Before Carson-After Carson

I did it again-messed up and have these pictures in opposite order from what I intended! Boy am I out of practice. My brother-in-law is an awesome drywall and carpenter man. He and Linda came up last week to do some much needed repairs to my house. First you see the AFTER Carson pictures. The picture above was given to me by my clinical group this summer-in honor of my spirituality and because they knew I liked Norman Rockwell pictures. It goes very nicely in the new room Carson finished for me. You can see that picture below. The Rockwell picture hangs above the table.

These are the pictures of what Carson had to work with...ugly closet where my furnance and hot water had sat before I moved them (I had to buy new) to my garage this summer. It is a wonder the paneling did not catch fire. You can see the holes in the floor (covered up) and in the ceiling that the furnace guys didn't fix. They told me when I questioned them that "we are not carpenters"! It would have been nice if they had told me that up front. I am sure they assumed I knew that. Carson tore out the paneling, the floor, the ceiling-all down to the studs and put up dry wall. It really looks great! You will have to come visit me sometime-of course, give me notice so I can be sure the place is clean....!!!!! My sister and I turned my house upside down cleaning while Carson did this job.

That's it for now folks! School started back with prep week today. Students start next Monday.

My goodness it has been a year...!

Since I have posted anything in the name of Lady J! Where has the time gone? Thanks Karen for having me on your list of bloggers because I had forgotten my signon...a blond moment.


I have messed this up royally since I forgot that I needed to post my pictures and then my script! So first you will see some of my favorite pictures from Cape May, NJ where my friends Sue and Genya, staff at AMSN, took me while I was out there last weekend.

This is The Southern Mansion, the original summer resort. Gorgeous place. I was intrigued by the outside winding stair case.

One of my favorite victorian homes in Cape May.

My friend Sue on the left and Genya in the middle. We had such good fellowship in the Lord and were blessed to have Charles (Genya's husband) to be our chauffeur for the day!

A neat little shopping area where I found a wonderful decoration for my house!

This summer break found me very busy. First I was off to NJ to write test items for the AMSN national medical-surgical nurses certification exam. While there I had one day of orientation as the new editor of the AMSN MedSurg Matters Newsletter which is published 6 times a year. My friends Sue and Genya took me to Cape May one day and I found something I couldn't leave without-a victorian looking doll sitting in a swing. Sue and Genya kindly mailed her to me so I wouldn't break her apart on the plane home. I had one idea of where I would hang her but as my sister and I were giving my bedroom a deep cleaning it hit me just where to let her swing! So here she (Barbara is supposed to be her name) is in all her glory.

Last but not least-the Beach! Nice white sand.

I have some more pictures to post but since I've messed this up so badly I think I will do another post.