GOTW ~ Girl of the Week Nov 29th - Dec 5th kzoo1280 ~ Kristin

Celena · #1 November 29th, 2010, 04:40 PM

Girl of the Week this week for Nov 29th - Dec 5th kzoo1280 ~ Kristin

Hey KRISTEN, this your thread for GOTW,

YAY!!! Bring on the questions and picture requests.... let's get to know Kristen!

Here's some blinkies for you to put one in your siggy

Ok, I'd like to know if you did any sports when you were a child?

BeccaM · #2 November 29th, 2010, 05:02 PM

Yayyyy Kristin!!! How did you and DH meet? Any pics from first dates??

ohnicole · #3 November 29th, 2010, 05:13 PM

I'd like to see a picture of your favorite holiday decoration

kzoo1280 · #4 November 29th, 2010, 06:08 PM

Hey ladies!! So excited!

Celena - I didn't do many sports. I ran track in middle school but my biggest activity was ballet. I danced from the time I was 4 all the way to college. I loved it so much and I wish I had kept it up.

Becca - DH and I met were I used to work. I started working there in 2004 and we were friends from the start; he was one of the nicest people I had ever met. We were both in relationships at the time, but things didn't work out for either of us and we started dating in early 2005. We moved in together in late 2005 and were married in 2009...the rest is history I guess

I don't have any pictures on my computer from when were first started dating...boo...sorry...

Nicole - I don't have our Christmas stuff out yet, and I don't have many pictures of Christmas decorations on our computer....so here are a couple pictures of my dog from a couple years ago...

Oh Nicole...my mom has those reindeer too (from your siggy)

So cute

ohnicole · #5 November 30th, 2010, 10:02 AM

Your dog is such a cutie

My reindeer are from my mom too! What is your favorite dessert?

BeccaM · #6 November 30th, 2010, 01:49 PM

Cute puppy!

Do you like to cook? Do you have a signature dish?

tobi4 · #7 November 30th, 2010, 02:34 PM

Kristen, I want to know what you see when you look out your front door. Pic please.
Are you more a city girl or country girl?

kzoo1280 · #8 December 1st, 2010, 05:10 AM

Nicole - I LOVE desserts. They are my favorite! I don't think I could pick just one.. I really love jelly filled donuts, mint chocolate chip ice cream, and chocolate lava cake (you know, the cake with the hot fudge inside...usually served with ice cream...yum!).

Becca - I don't cook, it's kind of a running joke in my family. My mom didn't cook, her mom didn't cook, it's an inherited gene

I can make a mean spaghetti or taco, but i'm not creative enough to try a new recipe or just throw something together. Luckily I married a guy who likes to cook so our future kids won't starve

However, I will bake every now and then. People request my cupcakes...they are probably my signature dish

Tobi - here's out my front door...

As you can see, I live in the country. The farm across the street is our only neighbor for about a mile, we are surrounded by cornfields. I would say I am a city girl at heart though. I wish I would have lived in a city for a few years (big city...like new york or boston) before settling down. My best friend lives in boston tho and I visit her often. I guess it's the best of both worlds. I do love the country, especially on warm summer nights when we just sit on our porch and listen to crickets and watch lightning bugs. And here's some pics of some pretty sunsets taken from our yard...

Celena · #9 December 1st, 2010, 02:01 PM

OH NY GOD, can we trade residences please? PRETTY PLEASE, you can come live at the oceanfront in Virginia. LOL!!!

I wanna see more countryside... do you have a favorite local spot you like to go to like a lake or a river, mountains or anything? Picture if you have one please

Oooooh and tell us more about ballet please!

tobi4 · #10 December 1st, 2010, 04:44 PM

Beautiful. Absolutely lovely. Thank you for sharing Kristen!

What are your favourite movies?
Describe "A day in the life of Kristen"

kzoo1280 · #11 December 2nd, 2010, 04:01 PM

Oh Celena, I LOVE the beach and would trade with you in a second. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy nice quiet country living, but a change would be nice...and the landscape has it's moments where it's pretty, like the fall is beautiful with all the trees, but really I live in the middle of farmland. Flat, flat, flat forever. I don't have a favorite spot that I go to. My DH is a hunter and has taken some nice shots of areas he hunts in Michigan. Here are a couple and then one from our yard of a storm coming thru that I just thought was a cool picture....

More about ballet? Hmm...it was pretty much my whole childhood, especially when I got into middle school and high school. I danced 6 days a week for a few hours a day. I was also lucky enough to go to a few ballet camps in the summer and spend weeks at a time in pretty cool places. Most of my favorite memories from growing up involve ballet and I made really good, lasting friendships. I miss performing, and this time of the year especially because of all of the Nutcrackers going on. Makes me want to put on some pointe shoes. I don't have a scanner or I would show you pictures of me dancing...

kzoo1280 · #12 December 2nd, 2010, 04:23 PM

Tobi - My favorite movies are Tommy Boy, Seven, and Walk the Line. I really like to go to the movies and see romantic comedies, but they usually disappoint me. The last movie I saw at the theaters that I really liked was Despicable Me. Anyone see it? I loved the minions...

A day in my life is pretty uneventful. I get up around 6 and get ready for work. Doesn't take very long since I wear a uniform and none of the animals care about how cute I am that day

I'm usually out the door by 7 and I start work at 8. There are 4 areas that I am trained in to work at the zoo...gorillas, chimps and orangs, primate forest, and rainforest. I am most often in rainforest which includes some small primates, an armadillo, bats, molerats, cheetahs, and otters. (Yes I know they don't all live in the rainforest...it's kind of a hodge podge of animals). I take lunch at 12 and get off at 5. Then I have an hour drive home...my DH gets off work before me so usually dinner is ready for me when I get there (I know, I'm lucky

). Then I usually get on the computer for a bit, watch tv, and am in bed by 930-10. I'm definitely not a night owl. Is anyone still reading this? Here's one of the orangs looking all cute...his name is Bajik...

Celena · #13 December 2nd, 2010, 04:23 PM

I love the beautiful pictures and the one of the storm rolling in thru your front yard could be blown up and sold as a print... tell you what I'd display that in my living room!

Hearing about your childhood and teen years involving ballet and performing sounds amazing. That was something I dreamed of when I was little, but it never came about. My mom enrolled me in creative dancing when I was little in CA... we performed at the WB studios for some casting things as a group. So I love hearing your stories!

Show us your favorite sneakers....

tobi4 · #14 December 2nd, 2010, 04:37 PM

YOU WORK IN A ZOO!!!???? How awesome is that! I love that! What do you do? You have just become EVEN more interesting Mrs. GOTW!

kzoo1280 · #15 December 2nd, 2010, 04:42 PM

Celena - how fun! I think performing is a great thing to get kids in to. Sometimes it can get expensive tho... Maybe you can start dancing or performing now! It's never too late!

And I can't take credit for most of the photos...DH is a much better photographer than I am. I cut people's heads off most times...

Shoes! Now we're talkin... I wear sneakers until they die so here's my current pair that i'm wearing...

And just because I love shoes here's a pic of some cute shoes I just bought...

kzoo1280 · #16 December 2nd, 2010, 04:48 PM

Lol, Tobi

Yep, I work in a zoo. I'm a zookeeper mainly taking care of primates. I completely love my job and it took me forever to get it. I volunteered for YEARS, took part time and seasonal positions and finally got the full time position just over a year ago. The zoo world is very small and lots of people want in, just had to wait my turn. I'm definitely never going to be rich, but i'll also never hate going to work (atleast I hope not...).

ohnicole · #17 December 3rd, 2010, 06:14 AM

I am SO jealous of your job

Wow! Now show us some pictures of your favorite hunky celebrity!

tobi4 · #18 December 3rd, 2010, 02:24 PM

I want to see where you sit when you chat to us. And I want to see pics of your favourite places and things in your house.

Celena · #19 December 3rd, 2010, 02:54 PM

What a COOL job! Can you tell us more.... I wanna know a little more if you don't mind sharing with us the details

I LOVE your shoes, those ones you just bought are SUPER SUPER cute! I would totally rock those... who are they made by and where's you find them? (those don't count as girl of the week questions tho LOL)

Oooooo, what's your favorite piece of winter clothing? Picture please?

kzoo1280 · #20 December 3rd, 2010, 05:23 PM

This is so fun!

Nicole - I'm a huge dork. Of course I think all the usual guys are hot, but this one dude I like probably no one has heard of. The reason I like him so much is because he can sing. Dudes that can sing rock my world (but DH can't carry a tune in a bucket...try to figure that out). Anyway, his name is Aaron Tveit and he has been on Gossip Girl (which I don't watch) but the way I found him is because he performed in a production of Rent in Los Angeles that I found on youtube. (See? I'm a dork...I LOVE musicals!) I've seen pictures of him clean cut but I like him more scruffy. Enough talk...here he is...yum

Tobi - here's where I sit and talk to you...cat and all...

Favorite places in my house? Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of my house..DH bought it before I was in the picture and I wouldn't have chosen it myself. Anywho, probably the living room is my fav...all of us (DH, pets, and I) can curl up on the couch together...

Favorite things are my pets and my refrigerator....I love food...