Sunday, May 13, 2007

MOTHER'S DAY TRADITION and BIG BIG NEWS

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