Thanks Chef, always glad to hear positive encouragement.

It is a great experience. I am loving every minute of it, even the times when contractors call and they are supposed to be there the next day and then tell me they will be there in a month. Fine, i will get another contractor since you don't want to do the work without an appropriate time frame of notice.

I am really excited to get started on my part of things though. Most of the stuff has been contractor done till now (except for the basement stuff) and I am itching to get my hands dirty running plumbing, electrical etc. That will start Tuesday once the slab is poured and finished on Monday. I would like to be working of an evening on a daily basis, keeps things fresh in my head along with progress on all fronts.