My future and what it holds.

Alright, so it's been a little while since I've posted something. BUT if you follow me anywhere else you'll know about my new obsession with healthful eating. Although the word obsession is typically used for something that is just going to be obsessed about for a short time. This fascination began about two months ago and I don't see it going anywhere anytime soon. It has been a complete lifestyle change for me. I'm more motivated to work out and eat healthy. In fact, eating junk isn't really an option for me anymore. I have  no desire to eat any of the junk I ate before just because I was hungry. I feel like a new person! I do feel like it has helped me to develop more self-control and patience.

Anyway, so what this blog was meant to be about is the fact that I love cooking and baking now. I've always gone through phases where I would cook for maybe a week and then fall out of it. Over the past two months I've been using the stove top and oven more and more, and with increasing ease. In fact this past weekend I made my family (minus Courtney) dinner: Turkey burgers with a side of fruit salad and green beans. I really enjoyed the experience and even more enjoyed the compliments I got on my meal. The best I got was from my dad, who is known to slather everything in BBQ sauce no matter the seasoning and preparation you took to get the flavors right. I begged him not to put his favorite condiment on these burgers, but rather use the coarse ground mustard I recommended. He loved it! "I never thought you would be good at cooking." Was his compliment about half way through the burger. Although my mom and sisters laughed, my response was...."Me either."

I've always been the odd one out when it came to cooking and baking in my family. Courtney is and I think will always be the baker in our family. She makes amazing cakes and she is a phenomenal decorator as well. Brittany is the cook. From the time she was a teenager she was cooking these great Italian meals. Anna is the kind of all around cook, she will bake or cook on the stove top, whatever she needs. I on the other hand have almost always been the microwave queen. Even making something as simple as oatmeal on the stove top for the first time would have me stressed out and unsure of every single step despite the fact that it was spelled out in simple English. Plus I wasn't ever patient enough to wait on something to cook or bake. Instant was the way to go, because when I was hungry, I was HUNGRY.

So now I am really seeing the way God is changing me and I am so very excited to see what He is preparing me for in my future. If it's keeping myself and my husband healthy and having meals prepared for him in advance I am so ready for that. Or if it's something more along the lines of cooking, baking and catering meals to the likes of children, I am ready for that as well. The thought of starting my own children off eating the delicious foods that God created for us from the start is an exciting endeavor. I want to show them the tastes of cheese beyond the boring old cheddar. Brie, feta, provolone, ricotta, monterey jack and always mozzarella cheeses. I can also tell you fruit will be a daily staple in my home. I have come to highly enjoy the sweet and tartness of strawberries, blueberries, kiwi and pineapple in my daily life. Don't even get me started on bananas though. I've never been a fan of the yellow encased fruit until now. I could eat two or three everyday and still not get enough.

Let's just say I am very much looking forward to the future that God has for me, no matter what path it may take me down. I also want to encourage fellow young woman who could never picture having a family of their own.......If it's what God wants He will provide you with the tools you will need and it will be greater and more important then any career you could have had in it's place.