PACKERS ROASTED ON AN OPEN FIRE

BEARS KICKED FAVRE'S ASS, I GUESS THE DON'T RHYME LIKE THE CHRISTMAS SONG, BUT IT WAS SWEET. BEARS WIN BEARS WIN. WHAT A GREAT CHRISTMAS PRESENT.

WELL ITS A BLIZZARD HERE IN IOWA TODAY, THE 7 - 8 INCHES OF SNOW WE RECEIVED LAST NIGHT IS BLOWING AROUND LIKE CRAZY. SO IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR FOOTBALL AND COOKING. WE ARE CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS TONIGHT WITH THE KIDS & DARIN. SO I HAVE A PRIME RIB COOKING SLOWLY ALL DAY IN THE OVEN, WITH ALL THE FIXINGS.

HOPEFULLY WILL BE ABLE TO POST SOME GREAT PICTURES TOMORROW, OF ALL THE EXCITEMENT TONIGHT,

FOR NOW, I'M GOING TO SIT AND ENJOY A COCKTAIL TO CELEBRATE THE VICTORY AND WAIT FOR THE COMPANY.

UNTIL TOMORROW, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY PACKER FRIENDS

TOODLES
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STORIES

AFTER TALKING HOURS ON THE PHONE WITH ONE OF MY HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS I DECIDED I BETTER GET EVERYONE UP TO SPEED ON THE POSTVILLE PIRATES. SO HERE IT GOES; FOOTBALL TEAMS FINISH VERY WELL, 5-4, HAD A GOOD BUT TOUGH SEASON, HAD 4 SENIORS, INCLUDING 2 FRANKVILLIANS, MITCHELL SCHULTZ & ETHAN SNITKER, ALONG WITH A JUNIOR FRANKVILLIAN KASSIDY COOK. THE FRANKVILLIANS DID GREAT, ALL RECEIVED SEVERAL AWARDS AT THE BANQUET AND COOK & SCHULTZ RECEIVED ALL STATE HONORS. THEIR LOSES WERE TOUGH ONES, BUT THEN ENDED THE SEASON WITH A GREAT WIN OVER THE KEE HAWKS OF LANSING, TEARS WERE FLOWING WITH A WIN FOR THE OUT GOING SENIORS. NOW ON TO VOLLEYBALL, KORI WAS A MEMBER OF THE VARSITY SQUAD AND PLAYED JV ALSO. THE GIRLS ENDED THEIR SEASON WITH A CONFERENCE RECORD OF 7 -3. PLAYED WELL ALL SEASON. LOST TO KEE HAWKS OF LANSING IN DISTRICT PLAY, WHICH WAS ANOTHER REASON IT WAS SO SWEET TO BEAT THEM IN FOOTBALL. BASKETBALL & WRESTLING UNDER WAY EXCEPT A SLIGHT PROBLEM SNOW SNOW SNOW!!!!! FIRST WRESTLING TOURN WAS CANCELED ON SATURDAY, AND THE FIRST BB GAME CANCELED ON SATURDAY, ALONG WITH LAST NIGHT GAMES CANCELED. SCHEDULING NIGHTMARE FOR GUESS WHO, ME. WRESTLING WE HAVE MITCHELL & ETHAN THE FRANKVILLIANS ON THE TEAM. WITH KORI SUE AS THEIR MANAGER. I WILL TRY AND KEEP YA UPDATED. BOYS BASKETBALL IS A SMALL GROUP WITH NO SENIORS, WILL SEE HOW THEIR YEAR GOES. AND THE GIRLS BB HAS HAD 2 GAMES, THEIR SEASON STARTS EARLIER, AND THEY ARE 2-0. GOOD START FOR THEM.

TODAY IS ONE OF BY BABIES BIRTHDAY, KAYLA IS 24 TODAY,WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
THE DAY SHE WAS BORN, I HAD AN APPT IN THE MORNING AND MEET DOUG ON MY WAY HOME AND WE WAVED AND HE DECIDED EVERYTHING WAS OK, SO HE VENTURED ON INTO MINN. TO WORK. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THEY MUST HAVE STIRRED SOMETHING UP BECAUSE 2 HRS LATER, MY SISTER & SISTER-IN-LAW SUSAN & DIANE LOADED ME UP AND WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO THE HOSPITAL. CALLED DOUG WHICH HE THOUGHT IS WAS A JOKE, BUT HE DID MAKE IT JUST IN TIME TO PUT THE SCRUBS ON AND WATCH HER ARRIVE. I WAS ONLY AT THE HOSPITAL LESS THEN 2 HRS. I HAD TO STAY AT HOME AND FINISH WATCHING DAYS OF LIVES, WHICH I STILL WATCH FAITHFULLY YET TODAY. AND GUESS WHERE KAYLA GOT HER NAME - "KAYLA BRADY". WE BROUGHT HER HOME IN A TERRIBLE SNOW STORM, TRAFFIC WAS NOT ADVISED THAT DAY, BUT I WAS GOING HOME. SO IT WASN'T A PROBLEM WHEN WE WENT THRU FRANKVILLE TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLACKTOP, SO EVERYONE THAT WAS IN THE SUPPER CLUB & TAVERN COULD COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT HAS SNOWED TERRIBLE EVERY YEAR BUT ONE OF HER BIRTHDAYS, AND THAT WAS HER 18TH AND IT WAS 60 DEGREES, WE TOOK PICTURES OUTSIDE WITH NO COATS.

I GUESS THAT IS ENOUGH STORIES FOR NOW. I WILL TRY AND KEEP THIS UP TO DATE NOW. I NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE PICTURE THING HERE AT SCHOOL. I'M SURE I HAVE SOME TO SHARE.

TOODLES
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REX'S BLOG

I THINK REX WROTE THAT BLOG ABOUT THE PACKERS, JUST TO SEE IF HE COULD GET A BLOG OUT OF ME, WELL GUESS WHAT IT WORKED. HE SEEMS TO FORGET ABOUT THE PACKERS ONE LOSE TO THE ONE AND ONLY BEARS. IT'S DOESN'T REALLY MATTER, THAT THE BEARS AREN'T WINNING, JUST AS LONG AS THEY BEAT THE PACKERS, IT'S A PERFECT YEAR.

ONCE AGAIN I TRIED A BLOG FROM HOME, JUST GETTING READY TO POST AND THE $%$#^ING COMPUTER FROZE AGAIN, SO I GUESS THAT COMPUTER IS HISTORY. I THINK I WILL WAIT A FEW WEEKS UNTIL THE CHRISTMAS SPECIALS COME OUT AND LOOK FOR A LAP TOP. ANYWAY MY BLOG WAS TITLED "IS IT LEGAL". HERE'S THE STORY: WE ARE BEING AUDITED BY THE RAILROAD INSURANCE(WHICH IS REALLY LIKE BEING AUDITED BY GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE OF COURSE THE RAILROAD IS RUN BY THE GOVERNMENT) FIRST WE HAD TO PROVE KORI IS LEGALLY OURS, NOT A PROBLEM, SENT A COPY OF HER BIRTH CERT. THEN WE HAD TO PROVE WE ARE LEGALLY MARRIED AND NOT A COMMON LAW MARRIAGE. WELL I THOUGHT ABOUT CALLING THE COURTHOUSE AND I THOUGHT THAT WILL TAKE TIME AND COST MONEY. SO I CALLED THE GOOD OLD CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SISTER MARY SAID SHE WOULD SEND ME A COPY OF THE CHURCH MARRIAGE CERT AND THAT SHOULD WORK, GOOD BY ME. WELL KORI BRINGS HOME THE CERT FROM CHURCH AND WITH IT IS THE ORGINAL STATE CERT, WHICH SISTER MADE A NOTE SHE FOUND IT IN MY FILE AND IS WONDERING IF IT WAS EVER REGISTERED AT THE COURTHOUSE

I'M BACK!!!!!!!!!

HERE'S THE SCOOP. WE HAVE TROUBLE WITH OUR COMPUTER FREEZING UP AT HOME, IN FACT I HAD JUST FINISHED A POST WHEN IT FROZE PISSED ME OFF OF COURSE. AND I HAVE NOT TRIED IT SINCE. DECIDED TO SEE IF WE COULD UPGRADE AND THAT DIDN'T WORK, SO LAST NIGHT I EMAILED SOME OF MY PICTURES TO MY WORK COMPUTER AND WILL NOW TRY TO GET YA ALL UPDATED.

WELL THE LAST POST WAS IN JULY Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I HAVE PROBABLY PLAYED GOLF, HAD COCKTAILS, WENT TO SOME WEDDINGS, HAD MORE COCKTAILS AND READ LOTS OF BOOKS HAD MORE COCKTAILS SINCE THE JULY POSTING.

I ALSO STARTED A NEW POSITION AT WORK, BESIDES DOING THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR WORK, I'M ALSO THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SECRETARY. THE KIDS AT SCHOOL ARE A LOT OF FUN, SO IT HAS MADE BOTH JOBS FUN TO DO. MIGHT EVEN LEARN A LITTLE SPANISH, BUT I DOUBT IT.

I'M GOING TO SIGN OFF FROM THIS POST AND POST THE ONE THAT I WAS DOING WHEN THE COMPUTER FROZE UP ON ME. I SENT THE PICTURES TO SCHOOL, SO WE WILL SEE IF I CAN GET IT ALL TOGETHER. IT WILL MAKE YOU HUNGRY AND WISH IT WAS SUMMER AGAIN.

TOODLES
TERESA

JUST CHECKED OUT THE SISTERS BLOG, SO I DECIDED I WOULD POST SOME OF MY PICTURES TOO

EVERYONE IS GATHERED TO WATCH THE START OF THE HORSESHOE TOURN. UNDERNEATH THE SHADE TREE. IT WAS A COOKER OUT THERE.HERE IS THE TOURN. BARB SHOWED YA THE NEW PITS. I PAINTED THE FLAG ONE AND KAYLA DID THE SHAMROCK. NOTICE THE WIRE SPOOLS, NEW ADDITION THIS YEAR. A TABLE TO SET YOUR COCKTAIL ON WHILE YOU PLAYED. THE UMBRELLA WAS ADDED TO SHADE YOUR COCKTAIL.HERE'S HARLIE KAY AND HER COUSIN GRACE LOONEY(BRIAN'S DAUGHTER).THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH, CAME DOWN TO CHRIS LOONEY(mark's son) AND HIS FRIEND BRIAN HARTLEY, WHO HAS ATTENDED EVERY YEAR WITH HIM. THE ONLY OUTSIDER IN THE TOURN AND "OUT OF THE CLOSET AND PROUD" DOUG BERG & BRIAN LOONEY, AS YOU CAN SEE THEY WERE THE CHAMPS. BRIAN & DOUG HAVE WON THE TOURN 3 TIMES NOW, NOT ALL IN A ROW. BUT THEY ARE THE ONLY REPEATERS TO WIN.

SISTER SHOWED YA THE FRONT SIDE OF THE NEW KOOZIE, WELL HERE IS THE BACK. HEATHER AND I DESIGNED THESE AS THE SAME COLORS OF THE IRISH FLAG, GREEN WHITE AND ORANGE. WE WANTED THEM TO BE BRIGHT. AND OF COURSE SINCE EVERYONE HAS THE SAME KOOZIE HARD TO FIND YOURS, SO YOU HAVE TO WRITE YOUR NAME ON YOURS, SO THIS ONE IS MINE"THE BABY".

IT WAS ANOTHER GREAT PICNIC. ALL THE FIRST GENERATION OF LOONEY COUSINS WERE THERE BUT 3, SO WE HAD A GREAT TURN OUT. AND DOUGLAS DID A GREAT JOB OF FIREWORKS AGAIN. WE HAD SEVERAL FRANKVILLIANS STOP THIS MORNING AND SAID THEY REALLY LIKE THEM.

WELL I GUESS THAT IS ALL FOR NOW. TIME TO HIT THE COUCH AND READ MY BOOK AND REST UP. STARTING SOMETHING NEW AT SCHOOL THIS WEEK AND HAVE 6 BALL GAMES. SO HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

TOODLES

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FRANKVILLE SHOTS

I WILL JUST SHOW THE PHOTOS OF FRANKVILLE, SOME WILL BE FROM THE EAST COMMUTE AND SOME WILL JUST BE NEW THINGS HAPPENING IN FRANKVILLE

THIS IS THE PILE THAT IS LEFT OF THE SPILDE HOUSE. THEY NOW HAVE A BASEMENT DUG THERE FOR THE NEW HOME. IF I WAS COMMUTING TO THE EAST I WOULD TURN LEFT HERE ON TO THE FRANKVILLE BLACK TOP. THERE IS SOME NEW ACTIVITY HAPPENING TO THE LEFT. THE KLEPPER CHILDREN HAVE TAKEN OVER CURT'S SMALL LOT ON THE CORNER, THEY CAMP OUT ONCE IN AWHILE, HAVE BON-FIRES ETC.

SO A FEW WEEKS AGO KENNY HAULED IN A OLD WIND MILL, IT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT IT THE WIRE THING WITH THE ORANGE FLAG ON IT LAYING ON THE GROUND, THEN LAST WEEK, HE DRAGGED IN THE OLD CAR, THEY ARE GOING TO CLEAN IT UP AND STORE FIREWOOD, ETC IN THERE. THERE IS SUPPOSE TO BE A "PUTTING UP THE WINDMILL PARTY" COMING SOON, SO I WILL HAVE TO BE THERE WITH THE CAMERA. AND THAT PILE OF DEAD BRANCHES YOU SEE LAYING THE IS THE WILLOW TREE THAT WAS IN BALK'S YARD. WHEN THE MACHINE WAS HERE TO TAKE DOWN THE SPILDE HOUSE, LAVONNE BRANDT HAD THEM TAKE THE WILLOW TREE DOWN. SHE IS WAITING FOR GRANDKIDS TO COME AND CLEAN IT UP NOW. FROM HERE I WOULD JUST FINISH MY COMMUTE TO POSTVILLE, JUST LIKE FROM THE WEST. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE "OTHER SIDE OF TOWN. I WAS TELLING YOU DOUG & RHONDA KOEING BOUGHT CLIFFORD HUGHES AND CLEANED THE PLACE UP, WELL THEY ALSO TOOK THE HOUSE DOWN.

HOUSE IS GONE, THE PICTURE ON THE TOP IS THE YARD, ALL CLEANED UP AND MOWED, NOT A GOOD PICTURE SORRY, KOLLIN & BOBBY HELPED CLEAN UP ONE WEEKEND AND HAULED 60 SOME TIRES OUT OF THERE. I TOOK THESE PICTURES AT NIGHT, MIGHT HAVE TO TRY IN THE DAYTIME SO YOU CAN SEE THE NICE CLEAN YARD

BEHIND THIS MACHINE IS THE YARD. ANYWAY THATS IT FOR FRANKVILLE PICTURES. NOT ALOT OF NEWS EITHER, PLAYED GOLF FRIDAY & SATURDAY. DOUG CLEANED THE GARAGE FOR LOONEY FEST 07. WENT TO A SURPRISE PARTY FOR THE CRAWFORD'S 35TH WEDDING ANNV. LAST NIGHT AT CHRIS'S PLACE. AND HELPED KAYLA WITH SOME FLOWER PLANTING TODAY. WILL HAVE TO TAKE MY CAMERA THERE. THEY MOVED A HOUSE ONTO THE MILLER FARM AND ARE TRYING TO PUT THE FINISHING TOUCH TO IT. IT SITS HIGH UP ON A RIDGE, ABOVE THE FOREST MILLS CHURCH. YOU CAN SEE FOR MILES AND WILDLIFE IS EVERYWHERE. HARLIE KAY GOT A NEW PUPPY TODAY, A BLACK LABORDOODLE. SO THAT WAS THE EXCITEMENT TODAY. NOW I JUST NEED TO REST UP AND GET READY FOR THE WEEKEND, LOONEY FEST '07. NEW HORSESHOES PITS HAVE BEEN MADE AND PAINTED MIGHT GET A PICTURE OF THAT TOMORROW AND SHOW YA, THEY ARE SOMETHING SPECIAL THIS YEAR. GLAD TO HEAR REX AND MARY SURVIVED THE FIRE, AND AMY ONLY HAS 5 WKS LEFT.

OH ONE MORE PICTURES YOU "PAST FRANKVILLIANS" WILL ENJOY

HAVE A GOOD WEEK, AND STAYED TUNED FOR LOONEY FEST '07

TOODLES

TERESA

FROM THE WEST

THERE ARE 2 WAYS TO LEAVE OUR HOUSE, THIS COMMUTE WILL BE HEADING WEST

HEADED WEST DOWN 176TH ST. WE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE ON THIS STREET SITS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN.

WE TURN LEFT AND PASS FRANKVILLE'S ONLY CHURCH. IT'S A VERY NICE SMALL CHURCH, THEY HELD THEIR ANNUAL SUMMER ICE CREAM SOCIAL LAST WEEK. SAME MENU OF MAIDRITES & EGG SALAD SAND AND FRESH STRAWBERRIES & ICE CREAM OR HOMEMADE PIE OF EVERY KIND. I HAD FRESH STRAWBERRY PIE. THEY EVEN BROUGHT BACK MUSIC IN THE YARD. KARLA (Klepper) JOHNSON HAD KARAOKE AND SINGING.

TURNED LEFT ON FRANKVILLE BLACKTOP, HEADED DOWN MAIN STREET OF "BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN FRANKVILLE" ALL OUR BUSINESSES ARE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. FIRST BUILDING IS THE OLD FIRE STATION USED FOR STORAGE NOW. NEXT IT THE BERG HOUSE, WERE DOUGLAS WAS RAISED, NEXT THE "OLD STORE" BAR AND NEXT BUILDING YOU CAN'T SEE IS OUR OTHER BUSINESS, JANET'S CLIP & CURL.

ABOUT 1 MILE OUT OF TOWN, SIGNS SAYS LEAVING WINNESHIEK CO. WE ARE NOW INTO ALLAMAKEE CO.

AND THE SCENERY FOR THE NEXT 5-6 MILES, IS CORN, BEANS, HAY AND MORE CORN, BEANS & HAY. AFTER 4 MILES ON THE BLACKTOP YOU TURN ON RIGHT ONTO HWY 51

HERE WE ARE GOING AROUND "OLD HORSESHOE BEND" AND IT NEVER FAILS THERE IS ALWAYS THIS GOING ON SOMEWHERE IN IOWA:

AND THIS IS THE REASON FOR THE WORKING SIGN, ON YOUR LEFT ABOUT 1/4 MILE OUT OF POSTVILLE IS A NEW REC ELECTRIC BUILDING GOING UP. AND NOW WE WILL BE ENTERING THE CITY LIMITS OF POSTVILLE

BOYHOOD HOME OF JOHN R MOTT, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER.

COMING INTO TOWN, YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN FOR THE RAILROAD CROSSING, AS DOUG SAYS" LOOK, LISTEN AND LIVE" AND THEN CRUISE ON DOWN MAIN STREET

LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ALITTLE WAIT THIS MORNING, THIS IS THE FAMOUS 4-WAY, THIS IS WHERE HWY 51 MEETS 18, LOTS OF TRAFFIC SOMETIMES. WE CRUISE STRAIGHT THRU AND TURN RIGHT ON POST STREET. AND DOWN 2 BLOCKS ON YOUR LEFT YOU WILL FIND JOHN R MOTT HIGH SCHOOL, "HOME OF THE PIRATES"

I WORK IN THE ATHLETIC DEPT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, SCHEDULING GAMES, OFFICIALS FOR 7-12 SPORTS PROGRAMS. AND TRYING TO KEEP A HAND FULL OF COACHES HAPPY. HERE IS MY LITTLE CUBBY HOLE OF AN OFFICE.

PHEW, THATS ALOT OF NEWS. AND GUESS WHAT MY CAR IS PARKED OUT FRONT AND HEADED EAST, SO STAYED TUNED TOMORROW FROM THE EAST AND MORE PICTURES OF THE INSIDE THE HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S BEDTIME AND I WILL LEAVE YA WITH THIS THOUGHT:

THAT WILL GET MY COCKTAIL BUDDY GOING!!!!!!!!! AND YES THIS WAS TAKEN ON MY COMMUTE TO WORK ABOUT 1/4 MILE OUT OF POSTVILLE.

FROM THE EAST TOMORROW.

TOODLES

TERESA