Me, and about 40,000 other hilarious, awesome, inspiring mom bloggers did NOT get picked by Babble as the “Top 50 Mommy Bloggers” in their recent list.  However, they did throw the rest of us a bone and allow people to “nominate” their favorite bloggers.

So you nominated me.  Three times (whoops!)  And now I’ve been sitting between #5 and #10 on that list for the past two days.  Who’s beating me?  Why, some very deserving ladies, of course.  Battling it out at the top of the list are The Spohrs Are Multiplying and Dr. Momma (and can I just say how fucking excited it makes me to see a natural-birth advocate top ANY list??  That in itself is freaking awesome).

Edging out the next few slots are some bloggers I don’t know (but probably should), and one I know fairly well – Cecily K. from Uppercase Woman. You may or may not remember but I met Cecily on the GlaxoSmithKline trip and we’ve stayed in contact since.  For a number of reasons, she rules.  You can hear her on February 7th on my new radio show talking about fat acceptance, body image, and how it all fits into feminism 3.0.

And then there’s me.  My top nomination (remember, I said there are three – whoops!) has been hovering either above or below Velveteen Mind, right around 7th/8th all day.  I peaked at Number 5 last night, but then the dang Spohrs came from nowhere and blasted us all to bits.

So, what do we win?  What does this nomination and contest mean for us bloggers?  Why, absolutely nothing!  Nothing at all – except that you fine people will take the time to visit a site and vote for me as a “favorite blogger.”  And THAT means a lot.  It means the world to me. Like everyone else, I have so many moments of self doubt, wondering why I write, wondering WHAT I should write, and never knowing if I’m just making everyone’s life miserable by blogging at all.  But the 100 or so votes I’ve gotten (all nominations combined) makes my heart warm up just a little.

Not everyone thinks I’m a raging asshole.  Some of you really like me.  Without getting all emo on your asses, have I mentioned how much I like many of you?  Gawd, I hope so.  As soon as I get a free moment, I’m going to create my own Top 50 list, and highlight all the amazing people I’ve “met” through my blog, why they rule the universe, and how important they’ve been in my life in one way or another.

We all deserve to be on a Top 50 list at some point in our lives.