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
TERESA

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
TERESA

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

TERESA

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

I'M ALIVE

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET AT THIS BLOGGING THIS WEEK, BUT I GUESS BETWEEN, RESTING UP FROM THE 25TH CLASS REUNION, BABYSITTING(i have darins little guy 2 nights a week), RAINED OUT BALLGAMES TO RESCHEDULE I'M JUST GETTING AT IT.

SURVIVAL OF THE FITESS, WOULD BE A GOOD TITLE FOR THE CLASS REUNION. FRIDAY NIGHT WE GATHERED AT CLUB 51 UNTIL CLOSING AND THEN MOVED THE PARTY TO OUR FRONT PORCH UNTIL 4:00. WHICH MADE THE GOLF WE HAD SCHEDULED FOR 10 THE NEXT MORNING COME EARLY. SATURDAY NIGHT, WAS THE PHS ALUMNI BANQUET, THE 25 YR CLASS OF PHS, HAS TO PLAN THE ALUMNI BANQUET, FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL. SO IT WAS OUR TURN TO PUT ON THE SHOW. THE 50 YR CLASS IS ALSO HONORED AT THE BANQUET. IT WAS ALITTLE TO LONG AND A LITTLE WARM IN THE CHURCH. BUT WE MADE UP FOR IT AFTERWARDS, WE WALKED DOWN THE ROAD TO THE LOUNGE AT THE BOWLING ALLEY. PICTURE TIME:

COUSIN MARTY TELLING A STORY, BOY HE HAS EVERYONES ATTENTION, MUST BE A GOOD ONE.

THIS IS THE FEARLESS FIVE, (but we are missing Laurie Jo Helgerson). NOT SURE WHO NAMED US THAT 25 YRS AGO. BUT IT APPARENTLY HAS STUCK, BECAUSE WE HAD TO HAVE A PICTURE OF THE FEARLESS FIVE: TAMI PECK, ME, COLLEEN SCHROEDER, ANNIE MEYER. WELL THE PARTY CONTINUED HERE UNTIL THEY KICKED US OUT AT 2:00, THERE WAS TALK OF MOVING IT TO STONE BRIDGE(which was our big party spot in the 70's & 80's). SOME DAY WHEN WE ARE ON A DRIVE TO CASTALIA, I WILL TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT. IT'S JUST A SLAB OF CEMENT OVER A LITTLE CREEK, NAMED STONE BRIDGE. BOY THAT LITTLE SLAB OF CEMENT COULD TELL SOME STORIES. NEPHEW TONY, (joined us both nights) MENTIONED MICHAEL HAD HIS FIRE GOING EARLY IN THE EVENING AND ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS ADD FIRE WOOD, SO WE MOVED THE PARTY TO MICHAELS FIRE PIT. SAT THERE AND TOLD STORIES UNTIL THE SUN CAME UP AND IT STARTED LIGHTENING AND RAINING OR WE MAY STILL BE THERE. DOUG & I ARRIVED HOME ABOUT 6:00AM. WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME.

DAVE O'HARA AND ME, NOW THIS GUY WILL TELL YA A STORY OR 2, BUT HAVE TIME BECAUSE HE TALKS, AND TALKS. I WILL END WITH A PICTURE OF COUSIN MARTY & ME. THIS IS THE FIRST REUNION HE HAS COME TOO AND IT TOOK ME LOTS OF TALKING TO GET HIM HERE, BUT HE HAD A GREAT TIME.

WELL I BETTER GET AT THE SATURDAY CLEANING, HAVE TO GIVE THE HUSBAND, BROTHER MARK, NEPHEW TONY A RIDE TO THE GOLF COURSE FOR A TOURN THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN PICK THEM UP OF COURSE. KAYLA, KORI AND I WILL BE OFF TO ELKADER TO DO A LITTLE LOOKING AT THE BRIDAL SHOP. I THINK I WILL HAVE TIME FOR THAT COMMUTE BLOG. 20 - plus PICTURES, SO IT MAY TAKE 2 BLOGS BUT STAYED TUNED THIS WEEK.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF QUIET WEEKENDS, THEN IT WILL BE LOONEY FEST '07, STAY TUNED FOR THAT TOO. HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND

TOODLES

TERESA

LIFE A PAIN IN THE ( l )

YES IT HAS BEEN A WHILE. FIRST WE ARE FINALLY OUT OF SCHOOL, FINISHED LAST WEDNESDAY. I ATTENDED THE STATE GOLF MEET, WHICH WAS ALOT OF FUN TO WATCH. OUR STUDENT FINISHED 29TH OUT OF 60. FIRST DAY SHE GOLFED WELL AND THE 2ND DAY SHE FOUND OUT THE GAME OF GOLF CAN TURN ON YA. HAD ABOUT 20 GRADUATIONS, 4 WEDDINGS IN MAY. SO THAT IS WHERE I HAVE BEEN.

AND THEN ON THURSDAY THIS WEEK, WE HAD A POWER OUTAGE IN TOWN, AND OUR COMPUTER WAS ON AND FOR SOME LOVELY REASON, WHEN I TURNED IT BACK ON EVERYTHING WAS GONE. SO THE LAST FEW DAYS I HAVE BEEN RELOADING EVERYTHING. HAD TO DO A RECOVERY, UPGRADE TO WINDOWS XP, AND LOAD EVERYTHING ELSE. STILL HAVE SOME MORE TO DO TODAY. THOUGHT I WOULD TRY AND BLOG AND SEE IF IT WORKS. NO PICTURES, HAVE TO RELOAD ALL THAT CRAP.

BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH. WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST 2 DAYS AT THE GOLF COURSE. MIGHT TRY THAT LATER TODAY ALSO.

THIS WEEK HAVE TO FINISH UP THE CLASS REUNION STUFF, ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE STARTING ON FRIDAY, WE HAVE OVER HALF THE CLASS COMING, SHOULD BE FUN.

FRANKVILLE NEWS, LINDY FREY WAS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON MONDAY, FUNERAL WAS FRIDAY, SAID THEY SERVED ABOUT 150 FOR LUNCH, THATS A LOT FOR THE LITTLE FRANKVILLE CHURCH.

MARTY LEIRAN (formerly the Spilde house) TORE THE HOUSE DOWN THIS WEEK, BURIED AND BURNED IT IN A BIG HOLE, THEY ARE BUILDING A NEW ONE. THE CONSTRUCTION CLASS FROM NICC IS GOING TO BUILD IT, COULD TAKE UP TO 2 YEARS. I WILL HAVE TO TAKE A PICTURE, THE CORNER LOOKS BARE.

OTHER THEN THAT CANT THINK OF MUCH NEWS, I SEE THE SISTER BLOGGED HER COMMUTE, I WILL TRY MINE TOMORROW, THAT WAY I WILL KNOW IF THE PICTURE THING IS WORKING ON HERE.

NOT SURE OUR COMMUTES ARE AS PRETTY AS REX & MARY'S. BUT WE WILL GIVE IT A SHOT.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK
TOODLES
TERESA

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

SOME GOOD/SOME BAD

FIRST THE BAD, LIVINGOOD'S FAMOUS COOK, IS NOT TO HEALTHY. IRENE WENT IN FOR SURGERY EARLIER THIS WEEK, THEY PUT A PACEMAKER IN, WHICH THE SURGERY WENT WELL. THE NEXT DAY, SHE HAD A SPELL AND IS NOW IN A COMA AND ON LIFE SUPPORT. I GUESS THEY ARE WAITING FOR A FEW DAYS AND SEE IF SHE COMES AROUND, IF NOT THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE HER OFF LIFE SUPPORT. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. RANDY BUDDENBERG - HAD A BAD SPELL THIS WEEK ALSO, A BLOT CLOT FORMED BETWEEN HIS HEART AND LUNGS, THEY PLACED HIM BACK IN ICU AND PUT A FILTER IN BETWEEN THE CLOT AND HEART, WE ARE ALL PRAYING AND HOPING EVERYTHING THEY DO WILL WORK, HE IS ONE VERY SICK MAN - ALL FOR A HIP REPLACEMENT.
AND NOW THE GOOD - IONIA CRAWFORD IS FINALLY HOME AFTER HER HEART ATTACK AND DOING WELL. THE REST OF THE TOWN IS THE SAME - I THINK?!?!?!
DOUG KOENIG BOUGHT CLIFF'S HOUSE AND MESS. THE BANK FORECLOSED ON CLIFFY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WILL BE ONE BIG WIENER ROOST THIS SUMMER!!! RECEIVED A WEDDING INVITE FOR TREVOR FEICKERTS WEDDING, MAY 5
AND TRAVIS IS GETTING MARRIED IN AUGUST, SO THE FEICKERTS ARE BUSY WEDDING PLANNING. EVERYONE AROUND TOWN IS GETTING THEIR CHAIRS OUT AND FIRE PITS READY FOR THE SUMMER. RAINY HERE TODAY, EVERYTHING IS TURNING GREEN. HAD A FIRE MEETING LAST NIGHT AND NO FIGHTS!!!! DISCUSSED NEXT YEAR WILL BE 50 YRS FOR FFD, TRYING TO MAKE SOME PLANS TO CELEBRATE THAT. REX WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO RETURN BEING A FORMER CHIEF AND ALL.
ELECTIONS WERE LAST MONTH, I GUESS IT WAS A JOKE, NO ONE THERE AND THEY ENDED UP CALLING PEOPLE, TO SEE IF THEY WOULD TAKE AN OFFICE. MONTY IS STILL THE CHIEF.
I BETTER GET OFF TO SCHOOL, HAVE 2 TRACK MEETS NEXT WEEK TO GET READY FOR AND THEN I MAY RETURN HOME AND START SOME OF THAT SPRING CLEANING YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. NO BIG PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND, MIGHT CHECK OUT BROTHER MICHAEL'S FISH FRY TONIGHT. THE SCHOOL IS HAVING THEIR MUSICAL - BEAUTY & BEAST THIS WEEKEND AND HAVE TO SELL TICKETS FOR THAT ON SUNDAY.

I GUESS THATS ALL FOR NOW
HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND
TERESA

YAHOO, SPRING IS HERE

I DECIDED I BETTER LET YA KNOW I'M STILL ALIVE, AFTER REPORTING ABOUT FEELING ALITTLE GREEN LAST WEEKEND. ANYWAY, SPRING IS HERE, RAINY & FOGGY TONIGHT, BUT ITS WARM AND THE SNOW IS GONE. JUST TALKED TO SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND SOME OF THE BOYS EVEN TRIED GOLF TODAY. SO NOW DOUG IS READY TO GO AND CHECK THE CART OUT TOMORROW AND GET US READY FOR THE SUMMER SPORT TOO.
NOT ALOT TO REPORT, HAVE TO LEAVE @ 7:00 TOMORROW MORNING FOR DES MOINES FOR THE STATE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS CONVENTION, WILL RETURN ON TUESDAY, SO I WILL PROBABLY NOT BLOG UNTIL I RETURN. MY PLANS WERE TO LEAVE TODAY AND MEET UP WITH SCHAGER AND THE BOWLING GIRLS. THEY ARE IN DES MOINES FOR STATE BOWLING. BUT WE WERE HELPING THE BUDDENBERG CHILDREN OUT THE LAST 2 DAYS. HERE'S THE SCOOP - RANDY BUDDENBERG HAD A HIP REPLACED ON MARCH 12, ON MARCH 13 HE HAD A STROKE, THIS PAST WEEK THEY FOUND A HOLE IN HIS HEART, WHICH WAS PROBABLY THE CAUSE OF THE STROKE, SO THEY WENT IN THRU HIS THIGH AND REPAIRED THE HOLE. HIS MAIN SIDE EFFECT FROM THE STROKE IS HE CAN'T TALK. HE NOW IS IN A HEAVY DUTY REHAB TREATMENT CENTER AT ST. MARY'S IN ROCHESTER, HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING WILL RETURN TO NORMAL FOR THE BUDDENBERGS. WE HAD A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TOGETHER AT THEIR FARM, THE LAST 2 DAYS, TRYING TO GET THINGS READY FOR SPRING ETC. THEY HAVE A HUGE DAIRY SETUP ON HWY 9, MILK 300ish COWS. BUT EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE RUNNING SMOOTHLY, WITHOUT THE HEAD HERDSMAN - RANDY. SO WITH ALL THAT GOING ON I CANCELLED OUT ON LEAVING A DAY EARLIER.
KORI IS OFF TO DECORAH TONIGHT WITH A BUNCH OF GIRLS FOR CHINESE, I THINK I LIKED IT BETTER WHEN SHE WAS NOT 16, AND COULDN'T GET ANYWHERE, NOW ITS THAT WAITING UP THING AGAIN, UNTIL SHE RETURNS HOME. SOMETHING ABOUT US LOONEY MOTHERS DON'T SLEEP UNTIL ALL ARE HOME SAFELY. AND I ALWAYS USE AMBROSE'S FAMOUS WORDS OF WISDOM WHEN THEY LEAVE "NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT"
WITH THOSE CLOSING WORDS, I GUESS I WILL GET SNUGGLED UP ON THE COUCH AND READ A BOOK AND WAIT!

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GOOD WEEK
TOODLES
TERESA

OH WHAT A HOLIDAY

I SURE LIKE TO CELEBRATE IT, BUT I'M FEELING ALITTLE GREEN TODAY STARTED THE DAY AT 10:00, WITH O'SCHAGER WATCHED THE PARADE IN PRAIRIE, NICE PARADE LASTED ABOUT AN HOUR. STOPPED AT THE SAWMILL FOR ONE, THE PLACE WAS PACKED AND THEN MET UP WITH THE REST AT EDDIE'S IRISH PUB, FOR SNACKS AND GREEN BEER, VENTURED ON TO BAGLEY AND BACK TO EDDIE'S AND MET UP WITH BROTHER MICHAEL AND HIS FAMILY, SOME HAD CORN BEEF, I THINK I FORGOT TO EAT. SO I'M BREWING SOME UP TODAY. WE HAVE A SCHOOL WRESTLING BANQUET TONIGHT, AND KENT SCHULTZ REQUESTED IT, SO THE CROCK POT IS FULL AND THE AROMA IS IN THE AIR. I FINISHED THE NIGHT OFF SINGING DELTA DAWN AT KARAOKE AT THE OLD STORE. DOUG SAID IT WASN'T ONE OF MY BETTER PERFORMANCE. SO I HAD SOME IRISH CREME AND WENT HOME. THE SISTER WILL HAVE SOME PICTURES TO BLOG. AND WE MADE THE INTERNET, I'M SURE THE SISTER WILL GIVE YOU THE WEBSITE FOR THAT. I CAN'T THINK OF ALOT OF NEWS, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE SURVIVED ANOTHER ST. PATTY'S DAY.
MAKING A POT OF GOULASH FOR DINNER, SO I BETTER GET IT FINISHED AND THEN ITS NAP TIME, HARLIE KAY IS COMING OVER, I GUESS KAYLA DIDN'T GET ENOUGH YESTERDAY AND HER AND BRIAN ARE GOING TO THE PARADE IN WAUKON. IF I THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE I FORGOT, I WILL BLOG AGAIN AFTER THE NAP.

TOODLES
TERESA

TRYING TO SHOW MARY UP

KORI SUE LIKES TO COOK, SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD SHOW MARY UP AND TRY AND PUT UP OUR NEW RECIPE WE TRIED TONIGHT. (and i don't have a lot of news to report.) WE GOT A MAGAZINE ( food & family)FROM AUNT BARBARA. THIS IS OUR 2ND RECIPE WE HAVE TRIED(1st one was last night a new lasagna, it was ok). THESE ARE "UN-FRIED FRENCH FRIES". THEY WERE OK TOO, I COULD THINK OF A FEW CHANGES TO THE RECIPE TO MAYBE MAKE THEM BETTER. I'M NOT MUCH OF A RECIPE FOLLOWER(thanks to how Ambrose taught me to cook). ANYWAY WE FOUND A FEW MORE IN THIS MAGAZINE SO FUTURE BLOGGING COULD BE INTERESTING. THAT FINISHED PRODUCT PICTURE ON THE TOP IS SUPPOSE TO BE HERE. CAN'T GET IT TO MOVE, SORRY.

KORI MADE THE HONOR ROLL FOR THE 2ND TRIMESTER AND HER DAD IS WORKING ON SOME WHEELS, SO ALL IS WELL IN THE 16YR OLD WORLD

IT WAS A QUIET WEEKEND, TOOK A 7HR CLASS FOR MY EMT LICENSE IN CALMAR, STOPPED AT CASTALIA ON THE WAY HOME FOR A FEW COCKTAILS AND TO GET INTO THE NASCAR RACE POOL. I ALWAYS PICK CARL EDWARDS, HE HASN'T BEEN TO GOOD TO ME. IT COST $2.00 A DRIVER YOU CAN PICK AS MANY AS YOU WANT, AND IF YOUR DRIVER WINS THE RACE YOU WIN THE POT. WATCHED THE RACE ON SUNDAY

MY COCKTAIL BUDDY SCHAGER RETURNED FROM FLORIDA, SHE CALLED THIS MORNING AND IS READY TO MAKE PLANS FOR THE BIG HOLIDAY. I TOLD HER TO EMAIL THE DRIVER(sister barbara) AND GET THE PLANS UNDERWAY.

THE SNOW IS MELT LING FAST, THE GRAVEL ROADS ARE A MESS AND ITS MUDDY, SUPPOSE TO BE IN THE 50'S TOMORROW, SO ITS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE.

I GUESS THAT IS ALL FOR NOW. OH YAH, SISTER WENT TO WALMART YESTERDAY AND BOUGHT HERSELF A NEW DIGITAL CAMERA, WATCH OUT FOR PICTURES ON HER BLOG TOO.

TOODLES

TERESA

PS: NOONE REPLIED TO MY LAST PICTURES, SHOULD I STAY WITH THE SMALL SIZE OR GO BACK TO THE MEDIUM?????????

I HOPE THIS ALL WORKS, HERE IS THE SWEET SIXTEEN PICTURE. WE DID GET THE LICENSE AND CLASS RING ORDERED, NOW JUST NEED DAD TO GET THE WHEELS AND AWAY SHE GOES.

CHECK OUT THE 16 CUPCAKES, COOL HUH!!!!!!!!!

I SWITCHED MY IMAGE TO SMALL FOR PICTURES, LET ME KNOW IF I SHOULD GO BACK TO MEDIUM, IF THIS IS TOO SMALL.

JUDY WAS HERE TOO VISIT US LAST NIGHT, BUT WE WERE NOT HOME, SO WE MISSED HER VISIT.

THE OTHER PICTURE WILL BE THE COUSINS, HARLIE KAY(kayla's) and TY(denise's) SHARING A CHAIR, THIS WAS TAKEN ON THE DAY WE WERE ALL SNOWED IN.

NOT ALOT OF NEWS, NO BIG PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND EITHER, SATURDAY I HAVE TO TAKE AN ALL DAY CLASS AT CALMAR, FOR MY FIRST RESPONDER LICENSE. SUNDAY I SUPPOSE WE WILL BE TUNED INTO THE VEGAS NASCAR RACE.

KAYLA AND HARLIE WERE JUST HERE WITH HER NEW 2YR OLD PICTURES, I WILL HAVE TO DO SOME SCANNING AND TRY AND POST THEM THIS WEEKEND. I WANTED TO GET OUT AND TAKE A PICTURE ON THE NORTH GRAVEL. THERE IS ONE PLACE YOU CAN ONLY SEE THE TIP OF THE ROAD SIGN, BUT IF I DON'T GET THERE TOMORROW, THE SNOW IS MELTING, IT WAS ABOUT 38 TODAY AND SUPPOSE TO BE UP IN THE 50 BY THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK.

I NEED TO GET A PICTURE OF DARIN'S LITTLE GUY ON HERE ALSO FOR YA TO SEE. SCHAGER CALLED TONIGHT, THEIR WHOLE FAMILY IS IN FLORIDA AT DISNEY, SHE WAS SITTING BY THE POOL AND IT WAS 84, SO SHE HAD TO CALL AND RUB IT IN.

9 MORE DAYS AND SHE IS COUNTING UNTIL THE BIG HOLIDAY SHOULD HAVE SOME GOOD PICTURES FROM THAT DAY I HOPE.

I GUESS THATS ALL FOR NOW

TOODLES

TERESA