It's about 10:40pm right now and I can't believe I am still awake. First off, I just have to say that I have never been more into politics in my entire life then I have been the last 4 days. Seems like every night I find myself tuned into the Democratic National Convention. And...never would I have ever thought I would cry from wathcing it. Well...tonight it happened. After Barack gave his speech...tears began to roll. David fell asleep while we watched it, hehe. Anyways...I am very excited to vote this year for a few reasons. One, it is my first time I get to vote for President!! Two, I thought that this election was going to be tough, due to the economy and everything it has been through. Not anymore! I am set on my vote! Okay...that is all I have to say about politics. done!

We have been pretty busy lately with showings on the condo and doing quite a bit of updates! First off, we painted the red wall. It is now a classic taupe color. I like it alot and it looks good! David misses the red wall though! We also put new hardware in the kitchen AND decided the other day that we were going to buy all new 6 panel white doors and new hardware for the place! Man, does it make a huge difference! One more thing...which David and I could kick ourselves for not doing sooner....LAUNDRY! We are putting in laundry hookups in one of the master bedroom closets! Normally they would charge us $1500 to do this. For David to do it himself, with a little help from his plumber at work.....$15. Can you believe that? I can't think of one reason why this place shouldn't sell now! We had a couple come look at the condo this afternoon. They were from Appleton and came down just for the afternoon to look at condos. Whichever one they liked the best at the end of the day they were going to put an offer in on. We haven't heard anything yet...so they probably didn't pick ours.. but we are not giving up!

David has the day off tomorrow. It will probably consist of myself painting doors and trim while David drills holes in them all! Hopefully we will get it all finished! We are also going to start packing some stuff up and moving it into a storage container!

Thats it for now...Gavin is snoring as I sit here and type. I have never heard him breath this heavily before. I hope he isn't getting congested!
Good Night. (Gavin and David playing with Matchbox cars)

DNC

It's late.. I wasn't planning on posting, but I just got done watching the Democratic National Convention for the second full night in a row! I'm usually not one to talk about politics but I just have to say... I LOVE MICHELLE OBAMA! AND....I think Barack Obama owes Hillary big time! She had a GREAT speech tonight and for the first time in a long time...I am hopefull for the future!

Thats It! Good Night!

nap times and our weekend

Gavin is becoming less and less likely to take naps lately! It's also a struggle to get him down for a nap. I have no idea what I am going to do if he decides he doesn't want to take naps during the day. He isn't pretty when he doesn't get his naps either. Oh well, we will keep trying and hope for the best. Right now he is laying in the rocking chair with his tractors having a conversation with them!

Our weekend was very nice, we went to Mom and Dad Hack's cottage. My dad picked me up on Thursday afternoon after Gavins nap. It was a relaxing day, Gavin got alot of exercise playing and running all around. It was nice because I didn't have to 'watch' him 24/7. He was perfectly fine playing with his cars and tractors in the sand and riding his tractor in the field, we went to the park alot and to the pond/lake/pool twice (it used to be a pool that they made into a pond with a ton of blow up toys and rafts everywhere). It was nice because they have a kids section where Gavin just ran in and out of the water playing. Friday evening David came up after his Golf Outing! My sister came up for the night too, it was nice to see her and spend some time with her too. On Saturday my mom and dad took David, Gavin and myself to the waupaca county fair! I have to say...I have NEVER been to a fair like this before. Lots of cows and animals EVERYWHERE! We even saw cows just walking around free! Gavin really enjoyed seeing that! It was a very COUNTRY type of fair with pig catching and lawn mower races! We did get to eat some yummy carnival food and go on lots of rides! Gavin and myself got wristbands and went on as many rides as possible! I even took advantage of it and went on some rides by MYSELF! No one else wanted to go with me :( they said they would get sick! I had fun though!

We got home early Sunday morning and just relaxed for the day and then went to Mom and Dad VV's for our usual sunday dinner! Ever since David and I started dating it seems like we always go to Mom and Dad VV's for dinner every Sunday! We were talking about that on the way home from their house last night and it seems like we have only missed a handfull on Sundays in about 3 years. It's neat and something we like to end our weekend doing!

YEH! Gavin is sleeping now, im going to finish working. I hope you all have a great week!

Summer is coming to an end :(

David had his last softball game last night, which means summer is coming to an end:(. While we were there David told me to go and get Gavin's tractor out of his vehicle (we took two seperate vehicles) to see if he would ride it. I thought to myself, im just getting this thing out so he can look at. Ever since we got it for him he just looks at it and sits on it. He was always unsure about it. But...last night he got right on and started going all by himself! He was a PRO! Me and Mom VV could not stop laughing, it was too cute, and the smile on his face was priceless! He rode his tractor tonight for about a half hour as well. He has not quite figured out how to press the peddle and steer at the same time, so we are helping him out with his steering.

I just finished up packing a few things for this weekend! My dad is on Vaca. this week (again) and we decided to go up north to visit them this weekend. My dad is coming to get Gavin and I tomorrow and David is going to meet us up there on Friday evening. Dad VV asked David to play in a golf outing with him on Friday! He is very excited about that and even put his clubs in his vehicle already! So anyways...Packing for 3 1/2 days really adds up. I feel there is so much more that needs to be done and im sure I will forget a few things here and there. Good thing David is staying back another day, just incase!

Here are two pictured of David and Gavin swimming the other day! Gavin sure has turned into a little fish!

Well I hope everyone has a great weekend. We are hoping to have alot of fun up north. This will probably be our last time up there for the summer :( Man summer sure flys by. Why are we always so much more busy in the summer?!

Please Help PLGA

I am writing with an urgent request, because 5 minutes of your time could mean up to $2.5 million donated to PLGA brain tumor research.
As of today, August 18th, the PLGA Foundation is in the running for a HUGE grant from American Express's philanthropic program. The hitch is that we need to get 10,000 people to NOMINATE the project BEFORE August 30th in order to be considered as a candidate for the funds.
This is where we need YOUR help. Nominating is EASY. Just four steps:
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2) Click the "NOMINATE PROJECT" button
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4) Click on "Nominate Project" again to register your vote.
You are done! THIS TAKES 5 MINUTES TO COMPLETE.
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The ultimate thing you could do is reach out to your friends, colleagues, family, and any other groups where you might get the membership to vote for the project as well. (Feel free to also put the request on Facebook,MySpace, etc. page. and ask everyone to do the same.)
The goal is HUGE, but 'viral marketing' can work...if each one of us reaches out to their email contact lists. We stand a chance if we stand together!!!!
PLEASE, PLEASE help us get these funds for PLGA research.

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