Christmas card ideas

This may be old news for some, but new news for others. While I was sitting and wondering what we were going to do for Christmas cards this year, I thought of a solution. I went to our beloved www.shutterfly.com. I noticed that they will print, create, and mail out Christmas cards for you. What a blessing. I just finished the whole process, and it was painless. I hope that they will make it to everyone before Christmas.

Thankful

This is going to be a strange post, but I wanted to pass along. We put up the Christmas tree and decorations on Saturday. We were all so excited. The excitement was short lived when the power went out for 2 hours, again. The power goes out at least once a week. Anyway, on with the point. We learned that while we were decorating the tree that we did not bring any Christmas ornament hooks. We looked in the new box of decorations to learn that they use pre-cut fishing line. We tied and tied loops, and loops. We finally had to give up. We found some similar plastic hooks at a local hardware store.
The point, embrace the metal or plastic hooks that you can get at your local Wal-Mart or Target.

A first

Hello fellow readers,
Well, today was a first for me. I went to the grocery store, and realized that I did not have the proper coin to get my cart. I went to small kiosk's in the store, and tried to convey what I needed. I finally was able to get my point across that I needed an even exchange of zloty's. Later, at the check out line a Polish women said something wicked fast in Polish to me. I was lost, and said " I don't understand, I speak English." I did say that in Polish which probably confused her. A few moments later, I turned around and saw her opening plastic bags, and she continued to bag some of my groceries for me. I was awe struck by her kindness. This is not something that I have ever encountered before. I felt like I was a broken record saying "thank you" in Polish repeatedly. I even tried to pay her for her help and kindness. I left the store smiling, because we are universally all polite and kind. Anyway, just wanted to share.

Sun already

Okay. We have enjoyed the snow. I have loved seeing Colesie and Saskia run and play, but enough already. I do believe that we are down to 4 inches of snow. We do rejoice that 4 inches have melted away. We were hermits today, but we did venture out tonight to Makro. Makro is a European version of Sam's club. We noticed tonight that in the fish tank that they were trying to sell a fish that was missing a huge chunk of his backside. Perhaps, the other fish in the tank had something against him/her. Colesie was very concerned about his/her appearance.
Tomorrow is a new day and promises to be warmer than it was today.

New Pictures!

...And there was much rejoicing! I've setup the first two photo albums: one from our trip to Greece, and the second from the recent snows. To view larger images, just click on the picture (or maybe double click) and it'll take you to a larger slideshow. Enjoy!

Andy

New Blog

Hey Everyone!

Okay, here's the deal...we tried the webpage thing, but either we're technically incapable of sustaining such a project, or we're too lazy (more likely) to keep up with a webpage. So, we're now entering the world of blogging, like everyone else. We'll try to start putting pics and the like on here so that everyone can still see the Taylors in action.

With that, we're kicking along pretty well here in Krakow. Like Kaycie mentioned, we've got about 8 inches of snow, which truly made the city beautiful...that is, until everything started to melt. Slush now abounds and everything gets wet. But, Colesie and Saskia certainly enjoy the winter sports. Hopefully, we'll get to go to Zakopane in the next few weeks to try the slopes!

I'll break here, but look for more on this blog soon!

Andy

Snowy Days

Well, this is my first official true blog. Thanks to C in Russia. Today it is snowing, again. Being that I am from Texas, I miss the sun. The roads, thankfully are not bad. C didn't want to get out to go to school. The forecast for the next three days is, snow and fog. I think that we need to invest in a tanning booth to let off some UV rays.