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by Udo Vieth, Udo

This is my shape of work out after sitting at home, stuffing myself with food and drink. As the climate was horrible, a usual walk outside was actually merely for "mad dogs and englishmen" as the proverb goes. Anywaay...my preferred pasttime in malls is browsing thru electronic device shops, and bookstores. As I had previously stressed the budget of electronics purchases the preceding 12 months, I determined the bookstores would be it.

Big mistake!

You see I am one of those people that purchase far more reading stuff than I can ever expect to complete, short of giving up my job and just reading. As such, a lot of self-improvement books, finish up as shelf-improvements books.

This time I limited myself to 2 books and a periodical. They are good books, on marketing (can you say geek) and on life enjoyment. But the magazine was the cruncher. My significant other (I love you darling) hijacked it and did what significant others do so well- namely reading it and stopping every 2 minutes to inquire "did you know that...." whatever had just been read in the magazine. This is irritating, since I would have ultimately read the magazine for myself and then I would have known (well that was the intent anyway). The difficulty that came up now was, that I really heard something, which I obviously did not know, but which made me actually sit up and listen.

"Did you know that the word "vegetarian" is in fact not derived from the word vegetable, but from a latin word meaning enliven"?

No, I did not know that! It seems these guys in 1847, The Vegetarian Society of the United Kingdom (England) coined the term "Vegetarian". They in fact already knew that a vegetarian diet is a more energetic and life enriching way to eat.

Mmm, maybe I should give this vegetarian thing one more try. More energy and fitness does sound tempting, particularly after the holiday binges.

My son, who is an energy worker and healer, says he cannot be a non-vegetarian as the energy of animal protein is too low, or something to that effect. Now, I am not going one way or the other, but to say that we owe it to ourselves, to at least get some more information in this regard. This is for entirely egotistic reasons. if we can be more healthy and alive, that would mirror back on our life in general, our love life and all our relationships. Saving the planet in some minute extent would just be an extra bonus.

I personally have not yet succeeeded in becoming a total vegetarian, and might in no way actually manage it.

However having read some information, I will re-evaluate my philosophy at least.

So I have set up a website with more information, and some surprising facts.

Here are 15 things I learned as a bridesmaid veteran of five weddings:
1. Remember it's not your day! The bride is the center of attention and it is her big day so be prepared to cater for her every whim. After all, as bridesmaid you only have to deal with Little Miss' tantrums and spats for a few rehearsals and the day of the wedding, after that the poor guy she's marrying has to deal with her for life;

2. While you may not be the center of attention as far as the wedding is concerned, you can be assured of being the center of attention for lots of guys! I should know because I met my husband when I was a bridesmaid for the 4th time but be careful if you are thinking this will be a great way to find a catch because:

3. Never, and I mean NEVER! Let a guy open the door and escort you if he calls you “Sugar”, “Babe” or worse, “Sugarbabe!”;

4. Do not let a bride convince you to wear grapevine as headgear. Yes you can still find it, on a remote hillside in South Carolina on property owned by a gun toting hillbilly aged 72 and related to Jed Clampett as both his brother and second uncle;

5. Wearing woven grapevine leaves marks, both physical and emotional, which last for up to 6 months, if you have the choice, wear a crown of thorns instead;

6. Glue guns are a great invention for people who want to stick things and are not worried about whether they will explode or not – just remember that glue guns do overheat and will overheat because they are going to get a lot of use and as bridesmaid, you have to pitch in;

7. Brides want everyone to wear matching ear rings so be prepared to get your ears pierced if you haven't already done so;

8. If you are asked to write a speech, do not retell the time when your “Best Friend”, who is getting married, was violently ill after drinking too much and ended the evening clinging to the toilet, swearing the world was ending and she couldn't let it go because there was an earthquake (we lived in Ohio at the time);

9. If you are serious about catching the bouquet when the bride throws it, make sure you are wearing an outfit which will hold you in, as falling out of the top of your dress while stretching for the flowers can be very revealing resulting in more guys calling you “Sugar”, “Babe” etc;

10. Do NOT get drunk at the reception!;

11. The old saying, “Always a bridesmaid and never a bride!” is simply not true, I'm happily married to my husband whom I met when serving as a bridesmaid at wedding number 4;

12. Do everything you can to convince the bride that bridesmaid can get out of their dresses and into practical dress as soon as possible for the evening. If she won't budge on this, make sure the bridesmaids dresses are comfortable and practical if you have to spend the day in them;

13. The same applies to shoes!'

14. Buying gifts for the bride and groom should really be about getting them things they will enjoy – people buy the most boring and unoriginal gifts which cost a fortune but the ones that make an impression are the ones where a lot of thought has gone into them;

15. Being a bridesmaid for five friends I am not interested in repeating the experience unless by new baby girl really wants me to do it for her!

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Udo Vieth has sinced written about articles on various topics from Online Dating, Depression Cure and Lingerie. Udo Vieth is a qualified quantum therapist, advanced EFT and REIKI practitioner. Visit my . Udo Vieth's top article generates over 9900 views. to your Favourites.

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