"I don't want to do this anymore"

  So few days ago, Missy and Molly were out shopping for house-hold items and I got the crazy idea to attempt installing the chandelier they'd brought all the way up with them from Modesto.  I looked at my Dad and said, "Wouldn't it be cool to have the chandelier installed before they get back?"  I mean, after all the red in the dining room was finished, they were bringing back a beautiful rug they'd picked out from Macys a few days prior.  It just made sense to get that thing installed.

Regret set in once we'd carried the crazy shaped box into the house from the garage, I began opening layer upon layer of pieces, instructions, and hardware.  I look up at my Dad and say, "I don't want to do this anymore, let's save it for another day."  My Dad laughs and says, "Nah, I think we can do it."  It was already 5pm (quittin' time), and I was exhausted from painting all day.  But, I got up and began unwrapping all the pieces.  My Dad gathered his tools, and we set to work understanding this badboy's installation.  Since the hole in which to wire the chandelier up into the ceiling was so small, I had to be the one up on the ladder.  My Dad's fingers were too big and his eye sight not as good.  After some brief explanations on electricity and wire caps, etc., we began installing.

  Now, I won't go into all the painful details here...but imagine lots of awful things happening.  Lots of failed attempts, wrong hardware, unscrewing, re-wiring, arms shaking, fingers numb, sweat dripping.  You get the idea.  The whole thing must have taken us three hours or so.  My Dad ultimately saving the day by taking a chandelier not meant for our ceiling, and making it work by using his own ingenuity.

  Missy and Molly were wowed by the chandelier and extremely happy to see it up.  I believe we all thought it might have stayed in the garage for quite awhile before someone finally caved in and installed it.  The next day Dad bought nine 25 watt bulbs, which I got up on the ladder and screwed in, and a dimmer switch which added the real "wow" factor.  Missy said, "It makes them look like old gas lamps."