The tile man has been at my house for 2 days and is almost finished with the floor. I am sooo incredibly happy that Bill talked me into going with tile. It looks beautiful. We have decided to go ahead and also tile the hall and my bathroom as well. It won't cost all that much as we look to have a lot of extra tile. Mr McCormick ( the tile guy) told me that we chose such an excellent tile, he hasn't lost any on cuts and has been able to make double cuts. This has saved me almost 4 boxes of tile. I'll need a few more to do the work we now want to do. The house looks so much better and seems less dusty. Dust here is a big problem as this is an agricultural town. I think it may help with everyone's allergies.

We are experiencing a "Level 5" heat wave and boy am I tired of it. It's been 105 degrees plus everyday for the last 9 days or so. At least here, we're used to it being hot and it is a "dry" heat. I saw Phoenix is having the same heat...just hotter there. I'd say there is something to the global warming thing, except this happens every few years. It's a big cycle. Several "cooler" summers...than a "holy crap" summer...just our turn for one of those. That doesn't make my electric bill any smaller though...PGE (the electric company) must be loving the profit margin they are earning this year!

I'm off to work..Have a few new project for the kids today involving "extra" pieces of tile. We're going to get rather dirty making mosaics.