Art Teacher Saves Sloppy Crafter From Self

I spent another lovely day with Julie--we sat in her backyard working on mosaics. I love making stuff with Julie. Although she is the type of person who can throw anything together, she is an art teacher, after all, and she saves me from myself by not allowing my sloppy shortcuts. She insists that I lay everything out first before gluing it down one piece at a time. (Without her tutelage, of course, I would slather the mortar down and throw everything on all willy-nilly, it would dry up and get all gross). Before I left, she warned me to wait a whole day before grouting the table-top I just finished. Although she had already told me this, she somehow knew that I was going to try to grout it tonight anyway. Julie knows best, of course. I'll listen to her and grout tomorrow. I'll post a photo of the lovely table in the next day or so.