When I was in Erie, PA earlier this summer I found out that, none other than, Extreme Makeover Home Edition had chosen a local home with which to perform their magic. I was VERY excited about this as I often spend Sunday evenings cozied up on the couch with my dog curled up in my legs (and some kleenex) to watch this heartwarming show. My hubby never concedes to watching, but I think that's because he minds the crying a little more than I:)
I did a little research and found that Ty and the crew were helping out a local "angel" named Clara Ward. She is the founder of the Youth Development Center in Erie, PA where she teaches children who have been abused and neglected. She often uses her own money to provide for the needs of these children. Clara is wheelchair bound due to a rare degenerative muscular disease and lives with her daughter.
It just so happened that my dear friends the "Hubbles" had gone to see the site a few days earlier and thought it was so neat that they kindly took me back to the site when they heard my relentless enthusiasm about it. This is what it looked like during their earlier visit:
I did a little research and found that Ty and the crew were helping out a local "angel" named Clara Ward. She is the founder of the Youth Development Center in Erie, PA where she teaches children who have been abused and neglected. She often uses her own money to provide for the needs of these children. Clara is wheelchair bound due to a rare degenerative muscular disease and lives with her daughter.
It just so happened that my dear friends the "Hubbles" had gone to see the site a few days earlier and thought it was so neat that they kindly took me back to the site when they heard my relentless enthusiasm about it. This is what it looked like during their earlier visit:
The day they took me, the builders had completed building the house and the moving trucks were unloading furniture and medical technology. "Little Hubbet" took pics of the celebs and I was faced with the perfect opportunity to try out my new video technology called a Flip.As you can see below, Paige is walking out from the house to meet the truck. She is just as beautiful in real life as she is on TV. I LOVE her pink construction attire!!
"Little Hubbet" caught Ty and Pauly jumping from the truck in this pic. I just happened to see Pauly downtown that evening while dancing my feet off to the M-80's (a fabulous band if you're into 80s music like me:)
The following is the movie I made with my new toy:
We were told that this episode will be second in the new season this fall. I know I'm going to be looking for it!
I tell you I LOVE MY FLIP!! It's compact, it's easy to use, you can create movies lickety split and you can pick one up for only about $145 at your local Walmart. You simply turn it on and push the red button: then you're recording. Push it again when you're done. Once you've created all your footage, you click the switch on the side and out "flips" a usb connection that, once plugged into your computer, automatically launches its own movie maker program.
First you save your raw footage into albums, second you make your movie and third you share them.
Upgrade to FlipShare and you have even more options. What a great little invention!
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