Because it’s Monday….and because my baby slept longer than 4 hours last night, and because I love you AND because it happens to be a long weekend, I’m giving away 3 hard copies of my cookbook! Hooray!
All you need to do to enter is tell me what you did over your Labor Day weekend in the comments below. That’s it!
Please only 1 entry per person. I will hunt you down and smack you on the side of the head if you enter a million times. And contest open to EVERYONE. No limits today. Contest will end on Wednesday, September 4th at 11:59pm PST. Winners announced Thursday morning.
Enjoy your long weekend!
625 Comments
beth
September 3, 2013 at 3:28 amfirst of all, i love you and your family. first e mail i open in the morning. gives me a smile. this weekend, i golfed, ate, golfed, spent time with family, and golfed some more and ate again, lol
G. Randazzo
September 3, 2013 at 3:29 amWell the weekend is over and it flew by as usual, the kids and I caught up on some housework on Saturday and Sunday we went to the local water park for one last summer hurrah, and then Monday I cooked most of the day in preparation for the upcoming school week!
Lisa
September 3, 2013 at 3:37 amSpent time with family that visited from out of town. Enjoyed our new pool!
Stephanie
September 3, 2013 at 3:40 amPlayed with my grandchildren.
Dawn
September 3, 2013 at 3:40 amThe guys golfed and the girls shopped then we all met up for a cookout. Great weekend!
Stacey I
September 3, 2013 at 3:54 amHad a pretty lazy weekend… Cooked some food, went to the pool 🙂
Emily G
September 3, 2013 at 3:55 amI did absolutely NOTHING all weekend. It was nice and relaxing and actually bordered on boring, which is just how I like my long weekends 🙂
Stephanie H
September 3, 2013 at 4:14 amI was on auntie duty with my awesome nieces
Emma
September 3, 2013 at 4:15 amHappy Labor Day too, we had an awesome weekend, had the kids baseball practice, went to a Blake Shelton concert, went to church, had my goddaughters birthday party and then had a BBQ and pool party with great friends and work colleagues yesterday. Now exhausted but all for good 🙂 have a great week
Lori Thomas
September 3, 2013 at 4:15 amWe had fun filled weekend of football and dinner at the in-laws!
grace
September 3, 2013 at 4:15 amwe went boating with friends and my son learned to water ski the first time, yes – so proud of him!
Shelly
September 3, 2013 at 4:24 amI went shopping and took advantage of the Labor Day sales!
Marty
September 3, 2013 at 4:26 amSpent time with family.
Vickie Eastham
September 3, 2013 at 4:29 amSpent the weekend cleaning and having friends over!!
Joanne
September 3, 2013 at 4:29 amWe had a relaxing casual dinner at home with family. So fun!
Cassie
September 3, 2013 at 4:32 amI managed to find time to read a whole book this weekend!
Carol Schlitt
September 3, 2013 at 4:33 amI had a very relaxing day and didn’t even get out of my jammies until 3 pm! Did a lot of cooking including making homemade hamburger buns to go with both BBQ pulled pork and hamburgers. For dessert made blueberry and buttermilk sorbet – yum!
Kate
September 3, 2013 at 4:37 amLoad of firewood, a 12 mile trail run and a visit to our local fair.
ruthann
September 3, 2013 at 4:39 amWe watched a friends twins so she could celebrate her birthday.
Arielle S.
September 3, 2013 at 4:40 amMy hubby and I celebrated our 12 year anniversary! !
Karen M
September 3, 2013 at 4:42 amMy husband and I spent the weekend with our kids! They both came home from college for the long weekend!
Mark Matthews
September 3, 2013 at 4:44 amI worked 🙁 Being over in scotland we dont celebrate Labour Day but I do work for an American company so it was quiet 😀
Roni
September 3, 2013 at 4:44 amUnfortunately it rained here and we couldn’t really do much! But we spent time together as a family just hanging out inside! It was nice!
Anita Burdzel
September 3, 2013 at 4:47 amI volunteered to help sell apple and blueberry crisp at the blue hill fair to raise money for the local civil air patrol program.
Elaine A
September 3, 2013 at 4:48 amHad a wonderful weekend camping at Texoma State Park 🙂
Rebecca Valdez
September 3, 2013 at 4:49 amWe enjoyed a lazy morning and then spent some family-time going to a new exhibit called Orbi in Yokohama, Japan. It was pretty neat, very high-tech. It was good to spend time out of the house and away from the daily grind.
Mary B.
September 3, 2013 at 4:51 amWe have a group of families we go camping with every Labor Day weekend, so that’s what we were doing!
Stacey Moxley
September 3, 2013 at 4:51 amWe spent the weekend spending some quality time as a family, was actually very nice and relaxing
Beth O
September 3, 2013 at 4:52 amCleaned house and did laundry. Made some meals ahead of time to get the week going.
Avery K.
September 3, 2013 at 4:55 amI slept in and relaxed all weekend long!
Katie
September 3, 2013 at 4:56 amWe drive to a state park that was a little over an hour away. There we met my sister and her family, had a great picnic, and hiked one of the trails. Besides that, we just kind of bummed around and ran errands.
Sandy
September 3, 2013 at 4:59 amI kept by two grandsons so my daughter could go to her 20th class reunion. Can’t believe it’s been so many yrs. since her HS days. Then I worked on a crochet shawl as a little happy for my aunt. Also worked cleaning up at the cemetery on Sunday.
Susan Ann
September 3, 2013 at 5:01 amI spent Friday shopping at the outlet mall. Spent the rest of the weekend recovering!
Linda H
September 3, 2013 at 5:06 amMy weekend was all about football and family
And good food!
Krysten Powers
September 3, 2013 at 5:06 amWe watched a ton of college football, ate hot dogs and barbecue until we thought we’d pop, and lounged around!
Meg Jenks
September 3, 2013 at 5:07 amAside from going to a fundraiser Barn Dance on Friday night, I spent the weekend cleaning, organizing, and cooking. Very hot and humid here so good excuse to use the extra time catching up on things I don’t always have time to do.
Christina
September 3, 2013 at 5:17 amWe had a quiet weekend as my husband was working
But the kids and I set up the kiddie pool a couple of times, went for slushies and had a fire.
Lauren
September 3, 2013 at 5:20 amHad brunch, went to church, watched football, and went to the beach. It was amazing!
Lee
September 3, 2013 at 5:20 amWe went to the NC State football game and hosted two dinner parties over the long weekend! We had a great weekend!
Dana
September 3, 2013 at 5:22 amCleaned out my garage, pull out the fall decorations and did some R&R. All in all a great long weekend.
Angie
September 3, 2013 at 5:29 amWe just moved, so we spent most of the weekend trying to get organzied.
Julie Wagner
September 3, 2013 at 5:30 amHi Lauren,
our family were in Ocean Park Maine playing on the beach with our little Granddaughter Norah (Andrew’s baby).
Lauren
September 3, 2013 at 8:57 pmHi Julie! I had no idea you followed my blog 🙂 Tell everyone I say hello! And, so jealous you go to Maine every year! I’ve seen the photos, it’s GORGEOUS over there!
Julie S.
September 3, 2013 at 5:34 amSpent time with family!
Debbie A-H
September 3, 2013 at 5:40 amI dropped my only child off at college 450 miles away from home. So excited for him, so sad for us.
Rachel
September 3, 2013 at 5:45 amWe went canoeing! Love your recipes!!!!
Emi
September 3, 2013 at 5:45 amHi Lauren!
We had a family bbq and went to the local fair. Hope you had a great long weekend too!
Kimberly Hill
September 3, 2013 at 5:49 amAfter spending the last few weeks stressed out from the move into our new home, our family spent a relaxing holiday weekend in downtown Detroit at the 2013 Detroit Jazz Festival! The weather was perfect, the music was phenomenal, and the food was so delicious. We had an unforgettable time making memories with our kids. 🙂 Happy Labor Day!
Stephanie
September 3, 2013 at 5:50 amWe spent the whole weekend with family and friends. We also held our annual wiffle ball tournament for charity in honor of my husband’s grandfather.
Jennifer Shih
September 3, 2013 at 5:54 amSpent time with family 🙂
Leslie Gagne
September 3, 2013 at 5:58 amMy weekend was spent moving and winding up in a hotel. I sure hope I find something soon.
Congratulations on your new cookbook!