Frankville Blog

TOO MUCH RAIN

2010-07-08T08:22:00.003-05:00

Since Sunday we have had over 9 inches of rain. Yesterday morning a spot in the yard exploded like a volcano, no lava, just walnuts --some squirrel is not going to be to happy. The hole was big enough Kori could put her whole hand and arm in it. The first 2 pictures on the creek that runs behind the house which never has any water in it. ONLY IN FRANKVILLE WILL YOU SEE A VOLCANO OF WALNUTS!!!!

2009-12-25T17:06:00.003-06:00

RECHSTEINERS, DO THE FOLLOWING LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU. I HAD A LADY REMAT AND FRAME FOR THE KIDS FOR CHRISTMAS. THEN THEY HAD TO CHOSE WHO WAS TAKING WHICH PICTURE. I CAN'T TELL YOU THE RESULTS BECAUSE KAYLA LEFT EARLY, AND THEY HADNT DECIDED BY THE TIME SHE LEFT, LAST I KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO DRAW FOR THEM.

ALL WAS WELL IN FRANKVILLE FOR CHRISTMAS, EXCEPT THE WEATHER. WE DID MAKE IT TO BARBS FOR DINNER TODAY, BUT HOME AGAIN, ITS SUPPOSE TO START FREEZING RAIN AND THEN TURN TO A PILE OF SNOW

HOPE YOUR HOLIDAYS WENT WELL ALSO

TERESA

PROM

2009-05-12T21:27:00.008-05:00

HAD 2 COMMENTS ABOUT YESTERDAYS BLOG, SO I BETTER KEEP AT IT. PROM WAS HELD APRIL 25 AND ALL WENT WELL, WEATHER WAS OK, KIND OF CHILLY AND THEN RAINED LATER. A RETIRED TEACHER - MS. TURNER THOUGHT IS WAS TO BAD THE WEATHER WASNT NICER, AND I SAID THAT WAS OK,IF THE WEATHER IS CRAPPY, IT TAKES THE SPIRIT RIGHT OUT OF ALL THE FUN STUFF THEY WANT TO DO - SHE ASKED IS I WAS SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE AND I SAID YESSSSSSS
HERE ARE THE PICTURES
TRADITION IN THE LOONEY FAMILY SINCE WAY BACK - ALWAYS A YOUNG ONE HAS TO BE IN THE PICTURE

THE DATE WAS TANNER DEERING
THE FRANKVILLIANS - CARLEY KASSIDY KORI

ONE MORE WITH THE HARLIE KAY, LOVE THE HANDS ON HER HIPS
THAT IS ALL FOR NOW, HAVE TO CATCH THE 10:00 NEWS - BIG DAY O\IN POSTVILLE TODAY. TODAY WAS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIG RAID LAST YEAR. MEDIA FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN TOWN. SO I'M SURE IF YOU WANT TO READ ABOUT IT, IT WILL BE POSTED SOMEWHERE ON THE INTERNET. KWWL.COM HAS IT FOR SURE. AND THE FAILEDMESSIAH.COM IS ALWAYS INTERESTING TO READ.

NOT SURE WHAT THE NEXT POST WILL BE. BUT SURE IS ALOT FASTER AND EASIER WITH THIS NEW PC.

TOODLES
TERESA

SPRING IN IOWA

2009-05-11T20:33:00.004-05:00

TIRED OF THE HARASSMENT ABOUT BLOGGING, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GET THE TASTE BUDS GOING FOR THOSE THAT DON'T LIVE IN IOWA
WHEN WE WERE YOUNGSTERS, FOR YEARS THE MUSHROOM HUNTING SEASON STARTED ON MOTHERS DAY. SO WE CARRIED THE TRADITION OVER TO OUR KIDS YESTERDAY AND HAD SUCCESS. WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER AMBROSE & GLORIA WOULD LOAD US UP AND HEAD TOWARDS WAUKON, HARPERS, WATERVILLE, ALWAYS HAD MASS AT CHERRY MOUND. I THINK THE RECHSTEINERS TRAVELED HOME IN THEIR LITTLE RED GREMLIN A TIME OR TWO FOR THE FAMILY TRADITION. WE WERE IN WOODS, THAT PEOPLE NOW WOULD SHOT YA, IF THEY KNEW WHAT YOU WERE DOING. SO YESTERDAY WE STAYED LOCAL, OF COURSE WHEN YOU FIND SOME IT'S ALWAYS A SECRET WHERE YOU FOUND THEM, SO DON'T ASK.

KAYLA SAYS I HAVE TO ADMIT THE BIG YELLOW ONE, HER FATHER-IN-LAW FOUND EARLIER YESTERDAY MORNING. I SEE BY MY SISTERS BLOG SHE PAID GOOD MONEY FROM SOME, WONDER WHAT SHE WOULD PAY ME FOR THE REMAINING OF OURS WE DIDNT GET COOKED LAST NIGHT.
SO OUR MEAL CONSISTED OF MUSHROOMS AND MABE'S PIZZA,IT WAS A GOOD MOTHERS DAY IN FRANKVILLE
BESIDES TRYING TO GET READY FOR KORI'S GRADUATION, NOT ALOT HAPPENING AROUND HERE.
A NEW ADDITION TO THE RED NECK CORNER, I WILL HAVE TO GET MY CAMERA UP THERE AND POST THE NEW ADDITION.

PROM PICTURES MAYBE THE NEXT BLOG ---- THIS WAS JUST A TEASER

TOODLES FROM FRANKVILLE
TERESA

I'M BACK AGAIN

2008-09-30T16:32:00.007-05:00

AFTER LOTS OF HARASSMENT FROM FAMILY, FRIENDS AND STUDENTS. I BETTER BLOG.
WELL ITS HOMECOMING WEEK HERE AT PHS. MONDAY WAS TEAM DAY
SOME OF THE STUDENTS IN THE "FAMOUS" MOTT LOBBY AND OF COURSE I SUPPORTED MY FAVORITE TEAM
AND THE CHILDREN DIDN'T BELIEVE KORI WHEN SHE TOLD THEM HER MOM COULD TOUCH HER TONGUE TO HER NOSE OR UP HER NOSE, SO THEY PICTURED IT TOO
AND TODAY WAS DUO/PAIR DAY, SO HERE IS KASSIDY COOK (BARB'S SON) DRESSED LIKE OUR HEAD CUSTODIAN
ALL IS WELL IN FRANKVILLE, BUSY GETTING READY FOR KAYLA'S WEDDING, OCT 11TH.
THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES TODAY AND ITS TIME TO HEAD HOME. JUST THOUGHT I WOULD LET YOU KNOW I'M STILL ALIVE AND KICKING.

TOMORROW IS DUCT TAPE/BUBBLE WRAP DAY. SHOULD HAVE SOME GOOD PICTURES TOMORROW. I KNOW WE ARE CONSTRUCTING A DUCT TAPE DRESS AT OUR HOUSE
STAY TUNED

TOODLES
TERESA

FAIR TIME

2008-07-30T12:22:00.006-05:00

HERE IN NORTHEAST IOWA, ALL THE LITTLE COUNTY FAIRS ARE ALWAYS A BIG HIT, WELL LAST WEEKEND WAS ALLAMAKEE CO. AND HARLIE KAY SHOWED A CALF IN THE PEE WEE DAIRY SHOW. HERE ARE THE RESULTS
SHE HAD TO TUG ALITTLE
PINK WAS THE THEME FOR THESE TWO, PINK BOOTS AND PINK RIBBONS IN THE HAIR AND ON THE CALF. I ASKED PAPA DAVE MILLER, IF HE EVER DREAMED HE WOULD BRING A COW TO THE FAIR WITH PINK RIBBONS, HIS COMMENTS ARE NOT PRINTABLE. SHE DID GET A RIBBON, BUT SHE WOULDN'T LET ME TAKE A PICTURE OF IT WHEN SHE WAS DONE. THE CALF DID LAY DOWN ON HER ONCE AND SHE KICKED IT TO GET IT BACK UP, I SAID TO KORI, I HOPE SHE IS NOT USING BARN LANGUAGE AS SHE IS KICKING IT.

CAN'T THINK OF ALOT OF NEWS, EXCEPT ALL THE POSTVILLE CRAP AND YOU CAN READ THAT ON MY SISTERS BLOG. FIRE MEETING TOMORROW, SO THAT MAY BRING UP SOME NEWS, SEEMS TO ALWAYS STIR UP TROUBLE. FIRE DEPT IS IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING A 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

HAVE TO REPORT BACK TO WORK FULL TIME ON FRIDAY, BUT I MIGHT HAVE TO CUT THAT DAY SHORT AND ATTEND THE IRISH FEST IN WATERLOO, WITH BARB AND TONY AND ANYONE ELSE THAT DECIDES TO BRAVE THE HOT WEATHER.

TOODLES
TERESA

ROCK N ROLL WEEKEND

2008-07-21T15:27:00.002-05:00

HAD A GREAT WEEKEND OF ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC. FRIDAY NIGHT WENT TO THE GREAT JONES CO. FAIR FOR THE BOSTON CONCERT. LARGEST CROWD EVER AT THE FAIR. CONCERT WAS GOOD, AND WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUSIN MARTY, AND NEPHEW CHRIS FOR HELPING WITH THE TICKETS. ALWAYS A GOOD TIME AT THE GREAT JONES CO FAIR. JUST WISH THEY WOULDN'T WAIT SO LONG TO LET US KNOW WHO IS GOING TO BE THERE NEXT YEAR. WE SAW FOREIGNER 2 YRS AGO AND CHICAGO LAST YEAR. ON SATURDAY MORNING WE DECIDED THE WEATHER WAS GOING TO COOPERATE, SO WE VENTURED ON TO IOWA CITY TO RIVERSIDE CASINO/GOLF RESORT TO CHECK ON ROOMS AND TICKETS FOR THE REO SPEEDWAGON CONCERT. AND TRACEY NEEDED A GAMBLING FIX. WE WERE TOLD LOTS OF TICKETS LEFT, BUT NO ROOMS. WELL THAT WASN'T GOING TO WORK, SO TRACEY USED HER SMOOTH SCHAGER CHARMED AND TALKED TO SOMEONE IN THE VIP ROOM AND GOT A US A ROOM. SO SOME US DID ALITTLE GAMBLING AND SPENT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON BY THE POOL WITH COCKTAILS, WHILE TRACEY GOT HER GAMBLING FIX. REO SPEEDWAGON CONCERT WAS ALSO OUTDOORS AND IT WAS GREAT, THEY WERE JUST AS GOOD AS THEY WERE BACK IN 1982, WHEN I SAW THEM IN THE UNI DOME. SOUNDS LIKE TRACEY AND MYSELF MAY TURN INTO ROCK N ROLL JUNKIES. WE ARE THINKING ABOUT JOURNEY & CHEAP TRICK ARE TOURING TOGETHER. RIVERSIDE CASINO MENTIONED THEY ARE TRYING TO GET ACDC OR SUPERTRAMP.

CAN'T THINK OF ALOT OF NEWS, POSTVILLE MADE THE FRONT PAGE OF THE GAZETTE YESTERDAY AND THE SPORTS SECTION TODAY AND WENT I WAS UP TOWN FOR LUNCH NEWS 13 WAS IN TOWN. I'M GETTING ALITTLE PISSY ABOUT ALL THIS MEDIA CRAP. THE NEWS BUSINESS MUST BE BORING IF THEY HAVE TO KEEP COMING BACK HERE, LOOKING FOR STORIES. I SAY FINE THE JEWS AND LET THE REST OF THE TOWN GET BACK TO NORMAL.

I'M FINISHING UP SOME WORK AT SCHOOL FOR THE SUMMER AND HAVE TO BE BACK TO WORK HERE FULL-TIME ON AUG 1ST. TOMORROW WE ARE TAKING KORI'S SENIOR PICTURES AND NEED TO FINISH UP SOME WEDDING PLANS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THAT'S IT FOR NOW. IF ANY OF MY READERS LIKE TO COOK. YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT THAT HUNGRY BUTTON ON THE BLOG PAGE, ITS A GET RECIPE SITE. THAT'S ALL FOR NOW

TOODLES
TERESA

IT PAYS TO BLOG

2008-07-15T12:51:00.004-05:00

RECEIVED A SURPRISE CALL THIS am FROM AMY RECHSTEINER, SHE HAD READ MY SISTERS BLOG, ABOUT HOW WE ARE LOOKING FOR PAPER TO MAKE KAYLA'S WEDDING INVITES. WELL AMY HAS A STAMPIN UP BUSINESS THAT SELLS ALL KINDS OF SCRAP BOOKING STUFF. SHE MAY HAVE THE RIGHT COLOR OF RED WE ARE LOOKING FOR. BUT SHE WANTS TO SEE THE DRESS, SO HERE IT IS AMY
I'M NOT SURE IF THE PICTURES, SHOW THE COLOR RIGHT, BUT I DID LOOK AT THE TAG AMY, AND ITS CALLED CLARET RED, WHATEVER THAT MEANS. ANY WAY AMY IS GOING TO BE SENDING ME SOME SAMPLES OF PAPER AND HOPEFULLY ONE WILL MATCH. SOUNDS LIKE THE AUNTS AND COUSINS WILL HAVE A FEW WEEKENDS OF MAKING MINTS AND INVITES. THAT WILL MAKE FOR SOME GOOD PICTURES AND BLOGGING. BECAUSE US SISTERS CAN'T SEEM TO DO ANYTHING WITH OUT FOOD AND DRINK, SO THIS WILL TAKE SOME PLANNING. NOW I'M WONDERING HOW WE WILL GET MINTS TO BE CLARET RED. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. I THINK THAT IS IT FOR TODAY. GOLF DAY, HEADED TO THE COURSE, SUNNY & HUMID MAKES FOR A GREAT DAY OF GOLF AND COCKTAILS. SPEAKING OF COCKTAILS, MY COCKTAIL FRIEND TRACEY (thats what sister barb calls us) AND I HAVE A ROCK n ROLL WEEKEND PLANNED. WE ARE MAKING OUR ANNUAL TRIP TO THE GREAT JONES CO. FAIR TO SEE BOSTON. EVERY YEAR THEY HAVE SOME 70'S - 80'S BAND, AND THE CONCERT IS SPONSORED BY DALE LEE DIST. WHICH IS WHERE COUSIN MARTY WORKS, SO GETTING GREAT TICKETS IS A BREEZE. AND WE JUST CAN'T PASS UP THAT GREAT HIPPIE MUSIC,THAT'S ON FRIDAY, AND WE ARE NOW THINKING ABOUT STAYING ANOTHER NIGHT AND TRAVELING TO IOWA CITY TO RIVERSIDE CASINO FOR THE REO SPEEDWAGON CONCERT, WE SAW THEM WHEN WE WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL AT THE UNI DOME. ITS A GENERAL ADMISSION CONCERT, SO IT WON'T SELL OUT, SO WE THINK WE CAN DECIDE SATURDAY MORNING, IF WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OLD ROCK n ROLL MUSIC.

HEY ALL YOU PACKER FANS, IS HE OR ISN'T HE????????????????????????? WHAT A DUMB ASS
AND ANHEUSER BUSCH SELLING, WHATS UP WITH THAT!!!!!!!!!

TOODLES
TERESA

HAPPY BELATED 4TH

2008-07-09T12:23:00.008-05:00

NOT ALOT OF EXCITEMENT IN FRANKVILLE ON THE 4TH. WE FINISHED THE FIRE PIT AND STARTED ANOTHER PROJECT
WE JUST NEED TO DECIDE WHAT TO PUT AROUND IT, THE KIDS HAVE USED IT ALOT, AND MOVED A GRILL ON THE SITE FOR COOKING
AND THE NEW PROJECT IS A NEW DECK OFF THE BACK
THIS WILL MAKE IT EASY ACCESS TO THE BATHROOM FROM THE FIRE PIT. MORE WORK ON THAT THIS WEEKEND I GUESS. BESIDES THAT IT WAS JUST GOLFING AND WATCHING FIREWORKS AT DOUG KOENIG THIS YEAR.
BUSY THIS WEEK WITH BALL GAMES, WE HOST SEVERAL EVENTS, MAINLY BECAUSE WE ARE CENTRALLY LOCATED FOR SEVERAL TEAMS. THE LADY PIRATES WON THEIR FIRST DISTRICT GAME AND LOST LAST NIGHT TO KEE, LANSING. THE BASEBALL TEAM, LIKE ALWAYS WAS PAIRED UP WITH KEE(USUALLY STATE CHAMPS EVER YEAR) AND LOST 31-1, YES YOU ARE READING THAT RIGHT. SO THE SUMMER SEASONS ARE OVER. BUT WE ARE HOSTING 2 MORE DISTRICT BASEBALL GAMES THIS WEEK(GET TO WATCH KEE WIN SOME MORE). I NEED TO BACK TRACK AND FINISH MY BLOGGING ON STATE WRESTLING AND TRACK, ETHAN SNITKER DID VERY WELL THIS TRACK SEASON. HAVE A FEW PICTURES TO SHARE TO FINISH THAT MAYBE THE NEXT BLOG.
BUT HERE IS THE UPDATE ON THE COON. YESTERDAY WHEN I WENT TO THE GARAGE AND OPENED THE DOOR, I ABOUT HAD A HEART ATTACK, SOMETHING STARTED JUMPING AROUND IN COON CAGE AND THE TRAP DOOR WAS DOWN. CALLED THE BROTHER SAID I THINK WE GOT HIM, AFTER I TOLD HIM OF THE JUMPING AROUND PART, HE SAID I THINK YOU SHOULD LOOK AGAIN

I GUESS HE WAS RIGHT, BOY WAS SHE ONE PISSED OFF CAT. DON'T THINK THE COON IS COMING BACK.

I GUESS THAT IS IT FOR NEWS, JUST HELPING KAYLA WITH THE FINAL WEDDING PLANS. NEED TO MAKE A WALMART RUN THIS AFTERNOON.

TOODLES
TERESA

REDNECK PROM

2008-06-30T12:21:00.011-05:00

HERE IS FRANKVILLE'S FIRST PROM KING AND QUEEN
KING - DENNIS COOK QUEEN - KARLA KLEPPER JOHNSON, SHE SHOWED UP AS A PREGNANT RED NECK

WE WERE LATE GETTING THERE BECAUSE DOUG WAS IN A GOLF TOURN AND WE STOPPED AT MICHAELS FOR THE FIRE PIT, WHICH DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE IS WAS RAINING, SO WE SAT IN THE GARAGE. SO IT WAS TYPICAL PROM WEATHER COLD AND RAINY. BUT HERE WAS THEIR ARCH FOR THE GRAND MARCH
SORRY I SEE ITS KIND OF DARK. BUT THERE WERE LOTS PEOPLE DRESSED IN THEIR FINEST.
HERE ARE THE KLEPPER CHILDREN
REX YOU ASKED ABOUT AUD, SO SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT TO SEE HER GARTER
SHE SAID SHE COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER PLACE FOR STICK UP - AIR FRESHENER
A FEW MORE SHOTS THE START OF THIS WHOLE MESS CURT & ARDIS KLEPPER
THE DJ AND HIS WIFE, PAT & DARCY DOUGHERTY

THE QUEEN EVEN GOT DOUGLAS TO SHAKE A LEG
AND 2 OF FRANKVILLE'S FINEST BABES
BARB COOK & JILL DEHNING

SOUNDS LIKE THIS WILL BE AN ANNUAL EVENT, TIME WILL TELL
UPDATE ON THE COON, TRAP IS REPAIRED AND LOREN PUT IN BACK IN THE GARAGE LATE FRIDAY, AND STILL THIS MORNING NO COON, HE MUST BE REALLY PISSED OFF ABOUT HAVING TO CHEW HIS WAY OUT AND IS NOT COMING BACK. LOREN CALLED THIS MORNING AND SAID THROW SOME MARSHMALLOWS IN THERE TONIGHT, SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

THATS IT FOR TODAY
TOODLES
TERESA

RACOON

2008-06-27T09:58:00.008-05:00

THIS IS A CONTAINER THAT I KEEP MY DOG FOOD IN, IN OUR GARAGE. WEDNESDAY MORNING I FIND IT TIPPED OVER, BUT NOT CHEWED UP,NOT THINKING A WHOLE LOT ABOUT IT. FRANKVILLE ONLY HAS HUNDREDS OF STRAY ANIMALS RUNNING AROUND. THURSDAY MORNING I FIND IT TIPPED OVER AGAIN AND FIND THIS:

HE SHOULD NOT HAVE LEFT TRACKS

SO OF COURSE WHEN THERE IS TROUBLE AT HOME,IT NEVER FAILS THE HUSBAND CALLS AND SAYS HE WILL NOT BE HOME UNTIL LATE FRIDAY. SO WHATS A SISTER TO DO, BUT CALL A BROTHER, LOREN HAS A COON TRAP

HE SETS THE TRAP, USES DOG FOOD OF COURSE FOR BAIT, THATS SEEMS TO BE WHAT HE IS AFTER. I MOVE THE DOG FOOD CONTAINER INSIDE OUR OLD EXPLORER SITTING BY THE GARAGE. AND WE WAIT UNTIL THIS MORNING. I LISTEN TO THE DOGS GROWL ALL NIGHT AND I'M THINKING OH GOOD THEY CAN HEAR THE COON TRAPPED IN THE CAGE. PLAN IS LOREN IS DONE WITH WORK THIS MORNING AT 8:00 AM, HE WILL BE OUT TO PICK UP THE COON AND HAUL IT AWAY TO SOME GUY THAT IS TRYING TO TRAIN SOME COON DOGS, GOOD PLAN.
I GO OUT THIS MORNING, DOOR IS DOWN ON THE TRAP AND NO %#$%#^ COON. I CALLED LOREN SAID THE DOOR IS DOWN, BUT NO COON. OF COURSE TYPICAL MAN, SAYS YOU DIDN'T LOOK, IF THE DOOR IS DOWN HE HAS TO BE IN THERE LOOK AGAIN. LOOKED AGAIN, ALITTLE CLOSER THIS TIME AND I SEE IT
THE BASTARD CHEWED THE BOARDS UP AND GOT OUT
LOREN COMES OUT, SAYS A FEW UNPRINTABLE WORDS, GOING TO TAKE IT HOME, FIX IT AND WILL BE BACK THIS AFTERNOON, FOR ANOTHER TRY AT THE COON.
THANK GOD DOUGLAS WILL BE HOME TOMORROW MORNING TO CHECK THE TRAP.
THATS MY STORY FOR TODAY

TOODLES
TERESA

FIREPIT

2008-06-25T14:31:00.005-05:00

LAST SUMMER MITCHELL SCHUTLZ STARTED LANDSCAPING THEIR YARD, FOR HIS GRADUATION PARTY, THIS SPRING. WELL WE ALL ATTENDED AND SAW THIS COOL FIRE PIT HE BUILT OUT OF PATIO BLOCKS. AND SINCE WE ENJOY GOING TO MICHAELS FOR A GOOD FIRE, I SAID TO DOUG I HAVE THE PERFECT SPOT IN OUR YARD FOR ONE. GRRRRRRRRRUMBLE, LIKE ALL MEN DO WHEN THE WIFE MENTIONS A NEW YARD PROJECT. WELL I WASN'T THE ONLY FRANKVILLIAN TO PICK UP ON THE NICE FIRE PIT AT THE PARTY, WITHIN 2 WEEKS JEFF & SHARON FEICKERT WERE BUILDING ONE, TOLD US WE DIDN'T NEED TO TRAVEL TO MENARDS IN LACROSSE(WHERE SCHULTZ'S GOT THEIRS)TO GET THE BLOCKS, NORBY'S IN DECORAH HAS THEM. PRICE OF GAS NORBY'S SOUNDED LIKE A GREAT IDEA.
FIRST WAS TO GET THE SPOT READY, WE HAVE AN OLD FOUNDATION IN OUR BACK YARD, THAT WE ALWAYS USED AS A BURNING AREA, FOR WHATEVER DIDN'T FIT IN THE BARREL, WHICH SAT BESIDE IT. THIS WINTER WHEN WE HAD SNOW UP THE WHAAAAZOOOOOO, I COULDN'T GET TO THE BARREL, SO I SAID %#@$%#$^, AND CALLED A GARBAGE MAN TO START PICKING UP OUR GARBAGE FOR $13.00 MONTH, GREAT DEAL I THINK, NOW I CAN THROW ANYTHING AWAY AND I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO DOUGLAS HOLLERING BECAUSE WHATEVER WOULDN'T BURN IN THE BARREL. SO DOUG AND I CLEANED THE AREA UP GOT RID OF THE BURNING BARREL, TRAVELED ALL OVER THE COUNTRYSIDE TO LOOK AT BRICK, WITH AS MANY MILES AS WE PUT ON WE COULD HAVE BEEN TO MENARDS AND BACK WITH ALL THE BRICK WE NEEDED. DOUG DECIDED ON A BROWN COLOR, EVERYONE ELSE'S IS RED, HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE. SO WHEN WE FINALLY MADE OUR DECISION ON THE COLOR, HIM AND KOLLIN TRAVELED TO NORBY'S IN DECORAH AND WEST UNION BECAUSE DECORAH DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH, MORE MILES TRAVELED. AND THIS IS THE START OF THE PIT
NOW YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND DOUGLAS IS KIND OF ARTISTIC AND SO HE IS FUSSY HOW THINGS LOOK, HE MEASURED AND MEASURED UNTIL HE HAD THE RING IN THE CENTER, WHICH THE RING WAS GIVEN TO US FROM THE SCHULTZ'S STAGGER, BIG RING. AND HERE IN THE NEXT PICTURE TAKE NOTE OF ALL THE LEVELS HE IS USING, I THINK I COUNTED 3 0R 4. THIS WILL BE ONE LEVEL FIRE PIT
WELL GUESS WHAT HE DECIDED TO MAKE IT BIGGER THEN PLANNED SO NOW WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BRICK, HE WENT BACK TO NORBY'S AND THEY ONLY HAD 1 LEFT, WILL BE GETTING MORE THIS WEEK, GOD I HOPE SO. WELL NO LANDSCAPING PROJECT IS COMPLETE IN OUR YARD WITHOUT????
RAILROAD TIES, HMMMMMMM WONDER WHERE HE GETS THEM. THIS WAS KORI'S IDEAS ALSO, HER AND HER BUDDIES ENJOY SITTING AROUND A FIRE, SO LAST NIGHT SHE TRIED IT OUT, SHE DIDN'T CARE, IF IT WAS DONE OR NOT, SEEMED TO WORK OK. WONDER WHAT HER DAD WILL SAY ABOUT THE ASHES IN THE RING ALREADY. I WILL GIVE YA A COMPLETED PICTURE MAYBE NEXT WEEK, NOW THE BIG DISCUSSION IS WHAT WILL WE PUT AROUND THE BRICK WHERE EVERYONE WILL SIT, DOUGLAS MENTIONED OUTDOOR CARPET, KAYLA MENTIONED USING THE OLD ORANGE SHAG CARPET WE HAVE IN THE BASEMENT, HOW REDNECK WOULD THAT LOOK. TIME WILL TELL. RUMOR HAS IT BRIAN & LISA SNITKER ARE THINKING ABOUT MAKING ONE TOO, ONE FRANKVILLIAN CAN'T BE OUT DONE BY THE OTHER. WE ALREADY HAVE PLANS FOR ROTATION OF FIRE PIT PARTIES FOR THE SUMMER, SO WE BETTER GET OURS DONE.

BY THE WAY I WON 1ST PLACE IN THE FIRST FLIGHT YESTERDAY IN THE GOLF TOURN. WAS A GOOD DAY

THAT'S IT FOR TODAY, SUNNY & HUMID & HOT & OVER 80
TOODLES
TERESA

OLD HOUSE DOWN/NEW HOUSE UP

2008-06-23T13:53:00.007-05:00

THE OLD CRAWFORD FARM HOUSE IS GONE, THEY DISMANTLED IT THIS SPRING AND PUSHED IT IN A HOLE, DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT PLANS ARE FOR THE LAND, BUT ITS A BIG EMPTY SPOT
AND A NEW HOUSE IN TOWN, IS OUR NEIGHBORS, THE LEIRANS HAVE PUT UP A NEW HOME, WHERE THE SPILDE HOUSE WAS. IT WAS BUILT BY THE COLLEGE IN CALMAR,NICC - THEIR CONSTRUCTION CLASS WILL BUILD A HOUSE FOR YOU, YOU PROVIDE THE MATERIALS AND THE LABOR IS FREE. THE PLUMBING & HEATING CLASS DOES THAT WORK ALSO FOR YOU. IT DOES TAKE ALONG TIME BECAUSE THEY ONLY WORK ON IT DURING THEIR CLASS TIME. SO IF YOU WANT TO BUILD ONE THIS WAY, DON'T BE IN A HURRY

AND THE LAST PICTURE IS TAKEN BY THE OLD RECHSTEINERS GARAGE, WHERE ALL THE WALNUT TREES WERE. THIS WINTER A CREW CAME TO TOWN AND PURCHASED ALL THE WALNUT TREES AND TOOK THE LOGS AND LEFT THE REST TO BE CLEANED UP BY WHOMEVER. THEY TOOK THE ONES BY THE CHURCH, SOME FROM DOUG KOENIG AND CURT KLEPPER NO MORE PING - PING ON THE GARAGE ROOF

THATS IT FOR TODAY, JUST SOME SAD NEWS, WE LOST OUR OLD NEIGHBOR LADY MAXINE MEYER THIS MORNING. SPENT ALOT OF TIME OVER THERE GETTING MY DIAPER CHANGED, SITTING ON HER LAP AND PORCH ETC AND HER COOKIES WERE THE BEST. SHE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY THE MEYER AND LOONEY CHILDREN. GOLF TOURN TOMORROW, SO PROBABLY NO BLOGGING, BUT I DO HAVE SOME GREAT PICTURES OF DOUG'S NEW LANDSCAPE PROJECT FOR THE NEXT BLOG

TOODLES
TERESA

REDNECK CORNER

2008-06-22T18:35:00.008-05:00

LAST SUMMER I TOLD YA ABOUT THE KLEPPER CHILDREN,TURNING THEIR LITTLE CORNER LOT, WHICH IS RIGHT WHEN YOU COME INTO FRANKVILLE(SEE JULY 07 POST) A REDNECK CORNER. WELL THEY HAVE ADDED A FEW THINGS HERE AND THERE AND SEVERAL CAMP OUTINGS AND PARTIES HAVE GONE ON. THIS SPRING THEY DECIDED TO ADD A BUILDING, SO WITH THE HELP OF FAMILY & FRIENDS, THEY TORN A CALF BUILDING DOWN(WHICH WAS ON THE FARM OUTSIDE OF FRANKVILLE WHERE WYATT & RAEANN SCHULTZ LIVED AT ONE TIME) BROUGHT IT BACK TO TOWN AND ASSEMBLED IT BACK TOGETHER LIKE A PUZZLE. I DIDN'T HAVE MY CAMERA THERE, BUT ARDIS KLEPPER HAS STEP BY STEP PHOTOS, SO I MAY HAVE TO BORROW AND SCAN THEM FOR YOU, IT WAS INTERESTING THE ENDS WENT UP FIRST AND THEN THE SIDE PIECE BY PIECE LIKE A PUZZLE. THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE LOT, THE OLD CAR HOLDS THE FIREWOOD AND SIGN WHICH LITES UP AT NIGHT "REDNECK CORNER"
HERE IS THE BUILDING
HERE IS THE FIRE PIT, THEATER CHAIRS, SO YOU CAN SIT NEXT TO YOUR "COUSIN"

THIS WEEKEND THEY ADDED A POWER POLE, KENNY DECIDED GENERATORS ARE TOO NOISY AND WITH PRICE OF GAS, HOOKING UP ELECTRICITY MIGHT BE CHEAPER.HERE IS THE POLE AND YOU CAN SEE PART OF THE WINDMILL, THERE ARE 2 OF THEM AND LOOK CLOSER THERE IS A PHONE BOOTH.
WELL THE CORNER IS ENJOYED BY MANY WITH A FEW PARTIES HERE AND THERE AND THIS WEEKEND THEY ARE HOSTING THE 1ST ANNUAL REDNECK PROM, STAYED TUNED FOR THOSE PICTURES.

THATS MY UPDATE ON THE REDNECK CORNER. ALL IS WELL THIS WEEKEND, HAD A WEDDING YESTERDAY AND WE WORKED ON OUR NEW LANDSCAPE PROJECT TODAY, HAVE PICTURES OF THAT ALSO FOR ANOTHER POST, PLUS ALL THE OTHERS I TOOK AROUND TOWN THIS MORNING
I DON'T NEED TO UPDATE YOU ON POSTVILLE, IF YOU READ MY SISTERS BLOG YOU WILL GET THE UPDATES THERE. POSTVILLE IS NO LONGER THE MELTING POT, WITH ALL THE TRASH IN TOWN I THINK ITS A TURNED INTO A SEWER POT AFTER THE BIG RAID.

GUESS THAT'S IT FOR NOW
TOODLES
TERESA

FRANKVILLE'S FARMERS MARKET

2008-06-18T20:04:00.000-05:00

THIS IS AN OLD POST I FOUND UNDER MY DRAFTS, ITS FROM LAST SUMMER, BUT ALL IS THE SAME THIS SUMMER, SITTING ON THE PORCH AND EATING OUT OF SNITKERS GARDEN, BUT ITS NOT READY YET

WOW, it has been a whole month since I blogged, can't believe it, wonder what I have been doing. Eating is one, since Rex & Mary share their farmers market, I thought I would share mine.

This is about 20 steps from my house, Brian Snitkers garden, and its the best.

Fresh tomatoes, can't bet them. They are just starting to turn, so I haven't had any yet. Had a few cumbers and yesterday & tonight we had:

Fresh green beans and zucchini, sliced up with onion, butter and a new seasoning I found call garlic pepper, wrapped in foil and place on the grill. That big purple blob in the corner is eggplant, have been cooking that also. I fried it just like mushrooms. No eggplant tonight. And the final results are:

Really tastey, I know when my sister reads this, she won't believe I'm eating any of this stuff. My favorite word for years was "YUK". But I guess as you grow older your taste buds change or you go thru a mid-life crisis and try new things. When I'm done with food, I sit here and read my book. This is the new porch we put on last spring and enjoy it alot.

The series of books I have been reading all summer is a series of 13, author is Janet Evanovich. The are about a female bounty huner, lots of good humor. Not sure what to report on for the past month, I guess just working trying to get ready for my new position.

PINK

2008-06-18T13:13:00.006-05:00

A LITTLE GIRLS FAVORITE COLOR, HERE ARE THE PICTURES OF THE PINK TRACTOR FROM CHRISTMAS THAT I PROMISED ALONG TIME AGO, BOY THIS CATCHING UP ON BLOGGING IS GOING TO BE FUN

HERE SHE HAS HER COUSIN BRYCE LOADED UP IN THE PINK WAGON FOR A RIDE

THIS WAS CHRISTMAS DAY SLEDDING BEHIND 0UR HOUSE, THE PINK HAT SAYS "FARM GIRL" AND SHE WORE IT ALL WINTER, I HAVE OTHER SLEDDING PICTURES FOR ANOTHER BLOG

AND THE FINAL PINK PICTURE, WOW LOOK AT THAT HAIR

THIS TOO WAS AN OLD BLOG, I FOUND IN THE DRAFT SECTION, I WILL TRY AND GET TO THE RED NECK CORNER TONIGHT TO TAKE PICTURES TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THERE, BUT I HAVE TO GO TO AMES TOMORROW WITH SOME KIDS FOR A STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONVENTION, SO I WON'T BE BLOGGING TOMORROW

ALL IS WELL, SUNNY & 80 AND DRY
TOODLES
TERESA

HELLO FROM FRANKVILLE

2008-06-17T10:41:00.003-05:00

I THINK I'M BACK FOR SOME SUMMER BLOGGING. I HAVE BROUGHT MY LAPTOP HOME FROM SCHOOL AND HOPEFULLY ALL WILL RUN SMOOTHLY. THIS WILL BE A SHORT BLOG BECAUSE I HAVE TO GET MY WALK IN YET AND ITS GOLF DAY. GOLF STARTS AT 2:00. ALL IS WELL AND DRY IN FRANKVILLE. I HAVE LOTS OF GOOOD PICTURES TO SHARE AND NEED TO TAKE SOME MORE AROUND TOWN. THIS IS A TEST TO SEE IF I CAN LOAD PICTURES WITH THIS COMPUTER AND I SEE IT WORKED. STAY TUNED FOR MORE TO COME.

TOODLES
TERESA

STATE WRESTLING

2008-02-15T08:05:00.002-06:00

I THOUGHT I BETTER UP DATE ON THE FRANKVILLIAN WRESTLERS. ETHAN SNITKER & MITCHELL SCHULTZ BOTH MADE IT TO DISTRICT WRESTLING ON SAT FEB 9. ETHAN ENDED UP IN 3RD PLACE AFTER A VERY VERY POOR OFFICIATING AND SHOULD BE COMPETING IN THE STATE TOURN. WELL MITCHELL IS ON A MISSION AND WON THE DISTRICT TOURN, AND WILL COMPETE IN THE STATE TOURN. SO WE ARE IN DES MOINES, CHEERING LIKE MAD. TOURN STARTED ON WED, HE WON HIS FIRST MATCH, WHICH MADE FOR A NIGHT OF CELEBRATING, LIKE I HAVE POSTED BEFORE OUR PACKING HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS, SINCE THE CHILDREN HAVE GROWN. WE ONLY BROUGHT 1 PACKAGE OF JUICE BOXES AND MORE ADULT JUICE BOXES. ON THURSDAY HE HAD HIS TOUGHEST MATCH ALL YEAR, CAME UP AGAINST THE #1 RATED GUY. MITCHELL WRESTLED REALLY WELL, BUT CAME UP SHORT ON THE DEAL LOSING 6-3. NEXT MATCH FOR WRESTLING BACKS, BROUGHT HIM AND US BACK TO LIFE. HE PINNED THE GUY IN 1:00 AND THE TEARS AND CHEERS WENT WILD. THAT WIN GUARANTEED HIM A METAL(WHICH HAS BEEN HIS WHOLE GOAL FOR THE YEAR) AND THE CHANCE TO PARTICPATED IN THE FINALS NIGHT PROGRAM. HE WILL BE IN THE GRAND MARCH AND WILL BE ON THE METAL STAND SATURDAY, WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHICH PLACE YET. TODAY HE WRESTLING AGAIN @ 1:00 HE WILL BE AGAINST A KID HIS HAS BEAT 3 TIMES THIS YEAR, SO HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL STAY THE SAME. THE KID IS FROM JESUP AND HIS COACH IS A GRADUATE OF PHS AND WAS A WRESTLING ALSO - BRENT MEYERS(BIG MEYERS), SO THAT MAKES IT ALL THE FUNNIER. IF HE WINS THAT HE WILL WRESTLE TONIGHT. I WILL TRY AND KEEP YA UPDATED.
WE AHVE ABOUT 5-6 ROOMS FULL OF PEOPLE DOWN HERE AND MORE COMING TODAY. SO THE EXCITEMENT WILL ONLY GET BETTER. HE WAS INTERVIEWED BY THE CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE, AND I GUESS THAT IS ONLINE ON THE GAZETTE WEBSITE. TRY AND CHECK IT OUT OR GO TO
WWW.WYATTSCHULTZPHOTOGRAPHY.COM. A FORMER FRANKVILLIAN THAT TAKES WRESTLING PICTURES OF A WERSTLING NEWSPAPER. REX YOU WILL ENJOY HIS WEBSITE.

I HAVE LOTS OF PICTURES I WANT TO BLOG, BUT HAVING A HELL OF A TIME GETTING THEM LOADED. WHEN ALL THE WINTER SPORTS ARE DONE, NEXT WEEK I WILL HAVE TIME TO LOOK FOR A NEW COMPUTER OR FIGURE OUT HOW TO LOAD FROM SCHOOL, BUT THE SCHOOL PUTS SOME MUCH SERCURITY SHIT, IT MAKES IT A PAIN IN THE ASS.

MOST OF THEM OF COURSE ARE OF HARLIE KAY SLEDDING, CHRISTMAS, AND HER BIRTHDAY, WHICH WE MADE A TRIP TO BUILD A BEAR IN IOWAS CITY - LOADS OF FUN.

THIS WINTER HAS BEEN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE FOR EVERY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR IN THE STATE OF IOWA, SO I WILL BE GLAD WHEN APRIL ROLLS AROUND. NOT SURE ABOUT MARCH, WE USUALLY FOR PLENTY OF SNOW IN MARCH ALSO. I HAVE MY 1ST TRACK MEET SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 27TH, NOT LOOKING GOOD, BUT TIME WILL TELL.

I WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW THE WRESTLING GOES TODAY. TIME FOR BREAKFAST AND A SHOWER

TOODLES
TERESA

IOWA CAUCUS 08

2008-01-05T10:41:00.050-06:00

WELL I ATTENDED THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN FRANKVILLE. I REMEMBER THE 1ST CAUCUS I ATTENDED THERE, ONLY BECAUSE MY COUSIN JUDY WAS THE CHAIRPERSON AND TALKED ME INTO GOING, I KNOW I COULD COUNT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE ON BOTH OF MY HANDS. IN 2002, LOW AND BEHOLD MY HIGH SCHOOL GOVERNMENT TEACHER ASKED ME TO BE THE CHAIRPERSON AND I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW MANY SHOWED UP THE LAST TIME I WENT AND I THOUGHT, THAT WONT BE SUCH A BIG DEAL. I DID TALKED MY SISTER SUSAN WHO RECENTLY MOVED TO FRANKVILLE TO GO, BECAUSE COUSIN JUDY WENT OFF AND MARRIED A WAUKON IRISHMEN AND MOVED AWAY, US FEW DEMOCRATS IN FRANKVILLE TOWNSHIP, WE HAVE TO STICK TOGETHER ON THIS KIND OF STUFF. KAYLA WAS A SENIOR AT THAT TIME AND WE MADE A STUDENT DELEGATE. SO IF I REMEMBER RIGHT THERE WAS AN ODD NUMBER OF PEOPLE THERE, NOT EVEN 20, SO WHEN WE WENT TO DO ALL THAT MATH STUFF, THE NUMBERS SEEMED KIND OF ODD, HOPE IT WAS RIGHT. 2004 THERE WERE ABOUT THE SAME LESS THEN 20 PEOPLE THERE AGAIN.

BUT NOT IN 2008, WOWWWWWWSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE HAD 130 PEOPLE IN THE FIRE STATION. I GUESS THATS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT A LITTLE DIVERSITY(BLACK COLOR) AND A WOMAN IN THE MIX OF CANDIDATES, EVEN THE TREE HUGGERS CAME OUT OF THE BOONIES, AND THE COLLEGE KIDS LEFT THE LOCAL PUB TO ATTEND. SEVERAL REPUBLICAN FACES THERE(DEMOCRAT WANT TO BES???????) IT WENT VERY SMOOTHLY. WE HAD 4 CANDIDATES REPRESENTED THERE. BILL RICHARDSON HAD 17 PEOPLE, AND THEY NEEDED 20 TO COUNT, SO THOSE PEOPLE ALL HAD TO PICK ANOTHER CANDIDATE, THEY ALL DID BUT 4. ENDED UP THE COLORED GUY GOT 4, EDWARDS GOT 3 AND HILLIARY GOT 2. IT WAS OVER IN 38 MINUTES. NOW THOSE WANT TO BE DEMOCRATS (WHICH THERE WERE AT LEAST 50 OR MORE NEW REGISTERED THERE THAT NIGHT) FOUND OUT WE DON'T MESS AROUND WE TAKE CARE OF OUR BUSINESS AND MOVE ON. I ROUNDED UP A FEW OF THOSE COLLEGE KIDS AND WE HAD THE TABLES & CHAIRS PUT AWAY BY 8:00 AND I WAS SITTING ON THE FIRE TRUCK AND HAVING A COCKTAIL WITH NEIGHBORS (CRAWFORDS) BY 8:15. DARREL HAS ALWAYS BE DEMOCRAT, BUT MARY JOINED THE BAND WAGON THIS YEAR.

AS JAY LENO SAID LAST NIGHT, WHEN THE SMALL MIDWEST STATE OF IOWA ELECTS A BLACK MAN FOR PRESIDENT, ITS TIME FOR A CHANGE.

WELL THATS ENOUGH POLITICAL BULL CRAP. I NEED TO GET TO THE WRESTLING TOURN AND SEE HOW THE PIRATES ARE DOING. FRANKVILLIAN MITCHELL SCHULTZ RECEIVED HIS 100TH CAREER WIN ON THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH HIS MOTHER IN CHARGE OF PICTURES FOR THE PAPER, IM SURE THERE WILL BE SOME IN THERE.

ALSO MY SON BOUGHT ME A VERY NICE DIGITAL CAMERA FOR CHRISTMAS, I HAVE LOADED ALL THE SOFTWARE ON MY WORK COMPUTER WITH PICTURES, SO MAYBE TOMORROW I CAN SHOW YOU CHRISTMAS EXCITEMENT, AND SLEDDING IN FRANKVILLE, WINTER HAS BEEN GREAT FOR THAT

TOODLES
TERESA

PACKERS ROASTED ON AN OPEN FIRE

2007-12-23T15:54:00.000-06:00

BEARS KICKED FAVRE'S ASS, I GUESS THE DON'T RHYME LIKE THE CHRISTMAS SONG, BUT IT WAS SWEET. BEARS WIN BEARS WIN. WHAT A GREAT CHRISTMAS PRESENT.

WELL ITS A BLIZZARD HERE IN IOWA TODAY, THE 7 - 8 INCHES OF SNOW WE RECEIVED LAST NIGHT IS BLOWING AROUND LIKE CRAZY. SO IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR FOOTBALL AND COOKING. WE ARE CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS TONIGHT WITH THE KIDS & DARIN. SO I HAVE A PRIME RIB COOKING SLOWLY ALL DAY IN THE OVEN, WITH ALL THE FIXINGS.

HOPEFULLY WILL BE ABLE TO POST SOME GREAT PICTURES TOMORROW, OF ALL THE EXCITEMENT TONIGHT,

FOR NOW, I'M GOING TO SIT AND ENJOY A COCKTAIL TO CELEBRATE THE VICTORY AND WAIT FOR THE COMPANY.

UNTIL TOMORROW, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY PACKER FRIENDS

TOODLES
TERESA

STORIES

2007-12-05T15:26:00.000-06:00

AFTER TALKING HOURS ON THE PHONE WITH ONE OF MY HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS I DECIDED I BETTER GET EVERYONE UP TO SPEED ON THE POSTVILLE PIRATES. SO HERE IT GOES; FOOTBALL TEAMS FINISH VERY WELL, 5-4, HAD A GOOD BUT TOUGH SEASON, HAD 4 SENIORS, INCLUDING 2 FRANKVILLIANS, MITCHELL SCHULTZ & ETHAN SNITKER, ALONG WITH A JUNIOR FRANKVILLIAN KASSIDY COOK. THE FRANKVILLIANS DID GREAT, ALL RECEIVED SEVERAL AWARDS AT THE BANQUET AND COOK & SCHULTZ RECEIVED ALL STATE HONORS. THEIR LOSES WERE TOUGH ONES, BUT THEN ENDED THE SEASON WITH A GREAT WIN OVER THE KEE HAWKS OF LANSING, TEARS WERE FLOWING WITH A WIN FOR THE OUT GOING SENIORS. NOW ON TO VOLLEYBALL, KORI WAS A MEMBER OF THE VARSITY SQUAD AND PLAYED JV ALSO. THE GIRLS ENDED THEIR SEASON WITH A CONFERENCE RECORD OF 7 -3. PLAYED WELL ALL SEASON. LOST TO KEE HAWKS OF LANSING IN DISTRICT PLAY, WHICH WAS ANOTHER REASON IT WAS SO SWEET TO BEAT THEM IN FOOTBALL. BASKETBALL & WRESTLING UNDER WAY EXCEPT A SLIGHT PROBLEM SNOW SNOW SNOW!!!!! FIRST WRESTLING TOURN WAS CANCELED ON SATURDAY, AND THE FIRST BB GAME CANCELED ON SATURDAY, ALONG WITH LAST NIGHT GAMES CANCELED. SCHEDULING NIGHTMARE FOR GUESS WHO, ME. WRESTLING WE HAVE MITCHELL & ETHAN THE FRANKVILLIANS ON THE TEAM. WITH KORI SUE AS THEIR MANAGER. I WILL TRY AND KEEP YA UPDATED. BOYS BASKETBALL IS A SMALL GROUP WITH NO SENIORS, WILL SEE HOW THEIR YEAR GOES. AND THE GIRLS BB HAS HAD 2 GAMES, THEIR SEASON STARTS EARLIER, AND THEY ARE 2-0. GOOD START FOR THEM.

TODAY IS ONE OF BY BABIES BIRTHDAY, KAYLA IS 24 TODAY,WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
THE DAY SHE WAS BORN, I HAD AN APPT IN THE MORNING AND MEET DOUG ON MY WAY HOME AND WE WAVED AND HE DECIDED EVERYTHING WAS OK, SO HE VENTURED ON INTO MINN. TO WORK. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THEY MUST HAVE STIRRED SOMETHING UP BECAUSE 2 HRS LATER, MY SISTER & SISTER-IN-LAW SUSAN & DIANE LOADED ME UP AND WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO THE HOSPITAL. CALLED DOUG WHICH HE THOUGHT IS WAS A JOKE, BUT HE DID MAKE IT JUST IN TIME TO PUT THE SCRUBS ON AND WATCH HER ARRIVE. I WAS ONLY AT THE HOSPITAL LESS THEN 2 HRS. I HAD TO STAY AT HOME AND FINISH WATCHING DAYS OF LIVES, WHICH I STILL WATCH FAITHFULLY YET TODAY. AND GUESS WHERE KAYLA GOT HER NAME - "KAYLA BRADY". WE BROUGHT HER HOME IN A TERRIBLE SNOW STORM, TRAFFIC WAS NOT ADVISED THAT DAY, BUT I WAS GOING HOME. SO IT WASN'T A PROBLEM WHEN WE WENT THRU FRANKVILLE TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLACKTOP, SO EVERYONE THAT WAS IN THE SUPPER CLUB & TAVERN COULD COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT HAS SNOWED TERRIBLE EVERY YEAR BUT ONE OF HER BIRTHDAYS, AND THAT WAS HER 18TH AND IT WAS 60 DEGREES, WE TOOK PICTURES OUTSIDE WITH NO COATS.

I GUESS THAT IS ENOUGH STORIES FOR NOW. I WILL TRY AND KEEP THIS UP TO DATE NOW. I NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE PICTURE THING HERE AT SCHOOL. I'M SURE I HAVE SOME TO SHARE.

TOODLES
TERESA

REX'S BLOG

2007-11-06T15:13:00.000-06:00

I THINK REX WROTE THAT BLOG ABOUT THE PACKERS, JUST TO SEE IF HE COULD GET A BLOG OUT OF ME, WELL GUESS WHAT IT WORKED. HE SEEMS TO FORGET ABOUT THE PACKERS ONE LOSE TO THE ONE AND ONLY BEARS. IT'S DOESN'T REALLY MATTER, THAT THE BEARS AREN'T WINNING, JUST AS LONG AS THEY BEAT THE PACKERS, IT'S A PERFECT YEAR.

ONCE AGAIN I TRIED A BLOG FROM HOME, JUST GETTING READY TO POST AND THE $%$#^ING COMPUTER FROZE AGAIN, SO I GUESS THAT COMPUTER IS HISTORY. I THINK I WILL WAIT A FEW WEEKS UNTIL THE CHRISTMAS SPECIALS COME OUT AND LOOK FOR A LAP TOP. ANYWAY MY BLOG WAS TITLED "IS IT LEGAL". HERE'S THE STORY: WE ARE BEING AUDITED BY THE RAILROAD INSURANCE(WHICH IS REALLY LIKE BEING AUDITED BY GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE OF COURSE THE RAILROAD IS RUN BY THE GOVERNMENT) FIRST WE HAD TO PROVE KORI IS LEGALLY OURS, NOT A PROBLEM, SENT A COPY OF HER BIRTH CERT. THEN WE HAD TO PROVE WE ARE LEGALLY MARRIED AND NOT A COMMON LAW MARRIAGE. WELL I THOUGHT ABOUT CALLING THE COURTHOUSE AND I THOUGHT THAT WILL TAKE TIME AND COST MONEY. SO I CALLED THE GOOD OLD CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SISTER MARY SAID SHE WOULD SEND ME A COPY OF THE CHURCH MARRIAGE CERT AND THAT SHOULD WORK, GOOD BY ME. WELL KORI BRINGS HOME THE CERT FROM CHURCH AND WITH IT IS THE ORGINAL STATE CERT, WHICH SISTER MADE A NOTE SHE FOUND IT IN MY FILE AND IS WONDERING IF IT WAS EVER REGISTERED AT THE COURTHOUSE

I'M BACK!!!!!!!!!

2007-10-02T12:40:00.005-05:00

HERE'S THE SCOOP. WE HAVE TROUBLE WITH OUR COMPUTER FREEZING UP AT HOME, IN FACT I HAD JUST FINISHED A POST WHEN IT FROZE PISSED ME OFF OF COURSE. AND I HAVE NOT TRIED IT SINCE. DECIDED TO SEE IF WE COULD UPGRADE AND THAT DIDN'T WORK, SO LAST NIGHT I EMAILED SOME OF MY PICTURES TO MY WORK COMPUTER AND WILL NOW TRY TO GET YA ALL UPDATED.

WELL THE LAST POST WAS IN JULY Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I HAVE PROBABLY PLAYED GOLF, HAD COCKTAILS, WENT TO SOME WEDDINGS, HAD MORE COCKTAILS AND READ LOTS OF BOOKS HAD MORE COCKTAILS SINCE THE JULY POSTING.

I ALSO STARTED A NEW POSITION AT WORK, BESIDES DOING THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR WORK, I'M ALSO THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SECRETARY. THE KIDS AT SCHOOL ARE A LOT OF FUN, SO IT HAS MADE BOTH JOBS FUN TO DO. MIGHT EVEN LEARN A LITTLE SPANISH, BUT I DOUBT IT.

I'M GOING TO SIGN OFF FROM THIS POST AND POST THE ONE THAT I WAS DOING WHEN THE COMPUTER FROZE UP ON ME. I SENT THE PICTURES TO SCHOOL, SO WE WILL SEE IF I CAN GET IT ALL TOGETHER. IT WILL MAKE YOU HUNGRY AND WISH IT WAS SUMMER AGAIN.

TOODLES
TERESA

2007-07-08T17:21:00.000-05:00

JUST CHECKED OUT THE SISTERS BLOG, SO I DECIDED I WOULD POST SOME OF MY PICTURES TOO

EVERYONE IS GATHERED TO WATCH THE START OF THE HORSESHOE TOURN. UNDERNEATH THE SHADE TREE. IT WAS A COOKER OUT THERE.HERE IS THE TOURN. BARB SHOWED YA THE NEW PITS. I PAINTED THE FLAG ONE AND KAYLA DID THE SHAMROCK. NOTICE THE WIRE SPOOLS, NEW ADDITION THIS YEAR. A TABLE TO SET YOUR COCKTAIL ON WHILE YOU PLAYED. THE UMBRELLA WAS ADDED TO SHADE YOUR COCKTAIL.HERE'S HARLIE KAY AND HER COUSIN GRACE LOONEY(BRIAN'S DAUGHTER).THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH, CAME DOWN TO CHRIS LOONEY(mark's son) AND HIS FRIEND BRIAN HARTLEY, WHO HAS ATTENDED EVERY YEAR WITH HIM. THE ONLY OUTSIDER IN THE TOURN AND "OUT OF THE CLOSET AND PROUD" DOUG BERG & BRIAN LOONEY, AS YOU CAN SEE THEY WERE THE CHAMPS. BRIAN & DOUG HAVE WON THE TOURN 3 TIMES NOW, NOT ALL IN A ROW. BUT THEY ARE THE ONLY REPEATERS TO WIN.

SISTER SHOWED YA THE FRONT SIDE OF THE NEW KOOZIE, WELL HERE IS THE BACK. HEATHER AND I DESIGNED THESE AS THE SAME COLORS OF THE IRISH FLAG, GREEN WHITE AND ORANGE. WE WANTED THEM TO BE BRIGHT. AND OF COURSE SINCE EVERYONE HAS THE SAME KOOZIE HARD TO FIND YOURS, SO YOU HAVE TO WRITE YOUR NAME ON YOURS, SO THIS ONE IS MINE"THE BABY".

IT WAS ANOTHER GREAT PICNIC. ALL THE FIRST GENERATION OF LOONEY COUSINS WERE THERE BUT 3, SO WE HAD A GREAT TURN OUT. AND DOUGLAS DID A GREAT JOB OF FIREWORKS AGAIN. WE HAD SEVERAL FRANKVILLIANS STOP THIS MORNING AND SAID THEY REALLY LIKE THEM.

WELL I GUESS THAT IS ALL FOR NOW. TIME TO HIT THE COUCH AND READ MY BOOK AND REST UP. STARTING SOMETHING NEW AT SCHOOL THIS WEEK AND HAVE 6 BALL GAMES. SO HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

TOODLES

TERESA

FRANKVILLE SHOTS

2007-07-01T19:29:00.001-05:00

I WILL JUST SHOW THE PHOTOS OF FRANKVILLE, SOME WILL BE FROM THE EAST COMMUTE AND SOME WILL JUST BE NEW THINGS HAPPENING IN FRANKVILLE

THIS IS THE PILE THAT IS LEFT OF THE SPILDE HOUSE. THEY NOW HAVE A BASEMENT DUG THERE FOR THE NEW HOME. IF I WAS COMMUTING TO THE EAST I WOULD TURN LEFT HERE ON TO THE FRANKVILLE BLACK TOP. THERE IS SOME NEW ACTIVITY HAPPENING TO THE LEFT. THE KLEPPER CHILDREN HAVE TAKEN OVER CURT'S SMALL LOT ON THE CORNER, THEY CAMP OUT ONCE IN AWHILE, HAVE BON-FIRES ETC.

SO A FEW WEEKS AGO KENNY HAULED IN A OLD WIND MILL, IT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT IT THE WIRE THING WITH THE ORANGE FLAG ON IT LAYING ON THE GROUND, THEN LAST WEEK, HE DRAGGED IN THE OLD CAR, THEY ARE GOING TO CLEAN IT UP AND STORE FIREWOOD, ETC IN THERE. THERE IS SUPPOSE TO BE A "PUTTING UP THE WINDMILL PARTY" COMING SOON, SO I WILL HAVE TO BE THERE WITH THE CAMERA. AND THAT PILE OF DEAD BRANCHES YOU SEE LAYING THE IS THE WILLOW TREE THAT WAS IN BALK'S YARD. WHEN THE MACHINE WAS HERE TO TAKE DOWN THE SPILDE HOUSE, LAVONNE BRANDT HAD THEM TAKE THE WILLOW TREE DOWN. SHE IS WAITING FOR GRANDKIDS TO COME AND CLEAN IT UP NOW. FROM HERE I WOULD JUST FINISH MY COMMUTE TO POSTVILLE, JUST LIKE FROM THE WEST. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE "OTHER SIDE OF TOWN. I WAS TELLING YOU DOUG & RHONDA KOEING BOUGHT CLIFFORD HUGHES AND CLEANED THE PLACE UP, WELL THEY ALSO TOOK THE HOUSE DOWN.

HOUSE IS GONE, THE PICTURE ON THE TOP IS THE YARD, ALL CLEANED UP AND MOWED, NOT A GOOD PICTURE SORRY, KOLLIN & BOBBY HELPED CLEAN UP ONE WEEKEND AND HAULED 60 SOME TIRES OUT OF THERE. I TOOK THESE PICTURES AT NIGHT, MIGHT HAVE TO TRY IN THE DAYTIME SO YOU CAN SEE THE NICE CLEAN YARD

BEHIND THIS MACHINE IS THE YARD. ANYWAY THATS IT FOR FRANKVILLE PICTURES. NOT ALOT OF NEWS EITHER, PLAYED GOLF FRIDAY & SATURDAY. DOUG CLEANED THE GARAGE FOR LOONEY FEST 07. WENT TO A SURPRISE PARTY FOR THE CRAWFORD'S 35TH WEDDING ANNV. LAST NIGHT AT CHRIS'S PLACE. AND HELPED KAYLA WITH SOME FLOWER PLANTING TODAY. WILL HAVE TO TAKE MY CAMERA THERE. THEY MOVED A HOUSE ONTO THE MILLER FARM AND ARE TRYING TO PUT THE FINISHING TOUCH TO IT. IT SITS HIGH UP ON A RIDGE, ABOVE THE FOREST MILLS CHURCH. YOU CAN SEE FOR MILES AND WILDLIFE IS EVERYWHERE. HARLIE KAY GOT A NEW PUPPY TODAY, A BLACK LABORDOODLE. SO THAT WAS THE EXCITEMENT TODAY. NOW I JUST NEED TO REST UP AND GET READY FOR THE WEEKEND, LOONEY FEST '07. NEW HORSESHOES PITS HAVE BEEN MADE AND PAINTED MIGHT GET A PICTURE OF THAT TOMORROW AND SHOW YA, THEY ARE SOMETHING SPECIAL THIS YEAR. GLAD TO HEAR REX AND MARY SURVIVED THE FIRE, AND AMY ONLY HAS 5 WKS LEFT.

OH ONE MORE PICTURES YOU "PAST FRANKVILLIANS" WILL ENJOY

HAVE A GOOD WEEK, AND STAYED TUNED FOR LOONEY FEST '07

TOODLES

TERESA

FROM THE WEST

2007-06-24T20:23:00.000-05:00

THERE ARE 2 WAYS TO LEAVE OUR HOUSE, THIS COMMUTE WILL BE HEADING WEST

HEADED WEST DOWN 176TH ST. WE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE ON THIS STREET SITS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN.

WE TURN LEFT AND PASS FRANKVILLE'S ONLY CHURCH. IT'S A VERY NICE SMALL CHURCH, THEY HELD THEIR ANNUAL SUMMER ICE CREAM SOCIAL LAST WEEK. SAME MENU OF MAIDRITES & EGG SALAD SAND AND FRESH STRAWBERRIES & ICE CREAM OR HOMEMADE PIE OF EVERY KIND. I HAD FRESH STRAWBERRY PIE. THEY EVEN BROUGHT BACK MUSIC IN THE YARD. KARLA (Klepper) JOHNSON HAD KARAOKE AND SINGING.

TURNED LEFT ON FRANKVILLE BLACKTOP, HEADED DOWN MAIN STREET OF "BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN FRANKVILLE" ALL OUR BUSINESSES ARE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. FIRST BUILDING IS THE OLD FIRE STATION USED FOR STORAGE NOW. NEXT IT THE BERG HOUSE, WERE DOUGLAS WAS RAISED, NEXT THE "OLD STORE" BAR AND NEXT BUILDING YOU CAN'T SEE IS OUR OTHER BUSINESS, JANET'S CLIP & CURL.

ABOUT 1 MILE OUT OF TOWN, SIGNS SAYS LEAVING WINNESHIEK CO. WE ARE NOW INTO ALLAMAKEE CO.

AND THE SCENERY FOR THE NEXT 5-6 MILES, IS CORN, BEANS, HAY AND MORE CORN, BEANS & HAY. AFTER 4 MILES ON THE BLACKTOP YOU TURN ON RIGHT ONTO HWY 51

HERE WE ARE GOING AROUND "OLD HORSESHOE BEND" AND IT NEVER FAILS THERE IS ALWAYS THIS GOING ON SOMEWHERE IN IOWA:

AND THIS IS THE REASON FOR THE WORKING SIGN, ON YOUR LEFT ABOUT 1/4 MILE OUT OF POSTVILLE IS A NEW REC ELECTRIC BUILDING GOING UP. AND NOW WE WILL BE ENTERING THE CITY LIMITS OF POSTVILLE

BOYHOOD HOME OF JOHN R MOTT, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER.

COMING INTO TOWN, YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN FOR THE RAILROAD CROSSING, AS DOUG SAYS" LOOK, LISTEN AND LIVE" AND THEN CRUISE ON DOWN MAIN STREET

LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ALITTLE WAIT THIS MORNING, THIS IS THE FAMOUS 4-WAY, THIS IS WHERE HWY 51 MEETS 18, LOTS OF TRAFFIC SOMETIMES. WE CRUISE STRAIGHT THRU AND TURN RIGHT ON POST STREET. AND DOWN 2 BLOCKS ON YOUR LEFT YOU WILL FIND JOHN R MOTT HIGH SCHOOL, "HOME OF THE PIRATES"

I WORK IN THE ATHLETIC DEPT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, SCHEDULING GAMES, OFFICIALS FOR 7-12 SPORTS PROGRAMS. AND TRYING TO KEEP A HAND FULL OF COACHES HAPPY. HERE IS MY LITTLE CUBBY HOLE OF AN OFFICE.

PHEW, THATS ALOT OF NEWS. AND GUESS WHAT MY CAR IS PARKED OUT FRONT AND HEADED EAST, SO STAYED TUNED TOMORROW FROM THE EAST AND MORE PICTURES OF THE INSIDE THE HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S BEDTIME AND I WILL LEAVE YA WITH THIS THOUGHT:

THAT WILL GET MY COCKTAIL BUDDY GOING!!!!!!!!! AND YES THIS WAS TAKEN ON MY COMMUTE TO WORK ABOUT 1/4 MILE OUT OF POSTVILLE.

FROM THE EAST TOMORROW.

TOODLES

TERESA

I'M ALIVE

2007-06-23T08:20:00.000-05:00

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET AT THIS BLOGGING THIS WEEK, BUT I GUESS BETWEEN, RESTING UP FROM THE 25TH CLASS REUNION, BABYSITTING(i have darins little guy 2 nights a week), RAINED OUT BALLGAMES TO RESCHEDULE I'M JUST GETTING AT IT.

SURVIVAL OF THE FITESS, WOULD BE A GOOD TITLE FOR THE CLASS REUNION. FRIDAY NIGHT WE GATHERED AT CLUB 51 UNTIL CLOSING AND THEN MOVED THE PARTY TO OUR FRONT PORCH UNTIL 4:00. WHICH MADE THE GOLF WE HAD SCHEDULED FOR 10 THE NEXT MORNING COME EARLY. SATURDAY NIGHT, WAS THE PHS ALUMNI BANQUET, THE 25 YR CLASS OF PHS, HAS TO PLAN THE ALUMNI BANQUET, FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL. SO IT WAS OUR TURN TO PUT ON THE SHOW. THE 50 YR CLASS IS ALSO HONORED AT THE BANQUET. IT WAS ALITTLE TO LONG AND A LITTLE WARM IN THE CHURCH. BUT WE MADE UP FOR IT AFTERWARDS, WE WALKED DOWN THE ROAD TO THE LOUNGE AT THE BOWLING ALLEY. PICTURE TIME:

COUSIN MARTY TELLING A STORY, BOY HE HAS EVERYONES ATTENTION, MUST BE A GOOD ONE.

THIS IS THE FEARLESS FIVE, (but we are missing Laurie Jo Helgerson). NOT SURE WHO NAMED US THAT 25 YRS AGO. BUT IT APPARENTLY HAS STUCK, BECAUSE WE HAD TO HAVE A PICTURE OF THE FEARLESS FIVE: TAMI PECK, ME, COLLEEN SCHROEDER, ANNIE MEYER. WELL THE PARTY CONTINUED HERE UNTIL THEY KICKED US OUT AT 2:00, THERE WAS TALK OF MOVING IT TO STONE BRIDGE(which was our big party spot in the 70's & 80's). SOME DAY WHEN WE ARE ON A DRIVE TO CASTALIA, I WILL TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT. IT'S JUST A SLAB OF CEMENT OVER A LITTLE CREEK, NAMED STONE BRIDGE. BOY THAT LITTLE SLAB OF CEMENT COULD TELL SOME STORIES. NEPHEW TONY, (joined us both nights) MENTIONED MICHAEL HAD HIS FIRE GOING EARLY IN THE EVENING AND ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS ADD FIRE WOOD, SO WE MOVED THE PARTY TO MICHAELS FIRE PIT. SAT THERE AND TOLD STORIES UNTIL THE SUN CAME UP AND IT STARTED LIGHTENING AND RAINING OR WE MAY STILL BE THERE. DOUG & I ARRIVED HOME ABOUT 6:00AM. WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME.

DAVE O'HARA AND ME, NOW THIS GUY WILL TELL YA A STORY OR 2, BUT HAVE TIME BECAUSE HE TALKS, AND TALKS. I WILL END WITH A PICTURE OF COUSIN MARTY & ME. THIS IS THE FIRST REUNION HE HAS COME TOO AND IT TOOK ME LOTS OF TALKING TO GET HIM HERE, BUT HE HAD A GREAT TIME.

WELL I BETTER GET AT THE SATURDAY CLEANING, HAVE TO GIVE THE HUSBAND, BROTHER MARK, NEPHEW TONY A RIDE TO THE GOLF COURSE FOR A TOURN THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN PICK THEM UP OF COURSE. KAYLA, KORI AND I WILL BE OFF TO ELKADER TO DO A LITTLE LOOKING AT THE BRIDAL SHOP. I THINK I WILL HAVE TIME FOR THAT COMMUTE BLOG. 20 - plus PICTURES, SO IT MAY TAKE 2 BLOGS BUT STAYED TUNED THIS WEEK.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF QUIET WEEKENDS, THEN IT WILL BE LOONEY FEST '07, STAY TUNED FOR THAT TOO. HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND

TOODLES

TERESA

LIFE A PAIN IN THE ( l )

2007-06-10T10:55:00.000-05:00

YES IT HAS BEEN A WHILE. FIRST WE ARE FINALLY OUT OF SCHOOL, FINISHED LAST WEDNESDAY. I ATTENDED THE STATE GOLF MEET, WHICH WAS ALOT OF FUN TO WATCH. OUR STUDENT FINISHED 29TH OUT OF 60. FIRST DAY SHE GOLFED WELL AND THE 2ND DAY SHE FOUND OUT THE GAME OF GOLF CAN TURN ON YA. HAD ABOUT 20 GRADUATIONS, 4 WEDDINGS IN MAY. SO THAT IS WHERE I HAVE BEEN.

AND THEN ON THURSDAY THIS WEEK, WE HAD A POWER OUTAGE IN TOWN, AND OUR COMPUTER WAS ON AND FOR SOME LOVELY REASON, WHEN I TURNED IT BACK ON EVERYTHING WAS GONE. SO THE LAST FEW DAYS I HAVE BEEN RELOADING EVERYTHING. HAD TO DO A RECOVERY, UPGRADE TO WINDOWS XP, AND LOAD EVERYTHING ELSE. STILL HAVE SOME MORE TO DO TODAY. THOUGHT I WOULD TRY AND BLOG AND SEE IF IT WORKS. NO PICTURES, HAVE TO RELOAD ALL THAT CRAP.

BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH. WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST 2 DAYS AT THE GOLF COURSE. MIGHT TRY THAT LATER TODAY ALSO.

THIS WEEK HAVE TO FINISH UP THE CLASS REUNION STUFF, ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE STARTING ON FRIDAY, WE HAVE OVER HALF THE CLASS COMING, SHOULD BE FUN.

FRANKVILLE NEWS, LINDY FREY WAS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON MONDAY, FUNERAL WAS FRIDAY, SAID THEY SERVED ABOUT 150 FOR LUNCH, THATS A LOT FOR THE LITTLE FRANKVILLE CHURCH.

MARTY LEIRAN (formerly the Spilde house) TORE THE HOUSE DOWN THIS WEEK, BURIED AND BURNED IT IN A BIG HOLE, THEY ARE BUILDING A NEW ONE. THE CONSTRUCTION CLASS FROM NICC IS GOING TO BUILD IT, COULD TAKE UP TO 2 YEARS. I WILL HAVE TO TAKE A PICTURE, THE CORNER LOOKS BARE.

OTHER THEN THAT CANT THINK OF MUCH NEWS, I SEE THE SISTER BLOGGED HER COMMUTE, I WILL TRY MINE TOMORROW, THAT WAY I WILL KNOW IF THE PICTURE THING IS WORKING ON HERE.

NOT SURE OUR COMMUTES ARE AS PRETTY AS REX & MARY'S. BUT WE WILL GIVE IT A SHOT.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK
TOODLES
TERESA

MOTHER'S DAY TRADITION and BIG BIG NEWS

2007-05-13T20:16:00.000-05:00

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY EVERYONE. WE DID OUR USUAL THING, OFF TO PRAIRIE FOR A PETE'S BURGER, AND THEN SAT DOWN BY THE RIVER FOR EATING. HARLIE KAY SPOTTED THE SWINGS, SO EATING LEFT HER MIND. THE BURGERS WERE GREAT.
FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR WITH PETE'S, IT'S A LITTLE SHACK ON MAIN ST(across from Stark's the popular liquor store) OF PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, THE BURGERS ARE BOILED IN WATER WITH ONIONS, WITH SOME SEASONING. AND LINES ARE ALWAYS LONG.
THEN IT WAS OFF TO WALMART, I SPOTTED A WICKER SET A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE FOR THE FRONT PORCH. WELL LOW AND BEHOLD, I MENTIONED TO THE CHILDREN WHAT A NICE MOTHERS DAY & FATHERS DAY PRESENT. THE "POOR" DAUGHTERS OF MINE, TALKED THEIR "RICH" BROTHER INTO THE PURCHASE. AND IT LOOKS GREAT. MAYBE A PICTURE WILL SHOW UP ON A BLOG.

PIRATE NEWS, 2 FRANKVILLIAN BOYS QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE TRACK MEET. ETHAN SNITKER(brian & lisa's son) & BLAINE GRINNA(gary & nancy's). ETHAN MADE IT IN THE SHOT PUT AND BLAINE IN THE 400 & 400 HURDLES(which he just ran at drake). SO ANOTHER BUSY WEEK AT SCHOOL GETTING EVERYTHING LINED UP FOR THAT. ALSO WE WERE CHOSEN BY THE STATE TO HOST THE GIRLS DISTRICT GOLF MEET, WHICH IS TOMORROW, SO I'M SPENDING THE DAY AT THE GOLF COURSE WITH 60 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS FOR 2 ROUNDS OF GOLF. SHOULD BE INTERESTING. AND ON TUESDAY, WE ARE HOSTING OUR LAST TRACK MEET YAHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
THEN IT WILL BE TIME TO SLIDE INTO THE SUMMER MODE.

FRANKVILLE NEWS, NEW PEOPLE IN TOWN. A COUPLE PURCHASED THE OLD LEO BERG'S HOUSE, NO CHILDREN THAT I KNOW OF, LOOKS LIKE THEY MOVED IN THIS LAST WEEKEND. ALSO IRENE FEICKERTS HOUSE HAS BEEN SOLD TO A COUPLE FROM MONONA I GUESS, NO CHILDREN THERE EITHER. SO I GUESS SOME NEW VILLAINS TO MEET. DONNA'S SCHULTZ'S DAD WAS AIR LIFTED YESTERDAY TO LACROSSE, WITH WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS HEART PROBLEMS. TALKED TO HER THIS MORNING AND NOW THEY ARE NOT SURE. HAVEN'T HEARD ANY NEWS THIS AFTERNOON SO NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING ON. RANDY BUDDENBERG WAS HOME FOR A VISIT TODAY, SO WE WERE OVER THERE, HE SEEMS TO BE IMPROVING EVERYDAY, STILL IN ROCHESTER WITH THERAPY TO TRY AND GET HIM TO WALK ON HIS OWN. TAKING ALOT OF TIME, HOPE HE GETS THERE.
REX & PAUL YOU WILL ENJOY THIS STORY, DOUG RAN INTO KEVIN HELGERSON UPTOWN THE OTHER NIGHT, HE STILL BUYS HIS CIGARS THERE AND THEY WERE VISITING, HELGERSONS NO LONG HAVE HOGS (which i guess has been awhile) BUT ARE MILKING 140 GOATS, HE TOLD DOUG HE JUST LOVES IT, HE WISHED HE KNEW IT WAS SO MUCH FUN HE WOULD HAVE DONE IT ALONG TIME AGO. AND THE PRICE OF GOAT'S MILK IS GOOD RIGHT NOW. AND YOU GUYS THOUGHT 2 GOATS WAS JOB!!!

MUSHROOM SEASON IS POOR, NOT ENOUGH RAIN, THE ONES THAT ARE BEING FOUND ARE ALL DRIED UP. I'M GOING TO CHECK WITH LOWELL STAAKE THIS WEEK, HE IS ALWAYS GOOD FOR A BAG. THEN I MAY HAVE A FEW PICTURES TO BLOG.

AND NOW THAT YOU HAVE READ ALL THIS JUNK, HERE IS THE BIG BIG NEWS.
KAYLA RECEIVED A DIAMOND FOR MOTHERS DAY, DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS OF YET. BUT I WILL KEEP YA POSTED. DOUG & I WISHED BRIAN WELL, BUT I GUESS AFTER LIVING TOGETHER FOR AWHILE, THEY SHOULD HAVE EACH OTHER FIGURED OUT, MAYBE!!!!!! EVERYONE THAT HAS BEEN MARRIED OVER 20 YRS SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE PART.

WELL I GUESS THAT IS ALL FOR NOW, TIME FOR THE COUCH AND MY BOOK. AND I SMELL SUNDAY NIGHT POPCORN, KOLLIN IS POPPING. HE HELPED HIS COUSIN KIM CELEBRATE HER 21ST BIRTHDAY LAST NIGHT, NO BIG STORIES TO TELL HE SAID, AND EVERYONE WAS HOME SAFE. SO I GUESS IT WAS OK.

DON'T FORGET 14 MORE DAYS AND SISTER BARB WILL BE 60, CHECK OUT HER BLOG.

TOODLES
TERESA

SPRING IN FRANKVILLE

2007-05-06T17:26:00.000-05:00

I KNOW, I KNOW IT HAS BEEN AWHILE, BUT LIKE REX WROTE A FEW BLOGS BACK, WHEN THE WEATHER TURNS NICE IN THE MIDWEST THERE ARE BETTER THINGS TO DO THEN SIT IN FRONT OF THE COMPUTER. TODAY IS NOT SO GREAT, COLD, CLOUDY AND VERY WINDY, SMALL RAIN SHOWER. BUT YESTERDAY WAS OK, SO HARLIE KAY AND I VENTURED UP TO AN ABANDONED SWING SET IN THE OLD BANK YARD. THE PEOPLE THAT USE TO RUN IT, LEFT IT THERE AND SHE LOVED IT. YOU SOUTHERNS THAT MISS THE MIDWEST'S SPRING FLOWER THAT POPS UP EVERYWHERE CAN ENJOY THEM IN THE PICTURES ALSO UPDATE ON THE WEEK, LAST WEEKEND I WENT TO THE DRAKE RELAYS WITH A STUDENT ATHLETE, BLAINE GRINNA (son of gary & nancy). HE RAN THE 400 HURDLES AND METALED WITH 5TH PLACE. SO THAT WAS EXCITING. I HAD NEVER BEEN TO THE RELAYS, IT WAS ALOT OF FUN. THE WHITE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES DEFINITELY ARE THE MINORITIES OF THE RELAYS. HAD A FEW TRACK MEETS, HAVE 2 LEFT TO HOST AT POSTVILLE, YAHOOOOO. PROM LAST SATURDAY NIGHT EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY, SO THAT'S IS ALWAYS GOOD TOO.

BEEN BUSY ALSO PLANNING MY 25TH CLASS REUNION. THE 25 YR CLASS IS ALSO IN CHARGE OF POSTVILLE ALUMNI BANQUET, SO THERE ARE ADDED THINGS TO THE PLANNING. HARD TO BELIEVE 25 YRS AGO WHEN WE WERE OUT ON ROAD TOUR WE STOPPED AT THE SUPPER CLUB SO I COULD HAVE SOME MASHED POTATOES BETWEEN COCKTAILS. THE THOUGHT OF DRINKING SEVERAL BEERS EATING MASHED POTATOES AND DRINKING MORE BEER IS NOT TO APPEALING TO ME NOW. I THINK IT WAS JUDY'S WAY OF THINKING AT LEAST I GOT SOMETHING TO EAT TO SOAK UP THE BEER.

SPEAKING OF COCKTAILS, MY PARTNER IN CRIME (tracey)HAS BEEN CALLING ME FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS NOW TO GET TOGETHER AND WE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING THAT DONE SO SUMMER NEEDS TO COME SOON. NEED TO GET READY FOR THE LOONEY HOOLEY, JULY 7TH ALSO.

YESTERDAY WE ATTEND TREVOR FEICKETS WEDDING, NICE SMALL WEDDING, RECEPTION WAS IN GUTTENBERG, SO EVERYONE WAS ON GOOD BEHAVIOR, LONG WAYS FROM GUTTENBERG TO FRANKVILLE. TRAVIS GETS MARRIED IN AUGUST, SO THE FEICKETS ARE BUSY WITH WEDDINGS. LOTS OF GRADUATIONS INVITES COMING. FIRST ONE NEXT WEEKEND, DACIA'S OLDEST ONE BRENT.

FARMERS ARE PLANTING FULL FORCE NOW. KENT SAID THIS MORNING HE SHOULD FINISH HIS CORN AND THEN ON TO BEANS.

I NOTICED IN MY SISTERS BLOG SHE KEEPS BRINGING UP HER BIRTHDAY THIS MONTH, BUT I ALSO NOTICED SHE KEEPS FORGETTING TO TELL HOW OLD SHE IS GOING TO BE. WELL THIS IS HER 60TH BIRTHDAY.

I BETTER CLOSE ON THAT, BECAUSE I'M SURE I WILL BE IN TROUBLE NOW.
KAYLA & KORI ARE OUT MUSHROOM HUNTING, SO ON THE NEXT BLOG I HOPE I CAN SHOW A PAN OF MORELS FRYING, THAT WILL GET YOUR TASTE BUDS GOING REX!!!
THAT'S ALL FOR NOW, I WILL TRY AND BLOG AGAIN THIS WEEK AND REMIND YA HOW OLD MY SISTER IS GOING TO BE 60. THERE ARE SOME GOOD STORIES ABOUT HER 50TH PARTY, BUT THAT WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT BLOG.

TOODLES
TERESA

HILIARY AND MOO POOP

2007-04-22T17:03:00.000-05:00

I BET THAT TITLE HAD YOU THINKING, WELL HERE IS THE FIRST PART
SHE WAS IN DECORAH TODAY, AND KORI SUE AND HER BUDDIES GOT UP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN TO GET A SEAT TO SEE HER. KORI WAS GOING TO GET A PICTURE WITH HER, BUT SHE SAID THAT TOOK FOREVER. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE PICTURES WE HAVE TO SHARE. IT WAS A GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE, FOR A 16 YR OLD.

I KNOW IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE I HAVE BLOGGED BUT THE WEATHER HERE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. SO THERE ARE BETTER THINGS TO DO, THEN SIT HERE AND BLOG. WE GOT 2 HOME TRACK MEETS IN THIS WEEK AND SEVERAL GOLF MEETS, SO EVERYONE IS HAPPY. HIGH'S IN THE 70'S ALL WEEKEND, LED TO LAWN MOWING, CLEANING UP FLOWER BEDS AND SOME NEIGHBORHOOD COCKTAILS. WE HAD HARLIE KAY HERE LAST NIGHT, SO WE WAGONED HER AROUND TOWN AND DOUG & RHONDA KOENIG WERE CLEANING UP CLIFFORD'S MESS AND OLD HOUSE, SO WE HAD TO CHECK IT ALL OUT, NEVER SEEN SO MANY TIRES, METAL JUNK IN ALL MY LIFE. SOUNDS LIKE THEY WILL BE DIGGING A BIG HOLE AND BURYING HOUSE AND ALL.

TODAY IS BOBBY SCHULTZ'S 21ST BIRTHDAY, A BIG NIGHT OF CELEBRATING, MY SON HASN'T BEEN AWAKE ALL DAY, BUT HE IS STILL BREATHING, SO I GUESS HE WILL MAKE IT, OF COURSE THEY COULDN'T HIT SOME THE BARS UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT, SO HE COULD HAVE ONE LEGALLY, SO I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 5:30am, WELL I SAW THE LOST BOY RETURN HOME.
KOLLIN STARTED A NEW JOB LAST WEEK, WITH A DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, KIND OF BORING THE FIRST WEEK HE SAID, THEY BUILD BRIDGES AND RIGHT NOW THEY ARE WORKING ON HWY 24, BY FORT ATKINSON, SO ITS HANDY FOR HIM. MAYBE THIS WEEK HE WILL HAVE A BETTER REPORT.

NOW FOR THE MOO POOP, MY STORY OF THE WEEK, TOOK HARLIE KAY HOME ONE NIGHT THIS WEEK AND BRIAN WAS STILL MILKING, SO SHE TOOK MY HAND AND WE HAD TO GO INTO THE BARN. HER FIRST COMMENT WAS "LOOK NANA, MOO POOP, EVERY PLACE IN THE BARN, SHE WANTED TO SHOW ME THE MOO POOP. I GUESS THAT'S BETTER COMING OUT OF HER MOUTH THEN COW SHIT. NEXT BLOG MAYBE WE WILL EVEN HAVE SOME PICTURES OF HARLIE KAY IN THE BARN, WITH MOO POOP, OR BETTER YET WOULD BE IN THE WAGON ON A FRANKVILLE WALK.

THE FARMERS HAVE HIT THE FIELDS THIS WEEK AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE HAVING A NICE APRIL SHOWER, SO THIS MAY SLOW THEM DOWN ALITTLE.

WELL I HAVE SOME BRATS SIMMERING IN SOME BEER AND ARE PROBABLY READY FOR THE GRILL, MIGHT EVEN GET THE GRILLING DONE BEFORE THE NEXT SHOWER. I GUESS THAT'S ALL TO REPORT NOW

TOODLES
TERESA

WHAT THE %#&@

2007-04-11T10:03:00.000-05:00

THIS IS WHAT WE WOKE UP TO THIS MORNING, BESIDES THE PHONE CALL - NO SCHOOL!!! SUPPOSE TO GET ABOUT 8 INCHES, SEE WHY UNCLE HANS IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT SPRING, IT HAS NOT BEEN NICE. LOREN'S CARLEY WAS SUPPOSE TO BE CONFIRMED TONIGHT, BUT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH POSTPONED IT, SO YOU KNOW ITS NOT GOOD WHEN THE CATHOLICS CANCEL A HOLY SACRAMENT. LIKE SISTER BARB HAS BEEN SAYING IN HER BLOG THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE ORNERY, SO ARE THE FARMERS AND THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS ARE STARTING TO GET THAT WAY HAVING TO CANCEL TRACK & GOLF MEETS(well some might be). THIS ONE ONLY IS BECAUSE SHE CAN'T GOLF HERSELF. OK NOW THAT I'M DONE BITCHING ABOUT THE WEATHER I REALLY HAVE NO NEWS.

LYLE OPHEIM HAD A HEART ATTACK SUNDAY NIGHT, HAD SURGERY, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD HOW HE IS DOING.

KORI IS MAKING MUFFINS THIS MORNING AND NOW HAS ALL THE PANS OUT OF THE CUPBOARD, AND WANTS IT CLEANED AND ORGANIZED. SO I SUPPOSE WE WILL BE DOING ALITTLE SPRING/WINTER CLEANING TODAY. I WAS THINKING MORE ABOUT A COUPLE GAMES OF CARDS. I GUESS I BETTER HELP WITH THE CLEANING, SO SHE LETS ME PLAY CARDS - KOLLIN IS HOME TOO I'M SURE HE WILL WANT TO PLAY CARDS INSTEAD OF CLEANING.

SISTER JANE'S BIRTHDAY TODAY, SHE IS NOW A SENIOR CITIZEN. AMBROSE ALWAYS TOLD THE STORY, HE FINISHED SEEDING OATS THE DAY SHE WAS BORN. I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE ANY OATS PUT IN THE GROUND HERE TODAY.

I GUESS THAT'S ALL FOR NOW. I WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW WE SPEND OUR LAST SNOW DAY (i hope, we are will be in school now until June 6th) IN FRANKVILLE - OR WHO WINS AT CARDS

TOODLES

TERESA

HAPPY EASTER

2007-04-08T20:04:00.000-05:00

FOOD WAS PLENTY, CARD GAMES WERE FUN, NAP WHEN I RETURNED HOME WAS GOOD, ANOTHER HOLIDAY DONE. HAM & SWISS STEAK AND ALL THE FIXINGS AT BARBARA'S HOUSE. WEATHER WAS NOT TO BAD TODAY, NO WIND MADE IT SEEM WARMER. SOME MORE PICNIC PLANNING WAS DONE TODAY, SO WATCH FOR YOU INVITES.

I SHOULD EXPLAIN THE EGG DYING. DID YOU NOTICE ALL THE NEWSPAPER DOWN UNDER THE CUPS, HARLIE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU NEED TO PUT THE EGGS IN GENTLY. IT WAS A HUGE PLOP AND DYE EVERYWHERE, UNTIL WE TOLD SHE HAD TO DO IT "NICE". WHEN WE GOT THE TABLETS OUT, SHE THOUGHT THEY WERE CANDY, AND WE ALL HAD A GOOD LAUGH AT THAT, BECAUSE WHEN KAYLA WAS 2, I WAS SETTING UP TO DYE EGGS TURNED TO GET THE EGGS OFF THE COUNTER AND KAYLA HAD THE TABLETS IN HER MOUTH AND ATE THEM. I REMEMBER CALLING THE POISON CONTROL CENTER AND THEY LAUGH ABOUT IT AND SAID NOT TO WORRY BUT HER POOP WOULD NOT LOOK NORMAL AND THEY WERE RIGHT, SHE POOPED GREEN FOR ABOUT A WEEK.

NO FRANKVILLE NEWS, RANDY BUDDENBERG IS IMPROVING DAILY, SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS.

NEW EXPERIENCE HERE TONIGHT. KORI WANTED TO MAKE SUNDAY NIGHT POPCORN, AND NO MICROWAVE POPCORN LEFT IN THE CUPBOARD, SHE FOUND A BAG OF REGULAR IN THE REFRIG, BUT DIDN'T KNOW HOW OR HAD SEEN REGULAR POPPED BEFORE, SO WE HAD A LESSON ON HOW TO POP POPCORN, FUNNY HOW LIFE CHANGES, THE YOUNG GENERATION PUTS A BAG IN THE MICROWAVE AND 2 MINUTES LATER THEY HAVE POPCORN AND THINK NOTHING OF IT. AND WE SPENT MANY A SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE BIG KETTLE POPPING AWAY. I TOLD HER THIS WAY YOU CAN PUT AS MUCH SALT & BUTTER ON IT AS YOU WANT!!!!!!

NO SCHOOL TOMORROW, ERRAND DAY. HAVE TO GET A HAIRCUT, CELL PHONE FIXED. KORI IS GOING TO APPLY FOR A JOB AT THE GOOD SAM IN THE KITCHEN. THE GIRL LOVES TO COOK. AND I NEED SET UP FOR A TRACK MEET WE ARE SUPPOSE TO HAVE ON TUESDAY, WEATHER PERMITTING. WE ARE SUPPOSE TO HAVE A HUGE STORM COME IN ON MONDAY NIGHT - TUESDAY MORNING WITH LOTS OF MOISTURE, BUT NOT SAYING IF IT WILL BE RAIN OR SNOW. TEMPERATURES IN THE 30 -40 RANGE.

I GUESS THATS ALL FOR NOW
TOODLES
TERESA

PICTURES

2007-04-06T16:02:00.000-05:00

THE FINISHED PRODUCT

HELP FROM MOM AND KORI

DYING EGGS, SHE IS WORKING HARD

THIS IS BRYCE. HE IS 7 MONTHS. HAS HUGE BROWN AND EYES AND A CUTE SMILE.

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A NICE EASTER

TERESA

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

2007-04-06T15:49:00.000-05:00

AS REX POSTED, IRENE FEICKERT THE LONG TIME COOK AT LIVINGOODS SUPPER CLUB PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK. SHE COOKED THERE FOR 27 YRS. FUNERAL WAS WEDNESDAY AND IT WAS A VERY NICE SERVICE. A CHURCH FULL OF FRANKVILLIANS. UNCLE HANS - UNCLE NEIL I REMEMBER A TIME OR 2 YOU MESSED HER KITCHEN UP. BUT YOU COULDN'T MAKE HER MAD. NOW THE BARTENDER THAT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY, I THINK THE 2 OF YOU MADE HER MAD A TIME OR TWO, AS DID MYSELF, ESPECIALLY THE NIGHT I STOLED THE BOTTLE OF BAILEYS, PAULIE CAN TELL YA THAT STORY, HE DROVE THE GET AWAY CAR.

ANYWAY ITS BEEN A COLD WEEK HERE. HIGHS IN THE 30'S. CANCELLED 2 TRACK MEETS, 1 GOLF MEET AT SCHOOL. NOT THAT CANCELLING TRACK BREAKS MY HEART. I ACTUALLY DISLIKE RUNNING TRACK MEETS, POSTVILLE IS HOSTING 7 THIS YEAR. 2 DOWN AND 5 MORE TO GO. AND NOW WE ARE ON EASTER BREAK, TODAY AND HAVE MONDAY OFF.

DOUG TRIED TO RAKE TODAY, BUT ITS ONLY 24 DEGREES,THE GRASS IS VERY GREEN AND GROWING. HE HAS ALITTLE RAKE HE PULLS BEHIND THE RIDER AND IT PICKS UP STUFF PRETTY GOOD.

GOT MY GROCERY SHOPPING DONE FOR THE HOLIDAY AND WILL BE HAVING DINNER AT BARBS ON SUNDAY.

YESTERDAY WE SET THE DATE FOR THE LOONEY PICNIC. JULY 7TH. I APPOINTED A FEW JOBS AND THE PLANS ARE ON THE WAY. ITS THE DAY THE LOONEYS INVADE FRANKVILLE AND COVER OUR WHOLE STREET. WE HAVE A HORSESHOE TOURN, LOTS OF FOOD AND END THE EVENING WITH FIREWORKS.

IM GOING TO SIGN OFF ON THIS BLOG AND POST ANOTHER ONE TODAY OF PICTURES. HARLIE KAY IS HERE AND WE DYED EGGS AND DARIN'S BRYCE WAS HERE AND AMY WANTS TO SEE HIS PICTURE TOO.

SO TOODLES AND CHECK OUT THE NEXT BLOG OF PICTURES.
TERESA

PS REX OR AMY DO YOU WANT ME TO SEND YOU IRENE'S PROGRAM, THE OBIT THAT WAS IN THE POSTVILLE PAPER, WAS NOT THE WHOLE THING. NOT SURE WHAT DECORAH WILL HAVE

SOME GOOD/SOME BAD

2007-03-30T09:32:00.000-05:00

FIRST THE BAD, LIVINGOOD'S FAMOUS COOK, IS NOT TO HEALTHY. IRENE WENT IN FOR SURGERY EARLIER THIS WEEK, THEY PUT A PACEMAKER IN, WHICH THE SURGERY WENT WELL. THE NEXT DAY, SHE HAD A SPELL AND IS NOW IN A COMA AND ON LIFE SUPPORT. I GUESS THEY ARE WAITING FOR A FEW DAYS AND SEE IF SHE COMES AROUND, IF NOT THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE HER OFF LIFE SUPPORT. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. RANDY BUDDENBERG - HAD A BAD SPELL THIS WEEK ALSO, A BLOT CLOT FORMED BETWEEN HIS HEART AND LUNGS, THEY PLACED HIM BACK IN ICU AND PUT A FILTER IN BETWEEN THE CLOT AND HEART, WE ARE ALL PRAYING AND HOPING EVERYTHING THEY DO WILL WORK, HE IS ONE VERY SICK MAN - ALL FOR A HIP REPLACEMENT.
AND NOW THE GOOD - IONIA CRAWFORD IS FINALLY HOME AFTER HER HEART ATTACK AND DOING WELL. THE REST OF THE TOWN IS THE SAME - I THINK?!?!?!
DOUG KOENIG BOUGHT CLIFF'S HOUSE AND MESS. THE BANK FORECLOSED ON CLIFFY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WILL BE ONE BIG WIENER ROOST THIS SUMMER!!! RECEIVED A WEDDING INVITE FOR TREVOR FEICKERTS WEDDING, MAY 5
AND TRAVIS IS GETTING MARRIED IN AUGUST, SO THE FEICKERTS ARE BUSY WEDDING PLANNING. EVERYONE AROUND TOWN IS GETTING THEIR CHAIRS OUT AND FIRE PITS READY FOR THE SUMMER. RAINY HERE TODAY, EVERYTHING IS TURNING GREEN. HAD A FIRE MEETING LAST NIGHT AND NO FIGHTS!!!! DISCUSSED NEXT YEAR WILL BE 50 YRS FOR FFD, TRYING TO MAKE SOME PLANS TO CELEBRATE THAT. REX WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO RETURN BEING A FORMER CHIEF AND ALL.
ELECTIONS WERE LAST MONTH, I GUESS IT WAS A JOKE, NO ONE THERE AND THEY ENDED UP CALLING PEOPLE, TO SEE IF THEY WOULD TAKE AN OFFICE. MONTY IS STILL THE CHIEF.
I BETTER GET OFF TO SCHOOL, HAVE 2 TRACK MEETS NEXT WEEK TO GET READY FOR AND THEN I MAY RETURN HOME AND START SOME OF THAT SPRING CLEANING YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. NO BIG PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND, MIGHT CHECK OUT BROTHER MICHAEL'S FISH FRY TONIGHT. THE SCHOOL IS HAVING THEIR MUSICAL - BEAUTY & BEAST THIS WEEKEND AND HAVE TO SELL TICKETS FOR THAT ON SUNDAY.

I GUESS THATS ALL FOR NOW
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND
TERESA

YAHOO, SPRING IS HERE

2007-03-24T20:33:00.000-05:00

I DECIDED I BETTER LET YA KNOW I'M STILL ALIVE, AFTER REPORTING ABOUT FEELING ALITTLE GREEN LAST WEEKEND. ANYWAY, SPRING IS HERE, RAINY & FOGGY TONIGHT, BUT ITS WARM AND THE SNOW IS GONE. JUST TALKED TO SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND SOME OF THE BOYS EVEN TRIED GOLF TODAY. SO NOW DOUG IS READY TO GO AND CHECK THE CART OUT TOMORROW AND GET US READY FOR THE SUMMER SPORT TOO.
NOT ALOT TO REPORT, HAVE TO LEAVE @ 7:00 TOMORROW MORNING FOR DES MOINES FOR THE STATE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS CONVENTION, WILL RETURN ON TUESDAY, SO I WILL PROBABLY NOT BLOG UNTIL I RETURN. MY PLANS WERE TO LEAVE TODAY AND MEET UP WITH SCHAGER AND THE BOWLING GIRLS. THEY ARE IN DES MOINES FOR STATE BOWLING. BUT WE WERE HELPING THE BUDDENBERG CHILDREN OUT THE LAST 2 DAYS. HERE'S THE SCOOP - RANDY BUDDENBERG HAD A HIP REPLACED ON MARCH 12, ON MARCH 13 HE HAD A STROKE, THIS PAST WEEK THEY FOUND A HOLE IN HIS HEART, WHICH WAS PROBABLY THE CAUSE OF THE STROKE, SO THEY WENT IN THRU HIS THIGH AND REPAIRED THE HOLE. HIS MAIN SIDE EFFECT FROM THE STROKE IS HE CAN'T TALK. HE NOW IS IN A HEAVY DUTY REHAB TREATMENT CENTER AT ST. MARY'S IN ROCHESTER, HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING WILL RETURN TO NORMAL FOR THE BUDDENBERGS. WE HAD A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TOGETHER AT THEIR FARM, THE LAST 2 DAYS, TRYING TO GET THINGS READY FOR SPRING ETC. THEY HAVE A HUGE DAIRY SETUP ON HWY 9, MILK 300ish COWS. BUT EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE RUNNING SMOOTHLY, WITHOUT THE HEAD HERDSMAN - RANDY. SO WITH ALL THAT GOING ON I CANCELLED OUT ON LEAVING A DAY EARLIER.
KORI IS OFF TO DECORAH TONIGHT WITH A BUNCH OF GIRLS FOR CHINESE, I THINK I LIKED IT BETTER WHEN SHE WAS NOT 16, AND COULDN'T GET ANYWHERE, NOW ITS THAT WAITING UP THING AGAIN, UNTIL SHE RETURNS HOME. SOMETHING ABOUT US LOONEY MOTHERS DON'T SLEEP UNTIL ALL ARE HOME SAFELY. AND I ALWAYS USE AMBROSE'S FAMOUS WORDS OF WISDOM WHEN THEY LEAVE "NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT"
WITH THOSE CLOSING WORDS, I GUESS I WILL GET SNUGGLED UP ON THE COUCH AND READ A BOOK AND WAIT!

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GOOD WEEK
TOODLES
TERESA

OH WHAT A HOLIDAY

2007-03-18T10:42:00.000-05:00

I SURE LIKE TO CELEBRATE IT, BUT I'M FEELING ALITTLE GREEN TODAY STARTED THE DAY AT 10:00, WITH O'SCHAGER WATCHED THE PARADE IN PRAIRIE, NICE PARADE LASTED ABOUT AN HOUR. STOPPED AT THE SAWMILL FOR ONE, THE PLACE WAS PACKED AND THEN MET UP WITH THE REST AT EDDIE'S IRISH PUB, FOR SNACKS AND GREEN BEER, VENTURED ON TO BAGLEY AND BACK TO EDDIE'S AND MET UP WITH BROTHER MICHAEL AND HIS FAMILY, SOME HAD CORN BEEF, I THINK I FORGOT TO EAT. SO I'M BREWING SOME UP TODAY. WE HAVE A SCHOOL WRESTLING BANQUET TONIGHT, AND KENT SCHULTZ REQUESTED IT, SO THE CROCK POT IS FULL AND THE AROMA IS IN THE AIR. I FINISHED THE NIGHT OFF SINGING DELTA DAWN AT KARAOKE AT THE OLD STORE. DOUG SAID IT WASN'T ONE OF MY BETTER PERFORMANCE. SO I HAD SOME IRISH CREME AND WENT HOME. THE SISTER WILL HAVE SOME PICTURES TO BLOG. AND WE MADE THE INTERNET, I'M SURE THE SISTER WILL GIVE YOU THE WEBSITE FOR THAT. I CAN'T THINK OF ALOT OF NEWS, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE SURVIVED ANOTHER ST. PATTY'S DAY.
MAKING A POT OF GOULASH FOR DINNER, SO I BETTER GET IT FINISHED AND THEN ITS NAP TIME, HARLIE KAY IS COMING OVER, I GUESS KAYLA DIDN'T GET ENOUGH YESTERDAY AND HER AND BRIAN ARE GOING TO THE PARADE IN WAUKON. IF I THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE I FORGOT, I WILL BLOG AGAIN AFTER THE NAP.

TOODLES
TERESA

TRYING TO SHOW MARY UP

2007-03-12T21:07:00.000-05:00

KORI SUE LIKES TO COOK, SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD SHOW MARY UP AND TRY AND PUT UP OUR NEW RECIPE WE TRIED TONIGHT. (and i don't have a lot of news to report.) WE GOT A MAGAZINE ( food & family)FROM AUNT BARBARA. THIS IS OUR 2ND RECIPE WE HAVE TRIED(1st one was last night a new lasagna, it was ok). THESE ARE "UN-FRIED FRENCH FRIES". THEY WERE OK TOO, I COULD THINK OF A FEW CHANGES TO THE RECIPE TO MAYBE MAKE THEM BETTER. I'M NOT MUCH OF A RECIPE FOLLOWER(thanks to how Ambrose taught me to cook). ANYWAY WE FOUND A FEW MORE IN THIS MAGAZINE SO FUTURE BLOGGING COULD BE INTERESTING. THAT FINISHED PRODUCT PICTURE ON THE TOP IS SUPPOSE TO BE HERE. CAN'T GET IT TO MOVE, SORRY.

KORI MADE THE HONOR ROLL FOR THE 2ND TRIMESTER AND HER DAD IS WORKING ON SOME WHEELS, SO ALL IS WELL IN THE 16YR OLD WORLD

IT WAS A QUIET WEEKEND, TOOK A 7HR CLASS FOR MY EMT LICENSE IN CALMAR, STOPPED AT CASTALIA ON THE WAY HOME FOR A FEW COCKTAILS AND TO GET INTO THE NASCAR RACE POOL. I ALWAYS PICK CARL EDWARDS, HE HASN'T BEEN TO GOOD TO ME. IT COST $2.00 A DRIVER YOU CAN PICK AS MANY AS YOU WANT, AND IF YOUR DRIVER WINS THE RACE YOU WIN THE POT. WATCHED THE RACE ON SUNDAY

MY COCKTAIL BUDDY SCHAGER RETURNED FROM FLORIDA, SHE CALLED THIS MORNING AND IS READY TO MAKE PLANS FOR THE BIG HOLIDAY. I TOLD HER TO EMAIL THE DRIVER(sister barbara) AND GET THE PLANS UNDERWAY.

THE SNOW IS MELT LING FAST, THE GRAVEL ROADS ARE A MESS AND ITS MUDDY, SUPPOSE TO BE IN THE 50'S TOMORROW, SO ITS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE.

I GUESS THAT IS ALL FOR NOW. OH YAH, SISTER WENT TO WALMART YESTERDAY AND BOUGHT HERSELF A NEW DIGITAL CAMERA, WATCH OUT FOR PICTURES ON HER BLOG TOO.

TOODLES

TERESA

PS: NOONE REPLIED TO MY LAST PICTURES, SHOULD I STAY WITH THE SMALL SIZE OR GO BACK TO THE MEDIUM?????????

2007-03-08T19:45:00.000-06:00

I HOPE THIS ALL WORKS, HERE IS THE SWEET SIXTEEN PICTURE. WE DID GET THE LICENSE AND CLASS RING ORDERED, NOW JUST NEED DAD TO GET THE WHEELS AND AWAY SHE GOES.

CHECK OUT THE 16 CUPCAKES, COOL HUH!!!!!!!!!

I SWITCHED MY IMAGE TO SMALL FOR PICTURES, LET ME KNOW IF I SHOULD GO BACK TO MEDIUM, IF THIS IS TOO SMALL.

JUDY WAS HERE TOO VISIT US LAST NIGHT, BUT WE WERE NOT HOME, SO WE MISSED HER VISIT.

THE OTHER PICTURE WILL BE THE COUSINS, HARLIE KAY(kayla's) and TY(denise's) SHARING A CHAIR, THIS WAS TAKEN ON THE DAY WE WERE ALL SNOWED IN.

NOT ALOT OF NEWS, NO BIG PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND EITHER, SATURDAY I HAVE TO TAKE AN ALL DAY CLASS AT CALMAR, FOR MY FIRST RESPONDER LICENSE. SUNDAY I SUPPOSE WE WILL BE TUNED INTO THE VEGAS NASCAR RACE.

KAYLA AND HARLIE WERE JUST HERE WITH HER NEW 2YR OLD PICTURES, I WILL HAVE TO DO SOME SCANNING AND TRY AND POST THEM THIS WEEKEND. I WANTED TO GET OUT AND TAKE A PICTURE ON THE NORTH GRAVEL. THERE IS ONE PLACE YOU CAN ONLY SEE THE TIP OF THE ROAD SIGN, BUT IF I DON'T GET THERE TOMORROW, THE SNOW IS MELTING, IT WAS ABOUT 38 TODAY AND SUPPOSE TO BE UP IN THE 50 BY THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK.

I NEED TO GET A PICTURE OF DARIN'S LITTLE GUY ON HERE ALSO FOR YA TO SEE. SCHAGER CALLED TONIGHT, THEIR WHOLE FAMILY IS IN FLORIDA AT DISNEY, SHE WAS SITTING BY THE POOL AND IT WAS 84, SO SHE HAD TO CALL AND RUB IT IN.

9 MORE DAYS AND SHE IS COUNTING UNTIL THE BIG HOLIDAY SHOULD HAVE SOME GOOD PICTURES FROM THAT DAY I HOPE.

I GUESS THATS ALL FOR NOW

TOODLES

TERESA

DAMN COMPUTERS

2007-03-08T13:41:00.000-06:00

I TRIED LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING TO BLOG AND POST SOME PICTURES. LAST NIGHT THE COMPUTER FROZE AFTER I HAD ONE PICTURE POSTED AND THIS MORNING I DONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, HAD 1 PICTURE POSTED WORKING ON THE 2ND AND THE BLOG SITE DIDNT RESPOND. SOOOOOOOOOO, PISSY I GOT AND SHUT THE STUPID THING OFF AND CAME TO WORK.
WE GET OUT OF SCHOOL EARLY TODAY, SO WHEN I GET HOME, IT WILL BE TRY #3 COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, YOU WILL HAVE 2 BLOGS FROM ME TODAY ONE WITH PICTURES ONE WITHOUT.

JUST WANTED TO LET YA KNOW, I'M STILL HERE AND PISSY

UNTIL LATER
TOODLES
TERESA

BRIGHT SUNSHINEY DAYS X 3

2007-03-05T14:07:00.000-06:00

I TRIED THIS BLOG YESTERDAY, COMPUTER AT HOME DIDN'T LIKE IT FOR SOME REASON, SO I WILL TRY IT TODAY. ANYWAY STORMS SEEM TO BE OVER. WE HAD NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY ALSO, SO IT TURNED INTO ANOTHER DAY OF ENTERTAINING. DENISE & EDDIE WERE SNOWED IN AT SUSAN'S, SO THEY CAME FOR TUNA & NOODLES(lenten season also) AND GAMES ON FRIDAY. AFTER THE THURSDAY STORM WE WERE OUT OF SNACKS AND REFRESHMENTS, SO EDDIE, DENISE & I TRIED A TRIP TO WALMART, WASN'T SO BAD GOING, BUT THE TRIP HOME WAS OK, UNTIL WE HIT HOTH'S POND, FROM THERE INTO FRANKVILLE WAS 1 LANE AND SOMETIMES, NO LANE. THEY SAID THE OTHER END OF TOWN WAS CLOSED NO LANES THERE. DOUG & I DID VENTURE UPTOWN ON FRIDAY, LOTS OF CARD GAMES GOING, MOST EVERY ONE WAS WALKING. THE WIND QUIT FRIDAY NIGHT SOME TIME AND THE SHINE WAS SHINING SATURDAY MORNING AND THE ROADS WERE GETTING CLEANED OFF. SATURDAY NIGHT WE DROVE AROUND AND CHECKED SOME OUT, MOST GRAVELS ARE 1 LANE. I FORGOT THE CAMERA, IF I THINK OF IT I WILL TRY SOME PICTURES OF THE DITCHES.

SATURDAY NIGHT WE ATTENDED THE PIRATE BOYS BASKETBALL GAME. THEY WERE IN THE DISTRICT FINALS, WITH ONE MORE GAME TO MAKE IT TO THE STATE TOURN. NO LUCK, THEY WERE DEFEATED. SO THE WINTER SPORTS ARE OVER HERE. THE MONTH OF MARCH WILL BE QUIET AND THEN ITS TRACK TIME, IF THE SNOW IS GONE BY APRIL 3, FIRST TRACK MEET DATE. A QUIET MARCH IS FINE WITH ME. ALL I WILL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IS CELEBRATING THE BIG HOLIDAY .

WE HAVE A BIG CELEBRATION AT OUR HOUSE TOMORROW, KORI SUE IS TURNING 16. MY MY. SO ON WEDNESDAY, NO SCHOOL DUE TO END OF TRIMESTER, WE HAVE A TRIP PLANNED TO WAUKON TO GET THE LICENSE AND ORDER A CLASS RING. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS, WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE LITTLE YOU WAIT AND WAIT FOR THAT FIRST SMILE, FIRST TOOTH ETC. AND NOW THIS WILL BE MY LAST LICENSE, LAST CLASS RING TO BUY ETC. I'M EITHER GETTING OLD OR SAD!!!!!!!

WELL I GUESS THAT IS IT FOR NOW, SHOULD HAVE THOSE NEWS PICTURES OF HARLIE KAY THIS WEEK ALSO, SO I WILL DO SOME SCANNING AND POSTING TO THE BLOG.

TOODLES
TERESA

IT'S HERE AGAIN

2007-03-01T22:43:00.000-06:00

ANOTHER SNOW STORM, WE WERE DISMISSED YESTERDAY AT 2:00, AND NO SCHOOL TODAY, SO THAT MAKES 1 1/2 DAYS THIS WEEK. OH BOY SCHOOL IN JUNE. ANYWAY TODAY WAS KIND OF A STRANGE STORM. ICE AND WIND EARLY THIS MORNING, RAIN AFTER THAT, DOUG & I EVEN MADE IT TO WALMART DURING THE RAINY PERIOD, THEN SLEET, THEN RAIN AGAIN, NOW SNOW. I WISHED WE WONT HAVE BRAGGED IN DECEMBER WHEN IT WAS 40 & 50, BECAUSE MARCH IS NOT LOOKING TO GOOD.

KOLLIN WAS NOT WORKING TODAY EITHER, SO AFTER OUR TRIP TO WALMART WE CALLED THE NEIGHBORS AND HAD SOME CARDS HERE, STARTED ABOUT 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVERYONE JUST LEFT. DOUG WON ALL THE EUCHRE GAMES, THEN WE PLAYED A CARD GAME CALLED 31, IT WAS FUN, WE HAD BOBBY & MITCHELL HERE, THEN THE SNITKER CLAN ARRIVED. SO WE HAD MORE MONEY IN THE POT THEN. SOME WERE WINNERS, SOME WENT HOME LOSERS.

AND WATCHING THE NEWS, DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR SCHOOL TOMORRWO, SO I GUESS THE GAMES WILL CONTINUE.

SISTER BUBBA AND TRACEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET TOGETHER TO ORDER SOME ST. PATTY'S DAY SHIRTS, WE HAVE A TRIP PLANNED TO TRACEY & MY FAVORITE PUB, EDDIE'S IRISH PUB IN PDC, AND THEN ON TO BAGLEY TO LUCK OF THE IRISH FOR ST. PATTY'S DAY, SO WE ALL WANT TO LOOK GOOD. THAT HAS BEEN THE BIG TOPIC THE LAST FEW DAYS. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEY COME UP WITH.

I CAN'T THINK OF ANY MORE NEWS NOT THAT THIS IS MUCH, I WILL LET YOU KNOW IF ITS CARDS TOMORROW, OR SCHOOL.

TOODLES
TERESA

24 INCHES AND STREET CLOSED

2007-02-25T16:48:00.000-06:00

NOT SURE IF YOU CAN GET THE JUST OF THIS BUT THIS IS OUR STREET, AND NOT OPEN YET AT 5:00 pm. THAT BIG DRIFT YOU SEE, FIRST THE COUNTY PICKUP TRIED WITH THE BLADE ON FRONT, AND NO LUCK AND THEN THE BIG DUMP TRUCK CAME WITH THE BLADE AND NO LUCK EITHER IN FACT IT SLID OFF INTO THE DITCH. SO I GUESS WE WILL BE WAITING UNTIL SOMETHING BIGGER CAN GET HERE. THE SNOW WEIGHS A TON, ITS VERY HEAVY WET SNOW. HARD TO PUSH AND SHOVEL. THE OTHER PICTURE IS THE RECHSTEINERS OLD BACK YARD THE SNOW IS PILED HALF WAY UP THOSE PINE TREES. IT HAS BEEN SNOWING ON AND OFF ALL DAY SO ITS PROBABLY MORE LIKE 26 -28 INCHES NOW. BUT WE ALL MADE IT TO COFFEE THIS MORNING, BY FOOT!!!! KENT GOT 2 PICKUPS STUCK TRYING TO GET THERE. BRIAN SNITKER WENT AND GOT THE TRACTOR FOR HIM AND THEY PULLED BOTH OUT AND MADE IT TO COFFEE, GOD FORBID IF YOU WOULD MISS SUNDAY MORNING FRANKVILLE COFFEE.

NO SCHOOL TOMORROW, LOTS OF PLACES WITHOUT POWER. THIS WAS JUST A GOOD OLD IOWA BLIZZARD. SOUNDS LIKE A FEW CARD PLAYERS UPTOWN LAST NIGHT, WE STAYED HOME TO WATCH THE WRESTLING FINALS. MFLMARMAC GOT A STATE CHAMP, BUT THAT WAS IT FOR THE AREA. AND THE FRANKVILLE BOYS ARE SNOWED IN AT HOTEL FORT DES MOINES, HAVING A GREAT TIME IT SOUNDS LIKE, THEY ARE GOING TO TRY AND HEAD HOME TOMORROW, INT 35 WAS CLOSED AND HWY 20, SO THEY DECIDED TO STAY.

OTHER THEN READING A GOOD BOOK FOR THE LAST 2 DAYS, NOT ALOT HAPPENING. BESIDES EATING. I WILL BE OUT TOMORROW OR LORD KNOWS WHAT I MIGHT WEIGH.

I GUESS THATS IT FOR NOW

TOODLES

TERESA

THE GREAT IOWA SNOW STORM 2007?!?!?!?

2007-02-24T13:30:00.000-06:00

THE TITLE EXPLAINS IT ALL. WE ARE HOME FROM DES MOINES (well some of us are). DONNA, KORI & I VENTURED HOME YESTERDAY, GOT HOME ABOUT 3:00 JUST IN TIME. BUT THE FELLOWS(men that don't listen) (this is where the stupid smiley is suppose to be) STAYED FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF WRESTLING. THEY LEFT DES MOINES AT 4:15 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND GOT TO FRANKVILLE AT 10:00 PM, IT TOOK THEM 35 MINUTES TO GET FROM POSTVILLE TO FRANKVILLE(at a crawl Doug said). NEEDLESS TO SAY OUR BOYS STAYED IN DES MOINES FOR THE WRESTLING FINALS TONIGHT(i'm sure they will have some stories, like remember the storm at the 2007 state wrestling when our folks left at the hotel alone for 3 days)
AND THE WEATHER HAS NOT CHANGED YET TODAY, WE HAVE ABOUT 1/2 IN TO 1 INCH OF ICE ON OUR WINDOWS, THE WEATHER MAN SAYS 13-20 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT THRU TOMORROW. AND THE WIND IS BLOWING LIKE A SON OF #@%&*
SO I FILLED THE CROCK POT FULL OF BEEF STEW THIS MORNING AND THE SCHULTZ'S ARE COMING OVER FOR SUPPER AND TO WATCH THE WRESTLING ON TV.
THE SCANNER HAS BEEN INTERESTING THIS AFTERNOON. FIRST CLAYTON CO. SAYS IF A CAR GOES IN THE DITCH ANYWHERE IN CLAYTON CO. IT WILL STAY THERE UNTIL THE SUN SHINES. FAYETTE CO, IS NOW REPORTING ALL KINDS OF POWER LINES DOWN. THEY ARE CLOSING HWY 3, HWY 150. COULD BE AN INTERESTING EVENING.
I GUESS THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO REPORT NOW. I THINK I WILL HEAD FOR THE COUCH WITH MY BLANKET AND BOOK. I WILL TRY AND KEEP YOU UPDATED, UNLESS WE LOSE POWER TOO.

TOODLES
TERESA

SAD NIGHT FOR THE PIRATES

2007-02-22T10:13:00.001-06:00

ALL THE PIRATE WRESTLERS ARE DONE FOR THE SEASON. THEY ALL WRESTLED VERY WELL, JUST CAME OUT ON THE SHORT END OF THE DEAL. ALWAYS NEXT YEAR.

SO FAR EVERYONE IS UP AND MOVING THIS MORNING. IT WAS ABOUT 10:00 WHEN WE GOT BACK FROM WRESTLING, AND SINCE THE SCHULTZ'S HAVE THE SUITE, THAT WAS THE MEETING PLACE FOR COCKTAILS AND FOOD. SINCE IT WAS ASH WEDNESDAY AND WE WERE FASTING, I JUST HAD FLUIDS. ABOUT 3:00 AM, ALL FESTIVITIES ENDED. AND ABOUT 4:00 AM I ROUNDED UP MY ONE AND ONLY FAVORITE SON, BUT HE WAS THE FIRST UP THIS MORNING AT 8:00, LOOKING FOR THOSE JUICE BOXES!!!!!!!!
KIDS WISH I HAD A DOZEN. WE ALL JUST FINISHED BREAKFAST AND ARE GEARING UP FOR ROUND 2. SOUNDS LIKE THE LADIES MAY HAVE A DAY AT THE MALL AND THE BOYS WRESTLING.

IONIA CRAWFORD HAD HEART SURGERY, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY DETAILS, MAYBE WHEN I GET HOME.

I GUESS THATS ALL FOR NOW, REPORTING FROM DES MOINES
TOODLES
TERESA

SAD NIGHT FOR THE PIRATES

2007-02-22T10:13:00.000-06:00

OFF TO DES MOINES

2007-02-18T18:45:00.000-06:00

WRESTLING DISTRICTS ARE OVER AND THE PIRATES HAVE 3 WRESTLERS GOING ON TO THE STATE TOURN. AND YES 1 IS OUR VERY OWN FRANKVILLIAN, MITCHELL SCHULTZ. OF COURSE WE CELEBRATED LAST NIGHT AFTER THE WINS, HERE AT OUR HOUSE, KENT WAS VERY ENTERTAINING AND VERY EXCITED. SO THE SCHULTZ'S & BERGS ARE OFF TO DES MOINES. WE ARE LEAVING ON WED, THE BOYS WILL WRESTLE WED. NIGHT. IT HAS BEEN 5 YRS SINCE WE SENT ANYONE, SO THIS WILL BE FUN. DONNA WAS HERE THIS MORNING WE WERE DISCUSSING COOLER PACKING, NOW THAT ALL OUR CHILDREN ARE OLDER WE DON'T THINK WE WILL NEED LITTLE TREATS OR MANY JUICE BOXES, LIKE YRS AGO, BUT MORE ADULT TREATS. WASN'T SURE IF YOU KNEW BUT BOBBY IS THE ASSISTANT COACH THIS YEAR, SO THAT MAKES IT ALL THE MORE FUN FOR THE SCHULTZS. IF YOU WANT TO KEEP TRACK OF MITCHELL YOU CAN GET IT OFF THE IOWA BOYS WEBSITE WHICH IS www.iahsaa.org, AND THEN GO TO WRESTLING. AND JUST FOLLOW THE STEPS. I'M SURE OUR HOTEL HAS INTERNET ALSO, SO I WILL TRY AND BLOG WITH THE RESULTS.

IT'S GETTING WARMER HERE IN IOWA, SUPPOSE TO BE IN THE 40'S BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

SOME FRANKVILLE NEWS, LOWELL & LAURA ARE GOING TO BE GAINING A SON-IN-LAW AND A NEW GRAND CHILD, DON'T KNOW ANY DETAILS, GUESS SOME CELEBRATING WAS GOING ON UP TOWN ABOUT THE EXCITING NEWS. IONIA CRAWFORD HAD A HEART ATTACK THIS WEEK AND HEARD SHE IS DOING OK. AND ITS BIG ELECTION MONTH AT THE FIRE STATION, THAT SHOULD BE INTERESTING TOO. WE WILL PROBABLY BE GONE, NOT SURE IF THEY WILL EVEN HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE THERE TO VOTE. I WILL LET YOU KNOW THE OUTCOME. THE LATEST IS DC IS TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THE TAX MONEY FROM THE CEMETERY BOARD AND HAVE IT GIVEN TO THE FIRE DEPT, NOT GOING OVER TO WELL.

JUST MADE HOMEMADE PIZZA AND THE TIMER IS BEEPING, SO I GUESS I BETTER GO

TOODLES AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK
TERESA

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY

2007-02-12T13:12:00.000-06:00

I'M STILL HERE. WAS A VERY BUSY WEEK AT SCHOOL AND I CAME DOWN WITH ONE OF IOWA'S GREAT HEAD COLDS, SO LIFE HAS BEEN KIND OF MISERABLE. FIRST THE WEATHER SEEMS TO BE THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION BLOGGING. WE WOKE UP TO ABOVE 0 TEMPERATURES, BUT ABOUT 5 INCHES OF BLOWING SNOW. DOUG WENT TO LEAVE ABOUT 2:00 AM THIS MORNING AND WAS BACK IN A HALF HOUR. I THINK THIS IS ONLY THE 2ND TIME, IN THE 18 YRS HE HAS WORKED AT THE RAILROAD, THAT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT OF FRANKVILLE UNTIL LATER IN THE MORNING. AND WE ARE SUPPOSE TO GET ANOTHER 5 INCHES TONIGHT/TOMORROW. TIME WILL TELL.
AND TELL UNCLE HANS, WE ARE MUST BE TOUGHER HERE IN IOWA, WE ONLY WENT 2 HRS LATE BECAUSE OF THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES, IT'S GREAT TO BE A MIGHTY PIRATE WE CAN HANDLE THE COLD WEATHER. WE WERE ALSO 2 HRS LATE THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF THE SNOW.

HAD HARLIE KAY OVER YESTERDAY, SHE IS STILL JABBERING IN HER OWN WAY. PUPPY AND PAPA SEEM TO BE THE POPULAR WORDS. DARIN WAS OVER ALSO WITH HIS LITTLE GUY, YOU CAN'T WIPE THE SMILE OFF OF DARIN'S FACE OR BRYCE'S THEY ARE HAPPY GUYS TOGETHER

UPDATE ON THE SPORTS, WE HOSTED THE SECTIONAL WRESTLING TOURN ON SAT. POSTVILLE GOT 4 WRESTLERS THRU AND ONE WAS MITCHELL SCHULTZ, HE PLACED 1ST, SO HE WILL MOVE ON TO THE DISTRICT TOURN THIS SATURDAY. IF HE PLACES 1ST OR 2ND THERE HE WILL GO ONTO THE STATE TOURN. THE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM STARTS THEIR TOURNAMENT PLAY TONIGHT, HERE IN POSTVILLE. ANOTHER BUSY WEEK OF SPORTS.

I GUESS THATS ALL FOR NOW, CAN'T EVEN THINK OF ANY FRANKVILLE NEWS

TOODLES
TERESA

BLAME IT ON THE RAIN,REX OR PRINCE.

2007-02-04T22:56:00.000-06:00

RAIN RAIN GO AWAY AND COME AGAIN WHEN REX CAN HANDLE A HIKE ANOTHER DAY. WELL THE BIG GAME IS OVER. IT WAS AN OK GAME. THE FIRST 10 SEC OF THE GAME WAS IT. I STILL LOVE THE BEARS AND THE KEY CHAINS BUBBA GOT WERE AWESOME. NEPHEW TONY AND I ENJOYED. THINKING BACK 21 YEARS AGO WHEN THE BEARS WON THE SUPER BOWL. WE HAD SNOW UP TO OUR ASS@#!!. I GOT STUCK IN A SNOW BANK ON MY WAY TO WORK TO THE GOOD SAM. AT 5:00AM. TRIED TO GET HELP, NO HELP WAITED IN THE FREEZING CAR UNTIL THE GOOD SAM FINALLY CALLED DOUG TO SEE WHERE I WAS. WELL HE THOUGHT SHE LEFT HRS. AGO, HE BUNDLED UP KAYLA IN HER "PINK SNOW SUIT" AND FOUND ME STUCK IN A SNOW BANK. HE TOOK ME TO WORK AND THEN WE HAD A PARTY AND THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT MADE WERE BRAD & SAL KOENIG. I THINK THE 4 OF US DRANK A PONY KEG. WHAT A DEAL 21 YRS AGO. AND IF I WAIT ANOTHER 21 YRS I WILL BE OLD(64). ENOUGH OF THE BEARS.

FRANKVILLE CARD NIGHT. WELL WE STARTED WITH WHAT IF. ITS A GREAT GAME. THEN WE WENT ON TO LIARS POKER(remember that from the ROM NO MORE). AND WE GOT JEFF F. TO BLOW CALVERTS OUT HIS NOSE TWICE. KENT WAS THE BIG WINNER. WHEN WE LEFT FEICKERTS IT WAS -18. HOLY PECKER TRACKERS IT WAS COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BECAUSE IT'S SO COLD WE ARE 2 HRS LATE TOMORROW. BUT I STILL BETTER SIGN OFF. I HAVE A VERY BUSY WEEK. SO DON'T BE LOOKING FOR ALOT BLOGGING.

ONLY WAY TO SIGN OFF NOW IS JUST LOOKING AHEAD.

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT WEEK.
TOODLES
TERESA

WELL WELL HERE I AM COLD IN IOWA AND GOING TO GET COLDER

2007-02-01T15:46:00.000-06:00

SEEMS TO BE LOTS OF PEOPLE CONCERNED I'M NOT WRITING ENOUGH. SUCH AS SISTER, AND SCHAGER, BOTH HAVE BEEN HARASSING ME. SOME OF US ACTUALLY HAVE WORK TO DO AT WORK. FEBRUARY IS A BUSY MONTH AT SCHOOL. FIRST WE ARE HOSTING THE STATE SECTIONALS IN WRESTLING ON FEB 10TH AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK 2 GIRLS DISTRICT BASKETBALL GAMES AND THE FOLLOWING WEEK 3 BOYS DISTRICT BASKETBALL GAMES. PLUS ALL THE EXTRA BOOSTER CLUB ACTIVITIES. MARCH WILL LOOK GOOD TO ME NOT ALOT OF NEWS EITHER. THOSE KEEPING UP WITH MITCHELL, HE FINISHED 2ND AT THE CONFERENCE TOURN, LOST TO THE RHODAS BOY AGAIN FROM MFL. HE WAS IN MY OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON AND GRANDPA BYRON CALLED HIM THIS MORNING(at school) AND NEEDED TO KNOW THE BEARS COLORS, BECAUSE EVERYONE AT THEIR SITE HAD COLTS STUFF UP AND HE IS GOING TO CHEER FOR THE BEARS, SO HE WAS GOING SHOPPING TO IRRITATE THE REST OF THE SNOWBIRDS. MITCHELL WAS LAUGHING AT HIM, HE IS A PACKER FAN BUT BECAUSE I BRAINWASHED MITCHELL AND HE IS A BEARS FAN, BYRON IS GOING TO BE TOO FOR THE SUPER BOWL.

JUST READ THE HAPPY CAMPER BLOG, UNCLE HANS ENTRY IS A GOOD ONE.
SATURDAY NIGHT THE FRANKVILLE COUPLES ARE GETTING TOGETHER TO PLAY A GAME CALLED "WHAT IF" ITS HARD TO EXPLAIN HOW TO PLAY IT, BUT THE LAST TIME WE PLAYED WAS NEW YEARS EVE AND DONNA SCHULTZ ENDED UP BLOWING WINE OUT HER NOSE AND HER EYES LOOKED SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SO MAYBE I WILL HAVE SOME GOOD STORIES AFTER THE WEEKEND, ESPECIALLY IF THE BEARS WIN. I GUESS NEPHEW TONY WILL BE HOME FOR THE GAME AND TRACEY AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET TOGETHER ALL WEEK FOR COCKTAILS, SO I GUESS SUNDAY FOR THE GAME WILL BE THE DAY

HARLIE KAY WAS OVER LAST NIGHT AND HER BABY SITTER'S NAME IS BETH, THE "th" COMES OUT A 'f', SHE KEPT CALLING ME "BEF" AND KORI WAS "HEY YOU", FOR SOME REASON SHE WILL NOT SAY KORI OR KOLLIN'S NAME, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE "k" SOUND OR WHAT, ITS SO FUNNY TO LISTEN TO HER TRY AND TALK.

BASKETBALL AND WRESTLING TONIGHT, SO I GUESS I BETTER GET READY.
GO BEARS
TOODLES
TERESA

IT'S FRIDAY

2007-01-26T15:28:00.000-06:00

SCHAGER EMAILED ME AND IS ON MY BUTT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BLOGGED IN A FEW DAYS. WELL IF YOU KEEP UP AND READ THE LOONEY BLOG, YOU GOT ALL THE DETAILS FROM THE SIBLING TRIP TO SPARTA. THE RESULTS FROM THE LOTTERY WAS $0.00000000000000000. GOOD THING WE HAD FUN AND WON ON THE SCRATCH TICKETS. THE FUNERAL SERVE FOR ADELINE WAS VERY NICE ALSO. WE DECIDED THAT SINCE THAT IS THE END OF THAT GENERATION. WE ARE NEXT, SO THE OLDER ONES NEED TO GROW UP NOW, THEY WILL BE IN CHARGE, WHICH THEY ARE ANYWAY, SO I DON'T THINK WE WILL SEE MUCH OF A CHANGE.

FIRE MEETING LAST NIGHT, WE STOPPED AFTER THE WRESTLING MEET. THEY SAID IT WAS A QUIET MEETING UNTIL DC, GOT AFTER ERBIE BECAUSE HE SHOWED UP WITH OUT THE ACCOUNTING BOOKS, SO I GUESS THEY MADE HIM GO HOME AND GET THEM. THE YOUNG FIREMEN GOT A KICK OUT OF THAT. ALSO THE YOUNG ONES HAVE TAKEN OVER THE CARD PLAYING AFTER MEETINGS, MY YOUNG ONE CAME IN THE DOOR ABOUT 2:00. HE SAID HE HAD TO STAY BECAUSE HE KEPT WINNING, I SAID YAH, THAT'S WHAT YOUR DAD AND GRANDPA USE TO SAY TOO.

I DON'T HAVE A LOT NEWS MAYBE AFTER THE WEEKEND I WILL. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE VAN FOR THE GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER, I STARTED IN THE SUMMER WHEN I WASN'T THAT BUSY IN SCHOOL. NOW I GO ONCE IN A WHILE. HAD 2 TRIPS THIS WEEK, ONE WAS THIS MORNING TOOK 2 RESIDENTS TO A FUNERAL IN LUANA, ALWAYS INTERESTING, I HAVEN'T WORKED THERE FOR 18 YEARS. BUT I STILL ENJOY THOSE OLD PEOPLE AND THEIR STORIES.

WELL I SEE ITS 4:00, WHICH MEANS IT'S 5 O' CLOCK SOMEWHERE I HAVE TO STOP AND PICK DOUG UP AT THE BOWLING ALLEY AND THEN MAYBE OFF TO ROSSVILLE FOR FISH. PAULIE STILL HASN'T CALLED ME BACK, TO LET ME KNOW IF HE WILL BE CHEERING FOR THE BEARS!!!!!!!

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND
TOODLES
TERESA

THIS IS A TEST

2007-01-22T09:42:00.000-06:00

THIS WILL EITHER MAKE YOU FEEL OLD OR LAUGH ON YOUR BIRTHDAY. HAD SOME EXTRA TIME THIS MORNING, SCHOOL WAS 2 HOURS LATE, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY LOADING THIS PICTURE. THIS IS THE WEDDING PICTURE I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT. I HOPE I DID THIS RIGHT, I'M OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO PUT THESE THINGS ON HERE. BETTER GET TO SCHOOL NOW

TOODLES

TERESA

CAN YOU SAY SUPER BOWL

2007-01-21T19:04:00.000-06:00

YOU KNEW HE WOULD BE BACK. I HAVE WAITED 21 YRS, WHAT EXCITEMENT. WELL FIRST THE WEATHER, WE WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW AND IT SNOWED UNTIL ABOUT NOON. SO WE HAVE PLENTY NOW. DOUG HAD TO PUT CHAINS THE LAWN MOWER TO GET THE SNOW PLOWED. PLENTY OF SNOW. AND TODAY IS HARLIE KAY'S 2ND BIRTHDAY, SO WE WENT TO KAYLA'S FOR DINNER AND CAKE. SHE WAS A VERY GOOD GIRL AND ENJOYED THE CAKE AND PRESENTS. SHE GOT A NEW RED RADIO FLYER TRICYCLE FROM VILLAGE FARM AND HOME. THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN FIND METAL TRICYCLES THAT ARE GOING TO LAST AND NOT THAT CHEAP PLASTIC, THAT WALMART SELLS. SO IT WAS ALL FUN. THEN IT WAS HOME TO WATCH THE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOW THE SPORTS UPDATE. THE PIRATE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT, LOST A HEART BREAKER IN OVERTIME ON FRIDAY NIGHT. BUT I THINK IT WILL BE A GOOD THING, FOR THEM TO HAVE A LOSE AND NOW TIME TO REGROUP. WRESTLING YESTERDAY, MITCHELL GOT 2ND, LOST IN THE FINALS TO A KID FROM NORTH LINN, RATED IN THE STATE, HE DID REAL WELL, JUST ENDED UP A FEW POINTS TO SHORT. AND NOW FOR THE EXCITING SPORTS NEWS, REMEMBER I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT THE FRIDAY BOWLING LEAGUE DOUG IS IN. WELL HE BOWLED A 300 GAME FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SO HE DID ALITTLE CELEBRATING FOR THAT.

AND SOME SAD NEWS, MY AUNT ADELINE,(moms sister that lived in Sparta) PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY MORNING. SO WE HAVE A FUNERAL THIS WEEK, SHE WAS THE LAST OF THE KOECKE'S.

MICHAEL AND LOREN ARE WAY UP NORTH ICE FISHING. I CALLED THEM AFTER THE GAME AND MICHAEL WAS CELEBRATING WITH BRANDY & 7, SO I DON'T THINK THERE WILL ALOT OF FISHING DONE TODAY. HOPEFULLY THEY WILL RETURN SAFELY TOMORROW. I TRIED CALLING PAULIE AFTER THE GAME, NO ANSWER SO I LEFT HIM A MESSAGE. AND TOLD HIM TO KEEP CHEERING FOR THE BEARS. I TREATED MYSELF AND DOUG TO A MABE'S AROUND THE GARDEN WITH EXTRA CHEESE, FOR THE VICTORY, SO I GUESS I BET GO AND EAT. SEEMS LIKE I HAD MORE NEWS BUT CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING NOW. SO UNTIL LATER

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO REX TOMORROW.

TOODLES

GO BEARS

TERESA

HOLY PECKER TRACKS IT'S COLD

2007-01-18T10:15:00.000-06:00

I'M NOT SURE WHY I TITLED IT THIS WAY, BUT THAT WAS A FAMOUS SAYING FROM ED EICHMANN WHEN I WAS TENDING BAR AT THE HORSESHOE,(that was long ago). BUT WE ALL SURVIVED THE SNOW STORM, WE GOT ABOUT 4 -5 INCHES OF THE WHITE STUFF. AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH, GUESS BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING UNDER IT BUT GREEN GRASS. IT DID PUT A STOP TO KOLLIN'S JOB, FOR A FEW DAYS, HE WENT BACK THIS MORNING. YESTERDAY I MADE HIM GO TO THE DENTIST, AS HE WAS PULLING INTO THE LOT SOME OLD LADY WAS BACKING UP AND HIT HIS PICKUP, NOT ALOT OF DAMAGE, BUT SHE BLAMED HIM FOR NOT GETTING OUT OF THE WAY AND SO WHEN THE COP ARRIVED,(which was a dumb lady too, kollin says) SHE COULDN'T FIND A FAULT, SO NOONE WAS BLAMED, SO I GUESS KOLLIN WILL BE PAYING, THIS IS THE SECOND CRASH WITH HIS TRUCK SINCE HE GOT IT IN AUGUST, HE HIT A DEER ON HIS WAY TO WORK ONE MORNING OUT BY WALDEN POND, SO HE IS NOT HAVING GOOD LUCK WITH IT. AND OF COURSE IF I WAS TO BLAME FOR MAKING HIM GO TO THE DENTIST. KIDS SHOULD OF HAD A DOZEN!!!!!!
THE PIRATE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM IS STILL UNDEFEATED AND ARE FUN TO WATCH. THE GIRLS ARE SURVIVING. WRESTLING TONIGHT AT VALLEY, ALWAYS FUN TO BEAT THE VALLEY TIGERS.

BIRTHDAYS COMING UP - HARLIE KAY WILL BE 2 ON SUNDAY AND WE ALL KNOW REX WILL BE OLD ON MONDAY. WELL MY HELPER MITCHELL IS HERE TO HELP ME FILL SOME POP MACHINES, SO WE GOT TO GO.

MORE LATER
TOODLES
TERESA

OH MY BEARS AND BRRRRRR

2007-01-14T17:59:00.000-06:00

IT WAS GOOD AS "GOULD" BUT I CAN'T TAKE TO MANY GAME LIKE THAT. HARLIE KAY WATCHED WITH ME AND WE CLAPPED AND JUMPED UP AND DOWN. SHE IS SO FUNNY. SHE PROBABLY LEARNED SOME NEW WORDS FROM GRANNY T, SHE WILL BE READY FOR THE SCHOOL BUS NOW. AND WINTER ARRIVED TODAY, IT STARTED SNOWING ABOUT 3, AND WE ARE SUPPOSE TO GET 6 TO 9 INCHES. DEPENDING ON THE PATH. THE STORM IS COMING FROM THE SOUTH.

AN UPDATE SINCE THE LAST ENTRY. I GUESS IT WAS SPORTING EVENTS, THURS NIGHT WRESTLING, FRIDAY NIGHT BASKETBALL. SATURDAY WRESTLING AT MONONA. PIRATES FINISHED 4TH OUT OF 10, THEY DID OK. MITCHELL FINISHED 2ND. HE WAS BEAT IN THE FINALS BY A RHODAS BOY FROM MONONA, HIS MOM WORKS AT SCHOOL WITH JUDY. MITCHELL LOST TO HIM ON THURSDAY NIGHT 9-1 AND THEN LOST ON SATURDAY 3-1, SO I TOLD HIM NEXT TIME WILL BE THE WIN. ACTUALLY A FEW CALLS WERE QUESTIONABLE AND MITCHELL COULD OF HAD IT WON ON SATURDAY. WE MISSED MARY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY, STUPID STABBER WAS AT COFFEE THIS MORNING, TRYING TO TELL US ALL ABOUT IT, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW IF HIS STORIES ARE SO, SO I GUESS I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WENT. HE DID SAY JUDY & JOE WERE THERE. SO SHE COULD TELL YA.

TALKED TO SCHAGER WED NIGHT, SHE IS ORNERY ABOUT THE BOAT, PEOPLE NOT SHOWING UP FOR WORK AND THEY CALL AT THE LAST MINUTE etc. I DID EMAIL HER YOUR BLOG SITE. AND WHEN I GO TO SCHOOL ON TUESDAY I WILL SEND YOU HER BOAT EMAIL ADDRESS, I DON'T HAVE IT AT HOME.

JUST MADE A KETTLE OF CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP, (not alot of pepper), IT WILL KEEP US WARM FOR THE STORM I GUESS. NO SCHOOL TOMORROW, I THINK IT WILL BE A GOOD DAY TO GET STARTED ON THE TAXES. I BETTER GET BACK TO THE KETTLE ON THE STOVE. I WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW THE STORM TURNS OUT.

TOODLES

TERESA

HUMP DAY

2007-01-10T18:45:00.000-06:00

Not alot of exciting news, I'm not pissy like Rex, but the weather here has changed. Winter is on its way . It's turned cold and WINDY (thanks for sending it) here and they are talking a storm, this weekend, so we will see. I'm so happy I figured out the smiley things, I will have fun now, because they have lots of cute St. Patricks Day ones!!!!!! The Pirates had 2 basketball games last night with West Central. Girls lost, played ok and the Boys won . I told you I was going to have fun with those things. Anyway I still have to get the picture thing in here, maybe this weekend or on Monday, we have no school. I guess thats it for today. I will keep you posted on the winter weather.

Oh by the way check this guy out I think he looks like a Bear Fan and they play on Sunday, so you will probably see him again. I have a Booster Club meeting tonight @ 7:00, so I guess I better get going
And about the pissy thing Rex, get over it, didnt you tell Mary the other day aleast you don't have to shovel the wind.

Toodles
Teresa

HAPPY MONDAY

2007-01-08T12:16:00.000-06:00

ALL WAS WELL THIS WEEKEND. DOUG HAD ALITTLE TROUBLE GETTING HOME FROM HIS FRIDAY BOWLING, BRYCE KOENIG, NICK SNITKER AND KOLLIN SHOWED UP AT THE BOWLING ALLEY, SO HE THOUGHT HE SHOULD SHOW THEM HOW TO BOWL. I LEFT HIM WITH HIS SON AND TOLD HIM TO GET HIM HOME SAFELY, ABOUT 1:45 am, THEY ARRIVED, NOT SURE WHO BROUGHT WHO HOME. ANYWAY BY SATURDAY NIGHT DOUG HAD A FEVER AND ONE HECK OF A COLD, TOLD HIM THATS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T ACT YOUR AGE. WE WENT TO THE WRESTLING TOURN IN ELKADER. THE PIRATES WON IT!!!!!!!!! MITCHELL GOT FIRST PLACE AND WRESTLED WELL. HE IS FUN TO WATCH, HE REMINDS ME ALOT OF WATCHING HIS UNCLE SHANNON WRESLTE.
HAD HARLIE YESTERDAY, KAYLA AND BRIAN MOVED INTO A HOUSE ON THE MILLER FARM, SO SHE WAS DOING SOME PAINTING, WHICH IS NOT EASY WITH A 2 YR OLD AROUND. SHE IS SO FUNNY WITH ALL THE TALKING SHE IS TRYING TO DO, SOME WORDS COME OUT GOOD AND THEN THE NEXT TIME WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND HER AND THEN SHE JUST SAYS DON'T TO US. SHE LOVES PUPPIES, OUR LABS ARE NOT REALLY PUPPIES, BUT SHE LOVES TO GO OUT AND FEED THEM
JOE BALK'S MOTHER PASSED AWAY, THIS WEEKEND, THE FUNERAL IS TOMORROW. I FORGOT TO ASK HIM YESTERDAY BUT CODY HAS BEEN IN VEGAS FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WONDERING IF HIM AND PAUL CAUGHT UP WITH EACH OTHER. I GUESS HE WAS TO COME IN THIS MORNING, FOR THE WAKE AND FUNERAL.
SCHAGER HAD NO BOAT GOSSIP, ON THE NEXT BLOG I WILL PUT HER EMAIL ON IT, SHE HAS ONE AT THE BOAT SHE USES.
I BETTER GET BACK TO WORK, UNTIL LATER
TOODLES
TERESA

WHEW ITS FRIDAY AND ITS TOUGH BEING THE YOUNGEST

2007-01-05T15:59:00.001-06:00

I BET THE TITLE HAS YOU WONDERING. FIRST AN UPDATE FOR THE WEEK. IT WAS BACK TO SCHOOL AFTER A WEEK AND HALF HOLIDAY BREAK. I WAS LUCKY ONLY HAD 1 SPORTING EVENT SCHEDULED AT HOME, SO ITS BEEN KIND OF QUIET HERE. LAST NIGHT WE WENT TO TURKEY VALLEY TO WATCH THE WRESTLERS, KORI IS THEIR MANAGER, SO WE STILL FOLLOW AND OF COURSE WE HAVE TO SUPPORT MITCHELL. WE HAD 2 VERY CLOSE MEETS LOST THE FIRST ONE TO SUMNER BY 1 POINT AND THEN LOST THE SECOND ONE TO TURKEY VALLEY BY 2 POINTS. MITCHELL WON BOTH HIS MATCHES. TONIGHT THE PIRATES TRAVEL TO VALLEY FOR BASKETBALL, I THINK I WILL PASS AND STOP AT THE BOWLING ALLEY FOR FRIDAY COCKTAILS, DOUG IS THERE. THEY HAVE STARTED THE WINTER FRIDAY BOWLING LEAGUE, SO I WONT GET MUCH WORK OUT OF HIM ON FRIDAYS FOR THE NEXT 10 WEEKS.

THE WEATHER STILL HAS BEEN GREAT HERE IN IOWA. IT HAS BEEN IN THE HIGH 40'S ALL WEEK. WE DID HAVE A DUSTING OF SNOW ON NEWS YEARS EVE, BUT THAT IS GONE NOW. THEY SAID ON THE NEWS THE OTHER NIGHT IF ALL THE RAIN WE HAD IN DECEMBER WOULD HAVE BEEN SNOW. WE WOULD OF HAD 32 INCHES OF SNOW, THINK HOW THAT WOULD HAVE PILED UP IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN.

NOW THE SECOND HALF OF MY TITLE, SISTER BARBARA, WAS IN YAHOO CHATTING WITH ME TODAY, WHEN I WAS TALKING TO REX. I TOLD HER ABOUT OUR BLOGGING, SO SHE THEN STARTED ONE TODAY. HER SITE IS: looneysforever.blogspot.com
YOU WILL WANT TO BOOKMARK THAT, IT WILL BE INTERESTING, AS IS HER FIRST ENTRY. BUT NOW I WILL HAVE ALL THESE OLDER ONES TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND THEN THEY WONDER WHY I STOP FOR COCKTAILS!!!!!!!!!!

IF I HAVE TIME THIS WEEKEND I WILL SEE IF KORI CAN HELP ME POST SOME PICTURES ON THE BLOG, JESSICA SCHULTZ GAVE ME A GOOD ONE LAST NIGHT, ITS A PICTURE OF HER AND KOLLIN ON THE NIGHT THEY GOT MARRIED AT CLUB 51. STANDING UP WITH THEM IS BOBBY SCHULTZ AND KIM LOONEY. NICE TO KEEP IT ALL IN THE FAMILIES I GUESS.

HOW DO I GET ALL THOSE FUNKY SMILE FACE THINGS IN HERE???? AND I HAVE A SECURITY QUESTION FOR YA. BUT I MIGHT HAVE TO DO THAT CHATTING I CAN'T FIND IT RIGHT NOW.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND, I HOPE TO RUN INTO SCHAGER TONIGHT, SO I WILL CATCH UP ON THE BOAT GOSSIP FOR YA

TOODLES
TERESA

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2007-01-01T11:56:00.000-06:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! Everyone survived News Years Eve in Frankville. The Alpha Tap was great and cocktails after were good too. I hope you Packer fans are happy with your New Years gift from the Bears. I'm wondering if Favre's tears were happy because Urlacher didn't eat him alive, or is he really leaving?!?!? Anyway keep watching the Bears, and see if Grossman pulls his head out of his butt and starts playing. The agenda today is a marathon session of Canasta with my sisters and then a couple rounds of Pinochle this evening, with the Pinochle group.

I hope the New Year brings great health and happiness to you all. I need to get my card brain going now,

Toodles
Teresa

Quiet Saturday in Beautiful Downtown

2006-12-30T15:53:00.000-06:00

Hey from Frankville, quiet Saturday afternoon, but its like spring here. Foggy, rainy and a blammy 48 degrees. Doug and Kollin worked on the 2 buck heads Kollins shot this winter, one with his bow and one with shotgun, He wants to mount the antlers. Kori and I went on a shopping trip to the Lacrosse with my sisters, which is a trip in its self. Jane needed new shoes for work, well Barbara bought a pair and I bought a pair, and Kori spent her Christmas money. So I guess everyone came home happy. Now all the Hawkeye fans in the house are glued to the TV for the Alamo Bowl, and I'm off the church. Like Ambrose always said pray before you play and its Saturday night, so I may have to have a few $1.00 cocktails in Castalia after church.
The plans for New Years Eve, is to go out for supper, with Kent & Donna, Brian & Lisa, Jeff & Sharon, to the Alpha Tap and back to Castalia for drinking and maybe dancing. Karla( Kleppers) band is playing over there and they do ok. I guess thats all for now, there are big pictures of the barn fire the other day on the front page of the Decorah paper, Kori's friend just bought the paper in Decorah, it was her uncles place. I will let you know how the New Year Eve events go.

Until later
Teresa

I'm blogging

2006-12-28T19:04:00.000-06:00

This was Rex's idea, he needs to know what is going on in beautiful downtown Frankville, so I'm giving it a shot. So this is a test, with more to come I hope later