I love my SINK!!

Do you remember this post when I told you about the overabundance of peach inside 330 Lynn Drive when we bought her?  Yes, we parted ways with the peach all over the house.  The kitchen was one of the last rooms where we bid the peach paint farewell.  As we were remodeling the kitchen, the guy who put in our countertops asked us if we wanted to change out the sink when he installed them.  YES, YES, YES, YES!  This was our immediate reply! 

The sink that was in the house when we bought it reminded me of the sink in my first apartment.  The wells of each side of the sink only went down about 4 inches, and they were shaped in a perfect square.  So, if I put a couple of SMALL things in my sink, it looked like the dishes were falling out of the sink onto the counter!  I LOVE to cook, so anytime I used my 9x13 dish or any of my pots and pans, they were almost impossible to get clean.  The square shape made it hard to corral the dishes, and it was tricky getting them under the faucet just "so-so" in order to clean.

Viola!  Our new sink has been my BFF these past 4 1/2 years.  With an 8-10 inch depth in both wells, I'm able to easily, handily scrub my pots and pans sparkly clean.  If you'll notice in the picture above, the 2 wells in the sink are 2 different sizes.  LOVE IT!  My 9x13 pan easily fits on the left side; I always have to leave it in to soak for a while (thanks to my Baked Oatmeal dish that we have each morning for breakfast).

Who knew what JOY would be found at 330 Lynn Drive when we replaced our sink!  I think I'll have to replace the countertops at our next house JUST to have an excuse to put in this same sink!

Fresh Green Beans+Moon Pies=Good Neighbors

We love our neighborhood for millions of reasons, and one of the reasons is our great neighbors!  The picture here captures the generosity of our neighbors, who we are so thankful for! 

One of our neighbors has a vending machine business.  Can you guess which item came from him?  Last week, our kiddos ran inside our house with eyes the size of half dollars when our neighbor gave them this box of Moon Pies.  He gives them treats like these all the time, and they adore him for it!  With both sets of our children's grandparents living outside of Nashville, they're thankful to have been adopted by Mr. Wes next door!  We're also thankful that Mr. Wes has tons of tools and equipment that he lets us borrow.  Thanks to him, we've never had to buy a ladder since we moved in!

The fresh green beans appeared on our front door last week from our other neighbor.  I've had some good laughs with her, too.  She also has 3 kids of the same gender like me.  Both of our kids are spaced apart exactly the same, and our last 2 children both had the same birth weight (a whopping 9 lbs. 2 oz.!).  Her kiddos are all in their 20s and have left home.  She tells me that I'm living her life 20 years later.  We've traded out toys for her grandchild, and she was so gracious to let me borrow clothes her grandchild had outgrown when we had our latest little one last year.

I think it was Robert Frost who wrote, "Good fences make good neighbors."  I would add that Moon Pies, ladders, fresh green beans, and children's clothes do too!