TOO MUCH RAIN

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!!!!

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

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PROM

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.

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SPRING IN IOWA

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

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I'M BACK AGAIN

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

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FAIR TIME

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.

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ROCK N ROLL WEEKEND

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

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IT PAYS TO BLOG

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!!!!!!!!!

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HAPPY BELATED 4TH

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.

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REDNECK PROM

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
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RACOON

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

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FIREPIT

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
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