Kitchen Faucet Fiasco

Corena peel'in potatoes, outside, using the hose.

Dan & Todd "Yeah um..we need a special tool...we can't fix it...or replace it...sorry...?"

Last Saturday my kitchen faucet started leaking.... so Dan started to repair it and found out it needed a new cartridge. I went to Home Depot and got a cartridge... but also went to Costco and got a new faucet....(ya know... just in case...) We were expecting company (The Traders from Seattle) on Sunday and I wanted the faucet fixed before they got here. Well... it wasn't. I must add, that it was no fault of Dan's. He tried all day to fix it, but it was one of those repairs where one thing lead to another... I invited the Traders to stay for dinner on the condition that Dan would finish fixing the sink. So he and Todd got to work trying to put the new faucet on...Turns out they needed a special tool. Regardless of the relentless nagging Corena & I did... we had no luck. So Corena and I made dinner "Camper Girl Style" with the hose from outside.

...............FOUR DAYS LATER..........

Well it turns out we needed a special cartridge from Price Pfister but they only mail out their parts like 2 times a month. So Dan drove there to get one piece and I drove there to get another two days later. Long -story-short... the faucet is fixed and I no longer have to use the hose to clean dishes or get the kids a drink of water.
Regardless of the sink... and the likely "White Trash" impression we left on them, we had a great time with the Traders and are bummed they live so far away.