Oops! I just got up and forgot that she might find out who I am if I post it here! (Haven't even had my coffee yet!) Oh, well, she'll probably be getting it today, anyway.

Signed up just to respond to ur post. The post I first saw had photo and specifically asked about sanded vs unsanded grout. I hope u didnt go w the cheapest bid! Wide grout joints require sanded grout. You can get away w unsanded if done right but will still have hairline cracks where grout meets tile. Either way joints that large must be done in stges. Good tile guy knows this. Ironically wide joints are generally a sign of bad (cheap) tile job. You or tile guy could have undone everything w water when you first noticed it was wrong. Even cleaning stove when grot was fresh no problem. Too bad, subs always scare me. No one trains anymore.Everything has been dumbed down or "home depoted". Loose the wide joints when u fix....looks cheap, yet wwon't be. Good luck recovering anything. You might think about a lein against contractor.

At last I have finished Trollope's The Warden and . . . for Sheri . . . who couldn't remember the 'plot' It concerns the warden, kind old Rev Mr Harding, who is in charge of the Barchester 'hospital' ie alms houses for 12 old 'beadsmen' of the city. A young radical hot-head John Bold, believes that Harding is taking too much money as his stipend from the Trust, which should go to the old men instead. People take sides, even the pensioners, not understanding Harding already gives them an allowance out of his own pocket. The London newspapers take up the story leading to innocent-in-the-ways-of-the-world Harding resolves to leave his post and live on a very small amount of money in a tiny parish. Tied in with this is the bossy Archdeacon, the kindly Bishop and the lovely Eleanor Harding who spends too much time, in that rather unhealthy Victorian way, weeping on the bosom of her Father . . . and he on hers.

Yoyobon, I'm so glad he is enjoying them. The library where I used to work had a lot of them and the kids loved them.