Friday, September 21, 2007

Nathan's Birthday !!!!! 7 all ready!!!!!

Friday was Nate's 7th Birthday, We took Cupcakes to his school class. He got a new Skateboard, a PS2 Motocross game, and cordless paddles for the game system, and a Nerf Gun and some reading books from Grandma.
Here Is Nate with His Cousins watching, about to blow out his candles.

Wednesday was Kirk's Birthday. Thank you Eric and Sherryl for the E-cards

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Look up!!!!

If you are outside in the next few nights, take a few mins. and look up. We are near the peak of the Perseid meteor shower over the next few days. I spent about 1/2 hour last night looking up and seen 6 in that time. It is better if you are away from the city though.Kirk

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

What been going on...

Well Well Well... It's been a while since
I've been on here to do an update. So here we go...
Sherryl and I are doing just fine.
Alot has happened since April.
We had our son Josh here in June.
He was home on leave from Iraq.
Our daughter Erin was here at the same
time from Roseville, CA.

Eric Dale was here too. The Whole Famn Damily was here.
Here is one of our latest family pictures.

While all the kids were here. We had a backyard BBQ.

There were a ton of friends and family.

Sherryl, Erin and I went fishing at Deer Creek.

Erin caught one so big it broke her line. 10lb. test.

Sherryl caught the biggest fish...

I caught one, but let it go.

We then went to Southern Cali.

For our Sled Family reunion.

We, Sherryl and I came back to SLC, UT.

The kids all went to Northern Cali to see

there Bio Mom JoLynn. The kids Cousin

Clinton and his fiance' Steph, moved back to Utah

with Eric Dale and Destiny, his fiance'.

Clinton and Steph.

I'll try and so more later.


Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Proud To Be White

Someone finally said it.
How many are actually paying attention to this?
There are African Americans, Mexican Americans,
Asian Americans, Arab Americans, Native Americans, etc.
And then there are just Americans.

You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction.
You Call me, "White boy", "Cracker", "Honkey", "Wonder Bread",
"Whitey", "Caveman". ... And that's OK.
But when I call you, Nigger, Kike, Towel head, Sand-nigger,
Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink ... You call me a racist.

You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you,
So why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?

You have the United Negro College Fund. You have Martin Luther King Day.
You have Black History Month. You have Cesar Chavez Day. You
Have Yom Hashoah You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi You have the NAACP.
You have BET.

If we had WET (White Entertainment Television) .. We'd be racists.
If we had a White Pride Day .. You would call us racists.
If we had White History Month . You'd call us racists.
If we had any organization for only whites to advance" OUR lives .
You'd call us racists.

We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of
Commerce, and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce.
Wonder who pays for that?

If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships.
You know we'd be racists. There are over 60 openly proclaimed
Black Colleges in the US , yet if there were "White colleges".
THAT would be a racist college.

In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching
For your race and rights. If we marched for our race and rights,
You would call us racists.

You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you're
Not afraid to announce it. But when we announce our white pride.
You call us racists.

You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police officer
Shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug-dealer running
From the law and posing a threat to society .. You call him a racist.

I am proud.
But, you call me a racist.
Why is it that only whites can be racists?

There is nothing improper about this e-mail.
Let's see which of you are proud enough to send it on.
AMEN AND I AM PASSING THIS ALONG!

1. Eric D Garrett - West Valley City, UT - I'm proud! And I ain't sceerd neither!

You get what you give, is it your turn or mine?
Proud To Be White

Someone finally said it.
How many are actually paying attention to this?
There are African Americans, Mexican Americans,
Asian Americans, Arab Americans, Native Americans, etc.
And then there are just Americans.

You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction.
You Call me, "White boy", "Cracker", "Honkey", "Wonder Bread",
"Whitey", "Caveman". ... And that's OK.
But when I call you, Nigger, Kike, Towel head, Sand-nigger,
Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink ... You call me a racist.

You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you,
So why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?

You have the United Negro College Fund. You have Martin Luther King
Day. You have Black History Month. You have Cesar Chavez Day. You
Have Yom Hashoah You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi You have the NAACP.
You have BET.

If we had WET (White Entertainment Television) .. We'd be racists.
If we had a White Pride Day .. You would call us racists.
If we had White History Month . You'd call us racists.
If we had any organization for only whites to advance" OUR lives .
You'd call us racists.

We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of
Commerce, and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce.
Wonder who pays for that?

If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships.
You know we'd be racists. There are over 60 openly proclaimed
Black Colleges in the US , yet if there were "White colleges".
THAT would be a racist college.

In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching
For your race and rights. If we marched for our race and rights,
You would call us racists.

You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you're
Not afraid to announce it. But when we announce our white pride.
You call us racists.

You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police officer
Shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug-dealer running
From the law and posing a threat to society .. You call him a racist.

I am proud.
But, you call me a racist.
Why is it that only whites can be racists?

There is nothing improper about this e-mail.
Let's see which of you are proud enough to send it on.
AMEN AND I AM PASSING THIS ALONG!

1. Eric D Garrett - West Valley City, UT - I'm proud! And I ain't sceerd neither!

You get what you give, is it your turn or mine?

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

I have a LOVE/HATE relationship, with work that is...

So I have to say that yesterday had to have been my worst day every at THD (the home depot: for you tard balls).

Let me begin with the night before...

Sunday was excellent! My only full day off in a long time. I spent the day doing laundry and playing with my dogs and just enjoying the now mid 70's weather. The evening was beautiful, we barbequed. As usual, Scott and my self stayed up late (we usually call it a night at about 11.) No big deal I had to get up at 4:30, five hours of sleep usually last me until I can get home and take an hour nap. But... we decided to umm you know late night... details not needed.. anyway we didn't get to bed until about 2:30, I had to be up in 2 hours, it was so worth it but anyway.
4:30 rolls around way too soon, I lump myself out of bed and into the shower. Point 1 on why yesterday was a shitty day: I was dead tired.
Point 2: I arive at work at 5:15, my phone dies at the FRONT ENTRANCE so I have to walk to the other side of the store and bang on the door as hard as I can to get someones attention to let me in. Ok I'm in. Store opens at 6 go to get everything ready to open the store, no problem other then there is a call in from my mid head cashier (that's what I am, I run the front end when my supervisior isn't there, make sure cashiers and lot attendants get breaks and that the front end doesn't fall apart with mass quantities of customers & too few registers open (get it?))No mid for me means no lunch or break coverage for me... So I look at our "War Board" schedule for the day... no cashier scheduled for up front until 7, joy that means I get stuck on self check out until 7 when Cat gets there. Next I notice a note from the ASM (assistant store manager: once again for you tard balls.) My 8am returns cashier has called in sick... wonderful!!! so luckily Steven was scheduled at 8.. the only other returns certified cashier but also a Head cashier! yeay.. I get to have lunch on time.... maybe, The only thing is I needed to have him cover a break in lumber first then returns and then last but not least myself at finally 9 o'clock. Only 30 min from my scheduled lunch. Jamie has a lunch at 9:45 at returns, Merrilyn has a lunch at 9:30, damn it I am one person short to cover everything on time. Pricilla is the computer room tech, fixes comps in the store when needed (note). She leaves at 9:30 for her lunch break, at 9:33 ALL DEBIT AND CREDIT NETWORKS IN THE WHOLE STORE GO DOWN!!!!! Retail HELL has offically broken loose! Pricilla is gone so who do they come to fix it ME! We had lines down the aisle almost to the center of the store, if you've been in THD you know how big they are... Did I mention it was 80* out side and everyone and there flipping great grandma was out. Anyway, system error kept on showing up on every computer "offline PLU" I don't (didn't) know what the hell that was. I as ten different people, no one knows. I am doing my best to get thing fixed. I called teck support (NCR) and let them know what was going on and they tried to help but couldn't really do much.... we are talking about every single register and computer in the store down now... it has been 35 minutes now.. ooop lunch is definitely late now. so we finally figure out how to fix it ...kinda... well 10:30 is coming up soon and I Have to go to luch before then no exceptions, I pass the phone and schedule off to Steve.. comps still not fully functional but at least taking Credit cards, Debit network still down. I thought on my way back to clock out I'd stop by the managers office since it was on the way to ask anyone there if they knew what PLU was. I get to the office and Micaela is there.. I ask her and she says no.... I said that I was just wondering because the nextworks are down... She's like " I know that. And if you were paying attention the other managers are up front right now" I was SOOO PISSED at this point. There was no reason for her to say that to me.. NON WHAT SO EVER. So I said "oh... umm I know they are, no one knew what it was, sorry" and turned to go to lunch.

SO that was the almost draw point for me. I mean come on, I made it so at least some money flow was still coming in the store at least she could be a little bit more kind to me. I had already had a shitty morning, we were understaffed up front while her stupid ass was just sitting back in the office with her thump up her butt or something.. I don't know. But I got to see what I was made of. There was a problem and I fixed it to the best of my ability with out showing my cashiers that I was stressed out. I believe that I was a positive role modle for them yesterday by not cracking under soooo freaking much pressure. When I'm in charge everything runs so smoothly, I just know now that I can do it if I give it my all, my best, because it is good enough. Good enough to get the store through time of crisis and total shut down. I think I'm ready for more challenges, it'll just make me better at what I do.. I just have to not let the stupid people ( manager in the office) get me down or discuraged.

So that is why yesterday was my worst day at THD, oh and did I mention that it was my 1 year anniversary with the company too..

Anyway. I now it's not my last worst day... but hopefully from learning from this one, the others really wont be so bad :)

Thanks for listening

PS: PLU means " Price Listing Unit" and in my case it was the " Price Look-up Unit" So all of our online prices (every store is connected to a central database for pricing based out of Atlanta,GA) We had to locate the items in the store and manually in-put the shelf price for each item.... You take a guess at just how much fun that is to do in a store with over 50,000 item and under staffing.... good night

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Its been a while...

Hey guys just poppin in to say hello.

Things have been crazy out here but in a good way for once... i wrote a blog post about it if ya car to know more... i know it's been a while since ive written anything but yeah, i've been hella busy and have just not had the time... well anywho... guess i'll talk at yall later... love yall

Josh in Icrack err i mean Iraq. ;)

Monday, January 15, 2007

New Year's Eve @ The Garrett's, Happy 2007!


This is Sitka he will be 12 in 2007.
Just gettin' started!
Jeffery B & Victor... (fast)
Me (Eric), sportin' my Joe Montana Jersey...


This is Kirk Lindsay's Son, Nate.
He's a 49er fan too!

Baby New Year, gettin into the High Life!

This is Ambrece Mounteer...

Warmin' up the dart board...

Dan Mounteer

Jeffery B not to Happy about my Niners
knockin' his Broncos out ot the playoffs...
Sherryl, Twila and Larry...

This is Victor, he is fast!

Kellen, Norma and Kirk Lindsay...

Sue, Angie, Jon and Edie...

This is Steph...

Jeffery B, Dan, Norma,
Mike, Kellen and Victor...
Ambrece and Nate...

Steph and Sue singin' some karaoke...

Everybody watchin' the karaoke on the TV.

This is Jane, Mikey's better half.

This is Mikey aka Janis Jopin... LOL!

Jon Garrett singin' his heart out...

Janis singin' again...

This is Susan, she can really sing...

Steph, Kirk, Norma, Angie, Jon, and Dan
watchin' Little KatieBug Lindsay sing
a Britney Spears song...
Katie Lindsay...

Sherryl doin' some karaokeing...
Is that a word?
Even Little Ambrece got into singin'...
Think Dan is wasted? Or What?

Your host and hostess, Eric & Sherryl Garrett

Kirk & Eric

Jeffery B & Eric...
Norma Lindsay...

The Boys... B's poutin' Broncos lost...
to my Niners! Hee hee hee!
Steph & Sherryl

Edie & Dan...

Angie

Jon & Angie...

Jon, Angie & Steph...

Juneau Garrett
Jeffery B restin' for the 2nd round...
Angie holding her boob, Jon wantin' to.
Hey there's kids in the house.
Sherryl after everybody was gone home for the night.
Lots of fun! Lets do it again!!!

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