Moving Along

Santa approached me and said that he had called town hall to get an inspection today. He finished putting the mortar on the basement block and needed to have it inspected so he could back fill the dirt. The bad news was that the inspector was booked all day and would not be able to return till next week! This could be a terrible set back considering the weather is actually gonna be gorgeous this weekend. Without the inspection, he would not be able to continue with his goal for the weekend.

I immediately threw the kids in the car, ran to 7-11 and bought the supervisor a cup of coffee. We had gotten to know the guys in the construction department in the past (don't want to dwell on why). Anyway, I walked in and Bob started saying,"no,no,no" before I even opened my mouth! I continued to toss out the southern accent because I know he enjoys it and blurted out all the reasons that I REALLY need the inspection today. Luckily, all the people took my side and asked him how he could say no so he got on the phone and told the inspector to check out our house today!! I am assuming we passed since it looks like Santa continued to work the rest of the day.

He started my front porch today! I was so excited because this is going to be my favorite part of the house. I insisted to Zan that I had to have a porch so I could drink my coffee and watch the kids play with the neighbors. I really think we will get a lot of use out of it and will be very happy that we decided to add it to the plans.