Jason’s “Santa” gift, installed.
Each year Jason always gives me something “from Santa.” The reason this is because it is usually an appliance for the kitchen or some sort of daily-use appliance that isn’t a romantic gift. So, Jason saves himself each year by writing “from Santa” on the gift. This year, I received a food processor (!!) and last year I got a blender. I actually tend to look forward these gifts! It’s nice to know he is thinking of how life in the kitchen can be made easier and that he knows it’s not good to make that his primary gift on Christmas Day because it has an electrical cord.
So, I decided this year to do the same for Jason. I found the Audiovox Acoustic Research Outdoor Wireless Speaker and knew Jason would love it. The fact that it is sold at one of the hardware stores helped a lot, too. Basically, it is a wireless outdoor speaker that has a wireless transmitter that you can hook your ipod/iphone/etc into and play music while you are outside. Does my DJ husband need that? Absolutely not. But won’t it be nice to play music while sitting on our back porch, sipping margaritas and grilling? That is the dream that set this gift in motion.
Granted, we set this up on the first of the year and it was cold! But a girl can still dream of the future.
Here’s the package and how we (Jason) installed this beauty.
It looked (and was) pretty easy to install. It only had a few components, including the transmitter.
First, we had to take off the old light. I probably should have wiped it down before taking this picture. Can you see the cobweb?
Then Jason took off the old mount and installed the new one. They looked the same to me, but he did this probably for a good reason.
Here is our speaker waiting patiently to be installed.
Then was the tricky part. We had to re-connect all of the wires including the ground wire. This part was tough on me: I stood on my tiptoes and held the speaker close while Jason connected all the wires. This photo does not mean that Jason did this himself: we recommend two people for any new light install or else you might drop it!
Finally before my arms gave way we had it screwed into place!
Our new light/speaker in all its glory. Oh, I hate that orange. We really need to change our shutter color.
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