tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46882900247262707472011-07-08T03:34:07.038-05:00"The only thing better than being honest with others, is being honest with yourself."Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-21361764347109306152010-03-25T01:18:00.002-05:002010-03-25T01:33:36.382-05:00

Well we made it to the Chi. The much anticipated trip is underway. After dropping the dog off, going through the kid's passport process and leaving Thomas with Becky, we made it to St Louis and saw Diary of a Wimpy Kid which I gave a B-. Continuing on our trek, entering Chicago at 11:30PM, was a little overwhelming. The Palmer House is ridiculous. This place is awesome. We only circled the block

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-74549346973473365642009-11-15T21:19:00.001-06:002009-11-15T21:30:31.732-06:00

Quick post: I spent Saturday morning, with my neighbor, helping the church clean up a depressed neighhood which was rewarding in many ways. Then Jazmin and Melissa were baptised on Sunday which makes today a special day. We had a great group of friends in attendance to witness the event and most came to brunch following. Stephenie gave the girls very thoughtful gifts and we were also able to

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-4317438256476780692009-08-20T20:02:00.005-05:002009-08-20T20:13:33.249-05:00

My kids didn't evern care what brand of sneakers they're mother purchasedJazmin still hasn't worked an hour at the job she was hire for in MarchAgain, without picking the color, the black Pacifica was replaced by a black ExpeditionMy kids only spent 11 days of summer vacation at their homeLaunching the Aqua-Trax cost me the deductible on my HTC Touch Pro. Should have just bought a case rather

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-84491670491541269662009-05-17T10:24:00.004-05:002009-05-17T20:51:03.740-05:00

At Jazmin's request, on Mother's Day, we began taking down 3/5's of the fence in our side yard. There was no marching or trumpet blowing but the wall still came down. The hardest part of this is moving the gate from opening West to parallel to the house opening north. We left the back of the fence up to border the woods. (Our next door neighbor found a 3.5' to 4' snake across her front door.) We

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My Will and Melissa have mentioned more than once that they wanted to go to an Eagles game. After hearing that there were thousands of tickets available for the playoff game, at 11AM we decided to go. We left for the 10+ hour drive at 2AM on Saturday morning.  We visited the Mall of America which is really something to see. Roller coasters, the Lego store, Starbucks, and Eagles jerseys

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Uncle Carl bought the Ball station but come Christmas Morning there were no batteries. He left town before he could see that that Ball Station was a hit.  Anyway, Thanks Uncle Carl!

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For the record... For as much as we like to travel, it has been a great week staying home. It was 65 degrees today in NWAR. I put up Christmas lights before Thanksgiving because I hate cold weather. The Trees are up and decorated. Heck, I even ran a cable line to the bonus room for the upstairs computer and installed a webcam for Skype. Feel free to reach out.Here are the best parts of a "

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-57103244889620769852008-10-21T20:13:00.005-05:002008-10-21T21:23:22.040-05:00

Last week was a nearly perfect vacation. First we went to FL and spent time with Jazmin's parents eating out, Disney, you know the routine. Then Jazmin and I left on a 4 night cruise on the Sovereign of the Seas to the Bahamas and Coco Cay on Royal Caribbean. Here's the thing. It was a really cheap cruise. Last year we were on the brand new Freedom of the Seas. FYI, You may be a little let down

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-91272662590773903482008-09-26T18:34:00.004-05:002008-09-26T18:49:02.406-05:00

Yeah... At 11 months the monster is walking about 1/2 the time. His confidence has grown in the last week considerably. He still does his spider walk and crawls occasionally and you should see him climb a flight of steps!!

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-87484206644753237912008-09-25T11:19:00.005-05:002008-09-26T18:47:41.835-05:00

Just a few things on my mind...Cub Scouts - As it stands right now tonight William will begin his career as a Scout by attending the Pack 136 meeting tonight... More to comeChevy Treverse - I've been looking at this car for a few weeks (b/f the commercials) as a replacement for the Pacifica. The gas mileage (claim) of 24 mpg hwy is outstanding. Seats 8. Hate to buy a car in it's first model year

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-71841498696486701462008-09-03T11:34:00.013-05:002008-09-03T22:01:52.380-05:00

Most people thought John McCain announcing his running mate would be the biggest and best thing to hit Dayton over Labor Day weekend... they were wrong. The Taylor's converged on the town and took over every venue we visited. Here the play by play:1st Inning - Arrival and Greeting by Bree - According to Bree's 6th sense, Dad is as shady a character as Carl! Who knew. Thank God Bree pointed that

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-87259369712039367002008-08-10T09:02:00.010-05:002008-08-10T10:20:47.698-05:00

A co-worker and friend of mine, Jen Silverman had an 80's party last night. The party was well attended and everyone had a great time. The party was complete with a "slide show on steroids" which included 80's pics of most in attendence and trivia, and an HD projection video of 80's music and movies.I realized that even though I was young in the 80's there wasn't much good about the 80's. The

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-36412044213912215612008-06-18T20:44:00.007-05:002008-06-18T21:33:08.576-05:00

When we moved to AR, we purchased a beautiful house but the deck was in desperate need of some work. The previous owner did a horrible job staining the deck. There were visible sneaker prints, splash marks, drips, and even perpendicular brush marks. Beautiful view from the deck, horrible view on it. In April, following Easter, I began sanding the 4 year old stain off of the deck. This was a huge

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On Saturday Night, May 10th, 2008, we were headed to our country club's clubhouse for dinner with some friends. When we arrived there was a sense of urgency from everyone. The TVs were showing tornado warnings and the weatherman was showing "rotation" over our general area. The sky was dark then began to lighten and a protrusion began to extend from a cloud just north of the clubhouse. The

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-46044963137216947092008-05-11T19:14:00.002-05:002008-05-11T19:33:42.405-05:00

Happy Mother's Day. Mom's truely never get a day off. H had a pretty good day but as I type this, she is handling laundry and kids. Since the CT tri-cycle incident, she's really become a great Mom.Here's how Mother's day unfolded in the Taylor household: I woke up at 6:30 and took Melissa to do our Mother's Day shopping. We headed stright for Wal-Mart (where an associate tried to talk me into a

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-17317483053140587992008-03-08T20:10:00.003-06:002008-03-08T21:08:23.695-06:00

If you visited us in NW AR you know that our old TV did not fit well in the cut out above the fireplace in the family room. Well... we finally remedied that situation. After extensive research, I decided on an LCD we went with Samsung over Sony.The photo is terrible but the TV fits with less than a quarter inch on all three sides. We decided to go with the full 1080p for the maximum flexibility:

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-34946781186887642732008-02-03T12:32:00.002-06:002008-03-29T09:46:14.605-05:00

Apparently it was time for the Taylor's to get a little culture. Having grown up in the Northeast, neither Jazmin or I knew anything about Mardi Gras. Stephenie Sullivan went to great lenghts to put this together so the least we could do was show up. Here's some vocabulary for the event:Hurrican - Tropical punch made with RumKing Cake - A cinnamon roll - cake with a plastic baby insideThe was

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-66681023333940555202007-12-15T12:56:00.000-06:002007-12-15T13:34:35.045-06:00

"If you told me a year ago that I'd be at Christmas party listening to Jay-Z in Arkansas I'd have asked you what you were smoking" - EThe Kraft Christmas party is unlike any I've ever seen before. This was a classy event held at the Pinnacle Country Club Clubhouse #3. Before I get into the details I need to tell you that the hype for the event was staggering. The few who were here last year spent

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-62352999715713531922007-11-24T08:53:00.000-06:002007-11-24T10:30:56.833-06:00

After 10 years we have finally cracked the code. This Thanksgiving was one of the best we've had.H and the kids arrived in Tampa on Thursday. Small world: My parents were flighing out of Tampa on Thursday. They were able to spend a few hours together at TPA. Mom and Dad were able to see the baby for the first time. Thank God Tampa was such a nice airport.I arrived on Sunday, following the

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-65334668914780427902007-11-14T18:27:00.001-06:002008-03-29T09:50:34.181-05:00

Tesco opens 6 new grocery stores on the west coast. These stores are a new concept bridging the 7-11 and fresh grocer concept in a small convenient. This is to be to ultimate in convenience meets the ultimate in fresh. They are bringing 100 stores to the USA.My wife has a habit of booking flights in the middle of the night. She is traveling with 3 (count 'em) children to FL leaving at 6:05AM...

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-59351540356787395122007-11-07T21:14:00.000-06:002007-11-07T21:18:57.481-06:00

Because Cox, Sprint and Motorola can't get along, I now have a Yahoo address. Ericinxenia2003@yahoo.com. I'll be forwarding my Cox.net messages but if you see this, make the change.

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Jazmin and I have adopted a baby boy. He was born on Monday in Dayton. Jazmin and the kids are in Ohio. We have not picked out a name and are open to suggestions. He is in the intensive care unit b/c of some complications during birth but we expect him to make a full recovery. We are unsure when he will be able to come home but I am hopeful for Monday or Tuesday. Meanwhile, Will and Melissa are

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-35927663431262568872007-10-12T10:01:00.000-05:002007-10-12T10:16:09.861-05:00

If you saw the previous post about the bathroom issue, the weekend following that post, I found the leak in the wall. It turned out to be the HVAC companies fault. The builder came to the house the next day, returned with the HVAC guys, and took over fixing the problem(s) including replacing the vanity, ceramic tile, drywall and paint! ALL of the credit goes to JAZMIN for taking the initative and

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This blog, and the entries prior to this entry, were set up by my neighbor from Ohio who came to visit H in September. Despite her total and absolute hatred for me, she spent an entire day running around NW AR taking pictures and wearing out a keyboard to gift me this blog. Well done Tam-e! Thank you.

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-65868485559562153652007-09-27T18:38:00.001-05:002007-11-06T12:57:01.967-06:00

Our guest bathroom has taken on a new look. Needless to say I've taken on a "BIG" project in a small area! Don't plan on visiting soon or you may find yourself visiting Uncle John and Aunt Latrina out back in their little shack with the moon and star carved in their door.

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-86862364705948378672007-09-27T18:12:00.002-05:002007-11-06T12:56:37.620-06:00

If you are coming to Arkansas my #1 destination to visit is THE WAL-MART MUSEUM. Also known as the Walton's five and dime. You will be amazed with the history of Sam Walton and his legacy.Sam Walton was married to his beautiful wife Helen who passed away in 2007. He left behind four children. In 2005 his youngest son died in a plane crash.Sam was a simple man who created a multibillion dollar

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-86777965921551867102007-09-27T17:49:00.001-05:002007-09-27T18:11:44.283-05:00

From Rags to Riches!After months of searching I found my new grill at Sam's Club. Without elaborating about the details the deal was just too good to pass up.

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545764700835740098noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4688290024726270747.post-71284103270555685572007-09-27T17:32:00.001-05:002007-11-06T12:55:28.426-06:00

What is a man to do without a couple of toys? After 32 years, "The Big E" is jumping up and down!

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I was really fascinated about the fact that my wife's friend had posted a piece of old furniture on her blog. I thought I would share a piece of furniture as well. This coffee table has been in my family for many years. It has served us well. Multipurpose table should be the appropiate term for a table like this one. Come on who really puts their coffee on here.

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