http://jolin-carleton.com Where the Jolin and Carleton families go blah, blah, blah Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:49:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Paul has arrived at his new unit. 215th Support Battalion at Ft. Hood. There he is getting acclimated to the what and where for. They are expecting a lot of equipment to come back from Iraq this winter so he will soon have his hands full repairing tanks that have ... http://jolin-carleton.com/?p=27 This is only really news because Mark and I were there to see the game. It was our semi-annual invitation from the football mad parental and fraternal units to join them in worshipping at the altar of little-boy football. My gorgeous mother made me put little "O" tattoos on my fingernails. ... http://jolin-carleton.com/?p=26 His new wardrobe is quite stylin' according to Justin's MySpace bulletin. Here is is at a Duck game prior to his departure. This is not how he looks normally. He seems to have some sort of growth on his chin. I hope he is planning on seeing a physician soon:[newline] [newline] Picture ... http://jolin-carleton.com/?p=25 Paulie got to Texas yesterday. He says he has about 3 days of inprocessing to go through before he joins his unit. The POS, I mean his truck, behaved fine for the trip. Here are some pictures he sent from "the road":[newline] [image:850:c:s=0:l=g][newline] [image:852:c:s=0:l=g][newline] [image:851:c:s=0:l=g][newline] Yeah, I'm guessing he was photographing while driving. http://jolin-carleton.com/?p=24 Big time. 39 to 7. In Michigan. Their biggest defeat since 1968 or something like that. I wonder just how loud my family in attendance was screaming?? Read all about it! http://jolin-carleton.com/?p=23 We took the Paulie and Sarah fishing at Promontory Park today on Paul's last day in Portland before he heads to Fort Hood, Texas for his first assignment. It was a nice, relaxing way to end his visit. He seemed to need the time to decompress after several days ... http://jolin-carleton.com/?p=22 A bunch of us turned out at the airport to greet him on Saturday night. Some of us may have been inebriated. I know-- it's hard to believe, isn't it? No names will be divulged, because we wouldn't want to embarrass anyone. Especially not M... no, not anyone ;-) [thumb:838:l][thumb:839:c][newline] Mary was ... http://jolin-carleton.com/?p=21 Nancy and Scott are having a party at their place to celebrate Ken and Nicole's wedding for all of those family members who couldn't make it to Tahoe for the nuptials. See you there! http://jolin-carleton.com/?p=20 He's coming in on Delta flight 5684, arriving at 21:29. Anyone who'd like to come along to meet him is welcome/encouraged to do so. We'll be waiting just outside the security area. See you there! http://jolin-carleton.com/?p=19 Paul's been sending his Dad pictures from his cell phone when he has a chance. Here are a couple of him on the M88, which is sort of a tow truck for tanks: [thumb:827:l][thumb:826:c][newline] Here are Paul and his buddies resting under the truck. One of them seems to be a little ... http://jolin-carleton.com/?p=18