Tiles

Give me a dying patient on a ventilator to look after!
It would be less stressful that discussing the right ceramic tile design for the kitchen with the Prof that's for sure!
In the end, after a somewhat lively time comparing one colour with another  , the Prof wandered off to the showroom exit with a wave of his hand and the words " YOU  pick!!!!!" 
it's been all too queeny! Very much like the judging from Strictly Come Dancing! 

I will leave you with a somewhat happier image
A rescued donkey " smiles" at his rescuers after being saved from a flooded river!
Have a peaceful weekend  readers


42 comments:

  1. I would love to hear that donkey's adventure story.

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    1. It's more interesting than mine

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    2. Simple, the donkey fell in the flooded river, was very frightened, and some good people came and rescued him.

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  2. You've probably got better taste in tiles anyway lol.

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  3. My hubby has the not very endearing habit of asking my opinion about something and then doing exactley what he was going to do in the first place .

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    1. So does mine. Everyone thinks I rule the roost but he only does exactly what he wants to do.

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    2. Oh, I think that's something buried deep in the very nature of husbandship. As a result, when one has two husbands in the mix, things can get really interesting. But we manage!

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    3. Take a deep breath is one way of coping
      Drinking heavily is another

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    4. So familiar. One word from me and he does what he wants.

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  4. I thought you wrote "Give me a dying patient on a vibrator to look after!" and I had to read more. :D

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    1. Dying on a vibrator is a very different kind of post

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  5. After two futile trips to pick out tiles, I just went and got what I wanted. I came home and said "I love these white subway tiles and the grey glass tiles are the accent. Beautiful Right." He who cooks the most gets the final say. Good luck and have you chosen counters yet? Yikes, that was even worse.

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  6. At least agreed that it's tiles then? Well, that's a start.

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  7. I say do what you want and leave the prof out of it; YOU spend the most time in the kitchen anyway!

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  8. Pick out what you like or you may hate the kitchen after it's finished. Take my word for it.

    That's one happy donkey!

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  9. Let us see your choice soon! As far as the donkey goes, it looks like it had a couple of pints. I am expecting a happy hiccup any moment!

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  10. Oh, happy day.
    Oh happy day.
    Oh happy, day.

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  11. It's so hard isn't it. Looking at one tile sample and imagining it covering a large space.

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  12. I have a hard time picking out things like that. At the same time, my husband's and my tastes can be very different, so I can't just let HIM pick stuff out! lol What I am saying is I hope never to have to redo our kitchen :)

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  13. It is very difficult choosing tiles either alone or with someone. It often takes to get a wrong pack home before seeing exactly what the right one is unless you have something exact in mind that is all about the tile and not the units.

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  14. After renovating a few old homes ... we worked out which of us was best at choosing certain things .. there were things that I just knew and things he knew better :)
    I counted ..4 old homes, made new and pretty again ... ~

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    1. That poor donkey, I am so glad he was saved.

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  15. White subway tile, narrow grout lines. Done.

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  16. I remember those discussions well. They seemed interminable. We got there in the end - as you will.
    Hooray for donkey savers.

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  17. Confession: I don't really like the tiles we agreed on in the end. But I'm not going there. (I also don't really like our roof!) (I also think the den didn't turn out the way I thought it would when I chose the paint colour) Oh god! It's me! -Jenn

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  18. Anonymous8:22 pm

    It is something to argue and negotiate about and then come to a joint decision. The last thing you want is for either of you not being happy with the tiles. Since you spend more time in the kitchen, perhaps more weight should be given to what you think.

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  19. You lost me at the tiles and got me back with the donkey.Poster on donkey vet office wall of donkey with common donkey ailments printed around it, the line from the mouth end said "medication often best administered via a small jam sandwich" Emphasis on the small :)

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  20. Nothing unites a couple more than when the outsider takes one side and maligns the other. So I shall take your side, John, and malign Chris (justifiably so).

    U

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  21. And here's me thinking the world in general was apocalyptic. Hold the front page, breaking news from Trelawnyd......!!!

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  22. Oh i know what you mean John... Hubby and i have been remodeling and redorating for going on two years now and it has started more 'discussions' than our entire 30 yr marriage... We have very different 'tastes'... I think the best thing to do is just let someone 'run with it'... If you try to compromise too much you end up with something neither of you like.. Best of luck in this adventure......Hugs! deb

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  23. The donkey didn't have any option but to "smile" as the woman has her thumb hooked in it's lower lip.

    Poor creature, it looks exhausted.

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  24. I'm the same way. Remodeling is hard. I can thumb through a magazine and say, oh I like this and that, but put me in a showroom, and I can't make a decision to save my life.

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  25. So, you're indecisive.

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  26. Don't chose anything that SHOUTS at you. Chose ones that BLEND.

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  27. As for me, I'd rather pick tiles. Love that donkey!

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  28. I love tiles, John. So many options! Our kitchen has Oscar Wilde feature tiles. Made by a local Wellington company called Porteous Tiles. For your inspiration:
    http://sentfrommyiron.blogspot.co.nz/2014/04/oscar-wilde-is-in-my-kitchen.html

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  29. My Prof keeps sending me tile samples to look at, almost any of them would be fine with me.

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  30. I love donkeys SO MUCH!

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