Planning a trip

My dad and brother have been planning a trip to Chicago in June and guess who decided to go with them?! My brother talked me in to getting a plane ticket last night. I got a really good deal on my ticket. Round trip was only $203. I still had a hard time clicking that submit button though. It takes me a while to make big purchases. I don't just spend large amounts of money like that. Anyway, I'm really glad I'm going! Not only did I get on the same flights they did but I'm sitting right behind them. I would be sitting beside them but I really wanted a window seat and so did my brother. They already have tickets to a Cubs game which I had no desire to go to anyway so I'll be spending one of those days venturing out on my own while they're doing that. My brother's friend and his family are gonna meet him there. Thus far I know we're going to the Sears Tower Skydeck, the Museum of Science & Industry, and the Navy Pier. For whatever reason, my brother wants to go to Mt. Carmel Cemetery to see where Al Capone and the other gangsters are buried. He also wants to eat at Mike Ditka's restaurant and Giordano's. I was going to try to get a ticket for the Oprah show while they're at the ballgame but I just discovered she doesn't tape in June :(. I did however find a shopper's paradise called The Magnificent Mile! LOL! That's a miles worth of shops and stores for me to explore in :). Did you know there's a Hershey's Chicago?! I am so going there right after our plane lands! LOL! I'm not kidding....We're arriving in the morning so I'm gonna take my luggage to our hotel and then I'm heading for the Sears Tower and the Magnificent Mile..LOL!


I finished stitching Blessings Be Thine from Blackbird Designs today! Isn't it beautiful! I'm going to have it framed so I can hang it next Christmas :). I really really love it!!


Joshua's birthday is next Wednesday so I think I'm gonna go shopping for b-day presents tomorrow. His party is on the 5th but I'm sure we'll give him our gifts on his day. He loves to go out and pick his own things out and I thought about doing that but I'd feel bad if I didn't pick things out for him. He usually gets a gift card or 2 anyway so he should be able to go pick something out. He's really been looking forward to his birthday. He's been counting down the days :). I took him to a b-day party yesterday and to my surprise (horror! LOL!) there were nearly 40 kids there. That's just way too much, IMO. Good grief...lol. I think we're inviting about 10 to Joshua's. There were so many kids at that party the poor birthday girl looked dazed. She didn't know who to play with there were so darn many of them..lol. It amazes me how much kids get these days. It's just not good.