meet bonnie, and get $50 to forever 21!

You guys, today you get to meet Bonnie. I have had the pleasure of meeting Bonnie a few times (and want to hang out with more if we can ever get our schedules aligned!) and let me tell you, she will crack you up! We figured our readers were so awesome, we should introduce each other (go check out my responses to her questions) and offer you guys a special treat as well, enjoy ;)

Hi!  I'm Bonnie and I blog over at The Life of Bon!  This is me:

I'm getting bench pressed on a longboard.  You know.  Totally normal.  Here's a picture of my face.  In case you're into that.  I'm trying to look all sexy and suspicious and also somewhat pale and sickly.  What can I say, I NAILED IT!

I am so excited to introduce myself on Alycia's blog.  Alycia and I are bloggy friends and real life friends!  Who wudda thought?  Plus she's gorgeous.  I've been trying to figure out for about six months now how to steal her hair.

1.  What inspired you to start blogging?

Two years ago, on a train ride in France, I had the strong impression to write every day on a blog and to make it a priority in my life.  I thought this was stupid.  But I still did it.  I didn't tell anyone (not even my husband) for several months because I thought it was so weird.  Little did I know I would find so much joy and fulfillment in it and change my life the way it has.

On a train in France.  I had no idea that inspiration was about to strike and change my life.  Wow, so dramatic!

2.  You have a 10 minute speech to give at a high school, what is it about?

I teach high school English, so this question is right up my alley.  I would tell them how uniquely special they are and that life gets better after high school and that they are smart and funny and can do anything they put their minds to.  I'd tell them the world is full of opportunities for them and that they are talented and have worth and value and their lives have incredible purpose.

Yes, kinda sappy.  But I think high schoolers need it.  They're such a special group of people and I adore them

3.  What is your greatest accomplishment?

I can stick a noodle up my nose and out my mouth.  BOO- YAH!

Too much?

4.  Who do you admire?  
I admire...
My husband for being so passionate and motivated
My mom for never feeling sorry for herself for a second after my dad died.
Nat the Fat Rat and CJane for being my blogging idols.
Myself for putting up with 240 pubescent teenagers every day.
Any person who runs for president of the U.S.A. because that's just cray cray.

5.  Tell us about a time you were incredibly embarrassed.

Thanks to my father in law, I've got a bucketful of these!  I would have to say it is a tie between these two things.  Which one do you think is more embarrassing?

a.  in front of 300+ wedding dinner guests my pop in law went on and on about how difficult it was to conceive my husband, Greg.  There were details about trying to impregnate Greg's mom.  Pop in law then pulled out a jock strap from when his younger softball playing days and said it was the jock strap's fault for lowering his sperm count.  Mortified is to put it lightly.
OR
b. Two weeks after we were married, father in law came over to dinner and proudly announced, "Well!  No one is a virgin at the table anymore!"

So like I said... it's hard to know which one to pick.

The man, the myth, the legend.  Eating an ice cream bar and drinking a coca cola.

6.  What is your worst puke story?

I have puked in just about any situation you can imagine.  I've got the weakest stomach ever created (Hello, never getting pregnant!).  Probably my best story is from my very first day of college.  I was feeling sick so I rested my head on the desk in a Spanish class.  The Spanish teacher kept yelling at me to sit up but because it was in Spanish I didn't know what she was saying.  When I finally understood that she was yelling at me, I sat up just in time to puke Honeycomb all over the floor.  I ran out of the classroom and never returned.  Literally never.  I dropped the class.

7.  How did you meet your husband?

The short of it is that I was sitting on a balcony and he walked past with some friends.  He yelled up that he liked my hair and I yelled back to come make me a hot dog with his shirt off.  You know, the normal flirtations.  Eight months later I was throwing a bouquet.  The full story is as cheesy and sappy as you can imagine and can be found here.

8. What sets you apart from other bloggers?

I have a redheaded husband who does every accent imaginable including an old English maid accent!  You don't find that just anywhere!

9. A life changing experience.

My dad died very unexpectedly when I was 23.  It was devastating and in many ways I am still reeling from the shock.  I will never be glad that it happened, but from the experience I have learned one of life's greatest lessons and that is that I am much stronger than I ever thought I was.  There is strength within us that we never discover until life makes us.  You can more read more about my dad here here and here.

10. Something about yourself that you never tell others?

I used to practice kissing on a wooden post.  It was all sorts of gross tasting, but I thought it absolutely necessary if I was ever going to grow up to be a fantastic kisser.  I was only 9, give me a break!

Thanks Alycia, so much for having me!  I feel like this is a legit interview, like I'm a total celeb!  Now come on over to my blog and see what answers Alycia gave to the same questions.  And while you're there stick around for awhile and say hi.  I love visitors!  You can find me at twitter @thelifeofbon and instagram @thelifeofbon and facebook too!

Oh, and Alycia and I up and decided to give one of you readers a $50 gift card to Forever 21.  Just in time for spring shopping!

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