OK. My first batch is in the bottles hanging out, and hopefully getting happy. It didn't take as long to bottle as I though it would. I did only get 41 bottles out of the batch, but that's OK. There was about 1 1/2 inches left it the carboy, on top of the sludge layer, that the auto siphon wouldn't get, and some left in the bucket that was below the valve. I also did have a slight boil over on brew day, that could account for some of the loss as well. The estimated FG of the recipe I used was 1.012, and my measured FG before bottling was 1.011, so I think I hit it pretty good for a first try. Came out at 7.1% ABV.
I took a taste of what was in the thief when I took the gravity reading, and it tasted like a good hoppy IPA. I was worried with the temp it got to after the primary fermentation was done, but I didn't notice any odd flavors, and it looked and smelled like beer.
Now to just wait 2 more weeks to see how it carbed up, and how it conditioned in the bottle (may have to sneak one after a week).
Now to finish the planning for batch number two. I have lots of good notes from this batch to help get it more efficient and make it an even more awesome brew. I am thinking Blood Orange Hefeweizen for thwe next one.