sometimes i just have nothing to write about...this is one of them :)

 Well I guess it’s about time for me to post a new post. Not much has happened since my last one.

Last week I worked in the cranberry marshes in northern Wisconsin. I spread pheromone throughout the beds in order to disrupt the male mating cycles. By spreading this the male moths follow what they think is the female moth but is actually a blob of wax about the size of a gumball. I had to spread this “Splat” (that’s what they call it) throughout 30+ acres of cranberries—all with a caulking gun. I’m pretty much a pro with a caulk gun. Yeah….

I got super tan though, and my Chaco tan is pretty ballin.

Memorial Day Weekend. Absolutely loved having a 3 day weekend. And I definitely didn’t want to go back to work! Sunday I went canoeing with friends from school. Lack of water, food, too much heat, and very shallow water made everyone kind of grumpy… But other than that it was a good time. I love canoeing so despite the grumpiness of everyone I had fun :) 

I gambled with my gas tank this week. Since my gas gauge does not work I really never know how much is in there. Normally I go about 180 miles until I fill up again—definitely went 360 miles. Ha! I think I was running on just about empty. No worries, I didn’t run out.

I absolutely love those runs that you can just smile the whole way. Those are by far the most refreshing ones. Last night I ran an awesome 5.5-mile run. There is nothing like a good run to make a bad day better.

And yet once again this is another super boring post. Next post will be better I promise!! I’ll make something crazy up to make it more interesting.

Well I need to go read about Moses and the Israelites (I’m reading through Exodus for my devos) and then go to bed so I can get up and run 4 miles at 5:30.

Good Night.

Definitely never posted this and now its morning. So Good Morning! Hope everyone who reads this has a wonderful day!

my God is an awesome God.

It just amazes me how God knows exactly what you need when you need it. It also is so cool that when you are right where God wants you he’s going to provide for you and give you a family away from your own.

This morning at church after I was done playing for the Spanish church, I was going upstairs when one of the ladies followed me and proceeded to hand me a $20 bill “para gasolina.” I knew I wasn’t going to have enough money for gas until I got paid again but I hadn’t prayed about it or anything. I think God does things like this to remind us that He is in control and to bring us back to the place where we are daily putting our trust in Him.

Also I love Sundays. I especially love my church. God has placed me in Grace Baptist Church and given me an amazing church family. I’m so thankful for them. I don’t know how people manage to live without any hope or God in their lives. It baffles my mind that people are so lost and have no clue what they are doing by rejecting Christ.

One thing we talked about in Sunday School was the question of  “Who am I?” and what defines you. Well this is my definition of who I am:

            I am a sinner           

            I am saved by grace

            I am a child of the King of Kings

            I have been given a robe of righteousness

            I have a home in heaven

            I have a heavenly father who loves me more than I could ever imagine

I think that God gives us personality traits and certain likes and dislikes, but the real you is your integrity and how you react and respond to certain situations, your goals in life, and your outlook and attitude on life. Your relationship with Christ will define you for who you really are. 

God. Is. So. Good. All. The. Time.

Jesus, friend of sinners.

i'm at work right now and i'm waiting for some tissue samples to get done incubating in the freezer. sooo.....i've got 20 minutes of time to write a wee little post.

the marathon is one month from yesterday! so close!! first thing after i get done is go and get a massage and a pedicure.

okay......

i really miss my friends and it is kinda hard knowing that all my friends from home are back from school and hanging out like always. ehh, i'll get over it and pretty soon i'll be so busy that i won't even notice that i'm homesick :)

this friday i'm going thrifting. i'm in dire need of some shorts and summer clothes. jeans and long sleeves just aren't going to cut it for this summer. maybe if i was in alaska, but not wisconsin.

i heard a song by Casting Crowns yesterday and really thought the lyrics were well put.

"Jesus Friend of sinners we have strayed so far away
We cut down people in your name but the sword was never ours to
swing
Jesus friend of sinners the truth's become so hard to see
The world is on their way to You but they're tripping over me
Always looking around but never looking up I'm so double minded
A plank eyed saint with dirty hands and a heart divided

Oh Jesus friend of sinners
Open our eyes to the world at the end of our pointing fingers
Let our hearts be led by mercy
Help us reach with open hearts and open doors
Oh Jesus friend of sinners break our hearts for what breaks yours"

it kinda just whipped me in the face cuz there are so many times when i want to reach others for Christ but i judge people too much. its something i've got to work on.

my eye looks like that of a druggie. no i'm not a druggie. my contacts are old and i've been using different cleaning solution than normal. i'll be glad when that clears up!

well. i think i should go. i've got to make sure i know the next step in extracting the dna from cranberry leaves. :)

i think that just labels me as a nerd.

random fact of the day:
The US has about 9 billion chickens. China has more than 13 billion.
well that's a lot of chickens!

today was the first day i slept in to 9!! crazy! that never happens. ever. i think it has something to do with the fact that my room is super dark. one thing i love about summer is that i can go to bed whenever i want. i've been getting my much needed 8 hrs of sleep (as opposed to the 5 i had for the past three months) and it is glorious!

i had to be at work today at 12 to help out with a cranberry outreach dealio. it is part of the science expeditions at the university. so i drove my butt to work and helped little kids and crazy hippie ladies plant cranberries and make mothers day cards with cranberry stamps.

i knew i still had to run  my 18 miles and was not exactly looking forward to it so i got some coffee (black of course) and went to walgreens to by mi madre a mothers day card. its fun and sassy just like me :) i started my run at 4:30 and the first 11 were great. the last 7 were rough. now my feet hurt like the dickens. running on the back roads of central wisconsin and the glacial drumlin trail ensures many animal sightings. about 30 chipmunks, a hawk, multiple geese, 2 deer, 1 butt ugly possum, a rabbit, and many people riding their bikes. props to those who were a lil  bit on the larger side getting out doing exercise!

oh! i have decided that i am going to start my own greenhouse. this is because too many people ask me what i am going to do with and environmental science degree. i can start my own business and grow plants in the winter. perfect. :) and i can have fresh vegetables all year long.

well this is an ode to an uneventful day. hopefully my days get more interesting or anyone who reads this will be incredibly bored. blah blah blah. okay. goodnight.

Mrs Ready went home to be with Jesus last Sunday. She was my volleyball coach in highschool  and a great friend. I will most definitely miss her.

KAREN M. (MOORE) READY

VERONA ISLAND - Karen M. (Moore) Ready, 57, went to the arms of her Lord and Savior Sunday, May 6, 2012, with her loving family by her side at her home. She was born June 9, 1954, in Lewiston, the daughter of Maureen (Martin) Moore. Karen served our country in the Army Reserves. She was known for her strong work ethic and immense love of family. Karen enjoyed children, she was not happy with a quiet house, she enjoyed laughter and noise. She enjoyed her time in the outdoors; fishing, camping with family at Duck Lake, and working around the home both inside and out. Karen found a great comfort in playing, coaching and umpiring softball and was a lifelong Red Sox fan. She is survived by her beloved husband, John W. Ready Jr.; her mother, Maureen Moore; three children, Jennifer Ready, Kara (Ready) Staples and husband, Brian, and their children, her grandchildren, Kristin "Princess" Staples and Jenna "Bean" Staples, and her son, Austin Patrick Ready; and one son-in-law, Patrick Lessard. She is also survived by her siblings; Kevin Moore and wife, Brenda, Cecil Moore, Angus "Andy" Moore and significant other, Tisha Smith, Eric Moore and wife, Corinne, Kelly Moore and significant other, Rickey St. Louis, and Morgan Moore and wife, Renee; brothers-in-law, Ronald Ready and wife, Sheila, Daniel Ready and wife, Wendy; sister-in-law, Roberta (Ready) Bubar and husband, Donald; as well as many beloved aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews and friends. Karen was predeceased by one daughter, Kristin (Ready) Lessard; mother-in-law and father-in-law, John W. Ready Sr. and Adeline (Braley) Ready; and two close friends, Lori LeClerc and Maddy Cole. Family and friends will gather for visitation 2 p.m. until the time of service 3 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at Evangel Baptist Church, 16 Central St., Bucksport, with Pastor Michael Donato officiating. Committal will be after the service at Silver Lake Cemetery. A reception will be held at the church after the service and committal. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Karen's memory may be made to Susan G. Komen for the Cure , attention: Donor Services, P.O. Box 650309, Dallas, TX 75265-0309. Arrangements are under the direction of Mitchell-Tweedie Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 28 Elm St., Bucksport.
Taken from the Bangor Daily News

Mrs. Cedarholm and Sho Baraka

Well I’ve started work back up again. Today I extracted DNA from cranberry leaves. Tomorrow I’m in the greenhouse!

I think I have found my new favorite artist. Lecrae. If I can marry a man with his views on life and God, that will be amazing! :) Also I found what should be my school’s (maranatha) new theme song. Mrs. Cedarholm would be doing back flips in her grave if she heard this one! 

Here are the lyrics to the real school song—

Maranatha”, He cometh! Behold in the sky,
A SHOUT! a VOICE, the TRUMP OF GOD! Our Lord is drawing nigh!
Believe Him, receive Him, look up and thou shalt be
TO THE PRAISE OF HIS GLORY with Him eternally!

And here are the lyrics to the song Maranatha by Sho Baraka (you have to rap it to get the right effect)

“We await the return of the rock, the world will get rocked/
Pray you see this ain’t a game stop passing the rock/
He holds the top stop but he's still getting mocked/
When he cracks the sky all that mocking gon' stop/
This is just some theme music like rock n' roll-a little something, something when he rocks the globe/
You think your on top he'll rock your role- he aint Lee Jerkins but he'll rock ya soul/
Yeah he took many lashes and took the blows-wore the crown of thorns and rocked the robe/
Even took the cross and struck a pose- he knew on the third day he'll roll the stone/
Then I saw something I never saw before-high and exalted I saw the LORD/
Then I wrote a song about how I saw the LORD tried to tell everybody that I saw the LORD/
Look to the heavens it's a bird in the sky-look a little closer it's the LORD on high/
Lord and King on his robe and thigh-get your passport cuz the LORD's so fly/
Whether it's the Rapture or second flood-think about this for a second cuz/
Think about this for a second cuz-you sure you want to square up with the LORD above/
No cuz we see the end , no we gon' win trying not to sin live off his word and oxygen/
Until he comes back we're building up the church for him/

All my people on the left, all my people on the right
From the front to the back shout it loud all night
Maranatha (Come and get me) 

To all my people on the right, all my people on the left
From the back to the front, shout it loud to your death
Maranatha (Come and get me)”

I heard this song at work today and I had to laugh! 

Well I need to go to bed so I can get up and run 5 miles before work. I've got a 20 miler on Saturday!! Thankfully Holly's biking it with me. Thanks Holly!  

Good Night All!!!  

stuck brakes and 49 cent tacos

big haps in the life of helen:

i hate creamer in my coffee. i love it black.

also my car is a mess right now. i have an eggplant purple ford taurus whose name is ivan. his right front brake gets stuck and smells like burnt rubber. this causes me to get very bad gas mileage which is bad for me because my gas gauge does not work. i ran out of gas the other night; thankfully i have an extra two gallon gas tank in my trunk. no chance of being raped by someone who says they'll get me gas! :) thanks to my dad for thinking about that!

right now i'm chillin with my bestie, holly in a coffee shop in h2o-town. she is my hippie friend. we're going to get 49 cent tacos and go on a picnic. 

the alpha, which would be the first post by helen renee.

hi! this is my first blog and i'm kinda excited about it :) for my first post i'll just give you a lil bit about myself.

 we obviously are an outdoorsy kind of family.

i have a family of 4 brothers, 1 sister, and of course a mom and dad. it is never dull in my house. 


i have lived in maine my entire life. so mountains, the ocean, and moose are all very dear to my heart. three years ago when i first came to wisconsin i thought i would never like it. ever. it was so flat and there were not enough trees. well, God obviously wants me out here because he has changed how i view wisconsin. it is a very beautiful state. farms, fields, and good ol' ghetto milwaukee.

schoodic point looking towards cadillac mt. in acadia national park. pretty much  maine in a nutshell.

i turn the big 21 this summer and i'm on my own, as in i don't live with my family anymore. i was blessed to get a job at the university of wisconsin-madison on a research team for cranberries. yeah i know you're probably like, "cranberries?! what....?" well i am studying environmental science at maranatha baptist bible college and i thought it would be a good opportunity and look great on a resume. i also will be nannying three awesome kids. between these two jobs (60 hrs a week) i will be kept very busy. that's okay, i won't have time to get homesick or get in trouble.
june 16th is my first marathon. grandma's marathon in duluth, minnesota. let me tell you, it's going to be nice to be done with 18 mile long runs!

in july i plan on going on a missions trip with my church to el paso, texas and a navajo indian reservation in new mexico. i can't wait! it will be my first missions trip ever. hopefully not my last.


 i love my Savior, Jesus Christ. when i was ten i accepted Him into my heart. got baptized at twelve. at seventeen i was really doubting my salvation and then realized that Christ did everything for me on the cross of calvary; i didn't have to worry if i said the wrong words, God knew my heart. since Christ died for me, i only have one option and that is to live for him. i believe that God has a plan for me. i'm not quite sure what that is for the reset of my life, but right now i'm content with the job and life that he has given me and until he tells me to go somewhere else--here i am to stay :) i attend an amazing church, Grace Baptist Church, in madison, wisconsin; i play the piano for the spanish church--and absolutely love it!

i love to run, snowboard, crochet, flea market shop, chacos, dreads, and black raspberry chocolate chip frozen yogurt. someday i will go to nepal.