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Wouldn't you see this
every time you walked into a room? |
My Vet and I have
lived in 5 homes (4 houses, and 1 apartment) in the past 15 years. Each and every one of those
houses had previous owners who did things that
confounded me. The previous owners of our
current home were truly
diabolical though. We have been slowly
remediating the
quirks, though. When I tackled a
project in the living room it was a
small thing that has relieved the most mental stress. I
flipped the
outlets in the living room right side up.
Huh?!?! I know that is what you are thinking. Let me elaborate.
Every outlet in the
entire house was installed
upside down. For almost 6 years, every time I enter a room my eyes have been immediately been drawn to the outlets, every time I plug in a vacuum, I am
reminded that I needed to get to that. Those of you who have known me for a while are probably not surprised at this display of
OCD.
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This is the outlet I use the most
often when vacuuming. Pretty
huh? |
So with a
handful outlets, outlet covers, screwdrivers, and a lamp, we got to work. We turned on
every light in the house, and plugged lamps, fans, radios etc. into every outlet we could. Then systematically flipped
switches in the
breaker box (Labeling as we went, check one more quirk off the list!). As the
power was shut
off to an outlet. the outlet was unscrewed and
flipped right side up. Those that were cracked or
broken were
replaced. There were a few brown ones that were replaced with cream colored ones. I prefer straight white, but the majority of existing outlets were
almond/cream, and this was suppose to be a
cheap and easy project. Since the
few brown ones were exclusively in
one room, you may be wondering
why I decided to
change them out? So the entire house would
match, of course! Did I mention OCD yet?
After screwing the outlet back into the wall, broken or discolored
wall plates were replaced. It took a
few hours to work our way through the entire house, and to give me mental relief. My
OCD is now back
in check and I will now longer be distracted from
counting my
steps as I walk through the house!
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