Steve, your post made me think, when life takes us away from a project it's easy to overlook exactly what had been done, or maybe even worse, what one had knowingly left undone when pulled away. A guy's got to pretty well start from ground zero, checking everything for status before really getting into it. Like your lug nuts - polishing wheels, putting them back on with the truck on jack stands and spinning nuts finger tight. Next you know it's a year or two or three or ??? later and a guy sees shiny wheels on the truck so they're done, right? Let's get the front clip on! Now let's take her for a spin and have some fun and next you know you're watching a wheel or two roll down the road, down on rotors/drums! You're taking the right approach, finding the things left undone, or not finished done-done, and taking care of them one by one.
Thanks for posting.