Blogiversary IV: You Time
We’ve blabbed on (and on) about ourselves this week, so we wanted to take a moment (as we usually do during these blogiversary weeks) to focus on you… and your feelings. Okay, not so much your feelings. Unless, um, you want to talk about them.
But seriously, you know so much about us, so we’d love to learn a bit about you (and no, this isn’t some not-so-cleverly disguised marketing research survey – it’s just us being nosy and wondering who the heck you fine people are). So just like last year, I’m breaking out our little polling plug-in to let you guys weigh in about yourselves. And just as you have in past years, feel free to expand on any answer in the comment section – or just use it to share something random (favorite food?), link to your blog, or tell us something else about yourself that you think we should know (anyone sporting a soda shirt?).
Darn, our polling plug-in isn’t playing nice right now (aka: it crashed our site four times in a row) so we spontaneously moved the poll party over to Facebook. Here’s that link for ya. Don’t forget after you submit your poll to: 1) scroll up and 2) click the “view results” button at the top of the page (to see where you fall into the mix). It’s so interesting for us to learn more about you guys! Oh and ignore the big ugly ad at the top of the poll, this was one of those ahh-we’re-crashing-and-need-another-quick-alternative kind of decisions.
If you’re not in Facebook or just prefer to sound off in the comments, here are some of the questions (we just won’t have the capability to tally those up like the Facebook poll automatically does):
- how old you are
- your gender
- where you live (state, country, or continent)
- who you live with (better half, kids, pups, imaginary friends?)
- if you own/rent/live in dorms/live with rents, etc
- your idea of a good Saturday afternoon (working on a big reno? a small craft project? watching design shows?)
- what reality show you’d like to be on (Design Star? Project Runway? Amazing Race? Jersey Shore?)
Thanks for playing along!
PS: The collage of photos at the top of this post are some of your gravatars plucked from actual comments on our site (and what a good looking bunch you are). If you’re currently gravatar-less (or don’t know what one is) you can learn more about it here.
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UPDATE: Now that it has been a couple of days, a few people suggested that we post the results of the Facebook survey for all to see back here (remember it’s not really a perfect representation of all of our readers because 5,000 people took the poll, but many others commented with their stats instead – and I’m sure a fair amount stayed silent altogether):
- AGE: 63% are twenty-somethings, 29% are thirty-somethings, 4% are forty-somethings, 1% are fifty-plus and 1% are teensÂ
- GENDER: 99% are women, 1% are men (are the guys just being quiz-shy or something?)
- LOCATION: 87% live in the USA, 5% in Canada, 4% in Europe, 2% in Australia, and 1% in Asia
- HOME: 61% own their home, 31% rent, 6% live with parents, and 1% live at school
- OTHER: A majority of readers are married, have pets, and a winning smile (these percentages were off because Facebook tallied it out of total answers to the question, not total respondents)
- FAV AFTERNOON ACTIVITY: In order of popularity (most to least): fun family outing, reading blogs, doing small craft, shopping, working on big makover, watching design shows, decorating for a party, and last but not least: going to open houses.
- REALITY SHOW: In order of popularity (most to least): Amazing Race, Design Star, Top Chef, America’s Next Top Model, American Idol, Jersey Shore, Cops (yes, 166 people would like to be on Cops).
Thanks so much for the fun! It really is great to get to know you all a little more.
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This is late, but I am going to join in anyways. =)
I am 29yrs old and enjoying the last year of my 20′s and strangly not as hestiant to turn 30 as I pictures myself, say at 23 turning 30.
I am female, born and raised in Alaska(half in Utah) but I fell in love with a military man and so I have lived in Beligum, Europe, for over three years and less than two to go
I live with my husband, of almost nine years this Jan, and our crazy dogs(two) and beautifully sassy and mean cat. We also have guardianship of my three younger siblings and have had them with us for a little bit over two years(14,12,11). Plan was to have our own this year or start to try, but life does not go to plan…so guess dirty thirty it will be. We keep from getting bitter by reminding ourselves we are doing a great thing for my brothers and sister.
We rent, I would love for us to have the kind of dinero to just buy a nice ” summer cottage” here in Europe. Buuuuuttt real estate is a bit different here. Renting is not as tenant friendly as it is in the states. BUT we got great landlords, got them to approve minor stuff. So we have torn down ugly wallpaper in kitchen( it was seriously vinyl style a bit poofy and looked like NM threw up on it), fixed up furntiture and most of the changes have been landscape wise.
A project to do together would be something in the yard. My husband is just getting into wood working, so when it comes to buying old things and fixing them up, it is all on me. We do have a blast and look at going thrift store, antique shopping etc as a date like event. =)
It would have to be Amazing Race!!
Fun questions and love what fellow readers have posted.
p.s I also have a Coca Cola type shirt that says Ciao Bella! on it, got it in Italy.=)
I can’t believe I missed the poll. I’m looking down a very short tunnel at 50, but I love YHL. It’s my daily read. My twenty something daughter turned me on to blogs and I’ve never looked back. (We were both thrilled when Clara starting walking!) Keep up the good work and happy 4th blogiversary.
I’m 29
Female
Living in Australia in a rented apartment with my fiancé.
A good Saturday afternoon could involve home decorating, or shopping for the home, a picnic, or catching up on TV from the week.
I would love to be on Survivor (but really couldn’t hack it).
FYI I have been reading your blog since the day Clara was born!