Well, I'm using a color touch screen LCD hooked up PIC24F and using with microchip's graphics library. So with a circuit like this I can display on screen when the light bulb is on/off and I can turn it on/off as well from touch screen. I have 8 Bulbs working right now from it. Still gotta do some more work on it. I don't want the 24F to be in control at all times because I will be using this project at my home in Dominican Republic and we loose power from the grid all the time even though the PIC will be powered separectly, also another reason for the PIC24 is so that I can remotely control it from internet. This is going to be a long project, but I'm almost half way done.