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This may not be the biggest tackle…
But boy is it overdue!!!
What is the expression about the shoemaker’s children having no shoes??? I am not sure how it goes – but I do know it is pretty accurate sometimes.
My husband is an electrician, but a few years ago (maybe more I have lost count) the light in our bedroom burned out.
“So just change the light bulb Janice – you don’t need an electrician to do that do you!” you are probably thinking.
But it wasn’t so easy. Somehow (I think due to my husband who is too strong for his own good – or perhaps it is the light fixture’s fault) the light fixture got wedged on too tight to undo. Even my strong husband (who probably put it on too tight in the first place) could not, for anything, undo it. The only solution was to break it off and replace the light fixture.
Enter the problem of procrastination and the story of the electrician’s wife who lived in the dark for many years…
Yes – my dear husband never did manage to remember to buy a new fixture and get around to installing it. (Life is busy – and sometimes these tiny tackles just get brushed aside.) So, for years I have functioned with our bedside lamps for light. And then – now it gets really pathetic! – one of those lamps broke and we threw it out. I was down to my one bedside lamp for the entire room. Granted our bedroom is not very big – but good grief – it was dark in there!
But the day finally arrived! My husband – spurred on by our huge list of tackles and millions of trips to Home Depot – decided to change the fixture in our bedroom! He is doing a bunch of electrical work right now in the house as we renovate, so it was part of his project list – finally! He actually changed the light fixtures in all the bedrooms. (They were all the same poor fixture as the one in our bedroom that didn’t throw much light anyway.)
As he walked upstairs, armed with a hammer, gloves and a rubbermaid, he called out to me, “If you want a tackle, grab your camera…” (He knows me too well!)
And so I did. This was a long awaited day!
Here is the show:
Darkness: Destruction: The Ruins: The New Beginning: LIGHT!!! |
I must say I am thrilled! I can’t even believe it when I walk into my room and can actually hit the light switch and see! Thanks Phil – I love it! 🙂
What are you tackling? Link up and show off.
Mrs. Mecomber says
Well, I’m tackling the renovation of my 1855 house… all by myself!
Susanne says
Let there be light! Hurrah!
Karen says
I’m going to change the bulb in our bedroom right now!
Agel says
Ramie – wish I was going on a beach trip.. it’s all work here today.. cheers!
lauren says
my theme this week… tackling colorful messes…
VAIL says
Speaking of shoes! Thanks for reminding me! All 3 of my kids need new church shoes. When we went Sunday they almost had to go barefoot!
Ramie says
Only thing getting tackled here today is packing….for our beach trip…which starts tomorrow…….gotta get back to it!
donetta says
Thanks for hosting. I’m up!
Beverly says
I have a couple of those that needs to be done!
Aimee says
that’s a great tackle!
it’s funny how true that saying really is. for example my husband is a graphic artist and has been planning to help me with my websites for… let’s see… how long have we been married? LOL!
Heathers Brain says
I am loving TACKLE IT TUESDAYS and if I had a working digital camera today you would see our project today is the clean up from the after math known as HOT WATER HEATER EXPLOSION!
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Sarah says
Good work!
Deb says
Sometimes it’s the littlest things that make the most difference! Glad he finally got it replaced and you have light again! 🙂
Char says
We have a light situation in our bedroom too! We bought a ceiling fan to put in earlier this summer, and when my hubby pulled the light fixture out he found a suprise in the wiring (and the light is still not back in place). So, now we have to run new wire and have my dad help us so we don’t electricute ourselves or burn the house down! Gotta love men and their procrastinations.
zamejias says
Now that’s great. I really won’t be too comfortable staying in the bedroom with only the lamps working. Glad you’re light’s already replaced. I bet you could see much clearly now.
Debi says
Oh hooray for you! I hate our house…the only rooms with overhead lights are the kitchen and bathroom…so our whole house just seems dark.
stacey says
isn’t it silly how we let those little things go! good job phil!
Mama´s Coffee Corner says
Oh could you send Phil over here as well please? I got a husband who can´t fix the kitchen light 🙂 *lol* I´m glad you got light now, it´s not funny to live in darkness.
Jodi says
Great job!! Always good to have a light that works!
Reese (The Know-Nothing Gourmet!) says
Ah, how sweet! Your knight-in-shining armor rescuing his damsel-in-distress! Very nice!
A Juggling Mum says
Great tackle, I bet your bedroom is like a whole new room now. Enjoy your new light 🙂
Rachel xxx
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