Sunday, May 1, 2011

Kitchen sink replacement

I have been perusing the KSL classifieds constantly for a good deal on a stainless steel sink. We had a cast iron sink that, while it kept the water hot, I hated. It was always stained. It felt like I was going to break every glass dish I washed in it. I didn't even ever fill it with water to take advantage of the keeping-water-hot feature.

Anyway, here is the sink right after I paid $15 for it
And here is the old sink in all its dirty glory.
Just making sure it fits! Haha...
All done! It took about 3 hours total.

The absolute hardest part was getting the old sink out. It was HEAVY! And then I thought I could salvage the sink basket strainers (the drains) from the old sink, which was an awful idea. I ended up cutting my hand up on the rough underside of the sink while trying to unscrew the bolt that held the drains on. So I just went to the home improvement store and bought a couple of cheapo drains to install.

Now that the project is finished (one of my fasted projects yet!) I am so incredibly happy with the results. I love knowing that I can do almost anything... assuming I have an internet connection to Google the instructions.

Does anyone want a cast iron sink? It's 8" deep, normal sink size as far as width and depth go.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

My new haircut


I got tired of the boring A-line cut I had, so I went to the salon (a real one this time... I usually just go to Great Clips... they're great, but not awesome) and had the stylist give me a new shorter cut and show me how to style it. No one has ever shown me how to do my hair...

Anyways, here it is. Now the test is to see if I can replicate it myself.
James says that it's too pretty a cut for me. I think he means it looks like it takes more time to do than I am usually willing to put into a hair-do. We'll see how it goes.