| | I have Thomas Edison to thank for my latest frustration. And Tom Bodett and his "we'll leave the light on for ya," Motel 6 commercial is one I don't need to see nor hear anytime soon. How hard can it be to change a light bulb? You can insert your old "change a light bulb" joke here. It seemed simple enough. Light fixture in kitchen goes dark, I climb chair, take down light cover, swap four good bulbs for four of the burned out variety and voila! Waves of wattage! But no, it was not so easy a task to complete because of the kind of fixture that hangs in my kitchen. It is a square box. I looked for a false end panel--nope. I looked for screws on the end to pull out--nope. I looked for my softball bat--nope. The dude (builder?) that put our house together put our next door neighbor's together as well, so I ambled over and asked if he had the same kind of light fixture in the kitchen--nope. I trudged back to my darkened abode, ate supper, then climbed a ladder and yanked on the light--nope. I called it a night (getting too dark to work anyway) and vowed to "Google" my problem in the morning. I found an identical fixture on the Lowe's website, but try as I might, I couldn't turn my monitor to the correct angle to see how the light was hanging on the web. On the drive home I had an inspirational idea--move! I climbed a chair and asked the Mrs. if she would please climb the ladder. I didn't want to pull too hard on the stupid light fixture because:
A. It would come down
B. I would have to replace the ceiling
I wiggled and moved just right and then I wiggled the light, lifted my end, then lifted the end of the fixture and voila! The piece of junk came off without a hitch! After a brief visit to Wal-Mart for four florescent bulbs, we were back in the business of being able see what we were cooking for dinner!
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