Three

As of today Darren has caught 3 mice. One of the mice was caught before entering the garage.  Darren was out doing housework and it was scurrying to the garage, in the end after the struggle it has found a home under ground.  So Mrs. D definitely had it pegged, we thought there was one but as she stated they come in 2, 3 or more.  Darren heard no noises while cleaning the garage and doing yard work today, so hoping the end of visits from these little guys is coming soon. 

On a hunt

Darren is on a mission.  A mission to catch a mouse.  He recently saw it scatter across the garage and on Sunday he placed 4 traps.  Nothing happened Monday but today he found the traps minus the peanut butter and cheese.  I had to fill up on fuel and at Darren's request I also went to pick up some more traps to add to the collection going on in the garage. We are now up to 6 traps.  
I think mice and anything that looks like a mouse, hamsters, gerbils are all disgusting.  They gross me out and I am mostly petrified of them.  So of course I have stayed away from the garage.  Hopefully tomorrow it will be caught and the mouse does not invite any friends over. 

Ouch

Still on my quest to get into the best shape possible and putting on the muscle. I started the abdominal exercises and I had one gym workout last week, it was a hectic and busy schedule. Every night after the initial ab workout that was an addition to my regular strength training I struggled getting into bed and comfortable. Needless to say getting back into my routine tonight I found that my lower abs are still sore, I was working on planks tonight and I could not hold for the whole minute on my 3 rep rotation. I hope to remember and find some other helpful exercises that will boost my results. I am excited to continue my journey. Although I have not started my running again, hopefully that will be added to my routine soon.

Up 2

So as of a couple of months I have been on a mission, a mission to put on weight but not just to put some pounds on but to put it on in the form of muscle. My goal initially was to put on 10lbs but now that I have put on the two I am rethinking that. I have been working very hard on increasing my muscles in my legs to ease pain and stress off of my back. I have been feeling such great satisfaction from working on my biceps, triceps and shoulders. The results are rewarding for me. My body has been a main focus throughout my life but not in always in a healthy way. I have been underweight according to BMI standards and it has no bothered me until we start talking family, with our plans for a family comes the need to live healthier and not have to scramble to put on weight when we decide to start. I want to put on the weight in a healthy manner and gradually. We are not rushing in any way but preparation is key. My goal for September is to start focusing on my abs. I will only be weighing myself on the first Saturday of each month, weight lifting 3 times a week and to gradually get back into running. I eat several healthy snacks, light lunches and will increase protein as part of meals. I have also been using chocolate milk as my recovery drink which is supposed to help when building muscle.
So as long as the scale is not lying and it was not a fluke, water weight or something else, I will consider myself on my way to putting on the muscle.

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I have been looking at our wedding photos excessively over the last 3 weeks, first it began as wow they look great and trying to remember each moment and now it's about choosing which ones to print to display or share. And I begin to think about how great it all went, how much support and people were willing to help get things done. I do not recall anything going wrong or not to plan-it went smooth, I think. I had a great time and am so glad we had so many photos taken as it is such a blur now. I would definitely do it all over again.

Please come already

We are exactly 90 days away from starting our road trip to a great ship.  Our honeymoon, will be long over due, taking more than one day off from work- definitely needed. 
But some things to look forward to between now and then:

•labor day weekend, bachelorotte party, some down time and Darren's family golf scramble
•The start of football season- and Darren being gone for almost whole days
•My first meeting of the year for Phi Mu- which also means plenty of additional paperwork
•James dean days- antiquing 
•new season of Grey's Anatomy and hopefully some trash tv to become addicted to
•some nights by the fire pit hopefully
•a friends wedding
•Halloween- Darren is already very excited
•day light savings time-not so much looking forward to changing all of our clocks
•choosing wedding photos to display in the house and continuing to decorate

So much more I am sure but we will see what happens.

Ready for some down time

I have had one of those weeks, the kind of week that has been a whirlwind of exhaustion. Its only Wednesday and each night has been filled with work and play but ends with coming home late and ready to just lay in bed. But of course there is still more to do once I get into the house on top of my bedtime rituals. It's been nice to have plans and be busy but it has almost been too much with each day being packed with different things. Just hope that all my responsibilities and plans do not become too much to handle.

Memories

We just received our wedding photographs a few days ago, Wednesday to be exact. They are great, I throughly enjoyed seeing the day over, capturing moments I had not recalled. The wedding is such a blur, so much going on, so many conversations. Our photographer did a really great job on selecting our 200 prints for our album and soon I will make time to go through the cd's that have all 400+ photos and find more that I did not realize were taken. I have been very excited, looking through them a few times this week, thinking of which ones I would like enlarged and where we would display them in the house. I was able to share our photographs with my girlfriends last night and today will share them with Darren's family. And eventually I will post a few.

I am...

I am..
Mrs. D
This hits me every once in awhile. Mostly because one person or another has said "hello Mrs. D," thinking its so great and cute, or something like "this is Bea D, she is married to Darren.". To me this is one of the bigger blows because I only introduce myself by my first name, I still write my given last name on all paperwork, all my bills have my given name. It's such a big leap to think everyone just assumes and sometimes I have a desire to correct that it has not changed just yet as it's a process. Plus my license does not expire for another year.
For me, having my identity taken is the hardest thing ever, my name makes me who I am, have become, what I believe in and stand for. It is much harder than giving in to the married life. Slowly my identity, who I see myself as and what makes me who I am is beginning to change in ways that I never wanted or expected. I know it is all not bad but I am Bea X B.

I do what I can

Today I had the day off. It was a productive day, started it earlier than I thought I would be getting onto my errands and housework. I started by cleaning the kitchen, got an oil change and clipped coupons while waiting. Got my grocery shopping done, best buy was a regular size toothpaste for FREE- it was on sale for 1.00 then I had a .50 coupon that doubled to a dollar and made it one of my great deals for the day. I baked cookies, took Darren lunch and shared the baked goods with some of his co-workers. Ran an errand at Target then took an almost 2 hour nap. Things are loaded in the truck from the wedding, and a relaxing evening with Darren, and just started to work on some laundry. It was a glorious day, I could get used to being a housewife, I have got to go for my goal of making a living by working from home. Hmmm...