I saw a list this week of the Top 35 Most Pinteresting Mom Bloggers.
A few months ago, there was a list on Top 100 Most Influential Mom Bloggers on Twitter. Or something like that.
Then there’s the annual Babble’s Top 100 Mom Blogs.
And Circle Of Moms Top Something Something Blogs.
Parents magazine have Top Something Something Lists too.
And recently, on Facebook, I stumbled on a group who call themselves “Malaysia’s Hottest Bloggers”.
I am on none of these lists.
Just recently, I wrote about how I won’t let numbers and statistics bother me. I refuse to fall into the comparison trap because it’s just too depressing and demotivating. I reminded myself of why I blog. Not for numbers, for my kids and for myself.
Then I saw the latest Top Something list and I felt…… left out.
Why do I never make the cut for these lists? Why am I not Pinteresting? Why am I not a ‘Hot Blogger’?
Why am I not asked to put a badge on my page and get people to go away from my blog to someone else’s site, driving my traffic their way, just to vote for me so I can be Top Something Blog?
Oh wait.
I don’t blog to be on a list.
I don’t blog to get traffic to someone else’s site.
I don’t blog to get people to “Look at me! Look at me!”
I don’t blog to be validated by I-don’t-know-what-criteria-these-sites-use-to-decide-who’s-in-the-top.
I do want people to read my words. I don’t mind putting them out there to be read on different sites.
I’d never say no to well-respected sites if they asked me to contribute something.
At least, with these situations, I know it’s based on merit. It’s based on the strength of my writing. It’s based on something tangible.
So, no, I’m not bitter.
Now, excuse me while I go think up a list that I can put myself on.
* These pictures of Scrumplet have nothing to do with this post. I just wanted to show him off.
Have you ever been on a Top Something list? If so, how did you feel? If not, how do you feel about it?
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Hi, I'm Alison. I write. I mother. I make wishes. I keep memories. Founder of Little Love Media, social media consultancy. I get by on copious amounts of chocolate, cupcakes, coffee, blogging & social media.
I was once in the top 5 parenting blogs of The Bloggies. I was so excited, except for the next year when I didn’t make the list AT ALL and hated myself (and everyone else) after that. Lists are the worst. Especially if you eventually make them, because then you hafta scramble to stay on them.
I should totally be a motivational speaker.
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You’re on MY list, so there’s that. xo
Oh, lists. I scoffed at the Babble top 100 list for a while, but when I finally went back and looked through it, I found a lot of interesting and inspiring work. And that’s what lists should do — help us find new and engaging content. And you know, SOME of those lists are just a list of the list maker’s favorite people, and shouldn’t be categorized as the “best.”
*fist bump*
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Some lists do have some awesome people on them, absolutely no doubt about that. But you’re right, sometimes it’s all up the list maker (who are these list makers anyway?).
*fist bump back*
You should totally be on the Pinterest list. Most of the time, I don’t care about the lists either. I feel the same way about my blog that you do about yours (like, exactly). I want to be on people’s personal list though….like top five blogs I never want to miss, or top five people I keep up with on Instagram. Those are the kinds of lists I want to be on….the ones your friends put you on automatically (out of truth or loyalty. Whatever).
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Pinterest list of “I Will Make You Drool and Salivate’ list, you mean?
Yes! I like that, the personal lists of friends. I wouldn’t mind at all being on those lists.
Yep, I’ve been on them. Here’s what I think:
-It’s nice recognition but it’s not why I write.
-Different lists mean different things, of course. Some of them don’t mean that much to me frankly.
-I will never again ask people to vote for me for something. I don’t like doing it and those lists are all about driving traffic to their site. Not interested.
-The big lists seem to always feature the same well-known bloggers. Yes, a lot of them are great. But that shows me it’s more about presence and reputation than a true search for good blogs.
And, I will say to you what I’ve said before: I’d kill for your engagement and number of comments. Yes, you worked for it, but it’s a true measure of your value and the community you’ve built, and no list can top that. Ever.
You’re so awesome. You’re on my “They Are Awesome” list.
Also – OMG, the baby will be here soon, yes??
I agree with everything Robin said. Especially the part about you, Alison.
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Oh goodie. Do you have a badge for that list so I can post it on my blog?
And yes, soon. 3 weeks, give or take. Eep!
I know right? I’m such a joiner that I want to be on the lists, but then I’m like, meh, it takes away from writing time (and who am I kidding, playing on Pinterest). We actually started the Top Mommy Blog form about 4 months ago and didn’t finish it because we needed to resize our photo. Well, the photo has been resized for some time now and we still haven’t finished the application.
But I guess what I’m saying is that I know how you feel. I care, yet I’m also paradoxically ambivalent. I too felt a little twinge over the Most Pinteresting Blogger.
So why don’t we start our own list? Bloggers Who Most Love Cheezits. You’d better make the badge because you see how that goes for me.
BTW, those are the MOST scrumptious baby pictures ever! Ellen
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Hah! Yes! Cheez-Its! I know a few more who would be awesome on that list!
Ellen, you guys don’t need to be on some fake list. You’re already on many people’s Awesome List. (Pintershit? OMG I die)
Aww, knowing you liked Pintershit is better than a list.
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What’s it with us humans and lists? Do gibbons, seals and flying things make lists? At heart it reduces us to compete, measure and dance to someone’s drumbeat!
BUT, i am human and wow will i be happy to be on some top list!
Contradictions within the human bosom.
So, i dont think we’ve seen the end of it yet. Al, have you thought up a list? How about the TOP TEN BLOGGERS WHO DIDNT MAKE SOME LIST! We’re both on it already. CONGRATS!!
Haha, thank you for the laugh, Jenni. That sounds like a list I’d definitely make.
I’m glad that you blog because I love reading your words. I agree with Robin – you’ve built an incredible community here and a wonderful place that your boys will always have. That’s worth much more than a list. PS Scrumplet is so adorable! Seriously, those pictures slay me.
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Christine, thank you for your kind words. I love all you people who read my words, I do!
(I took the photos with my sister’s DSLR, I love it!)
So what you are saying is that you are #1-#10 on the “My Scrumptious Kid Is Super Cute” list?
Lists are rough. I’ve never been on one. I’m okay with that (except for those times when I’m not).
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Hee! Yes, I am! Eh, lists schmlists (that cannot be pronounced at all).
It may not be the same but you are on my list … on my blog right there right where it says “blogs I love”. I know it is not the same. It is nice to have recognition from a list but I would rather have a comment from you and vise versa.
I blog for the same reasons as you do.
Lets not forget why we are here and we will never lose sight of where we are going.
I will say it again … I love your blog.
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I love your comments, Alma. Always. And thank you. I’m feeling all warm and fuzzy!
Truth? I got on the first list I was a part of because I nominated myself. Yup. Then, from that list, I was discovered by someone looking to make another list.
Being added to the second list was a little more validating than the one I nominated myself for.
For me, it is about sharing my words. From the moment I started writing, I wanted to write for people to read. I used to submit all my personal writing as extra assignments in school. My private diaries were always eventually read to a best friend. So, for me, these lists are to hopefully help more people read me, and maybe a few will like what they read. (which is why I was so bummed when my blog was linked wrong on one of these.)
You? You deserve to be on a list. So many lists. I would have nominated you right along side of me if you were Canadian!
But truthfully, you have people reading you. And I bet your readership will grow whether you’re on a list or no list.
I think you deserve to be on the RD list, totally! I was bummed for you with the wrong link (aside from not getting traffic you deserve, it went to someone else, that’s what upset me!).
Aw, thank you! I don’t really care to be on a list. Most of the time, I really don’t. I know the way to people’s hearts is being authentic, and that’s what I try to be. And to be kind. Lists don’t allow me to show that.
hey if it’s any consolation, which it probably isn’t, but your blog is in my list of MUST READS. Ok, it’s not alist. it’s a folder on my bookmarks bar where i keep all my fav blogs (nothing like my ereader where i just add people) and i MUST ceck these blogs in the AM for new posts in the event that Imissed a tweet or something. i really hope you get my typos cause i’m worn out sistah and just can’t backspace and retype at the moment. my point is you’re on my list of Favs. Because you’re just awesome and always makes me smile.
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I feel the love, typos and all. And it’s mutual! xo
I think some list shave the potential to open us up to new, wonderful bloggers, but the ones with all of the voting? Can’t stand them. I was emailed not too long ago about making a list and my first thought? That’s great, but I really didn’t care. I write for me, for my kids, for my family. I’ll never change that. For anything.
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I cannot stand the voting ones too! We’re on the same page, absolutely.
I started my blog on WordPress a year ago and kept thinking that ‘anyday now’ I would be ‘freshly pressed’ – and started wondering wny I never was (especially when I saw the ones that were)… but I’m over it now (well, mostly
) I think it’s all political (lol) Your baby is soo cute.
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I’ve been on WordPress for over a year and have never been freshly pressed either – I don’t even have any idea how to do that! And thank you.
I’ve signed myself up for the Circle of Moms blog lists twice, I didn’t make the top 25 either time but I did notice a lot more traffic to the blog. But this time around I realized it was more my actual networking that drew the traffic in. I was impressed by how far I went this time since I wasn’t all “vote for me”. But I think you inspired me to make some lists of my own. =]
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It’s all about the networking in blogging, with or without lists!
Yes! I wrote a post on my one-year blogging anniversary including the Type of blogs that are “popular” and how my niche will never get me on such a list.
I’d prefer to have an engaging conversation with people who choose to enjoy my content rather than just have a bajillion subscribed followers. Can there be a List for “Most Random Conversation Starters via Blog Posts?”
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You can start that list! And happy first anniversary!
I agree with Amanda. I don’t want to be on lists and have my blog be able to make lists. I want to make someone’s lists to introduce others to my blog, to my writing and to the others that read my blog and network. I get excited when someone new finds me. If that comes from a list I’m on, that’s ok by me. Because that’s the result from being on a list gives me. Yup. I’m sticking to that.
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And you’ve got it right, Kristi!
Well you can be on my Coolest people I’ve never met but would more than likely maul them if I did meet them and then they’d get really creeped out and then they would put a restraining order on me list.
I’ll even make a button with a creepy dude with a strong mustache
I’m on PPD lists and it makes me very very proud. However, like you, numbers and statistics aren’t my thing. If my readers acknowledge me in comments, that makes me feel good.
You’re a beautiful writer friend.
That’s all that should matter in this world of blogging.
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I’d never put a restraining order on you! It’d be more likely the other way round!
I like the sound of that button, make one!
PPD lists are different. They are a resource for moms battling it. They are not frivolous like other lists. So I’m proud of you for being on those lists, because you’re on them based on the strength of your honesty and writing.
And thank you. xo
For those of us who have never been on a list – do you think we should just start our own club/list. Seriously. How about if I make us each a button that says something like “Top 50 List-less Bloggers!” – Oh wait, that sounds weird.
Love you.
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List-less! *snort*
Love you too. Fellow List-Less.
Yeah, it was a weird idea because who would come up with their own list and button just to put themselves on it. Maybe that’s why I’m List-less.
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I believe we’re too cool for any lists. Or too hot.
I am in the Top 25 Mommy/Parenting (I can’t remember) Blogs on Skinny Scoop. And obviously, it has led to many chances to tell my life story to Oprah. Oh wait, I mean it has led to my children listening to me better. Nope, hmmm, not that either, huh?
Love this post. I think we all feel a twinge when we see a list that does not contain our names, but then we realize that if we based on worth on “Top Whatever” we would still be in high school.
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Yes! Exactly! The twinge doesn’t last though. Instead, I just turn it into a blog post.
I agree with what Robin @farewellstranger said. You’ve got so much going on here with the community you’ve created. I’ve bee blogging for almost 5 yrs, seriously blogging for just maybe 2, and I’ve never made a list. I go back and forth with caring and not. It’s always nice to be recognized in some way–especially since I consider my blog my art form. But like robin said! Holy moly! The comments you get! The connections you’ve made. Your space has a lot going for it. I love coming here
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I love YOUR space. So much. You have such a way of telling stories. And your photos? Mind blown. And I do love my little community here. You guys rock so hard.
I remember seeing all those lists, and saying to myself how I wish I was on them–or at least one of them. But then I saw I had to hound people to vote for me after each post just to make a dent on the list. It wasn’t for me (that and I’m too lazy for all that harassing).
I love this blog and I love the community here, to me that’s all that matters!
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Thank you so much Kalley! (and yes, ditto on the voting thing, gah)
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Here to tell you there are TWO tremendous posts you must read today that speak to these issues:
One is the honest that to make these lists YOU MUST POUND THAT PAVEMENT> Via OurSimpleLives http://t.co/PAPmliWZ
Next is Katherine Stone’s piece on babble, how not making lists DOES NOT MEAN we are not influential, or are failures: http://t.co/KmI0e20D
A lot of things look rosey on the outside, but there’s a truth to them: time has to come from somewhere to make these things, and right now: you are in the season of motherhood. You never get the chance to do that again.
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You are so wise, my friend!
(I magicked your comment back out! My spam control just doesn’t like links in comments, heh).
{Melinda} Love this post … also loved the one you wrote previously on this subject. I know I could have a lot more blog followers, etc. etc. etc. if I was willing to devote every waking moment to my blog. Not willing to do it. You know why? Because I have a couple kiddos (like the adorable one you pictured numerous times — I can absolutely see why. What a cutie). My kids are 15 and 12 now, but they still need me. To be there. Not behind the screen of a computer constantly. Thanks for sharing this perspective.
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Melinda, yes, exactly! Priorities, right?
As one who still considers herself a newbie (with a year in my blogging belt) I initially looked at the lists as “”ooooh cool some fantastic new bloggers to read.” I was a bit disillusioned as some were fantastic and some were “meh…i don’t get why they are popular” I also started seeing many of the same blogs on all the lists. If there’s one thing about me it’s that I am hype averse so those lists actually have the opposite effect of me. The only lists I’ll ever make: Bloggers who will never make a list, bloggers who spread awareness of sock monkeys and Oscar Mayer Weinermobiles.
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I like your lists! (also yes, I wonder too about some of these blogs who make it into some lists)
Your photos are adorable! And we all love recognition; don’t feel bad about it. It might not be the driving factor, but it is still nice. Best wishes that you find your list someday.
Stopping by from SITS. Have a great day.
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I’m here to network, meet other moms and share my stories about motherhood. I am just hapy making friends and finding others like me. I do want to build my fan base, but I am not going to spend too much time blogging away from my son.
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Exactly, it’s about priorities!
Guess What, Mama A?
YOU. Are. On. MY. LIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xx
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And you, on mine. xo
First, I LOVE these pics. Adorable! Second, I know exactly what you mean. I’d always wanted to make a list. Now I just use them to find new and interesting blogs.
Btw, found you on SITS. Looks like you have a great community of readers who leave lots of comments. THAT’S the validation I like. Comments make me feel all warm and fuzzy and let me know I’m not just “talking to the walls.”
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Thank you Melissa! I do have a lovely group of people who read me (and I sometimes wonder why and how I got so lucky). I don’t need to be on a list! And I really don’t want to be on THOSE lists.
Thanks for coming by!
I was once nominated for a list but I really didn’t care for the self promoting that went along with it so I didn’t do it. Hasn’t happened since then, thank goodness.
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Those kind of lists are the worse – vote for me, vote for me! Blech.
Hahaha!!! Let’s make our own list of something or other to be on.
Your scrumplet is perfect.
P.S. You’re on MY top ten list
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Thank you, he is pretty awesome.
And thank you, no other list I’d rather be on.
I say I don’t care but that really isn’t the truth. I know it’s not a list but I was a BlogHer Voice of the Year in 2011 and that’s the best blog honor I’ve ever received. But I loved it because it had to do with my writing and not how popular I was.
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Molly, VOTY is exactly the kind of thing that I wouldn’t mind getting – it’s based on merit and writing. That is awesome, good for you!
Yep. Lists are the worst. The Babble List is always the one that gets me. Because the “Top 100″ bloggers? Most of them…I don’t even like. Most of their sties are solely about reviewing products or shouting out to big companies. There’s no depth. No REAL words. No stories that tug at the heart strings (for most of them…there are a few that deserve to be there). You’d be on my list, mama!
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Aw, thanks Courtney! I feel the same way about Babble’s list. Le sigh.
I feel that way about some of those lists sometimes too, I’ll be honest. But I know my blog is not that “BIG” so I understand why I am not on them.
I was floored when I was on a list back in 2009, I think? Nielsen Power Moms or something… it was so not expected and just kind weird. ha! But I was somewhat honored, mostly because of who I was included on the list with…
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Oh I totally get why I’m not on those lists either. Which is okay, because I don’t live for them. Also, I really dislike the popularity ones, and the vote for me vote for me ones. And the on you were on in 2009 sounds way more credible than some
You are so right. I have been peddling myself today to make the Top 25 Mommy Blogs. Now, I feel a tad silly. But, I do really want to make the Top 25!
Haha! Good luck
those lists make me crazy….most of the time you have to beg people for votes…
I was nominated for one of them, I mentioned it in a post, put the button on my site and that was it…
I lost
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You win in my book
Someone once told me about blogging awards and lists that anyone can put something together and call it authentic. The more I see those lists, sometimes the more I think it’s all about who you know, not how well you write or anything. But that’s ok. We all like to be on lists sometimes, but I don’t think we should make it a goal. I”m never going to be on a list. But that’s ok. I’m on my family’s list!
You’re exactly right!
Those people who make the Top Something Something list needs to get their act together and include your awesome blog, Alison! Seriously, you’re on my Top Fantastic Blogger around the world and back
I’ve been on a few list, it was fun at first but then I get tired of pimping my own blog asking for votes lol.
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Aw, thanks Maureen! Lists asking for votes aren’t really real, are they?
I’m gonna state the obvious – You are #1 on the list of important people to Scrumplet. That’s enough for anyone!
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Susan, you’re absolutely right!
Okay, I loved this post. Why? First the pictures! You had me smiling through the post. Second, the message.
Thanks for that.
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Yay the pictures worked! And thank you.
I know. It’s hard to see the validation. And wonder. But I just try to focus on the long-term. In 30 years, what will your words be worth? That’s why I write. For them. For me. And screw the validation.
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Exactly. Screw that.
Wah your baby is so cute!!
Thank you, Viviene.
I’ve never been on a list because I don’t quite fit in anywhere….
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It’s wonderful to be unique!
Being a top blogger with swag bookdeals etc is no picknick either (not that I, little obscure Belgian Blogger speak from experience). Did you know that there is not one, but three troll-sites for the Pioneer Woman. THREE!
And you can never post enough pictures of that scrumpet. I could eat him whole!
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Is it a sign that one has made it when one has troll sites?
I’ll give Scrumps a kiss from you
I’ll make a list of bloggers I love and put you right on top! Btw, I can’t get over how adorable your little one is.
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Aw thanks Barbara, you’re so sweet!
You are on my list. You are one of the people that inspired me once I started blogging.
When I first discovered the gigantic blogger community, I was in awe of you. Seriously I was like a groupie.
I still have your first comment and first tweet back from you.. (Totally embarrassing to admit but, oh well.)
There are those that make the list and there are those that are the heart of the community.
Read it? Okay delete it now..
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OMG you’re so sweet, I’m literally blushing!!
I’m glad we found each other. Going to your blog makes me happy.
Okay, I am loving the pictures of Scrumplet. SOOO cute!
I feel this way too sometimes. Whenever there’s a list and I’m not included, I can’t help but feel left out and like, I just don’t matter in the blog world. But you know, they’re all so subjective and we can’t take them too seriously. You are loved by those who read your words and you make a HUGE dent in the blogosphere, regardless of whether or not your blog has a badge or is placed into some meaningless blog award category.
Don’t ever stop doing what you love to do. Because your readers always love to hear your words. XOXO
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Charlotte, thank you so much for your beautiful words, truly. xo
I love these posts because I so agree with you. I want my blog read. People join Facebook. Leave Facebook. My feelings get hurt. But, in the end, I’m learning that the people who really like my blog and what I do will follow, and it may only be so much.
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Thanks for geting it Leigh. Yes, what you said!
I have not read any of these lists. Soooo…. But I will happily make a list and put both of us on it. Now, I just need to think of a name.
Coming by from SITS.
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The Non-List Bloggers?
Thanks for visiting!
Well just based on your comment love, I’d say you are on many people’s lists. Including mine.
But I am with you. I don’t blog for those things either. I blog for the love of it. All the rest has been icing.
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Yes, indeed. Icing!
Lists smists…your kids are not going to care about what lists you were are weren’t on. What will be important to them is that you took the time to write down all the little happenings of their childhood. You’re a good mom.
Thank you Andrea, I agree that what matters is that I write stuff down for my kids, and it’s not about the lists.
You are SO very Pinteresting as well as among the Top Something Something Moms for Something.
In MY book.
And don’t let any list make you feel differently. *mwah*
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Aw, thank you sweetheart. *mwah right back atcha*
As I scroll down to have my turn at commenting, I can’t help but add “why can’t I have as many comments like this”! LOL
I am beginning to think there are too many home decor bloggers for me to even compete with, so I am just gonna do my own thing! But still secretly envy those that are making lots of money!!
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Wanda, thanks to you, I’ve finally moved my comment box to the top, like I’ve been meaning to for weeks!
Keep doing your thing, it’s YOU.
Oh my he is soooooo adorable! Love his little face!
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He is pretty expressive!
imho, your kid takes the cake for cutest kid ever! =D I love your writing style, Alison =D
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Thank you very much!
I’m not on any lists either. It doesn’t bother me because I mainly don’t pay attention. I blog to write and that’s enough for me. This is what I’ve learned and am learning. To continue blogging, I must do it on my own terms.
You’re absolutely right, Jessica.
Yup, I will never be noticed by those lists. Am totally okay with that to!!
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YOU don’t need to be on a list, you’re already awesome.
I love this on so many levels!! Especially the photos… they add so much.
I wasn’t on any of these lists either and I don’t care. As far as I’m concerned, we can be on our own list together.
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Yay we are on the We Are Awesome And We Know It List
I thought the pictures of Scrumplet were so you could show that you blog for them!
And I think you should be on the Pinterest list at the very least.
Lady Jennie recently wrote…A Guided Tour of Brussels
Yes it is! And well, I’m not in that Pinterest list clique so…. (I don’t mind, really!)
You’re on my must read list. So there. xo
Galit Breen recently wrote…A Tiffany Tween Room
That’s what matters, really. xo
I love this post and the previous one, you spoke my heart. While I must be honest and say that I do hope to have more readers, but like what Alexandra and Melinda said, lots of time is needed to grow a blog and make it popular and I’m not about to be obsessed with blogging or get caught up with the numbers game. Being a good mom and wife is still my priority.
And your blog is definitely on my must-read list!
Ruth recently wrote…Toilet Training – A Surprise
Visiting from Courtney Kirkland’s blog… lists make me sad. I used to obsess over top photography lists (and won a bit of recognition), but it’s hard to maintain momentum when life happens. Your little one is adorable!
Rachelle recently wrote…Getting his (1st) Game On
And life comes first, always! (thank you)