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MAD Blog Awards: Not boosting the ego…. ~ Northernmum

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I returned home on Saturday morning a slightly damaged version of my Friday self.

Friday saw me knee deep in bleach at seven am cleaning my old home and a few hours later I was drowning in cardboard as I attempted to unpack into our new family home.

By midday I was knackered…

Yet true to form I managed to pull a brush through my locks, slap on some war paint and slip my arse into some spanx and get myself to London town for this years Mad Blog Awards in which I was a nominee in four categories.

At this point I would love to regale you with tales of the event but I must have slipped and hit my head because my memories are a little sketchy.  I definitely recall pouring a small glass of Pinot to toast the event, I remember asking Mylene Klass if she used to be in Hearsay and I remember hounding the organiser and God of Blogland Sally Whittle in an attempt to photograph her rarely seen pins.

And I remember being utterly chuffed to bits when I heard that I had won an award for Best Writer!

I may have had another small glass of Pinot to celebrate.

It gets a bit hazy after that…

Saturday arrived with an anger that started in my head and worked its way to my stomach, after slipping and hitting my head I must have eaten something funny because sweet lord I felt like a walking zombie.  Still I put on a brave face and managed to consume half the hotel breakfast before returning home to ensure he who helped create them was pulling his weight with the unpacking.

A train ride later I arrived to my new home eager to tell the children I had won…

Here was their reaction…

Me in excited, yet quieter than usual owing to the brass band who were squatting my skull,  “I won!”

Twin Girl in a non plussed voice,  “Daddy told us, did Molly win?”

Me, “Molly didn’t go darling, just me; but I won!”

Twin Girl with a hint of sulk in her tones, “I like Molly’s blog, she should win…”

Me with a quiver in my throat, “Ok…”

 

Twin Boy then jumped in to make me feel better with the comment “you didn’t really win.”

Me, defensively: “did”

Twin Boy: “You lost three though…”

At this point I looked around for help in any shape or size and saw it in the form of my youngest limping towards me,

BB:  “Mummy, Boobie, I win, hurray!”

That award won’t go to my head then.

 

However despite the muted reaction of my offspring I cannot articulate in words how utterly thrilled I am to have won an award for doing something I love.  To all who voted thank you very much, after such a long year with many ups and downs this award means an enormous amount.


Thanks,

Jane

54 thoughts on “MAD Blog Awards: Not boosting the ego…. ~ Northernmum”

  1. You should be grateful they don’t care… the second they do, they will ban you from writing about them. Trust me on that one.

    Congrats though – I was rooting for you.

  16. A much deserved win lovely lady. So wish I’d been able to come this year – it sounded even better than last year (which was amazing too). Congrats again xx

  17. Well done Jane – The blog is always a good read, even for those of us of the opposite gender whose kids are long long gone away!

  19. Congratulations – it was great to see you there (and I hadn’t realised that you’d been moving house too which makes it even more impressive)… love the twins comments – don’t you just love children!

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