Oh! Shoko’s going to be upset she missed this one. She loves awards and thinks they’re hers…just hers. Well, this award is for all of us…even mom.
Dezi and Raena from Deziworld gave us this awesome award and we thank you very much for your thoughtfulness. 
Isn’t the wreath lovely! Wish I could wear it like my Lei.
We started blogging back in the fall of 2014. Shoko had started in Cat Scouts and was having a great time with her new-found buddies. Mom was reading blogs to us one day and she muttered out loud that we could do a blog too. Well, it wasn’t as easy as mom thought but dad helped establish her with the blog Then she was afraid to use it. What if nobody ever came to see her posts? How embarrassing. She threw caution to the wind and actually published a post. Then she wasn’t sure if she should look and see if anyone stopped by. One day she broke down and looked. She was in seventh heaven, three peeps had looked at her post. Woo hoo…the big time! Mom didn’t blog again for three months. She didn’t think she could do as well.
KALI…..ORANGE
MOM…..RED VIOLET
The best suggestion I have for beginners is to focus on something you never seem to tire of. If you do this then the posts will never be a chore but fun and part of your personality and also enjoyable for others to read.
The next suggestion I have is to do and say what YOU want to say not what others think you should talk about. It is your blog to do your thing not be another voice for someone else or their cause. Be true to you.
Our final step is to choose 15 bloggers we think deserve this award. Well, there are so many more than 15 bloggers that deserve this award that I will only choose 3 to name and the others are more than welcome to grab the badge and call it their own. You all have worked to develop the blog and then spent many hours honing the skills needed to develop interesting posts. In our eyes, you’re all winners!
1/ samanthamurdochblog…This blog talks about gems and precious stones, cats and she is a storyteller of short stories. The author’s love of gems is obvious as she carries us into the world of rockhounding. Her love of cats is heart warming and comical. Her short stories are amazing. Mom has cried and laughed as she is drawn more and more into the story. Definitely worth visiting this blog.
2/ TWOCATSVIEWS: Life as seen by Hemingway and Steinbeck.
These two little terrors are cats and we view life from their perspective which can be both humorous and touching. Stop by and give them a peek. Say Kali sent you and maybe some nip will show up.
3/ Hairballs and Hissyfits is a cat blog which tells the cat’s activities from their own eyes. A cheerful and happy blog. Do take a peek at these charming kitties.
There you have it, friends.
See ya when Shoko returns with her Cat Scout stories. 
samanthamurdochblog
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Thank the blogger who nominated you and provide a link to their blog
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Write a post to show your award
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Give a brief story of how your blog started
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Give two pieces of advice to new bloggers
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Select 15 other bloggers you want to give this award to
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Comment on each blog and let them know you have nominated them and provide the link to the post you created.
concats to that fabulous award :O) the mama remembers that time … she was the only one who reads her posts hahahaha…. it was weird somehow and she added 87k tags and search terms so people will find her blog…but no one came… but suddenly one day start the scotty discovered her blog and with stuart more reader came ;O)
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It was so interesting to see if anyone else looked at the posts….we were so delighted to see the odd person look…MOL
Kali
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Concatulations on your well deserved Award, Shoko and Kali. We are glad you didn’t give up. You are to nice… and funny not to know 🙂 Double Pawkiss for a Happy Monday 🙂 ❤
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Binky, we love your posts and can’t get over how beautiful and refined you are.
Kali
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Congrats on the recognition. I started my blog telling the backstory of Chris. That took several months. In retrospect, I probably should have waited until had more readers.
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How about telling the backstory of Chris again. We have never read it. We’d like to. How long ago was this post? There are probably more who would like to read it too.
Jean
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I I started the blog in 2012, almost three years after we adopted Chris. Blog post from the first 6 months or so cover many early stories about how I met Chris and the problems we had after adopting him. I compressed those stories into a Kindle book called “Bad Cat Chris” if you are interested.
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Fantastic Charles…I will download it when I get off…we’re looking for a new book to read. Every night I read to the cats and hubby. We all seem to have a great time. Thank you.
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Thanks. I hope you enjoy it.
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Shoko and Kali are so sweet in your header photo! Anyway, they “won” in the sense that they bring us in, and I, among others, feel a better recognition would be for this blog to be inundated with a few hundred (or thousand!!) more follows. It’s one of my top favorite places to stop!
I’d add one other suggestion to yours above: post at regular intervals. Daily is sometimes difficult to achieve, but is a worthwhile goal. Regardless, a regular posting schedule assures readers know when to expect updates. One of my top favorites, for example, is Salmon Brook Farms, and it comes out only once a month, but I know I can expect it monthly.
I personally dislike blogs that post too often, like five or more times a day, though many times people who post photos almost exclusively do this, and there are several truly excellent blogs that post multiple times a day I still follow.
Another thing that should be considered when blogging is length. Most of us have so much time to spend on the Internet, and exceptionally long posts may exceed a length most people have to spend with your post. I sometimes go long if the topic is exceptionally interesting, like the time I posted the story of how my friend took her three cats to Paris, but I try to keep my longer posts photo-rich to break up the text.
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Thank you for the excellent suggestions Doug. I must follow a pattern for posts….I know this would be better and peeps would know when to expect me. I agree with your suggestions…all of them.
Jean
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Congratulations, Ladys! We all love your blog!
Kosmo and his mom.
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We like your blog also…those beautiful pictures of Finland….they can’t be beat.
Jean
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Thank you, lovely ladies!
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Congrats on the award! So well deserved. I love reading your blog. Kali and Shoko are hilarious, and mom does a great job as the typist! 🙂
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MOL…We do have a grand time but mom is an ok typist…somedays are better than others…guess we’re all like that…hehe
Kali
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Conpigulations sweet friends!! XOXO – Bacon
P.S. Mom loved talking to ya’ll Saturday ❤
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Thank you Bacon. Mom and dad loved chattering with your mom and dad on Saturday. Still wish you were closer so we could see you. *Blows kisses*
Kali and Shoko
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YES!! We wish the same thing. It would totally be awesome. Just imagine the trouble you all could get into together – snorts and rolls with piggy laughter. XOXO – Bacon
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Everyday would be a fun day with all sorts of trouble to be had.
Shoko
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Huge Concatulations to you!! We thought you have been blogging MUCH longer than just having started in 2014!!!
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Thanks Caren and Cody….we did have a bumpy start but we kept with it as if we knew what we were doing and finally we did know what we were doing. MOL
Shoko and Kali
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Concats on the award! I too remember hitting ‘send’ on that first post, and wondering if anyone would read.
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It was such a challenge back then. I was delighted with anything I did when it worked out the way it should. hehe
Jean
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Congrats!
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Thank you to our wonderful Texas friends.
Shoko and Kali
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Concatulations on your award ! We enjoy reading your blog ! Purrs
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I enjoy reading about Pixie and Zorro….first class friends.
Shoko and Kali
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OMG! That beginning blogging story is hilarious! We’re so glad we found you blog. It’s a ton of fun!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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It was a hairy time…we were just hanging out in the internet breeze or so mom thought….she was such a nervous peep everytime she thought about her post….she was easier to live with when we did something else. Thank goodness she got over it!
Shoko and Kali
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Yes, you all deserve that award. I love following Shoko and Kali’s adventures, along with their attitudes and spin on everything. Yours is truly one of my favorite blogs to read. 🙂
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How nice of you to say you like it…mom will get a swollen head…just kidding. Thank you so much.
Kali and Shoko
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Congrats on the award. And those are excellent tips for any blogger.
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Thank you Island kitties. I learned alot from you Sue and kitties. You are indeed great bloggers.
Jean
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Congratulations! You deserve to be awarded. Great advice for new bloggers too. XO
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Thank you my friend. We learn a lot from our friends and their posts.
Shoko, Kali and mom
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ConCats to all of you. We’re glad ya’ll started bloggin’ again. We ‘member dat furst posty and meowin’ ’bout how great ya’ll could do and how much fun it would be. And look’it ya’ now. Big hugs fur all.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Congratulations Girls! Nice to get an award and you deserve it too. Blogging is a whole world of activity isn’t it – meeting new peeps, having fun with events and contests, just all kinds of things open up when you blog. We’re glad your Mom decided to give it a go! We love keeping up with you!!
Love and Hugs, Teddy
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You must be super excited! CONCATULATIONS to be awarded by your peers! Cheers to you & keep up the great work! Mew Mew!
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Congratulations on your award, totally well deserved! 😺💕😺💕 It was interesting to hear how you started, I still get nervous when I put a story on….😱….thank you too, for your nomination, kind words and friendship, as always, much appreciated 😺💕xxx
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