Time to Vote!
Dec. 12, 2005 at 10:05 PM
Homeschooling
That's right! Now's the time to cast your votes in the Homeschool Blog Awards 2005. I apologize for the delay. But a delay today means easier voting and tabulating. A hearty thank you to Jake at Still Thinking for programming the poll. This homeschooler is brilliant!
There are so many excellent bloggers and nominees. Please take time to visit the blogs before casting your vote. It is tempting to just vote for the blogs you currently visit. But please take the time to visit all the blogs before you cast your votes.
Here are the rules.
1. No voting by email.
2. No anonymous votes. Please use a valid email or blog URL.
3. You can only vote once. Duplicates will be deleted and votes disqualified.
4. You can only vote for ONE blog in each category.
5. A blog can only win in ONE category vote.
6. In the event of a tie, both blogs will be given the award in that category.
7. In some categories, both a teen and a parent blog may be chosen.
8. Voting will end on December 26, 2005 at Midnight EST.
9. Winners will be announced as soon as all votes are counted and verified. No later than January 1st, 2006.
A special thank-you to those that helped me with these awards!
Thanks to The Old Schoolhouse Magazine and HomeschoolBlogger.com for sponsoring this contest. Make sure you check out their websites. There is loads of homeschool information. Also, if you're not currently a subscriber to The Old Schoolhouse this would make an excellent Christmas gift for you or a friend.
Thanks to Jake Smith of StillThinking for the programming assistance and developing the poll page. And many thanks to the young ladies at Beauty from the Heart who spent many hours working on the nominations lists.
Many thanks to Jay from Cleveland and Andrea at A Typical Homeschool. They have designed blog buttons for all the nominees (below). So if you've been nominated in any category please feel free to use either blog button to let your readers know. To save the image right click on the button and save to your hard drive.
Please do not vote in the comments section. Comments are reserved for those who would like to thank Spunky Jr. or send her a Starbuck's gift card for all her hard work! I could not have done these awards without her. Thanks you so much!
And lastly, thank you to all the wonderful bloggers who make blogging so much fun! Please don't forget to spread the word!
If you are having trouble uploading the buttons, Jay from Cleveland has graciously provided instructions on how to do so.
5 Comments and Trackbacks
posted by sagerats on Dec. 13, 2005 at 12:43 AM
Hi Spunky! I want to thank you for all the work you have done for these best homeschool blog awards. Amazingly I was nominated as a Best Mom blog. I'm writing because I can't see the pictures of the nomination ribbons on your website.
I can't believe all the nominees in all the catagories! It will take me until Dec. 26th to look them all over just to make an informed vote!
Blessings!
posted by Anonymous on Dec. 13, 2005 at 8:59 PM
Thank you for hosting this, Spunky!
As a homeschool cheerleader, I'm so happy to see the encouragement given to one another here. As well as passing along great blogs for everyone to get to know!
I have one smallish suggestion for next time around (if there is one). . . I almost don't want to mention it because I don't want to sound critical.
But. . . Do you think it would be possible, for some of the larger categories (H/S Mom, Inspirational, etc.) to allow voting for three? It's sooooooo hard to narrow it down to just one "best" but if we all got to choose our top three, then I think it might give a more accurate picture of our favorite bloggers in some of the broader categories. . . Just an idea! Not a criticism!
Even though we are no longer homeschooling, I very much identify with the h/sing subculture and are big supporters of parents actively accepting responsibility for their children's education.
TulipGirl
http://www.tulipgirl.com
posted by Phyllis on Dec. 19, 2005 at 2:00 PM
I can't get the vote page to load. I just see a title and nothing else. Am I the only one having this problem? Any suggestions?
posted by spunkyhomeschool on Dec. 19, 2005 at 2:51 PM
It worked for me. Just keep trying.
posted by Phyllis on Dec. 20, 2005 at 4:08 AM
I think my connection is just too slow. :-(