From Darkness to Light–Fancy Way of Saying We Changed a Closet Light Fixture

My husband loves that I am doing my “Beckie Lives and Learns” blog, etc. “Why?” you may wonder. My husband is very handy and likes to tinker around and fix things. I am now a much more captive and willing audience. He knows that I am now willing to try to understand and learn what he is doing (as opposed to just walking away to do something else). This afternoon, we (term used loosely–I held a flashlight, watched, and listened) changed the light fixture in my bedroom closet because it would no longer stay on. I was ready to learn how to do what I envisioned would be a fairly straightforward task. I wasn’t quite so lucky. A little bit of “Macgyver-ing” took place. The fixture my husband picked up did not quite fit the globe that was used with the previous fixture. After some steps (this part was a bit of a black hole to me–the “Macgyver-ing), he was able to install the rest of the fixture which combined the old and new pieces. I did manage to understand and pick up a few pointers along the way so that I don’t feel quite so clueless when it comes to the world of light-fixture swapping, but I certainly would not have been able to do this one by just watching videos. One of these days, hopefully in the foreseeable future, I will be able to fix something myself in my house due to my training with my husband! : )