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09.18.08

.things i like.

-smiling
-when my life is organized
-a deep conversation about life, especially with my dad
-fall
-buying new things
-jack
-a good workout
-getting a haircut
-realizing I have more money than I thought
-coming home from the mall with too many shopping bags to carry at once
-boys that are fun
-writing in my journal
-watching ‘friends’
-cookies and cream ice cream
-when it’s 70 degrees
-staying up late talking to a friend
-new music
-blog-stalking
-letters and notes
-50 dollar bills
-leaving work on fridays
-getting in bed
-music that speaks to me
-dancing on the kitchen floor
-making to-do lists
-the week before christmas
-when people give me compliments
-the noise that says I have an email
-making lists

-when I ask which package of cookies we should get and my mom says “both”
-jazz games with pizza and root beer
-wind
-multitasking
-talking about myself (aka…blogging)
-men in suits
-september
-skirts
-reading self-help books
-my macbook
-chris carrabba
-chicken quesadillas from costa vida
-unique covers of well-known songs
-sunglasses
-cute handwriting
-playing games with my family
-buster from arrested development
-fast wireless internet
-gum
-stretching
-david palmer
-cinnamon
-sparkly things
-saying something funny
-teaching sunday school
-long sleeve shirts
-when my mom and I think alike
-when my clothes smell like dryer sheets
-the sound of the dishwasher
-my man wallet
-being productive
-when my ipod reads my mind and knows what song I want to hear next
-fat raspberries with sugar on them
-laying in bed before I have to get up
-tegan and sara
-cap’n crunch
-leaving windows open
-noticing things I like and writing them down

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Dustin, Katie, and Jack - September 18, 2008 - 1:34 AM

why is jack number 6?

Elizabeth Marie - September 18, 2008 - 1:45 AM

Ok your blog is completely adorable! Love this list – I’m tempted to copy you. I had no idea you had a blog!

kristin - September 18, 2008 - 3:33 AM

katie, it isn’t in any particular order… neither is it all-inclusive… :)

Dustin, Katie, and Jack - September 18, 2008 - 5:08 AM

I figured, since I didn’t see MYSELF on it. Just kidding.

Jalene Bouwhuis - September 18, 2008 - 6:18 PM

Haha… Buster. Oh man. I just laugh every time I think of him. Hahaha.

Haley - September 18, 2008 - 6:19 PM

haha Buster from Arrested Development is my absolute favorite! I like this idea and I am totally going to copy you!

Spaub - September 19, 2008 - 3:26 PM

I love your lists, Kristin! I always want to do lists,but I never do.

09.17.08

.september.

I love September. I swear the last 17 days have been the best of the whole year. The weather is absolutely perfect–I wish this season lasted eight months of the year. (Then there could be two months of winter and two months of summer to give us a little diversity.) I just am happy when I walk outside and don’t start to suffocate because of the heat or immediately clench all my muscles because of the frozen air. 70 degrees is heavenly. Plus pretty soon I can start wearing jackets. And I like wearing jackets.

Only 13 more days of this month and then it will probably start to get cold and snowy… which I am going to try to have a good attitude about this year. But I will soak up the best month of the year while it lasts.

I love it.

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JMoney - September 17, 2008 - 5:21 PM

I also like songs about September.

09.13.08

.ikea.

It’s just a desk.
I know.
But I am so excited about it. 
I ordered it and it finally came on Thursday. 
This was my happy face when I realized it was here. 
Jason helped me set it up.  It wasn’t too complicated–I did have to break out the toolbox, however.  And I would have spent a good few hours with the screwdriver screwing in the 20 screws required to attach the legs if Jason hadn’t thought to bring over a power drill.  Thank goodness for that thing. 
The beauty of this desk comes from its simplicity.  I have been looking for YEARS for the perfect desk–I just wanted a large-ish (but not too large) table top with four legs that don’t cross underneath so that my legs have the space they need.  I didn’t want any drawers or shelves or keyboard rolling things, just legs and a table top.  How hard is that?  Apparently, very.  Because no one makes that.  Except Ikea, whom I would like to publicly thank for selling such awesome, simple, cheap stuff.

If you look in these pictures closely, you will see a cute little black dancer thing on my desk.  This is also from Ikea.  
As is my bedspread and the lamp on my bookcase. 
Now, this magnet board did not come from Ikea, but my very talented and crafty sister, Katie, made it.  I just wanted to point out how awesome it is how it seems to tie together my whole room with the black, white, and pink stuff all from Ikea….
That’s all.  I know you were all very interested in the decorating scheme of my room. :)  Now you know.

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Dustin, Katie, and Jack - September 14, 2008 - 2:54 AM

You forgot to mention that magnet stick thing underneath the board is also from Ikea. Cute. I was going to stop by Ikea today on our way back from Manti and get your table for you (because I didn’t know you already had it) and bring it back…good thing I didn’t. Was it shipped to you? And if so, was it expensive? Your scheme looks great. I love matching stuff.

JMoney - September 14, 2008 - 5:33 AM

It is a pretty sweet desk. And it wasn’t infuriating to put together, either, so double sweet.

“That was offensive, and lame, so double offensive…”

PS What do you think of Jack’s Mannequin’s new stuff? There are 3 or 4 more songs that we didn’t get yet.

Peace.

Lindsay Kay - September 15, 2008 - 1:57 PM

SO CUTE! I wish I had a decorating scheme in my room…I somewhat do, but it’s mostly very random. Congrats on the new desk, I hope you two will be very happy together! :D

Jalene Bouwhuis - September 15, 2008 - 5:46 PM

I’m so happy for you that you finally got your desk! Yay for happiness!

JMoney - September 16, 2008 - 1:17 AM

Just wanted to leave you a comment from my new toy!
Peace I’m out.

09.12.08

.instead.

Today I participated in a serious act of rebellion.  

Let me back up.  I have decided that I am going to put as much as I can into doing well at school this semester.  I will get good grades and I will not hate my classes.  I will have a good attitude, I will stay caught up.  
This week, I had two tests and a quiz, which I’m not complaining about, just mentioning.  I studied a lot this week.  Really, I did.  (Ignore that Facebook update that I talked about wasting time there–that was the only hour I didn’t study.  Sort of.)  In fact, I studied more than I ever really have in one week at college.  If you haven’t noticed, I have never taken college really seriously.  Now, that to some people means something different than it does to me–all I mean by that is the fact that it is not my highest priority.  Lots of things are more important, or at least as important as, school for me.  Don’t get me wrong, I WILL graduate.  And probably on time.  I just won’t have mostly A’s like the good old days of high school.  There will be A’s, but also some B’s and maybe even… some C’s.  Yes, it is true–I am easily satisfied with my college grades.  This is beside my point….
Basically, this week was different.  I spent a lot of time worrying about and studying for tests.  And I did pretty stinking good on them.  So I am proud of myself.  I was going to continue this trend and stay on top of things for my classes next week by getting up this morning and being on campus in the library by eight or nine.  Then I was going to study until my dance class this afternoon, because Friday mornings are heavenly and I don’t have work or school until 1:30.  I was determined to do it.  
And guess what?  I woke up at seven and thought about things.  Here is a peek at the internal dialogue going through my mind:
Good Me:  ”It is 7:00.  I need to get up and go to the library.”
Rebellious Me:  ”No, you don’t.  Stay here.  Sleep some more.”
Good Me:  ”While that sounds nice… the right thing to do is to get up and study.  I am a changed person these days.  I’m getting up.”
 Rebellious Me:  ”Hey remember how you only got four hours of sleep last night?  And like five the night before?”
Good Me:  ”Yes.”
Rebellious Me:  …nods and smiles.

Good Me:  ”Hmm.”
Rebellious Me:  ”You have been so good this week.  You deserve a small break.  Sleep in. Don’t study.  It’s Friday, for crying out loud.”
Good Me:  ”I have been good….  It is Friday….  I am tired….”
Rebellious Me:  ”Yes.  You are so comfortable and warm.  Go back to sleep.”
Good Me:  ”Well… okay then.”  …sleeps.
Rebellious Me wins.  But Good Me wins too, because she got to go back to sleep.  And then she didn’t get up until… shhhh… 10:30.  And now she’s blogging instead of studying.  And she’s not going to study even a little bit today.  It’s Friday.  
People can change, especially me.  I sort of pride myself a little bit on that fact–that I really try to change and improve myself.  But I also am allowed to be a little bit weak every once in a while.  Right?  I think so.  This is not going to happen every Friday, but maybe every once in a while.  Because I think that it’s nice to do nothing sometimes, even when you’ve got lots to do.  Sometimes, you need a little break.  I think I needed a little break.  
the end.

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Jalene Bouwhuis - September 12, 2008 - 5:44 PM

Haha. I love it.

Dustin, Katie, and Jack - September 12, 2008 - 5:50 PM

Maybe Good Me (You) should come see us (meaning Jack. He misses you). Rebellious Me (You) can come too if she wants.

JMoney - September 12, 2008 - 6:21 PM

LQTM. :) Loved this post!

Anonymous - September 13, 2008 - 8:00 PM

Who wrote this? This is a phenomenal post and phenomenal copy!

09.09.08

.awkward situations.

You know how we all have those little moments in our lives that can be so incredibly awkward? I was thinking about that today. Especially the ones where you accidentally make eye contact with someone… like they catch you staring at them or something, you know? That happened to me three times today. Woops. And then I feel like a creep because I’m like, “Why was I staring at them?” And they feel like I’m a creep because they’re like, “Why was she staring at me?”

First, at the library today I was staring at a particularly nice-looking boy, so when he caught me, it was okay and I just looked away casually… don’t worry, I was cool about it. But then later, on the bus, I was just sitting there looking across from me (which is an awkward situation in and of itself–why do they design the seats that way so that they face each other?) and I accidentally happened to be looking at this girl when she looked at me. Awkward. I wasn’t staring, I swear. I just look around sometimes. I people-watch, okay? So then I’m driving to work. And I happen to look at the driver of the car next to me and he happened to be looking at me at the same time. Then I couldn’t stop looking for a sec because he had one of those studs below his bottom lip. Gross, but kind of intriguing.

Anyway, is there some way to avoid those sorts of situations? Does this happen to others, or just me? I try not to be a social freak, but if people keep catching me staring at them, they just might find out that I am one.

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JMoney - September 9, 2008 - 11:38 PM

I think off-centered studs on the top lip are pretty hot. Oh, and eye brow piercings.

Dustin, Katie, and Jack - September 10, 2008 - 2:28 AM

Hahaha. No, there’s no way to avoid those situations. Unless you stop people-watching. But people-watching is just too much fun. I do it too, and I have had many awkward situations. So sorry, I have no advice.

Sarah - September 18, 2008 - 1:40 AM

I love to people watch. Which turns into staring. I really shouldn’t do it but I can’t help. I guess I just like to be awkward and stare at the people sitting across from me on the shuttle.