I grew up in Ahwatukee, a gorgeous suburb in the southern part of Phoenix, AZ. It’s a safe, close knit community where people tend to raise their families and end up staying because it’s such a wonderful place to live. I went to elementary school, middle school and high school in Ahwatukee, so it was such an honor to be interviewed by the local Ahwatukee Foothills Newspaper about my recent BlogPaws Nose-to-Nose Award nomination!
I’ll cut to the chase. This morning I got a call from my mom. It basically went like this:
“Hey mom!”
“Hey honey, how are you?”
“I’m great! What’s going on with you?”
“Oh well, I’m just working, sitting here reading your newspaper article in the Ahwatukee Foothills newspaper!”
“Omg no way!! I had no idea it’d be out so soon!!!”
“Yes I picked up the paper this morning before I went to work so I could flip through it, and I’m sitting here reading it when all off a sudden I was like…omg that’s my daughter!”
Hahahaha I love my mom. What a great way to start the day! She’s going to pick me up a bunch of paper copies, but in the meantime, I found the article in the online edition and here it is!
It is so exciting to be in a newspaper that hits so close to home! I feel like my community has a reason to be proud of me and I am so excited to represent Ahwatukee! I’ve been in magazines and other publications, but this one truly means a lot to me!
Here is the full article again: http://www.ahwatukee.com/eedition/page_3456431a-4cb8-5143-857f-18d2ec6e2b1b.html#page_a12
Congrats on being a finalist and for the local publicity!
Thanks so much!
What a great honor to write for your home town paper! My grandparents live out near there so I’ll let them know too! 🙂
Mattiedog, A Little Dog Making a Big Difference in This World
Oh wow, how cool is that! Thank you!
Congratulations for making the paper! That’s really exciting 🙂
Congratulations! That’s a terrific newspaper spread, and great picture!
I love how my Wynston is smiling <3 Thank you!
So cool! You deserve your spotlight.
That’s so sweet of you to say, I appreciate it!
That is so fantastic! Congrats on being featured in the Foothills paper! My hairdresser lives in Ahwatukee, I’ll have to tell her about your article! I’m always talking about my dogs and about BlogPaws.
Love & Biscuits,
Dogs Luv Us and We Luv Them
Great Cathy! What is her name? My hairdresser lives there too 😉
Congrats on the write up! And the nomination!
What an honor for you to be in the newspaper with your pet blog story! And what a sweet way to find out, through your Mom!
It was so cool to find out through my mom – I could hear how proud she was, and that really meant a lot to me!
Congratulations! It’s very exciting to be nominated isn’t it? I remember the year I received my nomination and it was so much fun. Have fun at the conference if you are going.
It is SO excited! Yes I am going this year! Everything is all set to go, including Wynston’s custom tuxedo!
Hi there!
Congratulations! I saw this on the BlogPaws Facebook page, and had to check out your amazing blog! And we love it! Well done again!
Woofs from Earl, Ethel and I at Earl’s World!
You are too kind! Thank you!
Congratulations!!! Can’t wait to meet you and Wynston at BlogPaws!
Likewise Jessica!!! <3
Congratulations! I can’t wait to see photos of Wynston in his tux!
How awesome is that!? Congrats! 🙂
No way! It is a small world. I live in Ahwatukee, and had the unopened newspaper right next to me as I read this….so you prompted me to open it. Great article. Congratulations! We should meet up sometime!
OMD are you serious?!?! I’m in Ahwatukee quite frequently since my mom lives out there still! It really is a small world! I would love to meet up sometime!!
Awesome! Now that we’re FB friends, we can set something up via messenger. So funny how I’ve known of you but had no idea we’re neighbors. I am often in Gilbert, too, so it should be easy to meet up!
Hooray! That’s awesome!!
DzDogs.com
This is awesome! Congrats!
Congrats Amanda! Great work! Awesome to see hard work pay off, right?!
Absolutely. I work my butt off and the pay out has been enormous in so many ways 🙂
Congrats on being in the local newspaper! What a big accomplishment! 🙂
Four paws up on the great accomplishment 🙂
This is awesome! Congrats!!!
That’s awesome and congrats on being a Finalist! We were finalists last year-that’s exciting!