Mike♥Bethany

WE ARE BACK!

2009-07-05T19:38:00.000-07:00

I know it has been a while, but WE ARE BACK! There has been so much going on with only 32 days left till the big day!!! We are getting very excited. Recently we have had some fun events, like Paul and Jesse's wedding, the Carollo/Girgenti family picnic, and our engagement pictures taken by our wedding photographers (I will be posting those soon). Me and mike have been busy putting the finishing touches on our home. Yesterday, we spent the whole fourth of july weeding, planting flowers, and fixing our landscaping. ;) Anyways, it's nice to be back, I will try to stay more current. XOX Bee n' Mike

Miss my moon

2009-03-24T20:59:00.000-07:00

Me and Mike got to see each other this whole past weekend (which NEVER happens by the way), and I think I just got way too spoiled with all of his attention. Tonight, I was really going through some Mike withdrawals, and it is so funny because I just saw him yesterday, and today I'm thinking "wow... I really miss that boy...." He is just the cutest best thing that was ever invented ;)

This past Saturday, I threw him his first "real" birthday party. Me and Amber had a double surprise party for him and jesse, and yes... they were both very surprised. It was a lot of fun. Tomorrow night is our first week of the 6 for pre-marital counseling through the church, so I am pretty excited for that. Anyways, We'll keep you posted.

Love, Bee n' Mike XOX

Stain... Stain... Stain...

2009-03-19T20:47:00.001-07:00

We had no idea what we were going to do with our outdated, old, ugly cabinets in our kitchen... So we had the CRAZY idea to sand them all down to the bare bone (not an easy task let me tell you), and restain. It took me 6 hours to sand down 17 cabinet facings, and tonight, me and mike were at the house from ~4:14-10. We also decided to sand our fireplace ledges down because they were so dark, and old, and I figured we mine as well since our whole house is pretty much covered in sawdust... :) Anyway, me and Mike were taking turns with the sander, the goggles, and the filtered mask. The Stain remover and stain are SOOOO POTENT, I actually started getting nauseous toward the end of the night :/

We will have so much more work to do, but it is encouraging to see a little taste of how gorgeous it will look in the end ;)
WOW... Night and Day difference
Lil hard worker ;)

Much love, Will keep you updated!!! XOX Bee n' Mike

We L♥VE our bathroom

2009-03-17T21:12:00.000-07:00

Me n' my moonbeam
So, when we first bought this house, our bathroom was pretty much a dump. We decided to paint it the dark dark purple (which a lot of people had their doubts about :) ), and then I found this decorative wood molding at Michaels. Because our "cut in" job was far from perfect due to our uneven ceiling and lumpy walls, it was driving me crazy. So I painted the molding black, and nailed them up. It ended up turning out really nice, and it was soooo cheap (but time consuming). So at least we love our bathroom, but now we have the rest of the house to do :)

All in good time....

This past weekend, Uncle Mike, Rachel, My dad, and a few other people stopped by and helped out. It makes such a difference when we have a good team working on the house. We finally got to painting the back room, and we are now left with the kitchen and the basement. We are planning on sanding down all of our OLD oak cabinets in the kitchen, and re-staining them... That is going to take A LOT of patience. Anyways, we are getting excited, and we have a moving day! It will be nice to have Mike only 7 minutes from my parents house. :)

xox Love, Mike n' Bee

More Shopping Around

2009-03-17T21:08:00.000-07:00

Me and Mike decided to stop in Lazy Boy and Check out the deals that they have. We enjoyed sitting in the huge chairs, but they are a little out of our price range.

Mike found this picture at Bed Bath and Beyond to add to our Eiffel tower collection. ;)

Registering!!!!

2009-03-06T14:00:00.000-08:00

Mike and I had such a FUN time registering for all of the stuff that we want in our future home together! :) We didn't understand all the warnings we had gotten about it being a long tough day, and being prepared.. We had a blast!!! We registered at Bed, Bath, and Beyond, JCPennys, and Target. We only registered for a few things at target (the things that bb&b didn't have), and we found our dishes and glasses at JcPennys. Anyways, the wedding is coming up so quick! It is so exciting. Our house is coming along... It is a work in progress, and we get over there as often as we can (which isn't too often). Step by step...

XOX Bee n' Mike

Coming Along

2009-02-24T18:43:00.000-08:00

The photos decided to print themselves backwards, so instead of the "before and afters," It's more like... the afters and the before.." We are pretty much done with the whole front of our house, and now we have to work on the kitchen, family room, and bathroom. We are pretty excited, and glad that we still have a good five months to fix it up. XOXO Bee n' Mike

THE SPARE BEDROOM AFTER
THE SPARE BEDROOM BEFORE
OUR BEDROOM AFTER
OUR BEDROOM BEFORE
THE OFFICE AFTER
THE OFFICE BEFORE
THE FRONT ROOM AFTER
THE FRONT ROOM BEFORE

Blessed

2009-02-20T20:39:00.001-08:00

My baby got in such a bad accident today. I was at work, and Mrs. Moon walks in around 1 o'clock. I knew something was wrong, and she told me that Mike was in a serious accident and was brought to the hospital by an ambulance. I left work immediately, and we made our way over to Royal Oak Beaumont. Me, Mr. and Mrs. Moon, Grandma, my mom, and Daniel had to wait a good 2 hours before we could even see Mike. He was being taken for CAT scans and numerous X-rays. FINALLY we were able to see the cute lil patient. I stayed with Michael at the hospital, and they wanted to do a stomach CAT scan, and a few other neurology tests. They wanted to keep him overnight for observation, but Michael was so anxious to just be home. We ended up signing discharge papers and getting out of the hospital around 6:30. For those of you who don't know exactly what happened, here is the story. Mike was driving home from school, and was going through a GREEN light at 17 mile road and Dequindre. The car in front of mike made it through the green, and there was a semi-truck to the left of mike at the green (which was blocking mikes view of the left hand side). A blue Durango ran through the RED, and T-Boned into Mike's car. All of the airbags went off in the car, and the car ended up being totaled. Mike lost consciousness, and when he came to, there were a lot of people around, and he heard someone say something about the car being on fire. He panicked, and forced himself out of the car ignoring any pain that he had. The paramedics came, and took him in a stretcher because of his back and leg pain. The woman who hit Mike was in the same ER, and unfortunately did not wear her seatbelt. She ended up with black eyes, a broken nose, and some other broken bones. She felt so bad and apologized every time we walked past her bed. Mike was so blessed to have been able to walk away from such a horrible accident... I will be waking him up every two hours tonight due to the fact that it is still possible for him to get a concussion. Thank you for your prayers, and I am going to have to spoil that boy like crazy tomorrow.

XOXO Bee n' Mike

9 months

2008-11-08T05:19:00.001-08:00

Gabe is the cutest thing. He sent me, Hannah, and Michael this email yesterday because our wedding is exactly 9 months from yesterday. It is so exciting to think how fast that time is going to go by. We have already made so many good memories just planning with Hannah and Gabe.

Today, I am leaving for Florida! I am so excited!!!

XO BEE

FURNITURE....

2008-11-07T05:52:00.000-08:00

Me and Michael now have a BEAUTIFUL EMPTY house that we need furnish in the next few months. If anyone knows of anyone getting rid of any of their furniture (as long as it's usable ;) ) Please... Let us know... THANKS! XOX~Bee n' Mike

Separate Vacations....

2008-11-07T05:40:00.000-08:00

Mike left yesterday to go see his brother Greg graduate as a Green Beret. We are so proud of him, and I am really sad that I couldn't make the trip to see him. I am leaving Saturday night with Angie, my mom, and my dad for FLORIDA! I am really excited, especially since I haven't had much time off since I started school in January. My birthday is November 10th (monday), and I will not be with my baby on my birthday. I hate not seeing mike for such long periods of time. :( I already miss him, and he left YESTERDAY! XOX~Bee

Obsessed...

2008-11-04T05:44:00.000-08:00

Let me just say that I am obsessed with my ring. One of the smaller diamonds fell out about a three weeks ago, so I brought it back to the jeweler. She gave me this big speech on how you shouldn't wear your diamonds to bed because of the sheets (?????), also how I should never wear the diamond when I am at school because of gloves, also, I shouldn't wear the ring when I am running or working out, cleaning,... etc... OH! And... I should never put my hands in my pockets or put mittens on... Okay... So I said to her... "So,... Basically... I can never wear my ring... ?" And she said, "Well, most jewelers don't tell you that so that you have to come back to them and they get to charge you more to replace a diamond that you lost.." I don't know... This sounds pretty ridiculous to me, and I have never heard of anyone saying that you can't wear your ring to bed because of the sheets... Anyways, she had to add 52 new prongs around each diamond, and she said that it was 500 dollars worth of repairs because I was "too rough" on the ring. Then she also told me that this time she would fix it, but next time she would have to charge me... hmmm... I don't know....

Tough Times...

2008-10-27T20:15:00.001-07:00

Me and Mike get barely any time to spend together. He is so busy with school and work, and I have school and work too, and they seem to always be CONFLICTING with his schedule. So... Basically.. me and mike have two real days we get to be together... We have: Saturday nights (when I get out of school at 5), and Sundays (which is usually after 6 at night). It has been this way for quite a while now... So.. It has been pretty tough on us both. It seems like we never really see each other, and I can't wait for that to change. So... I did something out of the ordinary two days a week thing tonight, and I drove over to see my baby... We had a good time... Mostly just sat around with his mom and grandma, and looked at some old books, pics, and letters from our past. When I left his house tonight... It made me so sad because it's like... I hate the whole goodbye part...! XO Bee'nMike

Colasantis

2008-10-27T20:05:00.001-07:00

On the rock at Jack Miners ♥
At Colasantis Cider Mill~French Fries, Donuts, Uncle Mike's Bday Cake,... So much good food!
♡The 4 of Us... 9 More Months!!!♡
The L❤Ve of my Life

We had such a great time at Colasantis with the family. It is my FAVORITE tradition BY FAR!!! Start off at nana and papa's house, and head out to Canada. One we get past the border, sandwiches at the Italia Bakery. Then from there, we head out to John Abbruzzese orchard to pick some of the most amazing apples in the world. Then, Colasantis for our traditional petting zoo, donut, and french fry fest. This year, we had a huge birthday cake for Uncle Mike, and we had Uncle Tony passing out the cake to all of the strangers. Then... Jack Miners (which barely had any geese this year for some strange reason)... And this year... Lafayette coney island for some dogs, chili, and MORE fries... haha.. Wow... Basically just a day of eating... But all in all... my favorite time of year, and favorite tradition of the year. So many good memories... I hope this tradition never dies... XO BEEnMIKE

Home sweet Home?

2008-10-27T16:15:00.000-07:00

So, here is the story. After Mike and I had gone off on a house/condo searching rampage, and were still left not knowing what we wanted to do... I made a decision... No more looking until we are closer to next August. So... Saturday (Sweetest day) comes, and me and Mike were just going to make dinner at my house and chill out. Mike drives over to my house, and says, "Okay, I know we weren't going to look at any more places, but a house just went up in Rochester Hills three days ago, and it going for a really good price." "There are no pictures posted online, and since it is so close to your house, let's just swing over there, and look at it really quick." So, I figure.. Okay,... We might as well. So we drive over the house, and look around in the yard, and the front (and even trying to peer in the windows without looking suspicious to the neighbors ha), and we both think... Wow,,... this is pretty nice... something HAS to be wrong with the inside... It is probably trashed because it is bank owned. So we call Aunt Bonnie that night, and tell her the news... Sunday comes, and Mike runs his SECOND marathon in TWO weeks! After that, we meet up with Aunt Bonnie at the house. It has three bedrooms, one bathroom, basement, fireplace, some hardwoods, New windows, newer furnace, roof, electric... but it is GREAT need of some TLC... So we put an offer in, and we GOT IT! Now... We are just waiting for a few more checkups with the water and gas... So we will know in the next couple of days!!! We are so excited!!!! XO BEEnMIKE

Not enough hours in a day....

2008-09-24T05:44:00.000-07:00

So Sunday night, Mike took me out for a nice, big, Italian meal to carb up for my 21 miler the next day. We ate at Kruse and Muer, and it was amazing. Sunday night, I had to go to bed really early with Shalene. Monday morning, we woke up, started the run at 6:40 am, and I was done with the 21 by 9:35 (on a different clock, so the time might be a little off ;) ) Mike ran 12 miles on Monday too. Anyways, Mike came over Monday night, and I gave him a nice haircut because he had his first job interview for an internship yesterday. His interview went really well, and he got a second interview. I am very proud of him. He is such a hard worker. Even though we have both been so busy with our schedules, we always try to make the time that we spend together count. So instead of arguing, and sitting around not doing anything, we always try to do something fun. The marathon is coming up quick! October 12th. Me and Mike are going to be going down there on Friday the 10th, after half of a day at my school (so I am not missing too much). I am very excited to run this marathon. I think this trip is going to make a lot of awesome memories. Everyone who is going?: Mike, Me, Jesse, Amber, Gabe, Hannah, Mom, Dad, Christa, Shalene, and possibly Brandon... Can't WAIT!!! :) XO Bee&Mike

2008-09-18T05:58:00.000-07:00

3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. 4Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

-Philippians 2:3-4

I think these two verses pretty much sum up what it takes to have a good relationship WITH ANYONE. Don't just think of yourself, and don't think too highly of yourself. Be humble, and consider the ones you love around you, better than yourself. Don't just worry about what you need to do for yourself, but what you can do for the people you love to show them how much you care. I think it's cool how you only have to take two scripture verses out of the whole Bible, and if you follow them, it could be so easy for you to have a successful relationship. XOX Bee&Mike

325 Days...

2008-09-17T05:43:00.000-07:00

Even though, that seems like a long time away, we are all just so excited to get married together. It is so cool that we are going to be able to share this day with some of our best friends in the world. XOX Bee&Mike

♥

2008-09-15T18:03:00.000-07:00

Tonight was just a chill night. Mike didn't come over till around 8, so when he did I was pretty tired from running 14 miles earlier today. We are both so busy during the week, so we usually just spend "down time" together. Our date night is usually Saturday night. This past weekend was pretty busy for us. Friday, we went to Angela and Dan's wedding. Saturday, we went with a pretty big group to downtown Dearborn to a restaurant called CRAVE. We went there to celebrate Gabe's Birthday. ;) We have a lot of big events coming up, so I am going to try to remember to take some pics! XOX Bee n' Mike

2008-09-10T16:49:00.000-07:00

Mike and I have been really thinking and praying about where we are going to live after we are married, and even though we have a little bit of time to decide this, it has been tough. We have been looking at real estate online, driving by neighborhoods, and everything else that we hear of, we check out. We really just need to trust God to open the doors in the place that He wants for us, and to shut the doors where they should be shut. We have been trusting God with so many other things in our lives. I have been looking for salon jobs because I only have three more months left of school. Although they are similar, Mike has also been contemplating between an accounting and financing degree. It is so crazy that when you go through times that all the decision making needs to be done, that is when you really realize... Wow.. I really can't do all of this on my own. It is really amazing how you will go through the tough times, just to realize how much we can't rely on our own abilities and decisions. Everything down the smallest detail has already been chosen for you, but it is up to us to seek God, and find it through Him. Anyways, just some thoughts. Love, Bee&Mike

Engagement Pictures

2008-09-08T08:27:00.001-07:00

I know that I haven't blogged much since the engagement (this is actually the first one) ;) but I am really going to try to keep this updated as much as I can. Me and Mike have been so excited lately about getting married, so yesterday after church, we went to Bed Bath and Beyond, and we were looking at all of the things that we would want to register for. So, this started out being a very cute idea, but when Mike started picking things out like: a State rug for the front porch, a Creme Brulee set, and an ice cream maker out, I started to think that this could wait a few more months :) No... I know he is just a guy, and my job is to let him know what the realistic things are going to be for our first place hehe. Anyway, we have both been so busy with school and work, and it seems like our schedules are always conflicting, so the time that we get together is always special. We will keep you updated!!! XO Bee&Mike

June 8, 2008 - Blown Away by Daniel's Graduation Party!

2008-07-15T19:45:00.000-07:00

At first it was a beautiful day, but a huge storm ripped through Daniel's graduation party. The guys were all holding the tent down so it wouldn't fly away. (Look at Mike chipping in clearing the tables and chairs!) It was pretty near a tornado that went through the neighborhood, ripping up trees and throwing fences and ripping off roof shingles!

June 7, 2008 - Deanna and Nathan's Wedding

2008-07-15T19:42:00.001-07:00

Had a great time at Deanna and Nate's wedding.

May 26, 2008 - Surprise Engagement!

2008-07-15T19:26:00.000-07:00

A surprise engagement! See Mike and Bethany's story on their website!