The past week

So much has happened since I last posted so I will try to remember everything.

First off my trip to Chicago was a lot of fun. When I arrived at the airport I met up with Danielle and I had my first of many experiences riding the el. It took us around 45 minutes to get from the airport to her house since Midway is on the opposite side of Chicago from where she lives.

Thursday I spent the day by myself since Danielle had to work. First things first I walked the half mile to Wrigley Field. Lucky for me there was another touring couple there who took my picture. From Wrigley Field I walked to Lake Michigan, somewhere between a half mile and a mile. It was a pretty cold and very windy day so I didn't stay long. The waves on the lake were like the ocean though. Then I walked up Belmont, got my nails done ate some lunch and headed back home. That night we drove the 40 miles to Vickie and Robs and visited with them for awhile. We weren't sure if we should even make the drive since they live so far away from Danielle, plus it was going to be rush hour, and then it started snowing- hard. Which means that on top of already bad traffic now you get the dumb snow drivers too. However we made it and in record time because when we rang their doorbell they couldn't believe we were already there. I was pretty pleased. Max and Jack were a lot of fun and it was nice to visit with Vickie and Rob. Josh and I are hoping to make another trip out there in May when I dance at six flags.

Friday Danielle and I went to Navy Pier, walked the Magnificent Mile and did some shopping there. We ate supper at Giordanos, this very famous pizza place, although we didn't have their very famous pizza... We also went out to celebrate St. Patricks day (which is HUGE deal in Chicago.) Basically they celebrate for two weeks straight with festivities including two parades and dying the river green. We ended up at some med school party (her roomates are med students) at the Hyatt downtown, it was a very expensive club. They had tons of lights a dance floor surrounded by water and huge tv monitors all over showing aquarium scenes. I'm not sure why we didn't go to one of the many Irish bars...Danielle lives by Clark St. and basically every other establishment is an Irish bar. One was even open for 17 hours on St. Patricks day, with no cover.

Saturday Danielle and I visited this cute little Austrian tea place and had potbellys for lunch Fabulous subs! Then we went to Millenium park and did some more shopping on Michigan Ave before I had to leave for MN.

While I was there Danielle helped me to plan out a quilting project that I am going to start as soon as I get my sewing machine, which I ordered online yesterday. I am so excited!! I don't know that much about sewing but Danielle helped me make one quilt already and I feel confident in myself that I can do it again. So as soon as I start I will let you all know how it goes. I feel that if I can master making a DVD from a camcorder without any instruction then I can definetly make a quilt all by myself.