NEED YOUR HELP!!!

if everyone could please cast a vote (if you havent already) for Bosley as Best Seafood on wisn.cityvoter.com.. use as many e-mails as you have.. get the word out.. the voting ends tomorrow the 27th.. help us out! since it is the last day of voting, we are no longer allowed to see the current standings, but with your votes.. it could keep our spot on the list.. at #1!!! help please!!!!!!! =)

and also.. while you're at it, if you've got a couple extra minutes every day, please help out with a vote for my nieces Summer and Brooklynn to help get their votes up to become models for GapKids... that voting ends on Nov. 17th.. but you can vote every day. there is another girl with over 250 votes.. and both the girls are below 30 (boo.. we've gotta try harder!)... if we are persistent.. we can get them in! hooraaaaay! thanks everyone =)

follow this link for Brookie:
http://family.go.com/gapcastingcall/entries/davidandmarcie/268445237/



and this one for Summer:
http://family.go.com/gapcastingcall/entries/davidandmarcie/714015501/


for first time voters, it takes just a minute to register, then once you are- all you need to do is log in everyday. thanks again guys =)

Real Quick Favor!!!

Hey everyone reading!! Every year, different websites and newspapers and all that jazz do city wide voting for the very best restaurants (and just about every other business imaginable) here in Milwaukee (as i am sure just like every other city does, too) but if i could pretty please convince you (not that i would be lying to you anyways.. seeing as to how we really are the best there is!) to vote Bosley as best Seafood Restaurant at www.wisn.cityvoter.com that would be much much much appreciated! and spread the word! we really wanna knock all of our competitors outta the park this year, and make sure they can't catch up! =) Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! =) and while you're at it.. also become "fans" of Bosley on Brady on Facebook, just to help spread the word and keep us in business!

House Warming Party

so.. we've set our date for Sunday, August 23rd for our house warming party. it'll be an Open House type deal from Noon until 4. hopefully the weather will be nice so we can atleast hang out in the back yard =) also hopeing i can get some grass to start growing by then (we need some rain here!) i know Greg and Megan will just be heading out that morning, and I know some of our friends will be recovering from Daly and Abbie's wedding the night before.. but our August is just SO busy, it is hard to find time to do anything now-a-days! well, anyways.. call for our address or with any other questions! can't wait to see everybody!


(ps... did you know that the vanilla bean is actually from an orchid?! i just learned that yesterday. crazy..)

Getting Settled In

We're the new kids on the block! haha... So, moving day came and went- and i'm pretty sure i'm still sore from it.. that or the constant moving boxes around and unpacking. still haven't gotten fully moved in yet. i'd say we're about 70% there. we still have a few things we have to pick up from the old apartment. too lazy to stress about it though. we have another week left until the rent is up there, so someday we'll get to it all.
if you haven't heard the news from either dan or i yet.. on moving day, one of our neighbors filled us in on some info about the past owners of our house. http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/40760207.html
yep- we now own what was known as "the drug house" of Whitefish Bay.
on to better news. we have some awesome neighbors. we did get some cookies from one neighbor. and another stopped over with a cooler full of Miller Lites, Gatorades, Pepsis, and Green Teas. we finished them, took back the cooler, then a couple days later he filled it again with Miller Lites and brought it over to us while we were doing some yard work. (and thanks again to Tim and Jean for all the help!) we're in walking distance to Dairy Queen, which Dan will only allow if we actually walk to it. so, i'd say i'm pretty happy with this neighborhood.
We've already locked ourselves outta the house. luckily dan had left a basement window open to air it out this morning. so we had to rig up a screwdriver out of a bunch of different tools to get the screen off, then Dan climbed through it, one leg/one arm/and his head in first, and got stuck with one arm/ one leg still on the ground outside. i had to pull on his arm that was still outside to keep him from falling all the way to the ground. it was pretty funny to watch. but we got in. then hid a key somewhere so that we will never have to do that again. whew!
Lots of work needing to be done to the place, but time will allow that to happen, too. We're off every Sunday of course, but we only have two free sundays before september to do any work. hopefully winter doesnt come for a long time after that!
we've already spent a ton of money on washer/dryer, range, microwave, lawn mower and other yard stuff, updated electrical stuff, a new bed and comforter set, tv and tv stand.. and we've got a looong way to go before we're done spending!
House Warming Party, as of now, will be on Sunday August 16th. Let us know if this absolutely will not work for anyone.. we only have the 30th open otherwise, and that's really far away. if you want to present us with any gifts, make it a gift card since we have no idea what we need until the time comes up.
big weekend coming up at work, too. Brady Street Festival/Cheesefest will be all day tomorrow.. we should be incredibly busy at the restaurant. ugh. is it bad that i am just praying that the forecast at 30% chance of rain goes up to 100%? because i would really like not to be all crazy running around getting my butt kicked. anyone know any good rain dances? or like, severe thunderstorm dances? =) haha.. and our lawn could use the rain, too.. we've been watering it plenty hoping for some soft grass in time for the party. well, i've been typing too long when i should have been unpacking or something... i'm off!

NEW HOUSE!

So...... it is official! We went straight from closing to the new house and stood in our new living room for a minute or two. then ran through the rest of the house checking out all the rooms, though we've seen them a million times before, this was the first time they were ours! and it felt great! we then went to Menards to buy a lawn mower. the previous owners havent touched the grass since they accepted our offer over a month ago.. it's almost a foot tall with weeds everywhere. i can't even think of what the neighbors who share a strip of grass with us have been thinking. i hope they dont think we're rude and that we'll always be that lazy, because i'm gonna be an awesome neighbor! i wonder if anyone from the neighborhood is gonna bring us a pie or fruit basket. haha.. do people do that anymore? it would be awesome if they did!
We'll be having a house warming party for everyone to check it out. it will most likely be towards the end of August on a Sunday of course. We'll keep you updated! =)
big Big BIG thank you to my father Don. (Love You, Dad!) without him, i dont think we'd be owning a home for atleast a year or two. Thank you thank you thank you! also, if anyone is looking to buy a home in the North Shore area, get in touch with Thea at the Shorewest office in Shorewood. She is fabulous. Such a big help. i dont think we could have done it without her, either! Thank you to Tim and Jean for the fridge, which we will finally be picking up on Monday! (also a thank you to one of our co-workers Joe for offering to help us move next monday!) Thanks Joe and Megan and Megan's brother for the appliance hook-up. Every little bit we're saving helps out a ton! and i totally sound like i am giving an acceptance speech. haha. okay thats enough. Thanks Everyone For Everything. =)
There we are! It's one of those Harry Potter magic houses, because it is much bigger on the inside than it looks on the outside! =) haha.. oh man.. now i'm super excited for the 6th Harry Potter movie. Dont know how much attention i can pay to the house on the 15th! haha

Countdown Continues and Happy Birthday Wishes!

T Minus 2 days until the house is ours! =) Yippee Ky Yay! We did a final walk through today. First time we've seen it since all their furniture and boxes were out. Made the place look a bit bigger and made us really start to think about decorating! Dan loves to tell everyone that the basement is all his to decorate, and that i'll get the rest of the house.. though he knows somewhere in the back of his mind that he will still have to follow my rules with it! =) haha.. i am the wife after all. but mostly, i think that it is finally starting to sink in with the two of us that.. in TWO days.. we'll actually own 4852 Berkeley Blvd!

Would also like to wish my father-in-law Tim a very happy birthday! I'm sure that there will be some golfing involved, so lets hope for many awesome shots, or maybe even a hole in one! Either way, hope you get some relaxing in, as well as a good birthday meal, and have an extra spectacular day! =)

Countdown....

this house stuff is almost FINALLY done with! T minus 3 days! cant wait to not have to dig up some kind of random and always different legal form from five years ago. not be approved for anything, then freakout, scramble, and spaz around hoping to find a way to make it work. sign this, sign that. meet here. bring that. wait four days for someone to get back to me, when we only have five days to get it done. write a check for this. (oh wait.. we're never done doing that!) ahhh! i just wanna move in already! i cant handle this stress! and honestly? who looks forward to actually moving? me! =) and coming up not soon enough! on that note.. who wants to help out? we have a U-Haul for next Monday.. and i'm pretty sure i once again, will be of no help when it comes to that piano. or much of anything else! haha... i know you wouldnt guess it by looking at me, but i am pretty darn weak. shocker i know.. but believe you me!

one final "off" day before the move.. after that it's getting house stuff done to make it our own. so tonight, we're off the the Brewers game for our date night. If we're two of the first 20,000 fans, we get a free Brewers baseball card set! Whoo! in the words of my husband, Go Brewers!