tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91243183161559963982024-02-19T02:33:58.412-05:00*Lulu and Tutz*Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-63386491330341961562010-08-31T17:31:00.005-04:002010-08-31T18:00:17.276-04:00Goodbye yesterday...<div align="center">This post has been a long time in coming {and I've really just not known what to write}, but must be written nonetheless! It's time to say goodbye to this blog. As life would have it right now, we must completely put Lulu & Tutz in the past. There may come a day when we will revisit "her"...but for now, she'll be stored in the vault of my memories and be put in the past tense. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">I have no idea what the future will hold and whether the resurrection of Lulu & Tutz will ever be possible. The signs are safely stored away, as are many great memories... I've just spent some time reading a few of our old posts, and while I really, really miss the old days like <a href="http://luluandtutz.blogspot.com/2008/10/visitors-from-across-pond.html">this one</a> and <a href="http://luluandtutz.blogspot.com/2009/02/jewelry-pics.html">this one</a>...I'm banking on the fact that all good things must come to an end in order to make room for new good things. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">I have no idea what those future good things are exactly, but if you follow me <span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><a href="http://shopgirlonabudget.blogspot.com/">here</a></strong></span> or <span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><a href="http://consumemefromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/">here</a></strong></span> I'll be sure to keep you up to date on my day to day discoveries and adventures. You'll find thrifty decorating projects going on and family craziness on an almost daily basis. I welcome your thoughts and comments, like always! </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Thank you to our friends and customers who have encouraged and blessed us along our journey...</div>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-91713541193774642942010-06-02T14:55:00.004-04:002010-06-04T06:36:25.455-04:00YARD SALE!!!<div align="center">We are officially purging our inventory. </div><div align="center">Stop by for your last chance to pick up <strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Lulu & Tutz</span></strong> merchandise at <span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><em>very</em></strong></span> cheap prices!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQtxxrwY3n5avusKFN53dzfLUrrn7vyfFeei5ONng2lxAuZuH5E3NV0IizLAc1fHcjjydf8A5yp0sNGjU0q8ObEcClnLEKu0GlrBd1YO9bEp0dO-WUCQBJ7Jq_kYjd4fc2gt1inc7oyCA/s1600/yard+sale.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 259px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478252340446921266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQtxxrwY3n5avusKFN53dzfLUrrn7vyfFeei5ONng2lxAuZuH5E3NV0IizLAc1fHcjjydf8A5yp0sNGjU0q8ObEcClnLEKu0GlrBd1YO9bEp0dO-WUCQBJ7Jq_kYjd4fc2gt1inc7oyCA/s320/yard+sale.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-size:130%;">Sale runs from <strong>8am-??</strong> both days.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Address:</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">125 Miller Street</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">Strasburg, PA 17579 </span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><div align="center">
{**You may NOT have seen the last of us. We're considering something NEW for Lulu & Tutz, but you'll just have to stay tuned in the next few weeks to see! Meanwhile, it's time to get rid of the OLD to make room for the NEW!**}</div><div align="center">
</span><span style="font-size:180%;">Join us!</span></div>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-76973203272714095452010-03-10T16:23:00.007-05:002010-03-22T18:36:05.987-04:00Spring is peeking through...<div align="center">
</div><div align="center">I'm beginning to believe it might actually happen. </div><div align="center">
</div><div align="center">After a horrifically white winter, Strasburg is almost completely brownish-green again! I give it about another handful of weeks before I'm really seeing Spring, but at this point 50 degrees feels almost tropical! Almost...
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</div><div align="center">I've spent the gray winter months doing some blogging <a href="http://consumemefromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;">here</span></strong></a> and <a href="http://shopgirlonabugdet.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;">here</span></strong></a>, some planning, some volunteering and some dreaming. I admit I am missing Lulu & Tutz and still trying to work my way into a new job that I could possibly like as much. I didn't realize it was so hard to transition from something you love to ...something else...whatEVER that is!
</div><div align="center">So, if you thought you were going to hear some announcement about a new store opening...or some other great new venture....I'm not ready to do that. Yet.
</div><div align="center">Sorry to disappoint, but I will share with you some of the things that have caught my eye this dreary gray winter.</div><div align="center">
</div><div align="center">{I apologize that I do not remember where I found some of these pictures...I saved them as ideas, but didn't save the address of the websites I found them on. If it is YOURS, please let me know so I can give YOU the credit!}</div><div align="center">
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</div><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447124490149396690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkor0Fgy3JS6VGV6SNA48VvTM8PsYv6mvnYulERkbwi1rm-D-RnUVc_lmO3qEix1F1atApPRlXXswdmgjXCCiikCpbAI0HZweD4BMDMXb6V8HrfBGDduEoIiNnICHts7BfiUAyhHQhydA/s320/cath+kidston+ikea+chair.jpg" /></div><div align="center">
</div><div align="center">I LOVE this Cath Kidston-covered chair! {I believe I read that the chair came from Ikea.} I wish I knew where the pink chair comes from...how cute is she?!? I also love the oilcloth-covered table! {Also a Cath Kidston print, I believe} What a great way to a) cover a damaged table or b) add an instant wipeable surface that won't destroy your table.</div><div align="center">
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</div><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447126843283700338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh59ERr_ZyAiqxTz1quY2CV4G2Ed9E6nLGRyIlX59v7Z3ApQU1pT-qy_fMpsAFURldVIIoH_hHwazxjT8QXucAB0olYHNvUKPtfUyX_gITYj3XgM45BQxiKSP41qweoIEk0gEBrY6FcKeg/s320/oilcloth+table.jpg" /></div><div align="center">
</div><div align="center">Another oilcloth covered table...LOVE it!
</div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447124506749400098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgp0dn6F1BFSLwnP8OOzaFBt7HI3PtU41-u5QgXLQkUT1NHPzeYrCLrOelzjQ6bS7TCdcFsvKjKvslqLNbx1j4sb0jNhheAA_jlv3Rh8gjjGsCQPmqvuY7crOtvLROf-L4nqsBsi9t78Q/s320/flat+paint+dresser+with+gloss+leaves.jpg" />
<div align="center">Something about this dresser at Wolf's Furniture caught my eye. It's painted in a flat black paint with a scrolled leaf design painted in a glossy black paint. </div>
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<div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 191px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447124502304688290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpL_jShDbB7qmRREDIQm6DcGAR3aHbuqRUUpowbugvEPJvUhFC0c2Y1Wu8bzLsRfhzZC_yNjio02NqjOKYU90eRVpANtdqUDrb9dFAR3hRm7rUopXBUn7jgAe4XccBvtxMqXtiWQ_QXlk/s320/Dear+Lizzie+boutique5.jpg" /></div><p align="center"><a href="http://mydearlizzie.com/">{Dear Lizzie} </a>
</p><p align="center">If I lived in UTAH...I would most definitely be spending some long afternoons here at <a href="http://www.mydearlizzie.com/">Dear Lizzy</a>. Perusing her website and blog makes me long for Lulu & Tutz days and I wish I could just sit in her Bistro for hours and dream! Tomorrow she is hosting a "Glitter Cups" Workshop. </p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447130375260537762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2uQLGSkKK-P6bS0Tyn77gfZREGfM6_oc5Jk0H55DiIFgFreEkOtz7FInWDIl8YFAz4jNSkRAu8xv15Bl7nSv_qjUwH6E07bbGJikGzjC5gn9Gdn71fNF4XLk4JXaogbYnFMxy3ADt3DE/s320/Picture+72.png" />
<p align="center">Read about it on her <a href="http://www.mydearlizzieevents.com/">blog</a>. If only I could get there......</p><p align="center">While we're waiting for the green to arrive in full swing around here I'll post a few new items along the side of the blog soon. If you see something you'd like, just let me know and I'd be glad to ship it your way! </p><p align="center"><span style="color:#00cccc;">"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light and winter in the shade..."
Charles Dickens
</span></p><p></p>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-10500736211778379632010-01-16T15:24:00.004-05:002010-01-26T11:58:13.156-05:00Crown and Crumpet...<div align="center">A few months ago I came across the website of the sweetest little <a href="http://crownandcrumpet.com/">place</a> in San Francisco. It's the kind of place that makes my heart start to beat faster. If I were a West Coast kind of girl, <a href="http://crownandcrumpet.com/">THIS</a> would be the place I would spend my freetime...a cup of coffee, a good book, and these four walls of floral goodness!</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyv9rDXVLqcME9Fhz4PtqhGi2liTF1IhrHEu7lASshhAL-f-5ma3hJWpxCU2HYbs0p9Rmad-i0X8AiRfcrjtZhFbAbZP1OKWMcWYM77233OCuX8MWObaH96G8K0xI9F-DG0sdm5w6JdeY/s1600-h/crowncrumpet3.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 274px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427437686284114722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyv9rDXVLqcME9Fhz4PtqhGi2liTF1IhrHEu7lASshhAL-f-5ma3hJWpxCU2HYbs0p9Rmad-i0X8AiRfcrjtZhFbAbZP1OKWMcWYM77233OCuX8MWObaH96G8K0xI9F-DG0sdm5w6JdeY/s320/crowncrumpet3.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center">It's called "Crown and Crumpet"...</p><p align="center">and I'm in love with the use of <a href="http://www.cathkidston.co.uk/">Cath Kidston's</a> patterns all over the place!
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<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiak1au3VuH-4lQfNX_uu0fXbKPk6oAcNuPdiHtRuUU58afa0t2M0fFsTCXO56hrmrB1UY8EWm8m2_GG-cjJMVsCDk_OXtMA7qoTOk-dvpJpoTc2S4XR_TXkvWF-J1tcrk7boCT6Eo3JZc/s1600-h/crown+and+crumpet---window+shelves!.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 174px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427437687396921426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiak1au3VuH-4lQfNX_uu0fXbKPk6oAcNuPdiHtRuUU58afa0t2M0fFsTCXO56hrmrB1UY8EWm8m2_GG-cjJMVsCDk_OXtMA7qoTOk-dvpJpoTc2S4XR_TXkvWF-J1tcrk7boCT6Eo3JZc/s320/crown+and+crumpet---window+shelves!.jpg" /></a></p><div align="center">I want to work right THERE!
</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3mKjrtWFp1R1ht-hVwZNsKyxLbv5lFuBGh70GbNVFO8I27OMLoKmUGsOcSlJjhbLPMnHiF0Lb_uw7ry17dwiv-DXW752f673_mv0n7j7lrulnb40Lc8EaiAzKtPNFASE2EyO2Vp-cJM/s1600-h/crownandcrumpet2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 179px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427437696989541378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3mKjrtWFp1R1ht-hVwZNsKyxLbv5lFuBGh70GbNVFO8I27OMLoKmUGsOcSlJjhbLPMnHiF0Lb_uw7ry17dwiv-DXW752f673_mv0n7j7lrulnb40Lc8EaiAzKtPNFASE2EyO2Vp-cJM/s320/crownandcrumpet2.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center">...and I want to take my coffee breaks right THERE!</p><p align="center">I don't plan to visit California anytime soon...but in my dreams, I think I visit there all the time. Have any of my readers ever visited Crown and Crumpet? I believe they have a new retail location called "Fancy Goods". (I LOVE that!) </p><p align="center">These pictures make me miss Lulu & Tutz...</p><p align="center">I think I'll just keep on dreaming...and hoping...and living.</p>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-61588588605017954382010-01-02T21:52:00.004-05:002010-01-02T21:59:51.945-05:00Spots on my glasses...<div align="center">Remember these? </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpZEBEjNwNH7LmR7tP8gFe8w48KJLm0fhr4QZMB6L0goZmm_2INE3kcDxN4M4cAK7ug85lhDWZ6TluVexZDSJBbF8iO-G0Yj3EPoHe1Do4K0h35Ojm6mmt8_2DkSuIqrJ7iX_bN-F5iU/s1600-h/P1000693.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422341361773969490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpZEBEjNwNH7LmR7tP8gFe8w48KJLm0fhr4QZMB6L0goZmm_2INE3kcDxN4M4cAK7ug85lhDWZ6TluVexZDSJBbF8iO-G0Yj3EPoHe1Do4K0h35Ojm6mmt8_2DkSuIqrJ7iX_bN-F5iU/s320/P1000693.JPG" /></a> </p><p align="center">
They sat for quite a few months on our shelves. They were the cutest things, and I wondered why someone didn't snatch them sooner...and have secretly wished I'd taken them home myself! I finally found my own...</p><p align="center">You can read about them <a href="http://consumemefromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">HERE</span></a><span style="color:#cc33cc;">.</span></p><p align="center"></p>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-90329442876444843412010-01-01T02:15:00.000-05:002010-01-01T02:16:53.192-05:00Happy 2010!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHUjGxlc3DfiOwoiy8mKYo6MyZWD5h1NehaHGilU_ZjUdLq8-lsbwg70sH0lrbueIne3Ei1eTegeF9oxHDqn4DrpWWJCbvIWg7ib_Qfb2wD29DY2zX1gC2w1E5_fzKMOCUnNlO4zwUD0/s1600-h/victorian-children-with-clock-happy-new-year.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 222px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421666935229492258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHUjGxlc3DfiOwoiy8mKYo6MyZWD5h1NehaHGilU_ZjUdLq8-lsbwg70sH0lrbueIne3Ei1eTegeF9oxHDqn4DrpWWJCbvIWg7ib_Qfb2wD29DY2zX1gC2w1E5_fzKMOCUnNlO4zwUD0/s320/victorian-children-with-clock-happy-new-year.jpg" /></a>
</div><div align="center"></div>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-19549713059453108882009-12-26T15:04:00.002-05:002009-12-26T15:20:10.618-05:00The day after...<div align="center">I love the day after Christmas....while there's no doubt that the malls and parking lots are filled again with the "After-Christmas SALE" shoppers, around my house we're laying low. It's actually quiet right now...no stress, no busyness, no rushing. Our family enjoyed a great day together yesterday eating, playing games, opening gifts and eating again.
</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">We're greatly blessed to live so close to each other....we don't just gather together at Christmas, we try to make a point to get together every few weeks to catch up on every one's lives. The kids are growing so quickly, if we don't make it a habit now, they'll be gone all too soon and we will have missed our chance.
</div><div align="center">The day after Christmas means different things for different families...I have friends who are out shopping for next year's gifts already, and friends who are traveling to spend more time with family...I guess the point is just enjoying your own traditions and making new memories. </div>
<div align="center"></div><div align="center">As long as you're doing it with the ones you love, then enjoy this day-after to the fullest!</div>
<div align="center"></div><div align="center">May the coming year be filled with great peace, joy and laughter inside the walls of your homes...</div>
<div align="center"></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZD8vkKfekgEPo9hK1SGcShW2IB59LJsOgtV63cBKcWcMmHrxRb7O_nSid6kWSOYxkJbqRDIJ7_yp63qLd-clmRCoKdnzXKbpc_MPBRvcnTBS1NkNPYm2dRnD7setHqs7jJvTJFf6IARk/s1600-h/christmas+09+034.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419642012826740898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZD8vkKfekgEPo9hK1SGcShW2IB59LJsOgtV63cBKcWcMmHrxRb7O_nSid6kWSOYxkJbqRDIJ7_yp63qLd-clmRCoKdnzXKbpc_MPBRvcnTBS1NkNPYm2dRnD7setHqs7jJvTJFf6IARk/s320/christmas+09+034.jpg" /></a></p><div align="center">Happy New Year!</div>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-77717257377126158782009-12-12T14:09:00.003-05:002009-12-12T14:14:44.120-05:00Merry Christmas...<div align="center">In a time when much is unsure, the JOY of Christmas has never changed, nor will it ever. Its' message is ancient...and yet it is new every day. May the sweetness of Christmas follow you all the year through...</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><strong>Merry Christmas</strong></span> </div>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-76508138894288542502009-11-05T16:50:00.006-05:002009-11-05T18:20:55.481-05:00The Christmas Show starts NOW!<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">It's all set up and ready to go....from what I've seen so far, it's going to be a GREAT show! I am amazed at the amount of work that each of the women have put into getting their items ready to display! The house and the barn are filled to the brim, with new things coming in each day...I promise you will NOT be disappointed if you drop by the</span></div>
<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>"<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Cottonwood House</span> <span style="font-size:130%;">at Home</span>"</strong> <strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em><span style="color:#cc0000;">Christmas Show</span>!</em></span></strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></em></strong>
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;">There'll be a fire going at night with cookies and cider to sip on, and homemade french fries being made during the day on Saturday...</span></div>
<div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Stop by to start your <span style="color:#cc0000;">Christmas </span>shopping and take a stroll through Verna's house and barn. Bring your girlfriends or your hubbys and enjoy a few hours of <span style="font-family:courier new;color:#cc0000;"><em>Christmas wonder</em></span> this weekend!</span></div>
<div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You won't want to miss this weekend, there are many one-of-a-kind items available!</span></div><div align="center">
</div><div align="center">Here's a sneak peek of<span style="color:#cc33cc;"> Lulu & Tutz's</span> setup....</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVEJya93KmY_ipWeLnI83dPMcPQjMJNnAcfew0Z3xwOg3w6g7Fgw1BcnNYQNTIqaHaiAWyLLCuAb3CMiyPRWGSQOg0KpA1v1UzCI8GhlejwCavLWhHIq-XlA9A_cl7828HLb4VIUUpRo/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745713423246402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVEJya93KmY_ipWeLnI83dPMcPQjMJNnAcfew0Z3xwOg3w6g7Fgw1BcnNYQNTIqaHaiAWyLLCuAb3CMiyPRWGSQOg0KpA1v1UzCI8GhlejwCavLWhHIq-XlA9A_cl7828HLb4VIUUpRo/s320/1.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYhilKJ8pmOPGX5cGvMJiNUDzBmnQYLdjQ6Nz9aJ-0irkybKkVnZVut-g4Q4KYapwq-z0WT9wCofDg4i0UxMhzL9nL3dRTRiEu76BXwZBGqjno0rnMB1yPBxQwma8uvwnDAyica7U0L4/s1600-h/tammi+003.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745730845813970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYhilKJ8pmOPGX5cGvMJiNUDzBmnQYLdjQ6Nz9aJ-0irkybKkVnZVut-g4Q4KYapwq-z0WT9wCofDg4i0UxMhzL9nL3dRTRiEu76BXwZBGqjno0rnMB1yPBxQwma8uvwnDAyica7U0L4/s320/tammi+003.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlREq4fkckpO-8d_LC0EWEQ1iZUeBA2LNgpW0Ag0TSKnkK6PRjimwCbFFQChuLHEceYHenOuBqAh6Ajqr_toxXkL2_I5LDHK9g46tHJ2Iruqe2fa0PuNw4XxdBrzlYqhiqvW-5DwLx60/s1600-h/tammi+009.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745726102764754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlREq4fkckpO-8d_LC0EWEQ1iZUeBA2LNgpW0Ag0TSKnkK6PRjimwCbFFQChuLHEceYHenOuBqAh6Ajqr_toxXkL2_I5LDHK9g46tHJ2Iruqe2fa0PuNw4XxdBrzlYqhiqvW-5DwLx60/s320/tammi+009.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4poQrvquQnbXfYgXziBU_V7arbQBegcfKvOc7_4xJIue9sDgFxkJ83wmbrVEbtL7udsCt2VAaXlARkcoa2pX8C663feRunib9wbByK_TRGU0bz6tFF9cpEAmwGiu09KfFWky0r__FucI/s1600-h/tammi+008.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 215px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745719492434690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4poQrvquQnbXfYgXziBU_V7arbQBegcfKvOc7_4xJIue9sDgFxkJ83wmbrVEbtL7udsCt2VAaXlARkcoa2pX8C663feRunib9wbByK_TRGU0bz6tFF9cpEAmwGiu09KfFWky0r__FucI/s320/tammi+008.jpg" /></a></p>
<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Oa9177M300K3aGGuX2jQQUZN9xWxbEfNImDDf6Py70wExuM8skoqcChJwzG6U64EyieZAzxsghL7B75JlQ7V-sLPRl5uxC8sOGbZFcEvdnllRM5n0thhVYGZ3IH8qlbmvA2SXpuE_qE/s1600-h/tammi+006.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400745718772754130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Oa9177M300K3aGGuX2jQQUZN9xWxbEfNImDDf6Py70wExuM8skoqcChJwzG6U64EyieZAzxsghL7B75JlQ7V-sLPRl5uxC8sOGbZFcEvdnllRM5n0thhVYGZ3IH8qlbmvA2SXpuE_qE/s320/tammi+006.jpg" /></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Open:</strong></span></div><div align="center">Thursday and Friday 4-8pm</div><div align="center">Saturday 10-5pm</div><div align="center">Sunday 1-5pm</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Directions: <strong>Route 41 S to Route 10 S. (Turkey Hill on Right) take 10 S 1/2 mile and take 2nd Right on Homeville Road. Go 3 miles to </strong></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">3480 Homeville Road</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc33cc;">Cochranville, PA</span></div><div align="center">House on left - look for balloons or tiki lights</div><div align="center">(*If you get lost, please call <strong>610-764-0350</strong>)
</div>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-67272406698712131542009-10-22T21:36:00.005-04:002009-10-22T22:10:56.535-04:00Open House...<div><div><div><div align="center">We're just two weeks away from the "Cottonwood at Home" <strong>Christmas Open House</strong>....and things are coming together nicely. My house is overloaded with boxes and projects...the cat just doesn't know what to do with herself...I found her trying to eat a red glittery wreath yesterday!
</div><div align="center">I thought I'd post a little glimpse of what's being unpacked and put together. I'm just one of 11 women who are setting up at my friend Vern's Home. Besides the Boutique and regular <strong>Lulu & Tutz</strong> items I'm putting together, there will be LOTS of other items. From what I gather, there'll be furniture, antiques, Christmas decorations, ornaments, kitchen items, wreaths and I can only imagine what else! Vern is literally CLEARING out her house and barn and we will be taking over the whole place for the weekend!!! Just about everything you see in her house will be for <strong>SALE</strong>! She's one brave woman!</div><div> </div><div align="center">I'm really excited for the mix of merchandise you will find...my guess is you'll want to set aside a couple of hours just to look in every nook and cranny of the house and barn! I think it'll excite you for <strong>Christmas</strong> and maybe even inspire you to start your shopping early!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhiQF5D4uWFsUn-5ZKq3QbGK-JynadmXj7TsOj_aaHFWa9PmhkRQQXZUhVXcHXNSptFDmSY_XyHimNYZeVd0tZRXMjZGBA3lXXniJ7-8eAJOhDF-8APFX98SLOtWbAX6kVzkYeR6fKn4/s1600-h/Picture+009.jpg"></a> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1OkTBOqgfZPXiFRvICbM4xykOvZGFMcJCyXmtdVL4DCZZGFEBwzPRmR8DKC1UEaMsmK77bWgL7C1WLWDMZfqbEvO8MQMhRfYy00of4BbY5CQ89sZ86PyYRtwdCFkIE4vQoyan3pHas4/s1600-h/Picture+002.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395606509706485890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1OkTBOqgfZPXiFRvICbM4xykOvZGFMcJCyXmtdVL4DCZZGFEBwzPRmR8DKC1UEaMsmK77bWgL7C1WLWDMZfqbEvO8MQMhRfYy00of4BbY5CQ89sZ86PyYRtwdCFkIE4vQoyan3pHas4/s320/Picture+002.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center">Lots of fun winter hats...</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhiQF5D4uWFsUn-5ZKq3QbGK-JynadmXj7TsOj_aaHFWa9PmhkRQQXZUhVXcHXNSptFDmSY_XyHimNYZeVd0tZRXMjZGBA3lXXniJ7-8eAJOhDF-8APFX98SLOtWbAX6kVzkYeR6fKn4/s1600-h/Picture+009.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395606527536276482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhiQF5D4uWFsUn-5ZKq3QbGK-JynadmXj7TsOj_aaHFWa9PmhkRQQXZUhVXcHXNSptFDmSY_XyHimNYZeVd0tZRXMjZGBA3lXXniJ7-8eAJOhDF-8APFX98SLOtWbAX6kVzkYeR6fKn4/s320/Picture+009.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">JEWELRY, JEWELRY, JEWELRY</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0MRmBuKiM0uEwLweaWPy-Ogm19Pn2LcOT1wF9qH5OHsZxjIK1ou86ivOoViKHnA2DU1emLPLgEk7PcyLf1p8AlHBGAqB7UZTPXxSo7M0bsOLdProBPSxTppzY1TC5PwXeO1bD7bzY5qY/s1600-h/Picture+005.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395606517654967074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0MRmBuKiM0uEwLweaWPy-Ogm19Pn2LcOT1wF9qH5OHsZxjIK1ou86ivOoViKHnA2DU1emLPLgEk7PcyLf1p8AlHBGAqB7UZTPXxSo7M0bsOLdProBPSxTppzY1TC5PwXeO1bD7bzY5qY/s320/Picture+005.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">...WAY better in person...these pictures don't really do them justice!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngiluavUPbJ5AdyNBDr5lKuYUjrzyZLQGLMYn1BWRpaOc-0s7M2wKOXksuQ_963XBot2j4HEBVvNAwRQ45xbl205fHbfpIX57iiAdYdzqaTCgEAAAxgX6tXnjMk0enPEk9Y7WlJlR2DI/s1600-h/Picture+004.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395606513715178994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngiluavUPbJ5AdyNBDr5lKuYUjrzyZLQGLMYn1BWRpaOc-0s7M2wKOXksuQ_963XBot2j4HEBVvNAwRQ45xbl205fHbfpIX57iiAdYdzqaTCgEAAAxgX6tXnjMk0enPEk9Y7WlJlR2DI/s320/Picture+004.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Handbags and clutches</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkY9HKRb87kMMIEWcbLRZcU-c5jmpoGAMq9fbq5zUZqBvVqcZ91mpzSzAyhRI5Awk79jli2KqFMRhnayEK51J6VI-QMMi552eloNKtL3lf7yDf2R0w3onBpJf9oRk2AyY5mrBcM-AjFzo/s1600-h/Picture+001.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395606503304598978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkY9HKRb87kMMIEWcbLRZcU-c5jmpoGAMq9fbq5zUZqBvVqcZ91mpzSzAyhRI5Awk79jli2KqFMRhnayEK51J6VI-QMMi552eloNKtL3lf7yDf2R0w3onBpJf9oRk2AyY5mrBcM-AjFzo/s320/Picture+001.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">The beginnings of <strong>Christmas</strong> wreaths</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">There are alot of things in my head that I'll hopefully be working on in the next two weeks...I've got more boxes of to take with me than I can count OR know what to do with until then! My family would greatly appreciate your doing ALL of your <strong>Christmas </strong>shopping at the <strong>Open House</strong> so that I don't have to bring it back here to take over our living space!!! Just saying....</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">You can visit the Cottonwood House blog for more information and directions:</div><div align="center"><a href="http://cottonwoodhouse.blogspot.com/">http://cottonwoodhouse.blogspot.com</a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div></div></div></div>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-83975167885380578402009-10-06T08:25:00.006-04:002009-10-06T11:25:16.811-04:00Christmas Open House<div align="center">Christmas is just around the corner...just 11 weeks away if I counted correctly! We're teaming up with some great women for an Open House I don't think you'll want to miss! My friend, Vern is hosting this event at her barn. It will be held November 5-8th....you'll find more about it and the directions here: <a href="http://cottonwoodhouse.blogspot.com/">http://cottonwoodhouse.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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</p><div align="center">I hope you'll join us for one of these days...I'm really excited about the kinds of things you'll find when you get there! It'll be a great time to get some Christmas shopping done!
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<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCjCwQ7LkwyU-tVbtz-CRd7nmTlxFi3IledLbJHInFtEjRV8ZttS0EHXs5MaL0r-PaMsPg8w81eeyb9DBDSsgAeWefLqhpxXaYh5o8uwxAh6qkg_dIXxagwjAB1CwMNQ15IKo9HeBksY/s1600-h/joy.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 237px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389504164031682514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCjCwQ7LkwyU-tVbtz-CRd7nmTlxFi3IledLbJHInFtEjRV8ZttS0EHXs5MaL0r-PaMsPg8w81eeyb9DBDSsgAeWefLqhpxXaYh5o8uwxAh6qkg_dIXxagwjAB1CwMNQ15IKo9HeBksY/s320/joy.jpg" /></a></div>
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<div align="center"></div>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-83835385865698390162009-08-31T16:06:00.006-04:002009-08-31T16:48:15.416-04:00Topsy turvy<div align="center">This is what you'd see if you looked in the current Lulu & Tutz storage container! It's alot to take in...and a little bit sad to look at. </div>
<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JJW9D7WjMf9Kn8-pC6o0Jpi5EeHXJuiIgArKBssEWu6laNcbCKEnNLDx73IMSyVkVuo3mQxVAad8-FoRb6yDYstZ9mzrHv-50At7RaZLPJKm0BcypayV9RlU-I4iGXKiTsDdm9EDrOI/s1600-h/shop+001.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376224393017146978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JJW9D7WjMf9Kn8-pC6o0Jpi5EeHXJuiIgArKBssEWu6laNcbCKEnNLDx73IMSyVkVuo3mQxVAad8-FoRb6yDYstZ9mzrHv-50At7RaZLPJKm0BcypayV9RlU-I4iGXKiTsDdm9EDrOI/s320/shop+001.jpg" /></a>
</p><div align="center">Surely in time...when I am able to see the big picture that this fits into, it will all be good. I have to believe that is true for my life...as well as for the future of the shop.
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<div align="center">The last two weeks have been crazy at the shop! Our 2 day sale was a great success, and it was a fun time of seeing some regular customers, and even meeting a few new ones. A time of conflicting emotions, for sure. The fact that we were forced into this move does not bring about hard feelings at all....we were beginning to see a need for a better location. This just pushed us into it a little bit sooner than we had hoped. Nonetheless, it is done...and I can begin to look forward to the future....whatever that is!</div>
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<div align="center">Everything hinges on perfect timing...or so it seems. My summer was broken up into so many phases: My sister's surgery and phasing out of the business, my trip to Africa, a family vacation at the beach, multiple birthdays, preparations for college...more forms, shopping, packing and unloading than I knew possible!....preparing for our SALE, packing up the shop, MOVING the shop in a truck, and finally, getting the other kids off to school TODAY!</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xQzj0E3BgzkhoJbw87R0pKBS4W-zEZAVq8_68HHv45Y3olz1Jf71QyxSzzbN1cWazxBRmBX2DMPHKVdAqZjYDi96XWfO-S0wDpuEDd9JAFpM3JV57LR0RGuRk32nl3Qlcj3aPqF5FOU/s1600-h/SuMmEr+2009+012.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376229877213100050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xQzj0E3BgzkhoJbw87R0pKBS4W-zEZAVq8_68HHv45Y3olz1Jf71QyxSzzbN1cWazxBRmBX2DMPHKVdAqZjYDi96XWfO-S0wDpuEDd9JAFpM3JV57LR0RGuRk32nl3Qlcj3aPqF5FOU/s320/SuMmEr+2009+012.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center">
LOVE them, but YAY!</p><div align="center">I spent the morning at my favorite spot...Panera...tucked in the back comfy chair w/my coffee, my journal, and a book I've been trying to read through for the last month. After the busyness of the summer...as good as it all was, it was just time to sit alone and chill. </div>
<p align="center"><img style="WIDTH: 183px; HEIGHT: 139px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376226139392900946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVvNNzNIEXM3VDE85slRDEpH2XySiEaXTKy8GFp2hKz0hcuAOR57FJ88ZQ3P1BR8LWYcjnzy2JwPTDPMeqUcKW-OPR3Gyyc5iJ56GkC4O1itCBu7MZzfiqYREzww9h0KlAwjhwmP6AKwk/s320/panera.jpg" /></p><p align="center">It's time to get some order in my life. At home and in every other area. As much as I'd like to run right out and sign a new lease for the shop, the smarter part of me says, "just wait." Those two kiddos in the picture above are still here every day. They still need mom (I remind them of that every so often!)...they need me more than Lulu & Tutz does. But the bank account is in need of a deposit. One way or another, things will change and move forward. Hopefully with a new shop space, but I'm open to whatever. So, the time to make a wise decision is now. Wisdom doesn't always come easily...sometimes it takes time to brew and play itself out. </p><p align="center">So, I wait. I search. I pray. And I hope. If I'm not careful and get my head off-center, I feel a little like our sign... </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcndR8wIj7aFdtMULFeM4CosOSerCAfbrmbMBNbPa-GxUOO4H_O2SCcBjd3vziJ3zQ-ntpw9xz_fqLzAAfB9arIGpBaqqGVJm1CYa9oAw8mauDMiTzaiVsRi8wCRXWkuZX_-SyOx_ndf8/s1600-h/shop+002.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376224382556460674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcndR8wIj7aFdtMULFeM4CosOSerCAfbrmbMBNbPa-GxUOO4H_O2SCcBjd3vziJ3zQ-ntpw9xz_fqLzAAfB9arIGpBaqqGVJm1CYa9oAw8mauDMiTzaiVsRi8wCRXWkuZX_-SyOx_ndf8/s320/shop+002.jpg" /></a></p><div align="center">...but that's not Wisdom speaking...it's the part of me that takes its eyes off the end and focuses only on what's in front of me. Looks like a crazy mess from my vantage point. Completely greatful that it doesn't look like that in God's eyes. He's running this show, so I'm trusting Him to color the picture in His time.</div>
<div align="center">Just wanted to let you know I'm still out here....that I've not given up hope of finding a new and better location. Hope pushes me forward into tomorrow...and so we shall see...</div>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-87156954170940789452009-08-15T10:01:00.004-04:002009-08-15T10:14:51.603-04:00The time has come...<div align="center"> Like it or not, it's time to move on...our landlord is eagerly planning an expansion of his business and needs our space in just a few short weeks. While many of our future plans for Lulu & Tutz are uncertain, the one definite thing is that we HAVE to MOVE SOON!</div>
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<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuQXicqIsw09pRm3Sr7dTxqd2AusaFSzoEhqHsVEB_LQ5yacLWO0VfqTVGy8mznnfZO-IYabb5n12KDe5I7FsqaAKrCxjVVoukc0hGkZWHSDJkx-T82-ip2enRQtdxhoe9ve9-5xDL-E/s1600-h/coupon+percents.jpg"></a></p><div align="center">We hope you'll join us for a <strong><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">HUGE MOVING SALE</span></strong> next Friday and Saturday (August 21 & 22). Everything in the shop will be <span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><strong>50% off</strong></span> for these two days only. After that it'll be boxed up and packed away...so don't miss your one opportunity to purchase the items you may have had your eye on. Plan to start your Christmas shopping early this year!</div>
<div align="center">The shop will be open <strong>11-5pm</strong> both days. </div><div align="center">We're sad to say goodbye to this building, but excited to see you all one more time next week! The future plans for the shop are still unfolding, but we will continue to update here as plans are made.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div>
<p></p>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-64140255690154856822009-07-11T14:24:00.004-04:002009-07-31T01:07:27.036-04:00back in PA...and new news...<div align="center"><span style="color:#ff99ff;">**visit me on my personal blog as I journal everyday life and the process of making the decisions below, <a href="http://consumemefromtheinsideout.blogspot.com/">http://consumeMEfromtheinsideOut.blogspot.com</a> **</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">While I'm still struggling to be fully back on US soil, my body is back in PA and looking forward to things going back to normal around my house.....as normal as they will ever be after a life-altering trip like the one I just took. I'm still downloading and processing all that I have experienced and discovered...</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I've come back in hopes of finding some answers as to where to relocate the shop...but know that it will take time to rediscover ME, much less make an important decision like relocation. For that reason, I've decided to close the doors of Lulu & Tutz until the Fall. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Typically this is one of our busiest seasons here at the shop...but this year, with the economy being as it is, business is not much to write home about....so it seems like the timing is best. I don't have much to offer by way of an answer to where/when you will find us in the Fall...but there are some options being pursued.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">In the meantime, I plan to love on my children for the rest of the summer and enjoy the last weeks with my son who will head off to college at the end of August. I will update here as soon as I have something solid to share with you!!! I'm excited to see where we will end up...I have some ideas in my head that I would like to see come to flourishen. The next weeks will be spent in much prayer and quiet in order to sort through them.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Blessings to each of you as you enjoy the rest of your summer! </div><div align="center">See you in the FALL!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-9378737046982580182009-06-26T23:41:00.001-04:002009-06-26T23:41:49.935-04:00Check out what we're up to this week....<a href="http://lancasterallianceyouth.blogspot.com/">http://lancasterallianceyouth.blogspot.com</a>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-32623188834959859382009-06-23T12:54:00.005-04:002009-06-25T15:29:51.208-04:00progress...maybe<p align="center"></p>
<p align="center">Yesterday my dad and I spent some time here:</p><p align="center">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhoy5sszzTXIqFUfIAVS6joCne1oGOAYjSrZoKhapBZtolQBKBrwQNmtXe11OM3mwux7Rh9ASy_cKr1G-1d08-6BvIPRb8AMxf4fn5CFYsEO6bZXHSC_UV84iuVmfwuR5yCxrm6Nk6jo/s1600-h/5X7CAACH8C4CAYL29ORCAH3RKI1CAIJF00TCAJE80QYCAHV0LMKCAXNT0O6CARUA8ZYCA29AWQ2CAP4JPJQCAO461T6CANTAHORCAXMA9NZCAP007WHCABEVYQVCA2ZN80NCAPIZQMXCA3S5IMZ.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 99px; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350568057483339202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhoy5sszzTXIqFUfIAVS6joCne1oGOAYjSrZoKhapBZtolQBKBrwQNmtXe11OM3mwux7Rh9ASy_cKr1G-1d08-6BvIPRb8AMxf4fn5CFYsEO6bZXHSC_UV84iuVmfwuR5yCxrm6Nk6jo/s320/5X7CAACH8C4CAYL29ORCAH3RKI1CAIJF00TCAJE80QYCAHV0LMKCAXNT0O6CARUA8ZYCA29AWQ2CAP4JPJQCAO461T6CANTAHORCAXMA9NZCAP007WHCABEVYQVCA2ZN80NCAPIZQMXCA3S5IMZ.jpg" /></a> </p><p align="center">
He very kindly devoted his morning to walking me through some things in regards to the future of Lulu & <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Tutz</span> and the possibility of relocating to a new building in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Strasburg</span>. There's so much that goes into a business's move. </p>
<p align="center">Location, Location, Location means EVERYTHING...so in dad's favorite style, legal pad in hand, we hashed through all the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">pro's</span> and con's...
And...now we wait for some answers to come through...or fall through!
That wasn't much by way of an update now, was it?!? Sorry...can't give you more details until things progress for certain. I had a customer call and panic about our closing at the end of the month...NOT THE PLAN...at least not as of today. While we will obviously be closing at some point this summer to pack things up, it's not expected to be a permanent close....just temporary as we work on the next location. </p>
<p align="center">As I told her, just check back here periodically, it's where you'll find the details of the next step. </p><p align="center">For this week, here's the scoop....I'm here until Friday, but then I'm headed with my son to Gabon, Africa on a missions trip w/our church youth. </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp5kMBATYTQVjfKCBKzZNm5L0c5I-tRl80prqpeadFvaVvAdCRR2GtSdtFlfPvCCf8PJMEN0gSzL4DXVapn3pDLlWYJHX4ZBy6lPWmJWH6B9UrvxUkulVZ_3jU2gMlxIdK623Ys04DCc8/s1600-h/nickandmom.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 297px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350605393459192930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp5kMBATYTQVjfKCBKzZNm5L0c5I-tRl80prqpeadFvaVvAdCRR2GtSdtFlfPvCCf8PJMEN0gSzL4DXVapn3pDLlWYJHX4ZBy6lPWmJWH6B9UrvxUkulVZ_3jU2gMlxIdK623Ys04DCc8/s320/nickandmom.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center">We will be gone for 10 days, and unfortunately the shop will be closed during that time...it's just the only way. </p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;"><span style="font-size:130%;">We will be closed June 27-July 9, reopening on July 10<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span></span>.</span></strong></span> </p><p align="center">I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may be to you, but I hope you'll be patient with us this summer as we work through the changes and all that comes with it. </p><p align="center">My hope is that by the Fall things will begin to settle down and go back to"normal" </p><p align="center">....but we'll have to wait and see what's in store!</p><p align="center">If you wish to keep up with our team while we are in Africa, feel free to join us here <a href="http://lancasterallianceyouth.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">http://lancasterallianceyouth.blogspot.com/</span></a></p>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-16899043407681544762009-06-19T11:58:00.007-04:002009-06-19T13:24:44.810-04:00<div align="center">Just down the street from us is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Strasburg's</span> very own railroad. Founded over 175 years ago it brings lots of tourists in to the area to tour the countryside and farmland....but never are the crowds as big as when Thomas comes to town...
</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuDu8RMAHE2B_zRA20Q6WxSqCP9VNvcZqRNUY7Udx8nsbQaLr7TKSTLGSUcSsmCziynxqNaaqq_gVHKfRlaE8lhXFsMgmhoAZYEM2GAW6hxY_A2NG_gjrS2122QVz0VrflL3chCuzfxE/s1600-h/thomas-2009-side-banner.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 147px; HEIGHT: 248px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349069842001686738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuDu8RMAHE2B_zRA20Q6WxSqCP9VNvcZqRNUY7Udx8nsbQaLr7TKSTLGSUcSsmCziynxqNaaqq_gVHKfRlaE8lhXFsMgmhoAZYEM2GAW6hxY_A2NG_gjrS2122QVz0VrflL3chCuzfxE/s320/thomas-2009-side-banner.jpg" /></a></p>
<div align="center">Unfortunately...Thomas does not do US any favors!!! While only a mile down the street, by the time the kiddies have taken a ride on him, had a picnic lunch, shopped in all the train shops...and THEN head down to Main Street THEY ARE TIRED, GRUMPY, and READY FOR A NAP!!! Maybe next year we need to coordinate with the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">train station</span> somehow...offering mommies a place to shop in peace while the kids nap with dad on the train!
</div><div align="center">As for me...
</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZL-VR-_5w0TCX26lZCAaGOc-1XprllVhYl9leWbLjwQXTXRNij4mUfIkEVoCuaUAwNS4LaBSvIZyanQ-vpEk9c-9MhAm0Mf4kPHMxX1Xaf4061iHA9-DaiHNZr5x588MRmrYIhTjKNM/s1600-h/shop+022.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349068952840798322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZL-VR-_5w0TCX26lZCAaGOc-1XprllVhYl9leWbLjwQXTXRNij4mUfIkEVoCuaUAwNS4LaBSvIZyanQ-vpEk9c-9MhAm0Mf4kPHMxX1Xaf4061iHA9-DaiHNZr5x588MRmrYIhTjKNM/s320/shop+022.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center">
</p><div align="center">A little rearranging...
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<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_faR9WEkvKVHmK1O5iLGFULE3lm1x7KdeFtOM5Wd_H75MmFdysKq5ygkAz3_Go47EV7H-n_pUlLFBVcylVmt-_EZSZlH6RJLwQ1-Lzth0QcltZE3xjgDOuiJrKWOrXEbqeGWVfj4LAQ/s1600-h/shop+021.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349068950652963490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_faR9WEkvKVHmK1O5iLGFULE3lm1x7KdeFtOM5Wd_H75MmFdysKq5ygkAz3_Go47EV7H-n_pUlLFBVcylVmt-_EZSZlH6RJLwQ1-Lzth0QcltZE3xjgDOuiJrKWOrXEbqeGWVfj4LAQ/s320/shop+021.jpg" /></a></p>
<div align="center">Cleaning...</div>
<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFvPHzTd0Kb-CDKddmOvoe9O-rR0M_uNBa6U-nXDZpWQwqmjXrqFIqw6I7V76OafxdcgGN3k5IqT4ciQk0-UTFOfBfff06NA6WmQkb61y5I1duh2uzmx1EdBWzYs1gWQPVxU9GTHlKBA/s1600-h/shop+019.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 227px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349068944418005090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFvPHzTd0Kb-CDKddmOvoe9O-rR0M_uNBa6U-nXDZpWQwqmjXrqFIqw6I7V76OafxdcgGN3k5IqT4ciQk0-UTFOfBfff06NA6WmQkb61y5I1duh2uzmx1EdBWzYs1gWQPVxU9GTHlKBA/s320/shop+019.jpg" /></a></p>
<div align="center">....and I'm back to yesterday's <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">dilemma</span>...I'm hungry...
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<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4TMApBFfXXPX1XmIqTx6_WVSkqeOyKbSwBut9l2VQhzkqM7arFNqnJKaJIxbF6gJob_MqgEHmqmDBMLjrgA4WYuwzDlhu7XnCODZhCLAZuFVrvYzRGQDyV81_CM3kWJvDlJ7lOgJIwI8/s1600-h/shop+015.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349068940452622914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4TMApBFfXXPX1XmIqTx6_WVSkqeOyKbSwBut9l2VQhzkqM7arFNqnJKaJIxbF6gJob_MqgEHmqmDBMLjrgA4WYuwzDlhu7XnCODZhCLAZuFVrvYzRGQDyV81_CM3kWJvDlJ7lOgJIwI8/s320/shop+015.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-ZPMkuYIK-OAZekqBGVkFJw-_ZlsjfsOjXsY4ZUbt_EPRNDBlHC7V2EXsotiNv_ON6r_FaSH3EjHw-158bNJ8Y9i2dcESUW_25EgNvurya6ikGgEz7bi8m3KE3s7M6gqgWAMu82Y7-E/s1600-h/shop+014.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349068936796281682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-ZPMkuYIK-OAZekqBGVkFJw-_ZlsjfsOjXsY4ZUbt_EPRNDBlHC7V2EXsotiNv_ON6r_FaSH3EjHw-158bNJ8Y9i2dcESUW_25EgNvurya6ikGgEz7bi8m3KE3s7M6gqgWAMu82Y7-E/s320/shop+014.jpg" /></a></p>
<div align="center"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">mmm</span>....dreaming about the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">s'mores</span> my kids and I made the other night (during a moment of dry weather!) No good <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">s'more</span> is complete without a smear of peanut butter! Sigh...all I can find around here is an old bag of outdated chocolate egg truffles---DISGUSTING!</div>
<div align="center">....I just might have to sneak over to the Creamery for a cone of my favorite </div><div align="center">Oreo w/Peanut Butter Cups!</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-yd3Q2wnijgzLG-wl5nxs0HBfPZUX3kBARmNASDl6ME8pVeEtcA_LeYcUWQnxAS2ujRjtkib9Luge3WIfJHz947bKs8W8-brDVYU4UGByZFMQpy-9xYOSNpCHa9m2Dry1r4xOLrOq-c/s1600-h/11178293276.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349088439006961074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-yd3Q2wnijgzLG-wl5nxs0HBfPZUX3kBARmNASDl6ME8pVeEtcA_LeYcUWQnxAS2ujRjtkib9Luge3WIfJHz947bKs8W8-brDVYU4UGByZFMQpy-9xYOSNpCHa9m2Dry1r4xOLrOq-c/s320/11178293276.jpg" /></a></p>
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</div>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-16983557881600779192009-06-17T14:53:00.008-04:002009-06-17T15:19:57.494-04:00ho-hum...<div align="center">It is raining here...AGAIN... </div>
<p align="center"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348375569026566690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuu1h8rnAPd8KFNik79qipTgRF_K5Vzz031GOyJIaVHUH9II7rWXkH_v9N6omSnvBQnbIE48Jc7TZ_QzoPbi8rrSPxWe2yTjR4UpHQdFpP7MqnHgaQDeTJb3LrdzzYBval5qy-783UZhM/s320/shop+016.jpg" />
</p><p align="center">Rain really chases customers away...and makes me sleepy...</p><p align="center">
<img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348373292341870946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_yZrqm24ACpyPXR6Ei0f65J1vv7MEErd0tTyZ0ZpgViUStzLxoVpaM-2jIdXugUkiXk02xLTncHUN_BDN8EOvaQkvcq8PROK2Dv1yje8kR-Joonu1kIVG7LSO1ip2c17dFH4MGBLFcYk/s320/shop.jpg" />
I'm thinking very seriously about curling up on that couch and wrapping one of those throws around me! </p><p align="center">I'm also hungry....<span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>sleepy</strong></span> and <span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>hungry</strong></span> and <span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>cold</strong></span>.
</p><p align="center">I'm dreaming about one of these... </p><p align="center">
<img style="WIDTH: 135px; HEIGHT: 107px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348375146906783170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAZMcGoA4cKNPHGroQ1wM7mwvpOf6Z11rRWGlFqBJw-ipoara-j0v4f7gNZJDc1tu205BCRniCiY-fUcV0xnHJN-l8cDfdFhf0hug19A6rXA_DFYCpJqSvVB5VWBWye_-p8TRfni9q8c/s320/coffee.jpg" />
With a side of one of these... </p><p align="center">
</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3YhRq1FAiAfQmzBoSODjNF9hQrtN3AIj2tdrwDoevlAljPJXgjYLI2Kc2JE6bQmYg7iPQopxA_M7zB3Bhikmyg8DYRpXuE8g85IlhNCvMZZFSHOCl6_NpSeCu7et4t8kJtkOdVot92s/s1600-h/U01CABOFQSICA7QU4WDCA3WNI9OCAZQ59GRCAFT00BECAUROIMGCAT9ZJB7CA6EH2IDCAOM0NV9CAT4MLQACAFSY3TVCAVIC214CAG9U8AACAMMLG5LCA4FRY09CA867BZBCA89LLWICA25CNII.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 130px; HEIGHT: 105px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348375146747716370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3YhRq1FAiAfQmzBoSODjNF9hQrtN3AIj2tdrwDoevlAljPJXgjYLI2Kc2JE6bQmYg7iPQopxA_M7zB3Bhikmyg8DYRpXuE8g85IlhNCvMZZFSHOCl6_NpSeCu7et4t8kJtkOdVot92s/s320/U01CABOFQSICA7QU4WDCA3WNI9OCAZQ59GRCAFT00BECAUROIMGCAT9ZJB7CA6EH2IDCAOM0NV9CAT4MLQACAFSY3TVCAVIC214CAG9U8AACAMMLG5LCA4FRY09CA867BZBCA89LLWICA25CNII.jpg" /></a></p>
<p align="center">...but I'd rather the rain stopped and the shop filled up with more of these...</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYTUVCWYe_GMIiy8HacIxWsZUASNP7VDvTpaa-dOrRd6ZZJOC8yVnB8U1i-yJonKFrtPSQ3HhDI94rj99muYX8mLgDhOZVeUMCQZm0LJtuXe6d2Zewl0clbsjZVDtFJwl-x50msh-P9VY/s1600-h/ist2_1329462_shopping_girls.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 241px; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348377333388025458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYTUVCWYe_GMIiy8HacIxWsZUASNP7VDvTpaa-dOrRd6ZZJOC8yVnB8U1i-yJonKFrtPSQ3HhDI94rj99muYX8mLgDhOZVeUMCQZm0LJtuXe6d2Zewl0clbsjZVDtFJwl-x50msh-P9VY/s320/ist2_1329462_shopping_girls.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center">Looks like I need a snack and an attitude adjustment!</p>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-16852960446777377962009-06-12T13:39:00.007-04:002009-06-12T14:44:09.470-04:00Change is coming...<div align="center">I pretty much like things to be predictable and stable...I like to know what's coming next...I like to be prepared. I've found that suprisingly, I have more in me than I thought I did that enables me to adjust to change...but I still don't like it. It's not a control-thing..more of a comfortable-thing. BUT...beyond my control, there will be change....sometimes unexpectedly.</div>
This is where we found ourselves a few months ago at Lulu & Tutz. I've not shared this publicly because there was still so much to be decided upon and really no answers or direction...BUT, I feel I must give a heads-up.
<div align="center">WE'RE ON THE MOVE....literally...
</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqCPtMKzQXGxLXy5Le82qoDPBfSGfLaHb9fxhHKL2ElJorin47MqFuN2SgNTX5zc53d1PEoAlCtI3YIUA8UW5JscljJoQR_XTnE9NXhWf_rUnPt4uAItCW0XSTfXtxQnncG1QvI-Y7_Zk/s1600-h/italian-closed_small.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 100px; HEIGHT: 88px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346513328508397394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqCPtMKzQXGxLXy5Le82qoDPBfSGfLaHb9fxhHKL2ElJorin47MqFuN2SgNTX5zc53d1PEoAlCtI3YIUA8UW5JscljJoQR_XTnE9NXhWf_rUnPt4uAItCW0XSTfXtxQnncG1QvI-Y7_Zk/s320/italian-closed_small.jpg" /></a></p>
<div align="center">We've been renting our store space from the Strasburg Country Store and Creamery
</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0vtFXubt10PSCbB87xIl0dbw52fjS8UTEvgi92KlPvVrV2PZKAOPULQeIuJb3do3p1uneiw1QvkiCLlonZzCLk4lcU6-KTjyp_VlU01WbxFZ6uhTGMsPo8ynDSACRSuSa7Urhd_PFJk/s1600-h/11181223846.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 175px; HEIGHT: 110px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346504588363563298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0vtFXubt10PSCbB87xIl0dbw52fjS8UTEvgi92KlPvVrV2PZKAOPULQeIuJb3do3p1uneiw1QvkiCLlonZzCLk4lcU6-KTjyp_VlU01WbxFZ6uhTGMsPo8ynDSACRSuSa7Urhd_PFJk/s320/11181223846.jpg" /></a>
</p><p align="center">and now that they are under new ownership, they are refiguring some of their building and adding on some new business options....and therefore need to expand their space back to our building. We've known this was a possibility for quite some time, but until a few weeks ago did not know it would come so soon. As of the end of the summer we need to be packed up and have found a new space....that's just WEEKS from now!!! </p>
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If you've been in the shop lately, you may have heard some of this as we've begun to tell our customers to start looking out for more information.
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<p align="center">My hesitation in keeping this quiet for a while has been that I have had absolutely NO idea where on earth to relocate! (Actually, where in Lancaster County to relocate...) There have been many, many options weighed...one of them being closing the doors indefinitely and finding a more stable venue in this difficult economy. </p>
<p align="center">Maybe it's because I hate change...or maybe it's because a piece of my heart is in this business, but that just isn't the option that sits well with me. SO...the search has been a fulltime concern to me...in between school ending for my kiddos, graduation for my eldest, umpteen grad parties, college planning and anticipation of a missions trip to Gabon, Africa with my middle son in a few weeks....I've devoted as much time as humanly possible to all of these issues, but come up short of an answer in this case. My way is to throw myself in where I can, ask lots of question, then step back and allow the right doors to open in front of me...saves alot of needless anxiety and takes my hands off trying to manipulate something that may not be best....</p>
<p align="center">so I pray alot and wait.</p>
<p align="center">In just the last few days I have had a strong lead on a location that is nearby that I am really hoping pans out for us. There's much that would have to happen in order for it to work out, but it is a lead nonetheless.</p>
<p align="center">I tell you all of this so that there are no surprises next time you show up at our door only to find an empty building welcoming you! Change IS coming...</p>
<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QmK3RRdRh28m9fKbRpR_ogKebafm-leBKtbVIijXj3txW-VVOu5NdXncv5soflqiwjYNipvkxP4gdK60-O8GtlaLMQhbLW2zAeggAI5m2HDdW1QfdVzAZgcKhVbIVYzHWEEMMWM1gh4/s1600-h/2ZSCA3Z7QHWCAMV4IR0CAY0KU07CA6WGOFDCA3GSUG8CAOVG8UECAESKEUECAOSBDEWCA0AFNJ0CAIQIINFCAYVJ02ICAXKQXWYCAOWUWFGCA04NKZOCA4DUS3HCAZFK9GQCA48RZ3YCAINV6H0.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 116px; HEIGHT: 87px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346510390168850258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QmK3RRdRh28m9fKbRpR_ogKebafm-leBKtbVIijXj3txW-VVOu5NdXncv5soflqiwjYNipvkxP4gdK60-O8GtlaLMQhbLW2zAeggAI5m2HDdW1QfdVzAZgcKhVbIVYzHWEEMMWM1gh4/s320/2ZSCA3Z7QHWCAMV4IR0CAY0KU07CA6WGOFDCA3GSUG8CAOVG8UECAESKEUECAOSBDEWCA0AFNJ0CAIQIINFCAYVJ02ICAXKQXWYCAOWUWFGCA04NKZOCA4DUS3HCAZFK9GQCA48RZ3YCAINV6H0.jpg" /></a>
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<p align="center">My plan is to post our new location here and send an email to those who are on our mailing list. (A small glitch to that is that our computer crashed last week and had to be restored. When everything was up and running again I was devastated to find Lulu & Tutz's email contact list had disappeared!!!! Yes, several HUNDRED of them!!! Terrible timing...not good change!)</p>
<p align="center">So, faithful friends...stick with us...join our journey as we start something new and look forward to the future in a brand new (maybe even BIGGER!) location!!</p>
<p align="center">Stay tuned...change is coming! </p>
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<div align="center"></div>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-52111097684377568872009-06-08T22:17:00.002-04:002009-06-08T22:23:26.560-04:00The graduates...<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcVaShgfXp9pWwTlJUWBk5BxUjOmtxwry3LfNvPDOu3J8xyvxY8Axs4zdMDIb612YnX6-HSXoljgI8mINyQzYO2368Qlgpn7YSN5Ms75mCt91xYtZ9jTS2p7FiKBxdhNzHqzI3sWYkGg/s1600-h/the+cousins.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 241px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345146996400793170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcVaShgfXp9pWwTlJUWBk5BxUjOmtxwry3LfNvPDOu3J8xyvxY8Axs4zdMDIb612YnX6-HSXoljgI8mINyQzYO2368Qlgpn7YSN5Ms75mCt91xYtZ9jTS2p7FiKBxdhNzHqzI3sWYkGg/s320/the+cousins.jpg" /></a></p><div align="center"> Eden and Alex</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMaq1MIJqpRtC0ldqgzz2K3NwFFPpUqgTlXrIVZq9p2Tze-bSBhBJOBfSXrmA-UXD-Ym14xWVTDppRGsVENJFWDXjqOQjIR94a9q5BkFXeJn1w9W1JH3m4jtCzPam9cnoeApNdB3DF2Q/s1600-h/4677_1152906829855_1443206445_30407955_975403_n.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345146992488493202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMaq1MIJqpRtC0ldqgzz2K3NwFFPpUqgTlXrIVZq9p2Tze-bSBhBJOBfSXrmA-UXD-Ym14xWVTDppRGsVENJFWDXjqOQjIR94a9q5BkFXeJn1w9W1JH3m4jtCzPam9cnoeApNdB3DF2Q/s320/4677_1152906829855_1443206445_30407955_975403_n.jpg" /></a></p><div align="center">Eden and Tammi
</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSv5w-SORNL2fikJ5vDqx7q8bPbcRV3fCTgatU94kTXrDlrB38F4RLEykfLY-qXfn8zIJ5NKoh_sogqyGkcYTvIM74ILEA7rm_cLTMZWYLt2N-UvZ6nY-r62sgpEPLEUuZKMPHIRvsECc/s1600-h/proud+mama.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 265px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345146991023400562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSv5w-SORNL2fikJ5vDqx7q8bPbcRV3fCTgatU94kTXrDlrB38F4RLEykfLY-qXfn8zIJ5NKoh_sogqyGkcYTvIM74ILEA7rm_cLTMZWYLt2N-UvZ6nY-r62sgpEPLEUuZKMPHIRvsECc/s320/proud+mama.jpg" /></a></p><div align="center">Alex and Terri</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">
</div>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-57042215022984985552009-06-01T11:26:00.003-04:002009-06-01T11:44:16.381-04:00Graduation week...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLAhMBRdcDec9STsz8CTE9MJu1xeI-ymBNjAot46qFQn7pt_Q1HM1WcCjv7h-ceOEG-knD6e0JOWZ_mUITaCsnr6y-EWEU0kJYYkFW0SZu1PeZI268snVALsoh8_IZ5PLGL-I4TqTV7o/s1600-h/mom's+pics+089.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342385394976381362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLAhMBRdcDec9STsz8CTE9MJu1xeI-ymBNjAot46qFQn7pt_Q1HM1WcCjv7h-ceOEG-knD6e0JOWZ_mUITaCsnr6y-EWEU0kJYYkFW0SZu1PeZI268snVALsoh8_IZ5PLGL-I4TqTV7o/s320/mom's+pics+089.jpg" /></a>
<p align="center">How did it happen? Where did the time go? These two precious babies grew up on us...we didn't even look away, it happened right before our eyes....in the blink of a moment they grew up. </p>
<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9ZdSYLb15n_NQ7I4KT23KTzfgkNLtAhkoz9w1-rPeDdyL8gYMSJNFJBunrU6TVrRsJwVGywbjpkkEzKCUcLKpmaPlAY_jaXJiyfDhjE2MdOB1WgZZeYq9mKNeIRnB7uUQi60JhTYDlc/s1600-h/alex+and+eden.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 246px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342382580832637970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9ZdSYLb15n_NQ7I4KT23KTzfgkNLtAhkoz9w1-rPeDdyL8gYMSJNFJBunrU6TVrRsJwVGywbjpkkEzKCUcLKpmaPlAY_jaXJiyfDhjE2MdOB1WgZZeYq9mKNeIRnB7uUQi60JhTYDlc/s320/alex+and+eden.jpg" /></a></p>
<div align="center">Eden and Alex have had the privilege of growing up together...and will walk down the same aisle to receive their diplomas on Friday...what a blessing these two are to our family! This week comes with so many conflicting emotions. We've ignored it all year...hoping in some ways we could wish it away, but these two young lives are so ready to graduate! The world stands wide open before them both....they are uniquely different and yet....God's handprint is evident on them both. </div><div align="center">
</div><div align="center">We love you guys...we stand beside you and are blessed to have been chosen to be your moms!</div><div align="center"> </div>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-23147811106644327602009-05-26T14:20:00.007-04:002009-05-26T15:13:00.417-04:00Memorial Day festivities...and a new week begins<p align="center">We had a really relaxing weekend...a much needed reconnecting time for all of our family and a nice taste of summer weather. Which is probably why it was SO hard to get up and moving this morning...yesterday, the pool and suntan lotion- today, a sweatshirt and umbrella! </p>
<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyZ02Rnrn06XB0KQLKjaPMGaRokWlk40zCXA4Z2A8vpmP3Hi0JTJAwKz5pMDmIoWUGYnEThAlI1JDciMljNIZjh8ewOxeqEGU2ezwARs04Z6bG3Y8-sQQg9yiHAKwENlOLSbWIFQPj2Q/s1600-h/DSCN1151.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340204577479469682" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyZ02Rnrn06XB0KQLKjaPMGaRokWlk40zCXA4Z2A8vpmP3Hi0JTJAwKz5pMDmIoWUGYnEThAlI1JDciMljNIZjh8ewOxeqEGU2ezwARs04Z6bG3Y8-sQQg9yiHAKwENlOLSbWIFQPj2Q/s320/DSCN1151.JPG" border="0" /></a>
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We woke early yesterday to the Strasburg Parade outside our door...</div>
<div align="center">the annual celebritory march of those who have served us well.
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<p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340199760297207410" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXRB9bq8ad0exgw1KH0vKc-_x0sPnW02S_NO4XjhdIelGkvOgjESBbJq7LXEugqV_gindxMCcDyDNWUpNT6DWxQqe0Q7wR9f6aRJhaNsicj1KqMtIGIDz7OM2uk6prk6_BZtXaiR33LwU/s320/mem3.jpg" border="0" />
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<div align="center">Both of our grandfathers were US Veterans, so both gravesites were visited. Some of the kids piled in cars and went to Grandpa Cook's site here in Strasburg...
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<p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340199766236538546" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJtMaNaWWwCI5i8t2CKTWx1j7gXkq0uKfZgMJ26i2_PiLuqodTUNw17IJK8aq2KOI0MKbFRsCIrgB73IsqgyDoJq4HrGvP_kA7RVrKNWP_JIARLb2Ui8xkaB101BwmiLOvEh93u7q9rI/s320/IMG_3705.JPG" border="0" /></p>
<p align="center">...while mom's family sent us some pics of visiting Grandpa Edgett's site in Massachusetts.
At a time when our country is experiencing more and more growing pains and the shifting of standards, it seems the one thing we can agree on is that those who have gone before us (and those who serve today) to pave the way for our freedom are to be celebrated and remembered as the heroes that they were/are.
I'm proud that at all corners of the country we at least agree on that.</p>
<div align="center">This morning...</div>
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<p align="center">SOMEONE woke up with a headache, slight fever and general "BLAHS"...So, what's a working mother to do but bring the daughter to work!?! We headed to the shop with a carload of paraphernalia for the day...
*comforter*pillow*books*movies*crayons*paper*lunch* </p><p align="center">
She immediately saw the pj's hanging in the shop and decided she should have some...and proceeded to wear them around the shop all day! As you can see, she perked up as the day progressed...hmmm....was it the day off of school or a whole day w/mom??</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWLIcaB5VnAcIqEQ8Od7H8WM6dB8r6FerVdlgj1NCLANZs2I2wq1rYThQs8WZndR4hUkDEnomkxCAWhKpdgGea2x040RZZwhZEANS4efddAMlPlITa8EBQx6ZDhahFzwbylKMTycTaL8/s1600-h/DSCN1173.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340211583273436370" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWLIcaB5VnAcIqEQ8Od7H8WM6dB8r6FerVdlgj1NCLANZs2I2wq1rYThQs8WZndR4hUkDEnomkxCAWhKpdgGea2x040RZZwhZEANS4efddAMlPlITa8EBQx6ZDhahFzwbylKMTycTaL8/s320/DSCN1173.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>
<p align="center">A few minutes ago she plopped a tiara on her head and posed...not looking like someone who should have skipped school...</p>
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<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitw1kpRI-QFLEqy5tSdXOGe9obglbfL_fVrvF3L8s-IkJ54tYJulpUXMD2r5cijZNGANq_0YiUZCYYEYOj4jIeKgvlrWsSlE1fxSIhi4PTB7oxi-SxZJU8XZtXzEhCtaFc_geavbgt3qQ/s1600-h/DSCN1173.JPG"></a></p>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-76556070426254246812009-05-23T14:57:00.004-04:002009-05-23T15:52:20.052-04:00Hand delivery...<p align="center"></p>
<p align="center">One of the benefits of being surrounded by Amish country is that once in a while a sweet little thing comes delivering handmade lemonade! This is the picture my sister texted me from the shop this morning...can you just stand how sweet she is?!?</p>
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<div align="center">While we are quite aware that Amish typically shy away from getting their pictures taken, she agreed quietly and went on her way! How refreshing does that lemonade look??? I've searched high and low for something in here that looks even remotely delicious....can't find a thing!!! I might have to go fetch myself a glass of some of THAT myself!</div>
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<div align="center">While Tammi was sipping her hand delivered lemonade, mom and I trekked to Cochranville to T<strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">he Cottonwood House</span></strong> parking lot sale. It was a PERFECT day for the sale and we enjoyed finding some treasures and catching up with Vern & Sondra...<strong>hope the sale was successful, ladies!</strong></div>
<div align="center">Check them out here...</div>
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<div align="center">Signing off for a few days to enjoy the holiday with our families!
</div><div align="center">Happy <strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">Memorial Day</span></strong> to you all...</div>
<div align="center"></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuTM6-r2fVp3yNRvlMDn40UfzlK59XxntU4ohlHDwgmjxFXjaDSr7xG4TwTkqhWHBEFIaLJWQLeKdcAnJTPduNw7V-UB9aZKags3-5gZzwKD0YLzlhOs2sXVLEmqAP0VMX6wDzMStilaw/s1600-h/IMG_2724.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339109047963304706" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuTM6-r2fVp3yNRvlMDn40UfzlK59XxntU4ohlHDwgmjxFXjaDSr7xG4TwTkqhWHBEFIaLJWQLeKdcAnJTPduNw7V-UB9aZKags3-5gZzwKD0YLzlhOs2sXVLEmqAP0VMX6wDzMStilaw/s320/IMG_2724.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">...a most precious one for us this year...
</div><div align="center"></div>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-59258655582518337062009-05-22T16:04:00.004-04:002009-05-22T16:20:11.280-04:00sometimes...<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzg1oUlI0NInVVEcQW8hzjgORUh5HUvCGw2NvgYbwxXxAOTU5J3B_ZpFVRUhU_bMlFII-5SyjC402hyphenhyphenSUacjh9La5WfDlIJMgyK4rtnY_srTcJeB_x9cf4TBZNDrM1ewX2PPm17sBbhw/s1600-h/sydney+paige.jpg"></a></p>
<div align="center"><strong>...even on a seemingly slow and mundane day just a tiny, little something can </strong></div><div align="center"><strong>perk you up and make it all worthwhile! </strong></div><div align="center"><strong></strong> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">It's such a gorgeous day here...so much so that everyone has apparently decided to stay home and work in their gardens or hold themselves up in their air conditioned homes...instead of visiting us! I've been here all afternoon with only a few customers peeking their heads in the door. I spent a little time in the sun outside, a little time searching the web for new products, and a little time perusing blogs. But up until about an hour ago I was basically alone in Lulu & Tutz....that is, until a group of women came in and loaded up my counter with purchases, followed by <strong>15</strong> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>day</strong></span> <strong>old</strong> <strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">Sydney Paige</span></strong> who showed up with her proud parents to bless this place!!! </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzg1oUlI0NInVVEcQW8hzjgORUh5HUvCGw2NvgYbwxXxAOTU5J3B_ZpFVRUhU_bMlFII-5SyjC402hyphenhyphenSUacjh9La5WfDlIJMgyK4rtnY_srTcJeB_x9cf4TBZNDrM1ewX2PPm17sBbhw/s1600-h/sydney+paige.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338742016182011378" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzg1oUlI0NInVVEcQW8hzjgORUh5HUvCGw2NvgYbwxXxAOTU5J3B_ZpFVRUhU_bMlFII-5SyjC402hyphenhyphenSUacjh9La5WfDlIJMgyK4rtnY_srTcJeB_x9cf4TBZNDrM1ewX2PPm17sBbhw/s320/sydney+paige.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">How sweet is she?!?! </div><div align="center">She slept through the whole ordeal while everyone who walked in </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>ooh-ed</strong></span> and <span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>ahh-ed</strong></span> all over her! I told her parents it's been a slow, lonely day in here...and asked if I could take a shot of the best thing that's come through the door all day!!! Of course, proud parents are always MORE than HAPPY to share their bundles of joy!!! So, thank you, mom and dad for shopping and sharing! </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Blessings to sweet Sydney Paige as she grows and goes throughout her life! </div>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124318316155996398.post-87945262642391458592009-05-20T13:08:00.003-04:002009-05-20T13:13:27.915-04:00Can't. Focus.<div align="center">I'm having a hard time being here...</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBP4lvOe0chBvpxCq6RPZ1vCxe2JSGehKPCJQnz-u2ojyIoJUDiaSlv-N_f2CESkqGvnVs322RZjPr8qvg8eUOMRB-Y0jNRIvfq_Tpdils_yhiPpMF22DEPfFThzSRn4mg6KKI5FofNK0/s1600-h/storefront.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337955286870450962" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBP4lvOe0chBvpxCq6RPZ1vCxe2JSGehKPCJQnz-u2ojyIoJUDiaSlv-N_f2CESkqGvnVs322RZjPr8qvg8eUOMRB-Y0jNRIvfq_Tpdils_yhiPpMF22DEPfFThzSRn4mg6KKI5FofNK0/s320/storefront.jpg" border="0" /></a>
</p><div align="center">when I'd like to be here...
</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhGEBrlhFN91qCl2d3uWprwNYzyxz0Yp79Eg58xEFqxmrSZBWfp_XkBkrA8HgoYcZNAXUds8pNxCBhJIbxmkRcSqiHbEbM8n1vV7jgsOOw8gwazLfkThF7oMLRd6EpL-c8lCi6l3a7kc/s1600-h/P1000540.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337954638557011074" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhGEBrlhFN91qCl2d3uWprwNYzyxz0Yp79Eg58xEFqxmrSZBWfp_XkBkrA8HgoYcZNAXUds8pNxCBhJIbxmkRcSqiHbEbM8n1vV7jgsOOw8gwazLfkThF7oMLRd6EpL-c8lCi6l3a7kc/s320/P1000540.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">
doing this...
</p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkf8VneJfitiUqrSFFifCywJWpN1nylHxFW92JpMv2U0CHIXWBROSxycXTYNmYKHG1cBggViGMtX-jypKdq7T-hmAf_K0FaEVg1wUQjlUphrSecJMdl95eH5OyQD1sIrxU7_UTiONiuu8/s1600-h/P1010522.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337954635273310786" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 269px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkf8VneJfitiUqrSFFifCywJWpN1nylHxFW92JpMv2U0CHIXWBROSxycXTYNmYKHG1cBggViGMtX-jypKdq7T-hmAf_K0FaEVg1wUQjlUphrSecJMdl95eH5OyQD1sIrxU7_UTiONiuu8/s320/P1010522.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">....sigh...</div>Lulu and Tutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786641081461398807noreply@blogger.com3