Blonde Ambition

I forgot how much it sucks trying to find somewhere to live. We've been here for 2 years now and that is the longest I've lived anywhere in the last 8 years. It quickly came back to me what a stressful situation it is not knowing where you're going to live. We've looked at a few places but they are just too expensive. It is crazy what people are charging for rent, especially here in Orange. I mean seriously, $2300 for a crappy two bedroom that looks like it hasn't been re carpeted or painted since the '80s? I can't stomach that. I'm trying to stay positive since we have until the end of August but I know how quickly time flies. I feel like I know every ad on Craigslist.

Oh well, gotta...

Posted by Laura at 12:41 AM 2 comments

This past Saturday night we went to Hubby's 10 year high school reunion. What an old man!

It was such a blast hearing all these stories about him. Apparently, he spent most of his time joking around and picking on other kids. Not much of a suprise to me. Thankfully he had enough charm that people still liked him. I laughed my arse off at some great photos and videos. He rocked the bleached hair and bright colored Oakleys.

This got me thinking, mine's only 2 years away. Since I'm much lighter than I was in high school, I'm looking forward to giving a few people who teased me one of these:

I am scheduled to attempt to get knocked up in 2 years, but it's going to have to work around my reunion. Yes I'm a shallow biotch :)

Posted by Laura at 10:34 AM 3 comments

Just...got...60...days...notice...

Posted by Laura at 3:46 PM 4 comments

Well the time has come we have been dreading. Our landlords are selling our house. I am sure some of you are aware of the situation but I'll the rest of you in. Back in February our landlord passed away. He was diagnosed with cancer in December 2006 and after a few months was in remission. In December 2007 it came back with a vengeance and he passed away. He left his house to his sisters who have taken over the job of landlord (from their homes in Oregon). He had only owned the house for a few years so he still owed a lot of money. I'm not sure all the legalities of it but his sisters make it sound like they are financially responsible for the home. It doesn't make sense to me how you can leave someone your financial burdens but you never know. Anyways, they've been wishy-washy on the whole thing, going back and forth about renting it out vs. selling it. They are always very vague when they give us any information and rarely call us back. They prefer to write letters. Not even emails but handwritten, put a stamp on it, letters. It must run in the family because rather than coming to talk to us, our landlord would leave post-it note on the door. I would often notice something on the bottom of my shoe after coming in the house and realize it was a note about the gardener.
After he passed away, they threw a few things away and then locked up the house and haven't been back since. Yesterday, Hubby came home and saw them moving stuff out. Apparently, they listed all his earthly possessions on craigslist (anyone need a couch? fridge? juicer? ) and are going to put the house on the market. They aren't evicting us or anything but we've decided we should probably find another place to live now. Besides the stress of possibly having to move once it sells, there is also the issue of them showing the house. I remember what a pain in the butt it was when my parents sold there last few houses to keep a house show ready and deal with realtors calling wanting to come by. I don't want to have to deal with a house to sell that isn't even mine. Legally they can show the house during business hours as long as they give us reasonable notice. So that means whenever they have people coming over we'll have to figure out what to do with the doggies. Buying a house is on the horizon but not close enough that we could do it right now. So we've started looking around for another rental. I'm hoping this will mean we will finally get a 2 bedroom but I'm not holding my breath.
I understand that selling the house may be what's best for them but it makes me so mad that they've been so inconsiderate to us. They haven't kept us in the loop on anything and then drop a bomb like this. Boo on them.

Posted by Laura at 2:27 PM 3 comments

Yesterday, after work, I headed to El Torito with some awesome gals. It was hotter than a mofo but as always we had fun.

Posted by Laura at 11:18 AM 4 comments

Labels: Fun with Friends

Even though I am pretty sure my mom doesn't even know what a blog is, I didn't want to post this until I had given it to her. We didn't get to celebrate Mother's day with my mom until this past weekend so I had some extra time to get her a gift. I sent her pictures of the dogs' overnight bag and she asked me if I would make her one some time. It was perfect timing since I only had half of her gift. This conversation took place on Wednesday so I knew I had time. My mom is like me and loves all things pink, plus her dog is a girl so I knew it had to be pink and girly. I went to Joann's and was really discouraged since all of the dog stuff was boyish and all of the girly fabric had cats on them. I finally found a fabric that would do but I wasn't super happy about it. It was cute but not as girly as I had hope. The next day, I went back hoping to find a good ribbon or something to make it cuter. I always browse through the sale fabric and lucky for me, I found the same fabric that I had used but pink and black. Even better, it was on sale for $3 a yard. I had only started cutting the other fabric so I hadn't put too much time into it. I figure use it to make her a quilt or something for her birthday.

Posted by Laura at 10:03 AM 2 comments

Labels: Sewing

I retested myself on Wii Fit last night and I'm down to age 30. Wheee!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Laura at 9:29 AM 2 comments

Labels: Exercise