Recalculating Normals *Fixed

Hello,

I am working on a lantern and I have made the basic box thats going to be the medal around the glass.  When I try to recalc the normals to the outside with Ctr N the normals don't all point out.  Is there something I might be doing wrong or is there something I might have to do before I redo the normals.  I am going to start redoing them by site right now but hopefully I can get an answer before I spend to much time.

I didn’t realize I had faces within the extruded faces which screws up the normals I guess.

if Ctrl+N dosnt make all the normals go to the outside its usually because you have a face on the inside and not part of the mesh outer shell ?Confusing?