***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
And the random winner who’s about to get their read and their DIY on is… Julie Smith (who said we’d see her at her desk in the office day dreaming of going home and painting her half finished bathroom project). Congrats Julie!
That’s the title of Jen Lancaster’s latest bestselling book – and if you enjoy the story of a young couple renovating their first home (ya never know… you just might), this book belongs on your reading list. Jen never fails to crack us up and we were flabbergasted when we she mentioned us last year on her blog. So now that her home improvement-tastic tale is landing in stores as a paperback this week, we thought a giveaway was in order. You’ll get a copy of If You Were Here plus a very special bookmark. Actually it’s a $100 gift card to Home Depot, so I’m sure you can find a better use for it than just keeping your page.
- PRIZE: A copy of “If You Were Here” by Jen Lancaster and a $100 Home Depot gift card
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “IF YOU WERE HERE” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: … tell us what we might see if we were with you right now. Perhaps we’d see the latest house project you’re in the midst of? Or the inside of the crowded subway you’re commuting on? Or maybe we’d see what you’re chowing down on over your lunch break at work?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, March 7th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The 48 contiguous United States (though we try to snag as many international giveaways as possible)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of Penguin Books.
Stacie says
IF YOU WERE HERE…you would see that I’m not working, but taking a break to peruse the internets…and of course stopped by YHL…
Meg Brown says
If you were here… you’d see a happy teacher under a cozy blanket with her feet on the coffee table. Yay for a Richmond snow day!!!
Kristie says
IF YOU WERE HERE
Eating a green chili & cheese tamale from Trader Joes :)
Katie says
IF YOU WERE HERE… You would see my little sweetheart taking a nap :)
And I have to say… OMG! JEN LANCASTER ON YHL!!!! Love, love, love. Y’all are amazing and she is the most hilarious writer I (don’t actually) know. Best giveaway you’ve had all year :)
Marie says
If you were here you’d see the many open tabs in my browser!
:)
Mercedes says
If you were here…. You’d see me procrastinating at work. I love my job, but sometimes the paperwork side gets a little annoying… :-)
Melissa says
If you were here…you would see me typing one-handed while eating french fries.
Kelly D says
If you were here you would see my puppy curled up under my legs.. Sound asleep and snoring!
Jennifer (iffles) says
IF YOU WERE HERE… you would see my cube at work. Not that I check yhl when at work. nope. Not me.
Natalie says
If you were here you would see stacks of papers and cases on my desk, but also a beatiful day outside my window.
Maura says
If you were here you would see snow, but lots and lots of sunshine so the snow is ok!
Julia says
IF YOU WERE HERE…
…you’d see typical boringly busy day at a typical boringly busy place of employment.
Ellen says
IF YOU WERE HERE….you’d see me at work in my lab coat and goggles!
Meredith says
What a great book! I’ll have to pick it up if I don’t win.
If you were here, you’d see the cozy, cushy scarf I’ve just finished! Plus a rather messy living room, as I’ve been procrastinating cleaning by finishing my scarf!
Ansley White says
IF YOU WERE HERE…you’d see me finishing the last edits to my Master’s Thesis document…woohoo! Sure could use book to read for fun, not work!
Kathy says
IF YOU WERE HERE- you would see me home for lunch, on my computer reading your wonderful blog, and having a bowl of soup:)
Jessica says
If You Were Here . . .
You’d see me eating easter candy as a snack, weeks before easter.
PS. LOVE Jen Lancaster, have read and loved all her books!
Amber says
IF YOU WERE HERE – you would see a bunch of Floridians happy that the weather has finally dropped below 80 degrees.
Angela M says
IF YOU WERE HERE..
You’d see me reading your blog and surfing Pinterest at work. (shame on me!)
Kay Marie says
If you were here, you’d see me eating an apple and trying not to fall into the 3pm office slump.
Kaitlyn says
If you were here—you would see me scrambling to finish final assignments for school this quarter! Ack!
Jenna says
If you were here, you’d see the trees swaying with crazy gusting winds (we’re under a wind advisory all day – it’s insane!). Oh and you would see the daffodil adorning my hair which the little boy I watch just picked for me – so sweet!
Megan Cuy Castellanos says
IF YOU WERE HERE… You would find me sitting at my desk at work, where I should be doing some filing! Ahhh! I hate paper! :)
Cate says
If you were here – you’d be bored, work is crawling by today.
Kelci says
If you were here- you’d see the messy, messy desk piled with work I’m taking a quick mind-clearing break from!
Susan says
If you were here… you would see me at my home office where I work! I just finished up my lunch, a turkey sandwich and chips… plus a couple Girl Scout Thin Mints (directly from the freezer).
Emily @ thirtyeight20 says
IF YOU WERE HERE… you’d see a really dense document that I’m supposed to be editing. Needed a break!
Ashley says
IF YOU WERE HERE! You would see the chaos of our complete home remodel; living on sub-floors, kitchen in dis-array, 2 of the 3 bathrooms completely gutted, etc, etc… :)
Kate J. says
If you were here….you would see me taking a much needed break from work:)
Michelle says
IF YOU WERE HERE you’d see me surfin’ the net.
janie says
IF YOU WERE HERE
you would see me editing and going through pictures I snapped of my new nephew the other day!
Anne says
IF YOU WERE HERE, you would see me hanging out at work, looking wistfully out the window.
Rebekah says
If you were here
you would see a classroom of 30 15-year-olds writing and STILL fantasizing about what they would have done had they gotten a snow day today.
Stacey says
IF YOU WERE HERE, you’d see me reading your blog instead of working!
Kristen @ Popcorn on the Stove says
IF YOU WERE HERE…
You’d see me workin’ away at my desk. Womp womp.
Tanya from Dans le Townhouse says
I LOVE Jen Lancaster and am so excited about her new book. Bitter is the New Black is still my favorite read.
Haha: IF YOU WERE HERE, you would see that I have not done laundry in ages because the line where I dry my clothes in the basement interferes with the space where I paint. I’ve been painting railings, hardware and also whipped up a cool abstract (link below) so there has been no space for clean clothes. Poor planning hanging my clean clothes over the art supplies (I’m working on that) but it is a hilarious reason to show up at work in the same outfit too many times in a row.
What I gave up clean clothes to paint:
http://dans-le-townhouse.blogspot.com/2012/02/simple-but-striking-diy-painting.html
Tracey says
IF YOU WERE HERE
You’d see me practically falling asleep at my desk. Ugh, Mondays. :)
Megan says
If you were here- you would see that i need help choosing a paint color!
Kate says
If you were here… you’d (Sherri) be in your home state of Jersey. (Jersey! Wat up!!) You’d be sitting in the back room of a peaceful, quiet house with no other company than your lightly snoring corgi-lab mix sleeping in the sun. Life is good!
Andrea says
IF YOU WERE HERE….you would see me wasting away my day on Pinterest.
becca says
if you were here, you’d probably be as bored as I am, here at work.
Cheri says
IF YOU WERE HERE…
You could help me slowly peel the poop-filled pants off my 2-year-old. Ahh… potty training.
Laura L. says
IF YOU WERE HERE…..
You would see me procrastinating on my deadline by reading your blog!
Erin Sanderson says
IF YOU WERE HERE: You would be helping me fold laundry… You better believe i’d put you to work :)
Cinamon says
“IF YOU WERE HERE” – You would see my exciting cubicle at work!
Kari @ Human, MD says
If you were here… You’d see me laying on the couch half-napping, half-looking at kitchen floor options before going to work this evening.
Anne says
IF YOU WERE HERE….. you would see me procrastinating from doing work by reading your blog and pinteresting!
Alicia Page says
IF YOU WERE HERE…. You would see my awesome little community of Henryville, IN banding together to help each other out and rebuild. Our town was shaken but it will take much more than that to destroy us.
Elizabeth says
If you were here… you’d see me using my alotted work internet quota time to read this post. That’s right alotted internet time that is in fact timed haha.
Trina says
If you were here… you’d see the piles of paperwork I need to finish and the three different to do lists I have going.