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Ready to move forward, oh and this house plan is good.

Our family is ready for our new house.  The EMHE is over! Sunday was our last day at EMHE and we stopped by Willow Sands Farm to drop some things off. [For those that don't know, Willow Sands Farm is next door to our future home]. Unexpectedly, Peyton was also dropped-off to play with Zoey, [...]

Just call me recycler, dumpster diver, bee chaser, box breaker, sod girl

This house is done and the family comes home Monday. I am so thankful! I finally can say that I personally experienced the extreme of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. This week I was labeled recycler, dumpster diver, bee chaser, box breaker, sod girl, celebrity sighter, and filmstar. That is plenty in one week, thank [...]

Reuse and Recycle at the Extreme Makeover House

So can you imagine having your house built in 106 hours? That would be amazing! The Extreme Makeover house is going to be built in 106 hours for a very deserving family in Loris, SC (in Horry County). And I can’t believe that I am a part of this experience. I have very amazing friends, [...]

Extreme Makeover Returns, My House Waits

The Extreme Makeover Home Edition will knock on a deserving family’s door on Monday for the second time in Horry County.  The entire county is buzzing about the news and ready for a positive project to help someone in the community. This cold weather seems to have gotten everyone down, but next week will be [...]

Goodbye 2009, Hello 2010

I am ready for 2009 to end and 2010 to start. If I had to give the year 2009 a name, it would be “Time to Move On” because sometimes you just have to leave things in the past and move forward with your life. It has been a long year and everything about our [...]

The Green Road Ahead is Extremely Long

I have always been told that building your own house is a long process and that we should have patience, consideration and thoughtfulness. However, I didn’t really realize how long this could take, until now. Ok, honestly, I have to cut the process a little slack because we started this project the week before Thanksgiving [...]