Happy Friday! Quick updates first:
- If you’re trying to order our book (to read, for Christmas gifts, to use to kill bugs, etc), and you’re getting a “sold out” or a “1-2 month wait” message through Amazon, B&N, or anywhere else online, there are thousands of books making their way to warehouses in trucks right now, so in a few days they’ll be entered into the system and should all be available for immediate shipping then (so check back in a few days and they should definitely arrive before Christmas!). #godspeedlittlebooksintrucks
- Tomorrow we’ll be in DC doing some Living Social events at 918 F Street. These are pre-ticketed events, so if you’ve snagged a spot we can’t wait to see you there! Then on Sunday we’ll be back in Richmond for a free signing at Mongrel in Carytown at 1pm (more info here).
- Dude, you guys are hilarious. See the 800+ comments here as evidence.
It’s been two weeks, so we owe you another #warningitslong tour update. We’ve finally caught our breath after the busiest portion of our tour so far. It was both awesome and exhausting and we’re very thankful to be back at home sleeping in our own beds again. During the 11 days between hitting up Boston on Nov 7th and Dallas on Nov 18th, we’ve clocked 6 cities, 2 countries, 10 flights, and 6 nights away from Clara & Burger (we knew they’d be more comfortable at home with my mom and dad than on those 10 flights). And I won’t even dare tally the number of cookies we consumed (thanks to the locally baked creations at each of our six West Elm hosted events).
Our last tour recap two weeks ago left off in Toronto, which we flew out of on Tuesday and headed back to the states. The state of Minnesota to be exact. We’ve always heard great things about Minneapolis, so we were bummed when our schedule didn’t leave much time for exploring (even though our event wasn’t ’til Wednesday night, we had tons of blog stuff to catch up on between phone interviews scheduled by our publisher, etc). But despite missing out on the good sights that MPLS had to offer, we did get to take in plenty of the good people of the Twin Cities at our event. Cue the crazy faces.
Like previous West Elm events, the staff was awesome (“Elmers” as we hear they’re called) and those of you who came to meet us were exceptionally kind, patient, and fun! We even met some familiar faces, including Jen from IHeartOrganizing and Jackie from Teal & Lime (we’ve featured Jen’s office and Jackie’s dining room so meeting them meant that we got to put a room to a face, which is always fun). And apparently we need to work on varying our photo poses a bit. #Ipromisewe’renotstatues
We also had the pleasure of meeting hilarious Sarah, who we previously referred to as “frame wall girl” thanks to the photo she tweeted to us after receiving her copy of the book (which we included in the photo collage in this post). She was even kind enough to share a follow-up photo with her now-signed book…
We always get a bunch of good stories out of these tour stops, and we wish we could share them all with you guys, but here are a few highlights. Like this one that comes complete with a video (thanks Laura!). It was Amy’s birthday the day before mine, so she and her friend Ashley brought four cupcakes – one for each of us – and made Sherry keep her word that she’d sing happy birthday to her. Sherry just learned her lesson to double-check someone’s name before breaking into song. Thanks Amy for being a good sport! The funny thing is that we later learned that Amy’s friend Ashley was also a birthday girl, so stammering out both names actually kind of worked.
And while there have been plenty of fun inscriptions we’ve written, this one may take the cake as the weirdest. Yup, I wrote “I’m watching you poo” in someone’s book. You’ll have to read Daci’s post about it to get the full story. I promise it wasn’t totally gross and out of context. I was just following orders.
One of the most amazing moments was when West Elm asked us to sign the leg of this parson’s table for them. They auctioned it off that night at the event and were able to make $170 to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital! We’re so grateful to have been part of that act of kindness that the Minneapolis Elmers thought up.
That pretty much wrapped up our night in Minneapolis. If you want to read more about our time there (from a not-us perspective) you can check out these posts from Malisa, Jen & Chrissy, Kirsten and Carolyn… because after about 5 hours of sleep, we woke up early the next morning (Thursday) and headed back into the air on our way to Houston, Texas. Thank goodness for in-flight wi-fi so that we could keep our regular blogging schedule.
By the time we landed in Houston and were finally able to check into our hotel after a few hours of waiting in the lobby (long story, we’ll spare you) we once again had lost pretty much any time to explore the city. But we did get to chow down on some Tex-Mex, shower, get dressed, and head to that night’s event. A little birdy (Sherry) had clued them into the fact that Thursday was my 31st birthday, so my jaw dropped when I saw this waiting for me. I know you already saw it in last week’s post but I still can’t get over it. And the fact that someone went through all of this trouble for me… I’m a modest guy when it comes to birthday celebrations, so this is like 100 times above and beyond.
Oh, and Emily (who was conveniently waiting in the line nearby) sent us this video of me attempting to blow out my candles. I was soooo determined to get all 31 candles out, so you’ll see my disappointment when I realized it wasn’t gonna happen. #trickcandles
But enough about me. Let’s talk about the people we met. And the weird faces we made (are you sensing a theme?).
This next picture still cracks me up. It was this lovely woman’s well-intentioned husband’s attempt at Idea #141 in our book (Sketch Each Other). We even wrote on that page that “this could go terribly wrong” but they still might “become lovably entertaining.” Consider me entertained. If there wasn’t such a thing as Beavis-ification yet, I believe this man discovered it.
Lori Ann’s request for a funny photo started off like many others. But it ended with Sherry’s marker-stache falling off and somehow making a huge red dot on the middle of her neck. Like a single-fanged vampire got her good.
In addition to funny stories and weird faces, people continued to be so thoughtful and generous. Kiki (who came with her friend Roxy) painted two small canvases with matching cows on them. This picture doesn’t do them justice, but hopefully the expression on Sherry’s face proves how impressed we were with the gift. We already hung them in Clara’s room and she’s in love, so we owe you a picture.
Since our schedule in Houston didn’t really leave much time for taking on Texas, we were grateful to have more time at our next (and final) stop in Dallas. We left Houston first thing Friday morning and were in Dallas in no time. Our hotel there was da bomb – and I don’t break out past-its-prime slang for just anything. It was the new Omni in downtown Dallas and it was so cool we’re gonna “crash” it in another post. I mean, just look. There was a TV screen built into the bathroom mirror (if I were less refined I would slip in another watching you poo referenced here… but I’ve already done that once in this post).
But as captivated as we were by that screen, we had a date with another screen: a Skype call with Clara. It was harder to squeeze these in during this trip than we expected. It seemed whenever we were settled into a hotel she was at school or napping or out on some adventure with my parents (who graciously watched her at our house so she and Burger didn’t feel displaced). Here she is below presenting me with my birthday balloon:
Once we dried our eyes after chatting with our baby, we were ready to take in some of the big D. Yes, this was the view from our hotel room. And we took full nerd advantage of the floor-to-ceiling windows by taking some random silhouette photos.
Then this happened. I’d worry that you’ll question our maturity, but if you’ve read this far you’re probably not one bit surprised. I actually thought Sherry was pretty creative considering that wasn’t a pole (it was actually the frame between two large window panes). #funwithshadows
With our eating and sleeping schedules firmly off any semblance of normal, we walked down to the West End where had a 3:30pm dinner of Tex-Mex (we couldn’t resist it again) and then moseyed into a cowboy boot store. We didn’t buy any, but we did splurge two quarters to test ourselves on this “Guide To Romance.” Neither of us ranked very high, but at least we scored the exact same thing. Basically this machine thinks we’re soul mates. The funny thing was that Sherry asked the guy working there if it was based on hand temperature or pressure on the handle and he said it’s totally random and that he never saw people get the same one since it just seems to bounce around each time. #whataretheodds?
After exploring a bit more between the West End and our hotel (the history nerd in me was glad we stumbled across the JFK Memorial Plaza), we decided to make the most of the night (it was only 1 of 2 nights that entire week that we didn’t have an event). So yeah, we went in the hot tub. It was awesome. We highly recommend a stay there (the Omni, not the hot tub) if you’re ever in Dallas. We snuck a peek at the bill for our room and it was only like $150. It certainly felt fancier than that to us!
The next morning we packed up our stuff, contemplated ditching our signing for another soak in the hot tub (okay, not really) and taxied our way to West Elm. There we ended up hanging with more kind and hilarious people (someone in the press referred to the event as watching “hundreds of people politely mob the store” which cracked us up). And yes, more goofy faces were made.
One of the first people in line brought this along with her. It’s a relic from back when we once sold YHL t-shirts. I thought my dad was the only who still had one.
More t-shirts that we were excited to see where these colorful ones that Jill & Laura were sporting. They literally came straight from their 5k race (much like this one that I ran a few months ago) to the West Elm event. Had I known it was going on that morning I probably would’ve tried to run it myself!
On the other hand, I was less than thrilled to see what Susan brought with her. That’s gear for the Virginia Tech Hokies, my alma mater’s rival. I agreed to take a photo with the stuff, but I wasn’t going to be happy about it!
Stefanie was also sporting some Virginia pride, since she’s originally from Richmond. We loved this little sign she whipped up, but were even more enamored with the Lowe’s and Home Depot aprons that her kids Nolan & Leah were sporting. Gotta get one of those for Clara.
In Dallas we also saw Jess, who had come to the Houston event two days before. She’s gonna try to make it to our Austin stop in January too, completing a hat trick of Texan signing events. See you in a few weeks Jess!
Dallas might win for “most unusual items that we signed.” We certainly put our names on plenty of ceramic animals throughout the stops, but I think this was the first time I signed someone else’s book. This friendly young man accompanied his mom in line and then realized he didn’t want to leave without getting a book signed. Presumably he had little interest in a DIY book, but he did bring his Harry Potter book along… so he asked me to sign it. I felt a bit like I was stepping on J.K.’s toes, but how could I say no to such a mannerly young gent? So Ms. Rowling, if you’re reading this (ha! yeah right), feel free to sign one of our books in return…
And then there was Ellen, who invited Sherry to sign her baby. She posted a video of it on her blog. Let’s just say baby Marc was a good sport about having a strange lady take a pen to his onesie (which Sherry pulled out to avoid sharpie-ing his belly directly… moms!).
This Saturday event was one of our longest (I think it was over four hours) but we thankfully got out in time to make our flight that evening. News spread around West Elm that we had a 3pm flight, which made the folks coming up to us after 2pm very apologetic, but our flight wasn’t until 6 (we just heard we should leave by 3:30 to make sure we made the flight since the airport was a ways away, so we think that’s how the 3pm rumor started). So don’t worry, no flights were missed and by about 11:30pm we were home in Richmond, staring creepily at our sweet sleeping bean (and getting cozy with The Burgs who was very much awake). Of course since then we’ve had our recent DC signing and have another two this weekend so we’ll have to update you on those in two more weeks. #betitsgonnabelong
Oh and one last thing. We just heard that in the first month of our book being out, we’ve raised over $1200 for charity (both for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through West Elm events and a local charity for kids thanks to auctioning off book projects here in Richmond). We couldn’t have done it without you guys, so thanks for making such an amazing difference!
Now we’ll end this long wrap-up with a big big thanks to everyone who’s made our tour stops such a pleasure – from the awesome event hosts and the many many taxi drivers who have helped us get around, to you guys who have taken the time to come see us – many of you with thoughtful cards and sweet/tasty treats. We’re so incredibly grateful to live through an experience like this. It has been crazy. And it has been a bit tiring. But ultimately it has been such an amazing feeling to get to see all of these places and meet so many hilarious and kind people. And now, in case you’re wondering for a future event- we will sign your baby, your Harry Potter book, or write poo in your book. #gladthat’ssettled
Stacey says
Please tell me I’m not the only one who read the “#betitsgonnabelong” hashtag incorrectly at first glance. My silly brain read it as “Be…four letter word…Gonna Be Long.” Oh my! #blushing
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahahahahah!
xo
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Katrina says
Me too! Between that and the drawing I’m cracking up! “Gonna be long”…
Amber says
So, I have to know, has John gotten a replacement Ale-8? I know he had to leave the one in Cinci. My family is from Kentucky, so I always make my dad bring me back some when he visits (he drives, so no-one can take it away from him). I’m planning on coming to the Charlotte signing in February, so I could definitely hook him up.
YoungHouseLove says
Not yet but I bet he’d love one!
xo
s
Tracie says
Holy moly the “draw each other” ladies artwork….still.laughing.out.loud. Seriously hilarious. Also…the babies face when S is signing the onesie…”dude, that’s my onesie your touchin…hands off lady…”
So happy yall are having success! The book is awesome!
xoxo
ps…did I already ask you to come visit Louisville? I’ll buy you bourbon…or a horse…or something;)
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, sold! For a horse. Haha!
We’d love end up there.
xo
s
Liz says
Last night I dreamed I went to see you at one of your stops, and my 19-year-old brother happened to be with me. At the last minute he decides he wanted you to sign something for him too, so he whipped out of piece of American cheese and had you sign it. And then later he ate it. It was weird.
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahahhahaahahh!
xo
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Alison says
Some day, I will find another use for #godspeedlittlebooksintrucks. I laughed so hard my dog is looking at me funny.
BeccaK says
Baby-signing = hilarious! And such a cute baby, too!
Wendy says
I was at the Dallas West Elm. I was towards the end of the line. I ended up getting up to you guys around 3. Anyway, I wanted to thank you guys for staying so long past the time you were supposed to be done. Everyone in line around us was so impressed that you’d stay and sign for so long (especially after that long week). So thanks! It was my birthday & you helped make it more special :) It was so fun to meet you!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw you’re so sweet! We loved waiting to meet you all! You rock and we wouldn’t be here without you!
xo
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Sarah says
You guys are so well loved! Im kinda determined to figure out a cookie to represent the ‘young’ part of you…I mean we’ve got the house, and love. Hmmm…. :-)
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahaha!
xo
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Linda says
Hi John and Sherry! I don’t know is this is “allowed” but hopefully it is, so here goes. I have two tickets to your sold-out DC book signing/craft event tomorrow morning at 10am, in DC (yay!). My friend unexpectedly had to cancel on me, so now I have an extra ticket. I hate to have it go to waste, plus I just bought my first place, so losing the $69 ticket cost would be a major bummer. If anyone in the DC area wants to buy the ticket, send me an email! lindaesimon (at) gmail (dot) com. I’m not looking to make money, just recoup the cost of the ticket (and meet a fellow YHL fan!). Thanks!
YoungHouseLove says
Ooh yes! Post it on our Facebook page too! Hopefully someone will snatch it up!
xo
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Linda says
Thanks, that’s a great idea and I just did that! I wanted to post the extra ticket message first thing this morning so more people would see it,but of course as soon as I got to school, I was running around making copies for my first class and forgot all about it. Oops.
Wendy says
Congrats on all of the book tour experiences! Thank you for sharing them with those of us who are not near a stop (within reasonable distance) so we can virtually participate! :-)
Also.. Thank You to the woman who posted a comment a week or so back about writing on toilet paper rolls (with her sons I believe) and giving them to her hub for a gift= reading material in the bathroom.
I’m working on this now for my hub’s b-day present. TP newspaper style. Hopefully in a day or so I’ll have a pic to share. His b-day isn’t til the end of December, but our daughter is due mom-en-tar-ily (as in… when Sweet Susanna was due on Monday)!
aka Thanks J&S for this place where we can allll learn from and inspire each other! May the last day of November be just what you and your foursome need it to be!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw you’re so sweet Wendy! We love you!
xo
s
Lauren says
I was thinking this was a juicy post when I read “Ten Fights Later” which when you are traveling, is totally possible. Then, I laugh/cried when I read “beavis-ification.” Hilarious, I really needed that today, so thank you.
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahahh! Flights/fights = same thing! Haha. And the Beavis-ification is hilarious right? She needs to frame that forever!
xo
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Kaylyn Myers says
Hi Sherry and John!! I am SO EXCITED to meet you tomorrow at the LivingSocial event! Just a quick question – will the entire 2 hours be crafting, or will there be time to meet you/take pictures/have you sign random ceramic animals too?? :)
YoungHouseLove says
About an hour will be crafting and about an hour will be a signing (where we can do pics, sign animals/books, etc). Wahoo!
xo
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Jessica says
I’m desperate to get to a book signing of yours, they look like a riot! I live in NYC and was so bummed when you released your book tour schedule because I was going out of town THE DAY you were scheduled to sign here. Then Sandy messed everything up, I didn’t leave town, and you didn’t come. I told my boyfriend that you might reschedule to a date that I could attend, and he said, “Good, because I’d like to go with you, they really cool.” COLOR ME SHOCKED!!! All these years of me blabbering on about the last thing you guys did, getting stain out of our granite because you showed me how, painting a wooden pig yellow and explaining to anyone who will listen that you were my inspiration, creating our own frame wall… and the entire time he was listening!!! Who knew! Hope you guys make it to NYC soon!
YoungHouseLove says
Wahoo! That’s so exciting! Can’t wait for that to be rescheduled!
xo
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Krystle @ Color Transformed Family says
I love hearing all the stories of gifts that readers are bringing you guys. It has me a little intimidated because I am pretty sure I won’t be that creative if I get to meet you. I’ll be the awkward, shy girl, lol!
Elizabeth says
John’s on a super-big hastag kick these days! Sherry, I went to check your book out at my local library, and you are listed as the sole author. Isn’t that funny?
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahahahah, no way! Poor John! Some places had his as the illustrator which cracks us up!
xo
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jeannette says
I’M WATCHING YOU POO??????
and i thought with my bathroom-cabinet-pull fetish i was the only kinkazoid around here.
p.s. loved your turquoise faceted hobby lobby pulls, slaver slaver slaver.
Natalia says
So looking forward to meeting you guys at the DC event tomorrow!
YoungHouseLove says
Woot!
xo
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Erin says
Can you please put in a request to the nice people at West Elm to send a store to GREENVILLE, SC!! :)
It’s great to see you all giving to charity. God bless you!
YoungHouseLove says
We’d love to end up in SC!
xo
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New Homes in Charlotte says
You have such an incredible family! Thank you for the inspiration :)
Rachel Marti says
I couldn’t come to your Minneapolis signing because of a work conflict. :( However, my birthday party was the following Saturday and my friend Kristine surpised me with a gorgeous white owl mug signed by the both of you. So happy I cried. literally. tears.
Coffee Mug + Owl + my fave blogging family = best way to start my next quarter of a century!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw that’s so cute. We love you Rachel!
xo
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Laura M says
It was so great to meet you all in Houston. I may be a bit biased, but it sounds like Texas has been the best stop so far. I’m from Big D and now live in Houston. Everything is bigger in Texas. The cake in Houston rocked! Did they tell you who made it?
YoungHouseLove says
We didn’t catch who made it but we did think it was the same people who did the cookies. Not 100% sure though! Maybe try calling their store to see?
xo
s
Lauren says
We are still as excited about meeting you as we were that day!
(the crazy girl on the right from your first Minneapolis pic.)
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, it was so much fun, right?!
xo
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Jess @ Crunchy Hot Mama says
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH my picture made the blog-too cool!!!! It was great to see you two twice and yes, I’ll be in ATX as well :)
Glad you guys don’t think I’m that crazy…except for $herdog totally calling me out in Dallas. Nothin’ but love for ya chica!
You two are such fun/amazing/loving people and I love what great sports you are when people come up to you. Emma especially loves her autograph from Clara! Can’t wait for Austin baby :D
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, I call you out because I love you! Can’t wait to see you in Austin!
xo
s
[email protected] says
Totally pushing a friend’s business here, but looking at those cookies (my apologies to the bakers!) but hers rock! Check her out at OneCreativeCookie.com. She delivers to Richmond!
YoungHouseLove says
The sound awesome!
xo
s
Bridgett Thomas says
VT Represent! John…I have forgiven you for being a Wahoo (sorta.) So glad you agree to take the photo with Susan though.
Sophia says
Will there be littlebooksinships on their way to Europe? I hope so! I’ve been trying to get my hands on your book the whole month but it’s not availble anywhere, so fingers crossed!
Love your blog!
Sophia from Germany
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, they’re doing another printing so they should be going everywhere! We hear a place called the book depository as well as amazon out your way have them (sometimes they say it’ll take a month or so but then people tweet or comment that it only took a week and the box was waiting on their stoop! Hope that’s still the case!
xo
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Katie says
I was so happy to get to meet you guys in Dallas! I was actually the girl RIGHT BEFORE Ellen and her baby, and I had fun hanging out with her family in line! I was also the one who doodled a little version of myself in your sign in book!
I also got a copy for my sister in law and brother in law (he has the Polish name remember? Eh?) and they were so surprised and happy when I gave it to them later that day.
I wish I was more memorable but I know you meets sooo many people, haha
I’m glad Dallas went well for you and I hope you have a great time in Austin (my hometown!)
YoungHouseLove says
Aw you’re totally memorable! We LOVED meeting you!!
xo
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Cristina s. says
Is it selfish of me to hope your Miami event isn’t cray cray?!? Who am I kidding… It’s a huge city “/ if you need any advice on the city (what to eat, where to go, etc.) please ask!
The Books & Books spot is located in historical Coral Gables… One of the prettiest parts of Miami :)
YoungHouseLove says
Sounds like so much fun! Can’t wait!
xo
s
Amanda says
I LOVE these posts about your book tour! Makes me want to come to one soooooo bad! I wish that y’all could make a stop in the Williamsburg/Hampton/Norfolk/Virginia Beach area. Technically I know Richmond isn’t that much further up the road, but your event this weekend just doesn’t fit our schedule – and I’m bummed! Big time! I wouldn’t even make John touch any of our Virginia Tech stuff. :)
ellen says
maybe you guys could give away some books? i bashfully admit that I haven’t bought it. I was going to buy it at your Boston signing and then a little snow scared me away… :(
YoungHouseLove says
We’d love that!
xo
s
Stefanie says
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZOOOOOOOMG, MY FACE IS ON YOUR BLOG!!!!!!!!
Day…. nay, I say, LIFE made. I took a picture of it to remember it by. Thanks for sharing. We totally had a blast. Love you guys!
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahahaha!
xo
s
Kari says
Hi YHL! Please keep us readers posted on your book tour locations! If you come to the Boulder or Denver, Colorado area I promise you’ll be welcomed warmly!
YoungHouseLove says
Will do!
xo
s
Katie says
I just wanted to say, I love the Hokie picture (go Hokies!) and congrats on all your success with the book and book tour!
April says
Omg, I can’t wait for ya’ll to announce the Charlotte date! I am going to take off work, or call in sick, I don’t even care!
Ally says
This is one of those instances, where that sketch definitely does NOT do that lovely woman justice! :)
(On the bright side, I hear they’re remaking the Beavis & Butthead series for a whole new generation…her hubby (he is still her hubby, right? :) could have a very bright future in illustration :)
And speaking of L*O*V*E, I don’t think you guys needed to blow .50 (hard-earned) cents to find out you’re “soulmates” *wink* :)
xox
Dawn says
Thanks for the update on the book situation! I was having a little panic attack as this is what I am putting on my Christmas list – it is the one thing I really want for Christmas but where ever I was looking it was saying “sold out” or available for pre-order only. *gasp* Say it isn’t so…
YoungHouseLove says
Nope, should be back in stock in a few business days if you check back! Whew!
xo
s
Suzanne says
I’m curious, do you sign each others names, or does one start the write up and the other finishes with his or her name?
YoungHouseLove says
One of us writes the message and signs our name and the other pops in for their signature. No signing for each other :)
xo
s
Noel says
Ok, so BTW (and yes, I creepily read all the blogs you tagged) – What does your house smell like??? hehe
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahahahahahaha!
xo
s
cporoski says
It looks like it says be tits gonna belong instead of bet its gonna be long….sigh, dirty mind.
YoungHouseLove says
Haha- someone else said that. Hilarious!
xo
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Jamie says
It was awesome to meet you in DC this week! Guess we’ll have to wait and see if our silly picture makes it into the next tour post!
PS – Hanging out with Nikki, our new line friend, on Saturday!
YoungHouseLove says
We had the best time! Can’t wait to get that post together!
xo
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Sarah F. says
I LOL’d at the pole dancing picture. Not too immature at all, in fact that’s something I would probably do too.
Can’t wait for you guys to hit up Tacoma on the west coast! I’ve got my book all ready and waiting. In fact, on my birthday a couple weeks ago my old roommate got me your book too! She remembered seeing your page come up on her laptop’s ‘recent searches’ queue all the time. I felt bad telling her I wasn’t able to wait a week for my birthday and I had already bought it for myself.
jessibee says
Oh goodness! That Beavis-y sketch keeps making me laugh! I am totally going to get my husband to sketch me now. Fingers crossed for “horribly wrong”! haha
Looking forward to your west coast leg of the tour! I will try not to chicken out like I did last time you were in Portland!
heather says
Friday afternoons, watching your old videos because you know, it’s Friday afternoon. Point being – some of these answers/comments are great throughout them. I had to just say this – in the Q & A you say “we love renovating, so it would be really fun to do an addition”.
Almost on my side laughing. You are MORE than welcome to come live with an addition being built to see how fun it is ;) Haha. Also, it was adorable in your first house tours (never seen them) when you said “this will eventually be a nursery” (The stage we’re at now) and how the world will be ironic and give you a child who hates DIY (I just kept picturing Clara with her beloved tape measure).
These are fun to watch since I haven’t ever seen a ton of them!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, that’s so funny Heather! I always tell people it’s fun to blog because it’s like a little time capsule. We wouldn’t even remember this stuff if we didn’t write it down/photograph it/record it!
xo
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heather says
I hear you. I myself am having a bit of “share burnout” on my own blog/social media, so I’m taking a break(ish), but I still take photos of all the progress of things just because Andy and I love looking back on everything. We’re at the point now when it’s almost time for the electrical inspection. Then we can finally insulate and drywall. When we no longer have to see open framing I think we’ll both be relieved, even though drywall is a pain in the butt! So ready for finished space.
Elizabeth says
Love the vintage YHL tee. Almost forgot about your shop! You should bring t-shirts back!
Chris-Ellyn says
Love, love, love the silhouette photos! The smoochy one should definitely make it on your wall of frames; I love it so much it may even make it on MY wall of frames! :-)Congrats on all your success!
Rachel says
Okay, you guys are always entertaining, but it’s not often that actually laugh out loud at a blog post, and I’ve never laughed out loud TWICE at the same post, so you take the cake on this one. The Beavis-ified photo (the wife is such a good sport, and I’m so glad she brought it to show you – it’s AWESOME!) and then Sherry’s “pole” dancing silhouette made my Friday.
Thanks. I’ll be bookmarking this one for future reference when I need a pick-me up. :)
YoungHouseLove says
Aw, thanks Rachel.
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Valerie J. says
So bummed you all aren’t doing any Oklahoma stops! The signing look like a blast! So…if Sherry can take a stripper pole pic I can share that it took me a good minute to read what this hashtag “#betitsgonnabelong” really said. Creepy or funny? You be the judge. Hashtag needs a lift. ;)
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahahahahaha! A little reconstructive surgery and it’ll all be ok.
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Katie says
You guys are superheros!
I am a new reader of the blog and LOVING it! maybe santa will bring me a copy of YHL (fingers crossed)
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Katie!
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Sarah says
Oh my gosh! I was laughing so hard throughout this post and completely lost it when I saw the pole dancing silhouette picture. You guys are hilarious. :-D
Catharine @ Your Modern Couple says
It was so much fun meeting you guys in Dallas! (we were the mother daughter duo with bright/striped coats!) I just wanted to let you know that my mom ended up winning the St. Jude’s raffle and got a ceramic owl in the mail! so now she’s on her wait to become a fellow ceramic animal hoarder :)
And I won’t forget to send you photos of my ceramic animal wedding centerpieces :) Yay!
YoungHouseLove says
That’s so exciting! It was awesome to meet you! And we’d love to see those centerpiece pics!
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