Pinktoes - We were more like Nomads! We had sold our house and were renting an apartment when DH took the travel job. DH was gone for a month at a time and could only come home for one weekend a month. It was hard for all of us being away so we packed up everything and put it in storage and went with DH! We drove everywhere as we had a Golden Retriever so flying was not a option. I home schooled DD for most of kindergarten and half of first grade...(HS was not a could fit for me or DD! LOL!) I told DH I would do it for one year and then I felt it was important for DD to be settled and in school. It did help us save up money to buy our land and start to build by not having to pay rent :-) DD did get to so so many wonderful things. We went from one coast to the other! Boston was one of my favorite places but I fell in love with Salt Lake City! Oruboris - The sales lady at the store I went to was really more concerned with making a sale then anything! I pressed for questions for the difference on the PF and Moen faucets but she really just kept saying they were about the same. She stated that she has had customers that swear by PF and some that swear by Moen, etc. I did not like the comparison she showed me for Moen, that looked like the Marielle. I really liked the PF so that is what we decided to go with. Good idea about ordering the extra parts! I might have to follow you on that one.

cotehele- That one is pretty. I have been trying to find something in a rsutic/weathered pewter finish, which has been pretty tricky, so I am starting to rethink. I definately don't want to do the ORB on the ss countertop, and I wonder what everyone would think about doing a finish to go with the mercury glass shade, which will be above the faucet. So what would look best, chrome, polished nickel, stainless, or brushed nickel?

I think ORB would be a nice match. I have already purchased my faucet to use (hopefully) with a copper sink. I got a "rustic pewter" finish. It is a Price Pfister I got on Ebay for $65. I really love it, and I think it will complement copper well. Here is a link that might be useful: Ebay Price Pfister rustic pewter faucet

I certainly do have an opinion....that's the faucet I had in my "old" kitchen and that my brother is now putting in his condo kitchen! We've had it for several years and it's worked wonderfully! No problems w/anything...finish is still great, no leaks...the only thing we did have do last fall was replace the hose...but that was our (my) fault. It got caught on something and in a peak of irritation, rather than figure out what it was caught on I yanked it as hard as I could...that wasn't such a good idea! Needless to say I did a number on the hose and it had to be replaced. My brother, who is very picky, was thrilled to take the faucet. We actually were thinking of keeping it for our new prep sink but since the main sink is brushed nickel I thought it would clash (plus I wanted the Fairfax!). You will get a lot of people here slamming Price Pfister in general, but my experience is that it's a good faucet.