http://upnorth.org Home of Jerry Nowell, an average, all-American guy with a beautiful wife, handsome sons, and an overweight cat. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:37:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sometime about three years ago, we switched from CuteNews to WordPress for our blog. Unfortunately, that meant that our site did not include any of our old posts or photos. Well, thanks to a lot of work on the part of my favorite husband, all of those old post are ... http://upnorth.org/2009/03/27/thank-you-jerry/ Hello, friends and family. It has been far too long since I sent out pictures, so I thought I had finally better do it before the grandparents revolt! What can I say? I am not making excuses, but life is busy! Spring is the busiest time of year in the office, ... http://upnorth.org/2009/03/15/353/ At 7:05 a.m. we welcomed Lewis George Nowell to the world. The robust little guy weighed in at 8 lbs, 15.7 oz. Mother and baby are doing very well, and we look forward to bringing them home some time early Saturday. I hope to add a few photos to my ... http://upnorth.org/2008/11/13/nowell-family-update/ It's sad when the only reason I blog is because I recently upgraded Wordpress. Perhaps this reveals a fatal character flaw? Regardless, we will really, really try to post more regularly. Spring is here and that always makes our camera fingers itchy, so you can expect a few new shots ... http://upnorth.org/2008/04/01/back-in-the-saddle/ Yes, it's that time of year again. It's the time when a man must boldly stand up and reassert his masculinity. It's the time when the beardless are derided for no good reason, unless one recalls that they are, in fact, spoiling it for the rest of us. It's the ... http://upnorth.org/2007/11/16/november-is-beard-month/ Joe Lencioni's fabulous photoblog, Shifting Pixel, is up for a 2007 Weblog award. If you're not already a fan of his work, I suggest you check it out. Once you do, I'm sure you'll agree it's award-worthy stuff. To show your approval simply visit the 2007 Weblog Awards website and ... http://upnorth.org/2007/11/02/vote-for-joe/ As my grandpappy used to say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Unfortunately, I've never been very good at heeding sound advice, hence this spaztastic redesign. If you notice things awry, don't fret, I've still got a lot o' tweaking to do before I affix my official seal-of-approval. http://upnorth.org/2007/09/03/redesign-for-the-win/ Man uses blog. Man encourages wife to use blog. Wife uses blog. Man and wife forget about blog. Family complains. Man uses blog... That's a brief recap of our recent blogging fortunes. To placate the disgruntled family members, I'm posting photos with a vengeance. Enjoy! Gilbert trying out the snorkeling gear Gilbert showing ... http://upnorth.org/2007/08/14/finally-vacation-photos/ We're officially back from vacation and we've probably checked our various e-mail accounts around 400 times. We had a wonderful, and restful, time at the lakes and we will eventually post a few photos to prove it. We're eager and apprehensive about returning to work on Monday—a week away is ... http://upnorth.org/2007/07/28/summer-vacation-going-going-gone/ I've upgraded to Wordpress 2.2 and now Wordpress 2.2.1 in the past week. If you notice any problems, I would appreciate an e-mail! http://upnorth.org/2007/06/23/upgrades-yay/