Thank you Home Depot

Crazy weather this weekend made it a bit more interesting. From severe thunderstorms with the potential of tornadoes on Friday evening to a high of 45 on Saturday to a picture perfect sunny day on Sunday.

I have always disliked cathedral ceilings in homes and recently I chalked up another reason. The first and my main argument was all of the wasted electricity heating and cooling all of the dead space.

Well in our bedroom, yes i am welcoming you into our bedroom for this, we have a 14 foot ceiling. It has a ceiling fan with lights attached at the top. It has a five foot pole so when the fan is on you can actually then feel the breeze it makes.

A week or so ago the light fixture on it was not working but yet the fan worked. I had a guy come over and let me know that there was electricity in switch but nothing at the end of the pole for the lights to turn on. So that means it was either the connection at the very top or inside of the ceiling. My guess was a loose connection at top. So I called a few places and the lowest price I found was $190 for two hours. They would not go down on the price when I pretty much told them what it was and it would take but 15 minutes from their day. Their response was "do you have anything else around the house they could do?" Not 200 dollars worth and that I could not figure out on my own.

Well some told us that Home Depot rented tools so we rented a 12 foot ladder since no one we know owns 12 foot A frame ladder. It was $20 for the ladder for four hours. I like the odds on the price.

Well from the time we took the ladder off the car, put it up figured out that it was a wire that split, fixed it and took the ladder down it was about 20 minutes. I do not do this type of thing but maybe once in a Millennium and it took me 20 minutes. It would have taken the person maybe five minutes to do it and for $200.

Well the light works and the fan continues to run as well. So problem solved and for $180 in savings. So what to do with the money I just saved. Maybe a new TV? Vacation?

Thanks again Home Depot for renting, genius!

Now to tackle the ice maker in our freezer!