dpal on December 15th, 2008

Another Coats Christmas Celebration has come and gone…. This one seemed much quicker than the ones previous. It was really great being able to see everyone together like that. I didn’t do an actual head count - I’m sure somebody there did, but I am estimating 26-27 people attended this year’s festivities… give or take [...]

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dpal on January 10th, 2008

I’m laughing like crazy at an ongoing email thread that is currently taking place among the Coats women. I won’t go into all the gory details, but the subject of the thread is about New Year’s Goals: weight loss - tips/tricks, and motivation, and a couple of exercise ideas.
It was pointed out that this blog [...]

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dpal on January 8th, 2008

I have finally had a chance to upload the Coats and Palomares Holiday pictures up to PicasaWeb. These pictures are in very raw form as I have not cropped or edited any of them. It may take some time before I get my local copies edited and put up there, but feel free to browse [...]

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dpal on December 6th, 2007

So today was the day. All but 2 of my new PC components were to be arriving at my house sometime today. Talk about excitement! OK, I’m a real geek, but honestly - I felt like a kid on the day before Christmas. So I’m at work all day tracking my deliveries(5 separate boxes) via [...]

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dpal on November 27th, 2007

Came home last night to see Brian sitting at the bar eating dinner. He had these strange things outlining his eyes.
“Hey, Buddy! Whatcha got there?” I asked.
“They’re glasses,” He replied. For a 8-year-old kid who was just told that he was stuck wearing glasses, he seemed fairly upbeat.
“Can you see better?” I asked.
“Yep”
“Well do you [...]

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dpal on November 2nd, 2007

I was at my parents’ house when I got a call from Victoria around 10 PM Wednesday night….
“Daddy?”“Yeah Hon, what is it?”“I need you - NOW.”
My heart begins to race. I know something is wrong…
“What happened?”“I got in a wreck…”“Are you alright?”“Yeah…”
That makes me calm down a bit. I have her explain to me what [...]

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dpal on September 1st, 2007

Finally had a chance to put up the pictures of Williams 6th Birthday. You can view the slideshow below:

or go directly to the album:

William-6.0

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