--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/countdown/models.py	Sun Apr 24 12:27:26 2016 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class ActiveEventManager(models.Manager):
+    """Manager for all active events."""
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        return super(ActiveEventManager, self).get_queryset().filter(
+                is_active=True)
+
+
+class Event(models.Model):
+    """Model for events we are counting down for."""
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=64)
+    url = models.URLField(max_length=200)
+    event_date = models.DateTimeField()
+    is_active = models.BooleanField(db_index=True)
+
+    objects = models.Manager()
+    active_objects = ActiveEventManager()
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return u"{} on {}".format(
+            self.name, self.event_date.strftime('%m/%d/%Y'))
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ['event_date']