With 7 days left in the month I figured I’d better list the current scores for the December’s Reader Appreciation Contest. Just in case I’m missing links. Also, this gives you a better shot because now you’ll know the scores to beat.
These are people who have both blogged about the contest and inked to the contest post which earned them 10 bonus points. If you linked to the contest post and your name is not on this list simply tell me in the comments by leaving a link to your post. WordPress has this annoying habit sometimes of sending me …read more

I thought we should have an Offbeat Homes December contest. I know, not a very inventive contest theme, but I just felt like having a contest to show some reader appreciation. I do adore my readers and I did not feel like having weird wacky hoops to jump through for said contest. Like build a crazy offbeat holiday home out of silly putty, take a photo, and send it in. That’s way too much work.
The basics:
Contest duration: From the time this post goes up until the end of December 31st. I know it’s kind of a long contest but …read more