we have more bling!

My gosh, it's that time again.  It's that time to accept a few more awards.   Oohhh... and what beautiful awards they are. Hmmm...  where shall we begin?

I know!  We shall begin with the Canadian Blog Awards. Perhaps you have heard of them?  Of course you have.  Silly me.

Anywho...  to be eligible for a Canadian Blog Award, the blogger writin' the blog must be a Canadian, like me.  One does not have to be peep.  After all, I'm a cat and I was eligible but one must absolutely be Canadian.

Once a blog is nominated, cats and peeps from all over the world can vote and have their say.  I was incredibly honoured to have been nominated in three categories for the 2013 awards:  Best Funny Blog, Best Blog Post and Best Pet Blog.  Honoured and absolutely thrilled.

During the month of February, voting was fast and furious and before I knew it, the results were in.  I, Nerissa the Cat, had managed to win four awards!  That's right...  FOUR OF 'EM!  Ooohhhh... happy days, for sure.

I am absolutely thrilled to now officially accept my TWO FIRST and TWO SECOND place awards.  I wish to thank all my readers out there who voted for me.  I wish to thank you very much.  Without you, this would never have happened and truly, that is fact.

It is with great honour that I accept GOLD for Best Funny Blog. Nerissa's Life isn't always funny.  It's isn't always supposed to be funny but when it is, I do endeavour to make you all laugh as much as I possibly can.  Thank you!

And I am ecstatic to accept both GOLD and SILVER for Best Blog Post.  My post pointing out what should be obvious, "where there's fire, there is smoke" won gold and my post about Earl Grey runnin' for Premier, "because neglect STILL isn't workin'!" won silver.  I am so very, very pleased about these two posts gettin' so much attention. They both tackled what I believe to be some pretty important issues and I'm simply chuffed that cats and peeps out there read and enjoyed 'em.

Finally, I am ever to happy to accept SILVER for Best Pet Blog.  There were a lot of nominees in this event, many of whom were my pals.  I can still hardly believe I managed to make it into the top three.

So again, I wish to thank everyone for votin' for me in the Canadian Blog Awards.  I owe you all so much.  I also want to thank Toronto Corporate Lawyer, Jonathan Kleiman, for organising these wonderful awards.  Without his organisational skills, there would be no awards to win.  Thank you Mr. Kleiman!

And now...  onto some awards I can share.

Patchy Meow from the incredible blog, Catnip Corner has created a brand new award, celebrating her two-year blogoversary.  A two-year blogoversary is a very special thing and a super good reason to celebrate.  CONGRATULATIONS PATCHY!

Patchy's new award is called the Keep Calm and Blog Award and is incredibly stylish and elegant.  You can imagine how pleased I was to find out that I was to be one of the very first recipients.  I love it.  Yoo-hoo!  YOO-HOO!  What a beaut.  Thank so so much, Patchy!  I really appreciate receiving this, a lot.

The rules are pretty simple.  Just post the award on your blog along with a link to the blogger who gave it to you and then pass the award on to one other blog.  Only one.  That's the hardest part, for sure. With so many amazing bloggers out there, how does one choose only one?   MOUSES!

But finally, I was able to select a single recipient for the Keep Calm and Blog Award.  As I could pass it along to only one blogger, I chose to award the Keep Calm and Blog Award to my dear friend, Mario of Mario's Meowsings.

Why Mario, you ask?  Well, for starters, Mario has an incredible blog. I absolutely love it.  But also, Mario will forever hold a special place in my heart when it comes to awards 'cause it was Mario who gave me my very first award, way back when.  I still remember it well as it was the beginning of my addiction to the bling. CONGRATULATIONS Mario!

Next on the list is the Field of Flowers Award.  Isn't it beautiful?  Beverly from over at MoggiePurrs gave me this award and it's quite a stunner.  Thank you so much for this award, Beverly.  It's one of the prettiest awards in the blogosphere, I do believe.

Boy-oh-boy...  I sure would love to run through that field of flowers.  Clearly, my peep has been slackin' in the gardening department.  She has NEVER grown anything as beautiful as this. MOUSES!

The rules for the Field of Flowers Award are as follows.  One must thank the blogger who nominated you and then place the award on your blog.  Next, you get to nominate seven other bloggers and write a little something as to why you are giving these specific bloggers a field of flowers.  Finally, you'll want to notify the nominees that they have been nominated.

I'm just gonna cheat just a teeny-tiny bit, here.  That okay?  The thing is, all the blogs I'm nominating, I'm nominating for the very same reason.  I've chosen seven blogs that I simply adore visitin' because doing so always brings a smile to my face.  There's always something new to learn or some fun to be had on these wonderful blogs.  I can always count on 'em for that.  So, instead of repeating that over and over again, I'll just put it all in one place, right here.  Sure do hope no one minds.

So without any further ado.  Drum roll please...  My nominees for the Field of Flowers Award are....

- The Kitties Blue at The Cat on My Head

- Austin at CATachresis

- Timmy at Tomcat Commentary by Tim

- Spitty at Spitty Speaks

- Sushi at Sushi's Diary

- Cocco & Katie at My Mini Pet Pig

- Brian at Brian's Home

Some of you may already have this award and I certainly understand if you don't want to pass it on again but I figure...  I figure one can never have too many flowers.

Now who would like some snacks?  I'm always in the mood for snacks and no, I do not have worms.  I just like my snacks.  Let's all go on picnic!

I was honoured by both Nellie from The Cat from Hell and Katie from Katie Isabella when they each gave me the Sunshine Picnic Award and invited me to their picnics.  Now I'm gonna have one of my own.  Yoo-hoo!  YOO-HOO!

The rules for the Sunshine Picnic Award are super simple. You just thank the blogger who invited you to their picnic and then invite them to yours as the guest of honour along with ten other guests, askin' each of 'em to bring along something for the celebration.

Let's see...  who shall I invite...

The latest winners of the Sunshine Picnic Award and guests at my picnic are...
- Nellie at The Cat from Hell
  No need to bring anything, Nellie.  You are a guest of
  honour.
- Katie at Katie Isabella
  No need to bring anything, Katie.  You are a guest of honour.
- Sammy at onespoiledcat
  Could you please bring some bacon?  Surely you have some on paw.
- Speedy from Speedy the Cheeky House Bunny
  Can you bring some lettuce and carrots?  Gotta have some salad stuff.
- Texas at Texas, a Cat in New York
  Pizza!  Please bring some New York style pizza.
- Patchy at Catnip Corner
  Cheese, please.  Some nice tasty stuff if you can get your paws on it.
- Mister Minoune at Mister Minoune's Blog
  Bagels, please.  I have heard there are excellent bagels available in Montreal
- Autstin at CATachresis
  Bangers and mash.  Can you find some of that?
- Herman at It's a Wonderpurr Life
  Seafood.  They have great seafood where you live, right?
- Loupi & Zorro at The Swiss Cats
  Chocolate.  Swiss chocolate would be excellent.
- Silver from DashKitten
  I know that your mum is kind of busy at the mo so you just bring yourself, okay?
- Savvy from Savannah's Paw Tracks
  Can you please bring some flowers for the table?  Oohhh...  are there any plumeria about?

Finally, we have this wonderful award/badge called I Survived the Polar Vortex.  The gang over at The Cat on My Head created this badge to celebrate the fact that we all survived this horribly, bitterly cold winter.  It's a lovely award, don't you agree?  Thanks so much, Kitties Blue, for doing this for all of us.  Thank you very much, indeed.

Anywho...  Rules are super simple.  The I Survived the Polar Vortex Award/Badge is for anyone to accept. Anyone and everyone.  All you need do is post it on your blog and when doing so, mention that it originated over on the blog, The Cat on My Head.  Easy peasy as they say.  Easy peasy.

So, another round of awards has been done.  Whew!  There were a lot of links in this post.  Peep #1 helped me with 'em so if there are any mistakes, they're hers.  I don't think she did make any mistakes but just in case, you'll know who to blame.  Hehehe...

CONGRATULATIONS to all the recipients!  You all write amazin' blogs and that is a fact, for sure.

And thank you all for thinkin' of me when handin' out awards.  I do love the bling.  That, too, is a fact, for sure.

Oohhh...  Just have to mention - you know, to make everything all legal and whatnot - that I received NOTHIN' from that Toronto Corporate Lawyer in return for my mentioning his name.  I just wanted to thank him for all the time and effort he put in when organising the Canadian Blog Awards.  I really thought that somethin' needed to be said 'bout that 'cause I know it took up a lot of his time.  May the purrs be with him, always.  Purrs.

major FAIL!

But of course, it's all the peep's fault.

"Let me get those links for you," she said.  "Don't worry, there's plenty of time," she said.  "I have it under control," she said.

"MOUSES!" said I and gave Ol' Peepers a failin' grade.  FAIL !!!

Today's post was supposed to be a post in celebration of several wonderful awards with which my pals have honoured me.  After officially acceptin' these awards, I was gonna honour some more of my pals by passing along those very same awards but then some stuff came up that was of a somewhat urgent nature.  Then the peep offered to get me the links for everything and then... then...  then the peep never produced the necessary links. She said the post was gettin' a little long-winded.  LONG-WINDED IS WHAT I DO BEST!  Does my peep not understand my writing style?  MOUSES!

So long story short (as if), I'm gonna be doin' this post in two parts although the second part may not follow for a week or two.  Again I say, MOUSES!

I'm gonna start with some beggin'.  That's right, I'm coming to you on bended knee, beggin' for stuff. And remember, one of my knees was bionicized after my little accident so I'm beggin', bionic style!

Did you know that I was nominated in the Canadian Blog Awards?  It's true!  I'm super happy about this but it is a voting competition and therefore, I must beg for votes.  It's pretty easy to do though. The voting part is easy.  Begging, not so much.

Anywho...  if you click right here on Canadian Blog Awards, you'll be whisked off to Election Headquarters where you can vote.  You can vote once in each of the various polls, I do believe. Votin' is open worldwide.  Although it's the Canadian Blog Awards, you do NOT have to be Canadian to vote.  Pretty neat, huh?  Yup, it sure is.  Almost forgot...  votin' ends on February 22nd so you'll want to get your votes in before then.

I've been nominated in three categories...  BEST PET BLOG, BEST FUNNY BLOG and BEST BLOG POST.  Now here is where it gets kind of complicated but just a tad complicated, really.  Apparently, I have four of the five nominations for Best Blog Post.  This is a bit of a problem 'cause I'm in real danger of splitting my vote and losing to that other cat.  Actually, I think he or she is a peep and not cat.

But anywho...  because of this vote splittin' - which should not be confused with vole spittin' - thing, I'm askin' that my pals who wish to support me, concentrate their votes on just two of the four posts.  "A wild goose chase" is super funny, I think, and "because neglect STILL isn't workin'!" is far more serious but a really important issue.  With votes bein' concentrated on those two nominations for Best Blog Post, my odds should improve.

So here I am, on bended knee...  WON'T YOU PLEASE VOTE FOR ME?

But the begging isn't over.  I wish to beg a little more.

Nominations for the BlogPaws Nose-to-Nose Awards are currently open but will close on February 12th.  I would so love to be a finalist again this year.  Last year, I even won an award.  Do I dare hope to do so again?  Well, not if not nominated and that, my friends, brings me to the additional begging part.

I'm hopin' that some of my readers will consider nominating Nerissa's Life in a category or two.  In order to place a nomination, you'll need to teleport on over to the nomination page which can be done easily enough by clicking right here on BlogPaws.  See!  Easy peasy as they say.  But there is some information you'll need in order to make the nominations.  I shall now endeavour to provide you with such.

You'll need Peep #1's name, Jennifer Niemi.  You're also gonna need a contact e-mail.  We'll use her handy-dandy Facebook e-mail which is  jennifer.niemi.10 (at) facebook (dot) com  if that's okay with everyone.

I'm really hopin' to be nominated for BEST CAT BLOG.  For that, all you need is the aforementioned information along with the blog name, Nerissa's Life and its URL, www.NerissasLife.com which, of course, you already knew.

Then there's the BEST HUMOUR BLOG category.  I looked through all my posts and came up the following, any of which - I think - could make the cut for a nomination.

- "a car and some coupons"
   http://www.nerissaslife.com/2013/12/a-car-and-some-coupons.html
- "I never lied"
   http://www.nerissaslife.com/2013/11/i-never-lied.html
- "a wild goose chase"
   http://www.nerissaslife.com/2013/10/a-wild-goose-chase.html
- "operation FLEA"
   http://www.nerissaslife.com/2013/10/operation-flea.html

But you might have a different favourite you'd like to nominate and, of course, I would love for you to do that.

And what about the BEST BLOG POST category?  Again, I picked out four of my favourites but you might very well prefer another.  Perhaps even one of the ones mentioned for Best Humour?

- "because neglect STILL isn't workin'!"
   http://www.nerissaslife.com/2013/10/because-neglect-still-isnt-workin.html
- "e is for ekiscatics"
   http://www.nerissaslife.com/2013/06/e-is-for-ekiscatics.html
- "just call me houdini"
   http://www.nerissaslife.com/2013/06/just-call-me-houdini.html
- "the adventure continues"
   http://www.nerissaslife.com/2013/07/the-adventure-continues.html

And last but not least, the BEST PET BLOG PHOTO category.  Normally I wouldn't have a picture on paw that was suitable for such a prestigious nomination but as luck would have it, this year proves to be an exception.  I might just have one that can squeak by.  Do you see that picture way up at the top of this blog post?  The one with me in the goggles I wore for my laser treatments after havin' my knee bionicized?  Well, I'd love to enter that one.  Yes indeedy, I would.

To nominate a picture, one needs a direct link to it that picture for the judges to use.  That link would be...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=279653015506876&set=pb.100003865383579.-2207520000.1391922762.&type=3&theater

Whew! it's a long one.  Kind of like my blog posts.

And once more, here I am on bended knee...  WON'T YOU PLEASE NOMINATE ME?

Now for the best stuff of all!  My BFF Herman, from the amazin' blog It's a Wonderpurr Life, created a brand-spankin' new award in my honour.  Receivin' this was such a proud moment for me, my friends.  Words cannot do it justice.  Never before have I had an award created in my honour.  Apparently, Herman is gonna award one anipal the Nerissa the Cat Award (gotta LOVE the name) at the end of every year but I am the very first recipient ever.  Probably 'cause my name is Nerissa and all.

WOW!  What an amazin' award and a great honour, for sure. Thank you my friend.  I am humbled beyond words.  Yeah, yeah...  I know...  this blog post is running in the 'longer than ever before' category because of all the words but still, I am truly honoured.  Just perhaps not entirely wordless.  THANK YOU HERMAN.

One last thing.  My gift to all of you via Facebook.  If you haven't already heard, Facebook gave everyone with timelines their own personal movie to celebrate Facebook turnin' ten.  Well, I don't have a timeline 'cause the peep cheaped out on me and just got me a fan page but she has a timeline and so she got a movie.  Turns out, the powers-that-be over on Facebook recognized that I was far better lookin' than the peep and far, far more photogenic.  In true form I, Nerissa the Cat, photobombed the peep's movie.  You can see my starrin' movie role here in MY very own facebook movie.  Just click here on Nerissa's Facebook Movie and you'll be teleported to the movie theatre where my movie is currently playin'.  GOTTA LOVE IT!

So that's all for today, folks.  My beggin' is finally over.  Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna head on over to BlogPaws and make some nominations of my own.  I've got tonnes of pals who are truly deservin' in a whole whack of those categories so I've gotta start nominatin' now before nominations close on the twelfth.  Hmmm...  now where did I put that link....   MOUSES!