Our trip to New York was awesome.
Being on the Nate Show?
Out of this world.
We stayed at the lovely Lucerne Hotel on the Upper West Side…so quaint and charming. It didn’t hurt there was this place called Insomnia Cookies right around the corner. They baked these massive homemade cookies every night and stayed open, serving them warm. All. Night.
And we had one every night.
Yum-mo.
I began the day sooo early, tweeting and posting to Facebook all along the way.
In the car on our way over to Nate’s studio, Matt decided to take lots of blurry pictures of me.
I may have popped him on the hand right after he snapped this one.
Good times.
Here’s where I have to say that the folks at the Nate Show could not have been ANY more warm, affirming, totally laid-back, and welcoming….I felt so happy to be there, and completely relaxed.
I told you they were amazing! (I have to give a shout out to Celeste, Sam, and Cara that I worked with a couple of weeks ago–you girls are the BEST!!)
I sipped on some coffee (the only thing I’d have to eat or drink until about 3 pm that day) while Matt, surprise, surprise, took more photos of me.
O my.
Love Matt in a sweater. And yes, mom, I like his scraggly beard.
The gals in hair and makeup were soooo sweet, and pumped up my curls a little and dusted on some oh-so-perfect foundation. Where can I find that stuff???
After I finished there, it was time for Matt to head to the audience, and I sat in my green room and really focused.
I’m serious. It was tough work. I did bite every semi-decent nail I had right off, and yet at the same time, felt no nervousness at all.
Nate himself was what everyone says he is–gracious, warm, and inviting–and literally the perfect host.
The episode will air this Wednesday, October 26th (that’s tomorrow!), so set your DVR and hop on twitter. I’m sure I’ll be sitting in my pj’s biting my nails all over again.
I can only describe the day as somewhat magical and most definitely surreal. When it was over, I was left to ponder how ridiculous I probably sounded or “what did I say when he asked me…???”
But you know what? I’ll get over it.
It was amazing, thrilling, and so humbling…and a girl’s gotta be able to just enjoy that without overanalyzing.
I’m working on that last part.
😉
I enjoyed reading about your experience! So glad you had such a nice time!! Looking forward to watching your episode!
the dvr is reminded…i can’t wait to see. i love that so many of the blogs that i read have had their authors on the nate show. there has to be 7 or 8 of them now….so very cool!!
Ohhh yayyyy—so so happy for you!!!! Can’t wait for tomorrow!
Jaime from crafty scrappy happy
So so excited! And you look SO happy in all the pics! 🙂 XO
Thank you, gals!!! It really was quite a cool day. Hope you guys have a great one today!!
xoxo
shaunna
oh my gosh how exciting! Yeah for you! can’t wait to see it air:)
I’ll be watching! Looks like a great time…I love NYC..it is a great city!
so glad to have an air date – i’ve been ‘stalking’ the nate show (and now i’m in love with it!) since you and ashley said yall were on it – but hadn’t seen you yet. you better believe I’ll be watching!! 🙂
Oh wow! This is awesome! Congratulations!!!
Congratulations!! Looking forward to the episode tomorrow.
MY stomach is all in knots just reading about you waiting to go out there. That’s so awesome. I’ve actually never watched his show (not a daytime tv person) but I’ll be tuning in tomorrow!!!!
Too, too exciting! Very much looking forward to seeing your episode.
Girl, I am totally excited to see you on The Nate Show tomorrow! How cool are you?!
Can’t wait to see the episode! I’ll have to watch tomorrow evening though since I’ll be at work. I love seeing all my fav bloggers on Nate!
Congrats! How exciting for you and hubby!
Can’t wait to watch, Shaunna!!! BTW, you look fabulous! =)
Shaunna! This is so exciting! Very proud of you, and I can’t wait to watch!
Setting my DVR. I am so excited for you and can’t wait to watch. 🙂
sounds just perfect! 🙂
You go girl! We can at least live vicariously through you!
congratulations on the show! I can’t wait to see it tomorrow 🙂 I am sure you will be perfect in every way! congrats again!
Yay! DVR is set.
What an adventure. And you both looked incredible. Can’t wait to watch.
Congrats! Will be tuning in tomorrow 🙂
Awesome! I will have to set my DVR as I will be out when it airs around here. Congrats!
Yay for you 🙂 Can’t wait to see the show!
Thanks for sharing the great pics and your charming personality really comes through too! I can’t wait to see you with Cutie Pie Nate!
Shaunna, you are ABSolutely adorable!!! So glad you were chosen to do this and can’t wait to watch it! The last two pictures say it all – how awesome, you made my day!
Congratulations Shaunna, what an amazing experience!
I know why Matt couldn’t quit snapping pics of you – You look so beautiful! Can’t wait to watch tomorrow!
Oh! I tuned in last night and kept wondering if you would be on ~ now I know! 🙂 I can totally relate on the overanalyzing too, but I’m sure everything turned out great, and I’m SO glad you had a memorable time! I’ll remember that cookie place if I’m ever in the area. Yum! 🙂
And didn’t we just cut our Dish off! Trying to reign it in here… Maybe it’s be on the internet! sniff..sniff…
Yay, I’m so excited for you! I’m sure you did great!
How fun!! I can’t even imagine at how much fun that was!! You looked so gorgeous and happy!!
How exciting! I love the Nate Show!! I posted a link to your page announcing it to all of “The Foreign Domestic” facebook fans!!
My DVR is set! Nate comes on at 1am in Nashville. Can’t wait to see you knock it out of the park!
how cool! i record nate everyday, i can’t wait to watch you!!! 🙂
jodi
I’m so glad I caught this today! Whew!!! Off to go set the dvr NOW!
Donna
Well I’d be green with envy but green is NOT Helen’s color, so will be tickled pink to see you today. Though I am very jealous of meeting Nate. Never miss his show – I bet you will shine.
Whenever I look at you in photos I always think you look familiar. Then, today, it hit…you look a bit like Jennifer Nettles from Sugarland! Then, I just watched your spot on Nate’s show. OMG, you sound just like Jennifer Nettles. I loooooovvvve your accent, so sweet. I hope you had the time of your life doing his show. How fun…and love your house, of course!
I’m a regular reader and just saw your “Nate” segment. You did a great job!
So fun to SEE you today on Nate’s show…great job!
Jan
Watched the Nate Show today. Love the house and the segment. Congrats!
Just discovered you on Nate and had to go searching for your blog. I adored the tour of your house. The colors caught my eye (because I love the same ones!) but I really noticed the turquoise Waverly lattice fabric you had used in a few places. I just made kitchen curtains from that fabric and hope to finish a few pillows soon! I look forward to reading more of your blog! 🙂
I saw you on Nate today and you were awesome. Your house is absolutely beautiful and it was fun to see someone whose blog I follow, on his show. He is a doll, and so are you! Glad you had wonderful day!
You were great! I could see you doing your own show. Your home is lovely and very very welcoming. I loved your house rules hung in the kitchen. Would you please share how you made it? Thanks.
Oh how exciting!! I am so glad that I discovered your blog!
Great Job…that was so fun seeing fellow bloggers on TV!! I love your home by the way…absolutely gorgeous!
Saw you on Nate’s show! Loved you and your design. Tried to click over during the show, but the links weren’t live yet. So glad to have found your blog!! Blessings!
Oh my gosh Shaunna!! What a blast!!!
Congratulations girl!
Oh, darn! I missed you on Nate’s show! But thanks for sharing your fun weekend with us, Shaunna! Congrats on that well-deserved recognition, too! Well done! 🙂
xoxo laurie