...happy, happy, joy, joy..it's Tileday ! [& YOU thought it was Thursday...]

the day started with scraping, cleaning & measuring...



then setting-up the wet tile saw...
& mixing thin-set...



meanwhile... the tile waits...



first a "mock-up" to test out the measurements...



then more measurements [5x's actually...]
THEN...cut...



then tile gets moved into the bathroom...



R takes a deep breath...



up goes the first trowel of "mud"...



and FINALLY...[at 11:11 AM PST]
the first tile goes "up" on the bottom of the wall...



after the bottom row, with the end pieces measured...
the first white field tile goes up...



after 3 rows...check the "level"...
and shim with spacers until perfect...
[as you can see, it is...]



now the sides[which had to be cut...] are in...




and on "up" we go...