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When we moved into our home over five years ago, we found that we could barely see in our master bedroom closet. The light was so dim that I had to bring garments out of the closet to tell if they were navy or black. One day, I may have even put on two different shoes. And don’t even get me started on how it effected my color blind husband.

The first thing that would pop into most people’s heads would be to replace the light fixtures so that we could use a higher wattage of bulbs, right? Yeah, we thought that too. We even bought several can lights that Tom was going to install, but it never happened. Ahem. ::sideways glance at Tom::

Well, one of the bulbs in those old fixtures finally burned out a few weeks ago. When I opened the fixture to remove the bulb that had burned out, I found that it looked like this:

What in the world? This was originally a soft white bulb, but now it looks marbled.

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There was a time, when I was pregnant with Emma and in my flurry of insane nesting activities, that I made a promise to my husband. I promised that if he painted the nursery then, we wouldn’t need to repaint Emma’s walls until she was a teenager. We could update the furniture without touching the walls. We could add in different colors with furniture, accessories and artwork.

You know…as long as we found the right wall color. Or actually, the right combination of wall colors. And added crown molding and high trim around the wall. I don’t ask for much.

Honestly, it was a promise that I didn’t know if I could keep. But when you are 30 weeks pregnant and trying to convince your weary husband that he needs to paint, you say what you need to say.

Over three years later, I’m trying hard to keep my promise. It’s taking everything in my power not to grab one of my fan decks and choose brand new paint colors. But, I’m trying to do what I said I was going to do.

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Nancy Drew and the Case of the Marbled Light Bulb

The Promise.