The table is finally completed -- a day ahead of schedule! I put the last coat of polyurethane on yesterday; by this morning everything was dry and ready to go so we carried it upstairs, bolted the base to the top, and flipped it over. I drank the rest of my coffee at a bitchin' new table that still stinks of oil-based sealer and it was delicious.

Now I have to clean the basement -- there are corners that still have inch-thick coatings of sawdust. There are also shelves that are cluttered with tools that must be cleared to make way for normal laundry operations.

Tomorrow's agenda: to eat meatballs off that newly-restored table.