Because 31 is a nice shiny round number.

Also known as the, bloggers who never make the popular lists. Or bloggers who I adore list. Or the best kept secrets of the blogging world list. Take your pick.

Last week Babble put up the most popular mommy blogger list, which ruffled a few feathers. Mostly I think because they ranked people and the more votes you get, the hirer up on the list you go. I read probably 85% of the women on that list and I agree that they should all be on there.

This morning, Mom-101 put up a new list called The top 50 mommybloggers that didn’t make the list. I adore Liz and yet again, I love the list. I read a ton of those bloggers. Some of the others, I will check out today.

However, there are always those of us, who will never make a list. I thought I’d make my own list. 50 awesome bloggers who make my list. The list of people I consider friends, the list of people who I read. Granted, I read a ton of blogs, but remember these are the ones who may not make a list, get awards, get noticed, or get invited to participate in fun things.

There is no real order here, I’m only numbering them, because I like to number things.

1. Liz at Lacking Super Powers is my best friend so I have to add her to my list. Or else she yells at me. No, I’m kidding. Truly. Truth is, when she writes, however irregularly, she is a great writer. She claims to have no super powers, but she really does. Have you seen the girls score on Bejeweled? That is a super power. Trust me.

2. Avasmommy, also know as the lovely Jenna is one of my very favorite people in the world. She is kind and sweet and has an amazing sense of humor. She also is sarcastic and witty and writes whatever the hell she wants, despite what people will say about it. I love her and I’m honored to be her friend.

3. Ben at Babbling Dad doesn’t babble nearly as much as his title would suggest. He writes beautiful, sentimental posts for his wife and kids. The man always makes me cry. I love to give him a hard time. Luckily he lets me and not just because his wife is my best friend.

4. Becky at Life out of Focus is one of my oldest blogging friends. She is a writer, a mom, a cops wife and an absolutely amazing photographer. Somehow even with all of that, she manages to make time for me and my endless rambly emails. Ignore the fuzziness of her husband in all the pictures. He’s undercover as Harry Potter’s bodyguard right now and needs to not be seen on the Internet for awhile.

5. The amazing Renee from But Why Mommy is a great friend of mine. I am lucky enough to say that I met her at BlogHer this summer. She writes about her and her daughter Bunny’s adventures, as well as her adoption process. This next year (hopefully very soon) Renee and her husband will travel to Ethiopia to pick up their son, know now as Lion. This post; her love letter to Lion makes me love her a million times over.

6. Amazing Greis is someone who I am lucky enough to have met. She’s sweet and funny and doesn’t blog nearly enough. Except for her football picks, which I think she’ll stop doing very soon. Ha. She super loves her dog too. He’s cute but with those big ole ears, I always want to rename him Gizmo.

7. Tania at Chicky Chicky Baby is one of those people I have read for years. For some reason though, I rarely comment over there and she may have no idea who I am. (Although I have a vague memory that we did meet at the Cheeseburger party.) Occasionally I send a funny tweet her way. She’s a great writer, one who I hope comes back to it more this year.

8. Matthew at Childsplayx2 is the reason I blog. (Blame him for my ramblings.) That’s enough reason right there, for him to be on my list. However, he’s a great writer…he puts me to shame. Matthew is my oldest blog friend. I adore him, even though I do tease him all the time. The greatest thing he ever said to me was at BlogHer this summer. He said: You are like the annoying little sister, I always knew, I never wanted. Warmed my heart, truly.

9. Heather at Domestic Extradordinaire is one of those people you wish lived near you. She is sweet, kind and funny. She is a good friend. Also, she is a FABULOUS photographer. Her pictures make me weep some days, they are that amazing.

10. Emmie is another person I wish I had tons of time to spend with. She is awesome. I adore her. She’s a great writer. Really. You should go check her out at Life Behind the Curve. Maybe it will keep her blogging more.

11. Christina at Fairly Odd Mother is not as odd as she thinks she is. I’ve met her, so I feel confidant in my statement. Although she does name her vacuums…but I can’t fault her in that, since I do it as well. Really, Roombas need to be named. She home schools three crazy kids and made chicken nuggets and french fries for Christmas, both of which makes her my hero. She blogs when she wants and how she wants, which I love about her.

12. The lovely Kari at I left my heart at preschool is mis-leading you in her title. Truth is, she leaves part of her heart at kindergarten each day. I swear, some people. Her title should include the words Flappy in it, but I’ll leave her to explain that one to you. LOL. Kari is my friend and she deserves props for that alone. She was my personal bodyguard at BlogHer, which is good because I needed one. She is another person who I wish lived next door too me…although I think I’d miss some appointments because of her. I love her, even though she’s ditching me tomorrow night for some silly family celebration. Can’t understand where the girls priorities are.

13. I don’t know if Insta-mom will be blogging any time soon. She’s a mom to four boys, including a set of toddler twins; a full time high school teacher and basically has no time to write to read anything that isn’t for school right now. But she’s my friend and I adore her, so I’ll keep her site in my reader forever. She is a wonderful writer and if you’ve never been over there, her archives are worth the visit alone.

14. You all know who Anymommy is right? It seems like everyone knows who she is. However, she never manages to make the big lists, despite the fact that she’s one of the best writers I know. It doesn’t matter what Stacey writes about, she has no less than 50 comments per post. Even when I have nothing I have to say to her, I still comment. She can make me laugh and weep in the same post. It’s an honor to read her. Her words are like poetry. I’m going to remind her when she’s a big famous writer, that I knew her when she was a big not yet famous writer.

15. Tracey at Just Another Mommy Blog is a newer find of mine. I met her for the first time at BlogHer and I’m so glad I did. She’s funny, sweet, entertaining and a little bit crazy. Sorry, but I think that about anyone who home schools. I am not that brave. I’d kill Morgan. That’s all their is too it. She has lived to see eight years old, because I send her to school each day.

16. MommyGeekology, also known as Cat is someone I adore. She’s a great friend. She will write about ANYTHING which I love her for. Again, I am not that brave. She has two tiny girls, a husband, a full time job, a crazy family and she designs blogs on the side. However, she never seems to be too busy for me or my very lame, silly, I don’t know, maybe can we add this to my blog, questions. She doesn’t even laugh at my absolute stupidity when it comes to anything code. She’s just plain awesome.

17. The lovely Maggie at, Okay, Fine, Dammit is another blogger that everyone should know about. Her personal site is like reading the best unwritten autobiography ever. She also gives victim’s a chance to find their voice over at Violence UnSilenced. For that she deserves every award I could throw at her. But I have none to give. Just this list.

18. Sarah and the Goon Squad may have been on a list somewhere. Sarah writes at I don’t, 12 different blogs maybe? Just a guess. She is someone who I re-found a few months ago. One of the bloggers who I used to read back in the day. (I love saying that, like four years ago, was so long ago.) She is the mom to five year old boy/girl twins, she is a writer at the amazing MamaPop (if you haven’t read them before, go check out her Top Chef recaps, they are better than the actual show most of the time), she is a football fanatic and I’m pretty sure she could drink me under the table in five minutes flat. She definitely makes my list.

19. & 20. Andrea has two blogs, so she gets two numbers. The first is The Sweet Life, where she writes about her amazing daughters Alison and Blythe. The other is the blog a lot of us wish we could have, the one where we just write the thoughts in our head. The darker things that a lot of us won’t write on our family/personal blogs. It’s called Walking the Tightrope. I love it and I love her.

21. Kirsten…gah, I adore the girl. She blogs at The Norwidians. She’s the mom to seven year old twin girls and a crazy little four year old boy. She hasn’t written much in December (not that I am one to talk) because she did that crazy NOBLOWPOPS thing in November. I could not adore her more if I tried and I get to have dinner with her tomorrow night, which makes me want to squeeeeee, even though she hates when I do that.

22. Undomestic Diva is one of those people you are sure is the life of every party. It’s true…I’ve met her. She’s sarcastic, witty, charming, sometimes crude and an amazingly funny friend. She is the only person I know who goes to Starbucks more than me. Megan blogs about the three wild boys she gave birth too and the one she married; the crazy, Holy Christian Loves Jesus Praise the Lord Preschool (HCLJPLP) that her boys go too; and anything else that strikes her in any given moment. She gives cooking advice, which no one should take. EVER. Less you don’t like your kitchen being in one piece. She is a sweetheart, truly. This is the most amazing video of all time and Megan is responsible for it.

23. Denise at Eat Play Love is one of those people who I can’t believe I still haven’t met. We live like 35 miles from each other. One day, it will happen. Denise blogs about her girls, her traveling husband, cupcakes that I want to eat and her great organic, non plastic crap toy finds.

24. Gray Matter (whose name I know, but am not sure she publishes) is a newer find of mine. She is a mom to one son. She’s awesome. Someone I’d love to meet one day. She writes about anything it seems: sex, her son, television stars who shouldn’t be stars, crazy people at the gym. Anything.

25. Lu at Jaded Perspective is a great writer and a great friend. She is jaded, I’ll give her that, but she’s more normal than anyone else would be given some of the things that have happened in her life. She’s a mom to one tiny cute little dude named Mason. She is also one of my favorite people on Twitter, because she often tweets while drugged. Sounds worse than it is, she’s had major surgery this year. But still, she cracks me up often.

26. Karen Sugarpants probably is on a ton of lists. If she’s not, she should be. But I adore her and her writing, so she’s getting on mine too. She’s amazing, that’s all their is to it. She makes me think, in a way that few bloggers can. She’s real and sweet and dam funny.

27. I adore Cindy at PooBou and I really shouldn’t add her on here, for the simple fact that she is in IRELAND right now and I’m not. But I love her. I love how she writes about her life and her daughter Catie. She makes the cut, despite that Ireland thing.

28. Everyone should follow a Princess. Mine is Princess Jenn. She’s another person who will write about anything, even if it will offend some people. She’s great at dispensing advice, assvise and ass kickings. All things that every Princess should be good at.

29. Sam from Temporarily Me takes more breaks than Rachel and Ross on Friends. However, I love her despite it. Sam talks about motherhood in a way that is raw and very real and I always relate to it. She’s a talented writer and possibly makes some of the other lists as well. Or she would if she blogged more than ONCE a month. Ahem.

30. Bridget writes at The Ivey League. I met her this summer and I adore her. She writes sweet letters to her kids and random other things. She is also a great photographer. I want to steal the photos she puts up. Her kids are adorable and funny. Her youngest has these cheeks that I just want to eat.

31. Marinka NYC. Every list needs Marinka on it. I think it’s law. She is a funny and talented writer. One day, when she’s all famous, I plan on stalking her. I’ll be able too, because I know what she looks like in person. Also, she is  absolutely huggable. She loves hugs. Really.

ps. I’m sure I missed some of you. For that, I’m sorry. I was going to do 50 bloggers and I’m sure I could have…but I got kinda tired. Love you, even if you didn’t make the list. I promise to add you all to my next list.