It is Better to Light a Candle Than Curse a CFL

I was so excited when I was first introduced to this darling new CFL lightbulb.  

It looked like a swirly ice cream cone and if there is anything I love 

it is buying something at Home Depot that looks like ice cream.

As an added bonus, this new light bulb promised to 

Save the planet!!!

Getting rid of all my old evil old-fashioned energy sucking caveman lightbulbs 

made me feel virtuous and reduced my carbon footprint 
to a petite size 6 1/2 narrow.

And then I turned it on.

Other than the sound of the light switch, 

there were few cues that anything had happened.  

A faint glow emanated from the fixture, 

equal to a sputtering candle on a foggy night.  

After my hair grew half an inch, 
my hallway was finally illuminated 

in a romantic glow somewhat akin 
to a flashlight with dying batteries.

I found out what C.F.L. stands for...

Can’t find the light!!!

I can only imagine what will happen when a bad guy breaks into my house and I hear his stealthy steps in the hallway.

Me:  Shaking sleeping husband.  Hey, wake up, I hear a bad guys stealthy steps in the hallway

Husband:  Snore

Me:  Alright, alright.  I guess it's my turn.  You got up the last five times I heard stealthy steps.

Me again:  Easing out of bed, every fiber alert and poised to maintain the element of surprise whilst silently creeping toward the light switch in the hall.  

Flipping it on.  Aha!   

Me:  Uh, excuse me, bad guy, if you're there will you wait just a minute because it takes a while for this light to come on and I can't hurl my ninja throwing star at you in the dark.  

But...

thanks to good old American ingenuity,

we have solved the problem of the energy efficient bulb

that takes 15 minutes to warm up.

We just leave it on 24 hours a day.