he's a busy one

Our living room is a rather dark space.
Eventually we are going to upgrade the window on the wall to the left to a rather large one, but in the meantime it can be a bit dark.
I can't find where he put the box that these lights come in, but ceiling lights went in last weekend. We have put these little waffle lights in both bathrooms, the carport and the kitchen. All of those lights are rather bright and I really wanted warmer light in the living room. Several Amazon orders later, we had the lights we wanted.

Next came the ceiling challenge. This isn't just sheet rock ceiling as it looks. It is plaster and who knows what all. Dropped ceilings and all kinds of joy. So ... another Amazon delivery brought a tool that drilled handy little holes in the ceiling real quick.

He found a very interesting way to run wire from one hole to the next and avoid crawling in the attic space. He said he didn't know exactly what we were using, but I seriously think it was a snake for cleaning out drains. A bit of teamwork and we had wire run!

The job of scraping that popcorn ceiling has become a challenge. It isn't just plain ol' popcorn. I don't know what we are going to do about that. Maybe just Kilz some of the noticeable spots, paint it and live with it for a while.

He put all the lights in and turned the switch ... only to find out he had installed the bright lights rather than the warm ones. Good thing they come out and go back in easily! They were switched out in a heartbeat or two. He even cleaned up everything and vacuumed while I was on the phone!

We have even light in the living room that can be adjusted with a dimmer switch. I love it!

And then he was off to figuring out security systems.

Hours on the phone because things aren't working right .... and for the most part we can now watch our home from anywhere in the world we have internet access.

We are getting to be a smart house .. one piece at a time. A number of the lights can now be turned off and on from our phones ... the chicken house included.

Now if I can just figure out how to make my coffee that way .....