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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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.