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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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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