my first day

on the phones at PayPal was a trip.  My first day in training I felt comfortable and cool to handle whomever I'd answer the phone to.  Well...after learning half of what we need to know and were set out to answer phones I realized that all the information can be overwhelming...but knowing how to use your resources to find the answer to help someone is what really matters.  

As I reflected on this method of training and applying said training to my job this is quite similar to life.  As we journey through our lives facing obstacles, adventures, and experiences, memorable and not so memorable, each of those moments continue to move us forward.  It all depends on how we use those experiences, we can use them as a foundation and keep building on it to become a stronger person, or we can let those experiences go...  Or I could just be writing bubbles and this may not make much sense to anyone.  But somehow it makes sense to me, when we're young we go to school, some go to college, and some even go to graduate school.  

Do we know everything to do well in our career?  Do we have every experience to share with others therefore being a strong candidate as a professional?  

We know a lot. That is for sure.  But to know everything perhaps no.  What we do need to know is how to find and use the resources we've experienced or the resources we have on hand to provide the best answer or give our best selves to our customers/career/students what have you.  This is my biggest takeaway from my training so far and it is a great way to view life.  

How can we use our experiences and resources to be our best selves?  

I choose to use my experiences and resources to choose happiness even if it's hard sometimes. Happy days are my favorite.  

My sister's cat Catch. I miss & love her so much! 

let go.

and fill yourself with the unexpected.  This can be a hard thing to do when it comes to life and people.  Once you accept what's before you you open yourself up and your life up to so many possibilities and happy moments.  Rather than get frustrated and mad at an issue or person, ask yourself what you can do to make the situation better or communication better or planning better.  Whatever it is you are going through.  I know for a fact that getting upset and arguing over something really makes situations much more worse than it has to be.

My favorite moments are those that surprise me.  Moments when my boyfriend does the sweetest gestures or when my niece sends me a text saying she misses me.  Even something as simple as a cute little pound puppy from a nice coworker.  All of these makes life a bit sweeter and worth shedding negativity and the urge to argue or get upset, because the next sweet surprise could be just around the corner.

long time no write.

wow. It really has  been a long time since I last wrote.  So much has happened that I will give you a quick run down...this way I can come back to my blog and read up on my shortened version of all the great happenings that occurred in the past several months. here we go...

• moved into an apartment with my mom.  
• got a cat named wally.  
• studied studied studied studied for A&P 2 and Statistics
• Christmas time fun times and Secret Santa with the fam bam & highschool besties 
• started off the new year budgeting and buckling down on spending...no community runs for the ENTIRE year.  Sad stuff but necessry considering expenses for the year. 
• school finished with flying colors!! 
• 2 year anniversary celebration with my boyfriend.  Good times & crafts. My creative juices started flowing and heartfelt gifts my favorite gifts to give. 
• Went home to Honolulu for a much needed visit with the fam bam, besties, and celebrate a beautiful wedding of my bestie Christine and her now hubby Sid.  Enjoyed every beautiful relaxing moment at home and cherished every part of it. 
• came back to nebraska to a job interview and moving time again!
• finished my last two weeks at the hospital to start a new full time position at PayPal! 
• bought a Schwinn Commuter bike, helmet, lock and I've been riding most days to work.
• celebrated my boyfriend's birthday with his fam bam, an iron man cake, and watching Iron Man 3 with everyone :) 
• enjoying my new job, making a few new friends, and staying in touch with my friends far away. 

yes. so much has happened. so much to catch up on.  I'll get back on my blog track and begin posting more pictures and adventures.  Here is a picture of my mom's  cat wally.  I miss him so much :) he's such a cutie.  

what do you believe in?

Link ups are always fun.  You get to meet other bloggers and do something fun on your own blog.  I saw this post on Bri's site and hopped over to Erin's over at Living in Yellow to join this link up.  So let's get started...

I believe in eating dark leafy greens, nuts, and fiber.

I believe that prejudging anyone and anything is unfair.

I believe that joy and happiness are two different feelings.

I believe in smiling with your heart. 

great example! 

I believe in vintage charm. 

I believe in getting out of your comfort zone.

I believe in love.

I believe in nurturing and protecting my relationships.

 I believe in believing in yourself. 

I believe that what makes someone beautiful is  their love for themselves and for others. 

I believe in hugs and smiling.   

I believe in capturing fun moments with family.

I believe in family and value the meaning of it. 

I believe in shopping at Thrift Shops and Goodwill. 

I believe in small businesses. 

I believe in eating. 

I believe in traveling and what that experience allows you to learn. 

I believe in remaining focused on your goals no matter what obstacles come your way. 

I believe in surrounding yourself with loved ones that support you and your goals.

I believe in having a group of best girlfriends that you think of as sisters more than just friends. 

I believe in dessert & cupcakes. 

I believe in a good hot chocolate. 

I believe in breakfast at any time of the day. 

I believe in finding beauty outside. 

I believe in giving back to the community whether it's through donations, joining community races and runs, or physically being there to help out. 

I believe in caring for animals like they are your own. 

I believe that making mistakes can make you a better person as long as the lesson was learned. 

I believe that exercising makes you happy. 

I believe in creativity and drinking water.

I believe in color. 

I believe in the power of prayer.

I believe in God. 

What do you about you?  

changes.

my "official" picture

When life throws you lemons and apples and cantaloupes what do you do?

I slice them up, put them in a blender and drink a smoothie.

When you have a plan for your year, month, or week you expect it to go that way.  However, life is unpredictable and my motto at work is, "you've got to roll with the punches."  And I find that very true with life.  Since moving to Omaha I have been...fortunate to experience a myriad of changes and obstacles.  All of those experiences whether frustrating or so much fun have lead me to look back and feel an abundance of fulfillment.  Looking forward I see the path that I have been blessed with more clearly...why certain changes have happened and what I can do now to reach my goals in the near future.

One of the most exciting experiences I am ecstatic to share with you is...that I'm officially a...

click here :)

It took me quite some time for me to sign up, like everything else, I wanted to be completely sure that investing in this company was beneficial for me.  I asked tons of questions to my sponsor, customer service via chat option on their website, and researched a ton.  I have the great support from my boyfriend who believes in it and me. He loves that I now have a business that I love and feel passionate about.   My sister will even tell you, since I was little, I've always adored gorgeous jewelry. She loves the jewelry too!  It can be quite addicting!  Read my profile here about why I love this company.

Since I'm just starting out and I'm still fairly new here in Omaha, it's been a bit of challenge getting out of my comfort zone trying to bring the personalized experience to a lucky hostess.  Heck! This is one of the biggest reasons why I became a Stylist! I want to meet fabulous women who want to spend time friends and play some dress up with pretty & sparkly jewelry.  If you're in the Nebraska area I would love style you and your friends, give me a holla! =)

Here's more insight on what the Trunk Show Experience really is.

Pretty cool right? All women deserve to feel special and glam... Take it from Ms. Hepburn herself, her quote reminds me to remember that we are amazing.  

"Always be the Leading Lady of your Own Life." 

~Audrey Hepburn

women deserve to feel like the Leading Lady of their life, every aspect of their lives.   

Getting back to my smoothie metaphor...

when life gives you a bunch of different avenues to succeed, find a way to blend them together for a common goal.

My absolute main focus these last few months of the year is school.  Everything is just details that complement my main goal of succeeding in my future career.  Life is about balance and when it tries to throw you off balance, that's when you look inside yourself to find what truly matters to you.   

Motivational quotes have always helped me. 

Let me ask you this:  How do you view life when it tries to throw you off balance?  

my passion. my fun.

Stella & Dot

a new adventure....

Chicago, "I love you."  

Chicago was wonderful.  Still so much to share!  I've been studying and working and have been missing all of my bloggy friends and writing for all of you.   Be back soon! 

as always, take care and have a wonderful 

Thursday my loves! 

back from the books.

Woweeee! It has been over a month since I've last posted on this blog...and during that month there has been so much going on, just thinking about it makes my head spin!  But, here's a run down of how I've been spending the last several weeks outside of the blog world...

...Buried my head in books and studied my heart out... 

...stressed out about school...

...started my new job at Children's hospital & medical center... 

...met some new friends and spent time with some old friends... 

...hosted an amazing Stella & Dot trunk show... 

...had an amazing zoo date with my boyfriend... 

...volunteered...

...went on an adventurous road trip... 

which started off in Iowa

...through Illinois then to Indianapolis for GENCON 2012!

bombshell woman miniature.  she rocks. 

This was my very first "Con" and it was really neat! I had no idea what to really expect from this and luckily I finished school just in time for the drive to Indiana for the Saturday of Gen Con.  The only part I was bummed about was that they ran out of those cool lanyards you get with your name tag!! We stayed most of the day here walking around, trying out some games, and just people watching.  It's the most interesting people watching to date!  I loved how everyone who dressed up really played the part of the character they were dressed up as.  The miniature models for games like warmachine were expertly painted I can only imagine how tedious and time consuming it takes to get these miniatures just perfect.   After GenCon we headed over to the Indianapolis institute of art.  The actual museum was closed but the gardens were open to the public.  

artistic playground with basket ball hoops. my out of the box thinking boyfriend said these arches depict the ball bouncing.  pretty darn cool.

skeleton. 

After exploring the grounds of the Museum of Art in Indianapolis we jetted off to Chicago for more fun and adventure.  I have a ton more pictures to share with you so I'll post again tomorrow morning more of our trip to Chicago.  

our first night in Chicago

It took about 4 or 5 hours to get to Chicago from Indianapolis and we were both tired and going on 5 hour energy drinks.  I'm so happy to be back to blogging again and sharing with you pictures and fun of what I've been up to.  Looking forward to catching up with my friends here and I will be back tomorrow for my Chicago post! 

the 411.

Cruising around blog land and reading some of my favorite blogs I saw this link up on Krysten's blog and thought this would be fun. It starts all the way over at Becky's blog.  Both blogs are amazing and you should check them out!  If you'd like to join me in this link up, which I highly recommend,  check out Becky's page and we can all get to know each other a little better.




1. How long have you been blogging? And what got you started on blogging? Has your blog changed? 

I've been a blogger since August 2011. I started blogging when I knew I was going to be moving from my home of Hawai'i to Nebraska.  I also knew I'd be doing some traveling so as a way to stay connected with my friends at home and share with them what I'm doing up here in the mid west and having a love for writing, I "gave birth" to Kailztales.  All that you read are the tales of my love for positivity,  my life, my adventures, my thoughts, and everything in between. I'm working towards having regular subject blogs that I plan to follow through with as much as my school work allows.  It has changed a few times, but I feel like I'm finally at a place where I know where I'm going with it.

2. Did you go to college? If so where, and what did you study?

I did.  I went to a few...I went to Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, where I was incredibly homesick...then I attended Creighton University here in Nebraska, thinking being with my sister would make me feel less homesick, only to find out the brutal winters made me want to go home to Hawai'i even more.  I finished up my undergrad degree at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in English and have found myself back in school starting last year doing all my pre-requisites I need to apply for an Occupational Therapy program.  So I'm currently at a community college here.  

 3. Where have you traveled? 

I've been very fortunate, since I first became a passenger on a plane leaving Hawai'i, when I was 18, to have traveled to several different places in the past ten years.  
On the continental United States:
I've been to Washington State, Idaho, Nebraska, Colorado, Minnesota, Southern California, Orlando Florida (specifically Disney World), Chicago, Iowa,  Las Vegas (with my amazing boyfriend, it's really become one of my favorite places to visit), New Orleans, Kansas CityMissouri.
Outside of the Continental United states:
Hawai'i Island: Kona & Hilo, Maui, Kaua'i, Paranaque, Las Pinas, and Manila Phillipines, Bangkok Thailand
4. If you won the lottery, what would be the first thing you would buy? 
If I won the lottery I would probably buy my mom her own apartment and build my grandpa and Uncle a new house on his property. Then I would pay off my student loans, buy a house, donate some to charity, and save some.  
5. What are your 3 biggest pet peeves? 
Not in any particular order... when lights, TVs, fans, etc are left on when no one is using them, being interrupted when I'm trying to say something, and when people aren't genuine. 
6. What is your favorite movie? 
hands down... The Sandlot, the original.  I can laugh over and over again!  

"You're killing me Smalls!" 

is my absolute favorite line in a movie....ever! 

7. What is your drink of choice; wine, beer, or liquor. Or Water, Soda, Tea?
Occasionally I will drink some wine and a mixed drink, and sometimes soda, but I have to say Water is truly my favorite drink of choice.   It's good for you, it's refreshing, and it always quenches my thirst.  
 8. What is something you enjoy to do when you have me time? 
I enjoy writing, watching movies, reading and doing crafts. 
9. If you could have a $10,000 shopping spree to one store, which store would it be? 
H&M, for the win! 
10. Share with us an embarrassing moment of your past? Or present. 
Probably the first time I went over to my boyfriend's family's house, I tripped on the step and fell down.  Forget about impressing my guy, I just showed my full clumsy colors, and he held his laugh too.  A sweetie.  
11. What day would you love to relive again? 
There are really so many and I could list them all...so I'll just list a few.
Each time I would see my niece after awhile and she would hug me.
When I met my boyfriend...I still think about that day sometimes.
When I did the Walt Disney World Marathon with my sister, it was such hard work and took so much mentally...that I'm happy I did that.  And Disney is always the way to go when you want to have fun!
12. If your life was turned into a movie... what actor would play you? 
I think Zooey Deschanel would do a pretty good job... or Kate Beckinsale
13. What are the jobs you had in high school/college/the early years? 
Oh my gosh...I've had so many!!
Here we go:
Price Busters-cashier
Student help at all the colleges I've attended
American Eagle
Hollister
Kahala Nui- a retirement community 
Cinnamon Girl 
Hair & Makeup by Bev
Soul Restaurant
Milan Laser Aesthetics
Children's Hospital & Medical Center
14. Show us a picture from high school or  college. 
This is the youngest picture I've found at one of my best friend's graduation.

15. If you could travel anywhere in the world, all expenses paid, where would you go?
I'd definitely go here with my boyfriend! For 3 weeks to Tahiti, one week in Bora Bora and two weeks on the Aranui3 sailing to different islands and to the Marquesas!

 16. Show us the most current picture of you or you, or your family, or anything of meaning to you. 

I love this picture my boyfriend took of me with my family

I really love this picture of my boyfriend and me...it shows how much of an adventurous couple we are and that we don't mind getting muddy and doing obstacles just for fun! 

 17. Where do you see your life 5 years from now?
Five years from now I see myself as a graduate of an OT program, working in my profession, living closer to home, married, and with a dog. We shall see!! It's so exciting to see how these next few years will unfold, there's also a lot of work.  Staying focused during this time is crucial.

I hope you enjoyed this and I hope to learn more about you!

Take care & Smile!