This weekend I finally got all of the basement lighting finished.  I don't mind doing electrical work at all, but I hate lighting.  The fixtures are crammed up in the ceiling and its difficult to work with.  I'll take a switch or outlet near the floor any day over a light fixture. 

I discovered a big mistake in my approach to wiring the recessed lights in the main living area, so I had to re-wire all of them.  The cool thing though is that I've learned a lot and now I feel like I can wire up anything.  I didn't fully understand residential circuitry before, and now it's cake.  Perhaps the best part about this weekend is that there is light in the entire basement now.  It's not so dull and dark anymore.

The only electrical left will be to wire up all of the outlets in the rooms - and I'm not 100% I need to do that for the inspection.  Other than that, here's what's left before drywall:

• Install some support framing for electrical boxes and HVAC vents
• Re-do the ceiling framing in the hallway to the bathroom
• Run the bath fan exhaust line to the outside of the house
• Install framing around the music room window
• Run phone lines
• Run cable for and install a smoke detector in the storage room.
• Finish up telephone/data/audio cable drops
• Install insulation

That's about it.  I should be able to knock off more than half of that list in a half day.  It's getting closer...