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Due Date- Tuesday, June 15th- "Here Comes the Bride"- You can be creative on how you want to approach this topic: If you are married (or have been married) and would like to create a page about your wedding, that would be great. If you already have a page, then your HW is already done and you can just direct us to it. Another option is to write about your idea of a perfect wedding. Maybe you could find a beautiful wedding dress to show us. You could find a gorgeous wedding cake to make our mouth's water. How about finding the most perfect engagement ring? Or how about describing an ideal honeymoon spot? You can do any or all of these things. Let your fantasies unwind!

Click on the wedding couple above to see my Wedding Page. As you can see from the photos, we were married during the "flower children" days when weddings were more informal than they are today. Getting married barefoot on the beach was very popular and we planned our wedding in about a month.

I think my little Mexican wedding dress cost all of $40.00. So naturally, my tastes and ideas have changed a lot since then so I thought I'd "shop" for a wedding gown for this assignment. This turned out to be much harder than I anticipated! I was actually getting stressed out just like a real bride! Here's the best I could do. Remember, this is my fantasy dress for when I was in my 20's, not today. It has beautiful crystal beading. What I think is most important in a dress is the back because that's what people mostly see when you're at the altar so I added a photo of how I'd like the back to look.

I remember cakes being rather dull back when I got married. They were usually that plain white cake with white frosting. Today, each layer is often a different type of cake and decorated with wonderful things like fresh flowers.

Due Date- Wednesday, May 12- "Pet Peeves"- What really makes your blood boil, what gets you hot under the collar, what makes you madder than a wet hen, what gets your knickers in a knot...?" Don't hold back, here's your chance to vent!

It's that once a year appointment we all love so much- the visit to the gynecologist. You arrive on time and even though the office is crowded with women, some pregnant, some not, you are pleasantly surprised when they call your name rather quickly. They take you back and ask you to get on the scale. "Wait, can I take off my "heavy" shoes first?" Then you are taken into the examination room and told to remove e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g, put on that "one-size-fits-none" paper dress that gapes open in the front. The nurse tells you, "Hop up onto the exam table and the doctor will be right with you." After 15 minutes, your back is aching, you've got goosebumps and you kick yourself for not bringing reading material since all that is there are baby magazines. After 30 more minutes, your back is hurting so much that you start making noises to try to remind them that you are still there in case they've forgotten you. It's about this time the nurse comes back in to tell you that the doctor has been delayed at the hospital. "What? He's not even here?" "No, it was an emergency c-section but he's on his way over right now." Well, you get the picture and I'm sure you've all been there. Why is it that THEIR time is always soooooo much more valuable then our time? Please! Just let us sit comfortably in the waiting room until you are almost ready for us! And let me take my heavy shoes off!

Due Date- Thursday, April 15- "The Princess and the Pea"- Idiosyncrasies. Just like the princess who was so fussy that she could detect a pea placed under piles of mattresses, we all have our peculiar characteristics. For example, I have to have a down pillow to sleep on and I take mine with me when I travel. Tell us about some of your idiosyncrasies that make you the princess you are.

My longtime blog buddies have heard this story before and it is the example that I used above. I really need to have my down pillow with me whenever I travel. I just love the way a down pillow collapses under your head and if I have a regular pillow, I always end up with a sore neck. On one trip to San Diego, we stayed at the Westin at Horton Plaza. Naturally, I brought my king-size down pillow with me and as we rode up the elevator to our room, I noticed that people were looking at me with a bemused grin. I thought, "I don't care what you think, I'm going to have a great night's rest with my comfy down pillow." When we walked into our room, we were greeted by The Heavenly Bed®. This consists of a custom-designed pillowtop mattress set by Simmons with 900 individual coils, three sheets - ranging in thread count from 180 to 250, a down blanket - three versions for three different climates, a down comforter and a crisp white duvet and five goosedown pillows. I took one look at that bed and dove right on top of it. It was then that I realized why I received all the funny looks!