I’ve been blogging for fifteen years today! Craziness!
Thank you William, for the photo!
I love sharing/documenting my life here, and I appreciate all of you reading and commenting!
To celebrate, I will be giving away two $15 gift cards to either Amazon or Starbucks, or a charity of your choice. There will be two winners.
To enter, leave a comment here (not on Facebook) with an AMA (ask me anything) question. I will post all the AMA answers in an upcoming post.
Fifteen Year Blogivesary GIVEAWAY RULES:
- Two reader(s) will receive a $15 gift card to either Amazon or Starbucks or donated to a charity of their choice.
- REQUIRED to enter the giveaway: leave a comment with an AMA (ask me anything) question. You can ask up to five questions for five entries (they can all be in one comment).
- Only guesses submitted on this post in the comments will be entered. Facebook comments do not count.
- Commenting will be open until 9:00 PM CST on Friday July 24. I will email the winners this weekend, and also announce them in the AMA answers post.
- This giveaway is open to all readers, in all locations.
- This is not sponsored.
Happy Blogiversary! My question is: What is your favorite memory of your time in Italy?
Thank you! Ooo, that is a good question, I am glad I have some time to think about it. It’s definitely from when my family visited, but which memory?!
15 years, wow!! Congrats snist! <3
My questions are:
1. What is your favorite blog post you've ever written?
2. How many posts do you have total?
3. What's the longest you've gone between posts?
4. What about your blog/blogging has brought you the most joy?
5. What has been the hardest part of your blogging journey?
Love you!
Thank you! And thanks for your questions! I have some digging to do 🙂
Love you too!
15 years! Amazing! Your blog can get its learner’s permit! 😉
1. What’s one thing you do to keep your relationships strong and happy?
2. What’s one of your most controversial opinions?
3. What book has had the biggest impact on you?
Ha, it can! Is that the age there? When I lived in Iowa it was 14! Nuts!
Good questions! The second one will be hardest for me to come up with!
My AMA… Why the Facebook hate? (I don’t really care. I hate Facebook myself.)
Ha! I actually have a note in my RTT about something making me nuts on FB.
How fun!
1. Are you comfortable disclosing a more exact location? I grew up in NE IL and am curious. No one has ever, EVER mentioned Grayslake in a blog post before that I’m aware of.
2. I was a runner (plodder) for a few years but now I’m old and worried about my joints. Any advice? I do walk daily.
3. Can you divulge more about your day-to-day worklife?
4. Not a question. Good luck with your interview. xo
Thanks for your questions and the well wishes on my interview! I will definitely answer them all! Where did you grow up in NE IL?
So, my first thought when I started this post: “Is that a picture of Kim fifteen years ago?”
WHAT??? Were you a CHILD fifteen years ago?? C’mon brain! (I knew you almost fifteen years ago. What on earth.)
Some AMA questions:
1. Do you prefer cooked or raw potatoes?
2. Did you ever find a place as good as the Mediterranean one where we met that first time in Chicago?
3. Which of the “Fast and Furious” movies is your favorite?
4. Do you ever decide not to finish a book, and if so, what’s your criteria? (I think I’ve actually asked this before, sorry!)
5. If money were not a factor, what job/activity would you want to do?
Buah ha ha! Other people have said that William looks like me! I was 20 when I started my blog!
Ooo, your questions are fun! Thanks for submitting them!
Kim! Fifteen years of blogging is HUGE!! Congratulations on this milestone. I am so impressed that you’ve mastered the art of keeping it fresh, relevant, and fun to read. ❤️
Questions (I haven’t read any of the other comments so sorry in advance if these are duplicates):
1. How old were you when you decided to become vegan?
2. Are you still on your vegan donut quest?
3. Would you consider getting a dog, or are you strictly a cat person?
4. If money and training were no issue, what would be your dream race?
5. What is the meaning of life?
Thank you! And wow, thank you for such a kind compliment! My head just got kinda big 😉
Thanks for the questions! They are not duplicates! I look forward to answering them.
Wow I’ve been reading for a long time. Not quite the full 15 years though.
1. Do you plan to run another marathon if races begin again?
2. What’s your favorite podcast?
3. How did you choose your college major and career?
4. What’s the best thing you purchased recently?
5. How many cats is too many cats?
You have been! I wonder how long?! Thanks for your questions! The last one made me laugh!
Congratulations, Kim!!! 15 years is something to be really proud of! The fact that you have maintained your blog for so long and been so consistent with it over the years must mean it gives you a lot of joy. I have enjoyed reading it and even after I stopped blogging myself the only one I still regularly read and enjoy! Hence, my questions:
1. did you ever consider stopping your blog, and how come?
2. what kept you going all these years?
3. how many blog friends have you met IRL?
4. what is the weirdest comment you ever got on a post?
5. who is your favorite Star Wars character?
PS: I also first thought the pic of Wiliam was of you – he really takes after his aunt Kim!
Thank you! It does bring me a lot of joy! And I am glad you read and still comment even though you are not blogging <3 Ha, that is so funny you thought that was me too!
Thanks for your questions! I will have to think hard about #3. It's a lot!!!!
Congrats on the 15 years of blogging. That is awesome. Someday I will return to full time blogging. I have lots to blog about, that’s for sure.
Questions:
1. How do you get all of your cats get along so well?
2. Have you ever considered being on Twitter?
Again congrats.
Thank you! Not feeling the itch to write, now?
And thanks for the questions!
Thanks for this fun contest. I’m so excited for you celebrating 15 years!
1. I’m just curious do you have a favorite topic to write about?
2. Which family member is the most fun to write about?
3. If you could run anywhere in the world and with anyone dead or alive who and where
would it be?
4. What is your dream vacation?
5. Who are the top 5 people in your life that have influenced your blog writing?
Thank you! And thanks for the fun questions!