Three Months of Patience and Faith - Response to TV Show Viewers: Post 35

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(Response to TV Show Viewers: Post 34 - April 8, 2026)

I apologize for not posting yesterday. I’m at a tougher part of my story, with several attempts to answer questions from here, yet nothing coming out in a way that seemed fair to all involved.

HGTV/DIY awarded us a series in November 2013 and wanted us to start filming in January after the holidays. The programing director asked me to hold off on working on my project house, wanting me to wait for the production crews. Instead of prepping to reframe and rough-in, I met with potential contractors as my wife and I started lining up childcare backup for the kids.

However, the production company didn’t sync up and December, then January and February came and went. Executive producers from Minneapolis didn’t visit to meet me or review the house and property in person.

I’m not sure what kept them from coming. That’s what the programming director had expected and then what I prepared for. I think producers may have needed me to do things I just didn’t know to do, or maybe it just boils down to me being incapable of asking the right questions.

I probably should have taken the initiative to travel to both New York and Minnesota in December to meet face to face and nail down details and specifics. I was letting them lead, but in hindsight, it was my responsibility to assume control of the renovation as well as the production. I was ready to be a part of the team but not prepared as I needed to be to take charge of everything this opportunity had to offer.

Some might suggest, that after three months, I just move on. However, I had told contractors why I was waiting. And as a couple, we’d let people who needed to know what was about to happen, so they’d be ready with us.

And so, I felt stuck between what I wanted and what I felt I had to do. And that’s just how life is for all of us sometimes.

Since the network told me to wait, I felt that as long as I continued to stand at attention, they would be obligated, at least in theory, to send producers to film me as I renovated the house in Summerville, South Carolina. So, for three months, and then into a fourth, that’s what I did. I waited. I had no contract, nor recordings of conversations or promises made over the phone. Just patience and faith.

(Response to TV Show Viewers: Post 36 - Coming Soon)