http://kitandcaboodle.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by the whole kit and caboodle (anything goes) en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:03:31 GMT 2010-01-04T02:03:31Z 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=281474977974701&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Well here is my reading list for 2009.  I only made it to 33, Bummer.  But I finished one already in 2010, maybe I am off to a better start this year.  Lets hope so.   TROJAN ODYSSEY . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:21:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974701&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Pam H. 2010-01-03T23:21:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962442&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace   ~  Foghorn Leghorn mentors his own replacement. Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:47:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962442&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Gerald_Waving my Freak-flag High Brewster 2010-01-03T22:47:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974423&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace   The record-low temperatures we've had here made for a cold start to the new year.  One of the side effects has been many cars that wouldn't start in the bitter cold temperatures. . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:58:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974423&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2010-01-03T18:58:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974291&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Here's a few weekend freebies for you.. tell us what you signed up for!   1. Receive a free Atkins Quick Start Kit (Contains 3 free Atkins Bars)    http://community.atkins.com/security/collectAddress.jsp?rc=FreeBars . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:35:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974291&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Pamela E. 2010-01-03T17:35:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973990&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Happy New Year! 2010! ________________________     Today’s weather forecast for Cambridge, MA, what is happening in your . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:53:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973990&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Johnice R. 2010-01-03T12:53:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973884&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Published in mylot.com Charlene Collins my good friend and fellow AC contributor and I are really truly looking forward to a great new year. Charlene is changing her attitude and starting . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:46:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973884&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Carol Roach 2010-01-03T10:46:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973787&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace The ancient Babylonians were the first to make New Year's resolutions and people all over the world have been breaking them ever since. The early Christians believed the first day of the New Year . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:21:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973787&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Carol Roach 2010-01-03T08:21:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973734&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace published in factoids   There you have it, the holidays are over and most people have gone back to their daily routines. Still some people will have a few parties, family dinners, and get . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:14:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973734&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Carol Roach 2010-01-03T07:14:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973706&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:47:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973706&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Sharon M. 2010-01-03T06:47:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973520&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Today it was finally time to bring out the special book and tin that I had saved for Maddie for a few years now. The book describes how Lily has some wobbly teeth for a while, and then one of them . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:00:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973520&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Monica H. 2010-01-03T04:00:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973463&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace A study out on pregnant rats eating a high fat died showed significant increases in the fat eating habits of the baby rats over the baby rats of pregnant rats fed a healthy diet. My first thought was, . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:20:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973463&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Elizabeth S. 2010-01-03T02:20:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973435&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace I tend to be a bit formal, so I just naturally was saying "two thousand and 10" for this new year of 2010. However, someone said their version, "twenty, ten" and I liked that. How are you saying it? . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:57:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973435&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Elizabeth S. 2010-01-03T01:57:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973286&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Most years I sit quietly at least an hour and think of goals for the coming year. This year I was busy doing other things and midnight caught me unaware. Fireworks noise alerted me. I still haven't taken . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:20:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973286&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Elizabeth S. 2010-01-02T23:20:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973098&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Want to help fight hunger by donating rice to the United Nations World Food Program?  Want a stronger vocabulary?  You can do both at the same time by going to www.freerice.com.   . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:59:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973098&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Sharon M. 2010-01-02T19:59:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972933&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace   Today's date, January 2, 2010, is a special day! It is what's called a "palindromic date!" Simply put, it means the number can be read the same way in either direction.  01,02,2010, . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:43:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972933&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2010-01-02T17:43:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972896&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace   Sioux Falls set a record low of -30 ° Fahrenheit this morning, smashing the old record of -20 ° set way back in 1928! It also marks the first time the temperature has . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:17:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972896&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2010-01-02T17:17:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972619&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Happy New Year! 2010! ________________________     Today’s weather forecast for Cambridge, MA, what is happening in your . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:14:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972619&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Johnice R. 2010-01-02T13:14:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971977&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace "Dead to the World" Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 4 by Charlaine Harris published by Ace, 2004 Continuing in the world of the Southern Vampires and the supernatural events in the life of Sookie . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:17:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971977&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Gil T. Wilson 2010-01-02T02:17:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971917&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace "The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook." -- Julia Child        Now that is my kind of diet . . . . I think that Julia Child was a . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:37:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971917&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Mary M. 2010-01-02T00:37:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971401&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace FIRST LET ME SAY  HAPPY 2010 TO ALL        The day started off great Mom and Dad had taken the kids overnight Wend to Thurs and were going . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:13:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971401&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace pamela r. 2010-01-01T14:13:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971352&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Kwanzaa is based on the Nguzo Saba (seven guiding principles), one for each day of the observance, and is celebrated from December 26th to January 1st. Day #7 of Kwanzaa: *Imani (ee-MAH-nee) . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:42:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971352&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Johnice R. 2010-01-01T12:42:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971272&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace No matter how old you are you never forget your first love, that is what our society tell us, and yet some people hardly remember their first loves. The reason may be because a hundred years ago . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:44:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971272&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Carol Roach 2010-01-01T10:44:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971228&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace It seems that even though Montrealers are still in the throws of the H1N1 virus, we have Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) virus to be concerned about as well. The Lakeshore General Hospital . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:30:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971228&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Carol Roach 2010-01-01T09:30:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971166&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, BROTHERS AND SISTERS  ~  The light exists inside everyone.  When we go inside to find out who we are, we encounter the light and God at the same time. ~ . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:24:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971166&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Gerald_Waving my Freak-flag High Brewster 2010-01-01T07:24:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971028&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace It's about 10am here in Missouri. Two hours until the ball drops and rings in a new year. My kids are at their grandparents until Saturday, so my husband and I could get a much needed break for a . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:13:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971028&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Monica H. 2010-01-01T04:13:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970985&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace This year has been a strange one for me. It started hard with my mother's announcement on Easter that she had been diagnosed with oral cancer. Her operation, treatments and recovery have taken a major . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:04:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970985&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Elizabeth S. 2010-01-01T03:04:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970414&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace We bid adieu to many talented people in 2009.  I know they don't mean as much to us as those loved ones, friends & relatives we lost in the last year, they will personally be remembered . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:06:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970414&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-31T22:06:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970685&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Some Very Good Advice Here! The Zen of Sarcasm 1. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:06:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970685&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2009-12-31T21:06:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970507&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone." I read an email with this quote from Pablo Picasso and it hit home. I'm going to make it my motto for 2010. As a world class . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:47:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970507&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Elizabeth S. 2009-12-31T18:47:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970281&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace welcome to the show to the show that never ends come inside my little friends come inside come inside......   I've been searching the desert . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:58:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970281&grpId=3659174697248367&nav=Groupspace Randee "The Court Jester of LaLa Land ! ! !" always and forever, I just want to celebrate 2009-12-31T15:58:50Z