Rut Roe....Tile in and Tile out....

Guess it had to happen sooner or later. We had been doing pretty well picking colors and tiles….. until we picked our kitchen tile. So, it’s Friday, and Deb’s co-worker, Kathy offers to take her pick-up truck to Seattle with Debbie taking our truck to pick up all the tile! How nice was that!! Wow, what a kind gesture that was! They arrive Friday afternoon. We unload it all and schlepped it upstairs… ready to go for Sat.
Long story short is as we continued to lay the tile, the busier it got and the more it started to look like camouflage… or something. The look was fighting everything. Stuff looked great in the store but we only got to see one tile and there are about 12 different tiles to make up the whole thing.. once we saw tiles with a large blue/grey blob, we got concernec. After about 45 tiles, I said I thought it looked horrible. Deb nodded. We wanted to cry. We had lunch, called Sandra/Jon, and a few friends for advice and they agreed it was time to tear it up, and “don’t look back.” We reluctantly agreed it was best. Did the deed, washed all the tiles and cleaned up the thinset. Another couple hours. Will either sell tile, or might be able to use somewhere else in the house. Another delay we did not need….. now kitchen cabinets may be next week. Of course, still have to install new tile when it comes….again. Did a load of painting on Sunday. God Bless, Debbie. She did a second coat on the entire kitchen ceiling, and more! As Astro from the Jetson’s says…. Rut Roe….
Best thing as of Friday is Margaret was evaluated and approved to move back to Creekside in assisted living! Back to her buddies, bingo, etc. She really impressed. Evaluators came to nursing home, asked her to stand up and she did, walked to her walker and walked out the door! So impressive and inspiring! I know there were a whole lot of people who essentially “wrote her off” when she broke her hip. Also, said she would not last a year after Barney died, also said she could not move anywhere…..etc. etc. Still not a cake walk ahead but just goes to show heh…?