http://monicaharvey.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Monica H. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:45:11 GMT 2010-01-06T03:45:11Z 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=281474977973520 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 Monica H. 2010-01-03T04:00:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971028 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 Monica H. 2010-01-01T04:13:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968296 My daughter Madison Lynn turned 6 years old on December 26th. We had a nice birthday celebration for her while my parents stayed at our home during Christmas. She received a Barbie scooter from her . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:39:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968296 Monica H. 2009-12-30T07:39:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962520 Last night my parents arrived to our house, and we all got dressed up to go to Mass. The service was beautiful. There was a childrens choir, and a beautiful manger all decorated in the front. The lights . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:50:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962520 Monica H. 2009-12-25T08:50:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958667 I work in sales at a company known world wide. We have an employee store that only employees are allowed to shop in with incentive dollar tickets that we earn at work. The items in the store are discounted . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:59:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958667 Monica H. 2009-12-22T14:59:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956963 I was playing around on the computer last night and I decided to create some letters from Santa to my kids. They are both getting one big gift from Santa this year. Maddie is getting a doll house with . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:34:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956963 Monica H. 2009-12-21T14:34:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951454 Last week I received a package in the mail and the return address was a friend on Gather.... Bridget. I thought I knew what was in the package because I had won the meatball cookbook contest. At . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:46:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951454 Monica H. 2009-12-17T15:46:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977947417 I wanted to share a pretty easy and inexpensive homemade gift with all of you. We had to come up with some ideas for Maddie's teacher and assistant teacher. There are two of them because she has 24 kids . . . Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:59:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977947417 Monica H. 2009-12-15T03:59:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944629 I was picked as one of 30 on Gather to be a reviewer of a Hallmark ornament. Thank you to Hallmark and to Stephanie Plum for receiving a wonderful ornament in the mail. When I first opened the . . . Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:51:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944629 Monica H. 2009-12-13T05:51:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977940111 After reading a post of Victoria's on making Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer crafts, I decided to give it a try with my kids also. I am link impaired so I have no idea how to include the link on here. . . . Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:54:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977940111 Monica H. 2009-12-10T04:54:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977936266 This past Saturday we had a sugar cookie baking party. Maddie had one of her friends over and we spent the afternoon cooking up some goodies. First we had to get some Christmas cookie cutters. . . . Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:14:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977936266 Monica H. 2009-12-08T04:14:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921466 After the lovely Thanksgiving meal at my parents on Thursday, and visiting with family, my husband and I had to head back home. We both needed to be at work on Friday and the kiddos are staying with my . . . Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:00:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977921466 Monica H. 2009-11-28T17:00:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977918178 Tommorrow for Thanksgiving we will be traveling to my Mom and Dads to celebrate the holiday. My brother and his wife are coming in from Chicago and I'm so excited because I haven't . . . Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:02:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977918178 Monica H. 2009-11-26T02:02:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977915583 From Elaine A.  (trisonik)   To Monica H. (monicaharvey) Subject You won Sent Nov 24 2009, 07:52 AM EST   Message . . . Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:28:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977915583 Monica H. 2009-11-24T14:28:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977912009 Hello everybody. Hope you all are having a good weekend. We are taking the kids to something exciting tonight. We are going to the middle school production of "Alice in Wonderland." Our neice is making . . . Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:11:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977912009 Monica H. 2009-11-21T23:11:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977909642 My family and I made a new treat the other night. We have eaten it before, but have never attempted to make it. I had a coupon for Chex cereals, and they were also on sale at our local Kroger store. . . . Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:54:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977909642 Monica H. 2009-11-20T04:54:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977902654 Well, here it is 2:15am in Missouri. I am supposed to be in bed, snuggled in my blankets, dreaming about some warm, sunny island, with the palm trees a swayin' in the breeze. Not happening. I start . . . Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:25:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977902654 Monica H. 2009-11-16T08:25:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977901071 I stayed up late last night getting everything prepared. It was alot of work, because my husband has been in bed all weekend after having sinus surgery. He won't be able to return to work until Tuesday. . . . Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:54:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977901071 Monica H. 2009-11-14T20:54:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977900421 I was out getting groceries at Kroger today and I happened to stop and browse around in the Halloween clearance items that were marked 70 percent off. I found one item that our family can really use. . . . Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:34:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977900421 Monica H. 2009-11-14T05:34:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977900416 I just got an e-mail from Stephanie Plum letting me know I was chosen to review a Hallmark ornament. Exciting. From Stefanie Plum, Gather Partner Team  (gatherpartner)   . . . Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:18:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977900416 Monica H. 2009-11-14T05:18:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977898894 My daughter brought home an assignment for her kindergarten class that was due yesterday. It was a project to be done as a family. We worked on it for two nights and we had alot of fun coming up with . . . Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:21:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977898894 Monica H. 2009-11-13T07:21:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977898792 Has anyone seen the winners post from the Late Night Moms Chat from last Wednesday or this Wednesday? I participated in both chats and haven't been able to find the winners posts. Let me know. Thanks. . . . Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:32:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977898792 Monica H. 2009-11-13T05:32:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977897843 Last night was full of surprises that were both scary and unexpected. Around 10pm, I turned around and my husband had blood gushing out of his nose and he was coughing and sounded like he was choking . . . Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:41:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977897843 Monica H. 2009-11-12T16:41:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977895199 If you are looking for a neat project to do with your pre-school or school aged children for Thanksgiving, I came up with something fun. Maddie was sent home from kindergarten with a turkey template to . . . Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:36:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977895199 Monica H. 2009-11-11T04:36:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977894312 Several of you may remember my giving a two weeks notice to my job about a month ago. It was due to the fact that they wanted me to work full time and take on a much bigger workload with no raise, . . . Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:07:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977894312 Monica H. 2009-11-10T17:07:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977890323 When I left the dentist office on Wednesday I was feeling relief from my broken tooth being pulled, plus the fact that I was on anesthesia and the entire left side of my face was perfectly numb. As the . . . Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:28:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977890323 Monica H. 2009-11-07T22:28:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977886780 Or at least that's what it states on the front of my daughters Reading Award Certificate. I never really thought of reading that way, but it really is the truth. Reading allows you to explore . . . Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:30:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977886780 Monica H. 2009-11-05T17:30:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977884946 Yesterday we got Maddie's kindergarten photos back. I was actually presently surprised when I saw her photo. I am not big on school pictures in the first place, probably because mine were terrible . . . Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:00:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977884946 Monica H. 2009-11-04T17:00:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977884784 Our Halloween weekend was rather eventful. The kids brought home oodles of candy. My favorite kinds of candy were plentiful in the piles they poured out onto the floor. I love anything with chocolate . . . Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:57:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977884784 Monica H. 2009-11-04T14:57:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977882315 I got the pleasure of being part of my daughters kindergarten Halloween party last Friday afternoon. It was a foreign world to me, but I actually ended up having a good time with all of the kids. . . . Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:32:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977882315 Monica H. 2009-11-03T02:32:09Z