I’m a little competitive.

Now, if you know me in real life, you’ll recognize that as the understatement-of-the-year. I heard through the rumor mill that the churchwomen were relieved this past year when I didn’t show up at the Annual Ornament Exchange. They held it on a day when I was out of the state. They weren’t taking any chances after the previous year, as it seems I’ve garnered quite a reputation for myself.

It all began at a game night with a few of the church folk. We were playing Pit, and they didn’t know me well enough to suggest a non-grabbing game instead. Now, don’t get me wrong, I will win at any game: grabbing, non-grabbing, strategic, bluffing-based, and the kinds of games with spinners. The only games I won’t play are the kinds that are pure luck—er, providence. (Don’t worry; my kids are growing up just fine without Candy Land.) So, it really didn’t matter what game the poor souls would have suggested; I would outwit, outplay, and outlast. However, it would have been better for their physical well-being if they’d decided upon a non-grabbing type of game.

The first few rounds progressed without commotion; I was able to stake my place in the game without violence. When my opponents began to realize that I was stiff-competition, they took up arms and set out to defeat me. Of course, now I had to make some bold moves. My biggest challenger sat across the table from me, and grabbed the bell before I did. Not willing to go down without a fight, I flew across the table to take back what was rightfully mine and landed on….

The pastor.

This was not one of my stellar moments, and the account completely blew out of proportion the following day. I am competitive, but not entirely brutal.

All that to say, when my new friend Dave over at Revenge of Mr. Dumpling let me know that I was on a short list of nominees for an award, my interest was piqued. Powerhouse Evangelical Underground is hosting the First Annual Contest for Evangelical Blogs. I checked out the categories, and lo and behold, there I was– listed under the category, “Best New Evangelical Blog.”

Wanting to know what I was up against, I visited the other competitors above my name. After clicking on two of them and getting an error message, I was quite encouraged. Maybe this won’t be so hard after all. After visiting the whole list, however, I got rather discouraged because they have spiffy graphics and their own domain names while I’m wallowing over here too cheap and lazy to invest anything into my site. I have a house to run, you know.

After adequately sizing up the competition, I settled on my biggest threat, The Happy Husband. It’s a great site, plain and simple. After enjoying a little time there, however, I burst into jubilation. I found a kink in his armor. His site is a year-and-a-half old!

So, click here, and tell Evangelical Underground that I deserve my nomination for “Best New Evangelical Blog” so that I can make it to the finals. If I’m not the “best”, well, at least I’m “new.”

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**Kudos to Reformed Jedi for the step-by-step Dummies Guide to Getting Images in Your Sidebar, and extra bonus points to faithful reader, Todd at Five Children, for making it link. Now, who wants to write for me?