EMHE Comes to Logan

Ally and I spend our Sunday evenings watching "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" on channel 4. Last Sunday as we were driving to church we noticed some cops on 4th East hanging out with some locals on the sidewalk and thought little of it. By the time we came home there were electronic road signs out that said "Reduce speed, home makeover in progress" and wondered if some local company was being generous and helping some family out. By the time our evening meetings rolled around we had found out that the family really was going to be on the ABC show and knew various details about the family and the project. We also found out how to volunteer. At that point it felt like we were in a dream; because nothing really big ever happens in Logan, you know. On Monday we signed up to volunteer: Ally on Thursday and both of us on Saturday morning. Through the course of the week we learned that most of the work is done by local contractors (I heard rumor that nearly all of the contractors - and caterers - in the valley were somehow involved) and that the design team spends very little time on set. Kartchner Homes is the main construction company involved and all the volunteers take orders from them. Today I was on yard cleanup. The house is pretty much done and we cleaned up empty boxes, leftover lumber and put away ladders and power cords. After that we got to sand furniture. We used some power sanders that were hanging out on the table to speed the job up. After six hours of volunteer work we came home and showered. That's a good feeling. We even got to listen to Ed, the British carpenter, talk. That was the day's highlight. ;)