New Kitchen Sink

You don't realize how much you rely on something until it is gone for a few days. A couple of weeks ago we found out our kitchen sink had been leaking. We don't know for how long or how much, we just know that the bottom of the cupboard under the sink had about a 1/2 inch of water. We found the culprit was the sink faucet. I know we have only been in our house a little over 6 years and it's falling apart. We went to Lowe's looking for a new faucet, and Craig decided that if we were going to do a new faucet lets do a new sink because he has never liked our sink. We purchased a 9 inch deep sink with no divider, it can wash big cookie trays, more than one pot can soak at a time, it is much better than the 6 inch deep sink that came with the house. We also found the faucet we liked, but it was expensive and Craig wanted to see if we could find the same faucet on eBay, which we did. For two weeks we just had a bucket we would empty under the leaking faucet while we waited the arrival of the new faucet. Saturday was the day of the big install. Between soccer, driving to get boys from the overnight scout camp, and other duties Craig worked a little here and there, but did most of it Saturday night. He put new plumbing in and made sure every thing was great as he went to fit it all together Saturday night at 11pm, he discovered that the new 1/2 inch connection didn't fit the 3/4 inch connection. At 11pm at night there is not much you can do. When I woke up Sunday I found my new sink sitting on my kitchen table, not the place I was expecting it. When I got to church Craig explained what happened. I decided since it was fast Sunday I still was going to make a nice dinner. I had the table set thinking we would have a mess to clean up when the kitchen finally got fixed tomorrow. When Craig came home he laughed and asked if I had heard of paper goods that don't need to be washed. I quickly changed out the real for paper. Monday morning Craig made his trip to Lowe's to find the parts he needed and then finished the sink. The only down fall is that the glue had to cure for 24 hours, so I had to go another 24 hours without a sink. Now let me remind you that I have now been without a sink and water since Saturday morning. Tuesday morning finally came, I spent it washing my dishes in my new wonderful sink. I am so grateful for running water and a kitchen sink. I didn't realize just how much my family uses our kitchen sink. I have decided I wouldn't have made a great pioneer.



The new sink and faucet



4 days worth of dishes




This is what I woke up to Sunday Morning