Good things come...

...to those who wait.

But GREAT things come to those who wait...
And wait.
And wait.
And wait.
And wait some more.

Last Tuesday (the 18th) Mike went up to Gabbs to apply for a general laborer job at the mine there. Every day after that, he called to check on his application. This Tuesday Mike just jumped in his car and drove the 80 miles there just to check in person. Thursday they called and said they wanted him to test and interview.
YES!!
Friday was my first day off in 8 days...and I must say it was the best day off EVER.
Mike and I went up to Gabbs with his parent's. Jan, Jeff and I waited outside for over an hour while Mike was inside testing and interviewing. And then, the foreman came out to talk to us!! He asked us, "so, if we hire him, will he be a good worker?"
Of course we gave rave reviews about him...and five minutes later the foreman came back out of the building to get in his truck and gave us the thumbs up.
So, who has two thumbs, a big ol' grin and an OFFICIALLY employed hubby?
THIS GIRL!!
Boo-yeah :)

We used to be friends...

So, some of you (if anyone at all; DOES ANYONE READ THIS??) may have seen that I'm taking a Facebook break. And I'm dead serious about this one. I'm logged off, it's not a homepage and it's not even a quick link anymore. NO MORE FACEBOOK FOR ME until November 19th!!
How did this come about? Well, last night, I was laying in bed after another night of a movies (well, this night was more like an "attempt". Mike wanted me to watch Black Hawk Down and I barely made it half way through). Anyways, I was laying there and I suddenly turned to Mike and I said "I don't really have very many friends."
And you know what the buggar said?
"No, you really don't..." (NOT HELPING) "...but neither do I."
So, I decided that in an attempt to remidy this, I'm taking a Facebook break and am going to use what used to be "Facebook time" as "friend time" and try to be a better friend to those few I have left. And, maybe, make more friends?
It's funny though. In an attempt to have better friendships, I'm pushing soical networking away. Kinda ironic, isn't it. But, those friendships on Facebook aren't really "friendships". I have over 350 friends on there and I don't know half of them half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of them half as well as they deserve.
Yeah...I just went there.
Anywho, it doesn't mean I'm taking a blogging break. Something is bound to pop up in between now and then that I will deem blogging worthy (I hope)

10.13.11

Molly, Haly, Brad and I
Honor Choir 2009

Me and Haly, San Fran 2009

Carolyne and Haly (twins, 11 years apart)

Bice Kids 2007

Haly Spring 2009

Forever missed, forever loved...

Forever in our hearts ♥ ♥

Halycon Marie Bice

7.13.92-10.13.09

"When someone you love becomes a memory

that memory becomes a treasure..."

Dreams and testimonies...

Almost but not quite two years. I'm going to post something on that day, so more then but for now, just this.
We've had some problems with some of Haly's friend's telling us that she is "visiting" them in their dreams. To the point that it was kind of upsetting. (This was part of the reason we had to delete her memorial page of FB). So, because of that, I was a little unsure of how to approach the dream I had about her the other night.
It was a normal dream, where everything is NOT normal. But parts were stressful and in other parts I was scared (I dream in story form, don't know if anyone else does either...) But anyways, at the parts where I was stressed or angry, I kept seeing her out of the corner of my eye. And at one point where I was super scared, she was next to me and took my hand and held it until whatever was scaring me was gone.
Those bits where Haly was around are all I remember of the dream.
And when I awoke, I had this peace in my heart like I hadn't had in a while. I'm not going to lie, the few nights before that dream where really hard for me (I cried a bit). It's the time of year. But I'm not sure of what to make of this dream. Was it "from" Haly (per say), reminding me of how she's there? Or was it just from the fact that I have been upset the past few nights. I'm not sure. All I know is that besides these questions, I haven't been as upset since the dream.
The Spirit world is often a topic of discussion around the Bice dinner table, once the kids are done and have run off to play. There is so much we don't understand, but we take what we do have to try to feel comfort, especially this time of year.
I will never stop baring my testimony of how I know families can be together forever. It is a much as a comfort to me as it was the day Grandma Arlene passed away as has been the past two years. Knowing that Haly will be with her parent's and older siblings has always warmed my heart, but now it makes me ecstatic. I always thought that I went thought such a hard time when we lost Haly so I could be prepared for it to happen in MY family...but now I see it was because it was happening to my family; no one knew it yet though.
The gospel is so true!!