Dress Shopping

Like most girls I love shopping, especially dress shopping. There is something so thrilling about looking at dresses. Now, don't get me wrong. I am not a girly girl! I love camping, hiking, running, rolling in the mud, playing outdoors, etc. My sister and I spent our childhood playing dolls. But our dolls didn't just host tea parties. They would host tea parties and then go repelling. We would tie a rope around their waists and off the roof they'd go :) We had a lot of fun. Our dolls might not be in the best shape anymore but they were the most loved I'm sure.
So I love looking at dresses and I even like wearing them, so long as its no more then three times a month. And three times a month is like Sunday dresses. Really formal dances and stuff should only be once a month, if that. Despite not wanting to wear them all the time, I always want to buy them. When I walk down the street past little shops, I see the dresses calling out to me. Blue ones, green ones, black, sundresses, mexican style, flowing, greek-like, the whole shebang. I just love them :)
So really this blog has no point to it, I just happened to see some pretty dresses and decided to blog a bit about how much I like dress shopping.

How to Make a Sandcastle Cake

Sandcastles look good and ice cream tastes good so when you combine the two you get a super good ice cream cake that looks like a sandcastle!
First a list of ingredients:
Vanilla Ice Cream. You should probably but a two gallon thing because that means more ice cream and more ice cream is always good. :)
Cinnamon.
Sugar. Lots and lots of sugar.
Candies! Get creative. Usually Swedish Fish and Gummy Worms but whatever you can find to decorate your sandcastle with.
A CLEAN!!!!! sandcastle mold. You may need more then one depending on how many people you are planning on serving.
Space in your freezer. This is usually a lot harder than it sounds.

Okay here we go!
Step 1) Place your ice cream in the fridge for aproximately one hour so that it becomes soft and pliable.
Step 2) Cram the now softened ice cream into the molds. Make sure it is packed very tightly. *It is a good idea to put some cinnamon sugar into the mold before putting the ice cream in. This will make it easier to get the ice cream out of the mold.
Step 3) Place in freezer and wait at least two hours preferably longer.
Step 4) Get a washcloth very hot, but not soaking and thaw out the mold. Continue doing so until you can gently shake out the castle. This is the hardest part. You might not get it on your first try which is why you should make more than one castle. If neccesary you can use a knife to ease out the ice cream but this may distort the sandcastle shape. *Take your time!
Step 5) Sprinkle cinnamon sugar all over the castle. Freeze over night.
Step 6) It's party time! Decorate the cake and add new cinnamon sugar. Return to freezer. Half an hour later and its ready!. Eat quickly :)

This particular photo is a sandcastle cake I made for a school project. It is a delicious representation of the Island from William Golding's "The Lord of the Flies"

Shuffle it up!

I really love techno/electronica/dance music. My boyfriend has made me a couple different playlists which makes it all a lot of fun. Some of my favorite artists are DJ Tiesto, Kaskade, and Cascada. Although I really like a couple of Bassnector's songs. So here is a short sample of some awesome music.

Hope you enjoyed!I got all the videos from Youtube.