05-13FEB12 - Houma, LA (misc & more jaxson photos)

If you read our BLOG back in DEC11, you may remember Dan & Corrie decided not to get each other Xmas presents. Sometime after the New Year, Dan mentioned that he had “planned” on purchasing a tablet computer for Corrie. All of a sudden Corrie was very much interested in the Xmas gift she didn’t get! So after a little research Dan purchased a Samsung 7 inch Tablet at Best Buy. As with the camera Dan purchased in our last BLOG entry, it was much cheaper to order online for store delivery & pick-up. In fact, he ordered it at lunch time & it was ready for pick-up one hour later (obviously it wasn’t shipped in; so what is the price break based on?).

Now after decades of ignoring computers, Corrie is in danger of becoming a geek. In fact, she now has a Facebook page & is learning how to post pictures of our new grandchild. At the same time she is starting to use her new cell phone to text to her friends. Dan even created a Facebook page, but his intention is just to link in back to this BLOG.

Meanwhile we finally called for the final inspection of the shed that Raymond, Joe & Dan recently built. At the start of the process Dan specifically asked the Parish what the “inspection” would entail. He was told not to worry; the inspection would only check that all the “setbacks” were correct at the end of construction. In fact, no one had to be home for the inspection & the shed could be locked! Unfortunately someone was home & the Inspector asked to look inside. He then come up with a really BS requirement concerning the ridge vent that is not even applicable to a newly built house! Rather than argue, we’ll get’r done.

Saturday, 11FEB, we (Dan, Corrie, Raymond, Rebecca & Jackson) decided to have an early Valentines dinner at one of the better restaurants in Houma. Why? Because there was a good possibility that Raymond would be working late on Valentines Day; and this way we could beat the crowds. Because it was the first weekend of Mardi Gras, many people were eating dinner out before catching that night’s parade. Although busy, it was not nearly as bad as we have experienced on Valentines Day. The best part was that the kids paid!

13FEB was Rebecca’s birthday & we were prepared to spring for a birthday dinner; but all she wanted was a home cook meal (specifically Dan’s garlic chicken), & no cake. So we cooked her meal, & Corrie even bought a small chocolate cake because we needed a place to light the candles. Rebecca is now 29 one year from the big three “O”; just another sign of how old we are getting!