1- You can't grout over old cement based grout. Do you know the specific grout used? Was it a dry powder you mix with water ? If yes, you cannot grout over grout. You'll have to dig out at least half the depth of the old grout to grout in that area. If you used one of the newer single component grouts such as Fusion, Plasma or Flexcolor, you can grout over grout but they are the only exceptions to the rule. 2- Never heard of such a thing. Do you have any spare sheets lying around? Take one to an artist with a sharp eye for color and ask if you doubt yourself.

Maybe this is overly simplistic, but if he seems to enjoy the attention he gets when he misbehaves, perhaps he is misbehaving to get more attention. It's a classic, common problem for young children, and while you sound very pleased (and indeed, fortunate) to have an experienced and capable foster mom for your son, she may not be giving him quite the same level of attention he would get from you. Honestly, that would be a lot to expect... The programs you are asking about seem to be "fix him" type programs. "Just play the tape while he's asleep and it'll all get better." or "Have him watch the video about how to be good." Yeah - right. I'd expect that only a very 'hands-on' program with a high degree of parental involvement would be really effective pretty quickly. On the bright side though, getting him back seems like a good and natural time to start implementing an effective program. 1-2-3 Magic is a great program. There's a video you can watch about implementing it that is 100% worth your time to see. Don't let anyone convince you that a 'quickie verbal 'how-to' is all you need. There are pieces of the system, such as being sure you have his attention, maintaining eye contact, tone of voice, making it 100% clear that you expect compliance and waiting until you get it -- SO many things that the video illustrates and explains that a 'here's how it works' talk will miss. So get your hands on that video. 'Natural Consequences' is a discipline philosophy that may or may not have it's own 'program video', but it's very effective with strong-willed children. The whole idea is that misbehavior causes bad things to happen, and that the bad things are a direct result of the bad behavior. Touch a hot stove - you burn your finger. So for the car-seat incident, a good natural consequence would be that the trip (if it's a fun one) immediately gets cancelled. "We can't go if you can't stay buckled in your car seat - sorry." Or if it's not a fun trip, stop now, but go again later, cancelling another fun activity because you have to run that errand. Or sit by the side of the road until he buckles up (however long it takes), then sadly have to miss a fun activity because of the time wasted sitting at the side of the road. You get the idea -- The bad behavior causes an unpleasant consequence. The flip side of this strategy is positioning a positive for right after an unpleasant chore. "We'll have our snack right after we pick up these toys." Another strategy that might work is called 'social stories' -- It's used mainly for autistic children to teach them appropriate social interractions and what to expect in situations that might cause anxiety, but basically, they're stories that explain in explicit and concrete terms how certain situations work and what the 'good' or 'appropriate' behavior for that situation is. For example, a trip to the dentist might include getting into the car seat and staying buckled, waiting patiently in the waiting room and playing quietly until it's our turn, sitting calmly in the chair and opening his mouth when the dentist asks and not biting the dentist! It would explain that the dentist uses a lot of funny-looking tools that sometimes make loud or strange sounds, and that the sounds, while strange, won't hurt, and that these tools are used to keep his teeth healthy and strong. Again - the basic idea is to explain about the situation, in advance, in enough detail to remove the anxiety-provoking 'unknown' and give the child a model of behavior to follow. It's amazing how effective these stories can be. And last but certainly not least -- One of my favorites is to catch him being good and offer explicit praise. "That was really nice when you shared your truck with Johnny!" or "You did a great job brushing your teeth tonight - thank you!" Praise and success are the best kinds of attention there is -- Best of luck to you --

Thank you gals, Welcome here Diane------ I have 7,8,and X. I learned on 7 and find it the easiest and thee "Good ole reliable" when all else fails, "lol" but there are a lot of new nice tools in the later versions that I love. Also, added, needed features, like being able to use more file locations. (like adding more than you have to,huh Joy? "lol") Anyhow, "Listen to Sue, and you learn the tricks of the trade and the fear of getting arrested." "lol" (just kidding) But she loves to be picked on! (I hope) I find PSPX to be like a skeleton of the Jasc's because we have to ADD so much to get it like 7&8 as far as the already there stuff like eye candy 3.1 plug-ins, etc. Also, No Jasc Animation Shop with X where you get it with the others. If my hands were tied to where I was allowed only ONE, even tho I have never tried it, I would get 9. You stay here while you are learning, and all of us will try and help you like we all got help from each other. A lot of the older ones "graduated" and went on to "bigger & better" things but some of us regulars stayed to either pick on each other or cause "we didn't graduate yet?" "lol" "have fun, will travel" ~Urlee~

Urlee, I have PSP 7/8/9/X....in all three the... Deformation/Environment Map folders are empty. If you have the PSP9 manual, 'Mapping' is on page 472, it is used to create image maps for web pages. "An Image map is a graphic that contains a mapped area (called cells). that links to URL's." In PSP9 my Displacement Map folder has one texture in it. I have used Displacement Map, I must have saved a texture when I used the effect. You might want to try Displacement (if you haven't), it's kind of fun. These Displacement map tutorials are for PSP9, I assume they work the same in PSPX.... Displacement Map...one effect many uses Using Displacement Map T-Shirt Displacement Joy