Okay, this is the worst part

The inspection was over about two hours ago. I have been dreading the inspectors report of how well I kept up the house, the shoddiness of my DIY improvements, and all of the things I had no idea were wrong with the house. This is the worst feeling I have had through the whole process.
I mean, what if they noticed that I didn't finish all of the wiring I was going to do in the basement? What if they didn't like the fact that I didn't put a handrail on the basement steps? What if they don't like how I forgot to put in drawer stops in the kitchen cabinet I had to re-make because the new fridge is bigger than the old one? What if? What if? What if?
I think I might explode......

Here we sit

So, the inspection starts in 35 minutes, so here we sit. Nothing more to do, and too early to leave. While we are out of the house, the vicious cat will visit the vet and then we will drive out to take a look at the new place. Hopefully, the chica from Ms. Huis-Herself's rental co will call too.
Can't wait to move in to the new place, can't wait to move out of this place.

Huff and puff....

And you can no longer just blow my house in! They have filled in the basement foam forms with concrete. So, things are finally set in stone(I think that I am going to get a lot of mileage out of that saying. Pictures to follow soon.

Oh, yeah, I made the switch to Beta, and it was ok. I just have to go and put back all of the cool things I did to my template....

This guy is not invited to my parties....

COUNTRY WESTMEATH, Ireland -- There's nothing worse than having your Christmas party ruined by some guy named Gus who drinks all the beer and eats all the food, Voyeurwebbers, but in this case, Gus is a camel and this did NOT happen in the Middle East or North Africa.

It happened in Ireland where a Christmas Party was ruined after Gus, the camel, ate all the food and drank the beer.

Gus sneaked out of his stable while staff at his equestrian center were getting changed for the big night, according to news media reports.

Gus scarfed down 200 mince pies and 150 sandwiches before downing seven cans of Guinness, which he reportedly cracked open with his teeth.

Staff at the Mullinger Equestrian Center in County Westmeath, Ireland, came back to find the place looking like a "chimpanzee's tea party".

Center owner Robert Fagan said: "We're going to reschedule the Christmas party for next Tuesday but next time Gus is going to be properly locked up."

Why issue tickets?

We need these in the US.

I have one of the Metallica video Rockumentaries and in it there is a scene where Lars is speeding down a section of road (not clearly defined) saying something to the effect of: "that if you didn't want people to drive here they should put something in the way".
Being a public transit rider now, I can totally see the benefit of these every time the bus has to try and move out into traffic to go around some jerk parked/stopped in the bus lane.

I get to post them first!

Here are some photos of the footings and excavations:

This is me standing next to the garage.

That is where the media room and billiards table will be in the 4th level and where the Kitchen and Living room will be in the main level.

ICF forms that the walls will be made from.

Another pic of the media room and kitchen location.

This week should see the ICF outer walls up and filled with concrete. Can't wait.

I like choices

So the builder stopped by with a bunch of samples to choose, shingles, siding, soffits, and flooring. Woo Hoo! Now we have to make some choices, that go towards the permanent look of our house.
Talk about pressure.
I look over at the buttercreme siding with white trim on the townhouses across the street, and think that doesn't look bad. I look at our silvery blue siding, with the sandstone on the front of our house, and think I might be able to do that again. But I look at the sage sample with white trim and a berry color soffit, and I go that will look great or not.
What to do? How to choose?