Pup or pig?

Cooper is having an identity crisis!

Today we went to the dog park and let the boys go swimming in the watering hole. Cooper runs in, dunks his head into the water, runs out, and collapses on the sand/dirt rubbing his back into the ground.

Just like a pig rolling around in the mud.

Grrr.

Then Cooper met the hose.

Breaking News!!

Watch out Obama and McCain! There's a new challenger in the Presidential race!

Long weekend!

Last weekend of the summer = bummer
Long weekend = hooray

I'm looking forward to my long weekend! I don't have much planned yet, so I'm looking forward to relaxing. I'll most likely get to spend some quality time with my puppies and my husband, which is what I like to do best.

Anyone have any fun plans they're looking forward to??

A Historic Night!

I just witnessed history.

I got home from work today as Dave was watching the states cast their votes to officially nominate the next DFL candidate for President of the United States.


And as I walked in to our living, Senator Amy Klobuchar and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak were submitting the votes for the Minnesota delegation. If you've followed my blog for any length of time (since February), you know that I have supported Barack Obama for a while. And I tried to awfully hard to be elected as a delegate for the DFL National Convention. It was close, but I didn't win and therefore am watching the convention from my living room (bittersweet).


I got chills as I heard Klobuchar and Rybak announce Minnesota's votes, which was followed by the delegates at the convention cheering "Yes We Can!"

Then even better, Hillary moved to stop the roll call and to nominate Barack Obama by acclamation (a voice vote).

I am so excited for this moment that I've been hoping for all year. Dave and I spent many nights watching the results from each state's primary or caucus (yes, we're dorks). But we are so interested in the election this year because of the enormous impact the result will have on us and on our nation.

So I called my mom. I knew she and my dad were watching at their house too. Her voice was shaky. And I knew she was in tears with excitement and hope for the future.

Even though I was not there in person as a delegate, I was a piece of tonight's history. I participated in the caucuses and and went to my Congressional Convention and Minnesota's State Convention. I voted for the 2 delegates and 1 alternate from my Congressional district that was sent to Denver to vote for Barack. And today Barack Obama is the DFL candidate for President and in a couple of months, he will be elected the next President!!!


I can't wait to hear Barack's acceptance speech tomorrow night. I hope that people will look past the color of his skin and listen to what he has to say. The next couple of months are going to be so exciting as him and McCain try to sway voters.

Go Barack Obama!!!

Frustrating...

Isn't it annoying that if you don't exercise for a week that the next time you go to the gym it feels as if you're completely out of shape and back at square one???

Yeah, that's what happened to me yesterday! It was such a struggle to run just two miles, and I was able to run 13.1 miles just two months ago!

How do you find time and the motivation to exercise everyday, so you don't have to deal with the feeling of being completely out of shape and can feel like you're actually getting in better shape?

Weekend Update

Another weekend has come and gone. Lately, the weeks seem to be flying by and the weekends seem to pass by even faster. It's unbelievable that Dave's fall semester started today, Anthony started Kindergarten and Labor Day weekend is this next weekend!

I didn't take any photos this weekend (the batteries in the camera need to be replaced). So let me tell you about it instead.

Friday night my nieces slept over at my house. They were so excited. I think everytime I see them, they ask if they can sleepover. Friday night we just hung out and watched a movie. It was kind of funny, because this was the first time they slept over where Dave didn't work at Home Depot -- meaning Dave was actually home and got to hang out with them too. They were a confused and kept asking Dave why he was home. Funny.

Saturday we took the girls to Playworks. They had new play structure, which I thought was more fun than the old one. This one is more grown-up friendly. You can actually stand up inside instead of crawling everywhere and killing your knees. We played there most of the morning, until the girls got hungry. Trying to score "favorite auntie" points, we took them to McDonald's. After lunch, we went swimming at the pool. Each time they swim in my pool they’re getting more comfortable in the deep end and better with their swimming. Amanda swam the whole length of the pool on her back (which is great b/c she and Emily tend to get scared about swimming where they can’t touch). Then I taught her how to swim down and touch the bottom with her hand (in the shallow end), and she was so excited about that b/c it’s one thing that Emily could do and she couldn’t.

After that the girls were wore out. We sat in the lounge chairs with towels wrapped around us at the pool for a little bit, so we could warm up. Wouldn't you know that Emily fell asleep right there! I had to carry her home. Then we all piled in the car to meet up with Rachel (they slept at her house Saturday night as Becky and Steven went out of town just the two of them). Apparently, it was Amanda's turn to take a nap. She fell asleep in the back seat while listening to Dave sing Rascal Flatts.

Saturday night, we got to meet up with some of my friends from high school (and some of their parents too). Hanging out with Erin, Melissa and Rachel is always one of my favorite times. I always look forward to it. We always have a good time. And afterwards, I can't wait until we see each other again. Rachel was having her annual golf tournament, and we met up for dinner and drinks afterwards. Erin and John were home from Chicago, so we got to see our favorite Expecting Parents. You still can't tell she's pregnant! We got to see pics from the ultrasound pic. Baby Luckey is so cute (yes, I could tell from the pic)! It's nice that John is a doctor, because then he can show what's what in the ultrasound pic. I can't wait to see Erin again when she's home next at Thanksgiving and we have her baby shower! I'll get to see Rachel and Melissa again on Wednesday for book club.

Good times.

Sunday wasn't really interesting. I slept in because I was having some serious sleeping issues with my seasonal allergies. Then I cleaned up around the house. Dave came home from work and we went to get him school supplies and went grocery shopping. Came home, made dinner and took the dogs for a walk. Finished the evening by reading my blizzard book and watching the Olympics closing ceremony. Part of me is glad the Olympics are done, because I'm tired of Dave making fun of me every time they show Shawn Johnson or Nastia Luikin and their gymnastics routines and I start crying.

More blogs to come! Take care!

A Special Tribute to My Special Sister Stevie on Her Special Day!

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