Well Wednesday started out much the usual with a 5:30 roll out. I was so keyed up about starting the backsplash I had a hard time sleeping. I did my morning routines then had my cup of tea laced with turmeric while I posted this ramble then spent some quiet time with my Creator in thanksgiving and lifting up those I know by name who needed some special thoughts and prayers. Afterwards I got ready to ride out to the Rec for a workout on the pickle ball court for and hour or so and left there with a wet shirt. I didn't need to hand water the gardens as we had a storm which brought some much needed rain during the night.
I started on the job of hanging tile or laying which ever you prefer on the backsplash areas of the kitchen. It came in sheets which make for a good pattern and keeping the grout line straight but the cutouts around the electrical outlets is a real job. The second outlook looks so much better than the first one but the switch plates will cover that first ever tile cutting disaster, oh well. You learn by trial and error and this was a learning experience. So far I've completed about 1/3 of the area to be tiled and by late afternoon I had mastered the job to an extend that now I have to make a decision on how to tile behind the stove that has no base on which to sit the bottom row of tiles. The countertop provided that base which keeps the tiles straight and level and no slippage.
Amy, GG and Eliza came for lunch and they ate in the dining room as the kitchen was torn up with my project. I worked through until nearly 5 then took a break. I had been on my feet all day with lot of it bending over to tile underneath the cabinets. Our friends and neighbors visiting from Michigan wanted to get together for some cards after supper so I took a hot shower and then we went to visit around 7 'ish after a delicious supper of grilled bone-in pork chop and fresh broccoli. We played a new version of Phase 10 and one game of Euchre and I caused us(BOYS) to lose. Nancy won the first game of Phase 10 and the girls beat us badly in Euchre the second game; by 9'ish I was fading so we walked across the street and I hit the sack and watched a little of the Fox News channel before lights out for me, LATER
