Thanks everyone for the advice! Here is more information: The shower is finished. The main wall is the American Olean 2 x 4 glass tile. (Its called charcoal - www.lowes.com/pd_355357-74035-DG7124BJHC1P_4294730930%2B4294965034 ) The other walls are the floor tile which is a 12x24 beige color. It doesn't have any pizazz but it looks fine. Originally I was going to have some of the blue mosaic be part of the shower but had the idea nixed by both the tile stores saleslady and my contractor as being to busy.... I will take more pictures tomorrow evening after the painters have finished and post. Again, my original idea was to have this mosaic "Majestic Ocean 1x1" really shine on the vanity wall...I still could have it on the vanity wall but it would only show 2 inches on the sides and lower edge. The top would have about 10 inches show since the light fixtures would be mounted above the mirrors.

I am sorry for your losses. The pain is inevitable, and although it will always be with you, it will get somewhat better over time. There really is no good answer to your question "why?". The only acceptable answer for me is that the universe is indifferent. Death is a random thing, I believe. If people are objective, and really observe the world around them, this seems to be the only conclusion that makes sense. I don't believe it is part of some cosmic plan that is not understandable. It is what it is. And it is sad. Human emotions are frail and most of us are far more insecure about our existence than we like to admit. When we lose those we love or care about, it makes the insecurity even more profound. I know there are lots of well-meaning folks on this board who can comfort you and maybe tell you what you think you need to hear. I'm just giving you my honest assessment of things as a rational person. Please accept your pain and grief as normal and learn to nurture yourself and be your own "best friend". Take it one day at a time. Get lost in some activity or interest. Make some new friends. Give more love and attention to those who you still have left in your life. This will help you. It WON'T cure your grief. But, it will make life feel better. Remember, we all will slip back into the great mystery one day. Life is hard, but it's still it's own reward. We're all just lucky to be alive. Don't contemplate on whether you are happy too much, and then you will find that you can be so. RV

I am probably not going to be posting many pics when asking questions any more because I find that too many people are only looking at the pictures, NOT reading the text, and thus their responses are either directly contrary to something I've said in the text (for instance "get rid of XYZ" or "the color of ABC is wrong" when I've already said in the accompanying that I love XYZ so it's not going anywhere or that the color of ABC is really more toward mauve when it shows up as puce in the picture) or have nothing at all to do with what I'm asking. I find that intensely frustrating. I have almost no pictures of my current house because it's still in "whatta dump" stage. No paint (walls need a TON of work), short on furniture, dreadfully designed kitchen that's a perpetual mess because there's nowhere to put things... and forget outside pictures, a few weeks ago we ripped out almost every trace of vegetation outside (and will not be replacing it until next year, probably fall '09 to get the end-of-season sales) due to a honeysuckle invasion that I swear was growing by feet per day and was starting to attack the porch. I'll happily post pictures of my previous house because I think I did a pretty decent job with it. We're not on Google Maps but we're kinda-sorta on Google Earth - but the best you can get is a fuzzy whitish blob in the midst of a bunch of other fuzzy whitish blobs on a fuzzy grayish stripe. No closeups. Our town is clearly not a high priority as far as Google is concerned! WRT security - we live in a somewhat iffy neighborhood so I am one HECK of a lot more worried about the people a dozen houses down the street breaking in looking for meth money than I am about someone trying to track me down via the Internet (I Googlebate every so often just to see what's out there re: me) from half a dozen states away. I've been email-stalked and -harassed a bunch of times in my 18 years online because of my outspoken ;-) opinions and my ISPs have always been helpful in dealing with it. However, I've had meet-ups with a whole slew of people I've met online over the years, twice flying nearly cross-country to do so, and it's been grand fun.

Oh man. My house is a toothless wonder. I have built and must paint 102 linear feet of cabinetry. I have a grill I bought 3 years ago in November, still in the box on my living room floor. I have the cardboard on the floors to protect them from the drywall finishing that should have been done 10 months ago. ($$) I have unusual circumstances, but I know exactly what you mean by one little thing changing everything. I had primed 16' of cabinet doors but hadn't put on any paint. I go SO SICK of looking at all the CRAP I was sticking in the open cabinets I put them on just primed. The peace it gave my eyes was astonishing. I've finally given them their 1st coat ... without taking them back down. I have a habit of sitting and staring at something I'm making, seeing it finished in my noggin. Then I'll build something and sit and stare at how great it looks. I can't imagine having all the walls up, finished, primed and painted, then with all the electricity finished AND moulding and trim installed. I won't know what to do with myself!