International Week
This week, the three of us decided to give ourselves a culinary challenge: make international food all week. This went very well on Monday when we prepared Pad Thai and spring rolls, both of which were quite fantastic and fun to make. And Tuesday's green Curry was also delicious. Wednesday, however, was a bad day in the world of international cooking. Amanda, brave soul that she is, took on the challenge of falafels. Things went well at first but when she tried to check the temperature of the oil that she would be frying the little falafels in, a sudden explosion of oil and glass indicated the end of a relaxing cooking experience. Bearing an oil burn on her cheek, Amanda disposed of the glass sprinkled oil and cleaned up as much of the former thermometer turned explosive as she could. She then managed to fry several falafels before tragedy again struck by way of too cold oil and destroyed falafel. Her rather clueless roommates came to the sparsely set dinner table to find a less than chipper Amanda. The ones that did turn out though were a hard-fought-for treat. The rest of international week went smoothly. Right up to the Chinese Buffet on Friday evening.

Must-See Thursday
This week, the VS house came to believe in the power of prayer: The Office returned. Thus, Thursdays are right again with Survivor, The Office, 30 Rock and Scrubs all coming together to make our lives laughable.

Relaxy Weekend
The three of us spent Friday and Saturday doing very little, which was very, very nice. We each had a few little errands and things to do before we settled in on Saturday night with a good movie and a bag of chips.
Sunday was busy, busy though with church in the morning, Godspell rehearsal in the afternoon and young adult Bible study in the evening. All of our Sunday activities brought smiles, surprises and challenges to last us all week.