If there is one thing that you will learn from making hypertufa is most of what you learn is from trial and error. Most likely no one knows how much you need ( as a result no quick reply) because all the forms are different sizes. Your post did not indicate how big the box is for your mold. Take a coffee can and measure each ingredient. Log in in a notebook for later reference. Experience will teach you to have a smaller second mold ready for any excess. Or make small tufa balls, then flatten then and they will become feet for your containers. Good luck, take pictures and post you results Mike Here is a link that might be useful: My Blog

The foundation is already set for 102 inches by 150. I definitely want a tub, I may not use it often, but I sure want it when I do. Since the shower will extend 42 inches, I will keep the tub in line with that. That will leave 40 inches between vanity and tub and that sounds is if it is okay. So, I guess I will have that deck because most 42 inch wide tubs are 6ft long, and I dont have room for that. Anyone love their tub that would fit in this space? I do prefer tubs under 20 inches. Afraid I will never be able to get out of a deeper one.

That is awesome that she is thinking ahead like that. So many young adults don't do that. Personally, I am SO thankful to my mother for refusing to help with college costs unless I picked a useful degree. I also think it's really hard to know at 18 what you want to do with your life, as I don't think most young adults have the life experience to really know. I think everyone can agree that what you picture your life being at 18 and what it ends up being at 30+ are often quite different. I know it was for me. I majored in Economics and it allowed me the opportunity to go into a variety of different fields, from marketing to investment banking to even entrepreneurship. Understanding numbers and how they work can apply to anything in any industry. I am a huge proponent of the quantitative degrees - math, economics, programming, etc. These fields will never, ever go away because they can be applied to anything and any new technology that evolves. I have so many friends who majored in degrees like communications, marketing, history, journalism, etc. because it was their passion or interest at the time, and while I can appreciate that, they also have incredible stress because they can barely pay their bills, much less save for retirement or children's education. Student loans are also crippling - I know people with $500 a month loan payments and it is an incredible burden. All that being said, I agree with all of the above with regards to lifestyle and priorities. For myself, my #1 priority is financial security over job satisfaction, at least for now. I'm 31 and my fiance is 37 and through our jobs and savings, we've already saved enough to send our (future) kids wherever they want for college, and for our family to live completely debt-free. This was all done 100% from good jobs, working hard and savings...no inheritance or lucky investments. We live a simple lifestyle. Our house was expensive but that's just standard for where we live. I drive a 12 year old car and buy my clothes at Target. Before I met him he used the same particle board furniture from his college days. :) He still wears tshirts from 1992, lol. It's all about priorities. But there are trade-offs. He loves his job but I don't like mine. But the way I look at it is that for me, financial struggling would be as stressful as this job, so I am saving and saving to someday pursue my own passions. Working hard in a job I didn't necessarily love from college to now also allows me the privilege of being able to stay home with future kids, which is a big priority for me. Again with trade-offs. If I pursued my interests early on, I probably wouldn't be able to do that now. But I also hate going to work in the morning. Another thing to consider is that in 40+ years there's a good chance there won't be social security anymore so retirement savings needs to start as young as possible. Also, no matter what she picks, please emphasize the importance of internships and work experience in college! It really, truly can make the difference between a $20k job out of college and a $50k job out of college. Your starting salary will very often pave the way for future salaries, at least in my experience where new jobs can only pay a certain percentage higher than what you were previously making. I couldn't find any internships as I was ignorant of the importance until it was too late to apply for the ideal ones, so I reached out to local businesses and volunteered my services in exchange for being able to put it on my resume. Things like basic data analysis in the real world vs. a classroom can really make a difference after graduation. My friends who dedicated themselves to studying instead of trying to work at the same time had a really hard time finding jobs after college.

From a former Waterfront Director at a boys' camp: When my sons were teenagers, we put in a pool with a diving board (built above and beyond all regulations regarding depth and length), but we wouldn't do it again. Our kids loved the diving board and clearly understood that they needed to use caution when diving into a home pool (as opposed to the Rec Center pool), but their friends did not. The combination of normal teenage exuberance and the fact that most of their friends were over six feet tall resulted in too many close calls for comfort. Even when their friends weren't actually diving, they'd use the board to "catch air" as they'd carelessly lunge out towards the sides to catch a frisbee and would sometimes scrape their knees, ankles, elbows on the sides or bottom. Small stuff, but it began to make me feel uneasy- so much so, that when we were asked to host big events, like church picnics, etc., we'd "close" the diving board for the day and hire a professional lifeguard to keep an eye on kids in the pool. (It's frightening how easy it is to lose track of what's going on in the pool when there are lots of people around.) We've moved and are now in the process of building a new pool, but it's designed more for empty nesters. However, if we still had kids at home, we'd consider a volleyball pool (shallow at both ends, deep in the middle) or pool with a tube slide or a slide built into a hillside or berm (so you can't fall off). Other suggestions to keep kids from getting bored with the pool: try to make it long enough to swim laps and races (they can think up some crazy relays) and try to preserve enough of the yard for grass to play games on so they can work off some of their energy - and then cool off in the pool :-) All the best with your plans!