My husband's place of employment had an open house on Saturday. Our youngest daughter & her husband came home to go with us. We had a great time. They had hamburgers, hot dogs, baked beans, salads, chips and the other traditional picnic foods. They had buses to take us on tours of the surface mine. We all had a great time. Have you ever toured a working surface coal mine?
FUN GROUP
Melanie B. owns a group called The Graveyard Hours," This group is a place for all the late night gather members, to get together. Each night we pick a member of the group to spotlight, with comments and a ten rating on twenty of their submissions.
Though we may be few in number, there are many people on Gather who love to sit up all night. Those Gather members who pull the Graveyard Shift! So here's a place for us all to get together. Share your articles, photos, videos, whatever you love to share the most. We will also be starting a late night chat article, that will run nightly. Starting at Midnight Eastern time, and running strong into the wee morning hours. Each night we pick a member of the group to spotlight, with comments and a ten rating on twenty of their submissions.
Jack-O-Lantern Carving Contest
Heather W. is having a Jack-o-Lantern Carving Contest =Prizes for Adults & Children!=
The Prizes are:
Adults:
One Winner:
A Bewitching basket of goodies: Scented candles (made with real essential oils), a ribbon (1st place!), and a few other assorted neat things!
Children:
One Winner:
A Spooky Grab bag of assorted goodies! (no candy because remember kids don't take candy from strangers!) Contents of bag will be determined by age and gender of winner! And a 1st place ribbon
Second and Third Places will get a ribbon!
Click on the link above to read more.
The contest will run from TODAY until THURSDAY October 30th at 11:59pm EST
HURRY ENDS MONDAY
Win Neil Diamond 2008 World Tour Concert Tickets!
You know the hits. Now Gather wants to give you tickets to see Neil Diamond on his 2008 World Tour! We're giving away a pair of tickets to each of the following cities:
October 16th - Dallas, TX
December 15th - Kansas City, KS
November 24th - Milwaukee, WI,
October 28th - Orlando, FL
December 6th - Worcester, MA
For your chance to get free tickets, tell us in the comment field below why you want to see Neil Diamond live, and in which city. We'll randomly draw one member for each of the cities above to get a free pair of tickets and Neil Diamond's new CD, "Home Before Dark". Click here to make your Comments must be posted by October 6th.
ENDS TUESDAY
YOUR CHANCE TO WIN "JEWISH HOLIDAYS COOKBOOK"
Jill B. has submitted a post titled: Best Wishes for a Sweet Year. Win a Copy of "Jewish Holidays Cookbook". Rosh Hashanah is the first of the high holidays on the Jewish calendar. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. It celebrates the anniversary of God creating the world, and looks ahead to making the new year better. This is a time of celebration and reflection.
Along with any good celebration comes good food! Naturally sweet foods like honey, apples, raisins and carrots are served at Rosh Hashanah, as reminders of the sweet year that lies ahead. One of the many food traditions followed at Rosh Hashanah is eating apples dipped in honey, and saying a prayer asking God for a wonderful year.
I love the combination of apples and honey, and began to think of many ways to get that flavor combination as possible. Eating these foods all year long can be a way to remember that each day is full of possibility.
Try...
- Apple flavored cereal mixed with honey flavored cereal
- Apple pie with honey ice cream
- Toast and apple butter with honey
- Baked apple with honey whipped cream
- Sauteed apples with honey baked chicken
- Apple juice with honey graham crackers
- Apple slices and honey yogurt dip
- Salad greens with chopped apples and honey vinaigrette
- Apple chips mixed with honey granola
What combinations can you come up with? Leave your comments on Jill's post by October 7th. One respondent will be selected to receive a copy of Jewish Holidays Cookbook. Just click here to add your comment.
Respond by October 11th
You could win a Free Book! - Who's Your Favorite Cop or Detective from a TV Show?
My youngest daughter loves these shows. 
Chances are you know who Detective John Munch is. Actor Richard Belzer has played the detective on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as well as Homicide: Life of the Street. He's also portrayed him in ten different television series including Law & Order, The Wire, and Arrested Development.
About the book:
IN THIS CAPTIVATING, OFTEN HILARIOUS DEBUT MYSTERY, ONE OF THE GREAT COMEDIANS OF OUR TIME BLENDS FACT WITH FICTION, AS LAW & ORDER: SVU'S RICHARD BELZER'S OFF-CAMERA PERSONA COMES TO LIFE ON THE PAGE, EMPLOYING INVESTIGATIVE KNOW-HOW AND COMEDIC TIMING IN EQUAL MEASURE TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A TRUSTED FRIEND.
Gather wants to know: "Who is your favorite cop or detective from a television show?
Respond by October 11th and you could be drawn to receive a copy of Richard Belzer's new book, I am Not a Cop!: A Novel. Check out this post Who's Your Favorite Cop or Detective from a TV Show? Get a Free Book! to comment & to find out more.
Write a Product Review and Get a Gather Grab Bag!
Do you have a favorite product or brand that you want to tell everyone about? We all have our favorite items that are "must-haves." Or maybe you've recently tried a new product that you like even better. Either way, with the holidays coming and all the prep work that goes into them, I'm sure we could all benefit from hearing about your favorite products. Therefore, we'd like to encourage you to write a product review and share it with the Buzz Group.
We're giving away five Gather Grab Bags to members who post reviews of their favorite product between today and Wednesday, October 8th. Make sure to tag your review with "gathergrab" and publish it to the Buzz Group. Then if you feel like it, you can write a review of your Gather Grab!
I hope everyone enjoys reading the reviews and possibly discovers a new product they'd like to try! Remember to join the Buzz Group for all product reviews on Gather. It's there to either share or write reviews and learn about new products. READ MORE HERE.
YEAH!!! FICTION READERS GROUP IS BACK
The Fiction Readers group has a new leader, so to speak, her name is Kristina. Welcome to Gather Kristina!
This is an amazing first novel with two more to come. If you enjoy adventure, romance, and intrigue all played out by a fascinating mix of characters, then this book is for you. Plus I can't wait for DeVa Gantt to join us and share their story! DeVa is actually a writing sister duo, who published this all on their own before they were snatched up by Avon
The Fiction Readers group has 30 copies of A Silent Ocean Away to provide to members for reviews. For a chance to receive a free book to write a review, please send a request to Fiction Readers Moderator with the the book title in the subject line and your mailing address in the body of the message. Requests must be submitted by October 20, 2008. With your request, please indicate whether or not you would be interested in hosting an online book club discussion. Books can only be mailed within the United States.
Read Kristina's post Fiction Readers' Pick for October -- enter for a free book! for all the details of the contest as well as information on the book. I am so excited!!
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Comments: 46
Lots going on as always !! Appreciate your help in navigating the site...
i have a contest going till friday:)
I'm glad that you had a good time at the open house. Sounds like a great picnic.
doin' lately. You certainly do have a load of great things goin' on Connie.
But nothin' I could particpate in though. Thanks for all the work you do here.
Hugs N Love
Barbara
And no, I've never seen any kind of mine.
Great article as always, Connie. Thanks for the information.
I spoke with the main manger of the company while I was there and he agreed to let me come back and take photos for a post on Gather.
~Daily Games~ Each night we post a different game. And to the winner, we will comment and give a ten rating to forty of your submissions!
My daughter Dawn , and I have been having such a great time with this. And making alot of new friends. =)
Thanks again Connie~
Thank you for your updates Connie!
I have never toured a working surface coal mine. A grandfather worked in a coal mine years before I was even though of. I would love to see one of any type.