So for those of you that aren't in the know, Extreme Home Makeover is in Toledo this work! Yeah! Let me just start off by saying CONGRATS to the Frisch Family! Aaron Frisch is a Toledo Firefighter and his wife Jaclynn is an Ordained Minister. As far as their story goes, they have 5 kids of their own, and they felt they had enough room in their hearts and their house to adopt 6 more! That's 11 total! Needless to say things are lil cramped.
So for the last week 13ABC has been doing some promoting for the big reveal (which of the 5 Toledo families will be the big winner). Sunday came and I will admit, I got caught up in the hype. The Wife and I lay in bed, watched 13ABC Sunday Morning and waited anxiously for the news and the location. Enter E-BAY Chad!
I heard him talking about how he was going to be driving around looking for the bus and the location. Before the big announcement, I sent him a few texts to run him off the trail. The first was to inform him that the house was located in Stone Oak! He didn't buy that one, so I told him that they were on their way to Ottawa Hills to help out a needy family that has been living in a "shack" that only has a 3 car garage and no indoor pool! Poor things! He said he was right around the corner from my house so I told him to come pick me up. I was up for a little Sunday morning adventure.
We didn't even make it to the end of my street before the Wife calls and tells us 13ABC announced the address. Chad typed it in on the GPS and off we go! As we arrived, I noticed Chad and I weren't the only ones who were up for a little Sunday Drive. The place was packed already! We parked around the corner from the house (about as close as we could) and proceeded to walk as close as we could. The secret to getting into places that you aren't allowed to be is to act like you belong there! That's exactly what we did. It worked. So there we were standing less than a block away from the house and the bus, surrounded by City Officials, Police and Fire Chiefs, Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbiener and his wife, and the builders! No kidding! We stood around for about an hour watched them do their thing with the family (the design team started an impromptu football game in the street - kinda cool) and then decided it was time to bolt.
As we were leaving, I made the joke that we should check the Mayor's car to see if his dog Scout was inside. The joke is that the good Mayor has been busted for leaving his dog locked in his car on hot days (sometimes parked in handicapped spots). Wouldn't you know it - There's the Mayors car and there's SCOUT! Poor frickin' dog! I was gonna get a picture, but there were more than a few cops in the area and I was pretty sure I was gonna get busted if I did - So I didn't.
All in all, pretty cool to see all the stuff that goes on behind the scenes. I do have to feel a little bad for the other people in the neighborhood. I can see how things are probably gonna get out of hand. People are parking and walking all over other people's lawns and throwing bottles and thrash in the street - and that was just the first day! If you plan on going to watch the deal, please be respectful of others and try not to be a dick!
That's all for now!
Arggle Snarf!
~Murph
1 comment:
thats me!
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