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Young House Love » Road Trips & Travel » Ten Flights Later…

| By John Petersik | November 30, 2012 | 384 Comments

Ten Flights Later…

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).

West Elm Cookies

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.

MPLS Weird 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

MPLS Jen IHeart Teal Lime

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…

MPLS Frame Wall Girl

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.

MPLS Watching You Poo

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.

MPLS Signing Table

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.

Houston Working On Plane

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.

Houston Cake

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?).

Houston Silly Faces

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.

Houston Bad Drawing

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.

Houston Markerstache

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.

Houston Cow Paintings

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).

Dallas Hotel Bathroom

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:

Dallas Skyping

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.

Dallas Window Kissing

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

Dallas Window Pole11

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?

Dallas Love Meter

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!

Dallas Omni Pool

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.

Dallas Weird Faces

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.

Dallas YHL Shirt

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!

Dallas Color Run

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!

Dallas Go Hokies

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.

Dallas Apron Kids

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 Jess Second Visit

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…

Dallas Harry Potter Book

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!).

Dallas Signing Baby

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!

Boston Sign

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

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Comments

  1. Dona says

    November 30, 2012 at 5:41 pm

    I had the pleasure of watching you guys do your thing in Dallas. When my mom saw how long the line was, she didn’t think she could stand around that long. Instead, we commandeered one of the WE sofas for a while and watched you two sign books and take pictures and wished I was able to greet you in person, since I feel like I already know you. Maybe I will make a trek to Austin in January to get my book signed. Glad you guys had a chance to enjoy Dallas. :)

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      November 30, 2012 at 5:49 pm

      Aw you’re so sweet Dona! Thanks so much for coming out! It would be awesome to meet you in Austin!

      xo
      s

  2. Kim S says

    November 30, 2012 at 6:11 pm

    Oh my gosh, thank you so much for the good laugh after a long Friday. As if that guy’s sketch wasn’t hilarious enough, your “Beavis-ification” comment literally had me crying I was laughing so hard. I love that she was a good sport about it and even brought it to show you guys. So funny! :o)

    Reply
  3. Angela says

    November 30, 2012 at 6:26 pm

    Hi Guys! My Kiddos and I enjoyed meeting you so much. My son Jackson (9) bragged all day that he had met famous authors and that John signed his book. My daughter Lucy (6) had a great time to she signed your book with “We had fun! Lucy Metzger”. It was all worth it even though our dog chewed a chunk of the cover. We love you guys and your book!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      November 30, 2012 at 6:31 pm

      Haha, we had so much fun meeting you guys! Thanks so much for coming- your kids were so well behaved!

      xo
      s

  4. Megan says

    November 30, 2012 at 6:27 pm

    My husband said one of the gift ideas I gave him was “sold out” and may not arrive on time. Now I have my confirmation of what I suspected it was :-) I forgive you for ruining the surprise as now I’m guaranteed to be very happy – can’t wait to flip through it!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      November 30, 2012 at 6:31 pm

      Aw, you’re so sweet Megan! Hope it’s there with weeks to spare!

      xo
      s

  5. Amy says

    November 30, 2012 at 6:32 pm

    It was amazing to meet you guys in Dallas! I was the one with a ceramic deer that you said looked like Burger. I couldn’t stop talking about it to anyone who would listen, and it severely confused my family because I have an uncle and aunt named John and Sherry! They kept saying, “Wait, your aunt and uncle wrote a book and you have to get it signed?” and then I would have to say, “No…the other John and Sherry. They’re from the internet…I don’t really know them…but I feel like I do!” Anyway, long story short, it was so much fun to finally meet you!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      November 30, 2012 at 6:36 pm

      Aw the deer Burger! We remember him! It was so nice to meet you! And that’s so funny about having an aunt and uncle named John & Sherry. We have met a million John’s married to Sherry’s! Well, not a million, but we know like ten. Isn’t that random!? The only thing I can come up with is that John is such a common name that lots of them are married to every name. Haha!

      xo
      s

  6. Amanda @ Living on Grace says

    November 30, 2012 at 8:05 pm

    yeah! nice to finally see some hokie love on this blog ;)

    Reply
  7. Pepsi Alice says

    November 30, 2012 at 8:24 pm

    Thanks again for visiting us in Minnesota! I hope that I didn’t completely put you off the name Alice with my recitation of all of the nicknames I was given as a child. I’ve grown to really love my name, and I would highly recommend it should you ever find yourself in need of another girl name… ;)

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 1, 2012 at 7:56 am

      Aw it’s still awesome if not more awesome after meeting you! Thanks for coming out!

      xo,
      s

  8. Amy says

    November 30, 2012 at 8:55 pm

    I had to share the Beavis-ification photo and description with my hubby. Hilarious! It was a good 5 minutes of tears and the silent laugh. We’re still chuckling about it. Maybe we should try to sketch ourselves and see what we come up with. Ha! Thanks for the laugh today! You guys are awesome!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 1, 2012 at 7:55 am

      Hahaha do it! And send us the pics!!!

      xo,
      s

  9. Ellen says

    November 30, 2012 at 9:44 pm

    Yay St. Jude! You could come to Memphis and see it in person…. Or maybe next year John could run the St. Jude Half Marathon (or full if he’s feeling crazy). It’s tomorrow (and I am running ??)

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 1, 2012 at 7:53 am

      That sounds awesome!

      xo,
      s

  10. Stephanie N says

    November 30, 2012 at 10:01 pm

    HAHAHAHAHA

    I just read this: #betitsgonnabelong

    as Be tits gonna be long. And I went…HUH??? what the heck
    are they talking about it. And then I went OHHHHH, man what is wrong with me always reading something a bit off collar into things/ (I made mention I like to make up words and phrases out of peoples tags, in your random things post)

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 1, 2012 at 7:52 am

      Hahahaha! Tits happen.

      xo,
      s

  11. Stephanie N says

    November 30, 2012 at 10:03 pm

    By the way, I love the book update posts! You have a bunch of great fans out there and I love reading their I met John and Sherry posts as well!!! :)

    Reply
  12. Amanda H says

    November 30, 2012 at 10:39 pm

    Ohmygoodness!!! You guys! I worked on the design of the Omni in Dallas! I’m so glad you liked it!! It’s one of my favorite projects. So bummed I missed you while you were here in Dallas, hope it was fun!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 1, 2012 at 7:43 am

      No way! We loved it! Of all the hotels we stayed at it was our favorite (tied with one in Toronto)!

      xo,
      s

  13. NayNay says

    November 30, 2012 at 10:52 pm

    The “Sketch Each Other” portrait made me laugh so hard I got a full on ab workout. I was cry-laughing for about 5 minutes. And when I scroll back up, I still laugh. So funny! Thanks for posting and thanks to the lady for sharing too!

    Also love Sherry’s pole-dancing pic! Epic!

    Reply
  14. Christi says

    November 30, 2012 at 11:08 pm

    Today was the worst day of my life, i woke up to find my buddy dog, Mr. Fatty, had passed away…. 13 years old. But, when i did a complete media blackout i went to your website for comfort.

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 1, 2012 at 7:45 am

      Oh no Christi! I’m so so sorry for your loss. Hope we comforted you in some small way. Sending you lots of love.

      xo,
      s

  15. Danielle Walts says

    November 30, 2012 at 11:08 pm

    I waited in line in Dallas and was thrilled to meet you both! I was so nervous and excited at the same time I told people it was like being a child waiting to meet Santa :-). I just didn’t want to look like an idiot but of course as soon as I went to lean in for a photo I bumped John’s arm with my boob, ugh so embarrassed!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 1, 2012 at 7:46 am

      Hahahaa! Boob bump! Hilarious. We had so much fun meeting you! Still beaming from the awesome Dallas crowd!

      xo,
      s

  16. Suzanne says

    November 30, 2012 at 11:19 pm

    I’m part of that 1% of your readers that’s a teen, and I just can’t get enough of you guys! You’re such a huge inspiration to me. I’m anxiously awaiting the day the UPS man brings your book to my front door. That will be a glorious day! Haha. Glad to hear you guys were able to sell so many books!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 1, 2012 at 7:47 am

      Aw thanks Suzanne! Hope you love it.

      xo,
      s

  17. Christy Niebaum says

    December 1, 2012 at 12:00 am

    Oh-em-gee! I stayed at the Omni when I visited Dallas in October. It was amazeballs! I loved the bathroom mirror TV and totally watched SNL while I took a shower. Did you happen to see the hotel gym on the spa/pool/hot tub floor? I managed to fit in a workout while we were there and that gym was BANANAS. It amazed me that our room was only $100 a night. Fancy pants hotel without breaking the bank? Word.

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 1, 2012 at 7:48 am

      Ooh the workout room sounds awesome!

      xo,
      s

  18. ASHLEY S says

    December 1, 2012 at 12:15 am

    Totally off-topic:

    While hunting for a t-shirt for my husband on 6DollarShirts.com, I came across this bicycle one… (http://6dollarshirts.com/t-shirts/Bike-Anatomy–p-11388.html) and thought of your multiple past posts about John’s bicycle love. The best part? It’s only $6!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 1, 2012 at 7:49 am

      Wahooo!

      xo,
      s

  19. Kristen Sutton says

    December 1, 2012 at 2:01 am

    So glad I got to meet y’all in Dallas, you were both wonderful, and I heart the sad face photo we made for my friend that missed out! Can’t wait for another chance to support anything else you two do-I’m so glad you two were as fun and wonderful in person as I’d hoped!!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 1, 2012 at 7:33 am

      Aw you’re so sweet Kristen! We had the best time with you making frowny faces! Haha.

      xo,
      s

  20. sarkari naukri says

    December 1, 2012 at 6:03 am

    Dear Team YoungHouseLove,

    Read about you and also saw the happy and smiling pictures!!
    I am from Australia,Love to join you and make some donations!!
    Seeking a prompt reply from you

    Regards
    Mia

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 1, 2012 at 8:00 am

      Aw you’re so sweet! Here’s a St Jude link if you’d like to donate: http://www.stjude.org

      xo,
      s

  21. kristen f davis says

    December 1, 2012 at 8:34 am

    that man’s drawing of his wife is HILARIOUS. beavis-ification… hahaha

    Reply
  22. Anika says

    December 1, 2012 at 9:00 am

    It’s amazing to see how different each of these book stops is – and the pole dancing, Sherry – well done!

    Thank you guys for working so hard and sacrificing time with your family to travel around and meet all of us. We love you guys! Hope you get some much needed and deserved rest while you’re back in Richmond.

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 2, 2012 at 8:44 am

      Aw thanks Anika! We love you guys right back!

      xo
      s

  23. Katelyn says

    December 1, 2012 at 9:26 am

    Was so excited yesterday that I posted it to Facebook but TOTALLY forgot to comment how giddy I was that my face is actually officially on a YHL post!!!! Eeeeeep!!!!! PS- omg the sketch… if I had been drinking milk I would have snorted it! So funny! Also- my fiance and I just started looking to buy our first house and can’t wait to channel some YHL and make it our own! Thanks so much for all the inspiration!! <3

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 2, 2012 at 8:44 am

      Aw you’re so sweet Katelyn! We love you.

      xo
      s

  24. LMG says

    December 1, 2012 at 12:26 pm

    Sorry for the off-topic comment, but I was just wondering with the winter weather starting if you had chosen a stain for your deck? Or are you leaving it until spring? I’m trying to balance our new fence stain with the weather and finding it difficult! Just curious about what you chose, process, etc….not that you have anything else on your plate! :) Thanks again for doing the book–I flipped through it and now, since I don’t have a lot of time (new baby), I like to pick it up randomly and flip to a project and read through more thoroughly.

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 2, 2012 at 8:43 am

      We think we might have to wait until spring since it might be too cold overnight here to use things (we like to follow the directions on the can). Will keep you posed!

      xo
      s

    • LMG says

      December 3, 2012 at 1:38 pm

      Thanks! Do I get to pick the pose?
      hahaha just kidding…

    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 3, 2012 at 1:50 pm

      Hahaha, of course!

      xo,
      s

  25. Sarah says

    December 1, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    Thank you SO much for making my week! My Google Analytics about ran out of steam yesterday from all the hits. Who would’ve thought embarrassing myself in my pajamas would lead to 15 minutes of fame? I may just make them an everyday staple now and see my stardom flourish.

    Have a wonderful weekend to my favorite blogger family!

    -Sarah

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 2, 2012 at 8:43 am

      Hahah, we love you Sarah!

      xo
      s

  26. Ashley says

    December 1, 2012 at 1:52 pm

    So a lot of people give you awesome gifts. Have you thought about doing something special with them all together? Like how you do your shawdow boxes of special things (making of the book), etc. I know you can’t do a giant shadow box of all the ceramic animals, but maybe some of the smaller things? Does that make sense?

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 2, 2012 at 8:42 am

      Haha, oh yes, I got plans!! Wait for it…

      xo
      s

  27. Megan says

    December 1, 2012 at 9:35 pm

    You may already know this but your book is one of Barnes & Noble ‘Best Quirky, Beautiful, Different Books of 2012’! http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s?PRO=1358&store=book&view=grid

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 2, 2012 at 8:40 am

      Ahhh, isn’t that amazing! Hope those little books on trucks made it to B&N so it’s back in stock!

      xo
      s

  28. Amy says

    December 1, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    Wow……………you guys are great! So inspiring with your passion for your home and being on your book tour—congrats! I love that you came to Edina, Minnesota’s West Elm! I love that store………
    In just the last few weeks I have made serious decorating changes and created a new work space. I think reading your blog along with a couple of others, is how I became ready to do it! I love my apt more now. Thanks!!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 2, 2012 at 8:39 am

      Aw, thanks Amy! Happy decorating!

      xo
      s

  29. Joan Troyer says

    December 2, 2012 at 4:30 am

    You got me at that pole window frame dancing effect ahahaha

    Reply
  30. Cecelia says

    December 2, 2012 at 8:13 am

    Glad I ordered the book early.

    My daughter and I have read our copies from cover-to-cover!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 2, 2012 at 8:37 am

      Aw thanks Cecelia!

      xo
      s

  31. Bridget says

    December 2, 2012 at 9:19 am

    I bought your book for Nook on my iPhone and it doesn’t work. Pretty bummed! :(

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 2, 2012 at 11:54 am

      Sorry for the trouble! I think if you call B&N they can walk you through it. We’ve heard there’s a free iPhone app that helps it work (although their listing did say it didn’t work with certain devices)! We’ve heard from folks who have made it work on an iPad (some figured the app out and some called and received help from them). Hope it helps!

      xo
      s

  32. Sarah C. says

    December 2, 2012 at 11:14 am

    Absolutely love that you signed the baby!! I want to have my son signed too!! LOL And the pole dancing was great! :)

    Reply
  33. Natalie says

    December 2, 2012 at 2:39 pm

    As exhausting as your book tour probably was, you two made it look like the time of your lives. I just love that! I bought your book for myself a month ago, and I just bought one for my sister for Christmas. I’m sure she’ll love it as much as I do. I feel as if I’ve found a gem :-)

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 2, 2012 at 5:14 pm

      Aw thanks Natalie! You’re so sweet!

      xo
      s

  34. katie says

    December 2, 2012 at 8:26 pm

    I am so upset seeing you were in Houston and I didn’t even know it. I haven’t been on your site as much as I used to because of a crazy schedule and almost cried when I saw you were here. Wahhhhh!!!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 3, 2012 at 10:02 am

      Aw man, so sorry Katie!

      xo
      s

  35. Cassie {Hi Sugarplum} says

    December 2, 2012 at 9:38 pm

    So glad you had a great time in Dallas…it’s def a fun city. I’m sorry we weren’t able to make the crash happen, I would have loved to share my unhealthy love of gold=painted plastic animals!;) And yeah, the Omni is nice…it’s basically brand -new, so they’re offering all kinds of deals. It will likely join the other Big D high-dollar hotels soon! xo

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 3, 2012 at 10:02 am

      Aw man, so sorry Cassie! We would have loved to squeeze it in!

      xo
      s

  36. Jen says

    December 2, 2012 at 11:34 pm

    It was so stinkin’ fantastic to meet you sweet kids! You are just as lovable and genuine in person as you are each day here on your blog. Thanks so much for the mention, now you have totally made two days of my month! ;)

    xoxo!
    Jen

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 3, 2012 at 10:01 am

      Aw, we loved meeting you Jen! Thanks so much for coming out!!

      xo
      s

  37. Daci says

    December 3, 2012 at 1:09 am

    You guys are such troopers — these past few weeks sound exhausting.

    Thanks for the poo whale shout out! You should know that story is now my most viewed post ever, knocking out of the top spot a post from over a year ago in which I mentioned Kristin Chenowith – which gets hits daily when people search for “kristin chenowith feet”.

    Congratulations on the bestseller status and being more influential than Kristin Chenowith’s feet! I’m loving the book.

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 3, 2012 at 10:01 am

      Hahahahahh! Hilarious!!!!

      xo
      s

  38. Stacy says

    December 3, 2012 at 11:44 am

    Loved the Hokies pic!!!

    Reply
  39. Tara says

    December 3, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    As a proud Canadian, I have to say what everyone else is thinking: Toronto’s heart cookies are prettier than all the rest. :-)

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 3, 2012 at 12:47 pm

      Hahahaha!

      xo,
      s

  40. Elaine says

    December 3, 2012 at 2:23 pm

    this post made me cry almost all the way thru..from the skyping to the staring at Clara…awww.
    It’s soooo hard to be away from the kiddos!!

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 3, 2012 at 3:51 pm

      Isn’t it?! It’s so funny how they can make you want to pull your hair out but you miss them about ten minutes into any trip! Haha!

      xo
      s

  41. charisa says

    December 4, 2012 at 12:43 am

    Hello! I bet you hate questions like this… but where is your GOLD BAG/PURSE from? What is the brand? Im going to get it alright!?

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 4, 2012 at 3:21 pm

      It’s from TJ Maxx a while back (by Michael Kors). Hope it helps!

      xo
      s

  42. Becca says

    December 5, 2012 at 10:51 am

    It was so amazing meeting both of you! Now I know what a 12 year old girl feels like waiting in line to meet Justin Bieber…only with more girls and more screaming! :) Thanks again for providing inspiration for our wardrobe project and many more projects to come. Just ordered my book from Mongrel and I can’t wait for it to come in! Here’s my blog post about meeting you two diy love birds: http://truegypsysoul.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/young-house-lovers/

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 5, 2012 at 11:04 am

      Aw thanks Becca! You’re so sweet! Thanks for an awesome post! We had so much fun meeting you :)

      xo,
      s

  43. Nicole Evans says

    December 5, 2012 at 12:09 pm

    Haha, I read that second-to-last hashtag as “be tits gonna be long”. Am I subconsciously thinking of growing old?

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 5, 2012 at 12:11 pm

      Hahahhah!

      xo
      s

  44. Chrystina says

    December 8, 2012 at 7:25 pm

    This is such an epic story, with such great pictures :)

    Reply
  45. Becky says

    December 11, 2012 at 9:50 am

    Hey! How did the living social event turn out?! Did I miss the post about it and your DC signing? Was looking forward to hearing all about the crafters who showed up to get their ornament on! :)

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 11, 2012 at 11:02 am

      That’s in the hopper for this week! It was so much fun!!!

      xo
      s

  46. Laura James says

    December 18, 2012 at 4:45 am

    Where did you get those shoes!? They are gorgeous wedges!
    I wish I didn’t live in Australia sometimes so I could come visit you on your book tour..

    Reply
    • YoungHouseLove says

      December 18, 2012 at 11:57 am

      Aw thanks! Those are from an outlet here called DSW. They’re made by Cole Haan if that helps!

      xo
      s

  47. Heidi Nickal says

    December 27, 2012 at 2:19 am

    BAHAHA! Beavis-ification is the BEST! I literally lol’d. Thats exactly what it would look like if the artist from B&B did street corner caricatures. Love it!

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