So I just shocked myself \u2013 you know stuck my finger in a light socket \u2013 yah I\u2019m not all there. It\u2019s one of those moments in time where I figure I can do it all and why wait for my husband to come home.<\/p>\n
We have a very tall ceiling in our foyer area \u2013 and 2 of the 5 light bulbs are burnt out \u2013 and have been for quite some time. Lazy some may say but I\u2019ve procrastinated changing them \u2013 first I needed to buy 5 replacement bulbs \u2013 because if I\u2019m changing two I may as well change them all to make sure I don\u2019t have to crawl up the ladder again anytime soon \u2013 and well I\u2019m hoping they last until the new people live here \u2013 then she can shock herself.\u00a0 Needless to say I\u2019ve never changed nor cleaned the shades on this \u2018chandelier\u2019 in the 6 1\/2 years we\u2019ve lived here \u2013 boy that sounds terrible but the lights have never burnt out so why crawl up a 10\u2032 ladder and stretch to my capacity if I don\u2019t have to, right?!<\/p>\n
So I pulled \u201cChuck\u201d out of the snow yesterday and brought him in to dry off before I crawled up. Now Chuck (in all due respect to my deceased step-dad) is a cheap aluminum ladder that Clark \u201cinherited\u201d when the original Chuck died. It was a ladder we teased him about when he was alive because I\u2019m sure he either stole it from someone or bought it at an auction because who really would buy this type of ladder on purpose. It\u2019s almost like a cartoon ladder that should bend in the middle when you step up on it but amazingly it doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
Cooper was against me going up from the start \u2013 now I\u2019m not sure if he\u2019s had a run in with Chuck that makes him so leary or what but he kept asking when Dad or Colton would be home so he didn\u2019t have to be my \u2018spotter\u2019.\u00a0 So my initial climb went well \u2013 I was able to unscrew all the light bulbs as well as the little plastic jobby that holds the \u2018globe\u2019 on and take it all down while balancing on the very top of the ladder \u2013 OK not the tip-top but the next step down. Kinda of a half turn to be able to reach the chandelier as well not a full on facing the ladder as I needed to be able to reach the closest area to stack the bulbs, shades, etc onto.<\/p>\n
Step one complete \u2013 I toss the globes into hot scalding water, burn my hands while I scrub the 6 1\/2 years worth of dust off \u2013 dry & restack where I can reach them to reassemble the chandelier. I crawl up and then call for Cooper \u2013 that way if he says No he\u2019s not helping I can tell him I\u2019m already up let\u2019s rock & roll. As he grumbles about me being on the ladder I ask \u2013 did we turn the switch off (I had it on as I removed the bulbs \u2013 why \u2013 first off I wanted to see what I was doing \u2013 and second I really wanted to burn my fingers as I unscrewed the bulbs. Anyways Cooper\u2019s answer \u2013 I don\u2019t know \u2013 about that time my finger slips into the sockets and ZZZZZZ \u2013 I feel that tingly feeling. I stop \u2013 and say in a calm voice watch out I\u2019m coming down \u2013 immediately he knows somethings up. So I say I just shocked myself \u2013 now maybe for an 11-year-old boy he would expect me to go stiff \u2013 all 4 appendages to stick straight out of my body \u2013 forming an X almost \u2013 hair straight up \u2013 and a skeletal look\u00a0 but alas I didn\u2019t give him that pleasure but he stared at me as I reached the ground. Then asked shakily \u201cAre you all right\u201d \u2013 OK honestly for a split second I was going to flop onto the ground and do the funky chicken but then figured that wouldn\u2019t be very nice of me \u2013 so said yes it just tingles I\u2019ll be OK but lets leave that job for Colton or Dad. He loudly agreed.<\/p>\n
Mental note \u2013 look at the new house plans and see if I\u2019ll ever need to be in this predicament again \u2013 and if so\u00a0put a solid ladder on my Wish List for Christmas!!<\/p>\n
Cheers!<\/p>\n
Shannon<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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