Saturday 23rd April

We went into town and we got a subway, then mum, dad, and I got a couple of items of clothing from Pennys (Primark). Then had a look around the town.

Friday 22nd April

Mum and dad came at about 830 pm. I was really looking forward to seeing them. It was their first time to see my new pad! :) I couldn't wait for them to see it. They got and thought it was really nice and cosy. Dad thought it was like being on a ship upstairs as the stairs is a ladder, and upstairs have slanted walls. That evening, as it strated to get dark, we got loads of stuff out of the car from mum and dads house that I wanted that I owned, like rugs, lamps etc. It's like christmas everytime they come cos they always bring something else.

Wednesday 16th/17th March

We went to Elmhurst on the way to the airport and walked around the little town then sat in Caribou coffee again playing more games until it was time to leave for the airport. We said goodbye to each other (It was sad). The next day at 8am I arrived in Dublin. Mike picked me up and we went for a Starbucks for about an hour, while we had left the lights on in the car!! So when we went to drive off to go home the battery had gone dead, (being saint Patrick's day, nothing was open) we couldn't get a new battery and we couldn't get any jump leads or anything so we tried to push it and start it that way. No luck. We then went to catch a bus into Dublin city centre to get a coach from there to Kilkenny and get another car and tow it down. When we got into the city, the parade was on so we had to wait to get through it. The cops had to stop the parade for a few seconds so he could let us and other people through that need to. We were just about to leave on the coach and then mike's mum rang to say his brother was coming up with jump-leads. so we jumped off the coach, got our money back and tried to get a bus from city centre to Blanchardstown (Dublin) but cos the parade was on, all the buses were taking different routes and going from different bus stops. So it took us about and hour and a half to get to Blanchardstown when it only took us 15 mins on the way. We couldn't find the right bus!! It was a very long day. Plus I only slept for 40 mins on the plane that night!! But it worked out to be a nice adventure. :)

Tuesday 15th March

We went to Target again to get a few thing that I wanted to get before going home! We went to Caribou and sat playing games and drinking a hot chocolate for HOURS! Spoke to Mum and Dad on the phone while we were there too. :)

Monday 14th March

Emily, Me and Rocky all went to Naperville. I bought a Game that I like cos me and Emily had played it. Then we took Rocky for a walk by the river. That was nice But Rocky kept eating goose poo!

Sunday 13th March

Emily, Terry and I all went to church-that was a funny experience as is was sort of in a coffee shop. hard to explain! But that was nice. After church we went to Northwoods for a breakfast buffet, then went to a maple syrup thing where we saw maple water come out of the trees and tasted it right out of the tree. Then I bought some Maple sugar-If I add water to it, it would turn into maple syrup, I can also use it as normal sugar on other things too. On the way home we went to the candy factory to get lots of different sweets to bring home. Later on we started playing ticket to ride but the Terry had to go to bed as he had to get up early for work. I started to pack so i knew how much space I had in my suitcase for more stuff that I bought there.

Saturday 12th March

We went skiing in Michigan on this day! It was so much fun! It was my first time skiing on real snow. I have only done dry slope skiing before when i was a lot younger. The first couple of times this day i took ages to get the hang of it, i couldn't stay up very well and kept falling over! I started off with the bunny slope, which has a rope to pull you up. I had a break for a while and got back on the horse :) After a while, I moved up on the bigger slope as I was getting better and better :) I was very very nervous. We all then went onto the chair lift up to the top of the hill. Emily went on her own chair and Terry and I went on one together. Terry was practically holding my hand as I was so scared! Emily told the man at the top to slow the lift down so I could manage to get off without falling! Ha! The first time I went down, I fell twice and went down on my bottom! The second time, I fell once and skied all the way down without falling, and zoomed past Emily! I was so happy! I really enjoyed it from there on :) Emily and Terry were great at the skiing. Terry went on one of the really big hills, and lost one of his skis! Somehow He managed to walk back and get it! On the way home we went to a Christian restaurant and shop and had something small to eat.

Friday 11th March

Today we went to Valparaiso, on the way we went to a dog shelter, all the dogs were really sad and sweet. We went to a cupcake shop that had really nice cakes in there-Lots of them. We sat there for ages talking! Terry came home in the evening from Minneapolis (He was there all week with work) Then we went to Texas Roadhouse where I had a huge Bacon and Cheese Burger! Yum!

Thursday 10th March

Went down town to Chicago all day, bought a couple of jumpers and got some really tasty cheese and caramel popcorn! Yum! :) In the evening we played ticket to ride-It's a board game. I love that game.

Wednesday 9th March

I watched the Christmas story sequel, 'My summer story' in bed when I woke up. Then Emily an I did an exercise DVD of Jillian Michaels. Then Emily dropped me off by Borders book shop where I could walk to other shops to look around while Emily went to her acupuncture. Then we went home for lunch and watched the back-up plan. We were going to go to the mall but just went straight to Penera bread cafe to meet Emily's friend Sara for a couple of hours. After that I insisted on going to IHOP (International House Of Pancakes) for dinner! I really wanted to see what it was like. I was a bit disappointed with it but it was OK. In the evening we just watch TV or another movie.