Who am I to pass up a chance to celebrate, just a little!?!?

The kind and very generous people over at Mother's Day Central put together their first list of Top 100 Mom Blogs and - all you'd have to do is take a good look around, here - imagine my surprise to come home from a looooong two day road trip)and find This Full House of rotting apples and stinky luggage to be in such fine bloggity company, including some of my most favorite...women...in...the...entire...blogosphere, most of who are just about ready to pop a kid, and are still blogging!?!

I know what you're thinking - these people be trippin'! - but, it's so nice to know that a itty-bitty blog (like mine) can inspire at least one person to, you know, send a broken-out-and-severely-premenstrual-old-momma (like me) some pretty flowers, not to mention a few kind words, even.

"We Think Mom Bloggers Deserve a Little Recognition...Hey we all know that moms work hard. But mom bloggers work hard, and run blogs. We think that deserves a little extra recognition.  After all, mom bloggers are also helping other moms."

My sentiments, exactly!

Though, they did admit to having trouble "categorizing" some blogs (like mine) and - never one to conform totally to any truly rational explanation, trust me - I can't blame them and trust folks understand that I really don't expect anything more than the warm, fuzzy feeling I'm having inside, right now.

For that, I am truly thankful - did I mention it's cold, here in Jersey!?!?

I've said it before and I'll say it again, raising children is hard.  Blogging is even harder. There hasn't been a day that's gone by - especially, since the nearly four years I've been blogging - when I don't question myself or wonder whether or not I'm doing the right thing.

To most folks, probably not.

But, my blog is one of only a few places, where I can go and actually hear myself think and meet other mommy (and daddy) bloggers, who - though, it can seem an ugly sort of word, sometimes - don't always agree, but at least ...you know...they listen!

Don't let my feeble attempts at appearing humble and smart, fool you - compared to anyone of these BlogHers, I am a bumbling idiot - I take great pride in knowing that my blog has made such a list and that, at the end of the day, I can close my laptop and look forward to getting through another day of surprising the living crap out of those around me, including myself!

For that, alone - thank you just doesn't seem to cut it - well, it's enough of a reason to celebrate and acknowledge the fact that my children should perhaps be eternally grateful, too!