I Love Lucy!

Well, who Doesn't love Lucy Ricardo?!

I'm not too sure who that person may be, but I am certain that I have two Lucy's in my life that I love!

Meet Lucy O' Connor, my beautiful friend and roommate! 

Lucy and I lived by each other last year and definitely hit it off as great friends. We're doing very well as roommates this year, too! We've both survived the first week of school and are currently pulling through week two. It's a lot of fun and I can't wait for the rest of the year-I love Lucy! 

Lucy is a French Education major, which is beautiful, since I am in Elementary French 101. Merci to her for all the help she's given to me (and will be giving to me later...I can guarantee it)! 

Aside from her language talents, she also bakes

D e L i C i O u S

cakes! I tasted one last year. 

yum. Yum. YUm. YUM.

Her cakes are baked and decorated by her-100% Lucy. For all you Iowans out there reading this, I put her card up here for a reason...

...you can also sample with your eyes at 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Love-Lucys-Cakes/150035965065986  !

Life is beautiful, college is busy, and I'm doing great! 

I've been eating WAY better (when it comes to the healthy persuasion) in college on my own. This seems backwards compared to the normal college statistics...hmm. It must be all the fruit I'm eating. 

keep eating those bananas :) 

-Hannah Banana

My Hands are Clean

I am here in Iowa and settled in nicely. School starts Monday, and I have one more day, Sunday, to enjoy summer. Everything seems to be going smoothly, except for one thing...

The ladies' bathroom has no soap! Here, the bathrooms get cleaned daily, except for the weekends. Lucky for me, I had been using my small bottle of hand sanitizer. After some time, though, it didn't feel like I was getting the clean I needed. I didn't even think to use the dish soap (that my Dad suggested I get) until a friend pointed out that I could use it as a replacement!
So for the rest of the weekend, I will be using a dish detergent for my plate to clean my hands. :) If this happens again, I will be using this as a routine backup!

Just a funny occurrence within my first day-this disturbance of the peace was not my doing this time-my hands are CLEAN!

Hannah Banana

Hannah's Bananas

I really hope that all of you reading about my daily adventures will enjoy reading them as much as I will enjoy writing about them!

Sunset in August on Pretty Lake

Starting with this post, I am pledging to only post pictures that have my trademark banana within the picture. I'm thinking that this will be a fun project amidst the places I go and the people I see! It'll be a "Where's Waldo?" experience, and it will add a little bit of flavor (almost literally) to each shot! 

Sending a smile, 

Hannah Banana 

A 'Summery' of Summer

I've had a wonderfully blessed summer with many challenges that have led me down the path that God has intended for me. Now that this summer is closing, I leave for Iowa on Friday morning to start my second year of undergrad at Iowa State!

This summer I went on a tour through Austria and Germany with the Wind Ensemble. We toured (in this order): Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Schloss Neuschwanstein castle (Germany), Innsbruck, Rothenburg, Augsburg, Frankfort. 

Afterwards, I deviated to visit family in the Netherlands. The entire trip was such a wonderful experience. I loved traveling on my own, as I could do the things that I wanted to do and explore the new world within the world. However, being with the family was truly the best part of my trip.

This is my Tante Ineke and I standing in her comfortable, humble home in the Netherlands. She's a fellow musician who made it to Juilliard. With a family member who made her dreams come true in the music persuasion, it reminds me of all that I know I can do, too.

The rest of the summer has been busy for me as I've been babysitting, enjoying friends, the summer air, and no school work! 

School starts this next Monday. Ohh man.

Wish me luck,
Hannah Banana