Kathy,

It's a good thing it happened at your house rather than somebody else's
house.  I'm sure that inspector will remember that cup of cold water.  If
not, the Lord will.  Must say, you guys really do get the unique happenings
in your neck of the woods.  LOL!  Keep us posted on tomorrow.  We're holding
our breaths right along with you and Greg.

Vicki
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 2:38 PM
Subject: just a strange story


> HI Guys,
> This is just a story that I can't pass up. You know how many twists and
> turns that we have gone through trying to get this house. Well, today was
> no exception. We were informed two weeks ago that we would have to have
> someone certify that our septic system was in working order before we
> could go ahead with the closing. Now, in most states, this could have
> been done with a simple letter, for free, from an inspector, within about
> 24 hours, but, as you all know, this is Maine. They don't do things that
> way in Maine. When Greg went to the town office to ask for this letter he
> was told that, in Maine, someone would have to come out and inspect the
> place. Also, since we are changing from a three bedroom to a four bedrom
> home, a new plan will have to be drawn up and, while we don't need to
> change our septic system right now, we will have to notify our neighbors,
> by certified mail about the possibility of a future change. Maine is a
> bureaucratic dream world. And, for all our trouble, this will probably
> end up costing us another $300.00.
> Well, anyway, like I said, the closing is tomorrow so we had no choice
> but to do things their way and pray that the cost could be added to the
> closing. The inspector came today and he was really very nice. Anyway, he
> stopped for lunch before he got here and while he was talking to Greg, in
> our back yard, he started getting really sick. It just came on him all of
> a sudden! Well, we live in an open area that used to be pasture land so
> there was no place that he could go for privacy and he ended up coming in
> and using our master bathroom. I really felt so sorry for him, but we
> were really able to practice hospitality. He just sat in our house to
> recover and chat. Then, when we talked about payment, he said that if it
> didn't end up getting covered in the closing that we would work something
> out privately. Greg joked with him and said that emergency room costs
> should off set the costs of his services. He really thought that that was
> pretty funny. We are pretty sure that he must have been suffering from
> food poisoning of some sort.
> I guess that I'm just sharing this to show you what kinds of crazy things
> have come along our path as we strive for this house, but also, I'm just
> praising the Lord for an opportunity to, sort of, give someone a cup of
> cold water in Jesus name.
> God bless,
> Kathy
>
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