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Moving to Nashville Tennessee

by Pete Abilla on January 3, 2012

I haven’t written in a while. I apologize for that. You see, I’ve been quite busy. I recently accepted a position with a great company based in Nashville Tennessee. So, on December 19, 2011 we moved from Utah to Tennessee. The company moved us, so that helped a lot, but there was quite a bit [...]

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Wing Chun Friday: Sui Lim Tao

by Pete Abilla on June 24, 2011

I’m starting a new series that is unrelated to continuous improvement, process improvement, lean manufacturing or six sigma or the customer experience. This new series will highlight aspects of Wing Chun, the martial arts I practice. I’m calling this series Wing Chun Friday (I’ll post on this topic on Friday). Yes, Bruce Lee was a [...]

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Do What You Know

by Pete Abilla on April 13, 2011

dirty laundry, laundry basket, life lesson

Like most families on Saturday mornings, our family does chores around the house. My wife does a great job adjusting the needs of each child while making sure they are learning how to work and learn some life skills along the way. My job was to help the little kids (I have 6 kids that [...]

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Off-Topic: Wednesday Waiting Child

by Pete Abilla on 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 on 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 on 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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Halloween 2007

by Pete Abilla on November 1, 2007

Tradition in our family is that daddy (me) takes the kids out to trick-or-treat. This year was so fun. I’m so proud of my kids. Below are some pictures that make me really smile. Here are the 3 younger boys — my superheroes — Batman, Superman, and Spiderman: Here are all the kids: From left-to-right: [...]

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On Travel: Berlin, Germany and Dublin, Ireland

by Pete Abilla on October 31, 2007

A few months ago, I went to Dublin and Berlin for work. I loved the trip — it was so good to see co-workers, that have become dear friends, in-person. During my trip, I took a few pictures that I wish to share. Sadly, however, I wasn’t able to take any pictures while I was [...]

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