We don't watch much TV at Casa de Shown but one show the whole family enjoys is Extreme Home Makeover. This week they are just south of us in the city of Neenah building a house. We couldn't let the opportunity to see one of our favorite shows in the making
in person so we drove down this morning to take a peek!
Roz even woke up early to come along. After a quick review of Google Maps we headed out. We found it without any difficulty. In fact, as we drove down Elm Street we were starting to get a little worried since it wasn't even looking that busy. Sure enough, though, we came upon all the excitement.
We definitely went at a good time. It wasn't nearly as packed with spectators as I thought it would be and there was plenty of construction activity to be seen. It reminded me of an ant hill (only the ants were wearing blue shirts). We were waiting and hoping for a glimpse of
our favorite Ty, but rumor had it he had flown off on an errand of some kind. We did get to see Paige in her pink hard hat and tool belt though!
Several local businesses walked by with treats for the crowd. The president of the builder (Lexington Homes) came over and promised hats and water bottles after he did an interview, but we left before he came back. We did sample some bagels, got free Culver's ice cream coupons, and just missed getting fried cheese curds from A&W.
We decided to use the Culver's coupons right away and did something totally our of the ordinary, for us anyway, and had ice cream for lunch. Everyone was on board except Justus, who is a stickler for rules and just couldn't wrap his mind around eating dessert for lunch!
I would have liked to stay longer but the boys were getting restless and Roz had to get to work. If you have some spare time you should go check it out! I would love to go back (Friday, I think) for the big reveal and shout "MOVE THAT BUS" but it will be CRAZY so we'll just have to settle for watching it when it airs on later this season.
If you are interested, you can
"follow the build" here!
OH my goodness - the house is HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!! I love this show and have seen many of the build videos from earlier in the week but not the past 48 hours - amazing how they can do it in one week! I always wonder what the neighbors think! You know - they build this beautiful 2 story ginormous house on the same street is small ranch style homes which just makes it look a bit ODD! Then what do they think about 24/7 construction? I hope the show compensates them somehow. I would have LOVED to go down there but I had a beyond crazy day - and today I am just staying HOME!!!!!!! I have to get started planning for school :)
ReplyDeleteI was just watching more videos and I just want to run down there - do you think there would be much to see if we didn't get down there until 7:30PM? Hmmmm....
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun experience for all of you.
ReplyDeleteGlad you were able to get so close and
not have to fight the crowds. Will be
fun to watch in Sept. and the boys
will be able to say they were there.
Luv, G. Linda