Ooooo! So Exciting For The Neighborhood!!

      If you're a fan of the show, 'Extreme Makeover-Home Edition', then you already recognize the man with the notorious megaphone! ^_^ It's Ty Pennington.
       I feel like I've known Ty personally for a long time, which, of course, I haven't...*snapping my finger*...He's from my home state of Georgia though, and I've been watching him on T.V. for quite a while...starting with the show that was on TLC, 'Trading Spaces'. (Some of you may know him from a show called 'Ty's Great British Adventure', which airs on UKTV in the UK.)  But does being from the same state and watching someone on T.V. count as 'knowing' someone?! ^_^
     Anyway!...'Extreme Makeover-Home Edition' is a show that finds deserving families whose homes, for one reason or another, are no longer good places to live...usually the homes are in 'really' bad shape!...and they send the family away on a vacation for a week, and makeover, or completely re-build, their home!

     Why am I telling you all of this?....Because Ty Pennington, the team of designers, and the Extreme Makeover crew are...right now!...in my dad's city, Springfield Massachusetts...in fact, a block and a half away!...building a house for the Walker Family!! :-]

     About two and a half years ago single mom Sirdeaner Walker lost her 11 year old son, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover. He took his own life after almost a year of telling his mother about the many incidents of kids bullying him at school. The family still hasn't been able to return to normal since the incident, but they've focused their energy on helping others.
     This is a clip from the Dr. Phil show, about a year after the tragic event, where the mom recounts what happened...

    It's such a sad story. I remember when this originally happened. It was like someone threw a rock and hit the whole town in the head with it. :-( And even sadder, the family has been living in that 100 year old house since then...not able to go up to the third floor (where the suicide was committed).
       Sirdeaner and her two children sleep in the living room on a couch and two roll-away beds. And their grandmother lives there too. They've had to store their clothes and daily belongings in plastic containers and bags, leaving the whole place cramped and cluttered.
      But this week...things will change for them. :-) While they're on a dream vacation to Hollywood...Hey! We just got back from there!! They'll have a 'ball'!! ^_^...the house is being completely rebuilt!!
       Hubby went over and parked his car at my dad's and walked over to the site to get a few pictures for me to show you!! :-)

         Ty Pennington was out there in his checkered flannel shirt and jeans, along with the crew in their blue 'Extreme Makeover' T-shirts...

       ...but otherwise hubby says there's not much else to see! There's no house right now. They tore that down.

       So, I guess until the house starts to go up, there's not much excitement for the average 'Joe'. Unless you wanna go by and volunteer! And if you do, you can go HERE and sign up!...But for my dad's little neighborhood?!...It's all exciting!! It's all everyone is talking about!! They can't wait until the end of the week when they can go out there and whoop and holler and get their moment to say: "MOVE THAT BUS!!!" LOL
       Hubby will be looking forward to that too! But yesterday, with nothing but dirt and a flannel-shirted Ty to take photographs of, this sign was much more interesting to him...

        It's 'Slices' or 'Paramount Pizza' (they changed their name to 'Slices')!! ^_^ Hubby walked in there, told them he wanted a sausage pasta and cheese dish, and asked them to "MOVE THAT ORDER!" ^_^

     This guy knows hubby so well that he just thought he was funny. Did I, on the other hand, think it was funny that he was taking so long to get back?!...Not so much!! Grrr!...I'm starting to notice that my hormones and my lack of memory are taking away my patient, pleasing personality a bit!! ^_^ Time to find me some kinda supplements,...patience in a bottle,...to take for that!
      Thankfully hubby has enough patience for the both of us right now, and he remembers my 'other' pleasant personality enough not to take this 'impatient, getting older, girl' too seriously. :-] One day...One day...I'm going to go back to normal!!!! (Whatever 'normal' is!! LOL)
      Okay, off to get my day started! Have an 'Extremely' good day everybody!!! :-)


Everything Is Getting Older

Everything is getting older,
past it's time, and rusting fast!
No matter how many times you oil it,
Somehow, still, it doesn't last.

Everything is getting older.
Even veggies just from the store,
have now browned and withered up.
They're not all shiny like before.

Everything is getting older.
Old dogs included, people too.
Even babies, from the womb,
start getting older, just past brand new!

Everything is getting older,
like real good books, with tales all told.
But, Wait a minute! Some books are good!
That's why "To read" will not get old.

Everything that's getting older
doesn't harm us and displease.
Just think of wisdom in the aging-
that's with people and with cheese!

All the things, those getting older,
showing marks and scars of time,
just need a tad bit more attention,
or just a small aged glass of wine!