About the Blog

NGIP is about making you laugh. Andrews teases readers with addictively clever introductions to her blog posts about her everyday experiences and, sometimes, about goats. – The Sacramento Bee

Nanny Goats in Panties was also voted Best Local Blogger, making KCRA 3′s A-List in 2011.

Nanny Goats in Panties is a humor column. At least it started out that way. Then people got it in their heads that goats should somehow be involved and began sending in pictures of their own goats. Or goats they saw on a hill and pulled their car over so they could take and send in a picture.

This blog is meant to be amusing. Funny, even. It is a humor blog. If the name didn’t make that obvious, you are in the wrong neighborhood and should probably leave because you won’t “get it” and will most likely incorrectly choose to be offended by something. And while I welcome disagreement in the comment section, I will not tolerate irrational, immature, purposeless and misspelled rudeness, which indicates that you are simply a troll looking for something to pee on and you can just get the hell out. I don’t want your kind here. On MY blog. And what are you doing with a computer, anyway?

You can send goat pictures for the weekly “Goat Thing of the Day” series by emailing me and you can submit any recipes you may have that calls for goat cheese, goat milk, or goat meat by using the Goat Recipe Submission Form.

About the Author

My name is Margaret Andrews. I’m a freelance writer in Sacramento, California. I don’t know what that means, really. Freelance writer. It’s like when you ask some guy at a party what he does and he says, “I’m a consultant.” It’s not really saying anything, is it?

Here’s the thing: I write a bunch of different stuff. I mean, there’s this blog where I write personal essays, satire and technical How To tutorials. I am currently reporting for Carmichael Patch. I wrote some articles for CBS Sacramento for their website. I’m working on a novel and a screenplay. I wrote some content and character dialogue for a video game or two. My latest project was publishing a book called Sticky Readers: How to Attract a More Loyal Audience by Writing More Better. It’s available on Amazon in paperback or Kindle.

If you really give a rat’s, you can see much of what I’ve published so far under My Published Work.

So what else do I do? I’m glad you asked.

I’ve maxed out my Netflix queue. I can’t keep up with my TBR (to be read) pile of books. My favorite authors include Christopher Moore, Daniel Handler, David Sedaris, and Steve Martin. I hate wasting time in a car driving, but get car sick if I’m not the one behind the wheel. I am married to Mr. MudPuppy, and wife swappers need not apply. I am not a mommyblogger (not that there’s anything wrong with that).

I eat, travel, exercise and sleep with my nano iPod. But not for the music. I listen to NPR. But not for the music. I hate straight-ahead jazz. I love Jason Mraz. I’m a poet (not really, it was just for that brief jazz/Mraz bit earlier).

I’m a non-conformist. Just like everybody else.

If you wish to email me, I’d love to hear from you, unless you found this site by using any one of the following sets of search terms: