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

SPRING IN FRANKVILLE

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 ALSOUPDATE 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

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 %#&@

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

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

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

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