After six months of having our house built, we finally moved into our new house this past week.  It's been hectic for me during the past four months.  While there's a whole lot of work left to do, it's work that just isn't quite as important to get done.  It's quite a relief. 

I've learned a lot of random things during the building of this house.

 

 - Lowe's is way better than Home Depot.  Hope Depot has about two people on staff, so you can never find anyone to help you.  But the one thing Home Depot has going for it is self checkout lane.  Which really is amazing. 

 

 - Always buy more than you need.  You'll save yourself a trip in the middle of your project.  Then just return the stuff you don't need later. 

 - When you have to special order something in a department, there will invariably be three other people in line, in front of you.  And they all speak at the rate of five words a minute.

 - People think our house is way bigger than it is. 

 - People think that Julia and I are teenagers.