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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2001 7 Great wedding gifts under $50 Community ( So your friend is getting mar Domestic Blitz ried and youre looking for a gift with a little bit of creative flair. By Dixie Brunner But you dont have much time and you dont want to spend more than $50. What can you do? Think practical. Brides and grooms will want something they need and if its not on their reg- Its time for a change At approximately the same time every year Im seized with the desire to change. Im not talking enormous life adjustments such as diet, exercise or other healthy endeavors mind that drastic. With every new year which comes around, I am always determined that I should get better organized. While I do get a lot of things accomplished, Im even more amazed at all the things I dont. I.E., the list. Ive always reasoned that if I were to make a list of things that I have to do, and keep it on my person at all times, I might, (and might being the operative word), accomplish some of the things which are important to me. But the list idea isnt new. Its you-nothi- ng theyll want something birthdays, telling me to send istry, a card, so it would arrive on thats original. No one wants An Internet domain name. sentimental flare, have their emnames and wedding date Theres nothing more personal broidered on it. You can find this or creative than a Web site. Regonline for under $50 on sale at ister the bride and groom their Domestications.com. own domain name for $35 at A gourmet wedding gift bas- Registrars.com, one of the top ket. There are a variety of them. Internet Corporation for AsSome have baked goods, while signed Names and Numbers-accredite- d others have tea and coffee sets registrars. Once they for cheese. the have their domain name, theyll But or wine and Italian lovers, why not give them be able to create a Web site toa gourmet gift basket contain- gether to preserve their weding an Italian cookbook, pasta, ding, honeymoon and future marinara and wine sauce, spa- memories. To learn more about ghetti forks, 100 percent pure Internet domain registration, log olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and on to www.registrars.com. An outdoor grill. The way to garlic bread. Add cappuccino coffee and cheesecake for an ex- peoples hearts is through food. tra flair. No time to make it And if your bride and groom like yourself? Buy it already pack- to cook out, theyll love the Weber Grill, aged online at The Gift Basketer, Smokey Joe four of the same kitchen gadget or, more importantly, something useless. Instead, try for something thoughtful and sentimental. Here are some gift ideas that keep this in mind: A wedding ring quilt and How was I to know that mis- shams. The bride and groom will be in marital bliss sleeping unplacing the planner would parathis symbol of their love lyze me for the year? By Janu- der entwined. For a Inc. for $40. ary 10, 1 was a complete basket wedding rings case and nobody was talking to me. So this year I gave up the expensive organizational tools and reverted to a plain, old to do list. It actually has worked out fairly well when I remember where I put it. I cant tell you how rewarding it is to write down things that you need to do each time. My resolution was shortlived. The only family members who benefitted from my brief bout of organization were Dennis two sisters who have their birthday on the same day... January 1st! -- We do it. We Tuck-N-Car- ry available atAmazon.com for $35. and we love use our it! card at Glazier's FoodTown The only family members who benefitted from my brief bout of organization were Dennis two sisters who have their birthday on the same day... January 1st! a resolution with me every year. And the plain fact is my list concept has met with only a modicum of success every time Fve tried it. One year I bought an expensive planner which came complete with a to do list inside. I meticulously filled out every date, every event, that I could come up with. I was so organized that I even wrote down all the birthdays from both my husband and my family, so I could finally remember to send out day andbe able to cross off things that Fve accomplished. What a wonderful sense of satisfaction. I can look at my list and know that I have gotten done some of the things that I needed to. But I amuse my sons, they question my sincerity in this, my new age of organization. Mom, I really dont think that some ofthese to do things should be on your list, one son commented recently. 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