Over the Top Plunger Award

One good turn deserves another... my good blogosphere buddy, Mariuca, was gracious enough to pass along her Over the Top blogging award, and since she posted about B's little kitchen sink incident, we've been ribbing her quite a bit about her plumbing abilities, so I've created an award just for Genie Princess... and for anyone who has a funny plumbing story to tell. If you're Over the Top in either category, please help yourself to one of these awards.

Over the Top Blog Award:


To receive this award your blog must be exceptional in design and content; presenting us with new knowledge, a sense of style, or at times just giving us a smile!

Each recipient of the award will acknowledge the person who honored them with the award and then go to http://overthetopaprons.blogspot.com to copy/paste the award : Your Blog is Over The Top. (located on the right sidebar, scroll down)

Over the Top Plunger Award:



To receive this award all it takes is a sense of humor

Slipping Into My Little Black Dress for Christmas Eve Dinner and an Awards Ceremony

The weather outside is frightful (again? still?), but Roxy's got the holiday spirit on Christmas Eve, and Rambler at Lofty Matters has given me an incredible honor and a reason to don my gay apparel and celebrate with balloons, confetti, and champagne toasts all around. The Nobless Oblige Award is presented to bloggers who display consistency in any one or a combination of these conditions:

1. The Blogger manifests exemplary attitude, respecting the nuances that pervades amongst different cultures and beliefs.
2. The Blog contents inspire; strives to encourage and offers solutions.
3. There is a clear purpose at the Blog; one that fosters a better understanding on Social, Political, Economic, the Arts, Culture and Sciences and Beliefs.
4. The Blog is refreshing and creative.
5. The Blogger promotes friendship and positive thinking.

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The Blogger who receives this award will need to perform the following steps:

1. Create a Post with a mention and link to the person who presented the Noblesse Oblige Award.
2. The Award Conditions must be displayed at the Post.
3. Write a short article about what the Blog has thus far achieved – preferably citing one or more older Posts to support.
4. The Blogger must present the Noblesse Oblige Award in concurrence with the Award conditions.
5. The Blogger must display the Award at any location at the Blog
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I am passing this award on to:

• Henson Ray of Henson's Hell
• Matt Urdan of Meltwater. Torrents. Meanderings. Delta.
• Mariuca of Wishing On a Falling Star
• LadyJava of LadyJava's Lounge
• SpicyBug of SpicyBugz World
• Liz of This Full House. If you head on over and leave a comment on this post to congratulate Liz on the Noblesse Oblige Award, Stop and Shop will donate $1.00 to the Community FoodBank of NJ. Let's keep blogging out hunger for the holidays!

Music Monday: Shining Star

This week's Music Monday post is in recognition of a great honor bestowed upon me by Matt over at Meltwater. Torrents. Meanderings. Delta. Matt has given me the Pulsar Award: "A pulsar is a brilliant flashing star in the sky. The Pulsar Award honors those who add a bit of brightness to life. If bloggers everywhere can find pulsars, other beacons of hope and friendship and display them on their blogs, then we all can make this world a better place together."

Thanks, Matt... I will continue to do my best to live up to your great expectations! Please enjoy the video and lyrics of Shining Star... a classic by Earth, Wind and Fire.



Yeah, hey
When you wish upon a star
Dreams will take you very far, yeah
When you wish upon a dream
Life ain't always what it seems, oh yeah
Once you see your light so clear
In the sky so very dear

Youre a shining star, no matter who you are
Shining bright to see what you can truly be
That you can truly be

Shining star come into view
Shine is watchful light on you, yeah
Gives you strength to carry on
Make your body big and strong
Future roads for you to pass
Love to watch your mug past

The shining star, lucky you
The sinful redeeming shall be true
On an adventure of the sun, yeah
Yeah it's all awake and just begun
Yeah, thought I had to stir the mood
That's it now I got my own oh yeah

So if you find yourself in need
Why don't you listen to his words of heat
Be a child free of sin
Be some place, yes I can
Words of wisdom: yes I can

You're a shining star, no matter who you are
Shining bright to see what you can truly be
Youre a shining star, no matter who you are
Shining bright to see what you can truly be

Shining star for you to see, what your life can truly be
Shining star for you to see, what your life can truly be
Shining star for you to see, what your life can truly be

Come join Music Monday and share your songs with us. One simple rule, leave ONLY the actual post link here. You can grab this code at LJL Please note these links are STRICTLY for Music Monday participants only. All others will be deleted.

Raise a Glass! 50,000th Visitor and 635th Post at Roxiticus Desperate Housewives

Sunday Morning Update on Visitor #50,000...I think it was LJ! Our distinguished visitor came in from Kuala Lumpur at 3:48am, while Roxy was sleeping. Zzzzz. The referring URL was LJ's Music Monday meme, where I had left LJ a question about the Top Commenters widget in my sidebar (does anyone know why only nine of my commenters are listed instead of ten??!!). Visitor #50,000 stayed only 10 seconds before clicking on the Top Commenters widget and dashing away in the night.

It's a rainy weekend here in the Roxiticus Valley, so I thought I would liven things up with a little celebration...it's time to raise a glass and join me in a toast to our 50,000th visitor (and 635th post) here at Roxiticus Desperate Housewives. As of 7:30pm on Saturday night, we're up to Visitor #49,909, so YOU could be the one who helps me hit the big 5-0-K. Scroll down and check the Sitemeter at the bottom of the page, and please leave a comment if you're The One.

And what kind of celebration would it be without a gala awards ceremony? I'm going to slip into a little black dress to accept an award on behalf of Roxiticus Desperate Housewives and pass it on to other deserving sites. My good blogosphere buddy Mariuca honored me with the Uber (synonym to Super) Amazing Blog Award, a blog award given to a site that:
~ inspires you
~ makes you smile and laugh
~ or maybe gives amazing information
~ a great read
~ has an amazing design
~ and any other reasons you can think of that makes them uber amazing!

The rules of this award are:
* Put the logo on your blog or post.
* Nominate at least 5 blogs (can be more) that for you are Uber Amazing!
* Let them know that they have received this Uber Amazing award by commenting on their blog.
* Share the love and link to this post and to the person you received your award from.

I'd like to honor the following blogs with the Uber Amazing Blog Award, and I'm hoping to pick a few of my faves that haven't already been tagged and that many of my loyal Roxiticus Desperate Housewives haven't visited on a regular basis:

• Mister Scott and Run-A-Bout, who is currently competing with me in a BlogExplosion Battle of the Blogs;
• Spicy Bug;
• Deb On the Rocks, who always makes me laugh;
• Shelly, aka The Mom With Brownies; and
• Tricia's Musings, my blogosphere role model.

Unless I'm fast asleep when it happens, I'll be sure to give you an update when our 50,000th visitor joins the party here at Roxiticus Desperate Housewives. In the meantime, do drop in and visit these five terrific blogs. And don't forget, tell 'em Roxy sent you!

Not Enough of Ya Think I'm Sexy...Someone Else Is Going to Win the Blogger's Choice Award for Hottest Mommy Blogger

Back in June, I posted my shameless self-promotion as the Hottest Mommy Blogger in the Great Wide Blogosphere and asked you to vote for me in the Blogger's Choice Awards. First, I'd like to thank the 14 of you who did, and to let you know that not enough of you think I'm sexy, so it looks like the award is going to go to one of the following:

• The Pioneer Woman, who has 365 votes as of tonight at 8:30pm EDT; or
• Dooce, neck and neck and trying to wrestle the Pioneer Woman to the ground with 362 votes.

The current runners-up, while not as far behind as Roxy, include:

• Mom2My6Pack (she has 6 kids rather than an incredible relationship with beer) with 283 votes;
• YouLookNiceToday (an audio-based Journal of Emotional Hygiene, staffed by lonelysandwich, scottsimpson, and hotdogsladies) with 233 votes;
• Karen Cheng's Snippets of Life (about food, fashion, parenting, art & design, online shopping and finding inspiration in the beautiful quirks of life) with 199 votes;
• Crissy's Page (Sometimes absurd, sometimes funny, always entertaining blog written by a gorgeous thirty-something mother/writer/librarian) with 176 votes;
• Ashley's Closet (Confessions of an attention loving, weiner gobbling mom who is perpetually in pajamas & who enjoys shopping, gossip, and telling it like it is) with 158 votes; and
• Sarcastic Mom (Wonderful pictures and creator of the best weekly meme out there) with 139 votes;

On the plus side, I've discovered some interesting new bloggers who don't promote themselves on BlogExplosion or EntreCard. And I made it to page 7 out of at least 187 pages (9 blogs per page) of competing hot mommy bloggers. As I tell London and Maddie, it's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game.

Giving credit (and linky love) where credit is due, I'd like to thank:

• Mariuca;
• LadyJava;
• SpicyBug;
• Cindy aka Moomette;
• DNewMe;
• Tricia;
  
• Siani from Wales;
• Matt;
• Pits, who I think is from People in the Sun, (the Blogger's Choice people make it really hard to identify one's fans!), nominated for Hottest Daddy Blogger;
• She Lives;
• Completely mysterious voters CMaher, Girlzmama2002, Spearpe
• and Crissy from Crissy's Page, who took the time to stop by and comment, voted for me, and seems to have cranked herself over 200 votes since last night!  Way to go!

She sits alone, waiting for suggestions
He's so nervous, avoiding all her questions
His lips are dry, her heart is gently pounding
Don't you just know exactly what they're thinking?

If you want my body and you think I'm sexy
Come on, sugar, let me know
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
Come on, honey, tell me so

He's acting shy, looking for an answer
Come on, honey, let's spend the night together
Now hold on a minute before we go much further
Give me a dime so I can phone my mother
They catch a cab to his high rise apartment
At last he can tell her exactly what his heart meant

If you want my body and you think I'm sexy
Come on, sugar, let me know
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
Come on, honey, tell me so

His heart's beating like a drum
'Cause at last he's got this girl home
Relax, baby, now we are alone

[break]

They wake at dawn 'cause all the birds are singing
Two total strangers but that ain't what they're thinking
Outside it's cold, misty and it's raining
They got each other, neither one's complaining
He say's I'm sorry but I'm out of milk and coffee
Never mind, sugar, we can watch the early movie

If you want my body and you think I'm sexy
Come on, sugar, let me know
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
Come on, honey, tell me so
Tell me so, baby

-- Rod Stewart, "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?"

My loyal Roxiticus Desperate Housewives readers know that I sign up for everything IZEA: PayPerPost, SocialSpark, Zookoda...now I'm thinking about signing up for the Blogger's Choice Awards, but I couldn't find a category that seemed to fit this blog. The award categories include Best Animal Blogger (oldest daughter allergic to pets), Best Blog of All Time (my ego's not quite that big), Most Obnoxious Blogger (hey, my mom taught me, "if you don't have anything nice to say, best not to say anything at all"), Best Humor Blog (I'm not that funny all the time)...


Then I came across "Hottest Mommy Blogger" and wondered if enough of ya think I'm sexy. I'm afraid I may be a bit late to the game, and Dooce may be running away with the prize, but I also know I can count on my loyal Roxiticus Desperate Housewives readers...come on, sugar let me know.

Blogiversary Week Continues, with a Pair of Awards: One Beary Sweet, the Other a Little More KickA**

Now you know Roxy loves a celebration, and there always seems to be a reason to raise a glass...though it is still before noon at the beach in Bay Head, New Jersey, so I think I'll wait until my 4 o'clock beer this afternoon to salute SAH Military Wife and SpicyBug for two awards I received during the Roxiticus Desperate Housewives 3rd Blogiversary Celebration Week. Girlfriend SpicyBug has awarded this blog the Beary Best Blogger Award, while SAH Military Wife has awarded me the Kick A** Blogger Award.

I'm going to honor my long-term blogosphere buddies Mariuca, LadyJava, Cindi (Moomette) and newer friends Ferd and Mister Scott (Run-a-bout!) with both of these awards!

The Beary Best Award is given to those people who we want to know we care… just because. The rules are simple. Click on the cute picture and it should take you to NYC Watchdog’s post and the creator of this sweet award.



For the KickA** Award, the rules include passing it on by. . . .
* Choosing 5 other bloggers that you feel are “Kick (Bleep) Bloggers”
* Let ‘em know via : - your post. b) an email c) Twitter d) blog comments. e) e-card
* Link back to both the person who awarded you and also http://www.mammadawg.com
* Visit the Kick (Bleep) Blogger Club HQ, to get codes and sign Mr. Linky then pass it on!

So....thank you, thank you, thank you to my readers and the presenters of these two awards, and congratulations to my five lucky recipients!

Roxiticus Desperate Housewives Super-Celebration: 25,000th Visitor, 475th Post, Plus a Truckload of Awards

Whew...Visitor #25,000 snuck right past me this afternoon! He or she came in via BlogExplosion to vote on my current Battle of the Blogs against Casual Slack (quality nonsense, served up fresh -- daily). Visitor #25,000 came from Paris, Ile-de-France and only stayed long enough to vote. Come back and comment, Visitor #25,000! Let us know whether you voted for Roxiticus Desperate Housewives! Since I lost that battle (9-6), I'm going to guess "NO."

Underworld Spy Roxy's Suspicion: My powers of deduction are telling me that the 25,000th visitor to Roxiticus Desperate Housewives was my current Battle of the Blogs competitor, Kittie of What's New Pussycat.

I'd like to take this opportunity to celebrate a couple of Roxiticus Desperate Milestones and to accept a truckload of awards!

First, a very special award from my good blogosphere buddy, Cindi, who has presented Roxiticus Desperate Housewives with Moomette's Best WAHM Site, an award for Super WAHM-owned websites. While Rex and I own a small investment bank with an office in New York City, we frequently work from home, and I almost always blog from home, so I'm happy to qualify and honored to accept this tremendous award. Thanks, Cindi! One of Cindi's blogs, Moomettesgram's Musings, is going to be watching over Roxiticus Desperate Housewives from my EntreCard widget on Saturday, July 19th, so be sure to drop it like its hot and click through to Moomette!

Next, I have borrowed LadyJava's awards lorry to transport all of the awards that LJ and Mariuca shared with me all the way from Malaysia to the Roxiticus Valley! On the truck, you'll see:

• The Arte y Pico Award;
• The Share the Love Award;
• The You Cheer Me Up Award for bloggers who cheer their readers up by making them laugh or feel good in their own special way;
• The Perfect Blend of Friendship Award; and
• The Cool Cat (aaaahchooo!) Award, among others.

Last, but not least, I'd like to thank all of you for visiting and reading, and to let you know that this is Post #475 on Roxiticus Desperate Housewives, and we're showing no signs of stopping. For the next three weeks, we're leading up to our Third Blogiversary Celebration on Tuesday, August 5, 2008, possibly to be combined with Post #500 and the grand unveiling of a brand new WordPress MU Community by Roxy...

Raise a glass!

I May Not Be the Hottest Mommy Blogger, Yet...But I've Won An Award! (Isn't It Beautiful?)

Henson’s Hell has given me an award! My very first here in the Blogosphere. And not just any award... it's the esteemed "Arte y Pico Award." My mama is gonna be so proud, I almost want to wake her up and shout about it. Actually, for as long as I've known her, my mother has stayed up much, much later than I do, even now that I'm all grown up and she's not in control of my bedtime. Brings back the good old days of elementary school when she would wake me up at one in the morning to see Andy Gibb or Abba on Don Kirschner's Rock Concert.

Back to the award at hand... this little beauty was designed by the “Arte y Pico Blog” as part of a tag initiative where you pass along the compliment to other bloggers.

I am truly honored by this award, and I'd like to steal a quote from Henson in accepting the kind honor he has bestowed upon me: "Yes, it has been a long struggle to win this achievement, and yes, I had to compromise every moral and value I held sacred just to scratch and claw my way to the winner's circle." I will use that one when I saunter on stage, stepping over Dooce in my gladiator heels, to accept my Golden Booty for Hottest Mommy Blogger, too.

Now, here are the rules and regulations, as well as my nominees for the next five deserving winners of the Arte y Pico Award:

1) Pick five (5) blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also for contributing to the blogging community, no matter what language.

2) Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.

3) Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.

4) Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of "Arte y Pico" blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award (http://arteypico.blogspot.com/) Dios mio! Arte y Pico es un blog espanol! I took about six years of Spanish, starting in sixth grade, and don't really remember a word. Well, Gracias, Arte, for cooking this one up, and Juan and I are gonna vamos off a la biblioteca. Mas vale tarde que nunca!

Drum roll, please...though I wish I could tag everyone with this special honor and tasty trophy, I can only choose five. And here they are:

• With more Technorati links and daily comments on her blog than there are stars in the sky, the lovely, gracious and talented.... Mariuca!
• Spreading her midnight magic around the blogosphere, fueled by a rocket of hot coffee... Lady Java!
• An entrepreneurial mom and grandmom looking for a ride from Connecticut to our Roxiticus Sunset Party on Friday night to accept her award in her throw me down shoes...Moomette!
• Keeping the Blogosphere hot and spicy and doling out the Battle of the Blogs votes and linky love while keeping track of MightyBug and MiniBug...SpicyBug! Please drop by her blog and let her know where she left her hairbrush...
• Last but not least, here's someone I bet most of you haven't visited...more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, helping out Dummies like me every day of the week, and hard at work on designing my new WordPress blog in between interesting posts on her JustAGirlintheWorld blog... Lisa Sabin-Wilson!

Please visit all the great blogs above, and see why they are truly at the top of their game.

P.S. -- Matt of MTMD has nominated my Roxiticus Best Blogs for this prestigious award, so I've got five more nominations for bloggers who play their cards right...