Linkety Dinkety Doo: Catching up on your lives and loves and whatnot goodness

I have not been a good blog reader lately. My Google Reader is packed full of unread posts and my attempt to switch over to the much more reliable Bloglines is as sadly incomplete as Lil E's baby book. I feel a little like I've been on an extended vacation and every time I peek into the lunch room or sit in on a staff meeting in the conference room, I am more of a stranger after my time off than a person who has just ducked out into the real world for a bit (What?, you ask? Blogs aren't the real world?! Holy oh hell. The answer is no, they aren't the real world but yes, they are much, much better. Or at least funnier. And raunchier. And often better rested).

While most blogs I read regularly I've had to just jump back into and (sorry, y'all) just hit "mark all posts as read" and move forward, others I must must must dive back into fully, reading back from the fall, even late summer months. Slowly, I am reacquainting myself with all the details and big deals that have made up your real lives blogs during my hiatus.

While it would be adorable to go back and email all those bloggers with perky messages about how I lurrrrved their ideas for drumstick-inspired Thanksgiving table centerpieces, I will pass on that. Instead, here are a few of the (more) recent posts that I've finally gotten to and loved (not that the bikini rant and Labor Day redux wasn't great, but I must stick to my guns that I've read all that and made my way to January). Join me for a soy butter sandwich, baked kettle chips and baby carrots while we get past my reading-slack and back to the business at blog:

To chant every single day of this New Year.

To look at and steal inspiration from.

To remember whilst not shopping.

To note just in case giving into shopping anyway.

To keep it real. And real funny.

There will absofreakinglutely be more to come. In the meantime, school your sister-friend. What post have I missed that I need to do more than simply mark as read?