New light fixture (Because your wife doesn’t like the one already there)-$60
New Electrical box (because you broke the old one)- $1.86
New Concrete drill bit (Because for some stupid reason the ceiling is made of cinder block)-$3.86
New concrete screws (See above)- $3.26
Trips to Home Depot – 3
Time it takes to complete a 45-minute project- 4 hours
New profanities invented due to project- 5
Times you bite your tongue to stop you from uttering profanities because your son is helping you-22
Not electrocuting yourself- Priceless
What a sweet guy you are!
ReplyDeleteWe (well, hubster) replaced a light fixture for me this weekend too! We only had to make two...not was it three???...trips to Home Depot.
Sucks about the cinder block ceiling! YIKES!
Where's Dan when you need him?
ReplyDeleteJ.P. is gearing up for (a.k.a. trying to get out of) a similar project in our master bathroom. You see, I mentioned that I'd like to paint it, and everyone knows that when you paint you also need to put up a new light fixture, towel racks, etc.
ReplyDeleteVery cute kitchen!
I especially like the super hero action figure in the second picture..lol...that add's a nice touch!
ReplyDeleteI totally understand the replacing of light fixtures because not liking the style of the existing one! totally get it!
ReplyDeleteThat's great! So that picture is you, huh? You look so much skinnier in those pictures! Not that you looked huge before in other pics or anything. It's just your arms and legs I guess. Weird.
ReplyDeleteMainline Mom thinks your fat, Priceless
ReplyDeleteHawt baby, hawt!
ReplyDeleteYou know how you're wearing your goggles on your head? When Max gets older and he asks how you know everything, just show him that picture and say that you've got eyes in the back of your head.
You are not fat.
Yay for not electrocuting yourself!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Light Fixture Lauren! :)
Congratulations on a job well done.
ReplyDeleteI was reading your sidebar and noticed that you grew up in Hatboro. We live in Warminster, Pa, and we have family in Hatboro.
Small world.
Priceless, indeed! Max sure does make a great supervisor. All he is missing is a big mug of coffee in his hand. LOL!
ReplyDeleteLois Lane
You only got a new drill bit out of that?!?!? Shoot, you should have been able to at LEAST wrangle a new hammer drill out of a job like that. Possibly a laser plumb bob, a set of wire tools, and a multipurpose tester.rcwirue
ReplyDelete"Making your very pregnant wife happy: Priceless"
ReplyDeleteTHAT is what you should have said to win Husband of the Year. As a wife, thought I'd fill you in on that one.
Good job though. Kitchen is super cute.
Cute kitchen, and cute little assistant.....
ReplyDeleteI like the tongs , the ladle and the ass tickler hanging on the wall.
ReplyDeleteIs that a dead red tailed hawk outside the window?
ReplyDeleteLike Father, like Son! Never fixed anything that he didn't break worse in the fixing!:)
ReplyDelete:) You're such a handy man!! Great job on teaching the kid early.
ReplyDeleteMax looks like he's so interested !
ReplyDeleteI want to see the finished light though..
I have a few dozen projects here when you're finished with your house.
ReplyDeleteOdd Mix said what I was thinking -- Mr. Eclectic would have managed to procure many more "necessary" tools out of that. HA!
ReplyDeleteIsn't AMerican Express asking people to send in their "Priceless" stories? If they pick yours they will make a commercial out of it. You should enter this one - it's.....are you read? Priceless
ReplyDeleteoh you didn't put a big old burn mark on your hand like Misterpie? Good for you. Otherwise:
ReplyDeleteBurn ointment: $17.89
Getting to Needle Mister about incident every time he looks at something electrical: priceless
Yes, but where's the picture of the newly installed fixture?
ReplyDeleteI absolutely loved this post...and I even had to share it with hubby.
ReplyDeleteDude, I so do/did not think you were fat. Jeez people.
ReplyDeleteI can't even tell you how glad I am that we finally have walls and ceilings made out of drywall. Now if only they didn't have this funky texture that makes them impossible to sand and patch...
ReplyDeleteWho is that super hero on the table supervising?
ReplyDeleteYou and Max will treasure that picture some day! I am glad Mom caught it for you.
LOL! Where were you when we dry-walled our pantry? :)
ReplyDeleteThat's a rockin' kitchen, by the way. Love it.