Good Morning LuLu-
I'm having my morning cup of Chai tea with you right now :) This was a beautiful post and I feel it truly says about Blogging what we all feel. I now find myself when I'm out and about looking at items and thinking oh so and so from blogland would love this. I have even purchased a couple of things (at a steal) to forward on to the person I know would love it. Thanks so much for having a wonderful giveaway...I have to say I'm one of the few that has not tried Nutella, so please enter me :)
Hugs,
Toni

That is awesome that you actually met soemone in person!! I ahve yet to do that!!! Count me in on your giveaway! Have a great day!!

That's funny, I've never tried Nutella either... You always have GREAT pictures! Thank you so much for staying with me from the beginning! Now go have some fun and think of me when you're enjoying your coffee!! smiles!!

Good morning to you LuLu! I do the same. I rush my kids to the bus stop and grab coffee and a little something to eat and snuggle up on the couch for a morning boost! I turn on my computer before I leave for the bus stop and get the coffee ready..its just what I do! So, yes! lets have breakfast together!LOL Its good to see ya! It looks like ya had a great weekend, so did I! Lots of resting and hanging with my kids! Sign me up for your giveaway! See ya tomorrow!

Um, excuse me...but you found your winner right here.
I was born in 1966, so you see, that towel is for ME.
and let's see if you win my giveaway ! How funny we did them on the same day....
oh ya...i forgot...we're related. Of course we think alike ! :-)

Ok, Ok, Ive never tried this Nutella, but from all I'm hearing I guess I need to break down and try it. What a lovely post and give away. Isn't funny how we feel so close to people we may only know through the computer? I Love it.. Have a great week, Jamie

Good Morning LuLu I love this giveaway and I too think about my blog friends when I'm out and about and see cute things. Have a wonderful week
julie

What a sweet giveaway! And how fun to meet a blog buddy!

Good Morning Lulu!!! What a fun give away... I would love to win.

I have a really delicious recipe using Nutella for you...

Prepare a brownie mix according to the package directions (I like to use the 8 x 8 size). When the brownies have cooled, spread with Nutella and top with chopped hazelnuts. These are so delicious and you should give them a try!

Have a wonderful day!

Hi Lulu...what a sweet post and I so could have written this as this week I met one of the sweetest ladies through craigslist of all things and come to find out, she reads a couple of the same blogs as me and she reads my blog!! holy moly we live similar lives!! great giveaway!! thanks for being you!

How cool is that? You're famous.
These blogging ladies out there are really great.

oh lulu! what fun! i would love to have breakfast with you! just starting my blog i have already felt a little bit of this wonderful blog world and love it! i hope to continue to grow! the friendships i have already found are wonderful! especially you! thanks for your support! xo

Hello LuLu,

Breakfast with you would be wonderful:) I love your blog; you inspire me and uplift me each time I visit. Keep spreading your sunshine because you bring joy to many:)

Best,
Debi

Hello! I just had to smile when I read your entry. I feel the exact same way! I don't have a blog of my own, so seldom feel like I should leave a comment...yet I still feel such a part of "this wonderful Blog world"! I guess I feel like an outsider looking in. It is amazing how close we can feel to people we have never actually met. Thank you for always being a beautiful bright spot in my day, and for taking the time to inspire me! I look forward to Our "visits"! Thanks again!

Oh Lulu, if only you could actually include YOURSELF in that give away, because breakfast with you would be so fabulous!!!!!!!!!

OK, so you know how we lead the same exact life in a strange way??? Well, just this morning, after drop off at school, I ran to the grocery store. And as I was putting groceries in the car, with Luke in his PJ's holding a bag of BBQ chips, I noticed a woman getting out of her car...I looked...checked her out...and realized that she was a blogger of a blog I read...I nearly shouted out, "Hey, BERN THIS...it's me, PIECE OF CAKE!!!!" But I didn't.

Now, after reading your post, I wish I had!!!

have a great day, and please, should I win this give away, would you consider a hand delivery?

Oh LuLu, you never cease to make me smile. What a lovely post, and giveaway. You should know that your posts are always so fun.. I'm always happy to see an update.

Lulu! Your giveaway sounds so great! Like your sis...Vince was born in 1966 so I would love it! Ok, and Nutella...my niece loves that stuff! Her dream lunch at school is a Nutella sandwich! I need to buy a jar! Who knew what I was missing? Please email me when you can...just a note so I'll have your email address and we can catch up some more!
Love, Maria

You took the words right out of my mouth - SUCH a blessing to be connected to such fabulous ladies.

AND YOU, my friend - are one of the dearest. I just love how you are Anne's 'big sister'. Such an amazing connection.

I just love your eternal optimism, it is such an inspiration to me - the NOT eternal optimist. You are the big sister I always wanted - and I just love you to pieces.

Someday, I hope to have Nutella with you - CA, MD, WA, Paris - wherever....its a date!

xoxo

LuLu,

I have to tell you, that I feel the same way. In fact, when I posted my last post, I thought about you. It reminded me of the time that I first came across your blog when you were getting ready to sell some of your things at a local craft show. I felt so inspired by you and that you were living my dream. So, thank you for your blog and for your inspiration.

Enjoy your day!
Adrienne

Wow-
You said a few things today, that completely reflect how I feel about blogging-My little one is watching Sid, too in the morning, and I grab my coffee and sit down and check out my friend's blogs...I love the inspiration, the community, and the friends I have made across the miles, and between the oceans...

AND-I love, love Nuttela!!!
I thought I was the only one...glad to meet another Nutella lover...
Please enter me in your giveaway...it sounds so great!

Cheers! Breakfast is my favorite and biggest meal of the day! Thanks for all you do.

What a sweet post! It is amazing the friends that are made through blogging -- so cool!

Have never heard of Nutella, but I love of cup of tea! Have a great week!

Janet

This little blogging community continually amazes me. I feel the exact same way!

That is so cool that you met a blogger out there. I met a blogger the other day. I took dinner to her house since she just had a baby and she e-mailed me her address. She had her blog address on there as well. Well, what do you know another great blogger!
Fun.
OK. I was born in 1966 so I think this would be a good prize for me. I've never eaten Nutella. So that would be a treat.

♥
Joy

Oh my! I do not have a blog, but I so enjoy yours. How wonderful to meet someone who reads your blog! How fun!

Well I was born in 1966 and would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that towel! LOVE it! How fun it would be to win!

Warmly,
Rhonda

What a beautiful post! I too like to sit down in the morning after the kids go off to school for my little quiet time to read blogs. Your blog is a favorite of mine and I am inspired by your creativeness and your beautiful style of writing. Have a great Monday!

Oh LuLu you're such a sweetheart and we all love reading your blog!!! I couldn't agree more with what you had to say about how blogging affects your day...isn't it just such a pick me up each and every time you get a new comment from one of your blog friends?!! Your giveaway is so generous, the nutella alone would have me excited :) But the beautiful book and everything else, well count me in and thank you for the chance!

:) T

I need to have breakfast with Lulu...
it's a must.
beautiful post!
xo

LuLu you are just so sweet!

I would love to be entered in your giveaway. Can you believe I've never tired Nutella before?

Okay LuLu, you are slowly changing my idea of "vintage"~you make it sound so glamourous and fun. I am still in Paris...it's late, and I am waiting for my jeans to dry, so what better way to spend a few minutes, than catching up with my blog friends.

Count me in on your give-away.

You are the best!

Teri

Oh Lulu, my darling... you had me at Nutella.

You are such a part of OUR days too!

I LOVE love love LOVE this giveaway!!! And I happen to be fresh out of Nutella too.... gasp! How can this be? I blame homeschooling. Not because it has anything to do with actually being OUT of nutella, but its just a convenient thing to blame things on, and I can get away with SO dang much by saying, "Oh sorry... it's home schooling's fault." (giggle) Is that wrong?

Blessings,
LMM

why i'd love to have breakfast with you LuLu! :)

i found myself shaking my head at what you said about blogging and ALL we GET from it!
i too find that i carry my blogging friends along with me... thoughts of them... and many times you... pop in my head... really just like you said! it is amazing ALL the GREAT gals out there! REAL friendships form!

i loved how you met someone who reads your blog... how cool is THAT! very special!

wishes you a truly great week!
it's a goody at our feet!
xo

You were recognized! You are famous! I am honored to say I knew you when!!! ;)

I think it's so cool that you ran into someone that reads your blog! That is so neat! I love this post and totally feel the same way, blogging has definitely changed my thought process!

I would love to have breakfast with you! How nice to have actually met someone who reads your blog. I love blogging and reading all the wonderful blogs out there. I have really been inspired, blessed, and entertained by all these wonderful ladies. Please include me in your giveaway. I would love to win!

You're such a sweetheart! Um, of course I want to have breakfast with you!! ;)

Cheers to blogging and the "relationships", in real life or via computer that are made through it.

XO*Tricia

Such a lovely post! I'd love to have breakfast with you, and I adore Nutella! I have made so many delightful blogland friends, and my world has grown so wide and full! Cheers!

Love it ! I love breakfast it's my fav :) so yes you can pick -me ! hope all is well...

Lanny

I would love to have breakfast with you and try Nutella... I have been thinking about it since your post!

SMiles!
Michelle

I feel the exact same way! Blogging is the best!

Hi Lulu, I have been following your blog for about 6 months now. I appreciate how down to earth you are and I'm truly inspired by your creativeness with vintage pieces.
Thanks for being you!
Thanks for entering me into your wonderful giveaway! I have the English muffins just need the Nutella!!!
Sharon
slw_kerr@yahoo.com

Well, You know I have my coffee with you every morning sooo why not some Nutella too? ;)

ahhh so so lovely...thank you for thinking of us all. I would love to have a routine like that..usually I am up at 5:30 am and I quickly read a few blogs between making lunches and getting myself ready for school...after school in the evening is when I have more time to be with my blog friends!

I would love to have breakfast with you. :) Great giveaway! I've never tried Nutella either. :)

What a lovely encounter and a wonderful post to sum up exactly how great blogging is in my life. It's hard to explain to non-bloggers but I sure get what you are talking about.

I would love to have breakfast with you!

How fun! My friend and I often talk about blog people as if they are personal friends. We were in Goodwill last week, blog-talking, and somebody overheard us and approached us. We were not familiar with each other's blogs, but felt a certain kinship as bloggers!
Thanks for the giveaway!

Nutella???

Oh my goodness, put me in the {pot}...fingers crossed!

How fun to meet a blogger!

sandy toe

Oh I so wish it had been me tapping you on the shoulder saying hello! :) What a special moment.
It is amazing how important this little/big world of blogging is to each of us who invest in it. It's a world of friendship and support that I don't have in my real world like I do here.
I wish I could come over and sit with you this morning and have some tea with a buttered english muffin ;)

I love Nutella!!!! and I love your blog, I've been reading for a long time, you have great posts and great style. Hope I win!

Lulu...what a wonderful experience you had! I think of my blogging friends often as I go about my day! And you are one that pops in my mind all the time! I so admire your bouyant spirit, your love of your family, your creativity! I am so glad that I've had the opportunity to "meet" you through this land of blog!

xoxo
Wendy

so sweet of you :O)
i found a blog friend once, well, i considered us friends although she had no idea who i was. it didn't go so well. i felt like a complete idiot. i later, through and email, apologized if i had offended her. all is well now, guess it was just bad timing.
i am happy you were kind. thats who you are, sweet and kind :O)
have a wonderful day.
xo

How nice to meet a reader. If I ever met you, I would ask you to go junkin' with me.

I have yet to experience Nutella, so if I win, I will have to try it on an english muffin.

Thanks,
I enjoyed meeting you too and I am glad that I can keep you pushing on and inspired. You are great at what you do and I imagine you are truely "who you are" a rarity these days. I am sitting at home watching Max and Ruby with the four kids as the husband is away on travel and looking forward to a hectic but enjoyable breakfast tomorrow. I will toast to you. Thanks again,
Annelise Wilcox

LuLu...we LOVE Nutella here at our house!!! I truly enjoy your blog and look forward to every post!!!

Lulu, can I just say I think you are amazing!! You are so sincere and loving which makes you so special. Thank you for always leaving me such nice thoughts...I wanted to get over here sooner. Thank you for such a great giveaway...my fingers are crossed! I too understand how blogging has changed your perspective of thinking...I feel that same sentiment! Have a wonderful week sweet friend!

Love and hugs,
~Victoria~