Oh, we knew what we were getting into before we even started it. We had the whole entire kitchen designed before one single piece of sheetrock came down. We started by moving the bolier since that would be the most work. We ran all of the pipes, and it was only down for about 2 hours. There was a lot of copper work that went into that. That is also when we learned how amazing mapp is.
After we did that, we kind of just moved the washer and dryer so that we could still have clean clothes. They sat in the garage for quite a while before getting dedicated rooms.
It was then time to strip the kitchen apart. We only cooked with a microwave in whatever room it happended to be moved into for that day. We ended up eating at TGI Friday's about 3-7 times/week. All of the other projects kind of got worked in along the way. The only work we didn't do was the granite (included in the price of the materials, and the only way to get a warrenty), and the cabinites. The cabinites were cheap to have installed compared to the price, and we didn't even want to touch the cuts needed for the trim and crown molding.
All in all it wasn't that bad, but there was a lot of wiring (needed to run a 220V to the garage along with all new wiring for the kitchen), and there was a ton of copper and fancy new hybrid water pipes.