Q1V Update #3 - With Pictures!

Okay, so it is Friday. Geoff and I had all week off and my mom was here and we worked on the basement all week. My goal was to have the basement in move-in condition by the end of the week (Ha!!). Technically, I still have two more days to go so maybe it will happen (double-ha!). We did, however make some excellent progress.

A couple of numbers:
Outlets installed: 21 (I think, it is hard to remember exactly)
Lights installed: 6 (+ the porch light should be installed tomorrow)
Three-way light switches installed: 4
Feet of wire used: 200+
New furnace vents installed: 3
Old furnace vents re-worked: 7
Trips to the various home improvement stores: 12 (3 in one day!)

A fancy outlet that Geoff installed, before we had one crappy (two-prong) outlet in the floor, notice the hole, now we have a double-gang outlet box in the wall. Aaaah, technology.
Hazel and my mom cooked a lot. This day they were making bread. Hazel spilled a bunch of flour and decided to eat it. Gross. Also, they made caramel popcorn balls one day. They were delicious. Mmm....caramel popcorn. Today they made carrot cupcakes for Gloria's birthday. They were delicious.

Notice my awesome photo placement? That is sheer laziness. Or exhaustion. Geoff installed a floor outlet in Hazel's under-the-stairs room. He was very proud of it.

Dave was super-awesome with the duct work. And very enthusiastic. We had horrendous ducts before (see the giant 12" ducts in some of the older pictures). Now we have lovely 6" ducts that either hug the ceiling or actually travel through the joists. Fancy.

Dave, in action.

Another shot of the lovely ducts. And one of the six lights Geoff installed. Four in the main room, one in each of the bedrooms. The main room has two lights on each half and each half is controlled by a three-way switch. It is very tricky. And fancy. And awesome. Which are apparently the only adjectives I know.

Geoff thinks we are doing a great job.

This was the first outlet I ever wired. Turns out, I am pretty good at the wiring. Granted, this is not super-difficult. They are fairly self-explanatory. Once they are explained to me. I just can't twist those dang screws forever into the box. Because I have weak wrists. Boo hoo.

And those are the pictures I have. Lame. We should be ready for ceiling insulation, wall insulation, and drywall really, really soon. And then it will look like progress is happening fast. Maybe we will be in move-in condition by the end of the month. I am going to stay optimistic.