tv mishap so we had a teensy mishap with the tv this week. we replaced the faithful 42" tube a while ago. mainly cause it won't do hd. we put the new tv on a stand and bought a really nice pice of furniture for it. but as i understood the plan, we were going to get a wall mount. an adjustable one. we even shopped for them. but didn't buy. so the other day, i was christmas shopping. when i remembered this plan. cause there were tv wall mounts under my gaze. so i bought one. a few days later i moved the tv and its really nice piece of furniture. and i carefully found the stud in the wall. and i got the boys to help mark the holes and hold the mount while i set the screws. when alisa said stop. the lights had gone out. oops. i had managed to hit a power line inside the wall. the drill missed it. but the screw broke one of the wires. it didn't cause a short circuit cause the breaker didn't trip. it just broke one of the wires. weird. so i consulted my neighbor contractor friends. and ended up cutting a hole in the wall. sure enough. there's a wire coincident with the screw. and the drill bit was too short to hit it. sheehs. so the neighbors gave me the number for an electrician friend of theirs. he cut the wire. and made two new holes in the wall. for junction boxes. cause the splices in the wires have to be accessible. course the power wire wasn't supposed to be that high up off the floor. for exactly this reason. sigh. ah well. at least the ugly holes will be behind the tv. once i mount it. b had the great idea of using a metal detector to check for wires before driving big screws into the wall. i think there might be hope for that kid.  ¶ 8:00 AM