oh man I missed it!

I'm very sad that life's events caused me to miss a Thursday Thirteen post.
Please forgive me and I promise to get back on track next week!

We are having one of my favorite type of days here in NE TX. If it would only be raining too that would make it just perfect! It's windy and almost chilly! I'm soooo making chili for dinner tonight!

Ok, I don't know about the rest of the world but C and I listen to music as we fall asleep each night. (I also have to have a fan on but that's not what this paragraph is about.) Usually it is a cd that has Meryl Streep reading The Velveteen Rabbit story w/ George Winston piano music in the background. Recently, I purchased from wallyworld one of those cd's from that spot that has that machine where you can hear a sample of the music, they usually have seasonal type music and instrumental stuff. I have a few from there and I really like them. NEWAY: my most recent cd purchase from there was "Dreamsurf: ocean waves for relaxation" I love love love love it! It reminds me of many things, the first 21 yrs of my life on Long Island, our recent vacations to Rockport, MA where the B&B is right on the ocean and you sleep w/ your balcany door open to hear the ocean. It's so awesome and sooo relaxing, we are really digging this cd. If you listen to music to fall asleep to, I highly reccommend this cd. If you don't, I reccommend you start and get this cd! and no this is not a paid advertisement! ;-)

Ok, so the closing on the house in IL that has been up for sale for 20 months is today at 2pm! I'm sooooo excited to finally be rid of it! God's timing never ceases to amaze me!
Before we made the official move to TX, I had the house inspected by the city... at first it didn't pass and they gave me a list of things to do... I did what I could and then paid someone else to do the rest. The inspector came back and said we passed. I even have the paper to prove it.... somehow 14 months later it no longer passes the city inspection. We offered the buyer some dough (that we really didn't have) to get the stuff taken care of on her own. She accepted and we signed papers. The new inspector insisted that there was no way this house had passed inspection just last year blah blah blah and he had a whole list of stuff he didn't like. Well, new buyer took care of it, called an electrician and a plumber and a handyperson, sunk a chunk of money into the house already and everything is taken care of. Inspector comes out again and almost fails the house b/c an outlet cover wasn't on. Mind you the outlet cover and screws where right there on the floor in front of the outlet. Our realtor went and got a screwdriver and put it on! That inspector is a moron! We found the inspection report from last year last night in our office. C is faxing it to our realtor to show her (and the new buyer) that the house really did pass inspection before we left it. The date of the inspection August 29, 2005. What in the world has happened to my house in the 14 months since I've been gone???? According to our realtor there were no amendments made in the city code that affected our house. So tell me, how come one city inspector will pass a house and another city inspector (for the same city!) fails it!??!?!?! I just can't wait until tomorrow when I am the homeowner of 2 houses instead of 3!!!!