Vote for Spunky: The 2006 Wizbang Blog Awards
Brett and I were saddened this past week when Spunky (a.k.a. Mrs. Braun) of the ever-great homeschool education blog Spunky Homeschool announced her decision to retire from the blogosphere. Spunky has been a much-loved “blog mother” to many of the original rebelutionary bloggers and will be greatly missed.
Yet, in an interesting twist of providence (not fate), Spunky’s announcement that she would be discontinuing Spunky Homeschool coincided with another announcement, that her blog has been named a finalist in the Best Educational category in the 2006 Wizbang Blog Awards—kind of like the Oscars for blogs.
This is a chance for all of us young people to give a big thank you to Spunky for everything she has invested in us. Many of you may not be familiar with her blog, but if you appreciate the Rebelution, know that Spunky has played an important role in inspiring, encouraging, and counseling Brett and me at many different times over the past year. We want to thank her for that and we want you to help us.
Spunky—the only homeschool blog in any category among all of this year’s finalists—is currently trailing several less-than-commendable blogs. But if each of you commit to voting for her once a day over the next week, we can change that very quickly. Let’s rock the vote.
Here are the important details: Voting goes until 11:59 PM (EST) on Friday, December 15th. You are allowed to vote once per 24 hours, per computer. Click on the link below and vote for Spunky Homeschool. What are you waiting for? Go vote!
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December 8th, 2006 at 9:50 am
I voted for her. I want to know why your blog isn’t in ther somewhere. It should be!
December 8th, 2006 at 10:17 am
She’s got my vote! And I agree with Katrina.
December 8th, 2006 at 12:29 pm
I voted, and I’ll be voting! I love you Spunky!
And by the way guys, I think you meant that voting goes until Friday the 15th, not Tuesday. Thanks for letting us know about this opportunity.
December 8th, 2006 at 1:37 pm
Over 10, probably closer to 15 years ago, I heard a man give a talk on homeschooling. He said, “Be prepared as parents to go far as you need be to find quality friendships for your children. Don’t just take what moves into your neighborhood, you may need to drive a country mile to find them.” Little did I know that the internet would bring my children (and me) quality friendships without even leaving my home! But he was right, quality friendships are not easy to come by. We’re blessed to count you among our friends.
I learned a few other things from that homeschool speaker. He said, that life has seasons. Walking through them faithfully will prepare us for the next season. I always keep that in my mind and it was a factor in my decision to retire from blogging. It’s a season that God has used to prepare me for what is coming next.
Amazingly, those words are still having an impact on my life, all these many years later.
Even more amazing, that speaker was your dad. His book was one of the first homeschool books I read. His words impacted me (and my husband) more than he will ever know . I’m humbled to know that in a VERY small way, we’ve been able to give back a little for all he’s invested in homeschoolers and our family.
Brett and Alex, your kinds words and “vote of confidence” are precious and much appreciated. Your friendship and example to our family are a blessing. In God’s providence, the Harris clan is impacting our family as much today, as their dad did way back when.
May God Bless You and Your Family,
Spunky
December 8th, 2006 at 1:49 pm
I didn’t know about Spunky’s blog before reading this post, and I’m sorry I didn’t - it looked like she wrote about some really interesting stuff.
I do wonder, though, what do you mean by saying that she’s trailing “several less-than-commendable blogs”. While that applies to a few of the other blogs in the running, it certainly doesn’t apply to the majority of them, as your phrase implies! I read “The Education Wonks” regularly and find their coverage of education issues generally pretty good, and a good number of the other blogs in the running look great too, especially “Faith and Theology” and “History is Elementary”. Don’t discourage your readers from checking out the other blogs, too!
December 8th, 2006 at 2:40 pm
Becca: We were specifically referencing the the blogs that Spunky Homeschool is trailing — one of which our Internet filter blocks for inappropriate content. The blogs you mention don’t fall into that category. I’m sorry if we were unclear!
December 8th, 2006 at 5:09 pm
I love Spunky and will definitately be voting for that blog. I’ll put this message on my blog too.
December 9th, 2006 at 10:10 am
I believe it what you all are doing, so if she’s behind it, she’s definately got my vote.
December 11th, 2006 at 4:21 pm
My internet filter blocks Berube’s site too!
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:01 pm
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