After all the preperation and giggling, the time has finally arrived. Trick-or-treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat! :]

I'm off and running. Here goes nothing. Let's hope I didn't just make the worst mistake evarrrrrrrr by doing this.

This is not easy. I'm doubting myself right now.......why did I want to do this? Anyone who does this for a living, kudo's to them.

The tile adhesive needs to set for 24 hrs. Looks pretty good so far........

and so the grouting begins..............

Here it is after the grouting was done and needed to set. I'm sorry about the pictures being blurry. I took it with our video camera and they didn't come out as you can see.

Well, here it is. The finished Fireplace mantel! WoooHooo! What a job. I don't no how people can do this everyday. It kicked my butt. It looks great and really changes the feel of the room. Yay! I can check this off my list.

Sarah Palin in the Burg! She came out and spoke in the cold and rainy weather. She was awesome!

Here is Sarah Palin in F'burg, VA 10-27-08. Kim and I went to the rally! :)