Pity Me!!

So I am still unable to use my right index finger since I slammed it in my car door on New Years Eve. Stupid pinched nerve! It is still numb on the right half of my finger but it is beginning to wear off because I am starting to feel pain on that side. whenever anything touches that side I get a sharp "pins and needles" type of feeling and it is driving me bonkers!!! I wish the numbness would go away! I'd rather just feel the actual pain from getting smashed rather than not being able to use it due to it still being numb... an entire month later even UGH!

Just Finished Chapter 11 of Breaking Dawn...

and I have to admit this book is starting to freak me out LOL

*Eclipse* Chapter 22. FIRE AND ICE

this has to be, by far, my favorite chapter of the Twilight series. I was giggling the entire time!!!

Speech Therapy for Zander

Today was Zander's first day having speech therapy. =) It went rather well for his first session. The theapist seems nice too. My only complaint is that it is "in home" therapy and I'd prefer it to be out of the home so I do not have to worry about having a spotless house all the time. Louis should like the fact that it is so much cleaner now though LOL So I guess I don't mind too much...

"Bride Wars" today...

and IMO it was just okay...

The beginning was cute as well as the end but IMO all the funny parts were shown in the trailers so there was nothing new to really laugh at.


Though I must say the theater was beautiful!!! And the ultra screen was sooo cool! would have been perfect to watch Batman, Dark Knight on!!!

"Marcus Theatres opened its new 70-foot-wide UltraScreen at the Orland Park Cinema last month in time for the holiday season. The Orland Park UltraScreen is a completely new 400-seat auditorium designed and built from the ground up as a state-of-the-art showcase for moviegoers in the Chicago suburb of Orland Park and the surrounding areas."

Twilight² & Margarita²

just saw this movie for the second time tonight with Lisa and I liked it SO much better this time!!! =) I wish I could find more time to read!!! I am only on Chapter 13 of Eclipse...


oh and I had 2 presidente margaritas at Chili's beforehand. YUM! ;)

It's not Broken!!! YAY!

My finger was still swollen today so I went to my doctor and had some x-rays taken and it is not broken thank goodness! I do, however, have a pinched nerve. So looking down at the top of my finger. it is numb from my knuckle to my finger tip only on the right side of my finger, the other side is just very sore and I can feel all the pain on that side. I have to say how annoying it is not to be able to feel anything on half my finger! Let alone the fact that i cannot yet use my right index finger!!! being as though I am right handed and all LOL

On to Eclipse =)

So i have to say these books have been somewhat easy for me to read! They keep my attention the entire time and while some parts drag a bit, it is more of a build up to the next exciting part rather than a bore so I am very excited i have made it this far!! I read it when ever I have time so I am hoping to finish at least this book up in the next 3 weeks since I am renting it and Breaking Dawn from the library. I only get to renew once so I need to hurry =)

Possible Broken Finger, Chinatown, Fireworks... New Years Eve, Oh What A Night!

Here I am, getting ready to head out to Chicago with the kids and Louis to see the New years Eve fireworks. It's 7pm, and I had not made dinner yet because we had a late lunch. Louis mentions he wants to head to Chinatown for dinner so I start to race to get the kids ready so we can head out the door by 8 o'clock. Of course the computer slows me down a bit and it's now 9pm when everyone is walking out the door. Excitement is building as I run out with Zander to get him buckled in his seat, thoughts racing through my head... did we bring everything? camera, check, tripod, check, 4 kids, check, sparkling grape juice, check, slam the sliding door on the mini van while reaching out to open the front passenger side door, CRUNCH! Silence! YEEEOWWWWWW! re-open the back sliding door to remove my now mangled finger, bend down holding mangled finger in other fist to hopefully stop pain, que the screaming and crying.... followed by bellows above me from the girls also crying hoping I am ok.

I seriously thought I had broken my finger and was half expecting it to just be hanging there by a thread of skin. It wasn't thank GOD! Louis got out of the van and took me inside to get me some advil and to rinse my finger with water and peroxide and bandage me up. We don't really keep splints on hand so we grabbed the closest possible thing. a baby spoon heehee I must say while it looked ridiculous he really did a great job of taking care of me in my time of need!


As soon as I was all fixed up we headed out to Chinatown where the food was VERY yummy!

Afterward we drove around to see where some good parking spots were and found our favorite spot by the Planetarium closed off =(

We drove around a while longer and found a really good parking spot around 11:30pm which surprised us.


here is Lanie and Martie sitting out of our moon roof, Zander on Louis' lap looking for the fireworks and Wes was getting ready to come with me to set up the tripod for fireworks shots =)

 


at midnight we drank some sparkling grape juice out of tiny Ed Debevic's Sundae glasses
  


mine was waiting on the dashboard...
 


a long exposure pic to show where i set up the tripod (probably a little too close to the traffic, especially being New year's eve and all...


and the FIREWORKS!!!!



  
  
 


Some more long exposure shots of the Wrigley Building aound 1:45am to show how busy it is on New Years Eve.
Check out the helicopter path in the second one...