Shirl's day in the country

Our good friend Shirl aka Patrick took a ride with us up to the house to deliver ceiling fans and see the progress since last week. It was a lovely sunny day. On the cool side but not freezing. We now have the fireplace hearth and stone work, kitchen cabinets are installed and the stairwell banister is done. All in all it was a busy week. To the right a photo of Shirl and me and below a couple of other new pictures.

Finally an extra shift!

Ok so the ongoing joke around here is that I am going to work extra shifts to pay for the Pocono house. Well it's a joke for me anyway. Ned I think, has been waiting for me to really work some extra shifts, silly man. This week I finally really did work an extra 12 hour shift. I got lots of time and a half and night shift differential as it is known in nurse speak. After a 2 hour nap this morning we drove to the Poconos to see how our home also known as the reason we now have to work long hours was coming along. I can honestly say we both were impressed and happy to see the progress and the look coming together. As you recall the house color was a disappointment. It has started to grow on me but Ned is still having a hard time with it. The trip today, though made him feel good again about the project. Dare I say even giddy. Walls are all done and painted, cabinets are in the house ready to be installed, wood base boards and trim are all installed. Many, many tasks completed. Here are new pictures.

The Oscar Party

So Sunday was my superbowl actually it was the Academy awards so I had a party for friends and we all ate some food and watched the preshow and the big telecast. I know this post is late and the Oscar's are already old news but I will say that Charlize Theron did not wear a flattering dress, It concerns me that Lauren Bacall had such trouble with her presentation and Jon Stewart did a great job as host.

The Best gown of the evening was worn by Reese Witherspoon who I adore but should not have won the best actress award. It should have gone to Felicity Huffman for TransAmerica. I also enjoyed the actress from Memoirs from a Geisha's gown. I must say that the men should shave for such an occasion and as my friend Carol said "you should not walk down the red carpet with your hands in your pockets." So why did Sandra Bullock wear a dress with pockets in them and proceed to walk down the red carpet with her hands in those pockets? We'll never know.
Above: Cher in her Bounty gown made a guest appearance at the party.

Above: The balloting room pre Oscars

Above: shhh, The show has begunAbove: The hosts