The Dacha

Thursday, April 12, 2012

EP366 Week 50

Day 344
April 8, 2012

Day 345
April 9, 2012

Day 346
April 10, 2012

Day 347
April 11, 2012

Day 348
April 12, 2012

Day 349
April 13, 2012

Day 350
April14, 2012

EP366 Week49

Day 337
April 1, 2012

Day 338
April 2, 2012

Day 339
April 3, 2012

Day 340
April 4, 2012

Day 341
April 5. 2012

Day 342
April 6, 2012

Day 343
April 7, 2012

Thursday, April 5, 2012

EP366, Week 48

Day 330
March 25, 2012

Day 331
March 26, 2012

Day 332
March 27, 2012

Day 333
March 28, 2012

Day 334
March 29, 2012

Day 335
March 30, 2012

Day 336
March 31, 2012

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

You know one of my personal tenets of home improvement is asking myself "Will I make it any worse than it already is?" and if I answer "No" then I try to fix it...with the heavy emphasis on "try". No, I'm not exactly Tim Taylor, but.....

Anyway, one night last week, I pulled the chain on my ceiling fan light (the remote died years ago), and nothing happened. The light would not switch off. The fan speed chain worked fine, but nothing happened when I pulled the light chain. Thanks to google, I determined I had a switch problem.

Well, today, I got out the screwdriver and the ladder. (By the way, I love my Little Giant ladder. I've used it so much recently that I really should give it a name....but then that might seem like we were in a relationship...)

Um...excuse me- back to the light switch problem. After a quick trip to Wally World (Walmart) for a new light switch, I climb on...um..up my handsome tall strong.... LADDER... and I unscrew the plate screws...

Disconnect the old switch...

Open up the new switch...

Attach the new switch...

Put everything back together...

And, in under 10 minutes.....

Bob's your uncle!!!!!

LIGHT!!! That turns off!!!!

All in a day's work in the life of a Goddess.......

Note that I still have not managed to find a job, the first of the month bills are biting at my ankles, the bathrooms upstairs have yet to be painted, the front yard garden beds are so overgrown they look like areas I saw in Angkor Wat, and the gutter over the back door is in such bad shape that sheets of water cascade down on anyone coming to call in the rain. Ah, heck, it all keeps me humble.

BUT...

I have light in my bedroom again.

And I fixed it!