For every blogiversary we like to have a little numerical fun, so here’s a tidy rundown of some amusing (and occasionally alarming) facts about YHL.
1527- Total published posts to date (wild, especially since we only had 380 on our first blogiversary)
258,904- The number of comments we’ve received from you, our wonderful readers
13,039- Comment questions we’ve answered so far (we try to reply to as many as we can)
4- The number of people living in our house (including Burger, who insists he’s one of us)
3- Days we stayed in the hospital after Clara was born
0- Posts we missed publishing during that period (still not sure how we managed it)
6- Average number of pickle slices John adds to my turkey sandwich at lunch (even though he won’t touch them)
21- Incredible homes we’ve barged into for our “House Crashed” series (and we’ve got more planned)
145- Custom mood boards completed to date (check out a whole collection in our mood boards category)
94- Weekly giveaways we’ve hosted since starting them in November 2008
Over $14,000- The combined retail value of all our giveaway prizes (including this week’s gift card prize, with two $100 runner-up cards recently added)
43- Average number of posts we publish per month
1765- Average words written per post (we can be chatty)
17,650- Average words written per week (yes, that’s a lot of typing)
561- Projects listed on our Projects page
14- Sweet Clara’s current weight (we love that chunky monkey)
8- Cutie-pie Burger’s weight (we love that beefy boy)
14- Number of days Burger once weighed more than Clara (poor guy didn’t stand a chance)
97,024- Most pageviews we’ve had in a single day, according to WordPress.com stats (thank you!)
2,144,976- Total blog hits in the last month
36,698,957- Total blog hits to date (seriously, you’re amazing)
23- Number of woven baskets in our house (we have a collection)
10- Storage ottomans in our home (someone please intervene)
7- Steps from our bed to our desk (which explains why we sometimes write at odd hours)
15- Ceramic animals we own, including four ceramic pig hooks (help us)
Flipping Out: Not a number, but it’s our favorite semi-home-improvement show to watch while blogging—there’s a lot of pausing to catch Jeff’s antics
There you have it: the how long, how many, and how often. Thanks for celebrating our blogiversary with us!
Psst—Want to see last year’s number rundown or our first blogiversary roundup? Check them out in our archives.