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Beruthiel
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10-08-2002

Sunday, September 26, 2004 - 12:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beruthiel a private message Print Post    
Reminder to all fans, a two hour new season premiere edition will be on tonight, Sunday the 26th, so set your VCR's!
[It's a widower with a lot of kids, according to the TVguide]

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Sunday, September 26, 2004 - 1:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Thanks Beruthiel!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, September 27, 2004 - 7:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Well, I cried yet again. This was a very thankful and very deserving family. It was lovely.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, September 27, 2004 - 9:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I missed the first hour but the second hour was wonderful...what a sweet family and there were SOOOO many of them!

Hippyt
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06-15-2001

Monday, September 27, 2004 - 10:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hippyt a private message Print Post    
I cried too. You'd have to be a robot not to! The whole family was soooo sweet. I bet that was the first vacation they had ever been on.

Grannyg
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05-28-2002

Monday, September 27, 2004 - 2:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grannyg a private message Print Post    
I sobbed. I thought this was a very deserving family and felt so sorry for the young kids that probably have very little if any memory of their mom at all. This is my favorite show on tv.

Moondance
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07-30-2000

Monday, September 27, 2004 - 2:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moondance a private message Print Post    
Mine too MsGG!

Djgirl
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07-17-2002

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 7:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Djgirl a private message Print Post    
Count me as another that was sobbing watching this. I cried at the beginning and I cried again at the end. It was worse because I had Tim beside me who has lost both his parents and that's all I could think of watching this show!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 10:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I'm still watching here with a goofy grin and tears running downmy cheeks..

Oh heck, you were talking about the last show.. that was wonderful!! I totally agree.. what a great family and what a great makeover.

But tonight, OMG.. the family with the deaf parents raising a blind autistic kid and also the older son who does so much translation for all of them..

They finger sign in his hand for the kid who is blind..

A huge issue was to set up the house for Lance to be safe and happy, and keeping things familiar, labelling everything in braille for him and also securing the place so he isn't likely to get out, which he always did, and can be tracked and also so the darling parents can find him more easily in the house. And then they gave the older kid a wonderful room.. plus a workroom for the mom to do her art..

AND they made the house much more safe with devices that will tell the parents if there is a fire or intrusion or if Lance gets out..

And they brought in Marlee Matlin to teach the whole crew some ASL so they could sign to the parents.. she also is working on support for the older boy for college.

I mean this is a two hour special and special it is..

I never cared much for Ty on Trading Spaces but this show has caused him to blossom, big time..

This family is amazing and sweet and so happy and how often do you see big contractors and designers crying while they tell you what they did and why..

They also consulted with experts, like Lance's teacher so that they could have insight into his world.

I'm just stunned.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 10:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Oh and Tabby, the fighting was the main reason I stopped watching this for quite awhile.. so fake and irritating..

But the last couple of episodes.. they've grown up!!

I mean, there is still a bit too much grandstanding but I can forgive that because of the good will and caring they are now exhibiting..

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 10:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Oh man, Lance and the swing.. that is just too great.. and the dad getting his workshop.. I'm crying again.. I think I'm going to be dehydrated.

Still have a goofy grin.

Hippyt
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06-15-2001

Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 10:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hippyt a private message Print Post    
LOL Hon! Granny and I watched it together in chat,we went through two boxes of tissues.
Pretty great show,eh?

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Sunday, November 07, 2004 - 11:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
This show was the killer! My nose was running, I was crying so much. God bless all those people who did so much to give this family so much. The thing is all those people are really the ones getting the most out of this. I agree about Ty. He got on my nerves on Trading Spaces but I just absolutely love him now.

Lve2laff
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01-16-2004

Monday, November 08, 2004 - 4:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lve2laff a private message Print Post    
Amazing. Between this show (taped) and American Dreams, my tears are GONE.

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Monday, November 08, 2004 - 5:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
I was crying during this show also. What a wonderful thing they did. What a lovely family. That son was pretty remarkable. I keep thinking about Lance and his swing, he just loved it.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Monday, November 08, 2004 - 11:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
I missed it. Anyone know if it's repeated during the week? I'd love to see it.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Monday, November 08, 2004 - 11:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
Me too, I still cry thinking about it!! BTW, since I worked, and my ds participated in a deaf charity program, Marlee Matlin did come one year, right after her Oscar win, and she was very aloof with the deaf kids, very demanding, it was really difficult to watch... so I've a lower opinion of her after meeting her in person - but I'm glad that she got some good face time just the same, and I looked into the Starkey Foundation, just maybe I can figure out a way to find a scholarship for hearing aides for my son!!

I love watching any thing in the real world that sheds light on disabilities, and the day to day living... did anyone notice they didnt have the communication computer set up in dad's workshop? I'd love to see an update on this family using and living with this great technology!!

I'm glad they are looking for really deserving, special families! I do wonder if they have resolved thier tax issues tho, coming in and doing such great updates must increase the value of the homes, leading to increase home tax

Hippyt
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06-15-2001

Monday, November 08, 2004 - 1:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hippyt a private message Print Post    
I don't think they do repeat them during the week,Yankee.
I bet they will reshow it around the holidays though,when they run out of new shows.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, November 08, 2004 - 2:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
They just have to re-show it and I'll watch it again and undoubtedly cry just as much, too. Actually I have the last hour on my DVR still and will watch it before I erase.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Monday, November 08, 2004 - 2:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
argggggghhhhhhh

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 11:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
OMG, this week they did it again! and I did it again.. cried like a baby! This is way beyond a cosmetic makeover of a home.. it was a new lease on life.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 11:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I didn't get to see the whole show and maybe I am just becoming a horrible cynic, but I could barely function for the first year after my mother died unexpectedly so frankly I have a hard time imagining writing in to a tv show just 3 months after my husband was killed in a car accident.


Egbok
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07-13-2000

Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 11:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
I saw this show tonight but I had missed the first 5 minutes and I didn't know how Glen had died.

I dunno Annie, it's hard to say if writing to a TV show just 3 months after her husband's death is right or wrong. I think she most likely went into survival mode, given she has 2 children and a home that was about ready to fall apart, and trying to run the business.

Thinking about it....I'd probably do what she did.

And Annie, I'm so sorry you lost your mother so unexpectantly. Just by your post, I can sense that you still miss her greatly and that she must have been a wonderful mother to you. (((Annie)))


Texannie
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07-16-2001

Monday, November 22, 2004 - 7:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Eggie, she was and I do terribly. I didn't mean to judge, it just struck me so oddly, but I can see what you are saying.
How did the house/barn/crops turn out?

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Monday, November 22, 2004 - 7:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
this is interesting. from realityblurred.com

Extreme Makeover farm belongs to grandma; her home was hidden with hay.
The Bakersfield Californian flings crap at the walls of the new house constructed on last night's episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, suggesting that Jennifer Elcano and her kids didn't need some of the things they were given. The paper's gripe: "the property south of Bakersfield is actually owned by Linda, not Jennifer. All of the new irrigation systems, all of the improvements on the Elcano farm -- including the new house and barn -- are owned by the family matriarch, not Glen Elcano's widow." And the kids' grandmother "owns the land outright, so it's in no danger of being lost to creditors or corporate interests." On the show, Ty framed some of the improvements as helping to keep the farm alive. Reporter Steven Mayer has to squeeze this out of Linda, who says, "It's kind of a touchy subject. I don't want to sour things." More interestingly, the paper reveals that "Linda Elcano's modest home, which is adjacent to the new house, was hidden by dozens of hay bales stacked up by the TV crew. Apparently they didn't want it showing on camera.

http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/