This post is purely mommy, so if you aren't interested, please move on. Something geeky will come along soon.

Okay. If you're still reading this, you are a Mommy or you are actually interested in my mommyish side at least. I read lots of great mommy blogs and many of them inspire me. I comment sometimes, but mostly, I'm a lurker. Imagine my complete and utter shock when I got this from Christy at Paul Newman Shirt Days:

Dang. I'm humbled. I hardly ever post and when I do it is usually something geeky. But this is a great chance for me to give some blog-love to the great Mommy-ish blogs that I love to read as often as I can. There are rules to this thing and I need to nominate seven of my own favorites. Oh, joy!!

So, here they are:

Christy • Paul Newman Shirt Days

Right back at ya, Babe! Christy is creative and sweet and shy, but so very brave. I can identify with a lot of what she posts and I wish I had half the nerve she has. She's real and I love that about her. I imagine she writes exactly the way she talks, which makes her posts incredibly easy to read.

Fern • Candle at Both Ends

Fern is eloquent, brave, intelligent, funny, sincere, truthful, and everything I could ever aspire to be as a blogger. She writes the posts I wish I were fearless enough to write, because I've identified with just about everything there. She's going through some tough times right now, but she keeps her sense of humor and even turns her trials into something good for others. Visit her blog and read the articles she's written at Examiner.com.

Melissa • Chasing Cheerios

Melissa's blog is so full of fun activities! I've already gotten some great projects from there and pointers to other great projects. I don't have the patience or the expertise to home-school my babies, but I am pretty crafty and having educational projects to do with the kids is so much fun. We all look forward to them. Bonus: the adorable pictures she posts of her own daughter doing each project.

Mrs. Chicken • Chicken and Cheese

Mrs. Chicken is another great writer. She, too, is brave and real. I identify with almost every post she writes. She's just had her second child and through her writing I relive those stressful transition months where the oldest clamors for attention over the cries of a newborn. Chin up, Mrs. Chicken. It gets better!

Jodie • A Mom and Her Camera

Jodie takes simply gorgeous photos. I love seeing them and I wish I lived closer to her so I could hire her for a family portrait. I especially love the newborn pics. She's inspiring me to pull the camera out much more and to capture every moment I can because they just go by so freaking quickly. She's also so much fun to read.

Erin • Mama Said No!

I found Erin's blog when she did a guest post for Mrs. Chicken. She's so fun and her son is the same age as mine, so there are many times that I feel her pain. She writes just the way I imagine she talks and she has such an incredible sense of humor.

Allie • No Time For Flash Cards

This is another great site for projects to do with the kiddies. We've already done some and I've bookmarked others for the future. Allie was a preschool teacher and I love how she gives ideas for working with different ages for each project. She provides step-by-step instructions illustrated with pics of her adorable son. Great resource!

So, there they are! These are my favorite mommy-ish blogs. Go read, laugh, cry, and enjoy them as much as I have.