News!

Hi all!
I got an email from Mike and he said he was flying out in four to six days!He finished washing the strykers down and as of two days ago they had moved half of them to the ship to be loaded. =) He probably wrote to tell you all of this but I figured I'd just write it here in case. I hope you're all having a wonderful day and take care.
Mary

P.S. Mouse update. I went into the bathroom to get ready for school two days ago and another little mouse was stuck in the trap except that only his foot was caught and he was flipping around with the trap. I convinced my mom to set him free outside =) Yes it is a little stupid since he'll be back, but neither of us had the heart to kill the little guy. He had the biggest eyes and was so adorable! :P

Mouse Hunt Update

Some Senior Pictures taken outside...

So my little mouse friends have come back to haunt me. Here's my two lovely stories, please try to contain your laughter, because it's really quite painful for me to recall ;)

Story numero uno:

I went to work and recieved a bag of peanut m&m's from my boss' son because he had ordered an entire box full and he saw me eyeing them greedily =) I went home and decided that I didn't need chocolate that night and I would save them until morning. I left the pretty little bag FULL of M&M's on my dresser.

I awoke in the middle of the night to a pesky little mouse scratching at something near my bed. I thought happy thoughts and fell back asleep, avoiding all thoughts of the furry little creature climbing up my blankets to cuddle with me.

I awoke a second time at around 7 to get ready for school. "What on earth," I thought, "my bag of M&M's is on the floor." I leaned down to pick them up since chocolate is such a healthy breakfast, and there is NOTHING IN THE BAG! I flipped it over and there was a huge hole in the bag and little shreds of paper all over my floor. My little mouse 'friend' had eaten each and every one of my peanut M&M's.

Story numero dos:

I have woken up quite a few times to find poor little mice (yes I still pity them even though they ate my m&m's) stuck in sticky traps. My mom knows it bothers me a tiny bit to watch them still alive and dying so she bought some new traps that kill the mouse instantly (sorry the topic is a tad bit morbid) Last night when I was getting ready for bed there were two mouse traps. As of this morning, there is one in my bathroom and the other is no where to be found. The little mouse drug it off. We're just guessing but the most probable thing is that it got stuck on his tail or foot and he is, as we speak, dragging it around my house. I'll know tonight when they start running around my ceiling and hear " pitter patter pitter patter thump thump thump" oh the joys of having a house invaded by mice.

P.S. Tyler, I would like to hire you =) Your BB gun sounds really nice...

Cravings

So I'm sitting here at the shop (Wibe Electronics) thinking about food. Yes, food. It's one of my favorite things in the entire world.

I didn't eat breakfast ( I got up really late ) and I didn't eat dinner because what the school calls 'Tuna Hotdish' is anything but tuna hotdish. I was ravenous. As soon as school got out Becca and I went to the grocery store and I decided to splurge. The entire last hour everybody in study hall was talking about food. Chicken primavera, chicken parmesean, cheese ravioli, french fries, hashbrowns.. Ahh!!!! my stomach was talking VERY loudly. I got some really odd cravings

1. I desperately wanted chips with salsa and sour cream

2. I really wanted a salad with tomatoes, cheese, chopped eggs, and chicken with ranch

I'm not sure where these cravings came from since they are things I never crave. (Normally it's chocolate and coke) So that brings me to the grocery store and my big splurge.

You have to understand that I'm tight on my money. For me to waste money on food very rarely happens unless I'm buying soda for Becca and Sammy. I spent 12 dollars and some odd cents on chips, salsa, sour cream and chicken breasts. I'm so completely prepared to pig out and watch movies with Christy and Mom. Hmm food. Anyway, I'm not sure why I felt like writing on here other than the fact that I thought I'd share my crazy eating habbits with you. =)

Today

Today is another day and I'm heading off to work. I came in a little early to run some overheads off for worship tomorrow though. Last night before I went to bed Mike JVD (Christy's husband) and I were practicing music for Sunday. It was awesome and I got to learn a few new songs. Underneath here are some lyrics to a few of my favorites. Anyway, other than waking up, I have fixed Christy's hair for the wedding she's going to and ate some pizza. It's one of those lazy days which are nice to have everyonce in a while. Hopefully George is in a good mood and the night goes by quickly. Saturday nights are normally pretty crazy so we'll see how it goes. Take care =) cao

Well everyone needs compassion,
And love thats never failing,
Let mercy fall on me
Well everyone needs forgiveness,
Kindness of the Saviour
The Hope of the nation

(Chorus:)Saviour, He can move the mountains,
My god is mighty to save,
He is mighty to save
Forever author of salvation,
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave

So take me as you find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again

I give my life to follow
Everything that i believe in
Now i surrender

(Bridge:)Shine your light and let the whole world see
We're singing, for the glory of the risen king,
JesusShine your light and let the whole world see
We're singing for the glory of the risen king, Jesus

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A thousand times I failed
Still Your mercy remains
And should I stumble again
I'm caught in You grace
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame

My heart and my sould
Lord I give You control
Consume me from the inside out Lord
Let justice and praise
Become my embrace
To love you from the inside out

Your will above all else
My purpose remains
The art of losing myself
In bringing You praise
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame

Everlasting your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart
Is to bring You praise
From the inside out
Lord my sould cries Out

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Hide me now
Under your wings
Cover me
within your mighty hand

When the oceans rise and thunders roar
I will soar with you above the storm
Father you are king over the flood
I will be still and know you are God

Find rest my soul
In Christ alone
Know His power
In quietness and trust

MICE

So my house has recently been invaded by furry little mice! I like mice, I think they're cute, BUT there is a point when the cuteness turns into a little bit of creepiness. One example is WHEN THEY RUN ACROSS YOUR CIELING WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO SLEEP! hehe it was a long night of me being a little creeped out. I think they were having races.. and when I say they I mean the little ARMY that is living in my bedroom. It is a little sad though because the last two mornings I have woke up to find a mouse in a sticky trap. They are still alive and I almost wish I could unstick them and set them free; however, that would result in more mice and more racing across the tiles. Oofta. What to do?

=)

College English Assignment

As stated in past posts, I am taking a college English class. This semester is based on original compositions. One part of the semester grade is for a journaling project that we are to write about the book Live Like You Were Dying by Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman. The book also inspired the song sang by Tim McGraw.
When I first got a look at the journaling project I thought of that song; it’s one of my favorites. I had a lot of emotions as Ms. Muehlberg read through the different topics from the book. Ms. Muehlberg is my favorite teacher, mostly because she doesn’t just teach, she cares and inspires. Her assignments are not just assignments from the classroom but from life.
For me journaling is something that takes a long time to sit down and do because once I start writing about how something makes me feel, I tend to not stop for quite a while.
I don’t know why but I thought I would put the topics on here to share with you. They aren’t things that make you stop in your tracks, but they do make your mind work a little.

1. “Live like you were dying.” What does this mean to you?
2. “We’re all terminal. Some of us are just lucky enough to know it.”
3. “You have big, beautiful dreams that you keep tucked away. You think so many things stand in your way of finding those dreams, those hopes, those wishes…of finding the YOU that you desire. You think it’s too soon, it’s too late, it’s too hard, it’s too crazy… But all of that is about to change. The greatest journey begins with a single step.”
4. “Go! Just GO! Right, left, wrong, right—Go! No stopping and looking back. No what-ifs. Just GO! This is something new. There are no wrong moves—you’ll learn from everything. There are no mistakes except inaction. GO! You’re scared to do this? I’m scared you won’t do it. Go, even if it’s in the completely wrong direction at first. Say your prayers and Go!”
5. “At some point we all start to realize that the fabulous life and fabulous friends we had always thought we were going to have were not going to happen, and we just have to make do with the incredibly odd assortment we have been given. So the only thing to do is start treating your life and your friends and your time together…well, fabulously.”
6. “Too many STOP sings. Maybe that’s the problem. There are just too many stop signs in this world. Every road you go down, just when you’re about to get somewhere… there’s another stop sign.
It’s a metaphor of our lives that every road has stop signs all over it. It’s no wonder so many people feel as if they will never get to their dreams. It’s no wonder so many people don’t even bother to begin the chase. They know there will be so many stop signs.
7. “Hey, would you do me a favor? JUST LET IT GO.
I know how long you’ve carried it around and how heavy it is. JUST LET IT GO.
Deep down, you know it was just one of those things. JUST LET IT GO.
You’ve had it so long, it’s hard to imagine life without it. JUST LET IT GO.
You know we weren’t made to hang on to it. JUST LET IT GO.
Right now. This moment. You’ve waited long enough. JUST LET IT GO.
And then you can give the forgiveness you’ve been denying. Oh, yeah, just one more thing… Forgive yourself.”
8. “Do something that makes your heart beat faster every day. Give the dog a bite of yours sandwich. Play air guitar—rock ‘n’ roll air guitar. If it’s short, let it grow… You can always cut it. If it’s long, cut it…You can always let it grow. Don’t underestimate the power of a crayon. Wear pajamas out for the evening. Top down. Radio up. Laughing friends. Laugh until you cry. And vice versa.”
9. “Like tomorrow is a GIFT, and you’ve got eternity to think, What did I do with it? What did I do with it? May we live like we were dying. With passion and purpose and mission and meaning… and with a little wild abandon. With no forgiveness withheld and no anger held within.
May we live like we were dying. With a heart full of memories, precious and true, like a Bible that we can open anywhere and find ourselves and faith. With friends and family and hugs and laughter and singing and praying and crying and holding hands and saying all the sappy stuff. Then and only then.. May we die like we were living.”

It’s really late right now and I’m exhausted from being in school all day and then going back tonight. I will write some more by this weekend I’m sure. I hope everybody is sleeping well and having sweet dreams as I write this. Night.

Hi all

Hi everybody,
I'm in school and bored out of my mind. I just ate a nasty nasty lunch of what they call 'fish' Today has been a good day. I came to school in sweatpants so it's kind of just one of those relax and act like you're learning days =) I was just rereading everybody's blogs and decided I'd write a quick note. Becca says to say hi. As usual she's sitting right next to me =) I have work tonight and tomorrow is more school and college english, yay. Anyway, I hope you're all doing great and having a wonderful day. God bless.

.... Keith, I hope you're feeling better.
... I am not so great at spelling today.. is it everybodies? or everybody's? hehe sorry
Mary

Time

Time has been flying which is definately a good thing. I don't even really know where to start to catch you all up on everything that has been happening.
August started out with a great surprise. Kent came home to visit. He arrived at my house around 6 on a Friday. He gave me the idea of asking my mom if I could go with him back to Washington to help him with the long drive. Well you know me, if you give me an idea I take it and run. Sunday night around midnight he and I took off. It was a long drive and we took a pitstop in Butte, Montana to watch the Bourne Ultimatum. I fell asleep for the first 15 minutes (driving all night can do that to a person) Kent dropped me off at the Spokane train station that night.
I met some interesting people on the train, including a woman who told me she was going to adopt me =) She was a sweet elderly lady who talked to me for about 4 hours.
The next weekend my friend Jonathan came to take Kayla and I's senior pictures. It was a fun weekend and we discovered that chinese food in Canada is nasty...
The weekend after that my brother Mike, his wife Jenn and their precious son Caleb came to stay at the house. We added another 12 people from Mike JVD's family to my house as well that weekend. There were beds all over the floors and people everywhere. It was nuts but so fun.
Other than that not a whole lot happened in August. I babysat Kallen a lot which was great of course, and I have been working at the restaurant. Somedays it gets so crazy there that I want to scream but I love working with the people.
School started on the 22nd of August. So far it has been okay. Some classes are still boring and some classes I wish were still boring. I already know which classes are going to stress me out and which ones I will love. Oh and I'm taking another college English class. It's only every Wednesday compared to 5 hours everyday like the college speech.
My Kacie has left me for college. Saying goodbye to people is such a hard thing. I know that it is part of growing up and all but it seems like there are so many goodbyes lately and not enough hellos. I can't think of it as losing a friend though because Kace is so close that no matter what I'll always love her and we'll be here for eachother. The night we said goodbye I think we hugged about 20 times and cried for 10 minutes straight while sitting in her car.
Today consisted of me waking up, coming to town to drop off Mark and his friend, then heading to Becca's to watch a movie. It was a horrible horrible horrible movie so it was kind of a waste of two hours. I did however, rent another movie to watch tonight that I know will be great. I know because I've seen it already. It's a chickflick of course, Pride and Prejudice... I know I'm predictable.
Tonight I will be sitting on my couch crying, and screaming at Elizabeth Bennet, while watching that movie, until I remember that I have Chem homework and a chapter of College English notes to take. Then I won't go to sleep until around 1 because I, Mary Wibe, and a big procrastinator. Oye.
September is so far rather icky. The summer is quickly turning into autumn and the leaves are changing already. It's time for tennis shoes and hoodies to be brought out. I don't have too many big plans for this month but am praying it goes by quickly, as Mike comes home in the beginning of October. I can't wait to see him again. Oh and if Kent is reading this. Happy Birthday! I know it's a little early but I haven't gotten around to sending you a gift yet and I know that the snail mail takes forever to get to the base.
Okay I'm going to go for a walk outside. The air smells so fresh and it's just one of those days where walking is wonderful. I hope that everybody has a great day and God bless you all.
Mary