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Young House Love » Videos » Blogiversary 6: You Asked, We Answered

| By Sherry Petersik | September 25, 2013 | 628 Comments

Blogiversary 6: You Asked, We Answered

Get ready to cringe! It’s time for our annual (and always amazingly awkward) Q&A video. Just like in past blogiversary weeks, we invited you guys to ask us some personal (i.e. non-decorating) questions over on our Facebook page last week. And after over 150 questions came rolling in, we sat down and answered as many as we could while Clara napped one afternoon – and then culled it down into this 20 minute video. Among all of our mind-blowing, no-holds-barred revelations (note the sensationalism) you’ll learn:

  • If we’d ever let readers vote on the decorating choices we make
  • What blog post we regret writing
  • Our thoughts on snarky message boards
  • If we ever think about reversing our no-swag policy
  • If we won the lottery, what we’d change about our lives
  • What our neighbors think of the blog
  • If we regret choosing our blog name
  • What ceramic animal I’d save if our house was under a zombie attack
  • How we keep the blog from consuming our lives
  • If our marriage is perfect (spoiler alert: nope!)
  • Why I’ll probably never cut my hair super short again
  • If I still own just one bra
  • THE MUCH ANTICIPATED POSSUM-IN-THE-BASEMENT STORY!!!

So now that you’re most likely on the edge of your seat (… or not) here goes nothing:

Clara (and Burger apparently) were napping, hence their non-appearances, but last year we did a little bonus Q&A video with them. So we thought it’d be a fun traditional to put them in the hot seat again. And by hot seat, we mean hurdling hard-hitting questions like “what’s your favorite letter?” Let the cross examination begin:

So there you have it, another year of us blathering on about personal stuff and mythical horse sized ducks and mysterious mammals in our crawl space. Did anything surprise you? Or spark another question in your brain? We can’t promise we can answer every one of them in the comments here, but feel free to ask away as potential future fodder for next year…

Psst- Want more awkward? Here are the Q&A posts for 2012, 2011, 2010 & 2009: Part 1 + Part 2.

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Oh but before we go, let’s talk about you guys for a second. Each year we love finding out who the heck you guys are, and then on Friday John can make a nerd-tastic infographic all about it (last year’s had Beyonce in it, so it might be hard to top that).

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Comments

  1. Avatar for LindsayLindsay says

    September 25, 2013 at 10:38 am

    Come on 4 o’clock so I can go home and watch since work won’t let me!!!!

    Reply
    • Avatar for AmandaAmanda says

      September 25, 2013 at 10:56 am

      I’m waiting til lunch break!! T-minus 3 1/2 hours and counting.

  2. Avatar for JenJen says

    September 25, 2013 at 10:40 am

    Who else is sneaking off to the bathroom at work with their iphone so they can watch the video now? I know I’m not the only one!!

    Reply
    • Avatar for CarolCarol says

      September 25, 2013 at 10:56 am

      I have to wait for my phone to charge enough to go watch it (at 5%)…oh the suspense!

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 10:59 am

      Haha!

      xo
      s

  3. Avatar for Mrs. MoneyMrs. Money says

    September 25, 2013 at 10:42 am

    You guys are so cute- love the video!

    Reply
  4. Avatar for Michelle M.Michelle M. says

    September 25, 2013 at 10:43 am

    Oh man! I just realized I’ve been reading for at least a year, probably more like a year and a half! Crazy.

    Reply
  5. Avatar for EvelinaEvelina says

    September 25, 2013 at 10:43 am

    Seriously considering going home sick from work just so that I can watch these ASAPington!

    Reply
    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 10:44 am

      Haha, ASAPington is the best thing I’ve heard all day!

      xo
      s

  6. Avatar for Annabel VitaAnnabel Vita says

    September 25, 2013 at 10:45 am

    Haha we used to use the doorbell trick to get our dog to bark! We recorded it for our family answer phone. Going back to watch the main Q&A now!

    Reply
  7. Avatar for JennyJenny says

    September 25, 2013 at 10:47 am

    Is it weird that I wanted to respond to “You can find me…” with “in St. Louis rollin’ on dubs?” Nelly, anyone? (and PS – that would be inaccurate. i’m from Michigan)

    Also, Blogiversary is seriously my favorite week on your blog. :)

    Reply
    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 10:49 am

      Best response ever! Should have had a write in line!

      xo
      s

    • Avatar for LeiannLeiann says

      September 25, 2013 at 10:56 am

      Ha!! I thought the exact same thing!! Although I am also not from St. Louis, but MN. :)

    • Avatar for KatieKatie says

      September 25, 2013 at 1:08 pm

      I’m from the Lou and I’m proud (another Nelly reference) so I would have loved to see that as an option!!

  8. Avatar for AnaliseAnalise says

    September 25, 2013 at 10:49 am

    Oh my gosh, Burger made me laugh out loud! Good thing my door’s closed at work … :) You two are the best. Here’s to another 6 — or 66! — years!

    Reply
  9. Avatar for AnnMarieAnnMarie says

    September 25, 2013 at 10:50 am

    Yay Sherry…..you nailed the eyeliner girl!

    Reply
    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 10:57 am

      Notttt up close. Haha! I have the shakiest hands in the world. I don’t know why I can cut in but can’t use eyeliner… maybe because the dang thing is so small and I’m so blinky?

      xo
      s

    • Avatar for SaywardSayward says

      September 25, 2013 at 12:27 pm

      better to be blinky than barky ;)

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 12:47 pm

      Haha!

      xo
      s

  10. Avatar for Jenn RJenn R says

    September 25, 2013 at 10:51 am

    Well, I didn’t have a song stuck in my head until the last question, anyway. Thanks, guys.

    Reply
  11. Avatar for JRJR says

    September 25, 2013 at 10:53 am

    You guys should really consider including a transcript for those of us at work :)

    Reply
    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 10:58 am

      We wish! Typing out twenty minutes of chatter would be like 30,000 words, but I wish the google subtitles worked better!

      xo
      s

    • Avatar for KASKAS says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:06 am

      I agree! Posting the questions as text instead of reading them out loud makes this video almost impossible for those of us at work to enjoy. Please consider reading the questions out loud in future years!

    • Avatar for KatyKaty says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:08 am

      Maybe you should consider letting one of your readers transcribe your Q&A. The perk (for an avid reader/ace typist) would be seeing the video a little early and you’d get the transcript for free! Just a thought.

      Cute video. You four (FIVE? you didn’t answer the pregnant questions) are adorable!

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:10 am

      That would be awesome! Anyone want to take on the challenge? I just hate someone spending hours on it!

      xo
      s

    • Avatar for TaurieTaurie says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:19 am

      I’d totally do it! …if I could put it on my resume ;)

    • Avatar for Megan Van LeeuwenMegan Van Leeuwen says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:20 am

      Oh, me! I’m currently living in the Caribbean and I’m not allowed to have a job (I know, my life is hard)so if you need a transcriber, I’m your girl. :)

    • Avatar for KatyKaty says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:23 am

      I’ll see what I can do. It only took me a few minutes to toy with transcribing your first question. Should I email it to you? What’s the email if so? (If I don’t finish it by 5pm EST I will likely not be able to complete it, so no promises.)

      Also, I was more so thinking for the future videos. Like, you can set up a “contest” and let the “winner” have 48 hours to transcribe it before you post it. You can pick randomly or something… I don’t know. This is way beyond my knowledge of the inner workings of blog life. It may not be worth it for you to take the time to review the transcript if the “winner” wasn’t the most advanced typist.

    • Avatar for KatyKaty says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:27 am

      I’ll take a stab at it and see if I can get it to you by 5pm (EST). No promises, although I transcribed your first question in only a few minutes.

      I was more so thinking for future videos. Maybe you can put up a “contest” and pick a “winner” who has 48 hours to transcribe the video so you can post it at the same time. (There are probably lots of blogging downsides to that but I don’t blog, so I don’t know if that would be worth it.)

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:29 am

      Aw thanks, guys! I think the idea to transcribe for future videos is a good one. I just watched five minutes of this one and I think we just do so many visual things (for example, demonstrating where on the social scale we fall with our hands instead of in words) that I honestly don’t think a transcript would capture half as much as just waiting and watching the video later. But you guys are so sweet to offer!

      xo
      s

    • Avatar for EmilyEmily says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:28 am

      We use a service called Casting Words for creating a transcription of videos. It’s pretty cheap (less than $100 for an hour long video if you choose the 6 day option for turnaround time). Something to think about in the future.

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:34 am

      Thanks Emily!

      xo
      s

    • Avatar for Elisa @ What the VitaElisa @ What the Vita says

      September 25, 2013 at 12:37 pm

      Please, please, let one of your readers or hire someone to do a transcript and then you can feed it to many of the captionining websites and they’ll turn it into captions. Because there are many of your readers, including me, who are deaf and can’t even “wait until after work” to watch it because .. well, we’re deaf! I recommend this blog to so many of my readers and friends who are deaf and it’s sad to see that your videos are still not captioned. Please!!! Thanks :)

    • Avatar for MelanieMelanie says

      September 25, 2013 at 12:38 pm

      Not just for those of us at work – those of us with hearing impairments would really, really benefit from a transcript, too (a point I’ve raised here before). I skip all the videos because of this. I know it can be a lot of work, but maybe a summary would be easier?

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 1:21 pm

      I’m so sorry Elisa and Melanie! I LOVE the idea of having the captions come up right on the video (I think that would help capture things that we do visually like when we gesture about something as we talk) more than a straight transcript without a visual. Will have to look into that for sure! When it’s a project video, we do our best to include additional photos and a text summary when we can (like we did here and here) but we’d love to do that more often too!

      xo
      s

    • Avatar for MissPinkKateMissPinkKate says

      September 25, 2013 at 12:39 pm

      Ugh, please don’t ever turn the grunt work of transcription into a “contest” for your readers. That’s hard work and it deserves a fair wage; “letting” someone do it for free isn’t cool. I imagine you could find someone to do it on a site like eLance.com for a very reasonable price.

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 12:45 pm

      Thanks MissPink! Someone above provided a link to a paid service that we look forward to looking into for possible future videos! You can hopefully see from my responses above to people volunteering that I hated the idea of someone spending time on that, even if they asked to help :)

      xo
      s

    • Avatar for kathy vkathy v says

      September 25, 2013 at 1:23 pm

      No need to transcribe! It is so much better to watch them answer the questions as they are very animated and interactive. People-If you can’t watch it at work, then it will still be up when you get home!
      Thanks for anwering my question in the video. I feel special!

    • Avatar for EmilyEmily says

      September 25, 2013 at 2:27 pm

      If you have a transcription, you can pretty easily caption the YouTube video. We have to do this at work for federal web accessibility. Here is a link to instructions. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2734796?hl=en

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 2:39 pm

      Thanks Emily!

      xo
      s

    • Avatar for Elisa @ What the VitaElisa @ What the Vita says

      September 26, 2013 at 1:46 pm

      Good news – did some crowd-sourcing on Facebook and got these two websites that can subtitle your videos for you.

      1. http://about.amara.org/order-subtitles/
      2. http://yourdailymentor.com/ (not launched yet, but will launch VERY SOON)

      Please do consider using these services for your many deaf readers! Thanks!!

      Elisa

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 26, 2013 at 2:09 pm

      Thanks so much Elisa! John and I have already been chatting about definitely subtitling within the video (with an opt in option) for you guys!

      xo
      s

    • Avatar for Elisa @ What the VitaElisa @ What the Vita says

      September 26, 2013 at 2:14 pm

      Great! I am soooooo looking forward to finally enjoying your videos. Thanks! :-)

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 26, 2013 at 2:40 pm

      Of course! So sorry it took us so long to figure this stuff out!

      xo
      s

  12. Avatar for NicoleNicole says

    September 25, 2013 at 10:53 am

    Clara is so adorable! And we totally have a ‘barky’ dog at our house too. Doorbell gets him every time :)

    Reply
  13. Avatar for Liz CupcakesLiz Cupcakes says

    September 25, 2013 at 10:55 am

    Of course everyone is going to have ‘ring on it’ in their heads for that question!

    Reply
  14. Avatar for LeiannLeiann says

    September 25, 2013 at 10:58 am

    I just watched the short Clara & Burger video–can’t wait to watch the first one over lunch! Left over fajitas and a Q&A by John and Sherry–I can’t think of a better way to spend lunch at my desk! :)
    The Clara/Burger video is priceless–Clara is so smart and Burger is a gem!
    Thanks for a morning pick me up.

    Reply
  15. Avatar for ChrissieChrissie says

    September 25, 2013 at 10:59 am

    I can’t watch the video yet (hubby’s trying to sleep, boo!) but I filled in the survey. I beamed like an idiot when I got to check the “a kid or kids” box! Made it in with almost a month to spare ;-) Thanks for giving me something to read during long (loooooong) feeding sessions, guys!

    Reply
    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 10:59 am

      Congrats again Chrissie! So sweet.

      xo
      s

  16. Avatar for KristenKristen says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:00 am

    Hi There!

    I love your blog and wanted to say thank you for keeping me entertained every day. :) Also… you mentioned in your video that you do a lot of image resizing, have you ever checked out Blog Stomp? I use it and it makes life so much easier! Just thought I would mention it, it might save you some time. :)

    -Kristen

    Reply
    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:04 am

      Thanks Kristen! We’ll have to check it out! We already used “actions” in Photoshop, which seems to help, but a lot of times it’s just going through 300 photos we might have taken over five days of a project and choosing the 12 that best demonstrate each step. We take way too make pictures.

      xo
      s

    • Avatar for KatyKaty says

      September 25, 2013 at 4:29 pm

      I know ya’ll use actions, but do you use the batching actions function? If you’ve narrowed down to the 12 or so pics that you want, there is a way to automate the action so you don’t have to actually press those buttons 12 times for each photo. And you can autosave as well! just do a quick google for ‘automate actions’ or ‘batch actions’ if you haven’t already! I’m sure ya’ll have that figured out since John is such a wiz!

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 4:31 pm

      Thanks Katy! Will check it out!

      xo
      s

  17. Avatar for Theresa MTheresa M says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:03 am

    Had to pause the video just to say, Sherry, get your paint on! Just do it, no need to share. Do it for you. Then, one day, as a house project, you can take the unfinished space upstairs and make it a studio. Dormers, skylights, sheetrock. You could have it all. But seriously, paint!

    Reply
    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:05 am

      Aw thanks Theresa! That sounds awesome.

      xo
      s

  18. Avatar for Johanna PJohanna P says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:06 am

    I should not have watched the Clara & Burger video with two cats on my lap. Ow, I have two big and fluffy scaredy cats hiding under the blanket now.

    Reply
    • Avatar for TrishTrish says

      September 25, 2013 at 1:48 pm

      Johanna,
      Thanks for the warning!! Will remove all cats before watching. One is here purring now….

      T.

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 2:04 pm

      Haha! Our apologies to cats everywhere.

      xo
      s

  19. Avatar for KathyLKathyL says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:08 am

    This is so sad(to rush it), but I can’t wait until “we” do “our” girl’s graduation party, wedding, etc. I could cry –she’s that sweet!! Thank You, really, thank you.

    Reply
  20. Avatar for JessicaJessica says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:10 am

    I would just like to say parenting win for Clara saying Macklemore as her favorite singer.

    Also, I literally laughed out loud at the “van down by the river”.

    Reply
  21. Avatar for Paige @ LPDPaige @ LPD says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:10 am

    Can’t wait to watch these! I do wish that there was a transcript or captions though. I have many friends and family in the deaf community and there’s like no hope for the auto captioning available on youtube. It can be quite comic at times what it comes up with. Oh, and then I could watch them at work too, but that’s just an after thought! ;) I’m sure you have some superfans who wouldn’t mind transcribing it for you (or at least a piece at a time).

    Reply
  22. Avatar for DanielleDanielle says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:11 am

    You guys are seriously adorable. Loved the videos.

    Reply
  23. Avatar for bridget b.bridget b. says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:12 am

    You guys rock! Thanks for sharing. I could LIVE off of pizza and loaded nachos, myself. :)

    Reply
  24. Avatar for EmilyEmily says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:13 am

    Love the idea of letting people vote on a few things for your show home! My husband works for a local homebuilder in Virginia and built a whole house that way with facebook… http://hamptonroads.com/2013/08/virtually-anyone-can-help-build-house!

    Congrats on 6 years of blogging!

    -Emily

    Reply
    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:15 am

      That’s so much fun!

      xo
      s

    • Avatar for AlexisAlexis says

      September 25, 2013 at 12:43 pm

      Hampton Roads in the house!!

  25. Avatar for Steph NelsonSteph Nelson says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:13 am

    I wanted to ask but didn’t get the chance “what would you guys be doing now if this blog had never happened?” Maybe you could do a follow up video to all the questions that follow!?!? Off to watch the video~

    Reply
    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:17 am

      Thanks Steph! My best guess would be that we’d both still be in advertising (I wrote copy for print ads & scripts for TV commercials while John was an account manager so he coordinated things like shoots and budgets). We both really loved that profession (especially working from Richmond where it was less intense than NYC) so I wouldn’t be surprised if we end up in advertising again someday!

      xo,
      s

    • Avatar for Crystal @ 29 Rue HouseCrystal @ 29 Rue House says

      September 25, 2013 at 1:38 pm

      It is probably somewhere on google but could you explain what “I wrote copy” means?

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 2:13 pm

      I was a copywriter, so I concepted an ad idea with an art director and then they’d do the design of it and I’d write the headline and body copy and taglines and then we’d shoot the ad (or commercial) and edit it or lay it out together and then it would go to print or be on TV. Although the reality was that the client would usually change ten million things and then it would go to print or be on TV. Haha!

      xo
      s

    • Avatar for KellyKelly says

      September 25, 2013 at 2:08 pm

      So basically your jobs were like a modern version of Mad Men? Don’t burst my bubble if the answer is no.

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 2:09 pm

      Less cigarette smoking and more crying when ideas got killed. But pretty close.

      xo
      s

    • Avatar for Crystal @ 29 Rue HouseCrystal @ 29 Rue House says

      September 25, 2013 at 2:23 pm

      Thanks! And hopefully less affairs! LOL

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 2:38 pm

      Oh yes, there were some secret office romances (ours was one of them) but zero affairs… at least that we knew of.

      xo
      s

  26. Avatar for LisaLisa says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:14 am

    These are my favorite posts! So glad I could close my office door and watch right away!

    Reply
  27. Avatar for ShelleyShelley says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:15 am

    You guys are awesome! Keep on keeping on!!

    Reply
  28. Avatar for tiffanytiffany says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:15 am

    loved both videos!

    Reply
  29. Avatar for TashaTasha says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:15 am

    Thanks for the laugh, I love the poll!

    Reply
  30. Avatar for Michelle @ A Healthy MrsMichelle @ A Healthy Mrs says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:17 am

    Love the videos & the survey! Fun!

    Reply
  31. Avatar for KellyKelly says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:17 am

    John, at first I thought you were going gray early. Then I realized it was paint! I think you need to keep that going on. It looks great on you! Ha!!!

    Reply
    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:23 am

      Oh yeah, I’m totally going gray on the same side of my head as my sister. Genes, baby! But once a teenager asked if I dyed it that way because it was “wicked cool” so I like to pretend that my gray streak is my superpower.

      -John

    • Avatar for Christa MChrista M says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:58 am

      I too am a fan of the gray streak.

  32. Avatar for Carey-JaneCarey-Jane says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:19 am

    Love this:) I especially love how your toughest question to answer was which ceramic animal you would take if flying monkeys attacked:) Clara is adorable and Burger was a hilarious finale. Keep doing what you’re doing, we love it!

    Reply
  33. Avatar for ColleenColleen says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:20 am

    Loved this! I love you guys for being so genuine.
    Just wondering… does John have frosted tips? It kind of looks like it in the video…

    Reply
    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:25 am

      He’s going gray on that one side. I love my Silver Fox!

      xo
      s

  34. Avatar for BethanyBethany says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:21 am

    I love these videos! The two of you are hilarious and not at all awkward. Or maybe I just think that because I always use the word awkward to describe myself, haha.

    Reply
  35. Avatar for AmandaAmanda says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:21 am

    Posts like this are why at least once a week I find myself telling someone “On my favorite blog Young House Love blah blah blah”……. I swear, decorating or how-to conversations seem to always come back to you guys somehow and how great your blog is. My mom even ‘stole’ my copy of your book because I had mentioned you so many times. I probably should just get her her own copy – or get myself a new one….

    I absolutely loved your survey – I was cracking up with the response options. I would have loved to see your reader demographics broken down by state too – although I know that would be a ton of work for John…..perhaps in the future you could just do a poll and post a list of the breakdown by state – no fancy chart – just a simple list from most to least popular.

    Reply
    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:40 am

      That would be fun!

      xo
      s

  36. Avatar for RebeccaRebecca says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:21 am

    Love it! You Two are tu tu cute! I actually lol’d at Burger, I almost choked on my coffee! Do you ever get stalkerish fans or paparazzi type people trying to figure out your secret? (Or (gulp) where you live?) Sorry if this has been asked and answered already…..
    I,so very much so, identify with John getting things done then happy free time, I can’t do anything until I have the daily stuff in order, then I feel I have earned the fun time (to include waking earlier if I have to leave earlier….it’s a bit neurotic) :)

    Reply
    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:39 am

      Aw thanks Rebecca! We have generally been really lucky with our privacy (we’ll meet people when we’re out, but no one has ever followed us home or shown up on our door or anything). We’re not that interesting, haha! Thankfully we do have a nice alarm system just in case (once we had Clara I got all momma-bear-paranoid about it) so that’s some nice peace of mind.

      xo
      s

    • Avatar for betty (the sweaty betty)betty (the sweaty betty) says

      September 25, 2013 at 2:46 pm

      I’ve seen john a few times at the gym, bright and early, and as much as I want to say hi, I just cant bring myself to bother him. I figure that’s his time to get away from it all and I totally respect that.

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 3:29 pm

      Aw, he’d love to meet you!

      xo
      s

  37. Avatar for Erica S.Erica S. says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:21 am

    Oh my word, I laughed so hard during Burger’s interview. He just took off, a streak of chihuahua…and then came back to bark at John because he wasn’t following him. LMAO.

    Clara is such a sweetie–and she speaks so well! I love that you ask her for design ideas ;)

    Sherry, you and John are adorable together. I look forward to reading your posts every day, and checking in on Twitter and Instagram. I still can’t believe that the synchronized swimming dolls IG got the most likes… :D

    Reply
  38. Avatar for RuthRuth says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:22 am

    You guys are awesomesauce.

    Reply
  39. Avatar for JohannaJohanna says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:22 am

    What are the snarky blogs/sites that you guys are talking about? Are there DIY-bashing sites I don’t know about??

    Reply
  40. Avatar for Lindsay J @ JensonCrewLindsay J @ JensonCrew says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:22 am

    This is my favorite time of year … Blogiversary!

    The video with Clara and Burger is my favorite. Doorbells and dogs, will be rivals forever.

    Reply
  41. Avatar for AngelAngel says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:22 am

    Loved it! Especially the Clara part. And great comment about the snarky blogs/comments. Its such a tiny fraction of your readers but like you said, often the “loudest”. You guys always handle it so well (at least that we see, maybe you have a snarky commenter voodoo doll at home lol). No one is going to love every design choice you make but overall we like you guys and your attitude and thats why we come back. So thanks.

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    • Avatar for shellshell says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:29 am

      I agree, good question and good answer from you guys! Keeping in classy :)

  42. Avatar for SarahSarah says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:22 am

    Great question about losing things. I actually had my keys fall off my car (while my husband was driving w/ his keys) and get run over on a major road. I have lost my mind this 4th pregnancy.

    Reply
  43. Avatar for AliAli says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:22 am

    Am I the only one who wants to see a picture of Sherry with her middle school haircut?!

    Reply
    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:24 am

      Honestly I don’t even know if there’s photographic evidence anymore. There was a bit of a picture burning ceremony when I was in high school (I stole all the photos I hated of ex boyfriends and bad hair and burned them in a metal bin outside). Totally got grounded for that.

      xo
      s

    • Avatar for StacyStacy says

      September 26, 2013 at 8:09 am

      John’s expressions while Sherry was talking about said hair cut was priceless. LOL

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 26, 2013 at 9:37 am

      Haha!

      xo
      s

  44. Avatar for ValerieValerie says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:23 am

    The video of Clara needs to be sent to Macklemore!

    Also if Clara was 25 years older we’d be best friends. Pickles, Macklemore and Newsies! She’s got great taste.

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  45. Avatar for ElisabetElisabet says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:24 am

    That quote by Eleanor Roosevelt is one of my favorite:
    “Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you will be criticized anyway”.
    It is so true and good to live by, can’t please ’em all!

    Reply
    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:35 am

      Love it! I have been learning all sorts of inspiring quotes thanks to my good buddy Pinterest lately! Haha!

      xo
      s

    • Avatar for KayeKaye says

      September 25, 2013 at 3:38 pm

      It also reminded me of another quote that I’m pretty sure is of Eleanor’s:

      “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

      Both are so good. She was a wise woman :)

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 3:39 pm

      Smartie pants lady, for sure.

      xo
      s

  46. Avatar for Sam FrankSam Frank says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:24 am

    Love these videos, look forward to them every year! The end bit with Burger and the doorbell was hilarious!

    Also, question: I went the the website you gave for Emerald Park (I loved the background song!) but it’s all in Swedish! How did you download their music? Is it available on iTunes, or Amazon?

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    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:42 am

      I got that from jamendo.com (we like to get fair-use music from there so we know that putting it into videos is cool with the artist along with a credit).

      -John

  47. Avatar for AlysonAlyson says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:24 am

    My BFF is in Richmond and I live in Atlanta….Sherry, your BFF is in Atlanta and you live in Richmond (oh, and we’re also in our 30’s, did I mention that?)…coincidence? I think not. Maybe it’s destiny for us to all be BFFs? *sigh* a girl can dream… :)

    Loved the videos!

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    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:36 am

      It’s a BFF full circle moment. So funny!

      xo
      s

  48. Avatar for AllieAllie says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:24 am

    I love these videos! You guys are hilarious. And the Clara and Burger video is adorable. Clara is one cool kid.

    Reply
  49. Avatar for AllisonAllison says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:25 am

    You guys. I can’t even. Clara and Burger are SO cute and y’all are just too funny! Thanks for being so awesome :)

    Reply
  50. Avatar for KristenKristen says

    September 25, 2013 at 11:26 am

    Hey guys. I just have to share… I attempted to watch this on mute and turned on the captions option on Youtube. Well, the captions are in no way accurate but kind of hilarious…. I can’t wait to watch it with sound later so I know what was actually said hahaha.

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    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:27 am

      Someone did that last year! It was so funny! There was some part about a prostitute and a politician! Hilarious!

      xo
      s

    • Avatar for Sandra TSandra T says

      September 25, 2013 at 6:10 pm

      Okay seriously, these are the worst captions EVER!! When you start to answer the question about regretting a post, it says something about an x-ray! ha ha

    • Avatar for Anna, SydneyAnna, Sydney says

      September 25, 2013 at 10:44 pm

      “Welsh block up my liars…” HAHAHAHA Had to try the captions now and I think I just peed my pants a little.

    • Avatar for YoungHouseLoveYoungHouseLove says

      September 25, 2013 at 11:20 pm

      They’re hilariously random, right?!

      xo
      s

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