I promised some pictures...

Here are some pictures from last week.

This is Rob on Tueday night. He is a member of the Masons. He is finally able to start going back to his meetings. I think it's good for him to get out on his own more.

This is the hole in my ceiling where the old light was. Why such a LARGE hole? The (foul-filth-foul) guy who sold us this house doesn't know his A## from a hole in the ground when it comes to taking care of the house. First off, the light that was there had LAMP CORD running from the main power line to the fixture. The light is just fine, and I'll probably use it somewhere else, but not here anymore. The reason for the hole is that, as we came to realize, the ceiling is the ORIGINAL ceiling. Just like the closet in my office, the walls (and ceilings) are made of plaster on drywall. Unlike the closet, though, this ceiling has the wire mesh that we thought would be in the closet. But, I digree. You are able to see the wire mesh before we put new drywall up into the hole. Rob came to find out that there was a piece of plywood up in this hole, along with small pieces of 1x2 wood to fill in the hole. Why not just use drywall? So, Rob took some 2x4's to frame a box for the light box to go into. Then, took 2 pieces of drywall and goop to fill the space. But, if you can see, there's a nice textural effect in the ceiling. That's why we got the architectural circle (next picture) to cover up the lack of being able to recreate the textural effect.

But we were finally able to put our ceiling fan up. This is what it looks like. We haven't painted the circle yet. Because the ceiling is original to the house, AND there are cracks in the ceiling, we will be working this summer to fix the cracks and paint the ceiling. At that time, we'll go ahead and paint the circle. There's so much light in this great room now. I actually have to keep the lighting on just two of the four lights because it is so bright. But, it will be EXCELLENT for holiday celebrations now.

Love to all,

Cathy

8^ )