Here’s the story behind these pictures. Years (and years) ago, when I got my first VCR, the only place to plug it in was in the same power outlet that was attached to the light switch in my bedroom. And, invariably, I would forget and automatically switch the light off when I left the room and . . . of course . . . turn off the VCR at the same time, so that the VCR would reset back to midnight and lose any timer programming. At some point or other, we had an electrician in the house and he said he could just disconnect the light switch so that I couldn’t do that any more. Great! And so I got in the habit of turning off my light by actual light.

And so it was for years. Then, a couple years ago, I got a ceiling fan and when we were talking to the (new) electrician about installation, I mentioned the lightswitch, and he said he could reconnect it to just half the power outlet, so that I could plug my dresser light into that and the tv into the other half, and there would be no more problems.

Except, I was in the habit by then of turning that little switch on the light every time I wanted to turn it on or off.

So, I took this cute little bracelet–with a tiny bell–out of my jewelry box and hung it on the switch. Then, whenever I reached for it, my fingers would touch the bracelet and it would chime against the light, and I’d remember enough to reach for the light switch on the wall, instead. I’ve gotten back in the wall-switch habit my now, but, I kind of like that little bracelet there, and so there it stays.

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