May 23, 1999
We did go to the hospital party Friday night, after Denise worked til 8:30, and I studied till 10:30. I got up Sat AM to show the officers of the condo what is going wrong with the club house and how to fix it (the club house has some problems with it’s foundation). Then Nate and I went to the Engineering picnic. We played horeshoes, I won and received two tickets to the Devil Rays!! Then I won another pair of tickets during the raffle! Nate and I will take one set and Denise and I will take the other. When we got home, the AC broke on the car again, it only worked for one day! Then Nate bought himself a DVD player and one movie.. WaterBoy. Denise then told us we were going down to Sarasota for dinner. We did and had several games of cribbage: Dad L., Nate, and I during dinner. Then we came home and watched WaterBoy.
This morning I got up and met with a different lady who wishes to list our boat. I then filled out the forms (a very long process as they want to know every little detail!). Denise is studying, I need to start now!
May 21, 1999
Busy time, tonight Denise’s doctor friends are having a party, we may take the boat over. Tomorrow Nate and I are going to the FES picnic, Sunday a broker is coming to look over the boat to see about selling it. Next week is my final week of classes, then TEST time!
May 15, 1999
The floor goes to Jim Herrick, a proud poppa:
He’s here! On the 11th of May, at 2101 (9:01 P.M.) Corbin Alan Herrick was born. He came out at 7 pounds 8 1/2 ounces, 21″ long. He scored a 10 on the Apgars scale, and took to nursing about an hour later. He is perfect! He is trying to exercise his facial muscles and is going through a wide range of expressions. It is quite contenting to simply sit and watch him for long periods of time. Michelle ended up going for quite a long time without painkiller, and then the IV injection was just not enough for her to relax and continue to dilate, so she had an epidural. I think that was worse for me than for her. She did an excellent job. All of the nurses compliment her on doing as well as she did. She truly did make it look easy, compared to some of the things you hear about women going through.Thank you everyone for calling and writing and your good wishes.
Jim
May 9, 1999
Mother’s Day!
Nate fixed his mom breakfast in bed, scrambled eggs and fruit! This has been the third breakfast in bed she has had in two weeks! Nate and I had to leave Denise alone to study, so we went down to get Nate a TV. Got a good deal on one that had been returned!
May 8, 1999
Tomorrow is Mothers Day.
Happy Mothers Day to Sue, Alicia, Anne, Mom Loiselle, Cathy ,Candy, Jean, Diane, Kathryn, Priscilla, Irene, Beckie, and Suzanne!! We had a great time at Mom and Dad Loiselle’s today, Charles and Joslin were down from Jacksonville. We went fishing but caught only one small fish that was edible, the rest were pin fish, pipe fish, etc.
We had a good meal out on the dock at Anna Maria Island. Tonight Denise and Nathan have a marathon weight lifting session going on while I veg at the computers, printing Denise’s homework on one and doing this on the other!
Thanks for the pictures Charles (they are in the picture gallery) (thank you Roger B. for the neat GIFs!!!!).
May 2, 1999
We have had quite a weekend!! Started out on Friday, Denise called and said I was to join her at a restaurant and bring our toothbrushes! So at 6:30 we met and had a great meal. We then saw that the Gulfport Casino was open, we stopped and found that they had a Swing Dancing event going on. We stayed till 10 and danced up a storm. Then, surprise!, we went to the Sea Breeze Bed and Breakfast! Denise had several gifts for me all wrapped and hidden in the room she had for us for the night!!! Quite a place, we looked out over the bay. The weather was cool so we left the sliding glass door open and slept well.Then, in the morning there was a knock on the door, our wonderful breakfast!
Thanks Denise for a memorable 4th Anniversary!
We got home about 10:30 in the morning, a few minutes later Dad and Mom L, Alicia and her two kids, Therese and Felicia showed up! We talked for a while then took Nathan, Alicia, Therese, and Felicia out for a ride in the sailboat. We all had fun, then stopped in at a dock and walked over to SeaCritters for lunch. Alicia bought us all lunch, thanks!! We then sailed for a while and came back home. It was a good windy day! Mom and Dad went home. We then watched a movie and Alicia, Therese, and Felicia decided to sleep in the boat overnight. In the morning we woke to the smell of breakfast cooking, then Therese and Felicia popped in with breakfast in bed!!!! How wonderful.
Today we drove down to Dad and Mom L’s for a fantastic lasagna!! We played cribbage, swam and had fun until time for Denise and me to come home and study. Denise and I went to her office for a while, now we are both on the computers. Denise surfing the net for her course and me updating this home page. Quite a weekend!!!!