iowa.

today i was really happy to be alive.  one of the most beautiful days i have experienced in a while!

today i was brought back to my time in kentucky in so many ways, even though i am actually visiting iowa.

iowa. IT IS AWESOME!  there are so many farms, old barns, and flowers.  oh, and how could i forget...corn. lots and LOTS of corn.  really i could go without all of the corn...but it's still great!  my roommate and best friend kourtney is getting married, and since her fee-ohn-say;) is in Afghanistan i get to stand in and help with lots of the wedding planning.  it's pretty great considering this weekend, i got to try wedding cakes, catered dishes, and visit the barn where they are going to have their reception.

i pretty much had a panic attack when i got to the barn because it filled me with so much joy.  it was so beautiful.

hmm.

Here are some of the thoughts that go through my mind as I drive home to funerals.

The Lord has been teaching me so much lately.  As a fairly scatterbrained individual sometimes it is hard for me to get all of my thoughts out in an organized way, but thankfully I’m not being graded on this.  That would really stink.  Thank you Jesus!

Things I’ve been learning. 

People matter.  Things don’t. 

If you know me, I really like to make things and use my creative side.  I am constantly looking at things and thinking about what I could make out of it. That reminds me, I really want to snag my boyfriend’s old bike wheel, spray paint it, and use it on my wall.  ;)  The cool thing about having this type of mind, is that you can make things for people you care about!  Because if you don’t get rid of it, you become a hoarder!  I have recently tried to get rid of some things to simplify my life, let my brain relax, and because I can’t wear five hundred outfits in the three hundred sixty five days of the year…especially when I wear workout clothes for the majority of them. 

another thought...

I really love Jesus, eating healthy, crafts, and I have the brain of an entrepreneur…

Wouldn't it be cool to have a food truck?! A healthy food truck?  Honestly, I've only eaten from a food truck once, and it was Thai food down by the river, so I don’t know if most food trucks are healthy.  Anyway, I have this idea that I’ve been thinking about lately:  I think it would be cool to have a food truck called Eden Eats…like the garden of Eden. Get it? Isn't that cool?!  It would be a things like smoothies, and organic foods.   Slogan:  “We don’t serve forbidden fruit.”  I think the idea spawned because I have had smoothies for the majority of my meals this week. . .mostly because I feel like I get to eat ice cream at any point during the day, and they taste seriously good.  My friends like to make fun of my ingredients, but I say haters gonna hate. ;) or as my sister would say, "haters gon' hate." :) Okay, maybe sweet potato, pumpkin, kale, pineapple ,blueberry, and mango sounds like an odd combination.  Try it.  You’ll never go back.  Also, peanut butter powder.  I think the PB2 company should pay me for their increase in sales.  My cocoa, peanut butter powder, banana, kale ice cream is great.  And no one wants to eat it so I don’t have to share.  What a perk.  So as you can tell this foodtruck is a very developed idea, and judging by the demonstrated ADD throughout the last paragraph, this business plan has a lot of potential.  I’m practically ready to launch. 

Speaking of launching businesses. Saint Little Flower.

Saint Little Flower is a business I would really like to start.  I got the name Saint Little Flower from the saint, Therese the Little Flower who is the patron saint of foreign missions.  I also love LOVE flowers and anything in nature.  I would like to start doing something that would help with missions locally and globally.  It would be a craft business where I use old things to create new things.  

So these are the scattered thoughts I sometimes develop...or don't.  :)