Raven, I will NEVER be gray. LOL! Been coloring my hair for years and years, and now that there is more natural gray than not, I'm using a very light shade so that it's all one color, but just not gray. If I were not to color, I would look like a skunk with streaks of dark among the light (white). Goldy, just stay away from those sites that promise all kinds of good things for your computer. Most of them are just scams, but the free stuff we talk about here will help you lots.

I answer to almost anything LOL, I am R-C and RC on several forums because people just shortened it and that is fine, my real life nickname is Raven because of my raven black hair that is now silver and black. I have other various names on various other forums, but I have been RavenCajun for a long time, however I have found I am not the only ravencajun out there. Jasdip actually this is the only non computer related forum I do visit these days, in the past I did participate in a few and I have had several forums that I was admin on, I just don't have the time anymore so I had to cut back. I really do enjoy doing this so as long as I am able I plan on doing it! Again thank you all, all of us that volunteer at help forums do it because we enjoy it and it is our way of giving back but it sure is nice to hear thank you it makes it all so very worth it.

Mom is healing well where they did the hip replacement and doing well in her therapy, walking better every day with the rolling walker. She is very upset that she will not be able to go back home, she gets really angry and takes it out on my sisters and the nurses, we are hoping that she will settle in and start to like the place and the people there. They are all very very nice and it is an excellent facility. She just really thought she would be going back home and so did we! If her memory and mental aspects would start to improve she would be able to, the doctor is just afraid she can not remember the do's and don'ts and to take her meds. She does not cook so there is no worry there but of course she could fall again. She had planned on coming here to my house at Christmas to spend some time here, she was already packed, it is very sad that she is not able to do that now. At 89 I think she is making very good progress. And once she makes friends hopefully she will begin to like it there. thanks everyone!

You are brave, I could never let someone tile anything, unless I was able to check the layout daily! I hate the look of 1/3 offset, so I prefer to go with stacked when there is no other choice. I find the repeating stair-step pattern busy and prefer the straight simpler lines of the stacked pattern. You need someone to do a scale drawing of the layout to get a feel for how the patterns will work. Next best thing is if the tile installer will prop some tiles up in the different patterns and take some photos for you. Match the grout to each tile color. Good luck!