OLD HOUSE DOWN/NEW HOUSE UP

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

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REDNECK CORNER

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
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FRANKVILLE'S FARMERS MARKET

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

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
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HELLO FROM FRANKVILLE

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.

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STATE WRESTLING

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

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IOWA CAUCUS 08

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

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