Cheryl

[Guest guest]

Hi Cheryl,

Hope you have been doing ok. Just read your email as im trying to catch up a

bit and am very happy to hear the news! I often watch the show extreme

makeover cause they do so much good and make dreams come true:) Very

different from all the violence and heartache on tv so very refreshing!

Definately let us know when it will air so i can point to tv and say thats

him thats him LOL.

Congrats!

Moderator

>

> Dear Friends, I know I don't send many messages but I do try to keep up

> with

> everyones. I'm Cheryl and I am one of the moderators here at Hugs. It has

> grown so much that I really can't believe it.

>

> I just wanted to tell everyone that about a month ago our son in law,

> , told us that his construction crew, Niehaus Construction, had

> been asked to

> volunteer to frame a house for the tv show, Extreme Home Makeover (the one

>

> with Ty Pennington that hunk! lol). We couldn't tell anyone because the

> family

> had not been told. Oh, we live in Indiana. Well, they told us they had

> selected a family in St. Meinrad which is a very small town....like if you

> blink you

> would miss it. I don't know all of the details, but the mom has cancer and

>

> they have 3 three kids.

>

> Well, my son in law's crew can REALLY build houses fast but the producer

> wanted them to pre-build the walls like all the other framing crews do,

> but they

> said this was not the way they worked and they wanted to do it basically

> from

> scratch. The producer called them back several times wanting them to build

> the

> walls, and each time they told them they could get the job done on time,

> if

> not before. They gave them 16 hours to get it done and they started at

> 10:30

> at night on Wednesday night and we didn't go up til around 9:00 the next

> morning. They finished in 11 and a half hours and the producers were

> amazed!! They

> couldn't believe that they could do that! I'm so proud of my son in law

> and

> and his fellow workers and ALL of the people who had volunteered. It is

> really something to see. My daughter and her children (who she took out of

> school

> to go up) said they got to see that ie guy (the older one) but hadn't

> seen

> Ty yet. We are going to go back up either tomorrow or Monday for the

> reveal,

> I want to go both times, but don't know whether my hubby does or not. I

> don't know when this will air, but I think it will be sometime in November

> and if

> you get to watch, my son in law, , will be the only one wearing an

> orange hard hat. He said it was because he was the one who had to direct

> the

> crane driver and had to stand out so he could follow his directions, but I

> think

> he wanted to wear it so we could pick him out! lol They said they will

> definately say something about them doing the job in such a short time and

> not

> prebuilding anything...but you know how that goes with editing and all.

>

> I cry every time I watch this show...it is so impressive and they really

> seem

> to care about people. It is such a blessing.

> Anyway, hope everyone is doing ok. I am still battling what one doctor

> says

> is gout and one thinks its not...you know that game...lol

>

> Hugs to all,

> Cheryl

> CYH!!

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