shwango! blog » life http://blog.shwango.com life, love and some other stuff... Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:51:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Wow! I have a blog! http://blog.shwango.com/2009/05/03/wow-i-have-a-blog/ http://blog.shwango.com/2009/05/03/wow-i-have-a-blog/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 17:46:35 +0000 osterday http://blog.shwango.com/2009/05/03/wow-i-have-a-blog/ Ah… yeah, now I remember… I do have a blog!

I felt like dusting the blog off and posting again.

Life sure gets busy when you have a kid! I had a grand plan to go back and add entries for the important dates – and maybe I still will, but for now I’ll just start posting.

Julien Patrick was born on September 20th, 2008, at 6:04pm. Jen went into labor around 10:30am. She had a completely natural birth – it was awesome!

]]> http://blog.shwango.com/2009/05/03/wow-i-have-a-blog/feed/ 1 Wonderful things happening http://blog.shwango.com/2008/06/08/wonderful-things-happening/ http://blog.shwango.com/2008/06/08/wonderful-things-happening/#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:42:04 +0000 osterday http://blog.shwango.com/2008/06/08/wonderful-things-happening/ Jen said I was posting too much tech stuff and she’s right.  Sorry about that, but that is what I tend to post about most…Anyway, the baby is doing great.  We’re (most likely) having a boy according to the ultrasound.  It is quite an amazing thing to see this awesome guy growing inside my wonderful wife.  And we get to hear the heartbeat during our monthly (soon to get more frequent) visits to the Midwife center.  More and more now I’m feeling the baby crawling around inside Jen – it’s so cool!

I painted the baby’s room a few weekends ago. “Brown Teepee” by Behr is an awesome color! Last week I pulled up the old carpet. The old carpet was pretty disgusting and I’m glad it’s gone. I’d like to keep the hardwood, but Jen wants new carpet installed. Either way, the room is starting to come together! Oh, we ordered the crib and dresser/changing table – really nice looking furiture!

]]> http://blog.shwango.com/2008/06/08/wonderful-things-happening/feed/ 0 Woo hoo! I’m gonna be a dad! http://blog.shwango.com/2008/02/25/woo-hoo-im-gonna-be-a-dad/ http://blog.shwango.com/2008/02/25/woo-hoo-im-gonna-be-a-dad/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:45:25 +0000 osterday http://blog.shwango.com/2008/02/25/woo-hoo-im-gonna-be-a-dad/ Jen’s going on 11 weeks pregnant now! We got to hear the heartbeat today.

It’s all a bit scary, but so exciting! I’m quite the happy camper!

]]> http://blog.shwango.com/2008/02/25/woo-hoo-im-gonna-be-a-dad/feed/ 0 Congratulations, Dr. Jen! http://blog.shwango.com/2007/11/08/congratulations-dr-jen/ http://blog.shwango.com/2007/11/08/congratulations-dr-jen/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:49:35 +0000 osterday http://blog.shwango.com/2007/11/08/congratulations-dr-jen/ I should have posted this a while ago, but better late than never!

Hey everyone! It’s not just Jen any more, but Dr. Jen! Yes, Jen graduated with a Doctorate of Psychology from Xavier. Ain’t she great!

]]> http://blog.shwango.com/2007/11/08/congratulations-dr-jen/feed/ 0 Er… an update! http://blog.shwango.com/2007/10/15/er-an-update/ http://blog.shwango.com/2007/10/15/er-an-update/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:39:51 +0000 osterday http://blog.shwango.com/2007/10/15/er-an-update/ Another post just to say I’m still here!

I’m working on getting the blog moved to my new server. Still trying to decide whether to use WordPress or Mephisto. I use WordPress for sites at work and really dig it, but I’m doing a lot of Ruby nowadays, so Mephisto would be good to hone my skills. Maybe both? One for tech stuff and one for life?

Oh, yeah… I got married! Woo hoo! More on that later… (and a photo gallery of Belize!)

]]> http://blog.shwango.com/2007/10/15/er-an-update/feed/ 1 Still here and Happy Birthday! http://blog.shwango.com/2007/01/18/still-here-and-happy-birthday/ http://blog.shwango.com/2007/01/18/still-here-and-happy-birthday/#comments Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:47:27 +0000 osterday http://blog.shwango.com/2007/01/18/still-here-and-happy-birthday/ Whoa things have been busy!

- Job change with a big project (Yikes – stress!)
- Christmas and New Year’s (Up to Chagrin, then party at our place!)
- Mom had tongue cancer surgery (She’s doing well)
- My sister’s pregnant (Due in March)
- Jen’s 30th Birthday (Happy Birthday! Dinner at Palominos, yum!)
- Ruby on Rails (Very cool)

Anyway… I hope to post more soon, but you know how that goes!

]]> http://blog.shwango.com/2007/01/18/still-here-and-happy-birthday/feed/ 0 Woo hoo! We’re engaged! http://blog.shwango.com/2006/05/19/woo-hoo-were-engaged/ http://blog.shwango.com/2006/05/19/woo-hoo-were-engaged/#comments Fri, 19 May 2006 13:00:53 +0000 osterday http://blog.shwango.com/2006/05/19/woo-hoo-were-engaged/ On Tuesday night I proposed to Jen and she accepted! She was pretty surprised since I did it on the day before our three year dating anniversary.

]]> http://blog.shwango.com/2006/05/19/woo-hoo-were-engaged/feed/ 2 Spring at last! http://blog.shwango.com/2006/03/31/spring-at-last/ http://blog.shwango.com/2006/03/31/spring-at-last/#comments Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:11:29 +0000 osterday http://blog.shwango.com/2006/03/31/spring-at-last/ Yesterday we finally got some Spring weather in Cincinnati! Nice, sunny and 70 degree day! Fired up the grill! (Not that it was the first time lighting the grill this year – I’ll grill out even in the snow!) Of course today is wet an rainy.

]]> http://blog.shwango.com/2006/03/31/spring-at-last/feed/ 0 Train Expo http://blog.shwango.com/2006/03/29/train-expo/ http://blog.shwango.com/2006/03/29/train-expo/#comments Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:04:58 +0000 osterday http://blog.shwango.com/2006/03/29/train-expo/ The Train Expo was this past weekend at the Cincinnati Convention Center. Pretty cool stuff! I just started getting back into trains and model railroading over the Christmas holiday after Jen took me down to Holiday Junction at the Museum Center – they also have an amazing model of Cincinnati in the 40s as well as the re-opened Tower A which overlooks the Queensgate yard. (Webcam of the model.)

Some pictures and movies of the train expo: day 1, day 2, and a few movies.

Jen’s been pretty understanding of my new hobby! Actually she doesn’t mind it at all – just how much time I’m spending on it!

I also did a little “railfanning” a few weeks ago.

Here are some pictures over looking the yard on the Hopple St. viaduct and a few pictures from the Longworth Hall parking lot.

]]> http://blog.shwango.com/2006/03/29/train-expo/feed/ 0 Funniest blog comment ever! http://blog.shwango.com/2006/03/23/funniest-blog-comment-ever/ http://blog.shwango.com/2006/03/23/funniest-blog-comment-ever/#comments Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:16:48 +0000 osterday http://blog.shwango.com/2006/03/23/funniest-blog-comment-ever/ This comment I got is hilarious! Those of you who suffered through the v.com fiasco would get the inside joke! Whoever posted that, thanks – I busted out laughing when I read that! Aaron, was that you?

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