Good news and bad news.

Good news: Ugly fucking ceiling fan in the t.v. room is gone. In its place are seven new recessed lights. I couldn't for the life of me find the "before" picture, but I'm pretty sure one exists somewhere.

Bad news: Our trusty electrician is being called back up by the Army "any time now."

That sucks so badly. For him and us. For one thing, he has two little girls at home. He did his time (I'm really not trying to make it sound like prison, but...), came out, and now contributes to the local economy as a citizen with a trade skill. There are very few people I'd trust to be doing work in my house when I'm not home, and he's one of them. His work is top-notch and he doesn't try to rip you a new asshole with ridiculous prices. As we still have a couple of rooms that need lighting work, I don't know what we're going to do.

If we could afford to go ahead an finish the lighting renovations in the house all at once I'd certainly push for that right now, but it ain't in the cards. Meanwhile, we're picking paint colors for the living room and trying to decide whether we want to paint the fireplace brick. Don't know what direction we're going to go in, but I assure you that the ceiling won't be goldenrod when we're done.