Fired Up!

This morning on the radio they were discussing the Michael J. Fox (MJF) commercials that are airing across the country supporting candidates who support stem cell research. It got me so fired up because you really realize how IGNORANT people can be. I am not saying that I am not ignorant on some topics, but stem cell research and the government's support of it is not one of them. I was OK with the calls until a girl called and said "Why would MJF care about a race in Wisconsin?" At this point I knew it was all down hill from here. How can people not realize that a University of Wisconsin Scientist discovered Stem Cells? How can they not realize that we are currently a front runner in stem cell research? We hold the most of the "government funded" stem cell lines HERE is Wisconsin.

The caller that pushed me over the edge stated that "Stem cell research has no place in the political arena." HELLO!!! Where do you think that the money comes from? Also, Wisconsin is really on the edge here. We have lost so many smart people from Wisconsin, referred to as "The Brain Drain". Our intelligent people are going to other states for school and work. So if we hire a candidate who bans stem cell research in Wisconsin (Mark Green) we will become a state that is no longer a state at the forefront. The environment will seem hostile to researchers and they won't come here to perform their research. California took our Dairy state title away, we may as well just give them the stem cell title too if they are banned.

I am not saying that you have to vote one way or another, but don't just ignore this topic, it has more consequences than it seems, because it is a cause and effect situation. In this case the effects may be terrible for the state. Educate yourselves and THEN vote !!

Home Sweet Home

It is ours! We heard on Sunday afternoon at 3pm that we booted the primary buyers out of contention. We will close on December 15th!!! We are VERY excited!!!!

Patience is Not My Finest Virtue

Well we put an offer in on the house that I spoke of in my previous post. We wrote the offer up last night and Sheela submitted the offer to them last night sometime after Grey's Anatomy. The offer was written to expire by 7pm this evening.

Well 7:30 rolled around and we hadn't heard anything yet. I called Sheela and left her a message. She got back to me a little before 8 and said that they sellers called her and said that they haven't had a chance to look over and talk about the offer yet. They would get around to it tomorrow or Sunday and get back to her with their answer. Which 1 makes me very uneasy, because we have to wait longer for the answer. I know that them selling this house isn't their number one priority as they already have an offer in on the property, yet I don't know if they realize the agony of waiting on the other end. We set a deadline for a reason. So Sheela said at this point we have every right to walk away. The sellers may in the end accept our offer, but we have to rework the offer contract.

UGGGGHHHHHH I am not wanting to wait at all! I am in love with this house! I know I shouldn't have fallen, but those unlucky in love knows that you just cannot help it!

Keep Ya Posted!!!!!

Decisions, Decisions.

Well we found a house that we like. So, begins the flurry of insanity. First things first, the offer currently has an offer on it. The offer has a Bump. What that means that the other buyers (them/they) have a contingency of selling their house, but if another buyer comes along (us/ours) and puts in an offer the sellers can accept ours if they aren't able to (within 72 hours) get their financing settled/change that contingency. They have the option of a double mortgage, obtaining a bridge loan, maybe their house is close to an offer, or just letting the house go. Which is sad for them, but good for us. So we are looking at the house tomorrow with my parents and if we see everything as kosher we will go ahead and try to bump the others out. I know that it sounds pretty mean, but oh well. It is the nicest house that we have seen and we really liked it when we did the drivebys. So if luck is in our favor (or if God is holding the house for us, as my mother-in-law would say) we may have a house!

Tomorrow I will take pictures and I will post them here to show it to you. I will keep you posted. Better than usual too because I am way excited about this and will talk to everyone and anyone about this! I am really anxious about it all!!

Way to Go Bucky

A couple months ago site was sent around to vote for this year's inductees to the mascot hall of fame. There were several pro and college mascots on the ballot, including our very own Buckingham U. Badger. I was curious as to whatever came of that voting. Well today I went to the Mascot Hall of Fame website and found this years inductees.

Bucky will forever be a famous mascot!!