Wood Stove and Slate Hearth

Yowza! i've been really busy the past month helping to build a hearth for our new wood stove! Here's the finished product:

i read online that it takes 4 times as long to grout slate tile. As i was up until 2:30 one morning doing this, i now believe it! But it turned out well. Just have to finish the trim on top.

And since we passed the building inspection, we now have fire:

Ahhhhhh! This feels good on those brisk Colorado nights.

Yesterday-Today: 6 Random Memories

i love the Big Picture Scrapbooking class: Yesterday and Today. Here's my layout from week 3, in which we had to write down six random childhood memories.