We got our invitation today to the Blogger Welcome Breakfast being sponsored by the DNCC. It's Monday morning at 10 am and there will be a guest speaker. This will be our first chance to meet many of the bloggers who have been granted press credentials to cover the convention. While no official list of these bloggers has been released, it was pretty easy for us to determine who they are since the invitation came by "mass e-mail" with all of our email addresses in it. There are nine bloggers we read regularly. Two of the blogs we check in with more than once a day. We have met and spent time with only one of the bloggers, Markos of Daily Kos, whom we consider a good friend. (Here's a picture from May. We're in the middle, holding the baby)

It's always fun to be able to put a face with a blog. We have attended a few Rocky Mountain blogger bashes and found that meeting the blogger in person adds a whole new dimension to reading the blog afterwards.

We're still on our fundraising drive to help us cover the costs of the trip. We've raised $900.00 so far and expect the trip will cost us about $3,000.00. So, if you can help us out, we'd really appreciate it. Every few bucks helps. Here's how:

• Amazon (anonymous)
• PayPal

We're still hoping one of the campaigns or a media outlet or corporation will spring for one of our premium ads --that would pay for the trip and we could stop asking readers for contributions. Should that happen, we'll let you know.