Out with the Old, In with the New!

My kitchen is tiny and it drives me crazy. Tiny, barely any counter space, and NO DISHWASHER. Oh, did I mention that I only have one sink as well? Yup. That is correct, no dishwasher and only one sink, barely any counter space. It all adds up to aggravation. When I moved in my kitchen was equipped with your average run of the mill faucet. It wasn't tall enough for me to be able to fill up tall jugs or my large Brita Jug. Then one day I was looking through the postings on Kijiji and I found a new faucet for my kitchen. Its beautiful, tall, brushed nickel. I loved it. Best of all? It was only $25. So I bought it, and promptly enlisted my dad to switch it out. When I bought my house I definitely have stepped up my game in the (minor) home renos. (aka... hang my own pictures, move most of my own furniture, put together furniture etc). However, plumbing was not on my list of things I wanted to do. My dad did a great job and I loved it.

Now I was able to do so much more in my sink. And wow, did  this faucet increase my water pressure, a happy bonus. I loved it... for a couple years. Until I realized that a sprayer would make my kitchen life so much easier. So I searched for a couple months for a nice one. Let me let you in on a secret. Faucets are ridiculously over priced. So I opted to wait, and my patience paid off. Canadian Tire is celebrating their 90th anniversary (happy birthday!!!) this weekend and so they had a 3 day sale, where I discovered a gorgeous spray faucet for 50% off. Well, 50% according to the flyer, but somebody forgot to go to math class. It is normally $199, on sale for "50%" off, for $90. So, most certainly NOT 50% off, but their lack of math prowess was my gain! So I quickly snapped up the stainless steel version of the faucet, brought it home and had the idea that maybe, just maybe I would add (simple) plumbing to my list of reno accomplishments. That thought lasted 2.5 seconds and I promptly texted my dad for help. He agreed to come over the next day to help, and I pulled out my faucet to look at it next to my sink. Now, my sink is most definitely not brushed nickel, but it also isn't as shiny as the stainless faucet. I was torn. So I ran back to Canadian Tire and bought the brushed nickel faucet so I could side by side compare and make a decision. Brushed nickel won out. After getting a couple free showers sprayed in the face a few times, my dad got the faucet working and I am in love. In fact, he liked it so  much that he bought the extra one off me and now I don't have to bother returning it!

I. AM. IN. LOVE!!! I was supposed to wash those dishes to return to my dad, but somehow that didn't happen until after he left. Oops! Ha ha. But let me tell you. This faucet makes me happy, so this is my new favourite thing for the day!

Kash came to visit...

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My nephew Kash and my sister came up to visit us from the states. Kash got to spend a few days alone with his grandparents. My step mom is learning to use her camera, and I think she's a natural. So to showcase her beautiful photography I decided to make a shutterfly book. I'm so excited to see the finished product at the end of the month when we go down to visit Tamara!