just for fun… hannahelaine

i got to go to chicago for the first time ever this past weekend! it was an incredible trip. we packed so much of everything into 4 days i feel like i’m going to keel over at any moment.  one of the things we did was visit china town. apparently they were holding an open-air market type deal that day. upon browsing the random tent/booth things, we came across this little guy: i named him xie-xie (shay-shay, for all yous guys who don’t speak mandarin…). it means “thank you” in chinese, which i felt was an appropriate name since we got him from chinatown. i can’t wait to get him…

guess who gets to go to this place on thursday???? ME!!! i’ve never been to chicago, but going there is on my list of things to do before i die (and no, i will not call it a “bucket list” cuz i saw that movie (while bored on an airplane), and as much as i love morgan freeman, that film inspired a phrase that i now use on a regular basis to describe movies that are entertaining enough to keep you from going crazy on long flights but that you would never actually seek out and watch in your spare time–“airplane movies.” you know which ones i’m talking about. and…