I'm a Bee!

I got the e-mail this morning, and despite the grammatical atrocity of this song I could not help but hear it gleefully in my head for the rest of the day!

Black Eyed Peas Via YouTube

I am so thrilled and honored to be joining the Hive as a Blogger Bee. Mr. Aardvark and I, well, mostly I have been reading this blog for months (Maybe even before we were engaged)!  I was super nervous about the idea of applying because A)I've never written anything more than a diary and have struggled with spelling my whole life and B) the ladies who do write for the Bee are so inspirational, I didn't know if I could live up to it. 

However, shortly after becoming engaged I felt the need for a creative outlet. I thought, applying to be a Bee would fan my competitive flames as well as give me something to do on the computer besides look endless inspiration pictures and read about other people's great ideas. It was time for me to have some great ideas of my own. It was time to contribute something to the internet! 

So, I secretly started a blog. I know that defeats the point of contributing if no one knows about my contribution, but, I'll just come right out with it, sometimes I am a bit of a scaredy-cat. When I am doing something totally new (blogging) I like to dip my toe in and test things out. After testing things out and getting a feel for it, I am more of a running-cannon-ball-type.

Mr. Aardvark and I are outdoorsy folks. Our main form of outdoor fun is bike riding. We are both pretty into it and, between the two of us, currently have nine bikes! We like to do other things outside too, like canoe, or ski (I snowboard, but it's just easier to say ski), or hike, or play frisbee, pretty much anything. 

Cyclocross is one of the more painful forms
of cycling Mr. Aardvark and I enjoy.

Here Mr. Aardvark tears it up on his mountain bike
(All photos are personal)

Why Aardvark? It's a question I think every Bee has to answer in their intro post. (Well, not why Aardvark, but why they chose the icon they did...) There are a number of reasons I picked Aardvark, including the fact that I think the icon is adorable. They are said to be very industrious and brave (standing up to fire ants and all) and, lastly, My last name is pretty low in the alphabet... as a child I envied all of the people with "A" names who always got to be first. Aardvark has not one A, but TWO(three really), and since the mister's last name is in alphabetical no-man's-land I figured I had take what could be my only opportunity to be the alphabetical top dog. Aardvark it was!

The Aardvarks!

We are planning an April wedding in Michigan with a traditional Catholic service followed by a reception at a microbrewery/restaurant. We are going for a laid back, fun family feel. I cannot wait to share with you as I learn how to plan a wedding first hand! Thank you Hive, and I look forward to our adventure together.