Unfortunately our 2 week renovation is at least a full week behind schedule, but at least that meant I had an extra day to figure out grout... I did a sample of the Laticrete "Smoke Grey" and it's the one! I don't know if it's just the specific tile we're using or something, but the "Silver Shadow" looks so much better in the pics I've seen on this forum than it did in my sample. @Bill--Thanks for the info! I've read so many of your posts and the FAQ's and they've been invaluable in this process! This afternoon I begin the quest for your recommended sealants. :) Thank you all for the photos and the links. They're beautiful, and were really great references. And they made me really long for the end of this project! So now what do I do with three almost full boxes of varying colors of grey grout that I don't plan on using? Ha!

Ingredients from Bacos: Defatted soy flour, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, water, salt, sugar, natural and artificial flavor (some type of glutamate no doubt, but not MSG because I'm allergic to that and it would give me a stomache ache), artificial color, and red 40, maltodextrin, dextrose, tocopherol, (preservative). I am allergic to nitrates, they give me headaches, so I buy natural bacon and keep it in the freezer. I slice off some bits to fry for flavor, but not for the broccoli slaw style salad. I don't mind a dash of the soy product stuff to add some bacon flavor to something like soups and salads or braised greens, if it's just a dash for flavor. It absolutely is full of sugar and salt so that's why I said use judiciously. In a BLT where bacon is a key ingredient rather than a flavoring, I want real bacon, I tried the soy stuff for BLTs and it didn't cut it for me. Also, some of my friends are vegans and others are observant Jews and Muslims, so the Baco bits work for when I am cooking for a mixed crowd, which is what my gang tends to be. I'm liking the idea of smoked almonds for salads though. I have been avoiding them due to the salt content, but a few might be interesting in salads.

All of the ones I have seen advertised and mentioned do contain nicotine. I would just say do some research because the FDA is trying to ban them, the info I read and watched said they contain nicotine as well as one of the ingredients in antifreeze. I did see one brand that offered a no nicotine cartridge but all the other do have the nicotine. FDA: Electronic Cigarettes Contain Toxins FDA Warns Five Companies Over E-Cigarette Claims as always best to do some serious research on anything we would put in our bodies.

Hello all. We have a precious little girl, almost two. I was amzaed to see that so many people are sharing much of the same instances that we have experienced with your little girl. quick run down, with results. -born 8 weeks premie. VERY hard vaginal birth, in NICU for three weeks. -developed and did fine unitl 6mths. First series of sinus infections recurring after finishing her round of antibiotics. -tubes in her ears, as a result of her tugging at her ears and alligator rolls while in the bed. Result seemed help with ear related symptoms, no impact on sinus infections. -recurring sinus infections continue. No matter what if prescribed in anitbiotics, the infection comes back within a week. -allergy tests...nothing big came back. -Adnoids removed, was told that they sometime harbor bacteria. no effect on the sinus infections. -continued infections, blood allergy tests came back normal -**forgot to mention that she began life on formula, then soy milk, now on dairy.** -sinus "surgery"...they irrigated her front sinus cavities & did a culture, with not culture results abnormal. The left cavity was somwhat full, the right had nothing. -tried doing nothing during her last bout with the sinus infections, to see how she would do. for three weeks she did well, somewhat runny nose, but always clear fluid. however, yesterday it seemed to worsen. -**also forgot to mention she was put into the hospital at around 6mths with RSV like syptoms, although she never tested + for it. -**was tested for CF, came back negative -**we were told that you could not test a child at her age for asthma (sp?) Now, we are frustrated, confused, and ready to beat the crap out of our ENT, Allergist, and Pediatrition, none of whom seem to discuss this issue TOGETHER! instead they use us to update each other on what they think, despite our protests. -just had a double lumens test, where they shove a small tube up her nose and down her throat for 24hrs to measure her Ph....to see if she has reflux washing bacteria into her sinus cavities....result in-freakin'-conclusive.... One word.....DAMN! just a fyi for you guys