10 Years Later

We've lived in our house for over 10 years. It took me about 4 years to hang curtains up. It took 7 years to switch out the 80's microwave. Now, it took us all 10 1/2 years to put up lighting. That's right, we never had lights in our living room. Like, we barely even had a lamp. Once the sun went down, we used the light of the TV, the adjacent kitchen ghetto light fixture or even the entry crapola light. This weekend Scott had an electrician come out and put up 15 "can-lights" or recessed lighting in our ceilings. Thank goodness! We can see! They are spread out among our two living areas and our kitchen. The electrician took down our old 70's era light fixtures that I'd been meaning to get around too. Now, we need to patch the remaining holes and probably paint, but let's just enjoy the moment right? This photos stinks but you get the idea...

The lighting was for me Scott said, and to balance marriage there must be a "his" addition. He finally got the Bose speakers he's wanted for yes, 10 years! I mean we'll wait on some stuff. Earlier this year we got a new air conditioner. I mean we are just living it up people. I guess after you hit your thirties and have kids you get excited about wattage, appliances, and upgrades. And, maybe the electrician (who is deaf by the way) kept bringing us half burnt pieces of wire insulation, wire caps, etc, etc. Yeah, the house was built in '57 and apparently the electric system isn't up with the times. Nothing is grounded. We need like 3 more breaker boxes so we can push the apps that our "modern" home requires. When I showed him how in Scott's man cave the ceiling light turns off when you unplug an extension cord from the wall, you should have seen his face. He told me to turn everything off. Whoops, we have another fire waiting to happen...electric circuits running two directions! How exciting. Sorry our circuits don't just run one way like they should. He's coming back out tomorrow to try to bring our house out of fire danger. Whoa.