We have been wanting to put in a new kitchen faucet for some time. I bought M a new Moen faucet for his birthday in October. Well, last weekend, the old contractor special white sink sprayer broke. When we turned on the sink, the water would leak from the sprayer. As long as we were at it, we hated the sink. It was only 5.5 inches deep - I don't think they even make sinks this shallow anymore! Just one more non-standard thing in our condo. It was also a sloped bottom so that when you set a glass in it, it would slide into the drain. So we bought a flat bottom 8 inch sink. Yeah! We also bought new pieces of all of the plumbing under the sink in case we broke anything or just didn't want to put the old stuff back.
Someone told us that for our first plumbing project it would take 3 trips to the hardware store - remember that fact for later. We started around 11am to make sure we would be able to finish it that day. Andrew Dan Jumbo (Take Home Handyman) estimated 3-4 hours for a new sink and faucet so I figured about 10 :) We started off by turning off the water and unhooking all of the plumbing. Some good going so far. We took the sink clips off and started prying the sink up. So far so good. There was a little extra caulking between the sink and backsplash that pulled up a tiny bit of the backsplash - oh well, it will give me a reason to do the countertops later. The sink came out - I was so proud! We started to assemble the new faucet to the new sink. Our first trip to the hardware store was to purchase nylon spacers as the faucet was designed to attach to both the sink and the countertop (somewhere between 1/2 and one inch) and not just the 1/20th of an inch sink. We were successful on our first trip. More good going. Continuing on! We got the faucet, the sprayer and the soap dispenser in. We worked the plumbers putty around the sink and placed in it! So far so good! We had some trouble with the clips but eventually got them in. Of course the garbage disposal had to be non-standard so we couldn't put the new clean drain in, we had to put the old one back, after some trouble getting it out of the old sink and some heavy duty scrubbing. We thought we had purchased everything we needed but we bought the wrong plastic pipe. Trip number 2 to the hardware store. OK, looks good. We got everything put together, the sink worked, the pipes didn't leak, the disposal worked but everything is much quieter than it used to be so that makes me a little nervous. I am leaving the dish pan underneath just in case ;)
In case you were counting, we only made 2 trips to the hardware store. I would call it a success!
M and I have been working hard to get in shape. We have been eating better and working out. So when our gym advertised an indoor triathlon, we decided to go for it. Well, I should say M really wanted to do it and it took some convincing to get me to do it. He called me at work and said he was going to register, did I want him to register me. I told him I didn't care. Honestly, I didn't want to be the one that made the decision. Needless to say, he registered us. 
