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Part 72
Sunday, April 1, 2007, 12:17am:
We're in a new month-- IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: I am going to need your help
in a couple weeks! (this is NOT an April Fool's joke, BTW--I am totally
serious) Beginning Monday, April 16th (and for two weeks) I will need your
votes every day Monday-Thursday in
WebTown's Key to the
City Competition. This is the most prestigious round of competition
there--it's their once-a-year competition for the best-of-the-best. So please please (on
bended knee, even!), if you like my site even a little, please watch this
page for further information and My Voting Page
for the button that will take you DIRECTLY to where you can vote for The Mouse House. There will be other buttons on My Voting Page; but the most important one will be the one leading to WebTown KTTC 2007. Thank you in advance! [EDIT Sept. 19, 2007: I have quit competing as of today, so the Voting Page is no longer there--thanks for all your support!] Oh, please go check the tail-end of Part 71 of CM's Diary. I made some entries earlier today (it's still March 31st to me!). 1:18am: I should be asleep!! But my St. Patrick's Day flowers bloomed tonight! Go see them in my Spirit Flower Garden! 9:46am: What a wonderful surprise and honour! I was voted Most Active Member in the Membership Pride Committee in The Garden of Friendship! ::faint!:: I am always surprised when I win awards in that group, as I am such a mouse and don't feel I do very much there. ::grin::
Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 2:54pm: Bizzy mouse! Beady-eyed mouse (hehehe)! I made three strands of prayer beads yesterday! Well, it was a matter of "make hay while the moon shines"! (I wanted to get things done during the power of the full moon) I had been nervous about using beading wire and crimp tubes and all, so I had been sticking to using waxed cotton and linen cord. But I didn't have much choice yesterday! I found out that I would just have to jump in and do it! It turned out that the "pearl" (imitation but pretty) I had purchased for making Karen's Moon Beads didn't have a big enough hole to accommodate the waxed linen cord I was going to use. ::sigh:: So instead I strung the whole thing on Beadalon stringing wire (7 strand). I had bought the cheapest kind of nylon-coated beading wire, as I hadn't been sure I was going to take to using wire at *all* and didn't want to buy something more expensive until I was sure. So that's what I had on hand and that's what I had to use. And by golly I actually was able to use a crimp tube! And the beads turned out nice! I was surprised! Next set of beads: no problem. I made the beads for my sister by stringing them on waxed cotton cord. Third set: Uh, the bead I bought to act as a pendant for Mousie's Tree Beads didn't have a big enough hole either. :-/ So I just started doing things with wire and crimp tubes and other findings (that's what the little fiddly bits of jewelry are called). I made the pendant for the beads with wire. The rest of the set of beads is all strung on waxed cotton cord.
If you feel so moved (and I hope you do!), please vote for The Mouse House at WebTown's Key to the City Competition. You can click the button at left, or you can follow the button on My Voting Page. I will need your votes every day Monday-Thursday next week and every day the following week (if I make it that far--*knock on wood!*). Thanks in advance! Um...and I will probably remind you again Sunday
night. I really want to win!
Sunday, April 15, 2007, 4:33pm:
^PLEASE SEE ABOVE^
Tomorrow is the day to start voting for The
Mouse House at
WebTown's Key to
the City Competition. If you feel so inclined to help me out, please
follow the link(s) above or this one: [EDIT Sept. 19, 2007: I have
quit competing as of today, so the Voting Page is no longer
there--thanks for all your support!]
Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 10:52pm: My Easter Spirit Flowers bloomed! Go see!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 6:46pm: I have been making more prayer beads. The new ones begin here and go onto the next page.
Friday, April 20, 2007, 12:39pm:
Ack, I am really struggling in WebTown's Key to the City Competition!
Please please vote for me Monday-Thursday this coming week (April 23-26). The Mouse House needs your votes! This is the
link for the second week of voting:
Saturday, April 21, 2007, 9:05pm: After I finished reading Wickett's Remedy (great book, a bit too abrupt of an ending for my taste), I read a fascinating novel called Middlesex. I hope you know by now, if you've been reading this diary for any length of time, that I am adult; and therefore a lot of the books I read are not necessarily appropriate for children. This book was seriously good, exploring a different kind of coming-of-age. What I'm reading right now is the novelization of the movie Miss Potter. I hope to see it sometime!
Sunday, April 22, 2007, 10:17pm:
This is it! This is the final week of voting for The Mouse House in
WebTown's Key to the City Competition. Please, if you like this site at all,
vote for me/The Mouse House each day Monday-Thursday this week here:
You know what I could win if I win this competition? A real physical trophy! AND a $25 gift certificate to the online store of my choice! I SO want to win this!! So thank you in advance!
Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 2:02pm:
I hope you're voting for me! (^see above^)
I've been making more prayer beads. The new ones begin here and go onto the following page.
Friday, April 27, 2007, 10:36pm: The votes are all in: I came in 3rd Place at the WebTown Key to the City NVE Competition. Thank you all for your support! Here is my prize.
Monday, April 30, 2007, 3:31pm: Well, I intended to make some beads dedicated to Ganesha today; but instead this is what I did. :-)
Background from Absolute Background Textures Archive | Purple buttons by Jelane | April blinkie from Pinky Blinkies | Voting Page button by CountryMouse |
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007, 7:38pm:
DEW (Distant Early Warning) ::grin:: Next week (and hopefully the
following week too) I will be competing in the most important web
competition of the year for me! 
