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lovelinks judges pick #3: @mama_mash by @mamawantsthis

by | Oct 12, 2011 | lovelinks | 37 comments

When a blogger writes about how she did housework nude, how could you NOT love her?

And when she describes how she had to restrain herself from slapping her father with a purple plastic penis, seriously, I ask again,  how could you not love her?

Julie, author of Mama Mash is truly one of my favorite bloggy finds, found very early in my blogging journey. She has never failed to evoke a laugh, sometimes tears and, many a time, drool when she shares some of her delicious recipes complete with pictures. She also makes me want to run over and give her gorgeous son Monkey a big hug.

But truly, one of my favorite Julie posts is the one about The Drawer.

Imagine your most embarrassing moment multiplied by the most mortifying experience of your life, and you get what must be a fraction of how Julie felt when her father discovered the contents of her Drawer, after a hurricane swept through her house.

Any parent would probably have tried to hide the fact that they just found their child’s naughty toys. Pretend they never saw it. Julie’s dad however, clearly has an wicked sense of humor – instead of ignoring the box of goodies, he asked Julie if she thought they might have sentimental value!! How awesome is this man?

By extension, how awesome and funny is Julie? Plenty aweswomesauce I say.

And,that is why Mama Mash’s ‘The Drawer‘ is my favorite lovelinks post.

Bring out the purple plastic penises and let’s party!!

Alison’s judges picks:

  • Mama Mash first pick: 40 points
  • The Mamalog second pick: 20 points
  • MannaHattaMamma third pick: 10 points
Lovelinks leaderboard:
Congrats, Julie! Congrats, Mamalog and MannaHatta Mamma! Carina’s picks tomorrow, prizes announced Friday! That’s a lot of exclamation points in one paragraph! I’m excited!

37 Comments

  1. Kid Id
    Kid Id on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 7:51 pm

    That post really was hysterical!!! Oh, and Alison, I think I may have discovered your next blog challenge to keep you going: reviews – especially book and blog reviews – I really liked this one!!

  2. Kid Id
    Kid Id on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 7:51 pm

    That post really was hysterical!!! Oh, and Alison, I think I may have discovered your next blog challenge to keep you going: reviews – especially book and blog reviews – I really liked this one!!

  3. Ann
    Ann on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 7:00 pm

    Alison – this is kismit! I just founds MamaMash yesterday! She made one of the funniest comments on a blog that I HAD to go visit her site! I LOVE IT!

    Thanks!

  4. Ann
    Ann on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 7:00 pm

    Alison – this is kismit! I just founds MamaMash yesterday! She made one of the funniest comments on a blog that I HAD to go visit her site! I LOVE IT!

    Thanks!

  5. Carina
    Carina on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 6:52 pm

    Congrats to everyone with points! A lot of front runners. I love these reviews. It’s like a really long comment, but better. 🙂

  6. Carina
    Carina on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 6:52 pm

    Congrats to everyone with points! A lot of front runners. I love these reviews. It’s like a really long comment, but better. 🙂

  7. Christine
    Christine on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 10:14 am

    This is so fun!! Congrats to all.

  8. Christine
    Christine on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 10:14 am

    This is so fun!! Congrats to all.

  9. Julie
    Julie on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 8:51 am

    I just woke up and my husband was all “HEY CHECK TWITTER!”

    Alison! Thank you so much! And ok, so it’s awesome that this post is probably funnier than the actual entry. 😛

    And thanks, guys, for reading my stuff and commenting and being just so tolerant of my oversharing.

    • Erica M
      Erica M on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 9:13 am

      This contest has otherwise-disengaged-from-our-blog husbands doing the funniest things: checking twitter, campaigning for votes, calculating contest formulas. Awesome. And congrats on the judges’ pick!

    • Alison
      Alison on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 9:55 am

      You’re welcome – it’s one of my favorite posts EVER. Safe to say. Loved it the first time, and loved it even more the second time. Good luck to you!

  10. Julie
    Julie on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 8:51 am

    I just woke up and my husband was all “HEY CHECK TWITTER!”

    Alison! Thank you so much! And ok, so it’s awesome that this post is probably funnier than the actual entry. 😛

    And thanks, guys, for reading my stuff and commenting and being just so tolerant of my oversharing.

    • Erica M
      Erica M on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 9:13 am

      This contest has otherwise-disengaged-from-our-blog husbands doing the funniest things: checking twitter, campaigning for votes, calculating contest formulas. Awesome. And congrats on the judges’ pick!

    • Alison
      Alison on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 9:55 am

      You’re welcome – it’s one of my favorite posts EVER. Safe to say. Loved it the first time, and loved it even more the second time. Good luck to you!

  11. Desperate Housemommy
    Desperate Housemommy on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 7:42 am

    Solid choice, Alison. And, might I mention…that Alison is a solid choice for a judge? Just sayin’.

    • Alison
      Alison on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 7:50 am

      Aw, shucks, you’re so sweet!

  12. JDaniel4's Mom
    JDaniel4's Mom on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 5:56 am

    This is such an awesome choice. They were all really wonderful.

    • Alison
      Alison on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 7:49 am

      Thanks Deirdre!

  13. Stasha
    Stasha on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 5:52 am

    I do not envy you this task. Tough decision to make. I would have chosen very similar. All great picks!

    • Alison
      Alison on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 7:49 am

      Thanks, you!

  14. deborah l quinn
    deborah l quinn on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 5:34 am

    the purple penis post is one of the all-time great stories. Isn’t it wonderful when life supplies blog fodder like that? All of this writing and judging is a bit like being at the horse races…it’s like freefringes has suddenly become the OTB. I’m laying odds on the purple penis to finish BIG.
    As it were.
    Thanks to the writers who have taken the time to read so thoroughly and so well, and who have helped Erica create this great community.

  15. Kiddothings
    Kiddothings on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 3:32 am

    It’s interesting that all of Alison’s picks starts with the letter ‘M”

    • Stasha
      Stasha on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 5:51 am

      That is very keen observation. My son would be proud!

    • Alison
      Alison on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 7:49 am

      You know, I didn’t even notice 😉

  16. XLMIC
    XLMIC on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 3:18 am

    Congrats to all the winners! There will be a special LOSERS ONLY party this coming weekend… but you have to be a loser like me to get to attend. Winners needn’t even look for an invite. They’ll have to try and crash. All the cool kids… i mean losers… will be there 😉

    This has been so fun, Erica. Such a great bunch of really incredible writers… I feel so honored to have even been in the same contest 🙂

  17. Jessica
    Jessica on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 1:14 am

    I always love reading Mama Mash’s blog.

  18. Kimberly
    Kimberly on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 12:23 am

    Love that post too! Great pick!

    • Alison
      Alison on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 9:56 am

      Thanks Kim!

  19. Robin
    Robin on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 12:12 am

    Oh my, yes. That post was totally awesome. One of the funniest I’ve read.

  20. Alison
    Alison on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 12:03 am

    Thanks for letting my share my words here, Erica!

    • Erica M
      Erica M on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 9:03 am

      We should do this again sometime. Thank you!

    • Ado
      Ado on [Wed] 12 Oct 11 at 10:50 am

      Thanks for the vote Alison! (-: Mama Mash is *funny*.

      PS: I do not have a secret drawer.

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