Start of a New Career Substituting for the School Nurses and Teachers

Well tomorrow I start my first day of substituting. I have 4 jobs substituting for the school nurses. I am a little nervous but I am sure that it will go well.

The Brook

When I lived in Rivervale the neighborhood was very close community. There was Kathy Lee, Patty Martin, and a bunch of other kids. All the parents got together and built a dam of rocks on the Hackensack River which flowed through the area. One man got a severe case of poison ivy making a beach. He pulled it out by hand. We went swimming every day. Out the door and around the block in my bathing suit and in I went. Dad used to come home from work, after delivering mail all day and go for a dip. I remember he never bought a new bathing suit but always wore his old blue wool merchant marine trunks. It was such a neat way to grow up. I learned to love the water.

Excavation September 26, 2010

Well we are finally starting the house. The excavators have developed what looks like the outline of our new home. The pipes are being laid and tomorrow they will poor the footings. This gets so complicated at times that it is mine boggling. We had to change the lay out of the furnace room because it is no longer a furnace room but a boiler room for the in-floor heat. That means my poor little sewing/office room just got smaller. Oh well I will adapt. We are getting there slow but surely.

I finally posted a picture. Jerry is doing video and we will share that when we are all done. This is what the place looks like right now. The backhoe sits where the trailer used to sit and the shadow is the trailer .