Sunday, February 24, 2008

Employment . . .

The adventures of the unemployed have officially ended.



It was a lot of fun, but regretfully I have a car payment

And I quite enjoy having the freedom to spend my own money!


I am, as of Friday afternoon, a bridal consultant for Fantasy Bridal.

If you are in need of a wedding dress, let me know!

Thursday, February 21, 2008

More Valentines






As promised, more Valentines pics. These ones haven't
been touched up and the quality is
not good (good ol' camera phones!)
Enjoy!

Monday, February 18, 2008

Happy Valentines Day!

I realize that I am a few days late, but this is the first chance I've had. The Doug Tyes have had the cabin this past weekend and since I am umemployed here I sit in the family room, where the fireplace doesn't work, updating my blog (yes it is true, the cabin gets wireless internet but the Tye household is still behind the times!).

For those of you who don't know, I have been dating Ian Jensen for the last seven wonderful months. The poor kid had Christmas, my birthday and now Valentines Day all within a month and a half of each other, but he seems to be handling it all pretty well! Probably because his birthday is next month . . . and now I have to suffer with the guy who already has everything!

Anyways, so this Valentines started out with . . . . you got it, SCHOOL!!! UGH!! And I was one of maybe 30 people who went to school that day (okay so I might be exaggerating slightly) there I was one of 10 in my GENERALS classes at the U (this time I'm not exaggerating!!). I had school until 6:00 pm and Ian made reservations for Carvers at 8:30. So I speed home because if you know Ian you know he is ALWAYS early and he told me he would pick me up at 8. I get home at 6:30, iron my dress and start my hair. Ian calls at 7:23 and says that he is on his way, and he left 5 minutes ago . . . AHHH!!! He gets to my house 10 minutes later and I am almost ready (which is a surprise!) and we leave like 10 minutes later.

We get to Carvers at 8:00 . . . that is right, our reservations were for 8:30 (I get to say "I told you so" again!) he says "Well, you don't know what the parking situation is like, we wont be able to get in until 8:30 at least." What a surprise we pull into the teeny parking lot to see a front row spot RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOORS!! AMAZING, I LOVE BEING RIGHT! We then think through our options, either we wait in the car or go inside and wait, either way we wait! So we go inside, Ian goes up to the hostess and says that we have reservations for 8:30 and they tell us they can seat us right away (I HATE BEING WRONG!!), Ian gives me the "told you so" look (I HATE BEING WRONG!!) and the hostess leads us to a romantic table RIGHT BY THE FIREPLACE (I HATE BEING WRONG!!) and Ian says "Oh look Karin, its your lucky day! Right by the fireplace!" insert the "told you so" face (for those of you who dont know me very well I am ALWAYS cold and highly enjoy every waking moment by a fireplace!).

After I admit that I MAY have been wrong, we order!! Gent this, I HATE seafood but Ian said he wanted to try the Calamari (SQUID!!) so I said, "fine, if you order it I'll try it!" Can I just tell you how AMAZING it was! It was like a little piece of heaven, SO good, like greese soaked, deep-fried pieces of heaven! MMMMM, I think I liked it more than Ian and he LOVES seafood (another "told you so"). Weird how that works! Again, I hate being wrong! Then we ordered our dinners and I got a Filet Mignon with garlic potatoes . . . WOW I sure love meat!! It was a really good dinner, for sure! He then took me home and we took lots of pictures BUT . . . considering I am at the cabin this is the only picture I have and thats only cause Ian sent it to me (I'll add more when I get home, promise!).

All in all a FABULOUS Valentines, even if I was wrong a lot more than I like to be!!

Thank you Ian, you are the best (no battle!)!!

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

TAGGED!

I was just thinking I needed to post another blog . . . thanks Amanda!


A: The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B: Each player answers the questions about themselves.
C: At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leave them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

10 years ago: I was 9 . . . you tell me what every nine year old is doing!! I was mostly at Maddies house.

5 things on my to do list today:
1. School
2. ACE MY EXAMS
3. Go to Trevor's grandmas house to say goodbye before he leave on the mish
4. Write Kevin, Shane, Mitch, CJ, and basically everyone else I havent written in who knows how long!
5. Work on Ian's Valentines present :)

I enjoy:
- Reading
- Spending time with Ian
- As much as I hate to admit it, playing xbox 360 (including Halo 3)
- Sleeping in
- Baking

What would I do if I were suddenly a billionaire: Invest, save, pay off my car, save, buy a new car, move to New York, save, pay off my parents addition, save and give the rest to charity (or just join the Peace Corps)

3 of my bad habits:
1. Nail Biting
2. Buying skirts
3. Procrastination

5 places I have lived:
1. Murray
2. none
3. none
4. none
5. none

5 jobs that I have had:
1. Babysitting
2. WaMu (High point branch)
3. D'Ambrosio Chrysler-Jeep Receptionist
4. WaMu (Foothill Village)
5. Unemployment (anyone have an opening??)

Things people don't know about me:
1. I'm an Art History major (that seems to shock most)
2. I loved high school more than anything
3. I am obsessed with Hollywood gossip
4. My dream is to study abroad in Florence Italy
5. I hate Hate HATE being alone! And if I am I usually cry, lock all the doors and cuddle up with my dogs.

5 people I am tagging: . . . I think all my buddies have already been tagged!

Monday, January 28, 2008

So many changes . . .



So I took the plunge and I quit my job! That is right, I have officially given my two weeks notice and plan on leaving Washington Mutual FOR GOOD this time. No more stinky customers, no more pink eye from the money, no more using hand sanitizer after every customer, no more school savings deposits (thank goodness!!), no more oatmeal every morning, no more weird co-workers, no more stinky customers, no more CRAZIES, no more defending a company I don't like and no more ignoring customer comments about the bank being bought out . . . . . GOOD NEWS THOUGH , our mortgage rates are down to 5%! Anyways,
I'm excited and I need someone to celebrate with.
Sorry mom, I couldn't resist!!

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

You're Gonna Miss This

...So I was driving home from work tonight and K-Bull's top 10 was on. Long story short, I heard this song and I started to cry! I put the lyrics up but i cannot find it anywhere online, its fristrating!! If you REALLY want to hear it its on my myspace, www.myspace.com/karinkristine

Thanks!


She was starin' out the window of that SUV
Complainin' sayin' I can't wait to turn 18
She said I'll make my own money and I'll make my own roots
Mama put the car in park out there in front of the school
and she kissed her head and said I was just like you
You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this
Before she knows it she's a brand new bride
In her one bedroom apartment and her daddy stops by
He tells her it's a nice place, she says it'll do for now
Starts talkin' about babies and buyin' a house
Daddy shakes his face and says Baby just slow down
Cuz you're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times so take a good look around
You may not know it now but you're gonna miss this
Five years later there's a plummer workin' on the water heater,
Dogs barkin' phones ringin' one kid's cryin' one kid's screamin',
And she keeps apologizing, he says they don't bother me I got 2 babies of my own one's 36 one's 23 it's hard to believe
But you're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times so take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this
You're gonna miss this
Yeah, you're gonna miss this

Sunday, January 20, 2008

..Kevin's Farewell..

Today was Kevin's farewell. It was a fun-filled day of church, and then LOTS and LOTS of sweets. We will all, especially me, miss him lots but I think we'll make it! Good Luck Kevin!


I Love You!



All the girls :)

Matt and Baby Bree

Jimmy, being Jimmy!


Heidi . . . eating!


Tina, Kelli, and Me


Kate and Me!


Karin, Allie and Ari



I didn't manage to get a picture with Kevin, and I am still pretty upset over it.