August and early September

Yeah, yeah I know, I'm a slacker. I haven't been updating the blog on a regular basis ... I'm sorry! So, here's a recap of my last couple of months.

At the end of July I went on a road trip to Georgia and Tennessee to visit family and friends. I love to drive so the drive down to Georgia was fine. I left early on Saturday morning and drove straight through to Savannah. I spent four days with family - we went out to eat, to the beach, the pool, shopping, etc. My brother bought a Wii system and we all had fun playing tennis, bowling, and especially playing 'Rock Band'. I have to say, we kicked butt on some of those songs ... and some of those songs kicked our butts! We had a blast.

We also had lots of fun playing with a doggie sprinkler that I bought for the kids. Here's a pic of the sprinkler:

My next stop was in Monteagle, Tennessee where I spent a few days with Amber and her family. I always enjoy spending time with them!

After getting back from my road trip I started to count down the days until the American Idol 2008 concert! It was a pretty good show and helped to reinforce why the top 3 are the top 3! They were definitely so much better than the rest of the cast. Once again, thanks to friends adn connections, we were able to get back stage passes to meet the Idol's. Here's a pic of David Cook, the 2008 American Idol:

Last Friday I went to see Gwen Ifill - 'Gwen Ifill is moderator and managing editor of "Washington Week" and senior correspondent for "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer." She is also frequently asked to moderate debates in national elections, including the Vice Presidential debate during the 2004 election and the upcoming Vice Presidential debate scheduled for October. Ifill is also the author of the forthcoming book The Breakthrough: Politics in the Age of Obama. During the 2008 campaign season, Ifill is bringing Washington Week to live audiences around the country on a 10-city tour.'

We went to see a live taping of her show: "Gwen Ifill kicks off the general election season with a special Campaign '08 edition of WASHINGTON WEEK from The George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium in front of a live audience." Here's the link to the show.

All in all, it has been an interesting summer. I'll keep you updated as interesting things happen. :-)