancashire. Which is just like Lapland only less snowy...and stuff.
Excellent post and I totally agree with your recommendations
although I think you deserve a nod for “Best Looking” MAD blog 
I juist realised there were even more categories – I have added some more to my list. i think Kelly’s A place of my own blog is gorgeous – that’s who i’ve nominated for best looking.
thank you though – although all credit goes to Liz of violet posy.
Great post and some blogs I havent’ ‘met’ yet too. The whole thing is a great idea, but makes me feel a bit weird too. I’m trying not be drawn on this competitive blog thing, but it keeps coming up making it hard to ignore. So I imagine I’ll probably nominate a few, would be churlish not to.
Have gone all bashful and am glowing inside. Thank you. Was feeling a bit “in the dumps” today but you have just lifted me out of it and flung me sky-high-wards.
Oh and I do occasionally blog about my kids!
I know what you mean, which is why i’m opting myself out. i’m happy to highlight the ones i love though – i just hope it doesn’t upset the ones I haven’t listed.
It is well deserved i think. Pleased it cheered you up, you have been so lovely on my blog these last few weeks i’m pleased to be able to do something in return.
oops, sorry.
Oh that is SO not fair (in my best Perry huff). COME ON…. I’ve been dithering all day whether to nominate you in the NEW category (you are new and frankly far too successful for my fragile ego – yeah I am SO fragile), or INNOVATIVE for your Just Vlog It (if they insist on technical innovation) but frankly moreso for The Secret Post Club, which fairy nuff isn’t technically innovative (but I bet it’s a big spreadsheet) but it’s a bloody brilliant idea and the best way to meet new bloggers I’ve ever come across – oh and you haven’t copied it from anyone, or just plain BLOGGER OF THE YEAR cos you’ve done all that and widened my bloggy horizons and made me spew more red wine than my pretty white Mac keyboard is designed to handle (probably). So MEH. I WANT to nominate you, but I won’t cos I’m nice and obviously pretty shit at taking compliments so thank you and now I’m still in the huff. A bit.
*HEATHER!!!* I can’t tell you why I just opened your blog…you’d kill me
But I can say THANK YOU for such a lovely tribute, if I’d told you I came over a bit tearful would you take the piss? Loving your work, and I don’t care what you say…I’ve already nominated you xxx
Oh crap! Is it meant to be anonymous? Ignore that last comment…nothing to see here, nothing at all…
But, but. but, but whhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
*Stomps Feet*
Well missus you’re just going to have to stop being so good then aren’t you?
On behalf on the MADs thanks for letting people know about our project and highlighting some brilliant blogs. We love your recommendations!
Good luck to everyone taking part.
Well missus you’re just going to have to stop being so good then aren’t you?
On behalf on the MADs thanks for letting people know about our project and highlighting some brilliant blogs. We love your recommendations!
Good luck to everyone.
You naughty naughty, you! But thank you. I am really touched. Tearful. Mad in the head. And grateful. Thank you xx
You’d be overwhelmed at the size of my spreadsheet! For which i think i deserve an award just for opening and contemplating once a month;) speaking which – it’s nearly that time of the month again! Yikes!
Now stop your huffing woman and go and have a glass of wine on me, this is a nomination well deserved! x
I’d totally take the piss, but only because you’d be expecting it
and thank you.xx
I do hope not since i’ve just told the world who i’ve nominated. I’ll probably go and get myself disqualified or something. sigh.
ha ha ha.
right, I’ve got a question. It ways we can’t nominate you guys that set it up – but it doesn’t tell us who you are…or does it and am i being dim? I know you and sally but that’s it – who else can’t we nominate?
Gald you like the nominations – I think they are all well deserved and if they don’t all win I’m going to sulk…you’ve been warned!
more than welcome by dear xx
LOL, very true! And I’m waiting for my noms to be deleted so I can start again…only filled in half of them, expecting to go back in and complete later. It would help if I read the ‘rules’ I guess.
ha ha ha, i very nearly did the same. i saw the long list and thought ‘oh i’ll do the rest later’ but realised that it was only going to let me do it once. phew.
I promise not to vote for you. See I can do as I am told!
Biatch. I was totally going to nominate you and it wasn’t until I went to grab your URL that I saw this post. Meh! Stopped me dead in my tracks. I did, however, vote in every category for others and one of them was your recommendation so hopefully that will do.
I will do as I am told, and if I manage to hit a wrong key and nominate you too then oops
Jen.
lol
excellent! i am so pleased you voted for one of them.
tut tut, some people. lol
Good picks, although we all know that really wanted to nominate me for every single category.
Actually I feel a bit funny about canvasing for nominations on this, but I’m really hoping that being on a couple of shortlists would help me secure some corporate sponsorship for Hadrian’s Walk.
Even with my vivid imagination i was having trouble fitting you into best baby blog…
It is an uncomfortable feeling isn’t it? I feel much better about the whole thing now that i have opted myself out and will happily cheer others on from the sidelines.
Definitely Mrs W. I only found her blog recently, and I LOVE her photos!
you’ve really introduced me to a few new blogs! Thanks, looking forward to checking them out!
It is well deserved i think. Pleased it cheered you up, you have been so lovely on my blog these last few weeks i’m pleased to be able to do something in return.
Ahhh you are SO lovely. Thanks for the nice things you said about my blog. There are so many blogs that I wanted to nominate, I found it hard to pick just one in some categories.
Some great reads! Thanks for sharing them!
First; you do, do, do deserve an award, and that sounds funny in my head. Second; thanks for introducing us to these great blogs!
They are brilliant, aren’t they?
they are all brilliant, i hope you enjoy them xx
I know what you mean, I could easily have picked another 50 or so…
cool, glad i introduced you to some new ones – they are all worth it xx
Tsk. Those bloggers. They just don’t listen. You’ve been nominated in just about every category you’re eligible for. Deal with it.
There’s three weeks left before the shortlists are drawn up. Just to eliminate any danger, I suggest you start a campaign of random insults on Twitter and blog comments. “Hey, rubbish post, big nose” – that sort of thing. That should sort any issues.
Seriously, I get where you’re coming from that awards aren’t something you’re comfortable entering for. But you’re going to have to just accept that people think you’re brilliant and want you to know it.
If people are looking for blogs to nominate, we’re posting a list of nominated blogs at http://www.whosthemummy.co.uk, so perhaps look there for inspiration or to see if someone you love has been missed out, although Heather’s recommendations are great, too.
Sally
ps – It’s the MAD Awards or the MADs. Just sayin’
The insulting people on twitter thing could be fun…hey, maybe I could do a whole blog post about it…. lol
You are right of course, suck it up and stop being so ungrateful. I shall come and see the list – will be interesting to see who has been nominated.
I suppose sulking is a bit childish, huh?
Guess I’ll just have to suck
it up and be gracious. but seriously I is amazing and wonderful that you
did, thank you.
I’m pretty much an all-round amazing and wonderful person… with an exceptionally masculine avatar, I’ve just realised…