Mike proposed Wednesday, I said yes, and by Sunday I was already freaking
out
about the wedding.

It isn't like I'm one of those women who wants to live out her childhood dreams
of a fairytale wedding. In fact quite the opposite. My expectations are pretty
simple 1) I want everyone (including me) to have a good time. 2) I want it
to be a reasonable price 3) I want a cute
simple dress (perhaps in yellow)

Why is this so hard? I'm not sure. But Mike did a great job talking me down
out of my tree. He promises to help and to have opinions. Most important, I
know we won't lose sight of why we are doing this.

Because this is a second marriage for both of us, there were some expectations
that we would want to do this quickly and privately. It felt wonderful to have
Mike lean over and tell me that he loved me, wanted
to tell the world, and felt that something so important to us deserves some
pomp and circumstance. Le Sigh. I am a lucky woman.

 

Carenegie Mellon has developed a robotic
receptionist and she has her own blog.

Let's just get rid of the word marriage in our legal lingo. Make everything legally
a civil union and allow folks to call it whatever they want. That way, there
is no moral or religious overtones to the legal status. People can add in any
religious rites that they want and call themselves married, united... chained..
whatever. In the end, it isn't what other people do that makes a commitment work
anyway. So, right-wing, get over it.

Check out the BBC's digital story
telling project.

Creating digital stories is so accessible now. All you need is a digital
camera (web-cam, still, or video) and
Windows Movie Maker. Movie Maker comes packaged with XP and it is simple
to use. Check out the BBC site for a little inspiration and let me know if
you make one of your own.

I've started 2 more quilts. This time they are baby quilts. I'm shocked by
how easy it is to make baby quilts. The size difference really makes things
like
machine sewing so much easier to hande. I'm trying my hand at applique while
I'm at it. The whole process is just more fun if I'm learning something new.

Valentine's Day is rushing up too. Mike and I are already getting a pretty
full social itenerary. We're cooking dinner for Lorie and Michael and then
off to to David and Mart's annual chocolate party. Michael is so funny about
these things. We might have to move dinner to Friday night. He is worried that
he won't have room for all of the chocolate goodies if we eat dinner.

Speaking of... I've decided that this year I am sticking to a 10 dollar Valentine
gift limit for Mike. I've already spent 5 so now I have 5 left to play with.
Any suggestions for cheap but mushy V-Day gifts? Ah, young love.