Yea, I also remember the day I got 60 str. It felt like the biggest accomplishment I had ever made! So much time spent chopping trees...
I'll also always remember my first house. I had spent an eternity makign fancy shirts and reselling them back to the vendors, just to save up what now seems like a puny amount, but back then was a massive 8,000 gold. That was back when you could even place houses in towns, and I don't know how, but I got a spot not too far off to the right of the Inn closest to brit GY, right by the bridge to Blackthornes castle.