We Will Blindfold You and Make You Have A Good Time

It isn't very often that the girl takes the guy out for a date. For a few weeks now, I've been trying to hint to Caleb that he and his roommate should take me and his roommate's girlfriend out on a surprise date before the end of the semester.

That never happened...so girlfriend and I decided we would take matters into our own hands.

Well, we cooked a warm dinner for them, and then we blindfolded them.

After making them walk to the car, we drove all sorts of directions to try to make them forget where they were in town. They were quite obstinate though, and decided to tell us at every turn exactly where we were. We parked a decent length away from our real destination, and then led them through the streets blindfolded.

I may have smacked Caleb into a big column on accident.

Another wonderful scene from this episode:

As we were crossing a one way street on a junction, a car was stopped at a sign to turn left. Caleb screamed, "I see lights, are you trying to kill me? They are coming RIGHT AT US. Go! I don't want to die!" *Running in place*

Then we made it to the beautiful lights (remember how much I love Christmas lights?!)

Our next quest was to go bowling, where Caleb and I were thoroughly defeated twice. The last portion of our date was watching Footloose (the original version, thank you.)

Overall, I'm pretty proud of how well this went, seeing as the guys were fairly convinced that we were going to take them to see the new Twilight movie. Ha.

Halloween Fun

This Halloween, I got to have a first--I carved my first pumpkin!

It was WAY easier than I expected, although my arm became fairly sore after carving out the Green Lantern symbol and a moustache man.

And then...there was a Hallo--uh--Fall Festival party at the RFC! Caleb and I went as the Publisher's Clearing House man and a lady he just woke up. Does it not make sense? You're probably under 22. Lots of other people dressed up as well, even a guy as James Bond.

At the end of the party, a few friends of mine and I set up a Haunted House. Basically, it was a dark obstacle course with a strobe light. I was quite proud of it. I think this picture says it all:

And that isn't even a staged picture.

By the end of the night, I had crashed from my sugar high, had trouble adjusting to bright lights outside of the Haunted House, and I had been shot--accidentally--with an air soft gun by a friend who thought it was a water gun.

fRecipe fRiday!

Last night the lovely ladies of the RFC got dolled up and had a progressive dinner. I (plus my dear roommate) and two other girls live in the same apartment complex, so for each portion of dinner, we skipped to each person's apartment and ate. I was in charge of the dessert.

Before I tell you how to make what I made...let me show you what the other ladies made.

Fruit Salsa and cinnamon tortillas...oh it was so good.

Loads and loads of pasta.

Now onto dessert...

SUGAR COOKIE TRUFFLES!

First, I need to explain that I had a terrible experience with this one. I overheated the blender...had to mix everything by hand...the list goes on. But they turned out better than expected for all of the hardship! I'm sure that if they were made perfectly they would be, well, perfect.

Start by making sugar cookies, just like normal. You can use just a bagged mix from the store of around 16-17 oz. Bake them until they are crispy, then let them cool for a while.

Once the cookies are cool, use a food processor to chop them up into fine crumbs. This is the point where I started having to switch to hand mode. However, once the cookies are quite fine, add 3 tablespoons of cream cheese into the processor until the mixture begins to stick together.

Now you can roll 1 inch balls of your mixture and set them on/in something. I used aluminum foil. Pop them in the freezer for about 15-20 minutes.

Here's the semi-fun part. Once you take the balls out of the freezer, get out a bowl and melt one cup of white chocolate chips and one tablespoon of shortening in the microwave 30 seconds at a time (It should only take 2 sets of these.) After each time, stir the mixture until smooth.

Dip each ball into the white chocolate and place back on aluminum foil. Before the chocolate hardens, sprinkle on some colored sprinkles to make them look pretty! (You didn't think you'd get out of here without sprinkling something, did you?)

TADA! I could only eat one in a sitting because they are soooo rich.

Oh, my day? I'll tell you about my day.

Yesterday was insane, and I don't even have a picture to prove it.

I began my day forgetting homework, my USB drive, and having to retype some papers. Not too hot of a start.

And then...I went shopping with two of my gal pals. We apparently picked the perfect day too, because there was a one-day-only sale--40% off reduced prices (which were already 60% off!) Needless to say, we bought lots of clothes. I got a dress for the RFC spring banquet for a whopping $15, and altogether, I saved $147. We were quite proud of ourselves.

While we were checking out, we heard some loud crashing behind us. The cashier looked up and said, "Oh my gosh."

We were witnessing a robbery.

A man (with saggy pants) was running through the ladies' department (holding up the aforementioned saggy pants with one hand) with two bulky men chasing after him. Word in the store is that he had a gun, too. After staring in shock at the scene, we saw the man run out of the doors, followed by some more crashing. The cashiers (eventually) checked us out, and we left the mall. We were scared silly, thinking someone would kill us as we exited through the same doors as the robber.

Later that night, I and my Baggo-buddy had another Baggo game, with another win and another loss. (Guess how we won.)

Alright, since I didn't have pictures of the robbery, shopping, or missing homework--by the way, I JUST found my USB drive--here are some other random pictures from the week!

Here's some of my favorite ladies watching their boyfriends play...and coach...intramural football! (The two girls to my side were the ones with me during the robbery.)
This is what I look like when I laugh.

Leftover Things I Have Neglected to Mention

I just realized that I left a whole section of my life uncovered. All the small things! All the batches of 3-4 hours of my life that I spend with cool people outside of class!

The ladies of the RFC had a bread baking night. While we baked bread, the menfolk stayed upstairs at the student center and played video games. When we were done, the guys came down and ate almost everything we had made. And let me tell you, that bread was delicious. I need that recipe. And if you have a good bread recipe...please tell me!

Want to know how much bread one recipe made? One massive braided loaf, (at least 18 inches long, if not longer) over 24 rolls, and each letter of my name (which is only six letters, but still. The best part of baking bread is punching it...or as most people say...kneading it.

I went on a day date with my lovely roommate/sister friend, Kelsy. Our first order of business was to take pictures of ourselves (like any normal girl.) After succeeding at that, we found the letters of our names in the downtown alleys and the mall. We intend to make banners of our names with those pictures.

One night, Kelsy and I picked up one of our little sisters (the RFC ladies are doing a big/little sister program!) and had a late-night bowling adventure. It consisted of a Sonic run, being (almost) the only people left in the bowling alley, bad scores, fantastic made-up names, and country music videos. A lot for one night, right? But it was so much fun!

Then...a group of my friends went to see a comedian from Saturday Night Live on campus...and then we got to meet him!! All in all, a really winning couple of weeks.
Then I just have to share one of my favorite pictures of the past week. Really, it's tops.

The Olympiad

At the beginning of each school year, there is a little thing the college church group here does called the RFC Olympics. It's basically to let all the new freshmen and transfer students have a chance to get to know the old members of the group. (For me last year...well...I was really shy.)

This year is already turning out to be a blast! So far we have had three events, including a photo scavenger hunt. My team is most likely in third place right now, but I'm pretty sure we deserve first.

I just wanted to make a quick stop by here and show you some of my favorite pictures from the scavenger hunt.

Here a group of us are, getting a picture of a Bible scene. Can you tell which scene it is?

Hint: It involves feeding 5000 people.

I just think this picture is funny. I find it interesting that I can slightly pull off Zach Galifinakis's style. (Picture with a famous person.)

And here we have my top favorite picture. We had to recreate a movie scene. This is Titanic. You can see the nice water under the bow of the ship. And up top you see Jack holding Rose.

While taking this picture, I told my Rose, "I've got you," to which he responded, "Never let go."

Pretty funny for a freshman male. :)

(All the freshmen I've met are just wonderful! Have I mentioned that?)

Here at the BBC!

Sometimes I wonder why I didn't get to know people sooner. For instance, after counseling church camp for two weeks and getting to know some amazing people who had been there before along with me, I couldn't figure out how I had never met them until this year.

For starters, there's the girl I bonded with over Harry Potter wands, deep talks about God and heaven while we star-gazed, discussing boys, and reading favorite Bible verses. It turns out that she and I were at church camp for about three years together. And we had always known of each other, but never knew each other.

Then there are the twins that started going to camp last year when I was a senior. We had never talked until I found out that they were planning on going to the same college as I was. Now it is insane to think that I had never known them before, because after the past two weeks, it feels like we've always been friends.

I can't forget to mention the girl who I was lucky enough to be in a cabin with for two weeks. She was also someone I had known of since last year. After fun talk as well as serious talk, I can now say that she is my friend!

There are many others who I have met this year at camp who are just as special to me as the people I mentioned. And now I wait to see how these friendships will grow in my life. I believe that God puts people in your life for a reason. I just can't wait to find out for what reasons that these beautiful people are in my life! (Other than inspiring me, helping me to grow closer to God, and contributing to my wonderful two weeks at camp!)