Insulation Installed and Monsoons Moving On

Our house is fully insulated, as you can see from the photos, we have both the fiberglass batts and the blown in cellulose type. We can tell that the house is already cooler inside than it had been. Of course the monsoons seem to have come to an end and the days are a bit cooler outside so perhaps it wasn't the insulation. Thursday and Friday we had two last storms. Friday we were at the lot for most of the day and got to see where the heavy runoff goes. We also discovered one more roof leak. Sorry to see it, but since we may not have any heavy rain for several more months we really were glad to know there is a problem now rather than later.
The second family in our little subdivision has moved in. He told me it is rather like camping out--Their cabinet man hurt his back and they still don't have completed cabinets, just the frames. We are neck and neck with the third family. They got their building permit 3 months before we got ours but they ran into rock which really set them back. I think they are still at least a month ahead of us but we heard their builder told one of the subs he was worried we were going to finish before him. It seems we all have various delays so we doubt we'll be ahead of them in the end. For months it has been only the 4 families building but just this last week someone else started preparing their site. It is fun to see how each house develops.
I had a fun week in Atlanta visiting my daughter and my oldest son. When I get pictures from the visit I'll post one. (Hint, hint, Anna!) We got caught up in the gas buying frenzy--there must have been a 100 cars all coming at the station like at a target, no order, a line for each individual pump. And we visited CNN right as the troops were driving into New Orleans. I was more interested in watching their coverage than the tour. Glad to be back to the desert and the "dry heat".