cathy, what did you do?

This is one of my absolute favorites.

Three large, glass-front bookcases with storage underneath assembled as one.

When Bubba and I moved into our home on Pinebrook Court in 2013,

 we had a huge, empty wall that desperately needed a large piece of furniture.

This filled the bill!

I wanted a place to display my beautiful lighted Christmas houses.

I never could light them, though, 

because there was no way to get the electrical cords through the back of the cabinets.

So, every year I displayed the houses without lighting them up.

We talked about making holes,

but I could never make up my mind to saw holes in this lovely piece.

It seemed a travesty.

Move ahead to 2022.

Nine years later I was ready...

I thought.

I hired "Dan the Handyman," that is really his name.

He came yesterday.

He sawed one hole and asked me,

"What do you think?"

I actually cringed and asked myself,

"Cathy, what have you done?"

I could have stopped with one but I didn't.

There are now nine holes in my beautiful bookcases.

How do I feel the day after?

I'm excited now to see the Christmas houses lit up for the first time.

I have a huge project ahead of me.

I am hopeful I can get all the cords and wires plugged in

and that I don't blow a fuse when I turn them on.

There will be more to come on this.

I'm okay...really!

*I hung pink ribbons from the light fixture so that I wouldn't bonk my head.