plumbing.

mmm. first home repairs. he sort of broke the faucet in the kitchen sink, so we went out and bought a new one. it's really quite daunting to be standing in front of a wall of kitchen sink faucets, especially when you have no idea if you have a one, three, or four hole sink installation. the price range is also quite ridiculous, ranging from about $35 all the way up to close to $500. and does brand really matter? what do you get for a $450 faucet that you don't get for a $45 faucet?

in the end, we settled on a swoopy kohler model (to coordinate with all the other moen faucets in the house ;) with a hand spray thing, since we had determined before hand that there was a hole and a pipe for one. his dad came over to install it. the last time my dad tried his hand at plumbing, he put everything back together backwards. one thing i did learn is that our old faucet had copper pipes connecting it to the water supply, while this new (more expensive) one had nice braided flexible stainless steel ones. the latter are apparently preferable, as we have them on our washing machine as well, and everyone said they were.

the new faucet is the perfect height to fill my watering can.