[Billie]

[Billie]

Of course, I should have corrected the text in the opening to read "this is the 10th Hall of Fame, not the 8th - and the threads are through yesterday, December 28, 2004, not through September 27, 2004. :(

[Mama_Bear]

Good morning, Billie! Such a sweet welcome graphic. Thank you for another Hall of Fame thread. I will add this one to my bookmarks.

Hello everyone, top o' the mornin' to you. My name is Mama_Bear. I've been away so long that I am sure no one is going to recognize me....(especially since I may have fluffed out a tad with all the Christmas nibbling. Time to go on a crash diet to get ready for the ball. LOL.)

Have a wonderful Wednesday, friends. HUGS!

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Billie.

[MEG33]

Good Morning!..Thank you for the fine thread, Billie!

[tuliptree76]

Hi Billie! That is a cute graphic. I hope you are having a wonderful day.

[Diver Dave]

Mornin' to the finest.

Looks like we've got enough to host our own Hall of Fame Game. weinie can be the mascot if it won't interfere with Presidential campaigning.

[GailA]

Good afternoon, it's finally thawing out here. And I went off to Home Depot and Lowe's to buy tiles for a 'small' front door area project. Ceramic tiles there are 12 of them 8 x 8's. 4 across and 3 down, it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. The first phase is done. They are mastic down, with the 1/4th inch spacers installed. It was harder to cut the old worn carpet and jank it up than to put the tiles down. They are a light sand color, the grout will be antique white. The project so far has cost $24.91 for material. I still have to replace the quarter round and frame the tiles in with wood. That should be about another $8-10.00. Home Depot had a mastic/grout all in one product that I hope works as it said it would.

I laid the tiles on the floor with the spacers in place, took a perma marker and drew around them, removed the tiles, then starting cutting the carpet out of the space.

Grouting is next. So far I've not had to sponge off any mastic/grout off my tiles...I work neat.

Dennis and I had planned to replace the carpet which is badly worn this next year. But that won't happen now, so this mini face lift will help improve the looks of the door area. I'd already painted the door a dark taupe with a lighter taupe around the small window in the door.

I got the tiles at Lowe's and the mastic/grout at Home Depot. HD didn't have the tiles I wanted. At first I thought to do 12 inch tiles, but the 8 inch worked out cheaper and nicer in the long run.