You did what?

Last night my friend Jessie and I did the unthinkable.  We waited in a 3+ hour line to get a book signed by two of our favorite bloggers.  Have you heard of the blog Young House Love?  No?  Well I highly recommend going to it.  In a nutshell they are a 30 year old husband and wife who started a blog a handful of years ago.  It started like my measly blog, a few followers here and there with mainly family and close friends checking in on them.  Well their blog exploded and now gets over 5,000,000 (that's million if you're counting the zero's) hits a month.  Their blog is all about DIY (Do It Yourself) around the house and they occasionally throw in posts about their life in general.  They are self-taught DIY-ers and learn as they go and they share it with the world.  They both eventually quit their full time regular jobs and now they make a living writing their blog.  They have written a book and last night they made the West Elm store in Edina a stopping place on their tour.  To say Jessie and I were as giddy as two school girls waiting for the cute boys at recess would be an understatement.  I'd be lying if I told you that we WEREN'T somewhat rehearsing what we would say to John and Sherry once we got to the table to meet them.
I surprisingly wasn't as nervous as I thought I was going to be once I got up to the table but I made a huge nerd of myself by doing the following:  I had a specific thing in mind that I wanted them to write in my book so when John took my book when Jessie and I got up to the table, I said something like "oh John, I have something in mind that I want you to write".  Then I said "It seems so weird to call you by your first name, like I actually know you or something."  They both laughed and then John said "That's OK, most people call me by my first name."  Anyway, the four of us shared a little laugh, they signed both of our books and and we took a picture with them.  They were so nice, it made me like their blog that much more!  Oh and the signing was supposed to go from 6:00 to 8:00.  From the time the doors opened, it took us until just about 8:00 to get our turn and their was still a line out the door when we left a little after 8:00.  I would be willing to bet they didn't turn anyone away and were at the store signing until at least 11:00.

Some snaps from the night:

The backs of Sherry and John through the window.

 

Jessie and her book.

 

Young House Love cookies.

 

Me and my book and cookie.

 

Jessie and I.

 

Us and the celebrities!

 My signed book (kind of obvious, I know).