It's Time For Another Edition Of "Name That Bad Idea!"

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It's Friday and you know what that means...no, it doesn't mean playing hooky from work and going to the craft store to look at fabric swatches for napkins...hmmm...

oops, sorry, got a little distracted there, thinking about napkins...

Ok, so it's Friday and that means it's Giveaway time!

Last week we had a post called "Name That Bad Idea" and I thought we'd continue the fun this week with another chance to win a gift card!

Yes, you get another chance to choose which bad idea I shared with the bride is actually true. And this week's idea choices have a theme...an Italian theme in honor of the groom's heritage.

And what's the prize this week you ask? Well, since we have an Italian theme this week, how about some Italian food? The prize is:

(1) one $25 gift card to Carrabba's

Here's how you play:

Read the three statements below and choose the one you think I actually "discussed" with the bride. One of the statements is absolutely true. I really thought it was a good idea. And then it was thrown out like a pot of bad spaghetti sauce. 

Leave (just one!) comment with your guess (A, B or C) and when times up, I'll put all the correct guesses in a bowl and pick a winner!

so here we go.......which one of the following do you think I suggested to the bride last week?

I thought it would be a great idea to...

A. Change the colors of the wedding to the colors of the Italian flag

B. Since our honeymoon 25 years ago was a disaster, take us with them on their honeymoon to Italy

C. Re-create the spaghetti & meatball eating scene from "Lady & The Tramp" for their Save-the-Date cards

Comments will be closed on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern

Bouquets & Rice: Week 2 - The Rocky Edition

Some odds and ends from this week...

We're going back out there. Come sundown tonight it begins again. We're not gonna let it beat us. We're taking it to the mat. We've been in training all week long. We've been running, done hundreds of push-ups and sit-ups, punched slabs of frozen beef, drank dozens of raw eggs and have listened to the "Rocky" theme song over and over and over again...

...all in preparation for the big day.

We're going wedding gown shopping on Saturday...again.

 Yo, Kaaaiiitttllliinnn!

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Well, my plan to eat only foods that begin with the letter "R" didn't work out too well this past week.

Who would of thought only eating Rice Krispie treats, Ricotta cheese, Red Jolly Ranchers and Rocky (there he is again) Road ice cream all week would actually make you gain weight. And on top of it, we've been training all week to go shopping (see above).

Maybe I'll give the letter "Q" a try.
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Besides inheriting her father's level-headedness, love of list-making and general practicality, another gift the bride has inherited from her father is motion sickness. Yes, that happiest of all travel ailments affects two of our family members severely. Neither one of them can read in a moving vehicle, ride in a back seat or sit on a boat for more than 17 seconds without getting ill.

It's made some of our family vacations a real treat.

And since the happy couple are still discussing their options for the honeymoon, that means going on a cruise is out.

Sometimes boats can be a little rocky (I know, stretching the "Rocky" reference a little thin here) and even the big cruise ships will sway from time to time. And I have a feeling that the groom would rather not spend their honeymoon holding back his new wife's hair while she's "indisposed".

So no cruise for the happy couple. Maybe a train trip to the Rocky Mountains would be fun (ok, starting to get a little desperate with the "Rocky" references now).
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One way I deal with the stresses of planning a wedding is by escaping to our sunroom, turning on the Netflix and watching an episode or two of my favorite cartoon from childhood, "Rocky & Bullwinkle" (really!)

and so I leave you with one of my favorite quotes from the squirrel and the moose from Frostbite Falls, Minnesota...

Rocky: Well, they don't call him Wrongway Peachfuzz for nothing!

Bullwinkle: You mean they gotta pay?