OFF TO DES MOINES

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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