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Child Adoption, Queueing, and Waste (Muda)

by Pete Abilla April 8, 2010
This entry is part 5 of 28 in the series queueing theory

We’ve adopted four beautiful kids; in addition to our biological kids, that makes for a big family.  Yeah, I know. Crazy.  But, we’re happy. Aside from the obscene amount of money we’ve spent on adopting four kids – none of which I regret – we’ve also spent a lot of time.  In fact, all of [...]

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Off-Topic: Wednesday Waiting Child

by Pete Abilla September 23, 2009

This is not a normal shmula.com post, but I felt compelled to write this in order to help 3 beautiful and good kids find a family.  In order to get the word out, please consider Retweeting, Facebook, Digg, to spread the word – perhaps together we can help these 3 wonderful kids find a family. [...]

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We Adopted Again

by Pete Abilla July 12, 2008

Our little baby boy was born June 23, 2008. Lakin (pronounced “lay-kin”) is our 8th child and we brought him into our family through the blessing of adoption. For long-time shmula readers, you might remember that we just adopted Mylie in November 2007 and we adopted Preston in November 2006. Yup, we did it again, [...]

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We’ve Adopted a Baby Girl

by Pete Abilla November 9, 2007

Our little baby girl was born yesterday.  Mylie is our 7th child and we brought her into our family through adoption.  For long-time shmula readers, you might remember that we just adopted Preston last year.  Yup, we did it again 1 year later, and we’re very, very happy. The last month has been a humbling [...]

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She Needs a Car

by Pete Abilla September 22, 2007

This post is very different than what you would normally find on Shmula. At present, my wife and I are trying to raise some funds for my Son’s birthmom.  You may or may not remember that we adopted the most wonderful and beautiful baby boy last November.  It has been almost a year since we [...]

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Martin’s Dream

by Pete Abilla January 15, 2007

Today in the United States, we celebrate Martin Luther King’s Birthday. Earlier this morning I took out A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr., which I bought 13 years ago, when I first became very interested Martin Luther King, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and in Gandhi. In that book, [...]

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On Buying a 2007 Suburban

by Pete Abilla November 25, 2006

After several weeks of research and having to decide between a GMC Yukon XL or a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban, I decided to go with the 2007 Chevrolet Suburban. We recently bought a new suburban — 2007, Gray Metallic Color, 4WD, and it’s really nice and — it fits my whole family. I don’t really care [...]

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We’ve Adopted a Baby Boy

by Pete Abilla November 16, 2006

After about 3 months in the process, we’ve finally adopted a healthy 7lb 2oz, 20 inch baby boy. The adoption process was an experience — a lot of waiting time, over-processing, and really full of waste, and a lot of joy also. It’s an interesting business because it pretends that it is not a business. [...]

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