DAY 6

DAY SIX

" five things i love."

only FIVE???

k well not including my husband, family, gospel, etc because those are so OBV, here are 5 other things i love:)

i give you fair warning as the next few things you find out about me will make you forever think of me as a complete geek.

that's fine.

1- i LOVE website html, designing blogs, headers, fonts, backgrounds, everything.  i do it for people who ask, so... if you want a fresh look, just ask! haha.

2- i really enjoy fixing things and finding out how they work. i love building things.  aka, home depot is my heaven.  i know how a lot of appliances work.  one day i just started tinkering, and found out i have a bit of a knack for making wheels spin. :)

3- sparkle.  while i am a geek at heart, i love, love, triple love lace and anything sparkly.
 anything.

4- traveling. seeing new places and how people live differently is SO fascinating to me.  thats why i don't really mind moving.  i think its fun living in different and new, exciting environments.

(and palm trees and tropical weather aren't that big of a down side :)  )

5- organizing and labeling.  i love it. sorting and being set and organized in a cute way makes me thoroughly HAPPY.  i am OCD.  there is no sarcasm in that.

also, i am married to what i call a 'pile- er. '  aka, mitch LOVES the piles.  he piles every paper and book he gets, all over the house.  just little mitchie piles everywhere.  its okay though.  i like cleaning it all up.

:)

DAY 5

DAY FIVE.
" Post a screenshot of your desktop."
okay:)

oh just me smoochin my husband.
and look- he likes it.
guilty.

DAY 4

DAY FOUR.
" list some things that really bugs you."

guys... i have a lot of pet peeves.

here are some i can think of off the top of my head.


- when good, LDS girls wear CRAP. the established standard is not 'to your knee but sometimes halfway up your thigh'.  or 'modest neckline but on dates whatever you want.'  seriously ladies..

- celebrities.  everyone.  we do realize that celebrities are just messed up, irresponsible people who happen to be on things a large majority of us see.  i think that is way over-celebrated.

- irish accents, and wisconsin/northern accents.  thats kind of rude  huh hahhaa... but for some reason it just grates on my nerves! i know and love some of those people though!!

- dancing with the stars.  because whenever people find out that i danced all throughout my life, thats what they reference ballroom to.  and not to their own fault at all, but rather dancing with the stars, for making people think that's an accurate depiction of latin/ballroom dancing.  reeeediculous and embarrassing.

- i think it's sort of diminishing now, but when boys wear their pants riding halfway down their butt....... i dont know who decided it would be attractive to make boys legs seem like they're 14 inches tall and see their nasty boxers hanging out... but
NO.


- when people use facebook as their worldwide, open personal counselor and venting system.  its probably a better idea to open a blog [exhibit A] or invest in a journal.

- democrats.

- victoria's secret commercials.  i mean seriously if my husband has to look away from the tv during a football game because he's caught off guard by a borderline-pornographic commercial.. that makes me mad.  granted i am a shopper at the store, but i have conflicting feelings about what they freaking display for the public eye!!

- dentists who think they can pull out wisdom teeth. now let me say that maybe 2% of all wisdom teeth cases are suitable for a general dentist.  however, the other 98% need to be done by an oral surgeon. i know this because i was the first assistant at an oral-maxillofacial surgeon's office before moving to texas, and our job consisted of fixing dentist's mistakes.  you would be blown away if you knew how many times dentists attempt things they shouldn't and almost ruin people's faces.

- on that note, people who freak out about radiation from the pano x ray machine at the dental/surgeons office... guess what, you get 10 times more radiation on a freaking flight from salt lake to boston! you will not die!!

- child leashes.  seriously. moms, discipline your kids so that a child leash isn't necessary...... haha those are awful

- thats all i've got for now, but i have more i know it!


xoxo
kailin

DAY 3

"What do you wear to sleep?"

well this should be easy.

I wear the g's, and usually one of mitch's big t shirts.

the end!

exciting huh.

DAY 2

i keep forgetting i'm doing the blog challenge.

today is "how i have changed in the past two years."

yep. this is gonna get personal.

also. i will probably mention mitch very often.

1) priorities.

     -two years ago i thought all there was to life was 1)dance and 2) my boyfriend.  its crazy how out-of-line priorities have the potential to so drastically change your life.

     -supposedly in 2008-9 the most 'wonderful and amazing' thing in my life was dance.  i wasted so much time with that. and i have a theory why. 

i think it's so great to do something you love and work hard at it. really that is such a good thing for a person. HOWEVER. i've decided that there is no point in being obsessive over something unless you are 10000% sure that it is THE thing you are going to do in your life and that it's the most important to you.  otherwise, if it's not, it will ruin many other parts of your life and rob you of experiences that would have benefited you more.  but it's so rare to be 10000% sure about something in life......... so.... there is no point in ever being overly devoted to any one activity. i did NOT get that.  moderation- i was not very good at it.

    - i decided at some point in high school that it was a good idea to just have one steady boyfriend through it all.  i deprived myself of a lot of really, really life-cherished memories that most people have in high school.  now yes, i did have some and it wasn't terrible, but i would definitely do things differently.  it's not wrong to have a steady boyfriend throughout high school, and it ends up working out for some, but 98% of the time people realize at the end that there is so much time after high school for that. high school is  a time to freaking let loose, have fun, and make friends and memories that last a lifetime.  i had heard that a million times over, but i am the kind of person that i have to very frequently experience something myself to really get it in my head.  

i don't think i was a very good friend during high school.  my priorities were pretty turned around, and i still feel bad about that.

my problem is when i go for something, i do it 100% and i think i have to be perfect at it.

luckily Mitchell came into my life and has helped me out more than i'll even know.  i am a completely different (better:) ) person because of him.  its so easy to live life with someone like him who makes everything just make sense to you, and be so uncomplicated.

2) self confidence.

haha.  this was a branch off from #1.  obviously when you are like one dimensional, you dont feel like there is a lot to you.  well, ya, thats basically it. there wasn't a lot to me two years ago besides those things. how sad! i almost settled and lived a life of trying to figure out who i am.  

i learned how to not define myself by dance or who i was with.  

that is one of the best things i've learned and one of the things that has most shaped me into to be a better person. 

i do think a lot of these things we have to remember to work on all throughout life.

3) perspective.

two years ago i thought that everyone was watching you, all the time, and that it mattered so much what they thought. like as if your life depended on it.  

guess what! it doesn't!!

good heck i wish i would have just cared about the people who cared about me. haha i mean really . . . . 

once again, mitch!

i've learned the key to being happy (well, it works for me.)

invest time and love into those who you love, and those who treat you the same. those are your friends.
be nice and an example to those who aren't.
do things that make you happy and you don't have to be a professional at everything.
enjoy things without thinking about them too hard.  

that is what makes me happy.  and that is enough for me.

:)

it's nice to grow up, isn't it? :)

DAY 1

hello everyone.
as i said in my last post,
i guess i'll do one of those 30 day things.
when is a better time to start than 11/11/11 ?

:)

this is day one- enjoy!

DAY ONE:  the basics
Early Background Info + Life

born kailin patricia hansen.
kailin- my parents made it up. although i dont think most people including myself necessarily like or love their own name, i always liked having a unique name.
patricia- after my stunning, timeless grandma.  this is a third-generation maternal name:) very special to me.  mitch and i definitely want  to carry it on.
hansen- daughter of one of the 6 boys that grew up on the idaho cattle ranch. i think i want to have one of my future boys' middle names be hansen. its a tough name:) and it looks phenomenal on the back of a jersey.

i have very literal representations of my name that are apparent just by looking at me. for example, i have my mom's side's coloring (patricia.)
also, i have a lot of my dad's bone structure and similar features (hansen).
then there is my 'me' name (kailin.)
 really feel like my name literally represents who i am and all of the distinct or different parts of me. i love that :)

and my new, favorite part of my name is the new addition to it:

BECK

meaning that i am now sealed to my forever best friend and companion, mitchell. and that i am now recognized as belonging to him - for the rest of forever:)

names are so cool, don't you think??


lets see. i was born when my parents were living in salt lake city, but i was born at the american fork hospital.
 i was 7 pounds.. something ounces .
i had jaundice really severely, and they had to keep me there for a few days.
so i came home a little tan-butt baby from sitting under the lights for so long.
I WAS FORCED to tan from day one, i was doomed for the rest of my life.. no fault to my own. :)

my parents have pictures from when i was brand new to when i was probably 6 or 7, falling asleep on my dad's chest.  i have super vivid memories of that! i remember falling asleep within minutes of listening to the steady beat, beat, beat of his heart or listening to his voice echo inside.

i remember my mom singing to me when she tucked me in every night.  she would make this a special time to connect with me and talk with me from when i was just a baby.

i can remember my dad frequently painting my little nails.

grandpa would read stories and sing with me all the time. mostly 'cwinkle cwinkle littow staw.' that was a staple when going over to grandma and grandpas.

grandma made every single, tiny thing special and interesting and a huge, wonderful, special ordeal.  every single thing you said to her was the most amazing thing on earth (is, still.)  everything you did was perfect, everything about you was just amazing.  she truly makes you feel that way to this day like you are the entire world to her :)

mom would stop everything in the middle of her busy day to sit down and play with me.  i had no sisters, so it became another role she happily played for me, all growing up.

grandma hansen made me come out of my shell. she made me take risks and learn things about the world. she made me recognize and appreciate and love the good things, and try to better the bad things, and her attitude was if you can't fix it, then move on and don't complain about it.  i learned that hard work was fun.  i learned that you can bond through almost any activity or chore with anyone, just by being together. i learned how to make the most out of any situation i was given in life, and that it is up to you to decide if you're going to be happy, regardless of circumstances.  she is a wise, wise woman.

when thinking of my childhood, the things that come up the most in my mind are scenes of playing with my brothers.  we were really all just good friends, and did everything together.  we played in the dirt 'hills', we rode our old teeny 3 wheeler (our most prized and neighborhood-kid-envied posession), played the carnivores computer game, put on plays, had our own toy garage sales to rake in some dough, played on the electric keyboard in our old virginia livingroom over and over  and dancing to the same, repetitive ricky martin songs that secretly drove our parents NUTS i'm sure, watching baby kittens (FREQUENTLY..) being born, some dying, saving baby frogs from the yard before dad's lawnmower (hahaha.), and playing in our treehouse/shooting beehives with our bb gun.


i had a horrible perm.  my hair was [already] dark and thick, so perming it + girl who didn't care how it looked=
SO
SO
SO
 BAD..
my poor mother tried so hard every day, and i wouldn't have anything to do with it.
there are many pictures missing of me from ages 8-10. . . . . and for a good reason :)
but i think i had the best childhood ever.  it was wacky and crazy and unattractive and tomboyish.

seriously, looking back, that time period in my life would best be described as me literally looking like a cave child.  the thing is, i'm not exaggerating. i was a skinny (usually always dirty) RAIL, my hair was a poof ball, and i was nuts.
BUT
 i had so much fun. :)

and look, ma!  i actually somewhat pulled it together to trick a guy into marrying me:)

so
i think i've got it pretty good.

--tomorrow!

Do You Know Me?

I am odd.  I think I am really odd.

I am the exact opposite of my husband.  He is really simple, really uncomplicated. What a fantastic way of life that must be.
:) haha.

I think I'm complicated.  I think I can be hard to understand.  Lots of times I am over-analyzing  everything and over complicating everything even more.  I think it's one of those things that just come with the package of being a perfectionist.

But on the other hand.. I think I'm a lot different since marrying Mitch.  I let a lot more things go.  He is so okay with me,
just how I am,
and just how I do everything,
that I don't feel like I have to be perfect all the time or do everything exactly how I think it needs to be done.

My advice:
Marry your opposite.

It's awesome.
:)


Anyways,  a lot of you are better friends with Mitch or have married Mitch's friends, so you probably don't know me as well.

Here are a few q &and a's and over the next 30 days I'll be doing a a blog challenge.  Have a question to me?  Make it a comment!



What would you like to add to your life?
--If it were possible, I would say more time with family.  They live so far away!

What motivates you to exercise?
--Well.  I have to be honest right?  Pictures!  Pictures that are really inspiring, of people that are so fit.

What musical instrument do you wish you could play?
--Piano!  I quit it when I was younger.  My mom was soo right -- I shouldn't have!  I wish I could still just sit down and play!

Who is someone from your past that you are sorry you lost track of?
--Probably a few people.  My friends from when I lived in Virginia.  I feel like they could have been some of my best friends for life.  I am so sad that we all lost connection of each other.  Brianna, Laryssa, Molly, Rachel, Laura . .. loved those girls.
And definitely my dance friends from growing up.  I don't know what happened.  Once I stopped dancing I feel like a lot of my relationships with them stopped too.  It was really weird and was really hard.  They were some of my closest friends!

What is your favorite thing about fall?
--I can't decide if it's the fall smells like candles, wallflowers, cinnamon and such.. . or the outfits. 


What are some things you have eaten in the last 2 or 3 days?
-- let's see.... yoplait whips yogurt today for breakfast, yesterday specialK cereal(YUM).
Lunch.. havarti cheese with honeybaked ham, the other day it was .. oops. I think I skipped lunch.
Snacks over the last few days have consisted of watermelon and canteloupe, mandarin oranges, dried fruit pieces mix, and I think a granola bar.  in case you can't tell I am a bigtime nibbler.  My eating style is mostly just snacking on little things throughout the day.  I like it that way:)  I'm also a huge fruit lady.
Dinner was grilled chicken piccatta with french bread and grean beans, and the other night we went out to an as-authentic-as-you-can-get Mexican restaurant.  My dinner consisted of hand-made corn (healthy and so yummy) tortillas with fire-grilled sizzling steak strips, with tomatillo sauce. thats it.  simple. authentic. delicious. spicy. unreal.

What subject do you wish you had paid more attention to in high school?
--I would definitely say physics.  It would be so cool to understand more about how the world works.

Must-haves when you are sick:
--oh easy answer!  I am such a routine person and I know what I like! And the following is all going to sound childish.
-Jammies or sweats.  It is a sin to be in jeans laying on the couch, sick.
- Juice.  I cannot have enough.
-Depending on what I'm sick with, cold things! Fruit Fruit Fruit.  My favorite thing is when mitch gets an ice cream scoop and scoops watermelon and other melons out for me:) there is something about a cold, sweet circle of fruit that makes it taste SO good!! No one knows why! Best thing ever.
-Nyquil makes me psycho.  I have laughing attacks for hours.  I have no idea why.  But it makes me feel so much better, and then when I go to sleep, I sleep wonderfully.
-Pink rice heating pack from my momma.
-Puffs plus lotion tissues.  Must-haves.
-Too much TV, of course, mainly old westerns and or looney toons as those are without question the most comforting things to me, and remind me of my dad and being home:)
-A couch with my pillow, and my blanket on it.  Original couch pillows will not do, when you are sick.  They are not soft enough.

What genre of books do you like to read?
-- I really, really enjoy health books.  Health studies, anatomy and physiology, psychology and the mind.  I occasionally enjoy a mystery.

What do you and your dad have in common?
--The question is what we don't have in common.  I inherited every apparent trait from him, I think.  We have identical personalities, the same sense of humor,  we love the exact same movies and music, we both love doing the same activities and going to the same places on vacation, namely the cabin in wyoming.  While we're there, riding horses, playing on fourwheelers, spotting deer with the binoculars in the morning on the porch.  I have my mom's coloring, but I have his facial features and a lot of similar body features.  i.e., feet:)  We love rodeos, we love Jackson Hole, we love John Wayne, Davy Crockett, and the Alamo.  We don't like movies that are too souped up with effects and are loaded with unbelievable and unrealistic plots, and we don't like swearing unless it's by us, or in old westerns.  Then it's funny.  We love DIY projects. I liked growing up being his little helper and watching him do stuff.  We love gas station slurpees.  Looney Toons.  ENDLESS looney toons since I can first remember, every Saturday morning and when you're sick of course.

If you could be anything you wanted and the circumstances and every aspect of your life worked well with it, what would you be?
--A doctor.  Without question.  Almost all my life I've wanted to do something like that.  Now that I have a bit of a broader perspective on things I think I'll have more important priorities in my life besides my career:)  But if i were the provider for my family and a guy, I would be a doctor without question.  I am fascinated with the human body and the ways of healing it.  I've decided nursing would be a better route for the life I want and the goals I have.  We'll see how that goes, living clear down here in Mexico and all!! Might have to wait until we're done here.

If you had an extra room in your house what would you use it for?
--Definitely a creativity room.  I would have crafts galore, and walls of books.  Until then, our single bookshelf and my little craft desk will do:)

What grown-up job did you want to have when you were a child?
--Before I was really fascinated with medicine,  I was so fascinated by archaeology.  Quite a jump, huh?  LOVED it.

What daily activity boars you?
--I think i'm bipolar.  To expound on that... some days I love the feeling of feeling productive and organized and clean while in the progress of doing laundry.  Some days i absolutely loathe it and wish it would do itself, fold itself, and sort itself into our closet. And it is 0% appealing to me.

What is your ringtone?
--I have a very classic, simple ringtone.  Its just a ring,   ring,     ring, type.  haha.

What music drives you crazy?
--You know I really can enjoy most music, just depending on my mood.  I have kind of a broad selection I like.  But there are two things that I cannot stand:  really odd classical music.  The kind that not one person likes, I don't care what you say, and its just like weird.  And goes on, and on. No, not enjoyable for me.  Can't do it!  The other: scream-o//gothic//emo//weirdER music.  I dont even need to expound on that one.  You all know what I'm talking about.  It completely grates on my nerves and makes me crazy.


What did you do during your childhood summers?
--I had a bit of a tomboyish childhood.  I definitely had my girl sides and girl friends, but I spent a LOT of time playing with my brother.  Monster trucks, BB guns, legos, 3wheelers, forts, we put on plays, and we played this one dinosaur computer game like every single day.  nothing was cooler.   .... THAT was fun.

What is your favorite day of the week?
--I would definitely say Friday.  Probably like most everyone!

When was the last time you turned your cell phone off?
--I think just 1 or two days ago.  I'm not a huge phone person, and I hate more than anything having a group of people together and everyone is on their phone texting someone else.  Society is getting messed up that way I think.  Not interested in joining in!

Look Alike:
-Ok, when I was blonde [i know, i'm sad that happened too], not joking on almost a daily basis I got Ashley Tisdale.  Look at my first FB pictures and see if you agree!
-Now that I'm dark I have gotten Kim Kardashian a few times?  That would be nice! I think she's soo much prettier than me though.  I think she's one of the prettiest [yet stupidest] but seriously one of the most beautiful people on the earth!! I don't think i resemble her at all though.
Guilty pleasure:
--I do believe I have a few.  Haha a lot of them are embarrassing.  Don't judge!

-Pinterest.. obv. I am female.
-Bubble baths.  When I am stressed or sick or even just cold, my go-to is a hot and VERY bubbly bath.
-The old Nancy Drew books.  Yeah, like the ones for 13 year olds.  I have yet to find a better book series.
-Organizing.  If i'm feelin it, I'll organize everything, label it, and then re-organize it.  I am a weirdo.
-Chocolate.  It takes a LOT for me to get sick of it!  I can't keep it in the house!
-Sun. Bad, I know.  But the warm, bright sun feels so good, I think.  I'm in that odd minority of life that prefers 102 degree weather over anything.  It feels divine.
-Here it is people.. I'm comin out with it... and guys, Mitch [my HUSBAND] just found this out about me 2 days ago. Well, the full extent of it.  I LOVE playing with html and blog design, and I love graphic designing and editing, creating fonts and anything really, on GIMP.  I am a full on, straight up, N.E.R.D. So, if you want to freshen up your blog or if you want a new banner, etc.. let me know!  Its something I just plain LOVE to do :)
wanna check out what I'm working on?  I just barely created it the other day so its brand new.  I've only done some of the ''home lists and template printables'' tab.  But here's the start to my new thing.

 http://morespacebettertaste.blogspot.com/p/home-lists.html
be sure to check back in a couple weeks, it should be up and running by then!
Well, that's all folks!  Any more Q's, don't be shy!

Oh happy day!

Well Mitchie just bought me a printer! :) I am a happy girl! That is like the last thing we needed. And we finally had time one night to go out and get one! Wahoo! I didn't realize how much i used one until I didn't have one. I print EVERYTHING!! I use it for my church callings, I use it for for endless household things, and craft and scrapbooking things. Not to mention I am a labeling, sorting and organizing freak! So.... Excuse the short post, but I'm gonna go set my new printer up!

Oh and thank you Mitchie:) love you!!

San Antonio #1

Well the whole, entire reason why we went up to San Antonio was to go to the Temple.  Did we take any pictures of it?

no.

So, here is the rest of our trip.

By far our favorite part (and now favorite place without question!) is La Villita/Riverwalk in San Antonio!! Its UNREAL! It reminds me of a mini Venice.  It's basically a river with really, really cute restaurants and shops and amazing hotels all along the sides.  It has such beautiful lighting all throughout.  The atmosphere is so amazing!  We wished SO BADLY we could stay another night and be at the Riverwalk longer. :(  But we plan on returning STAT:)

we have to deal with this ...↓.. everytime we want to go anywhere north of McAllen.

and i do believe this ↓ is self explanatory.

cute mitchy workin away before sushi, after temple

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

happy mitchy

mmmmmmm again 

what the rain in san an??

i'm thinking of three girls...................... LOOK WHAT WE FOUND!

beautiful san antonio 

 always wanted to go on one! 

gorgeous old city 

once again what the rain??? 

 love old cities like this

and how could i not think of my dad??

hahah i'm not sure i get this? very awkward

mitch forced me to take a picture with it.. 

of course a little-mexico shop on every corner. had to go in.

any guesses of what the monument is of? keep scrolling :)

stunning old building!

mitch waws of course mezmorized.

had to sneak one of my handsome man

so... where are we??    . . . . . . .....

THE ALAMO. MITCH PASSED OUT. TWICE.

if you do not know what the alamo is, you do not know us. please defriend us on fb.

whaaat!! unreal! we are HERE!

tree of BEAUTY!!

Alamooo the alamoooo

we are so happyyyyy!!

had to snap one last shot

well just so everyone knows... DAVY CROCKETT died here.

beginning of riverwalk

pretty mosaic!

beautiful glass sculpture 

 annnnnddd the river walk!

doesnt this look like something from robin hood?

amazing music 

 this guy was drunk as a SKUNK

mitch looks way too happy.... :) hehe 

WEIRDEST bathrooms ever ever ever!

stunning, huh!