The hottest tickets in East Central Illinois this week will allow holders through the front door of a house in Philo.

People who just can’t wait until the 7 PM Sunday television show to see the interior of the “Extreme Makeover” home can bid for an in-person preview showing.

Meanwhile, viewing parties at hotels in Champaign and Bloomington are scheduled for $10 per person, with proceeds going to charity.

And a furniture store that helped with the project is having a free viewing party – but suggests that viewers bring food for charity.

For the preview Saturday night tour, WDWS-AM radio station on Thursday morning will auction 5 tickets.  Each ticket is good for 2 people to tour the home before a national television audience sees it on Sunday.  Bidding is expected to top out around $500 a ticket.

The house in Philo was built for Nathan Montgomery, his wife Jenny and their 4 children  because of Montgomery’s work as director of Salt & Light.  It is a charity in Champaign that helps the poor with food, clothing and furniture necessities.  The show also spruced up the offices and warehouse of the 6 year old charity.  Proceeds from the preview tour ticket sales will go to Salt & Light.

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If you are interested in seeing the general area where I live tune in to Extreme Makeover Sunday night on ABC at 7 PM CST.  I personally don’t care for this show but I will watch it on Sunday night.

Hugs,

Beth 

This is a spot that was featured in Elvis’ Blue Hawaii.

Thanks to my brother Bill.  Love ya bro!

spent with friends enjoying  the beautiful scenery in Arcola/Arthur Il in Amish Country.  We ate at the Yoder Country Buffet.  The servers were all Amish and the meal was delicious.  Fried chicken, cheese potatoes, corn, green beans, etc. etc.

We saw lots of buggies but unfortunately none were stopped so I could get a picture.  On the way home we stopped at Curtis apple orchard in Savoy and I purchased some preserves and apple doughnuts.  It was a fun day but I am worn out.

Hugs,

Beth

Here are the rules....

THE RULES OF THIS TAG ARE:

Each person posts the rules before their list, then list 8 things

about themselves.

At the end of the post, that person tags and links to 8 other people.

Then that person visits those people's spaces and leaves them comments, letting them

know that they have been tagged, and to come and read the post so they know what they have to do.

1.  I was the 6th child of 8.  My younger brother and younger sister are my only remaining siblings.

2.  I was born in Missouri but grew up in Illinois.

3.  I am hooked on one soap - The Young and the Restless.

4.  I love to read, sometimes a book or two a day.  (You can only clean the house so much.)

5.  I am a creature of habit; I really do not like my routine interrupted at all.

6.  I miss not having family close by.

7.  I never dress up, shorts in the summer and jeans in the winter.  I have probably 50 different sweatshirts.

8.  Finally, since I am such a nice person I am not tagging anyone.

1. Spiders are insects.
2. Moby Dick was written by Herman Melville.
3. Christmas is on December 25.
4. Tees are accessories to play golf.
5. Christopher Columbus was Italian.
6. The chemical symbol for silver is Ag.
7. Thailand is a European country.
8. Mark Knopfler is a member of the Rolling Stone.
9. Tiger Woods is a golf player.,
10. The flag of the United Kingdom has five colors.
11. Marilyn Monroe acted in Some Like it Hot.
12. The approximate value of pi is 3.1416.
13. Some Germans are called Hamburgers.
14. Virgingia Woolf was American.
15. Fur is made of animal skins.
16. Montreal is the capital of Canada.
17. John F. Kennedy was born in 1920.
18. Britney Spears wrote "Like a Virgin."
19. Brazil and Bolivia have a common border.
20. Cathedrals are only Catholic churches.

Answers:

1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. True
6. True
7. False
8. False
9. True
10. False
11. True
12. True
13. True
14. False
15. True
16. False
17. False
18. False
19. True
20. False

I was tagged by my friend Reg...

The Tag Of Fours

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 Fours Jobs I've had

1.  Telephone operator.

2.  Checker at a supermarket.

3.  Instructor at an AFB.

4.  Officer performance clerk at an AFB.

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Four Places I have  lived

1.  Southeastern Missouri 

2.  West Central Illinois

3.  East Central Illinois

4.  Sorry, I haven't lived in 4 places.

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Four TV Shows I love

1.  The Young and the Restless

2.  Desperate Housewives

3.  My Name is Earl

4.  Illini Men's Basketball  (Guys, you have played better in the past!)

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Four Places I've Been

1.  New York

2.  Texas

3.  Florida

4.  West Virginia  (You can tell I am not a world traveler)

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Four Places I visit Everyday in Cyberworld

1.  Yahoo (to check my mail)

2.  Hotmail (to check my mail)

3.  My little bitty space. 

4.  Update space for Y & R.

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Four Favorite Foods

1.  Chicken tenders.

2.  Pizza.

3.  Spaghetti.

4.  Lemon meringue pie.

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Four Places I'd rather Be

1.  Certain parts of my life in the past. 

2.  Somewhere where it is balmy and sunny.

3.  Right this minute in WV with my sister and my brother who is visiting there.

4.  Cashing in a winning Lotto ticket for at least a million.

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People I'm tagging

No one.  Feel free to do this if you want.