Basement is finished!!

Kind of.

I still have the base moldings to install, finish one more section of drywall around the closet door and touch up the paint in areas that need it.

But....

All of the furniture is now moved back into place and we have our dining room again. The floors were dry enough to put back the furniture/appliances last Thursday. Andrew helped us on Friday evening and we finished the rest of it yesterday, with the last dregs of it this morning. The appraiser came at 10 am this morning to inspect the house (no word yet on how that went).

Things are finally going back to normal. Andrew also found a place nearby and moved most of his stuff from storage to his new place on Sunday. He'll be getting the rest of his stuff from our house over the next few days.

So by next weekend, we'll have the place back to ourselves -- in a heated, refinanced house that now has all of its rooms functional and with working cars in the driveway. It has been a long, tough month.