The Lauren Style: January 2015

OTI.

i was so mad at cash for pooping all over the floor i yelled out OMG!!!
my niece penny, looked up at me and replied with OTI!!!! APPLE PIE!!!!
i died.
she thought i was just yelling out random letters. so she did the same thing.
it has stayed with me & since i always say OTI APPLE PIE when i'm so fed up!

this last month i'm totes FED UP.
and i just want my current status to be OTI.
we've been house hunting.

we told ourselves if we make it a year here then we will buy a house with out lease is up.
we told ourselves once we live here a year and get to know the area we will know where we will want to buy.
we told ourselves it will be worth it buy because the market is going up in houston. people are making a lot of money on their real-estate so why wouldn't we want in on that action?!

my response...
OTI APPLE PIE!

we have put in two offers.
one house had all sorts of problems, we got outta that losing $500 on the inspection we paid for to find out that there was all sorts of problems.
then the other house was a bidding war. we went 12k above asking price!!! and still lost.
then we found a house we wanted and was about to put in an offer and then BAM just like that it was under contract in less then 24 hrs from us saying lets look at this.

all the wards we have been to that the houses are in are a complete strug.
all the houses are in neighborhoods that you wonder about your safety.
all the houses are in good location so higher in price then we want.

BUGGIN
house hunting bugs so bad.

then when you think all is done and closing is near. BAM they say you're not approved for the loan.
an then your crying like someone died.
then you call your lender and say ummmmm have you added everything in including bonuses?
then they say no.
then your like ummmmm okay well maybe you should do that before that before saying we didn't get the house 6 days before we were scheduled to close and 3 weeks before our lease ends and have to be out of our townhouse.

can't even handle how much of a roller coaster house hunting is.
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU SEE ON HGTV.

we put an offer on this house. after the inspection of 50 pages we ran. ugh i hated losing $500 we had to spend on inspection and application fees. that sucked big time.

this one wasn't for sale. but i wanted it.

this one was so yikes. next to yikers apartments that was prob a meth lab.
we didn't go inside. we just drove right by.

one thing we told our realtor was that we wanted a pool. a must / a need.
we got so bugged swimming at the gym pool with 300 billion kids running and splashing and crying.
sometimes you just want to chill at the pool.
sometimes you want to get in the pool with the lifeguard saying you have to move to make room for swim lessons.
sometimes you want to open your door and hop into a cool pool of water on a humid day.

however to get a house with a pool in the city is basically unheard of unless you're a millionaire.
BUT good news (or it could turn into really bad news)
we were cleared to close on January 12th at 2pm.
so we shall see. we may just be home owners after all.

Fun Run.

the first day of november we did a color run.

it was a night run at the sam houston race track.

it was a lot of fun, except for the fact that it was the night as the duck game...all phones had to be turned off until we returned home to our couch and dvr to watch the game.

omg duck fan husbands.

Tailgate.

what do saturdays look like in your home in the months of september-december?

(well acutally it's more like august-january)

is your husband sitting on the couch from breakfast to dinner?

does he get up watch game day while eating breakfast?

okay so i may hold a grudge because during the fall homeboy is on his phone ALL. THE. TIME. doing his fantasy draft. doing his picks and whatnot. i thought it was a one time thing. WRONG.

they do it the entire seasons...trading places...blah blah blah.

calls my brothers and dad all time (that's kinda sweet, BUT not when the convo turns in the debate club)

now let's talk about duck games.

love them. i do.

BUT it's not just the game.

it's so much more.

it's the hour long convos to every duck fan in his phone the days before they even play talking about how they are going to win and how they can't lose.

then it's all the pre-game talk he listening to on the radio and watches on ESPN.

then it's the rankings. then it's game day. then it's watching all the other games that day that might effect the ducks rankings.

because if AZ loses where does that put us? if Florida ST. wins where does that put us?

then after the game it's the hour long convos about how nervous and scared he was during it. not mention he doesn't eat or can't eat during the game because his stomach is in knots.

then it's all the replays on ESPN. all the articles to be read recapping the game.

see why i sorta have this grudge about football season????

it's exhausting. it's suppose to be fun and sometimes it can be, BUT let be honest it's a little extensive. a little much.

that being said i decide to change my thinking. instead of holding a grudge. i make fancy appetizers that he won't even look at or consider eating. i online shop, more like price shop because i have a hard time making decisions and that's why i love online shopping because it allows you to take as much time as you want without a cashier looking at you like you have commitment issues.

i price shop for days or weeks or months until i find the price i'm willing to pay.

you know welch's grape juice is the bets year.
let's be honest mormons, it's kinda fun to drink out of a wine glass. it's kinda fun to feel fancy.

so trader joe's is the bomb. it's 45 mins away well more like an hour with all the crapping construction houston is taking part in.
i got the cutting board out our local grocery store (HEB)
the candle is a bath&body works candle. i'm obsessed with them because they always have sales and you can get them for under $10 a piece and they burn so well. they smell wonderful. what more do you need from a candle?