Plenty to Be THANKful For Challenge, Day 4: THANKful for the Blogoverse

Before I begin, I wanted to announce that the winner of the Easy Print Canvas giveaway (which I totally forgot about - SHAMEFUL), is:

Ainslee, of "First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage"

Ainslee, send me an email at perfectcompilationtape@gmail.com with your contact info - 

CONGRATS!

One of the many things I love about blogging is that those who don't blog just DON'T GET IT.  They don't always understand...
* That sometimes, bloggers understand us better than those "IRL".
* That blogging and reading blogs for hours on end can be extremely therapeutic.
* That we have our own lingo.
* That we win FREE STUFF!
* That online friendships develop into real friendships, and that it totally isn't creepy to meet up with people you've never met.
I've been fortunate enough to have met several bloggers in real life, and I'd love for you to check them out, too:
Alissa from "Grace's Birdcage" (Not once, but twice!)
Christy from "25 Before 25"  (Christy, next time we'll have to go for a run!)
Megan from "Little Girl in the Big World" (We went for a run along the lake!)
Neely from "A Complete Waste of Makeup"
Ashley from "Ashley's Carnival Ride"
Neely and Ashley came to visit me in Chicago this summer and we had a BLAST!  I loved that my real life friends had the opportunity to meet the blog friends, and the merging of my two worlds was a success!
We had a ridiculous amount of fun...

Maybe a little TOO much fun...

Did I mention that I not only get to see Neely and Ashley again in a few months at Blissdom, but I also get to meet this rock star, Lindsey, as well???  (Who just happened to complete her first half-marathon, along with these two lovely ladies!)  

Sigh.  I adore the blogoverse.  There are so many women who love and support me unconditionally that have never met me, and I will be forever grateful. Don't you love blogging, too?  Tell us why below!