Max the Quilt Cat Blog Receives Honest Scrap Award

*walks to podium... taps on microphone with paw... clears throat... begins speaking*

...Oh my goodness. I was so thrilled to receive a tweet from the Mooshies telling me that I had received The Honest Scrap Award. Yes, I am pleased from the ends of my whiskers to the tip of my tail. Thank you so much for finding me worthy of this wonderful award.

For those of you who don't know about The Honest Scrap Award, it is "for bloggers who put their heart on display as they write from the depths of their soul." I think it's equal to or better than the Nobel Prize for Literature -- an award I have sought throughout my writing career.

I want to thank Marcella and Whitey Mooshie for thinking of this humble, quilt-sitting cat for this award. I will do my best to "write from the depths of my soul" to ensure I continue to live up to the standards set by The Honest Scrap Foundation. I am very pleased to link to The Mooshies' wonderful blog: http://themooshiechronicles.com/ so readers can see the previous winners of this award.

I can not conclude this acceptance speech without conveying special thanks to HH (that's short for "Her Highness" the special name I have for my food human and writing coach) and to The Great Noodles who taught me everything I know about recovering from writer's block through napping. I also want to give a special thanks to @PepiSmartDog for his friendliness and guidance on Twitter.

In order to accept this award, I must comply with certain conditions:

• Highlight the award on your blog and link back to the person who bestowed the award to you. (Done)
• Post 10 interesting things about yourself. (I will do that in the next section.)
• Present the award to 10 or so other blogs.

Max is beside himself with excitement over the award.

About me:

1. I love quilts and devoted my life to sitting on as many as possible.

2. Despite the lack of thumbs, I am a professional writer and photographer.

3. I am currently writing a murder mystery that will kick off the Max the Quilt Cat Mystery Series.

4. I spend my leisure time collecting sun puddles and share them with kitties in cold climates.

5. I am the topic of HH's book, The Zen of Max (she's still writing it).

6. Since I live in Florida, I am capable of shedding vast amounts of fur in a single bound.

7. I stash all the sheddings in case some lucky spinner wants to make a sweater out of me.

8. My favorite foods are tuna fishies, tuna fishies, and tuna fishies.

9. I have the rare talent of being able to clear any coffee table or dining table with a single slide.

10. The intention of my blog is to explain, complain, maintain, never refrain, and always entertain...

*drum roll in background*

...Now, I would like to bestow The Honest Scrap Award on the following 10 blogs:

• The Shenanigans of Shawnee the Shepherd - a dog of fine breeding and class, making us wise through daily observations.


• Rumblebum - for recounting the fantastic adventures of D'Artagnan Rumblepurr and Indigo Flufflebum.


• Adventures of Grrlysquirrel - for the down-to-earth advice we turn to in time of need.


• A Cat's View of Life -for wonderful stories that pull our laughs and tears.


• Bunny's Blog - for keeping us up to date on what's important.


• Brian's Home - for great photos and commentary on life.


• Frugal Dougal - for his devotion to helping others through pawpawtys.


• JazzyDaCat's Bloggy - for such a caring attitude toward her furriends.


• Marioda Cat - for sharing stories with us and being a master commentator.


• The Island Cats -because every cat wants to be an Island Cat.

Thanks again to the Mooshies for this special honor and concatulations to the new winners

*waves paw, bows and leaves stage*