All of my siblings (except one) have a blog. Here they are:
My sister Kiirsi's blog
My sister Kaatia's blog
My sister Kimia's blog
My brother Kavi's blog
My personal blog, a journey about refreshing my soul
My Photography blog
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Date More Than One Person
I got married at age 25 after dating only 1 guy exclusively. Note to women and men of all legitimate dating age: PLEASE do not date only 1 person before you get engaged or married. Please don't. You may find the person you choose to marry on your first date, but it would greatly benefit your entire life to date several others before you settle on 1 person.
I will talk about this more later, either here or in my personal blog that is not geared for the whole family. There are no posts about it today on 3/1/14, but there will be eventually:
http://www.kai3tothe4tothe6.blogspot.com
I will talk about this more later, either here or in my personal blog that is not geared for the whole family. There are no posts about it today on 3/1/14, but there will be eventually:
http://www.kai3tothe4tothe6.blogspot.com
Sunday, February 2, 2014
My First Crushes and High School Boys
I had crushes on boys whom are now my friends or just acquaintances. I think my first 'crush' was on a fellow homeschool kid named Joshua. My sister and his sister teased us a lot though, and that was really embarrassing. My second childhood crush was a boy from down the road named 'Greg' and I mostly liked him because he was funny and confident.
I liked the boys who ran around playing outside all the time more than boys from church who pelted the girls with pinecones and snowballs after church when our parents were gabbing with one another.
My high school crushes were almost all mean to me, and I barely had any crushes at all in high school. I was the subject/object of their teasing, ridicule, and persecution. Several of those boys passed their prejudice against me on to their friends and their girlfriends, so I was teased by people I didn't even know and never interacted with before. This I endured for two of my three years of high school.
I was painfully reserved/self-conscious until my senior year when I finally had some friends who were unconditionally kind to me. Thank you Joneil, Nicki, Jenni, Aimee & Erin, and Tanya.
I liked the boys who ran around playing outside all the time more than boys from church who pelted the girls with pinecones and snowballs after church when our parents were gabbing with one another.
My high school crushes were almost all mean to me, and I barely had any crushes at all in high school. I was the subject/object of their teasing, ridicule, and persecution. Several of those boys passed their prejudice against me on to their friends and their girlfriends, so I was teased by people I didn't even know and never interacted with before. This I endured for two of my three years of high school.
I was painfully reserved/self-conscious until my senior year when I finally had some friends who were unconditionally kind to me. Thank you Joneil, Nicki, Jenni, Aimee & Erin, and Tanya.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
I love Animals
I have always been allergic to animals, even though I love them. I had my own horse whom I sadly SADLY never rode. I had a dog whom I still miss. I had several really beautiful, healthy, well-behaved cats. I had two Guinea Pigs who showed me a 'Where the Red Fern Grows' type of love.
Some animals I WISH we could have as pets, were it legal in our country: Porcupine, Owl, Fox, Skunk...I want a hedgehog too, but I hear they commonly become ill and die. I don't want to have a constant running pet-store bill and sadness over little spiked pets leaving us.
In the future I hope to have dogs, maybe a cat or two, and possibly more birds (maybe finches). How does it work though, to have birds, when you have a cat? I think if my allergies--and my older son's allergies--can handle a cat, we'd have to forego having birds for a while.
Some animals I WISH we could have as pets, were it legal in our country: Porcupine, Owl, Fox, Skunk...I want a hedgehog too, but I hear they commonly become ill and die. I don't want to have a constant running pet-store bill and sadness over little spiked pets leaving us.
In the future I hope to have dogs, maybe a cat or two, and possibly more birds (maybe finches). How does it work though, to have birds, when you have a cat? I think if my allergies--and my older son's allergies--can handle a cat, we'd have to forego having birds for a while.
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Hesitation: Leaving home
After I graduated I was such a home-body I was too content to be at home to branch out and leave for college, plus I was stuck in a mindset of wanting to 'assist' in the high school music program. Because of this, I spent a lot of my free time in the high school playing the piano for various groups of choir students and prepping with them for their concerts.
I loved helping my favorite teacher as much as she would allow. Mrs. Carmen Domek tolerated me being there and I could tell at first she didn't seem to mind me being at the school most days, but after a while I believe she expressed to my parents and/or to me that I seemed to be wasting my life there. I am sure she found a very kind and thoughtful way to express this, but to me at the time it was a huge blow and I felt embarrassed and scolded.
I loved helping my favorite teacher as much as she would allow. Mrs. Carmen Domek tolerated me being there and I could tell at first she didn't seem to mind me being at the school most days, but after a while I believe she expressed to my parents and/or to me that I seemed to be wasting my life there. I am sure she found a very kind and thoughtful way to express this, but to me at the time it was a huge blow and I felt embarrassed and scolded.
Sunday, December 29, 2013
INTRODUCING US
I'm a 30-something single (divorced) mother. I have two young sons and we share a little green parakeet named 'Cookie.' Besides some fish that didn't live long back in 2008, we haven't had any other pets. In the future, we hope to have more pets.
A quick and sloppy summary of my life:
I was born in Northern Wisconsin to married parents.
I am the second oldest child of 6 living children in my family.
As a kid, I had white-blonde hair for the first few years, and blue eyes (now green).
Later on I had a dash of freckles across my cheeks and nose.
I was skinny skinny skinny with small bones.
I was shy at first and I giggled and whispered a lot.
I was not a leader because usually the most outgoing personality among siblings/friends would lead.
I loved animals, babies, loved drawing, dancing, singing, and playing outside.
I was homeschooled by my parents until age 15 when I entered public school.
I rode bikes and played outside the majority of my life until I was about 14 or 15 years old.
My sisters and I were enrolled in 4-H. Our club was called Woodland Wranglers.
I attended 4-H camp at Camp Bird in Crivitz, Wisconsin.
We had cats, dogs, horses, guinea pigs, hamsters, and gerbils.
I entered many projects into the exhibits at the Vilas County Fair in Eagle River.
I remember the names of the first 2 boys I had crushes on: Joshua and Greg.
We lived on several acres of land along the Wisconsin River by the Otter Rapids Damsite on Cloverland Drive in Eagle River (just outside of Eagle River, but we had an Eagle River address).
I entered public school at Northland Pines High School in 1993 when I was a sophomore.
My family hosted Exchange students from Japan and South America when I was a teenager.
I graduated high school in 1995, attended 1 semester at Nicolet Area Technical College
While living at home I worked at Trig's Food and Drug, Pamida, 46th Parallel North, The Colonial House, Elko's Holiday Corner Hamburgers, and the Phelps Pharmacy.
I was involved in singing/performing groups in my hometown and around the area.
I left home in 1997 when my younger sister registered for college in Salt Lake City. I followed her example and enrolled as well. We attended LDS Business College and were roommates.
I decided to serve a church mission in early 1998 and left LDSBC after 3 quarters so I could get a job and earn money for the mission.
I served my mission in Arizona from September 1998-March 2000.
I moved to Des Moines, Iowa in February 2001 while dating my pre-mission boyfriend.
I got engaged to him in December 2001 and married him in May 2002.
I attended Des Moines Area Community College in 2002.
I transferred to Grand View College (now Grand View University) in 2003.
I toured the southern United States in March 2004 with the college choir.
I had my first baby boy in November 2004.
Jobs I had in Iowa: Kidswest, David's Bridal, Wells Fargo Merchant Card Services, Wellmark Bluecross, Hy-Vee Catering, Rain & Hail Insurance, and private piano teaching.
My marriage fell apart from the beginning. I stuck with it because I didn't believe in divorce.
I left my husband in April 2006 with the intention of returning to him if things improved long-distance. I was a few weeks pregnant with my second baby.
I filed for divorce in October 2006.
I delivered my second baby boy in November 2006.
I began teaching piano lessons in Utah during the summer of 2006. I became an assistant manager of some apartments in the fall of 2007.
The divorce was final in September 2008.
I began to homeschool my sons in 2010.
I still teach piano lessons. I am occasionally contacted for hired photography opportunities.
A quick and sloppy summary of my life:
I was born in Northern Wisconsin to married parents.
I am the second oldest child of 6 living children in my family.
As a kid, I had white-blonde hair for the first few years, and blue eyes (now green).
Later on I had a dash of freckles across my cheeks and nose.
I was skinny skinny skinny with small bones.
I was shy at first and I giggled and whispered a lot.
I was not a leader because usually the most outgoing personality among siblings/friends would lead.
I loved animals, babies, loved drawing, dancing, singing, and playing outside.
I was homeschooled by my parents until age 15 when I entered public school.
I rode bikes and played outside the majority of my life until I was about 14 or 15 years old.
My sisters and I were enrolled in 4-H. Our club was called Woodland Wranglers.
I attended 4-H camp at Camp Bird in Crivitz, Wisconsin.
We had cats, dogs, horses, guinea pigs, hamsters, and gerbils.
I entered many projects into the exhibits at the Vilas County Fair in Eagle River.
I remember the names of the first 2 boys I had crushes on: Joshua and Greg.
We lived on several acres of land along the Wisconsin River by the Otter Rapids Damsite on Cloverland Drive in Eagle River (just outside of Eagle River, but we had an Eagle River address).
I entered public school at Northland Pines High School in 1993 when I was a sophomore.
My family hosted Exchange students from Japan and South America when I was a teenager.
I graduated high school in 1995, attended 1 semester at Nicolet Area Technical College
While living at home I worked at Trig's Food and Drug, Pamida, 46th Parallel North, The Colonial House, Elko's Holiday Corner Hamburgers, and the Phelps Pharmacy.
I was involved in singing/performing groups in my hometown and around the area.
I left home in 1997 when my younger sister registered for college in Salt Lake City. I followed her example and enrolled as well. We attended LDS Business College and were roommates.
I decided to serve a church mission in early 1998 and left LDSBC after 3 quarters so I could get a job and earn money for the mission.
I served my mission in Arizona from September 1998-March 2000.
I moved to Des Moines, Iowa in February 2001 while dating my pre-mission boyfriend.
I got engaged to him in December 2001 and married him in May 2002.
I attended Des Moines Area Community College in 2002.
I transferred to Grand View College (now Grand View University) in 2003.
I toured the southern United States in March 2004 with the college choir.
I had my first baby boy in November 2004.
Jobs I had in Iowa: Kidswest, David's Bridal, Wells Fargo Merchant Card Services, Wellmark Bluecross, Hy-Vee Catering, Rain & Hail Insurance, and private piano teaching.
My marriage fell apart from the beginning. I stuck with it because I didn't believe in divorce.
I left my husband in April 2006 with the intention of returning to him if things improved long-distance. I was a few weeks pregnant with my second baby.
I filed for divorce in October 2006.
I delivered my second baby boy in November 2006.
I began teaching piano lessons in Utah during the summer of 2006. I became an assistant manager of some apartments in the fall of 2007.
The divorce was final in September 2008.
I began to homeschool my sons in 2010.
I still teach piano lessons. I am occasionally contacted for hired photography opportunities.
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