the 3-day war

with a light fixture.
Now that we're officially homeowners, we get ot take care of all the fun stuff that we used to just call our landlord for. Not that we were pesky renters, mind you, but.. we enjoyed not having to do things ourselves. So, we entered into what we thought would be a simple, beginner-homeowner job. Putting in an overhead light. It seemed simple enough, the wires were all there, just no light. Boy, were we wrong. But, 3 trips to the mall, 2 trips to Lowes and a lot of sweat and internet research later... we finally have a light in our bedroom. Hoo-ray!! I think Ben earned about 227 hubby points for not giving up.
We also found out that we hope never to hire an electrician. Apparently the first 15 minutes costs you $50 smackers!!! hello do-it-yourself section at the library!!!!!