Turkey Time

In the spirit of Thanksgiving which has only just passed, here is a non-comprehensive list of things I am thankful for that I have experienced with or received from Rebekah:

- Studying for Synoptic Gospels or Pentateuch late into the night, while still having fun

- Looking up pointless information on Wikipedia

- Talking about God and the Bible

- Saturday night coffee (with Anna! :])

- Ihe illuminated "J" painting she made for my birthday

- ALL of our Oxford/study abroad-related adventures... there are too many to recount!!!

- Intending to simply pass by each other but not leaving the same room for an hour because we started talking

- Her horse obsession (I now know more than I ever thought I would ever know about horses... well, to be honest, I only remember some of it)

- The weird noises she makes (I still don't know if I passed them onto her or if I got them from her)

- How we have to play "Who Can Make a Straight Face First" instead of "Who Can Keep a Straight Face the Longest" because we can hardly look at each other without breaking into a smile

- Her loyal friendship

- Her honesty and integrity

- Watching and making fun of the Twilight movies together

- Her reading voice that makes me drowsy

- The way we were able to make a delicious turkey together! (See below)

Before

After

The above turkey was cooked for our 3rd annual Oxford Thanksgiving dinner. This was both of our first times to make a turkey ourselves but it was quite delicious! Now we know what things to take out of the inside of a raw turkey before you cook it...

"L" is for the Way You Look at Me

Anna, Rebekah, and I just finished singing songs in The Den for two hours. Not really. But we did go there and enjoy some coffee while we played a game where we thought of a word and had to think of songs that had that particular word somewhere in the lyrics. The best part is, we discovered that Anna can't spell color words and also has a slight obsession with pumpkins.

Speaking of pumpkin, Anna's sister visited and they made absolutely delicious pumpkin muffins. I'd say they were deliciously moist, but I hate that word. Oh - uhh... I mean... they were "succulent."

I have to brag on Anna and Rebekah. They spent about 6 hours one Friday night making awesome Halloween costumes. Rebekah was a giraffe and Anna was a zebra. Everybody thought they bought them! See, that's how awesome they are. That and the fact that they know how to party on a Friday night.

Rebekah has a little dish on our coffee table filled with candy corn. It's really funny because she's used almost two big bags of the stuff and this dish is tiny. That's a lot of refills. Anyway, I think it's a nice way of welcoming guests, and after we all move out I can't wait to visit Rebekah's house/apartment to see what kinds of yummy stuff I can nick off her coffee table.

Random fact: Rebekah is terrified of having wrinkly clothes.

Wonderful quotes:

"You can't put a price on good donuts."

- Rebekah

"R-E-D-E, red! W-H-I-T, white!"

- Anna