My best impression of a car

When Mike and I bought the money pit Duper Dwelling last September, we went to the local Busy Beaver hardware store. Lo and behold, they had motion lights on sale. Since our garage is at the back of our property and it faces a community park full of bored teenagers, we decided to get one for above the garage door.

In March, when cleaning out the basement, we found our motion light. It was still in its bag, covered in dust. Then we forgot about it again.

When fall came around, we found it again. I started hinting to Mike that it sure would be nice to have that motion light installed since the days were starting to get shorter.

While our garage has power, it did not have any switches. So motion light installation would include switch and box installation, as well as cutting a hole in the garage. For a job like this, we called my dad in as reinforcement. He and Mike installed it last Saturday and my dream of a year came true. But they did not adjust it. Every time a car drove by, our shiny new floodlight turned on.

So tonight we calibrated it. Mike stood on a stepstool while I walked back and forth in the street, on the sidewalk, waving my arms and pretending to be a car. I'm sure it was quite a sight for the neighbors.

I have no pictures as it was dark outside. But trust me, the light looks great and I looked like an idiot.