Extreme Makeover Home Edition is in my neighborhood!!!

[Nanook]

How much more exciting could it get. Well, other than if the crew was in my yard building me a new house, that is! Anyway, there is big excitement here in the northwoods of northwestern Wisconsin this week as Ty and his crew are here constructing a new home for a local family that it seems really deserved it. I don't know them, but it almost seems as though I do now after seeing them on the news on Monday after Ty and his crew knocked on their door and surprised them with the big news and sent them to pack for a trip to Hawaii.

Have you ever wondered what it is like on the site of the Extreme makeover show? Well, I have...and since it's right in my neighborhood I had to swing by there this afternoon and this is what I saw...

This is more exciting than the county fair, sans the rides!

The family has some very nice looking gardens going, and this man was tenderly tending to them...



Yesterday an old dilapidated home was sitting in this spot. Portions were dismantled for recycling, and then the fire department used the shell for practice. By this afternoon they were saying they were 12 hours ahead of schedule and asking the building volunteers to come at 7pm tonight instead of 7am tomorrow morning!



Landscaping is already taking place



They were filming something to do with this canoe. I guess we'll have to wait until the show to find out!



This crew was doing the hand portion of back filling the slab that they will set the home on...

[Nanook]

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last week they started building wall portions for the new home, and they're just ready to go up tonight!



I doubt this dilapidated old garage will be standing much longer



And I bet this old building next to another garden is going to be a goner as well...



The rules for volunteering. The general volunteer quota was met during the first 24 hours after the announcement and they've had to turn people away. The other news is that the amount of business volunteers have now become the most in the show's history. This speaks volumes about the area where I live, awesome people live here.



Some volunteers before starting their shift



And for now...I'll leave you with this sign. I will be back to see the place but not sure if it will be before the construction is finished early next week. I think it would be awesome to be there tonight but I have a lot of work to do and I doubt I'll make it back over there...



What fun! I'm so happy for the family. I cannot even imagine their excitement as they are thousands of miles away and wondering what is going on in their yard!

Congrats Huber family! I can hardly wait for your welcome home!

I'll be back with an update and add it to this post when I do!

[Phatty]

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They are such a blessing...May God have mercy

[Nanook]

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Hi Phatty! This is just amazing isn't it! It was so incredible to witness.

[Phatty]

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They won't come to my neighborhood...all their supplies will get stolen

But yes, it is truly amazing. In times like these people need blessings like this. And just to see a neighborhood come together shows that humans can sometimes be humans...

[Nanook]

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Up here it's sometimes miles in between the next house. This is a farming community, or was at least. Many of the houses are old farm houses from the early 1900's and this family's home was one of them. The man is a firefighter and the wife is studying to be a nurse but works at the school. They have 3 small children.

Anyway, their septic had caved in and sewage was running into the yard. They bought the old farm house 5 years ago with plans to renovate it. But the plans turned into a nightmare once they started digging into the project. Last winter their chimney separated from the wall and the husband said while he was at work fighting fires for others, he constantly worried the next call would be his own home.

So yeah...it's nice to see something so wonderful happen for them!

[Phatty]

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Oh wow

[QK13]

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Ty drives my mother crazy! But I watch whenever I can. I always get a good cry in, so I never watch with company.

I'll be looking forward to seein your neck of the woods Nan!!
Thanks for taking the time & sharing!!

[trelawnysmall]

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F A B U L O U S

[Nylah]

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OHMIGOD!!!! Did you get a picture of Ty as well

<span style="font-style: italic">I mean, I am happy for the ppl getting a new house and all, but a shot of Ty would make me even happier</span>

[schultz]

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QK, I always cry too!

This is awesome!

[Nanook]

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Good morning ladies! I'm waiting to hear how it went over night. As you can imagine this is big news in our little area of the planet.

Ty's yelling makes me nuts. I love the show but I have to be in a certain mood to hear all the yelling he does. I get the same way over how noisy the show Ellen is so it's not just Ty.

Anyway, I looked for Ty and couldn't see him. A little birdie told me that tonight at the local small university there's gonna be a baseball game between Ty and his crew and a bunch of locals. Now this hasn't been broadcast on any media that I've heard so far so maybe there won't be such a mob there but I doubt I'll go anyway. It's my Blues weekend and I'm swamped just trying to maintain life at the moment. If this was all going on next week I could have been an official groupie!

[Nylah]

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I agree about the yelling business. I can only take it for so long before I would hit the mute button. But I sure do love looking at him His silliness appeals to me (minus the volume)

I dont watch the show as religiously like I used to b/c I find I get waaaayy to weepy over some of the stories but I love to see the ending when all is completed and the family gets the reveal

[R00TS]

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Fun! very cool to see

[Jazz]

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HOW COOL!!!! - keep givig us the insider pics Nanook