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		<title>5 Tips to Happier Relationships (and a happier YOU)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all have our good days and our bad days, and it’s the same with our relationships- not just the one with your fiance but also the relationships you have with your parents, friends, and wedding service providers.   One of the keys to having more “good” than “bad” in your relationships is to analyze [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogger&#8217;s dilemma- spammers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I apologize for anyone I left hanging last year when I stopped blogging.  I got hit by so much spam that I got discouraged.  But I have found a way to stop the spam so now I am ready to get back to work!  If anyone reads this and would like to suggest topics for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parent-Child Transitions Before/During/After the Wedding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every bride knows that she needs to separate from her parents and friends in some way as she heads in to her wedding day.  Without this separation, she is not ready to join her life partner without a lot of baggage and distraction.  Parents have to make a transition as well.  The &#8220;transition&#8221; is more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Transitions After the Wedding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Life Transitions, they come in many shapes and sizes.  Sometimes it&#8217;s small adjustments to a new boss, a friend moving away, or a new social situation.  With a wedding, it is usually much more dramatic.  It affects not only you, but your spouse, your parents, siblings, and so on. I am spending a lot of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who signs the marriage license?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I live in the state of CT.  At our daughter&#8217;s wedding, we expected her matron of honor and best man would be signing the license at the ceremony.  When we got through with the receiving line after the ceremony, we couldn&#8217;t find the priest!  He had gone back to the rectory!  (Catholic Church) After 5-10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wedding Day!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The wedding day is finally here. After 10 months of planning and years of anticipation, we finally get to experience what my daughter has dreamed of.  August 28th, 2010 was a great day for our family. The day began with a light breakfast and an early trip to the hair dresser. It was fun to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Countdown- The final days before the wedding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am writing this after the fact (it got very hectic and busy as you may imagine) but I want to share all that goes on the last few days before a wedding. I will keep it to what I experienced, but I&#8217;m sure other things come up for other brides and their families. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Countdown- Surprise trip to Craft Central- 9 days to go&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[I started this blog on Aug 19th, finished it 3 days after the wedding!] Knowing that there was only one night left for my daughters to finish all the assorted projects for the reception, I made a surprise drive to &#8220;Craft Central&#8221; in Walpole, MA (AKA Christine&#8217;s house, a 150 mile drive away).  I let [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Countdown- 10 days to go from the bride&#8217;s perspective</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Melissa is busy working on stuff so I am writing the post for her.  On her agenda: Go to Staples and order copies of the ceremony program (Grandma drew a beautiful cover for it.) Welcome sign with illustration of Melissa and Chris in front of a Newport Mansion &#8220;Map&#8221; of the table layout at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Countdown- 10 Days to go and one big to-do is done!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am soon to be the mother of the bride.  I have seen two of my children get married in the last 3 years.  This is now our third child&#8217;s wedding, but this is the first that will take place in my area.  My husband and I are hosting lots of activity the week of [...]]]></description>
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