http://gathersquirrels.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Gather Squirrels.....with points instead of acorns en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:43:44 GMT 2009-12-28T11:43:44Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964155&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace After seeing Christmas ads on tv ever since Halloween, especially the last-minute constant blitz of them, it was kind of strange today, the day after the holiday, not to see one ad or hear one mention . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:26:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964155&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Linda M. 2009-12-27T05:26:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964030&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Our Christmas vacation is coming to an end.  Tomorrow morning we will start driving.  The weather report says that it will snow the whole way back.  So hopefully we will have a safe drive. . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:17:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964030&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-27T02:17:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963641&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Christmas Eve there was a record 14" snowfall in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. My tweenage daughter had traveled to that area with another relative to visit relatives in the night before, expecting to . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:31:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963641&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Linda M. 2009-12-26T16:31:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963591&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace When I was a little girl growing up in Oklahoma, I would look out the window first thing every winter morning, hoping it had snowed during the night. Usually it hadn't.  For the past 25 years I lived . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:21:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963591&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Linda M. 2009-12-26T15:21:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962860&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace In the morning of Christmas Eve, 12/24/2009, my husband, his dad, and his sister went on a last-minute shopping trip, and his mom was rushing to finish up a dress she was making for Kyleigh to wear . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:41:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962860&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-25T22:41:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963007&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Merry Christmas, my Gather friends! Thank you so much for your readership, no matter when I was bragging about my daughter Kyleigh, or when I was ranting about tiny things. Our trip to IL so far has . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:29:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963007&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-25T22:29:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962856&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace (This is a story before the IL trip) My husband is a hard core gamer, and he is into card games, board games, console games, PC games, you name it.  He has been trying to get Kyleigh into . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:16:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962856&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-25T18:16:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962855&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Oops!  I just found several photos I had on a separate SD memory card.  So I have just updated Part IV and V of the IL Trip postings.  If you have already read those, I would invite you . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:11:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962855&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-25T18:11:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962239&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace We went to Gatlinburg last week to vacation and here's a picture I took of the view outside our room at our timeshare. It snowed our last day there and this was the morning we checked out! Amazing what . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:26:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962239&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Saph w. 2009-12-25T00:26:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962186&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Wednesday 12/23/2009 we went to my husband's sister's house. She has two sons: cousin J is a month younger than Kyleigh, and cousin A is 1.5 years younger.  Kyleigh was looking forward to seeing . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:54:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962186&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-24T22:54:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962170&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Monday 12/21/2009 was a light day. My mother-in-law had a doctor's appointment in the morning, so we just hung around the house. I met with the Pastor and his daughter during lunch time because I was . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:25:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962170&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-24T22:25:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962167&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Originally I had hoped that I could cash out before Christmas, but it looks like I will not have enough points. So now I am hoping to cash out before the New Year.  I just need about 85 more points! . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:15:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962167&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-24T22:15:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959142&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace One good thing about CVS is that they are almost everywhere!  I am in a small town in IL and they don't have any other drug stores (RiteAid or Walgreens) but they have two CVSs in the nearby towns. . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:12:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959142&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-24T22:12:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961273&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Got back from vacation this weekend to find an email that I won a Circulon 10" skillet. It's been awhile since I won something so it was real nice to get that email.   Frugal Wife Blog Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:39:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961273&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Saph w. 2009-12-24T05:39:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959128&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Hi!  We are interested in giving our daughter Kyleigh violin classes when it's time.  But when is it time?  How old is a child normally able to comprehend violin classes?  Thanks in . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:39:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959128&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-22T19:39:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958061&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Hey, does anyone know what to do when you forget the computer password?  I mean the password to log on to a computer (operating system) when you first boot it up.  My father-in-law forgot his . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:31:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958061&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-22T04:31:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956435&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace I haven't logged on for a few days, and today I noticed that the rating bar is gone, and it becomes a Recommend link instead. I normally only rate 10s, so I guess that equates to Recommend.  I . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:55:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956435&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-21T05:55:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956386&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace My Gather Points balance is getting very close for me to request a cash-out!  Since I am much less active on Gather now than I was a couple of years ago, I am really surprised that I have made it . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:55:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956386&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-21T04:55:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956382&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Sunday morning we went to Church and watched a wonderful cantata about the greatest gift. Kyleigh also had fun at the Sunday school and the children's church. We had lunch at a Chinese buffet . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:49:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956382&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-21T04:49:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956194&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace This is the final week of this subscription period.  I used $2 in health & beauty. Come to think of it, I should had kept a running total of the coupons used during the subscription period, . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:42:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956194&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-21T01:42:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956077&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace When Kyleigh woke up, I told her Daddy was sick and was taken to the hospital last night. She was quite concerned and told me to give Daddy medicine to make him feel better. I said I would. We . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:46:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956077&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-20T23:46:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956068&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace We headed out Friday morning and had to stop at the pharmacy first to pick up Kyleigh's prescription. I was rather annoyed because Kyleigh has been taking this maintenance drug since August and the . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:28:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956068&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-20T23:28:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956063&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace According to the plan, we were heading out to spend Christmas with my husband's parents in Illinois the morning of Friday 12/18/2009.  Kyleigh became sick on Sunday 12/13/2009, so I had to stay . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:12:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956063&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-20T23:12:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952173&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace We are heading out on a road trip to Illinois to spend Christmas with my husband's parents. We were going to take our time and drive half-way each day Friday and Saturday, but Great Grandma's funeral . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:11:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952173&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-18T00:11:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952158&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace We received the bad news today.  My husband's Grandma just passed away earlier this afternoon. It wasn't a surprise but we really wished she could have held on for 2 more days so that we could see . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:03:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952158&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-18T00:03:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952143&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace So after the vomit incident at 5:45 AM, we decided to keep her home again. Kyleigh slept till about 9:30 AM, and stayed in bed after she woke up.  My husband was on leave so he volunteered to stay . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952143&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-18T00:00:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950102&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace So 24 hours after having my dental surgery I am taking it easy, normally I am one to get back up and moving as quickly as possible.  However because I am needed for the Christmas Program on Sunday . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:28:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950102&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Ghostly Ghoul 2009-12-16T17:28:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949673&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Kyleigh appeared to be doing better in the last day or two. But just now, about 5:45 AM, she puked all her dinner out.  It was one of the more messy ones too, and I got it all over my face and hair, . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:20:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949673&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-16T11:20:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949076&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Well the surgery went well, I was nervous but they were so sweet to me.  The operating room was cold, so they gave me this really soft warm blanket.  :0)  The worst part was the IV, my . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:42:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949076&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Ghostly Ghoul 2009-12-16T01:42:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949062&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Since October (I think), we enrolled Kyleigh in the extracurricular Dance class offered at the day care. It was supposed to be from 10 AM to 10:30 AM every Monday. There were twice I took Kyleigh there . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:27:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949062&grpId=3659174697249364&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-16T01:27:19Z