24 INCHES AND STREET CLOSED

NOT SURE IF YOU CAN GET THE JUST OF THIS BUT THIS IS OUR STREET, AND NOT OPEN YET AT 5:00 pm. THAT BIG DRIFT YOU SEE, FIRST THE COUNTY PICKUP TRIED WITH THE BLADE ON FRONT, AND NO LUCK AND THEN THE BIG DUMP TRUCK CAME WITH THE BLADE AND NO LUCK EITHER IN FACT IT SLID OFF INTO THE DITCH. SO I GUESS WE WILL BE WAITING UNTIL SOMETHING BIGGER CAN GET HERE. THE SNOW WEIGHS A TON, ITS VERY HEAVY WET SNOW. HARD TO PUSH AND SHOVEL. THE OTHER PICTURE IS THE RECHSTEINERS OLD BACK YARD THE SNOW IS PILED HALF WAY UP THOSE PINE TREES. IT HAS BEEN SNOWING ON AND OFF ALL DAY SO ITS PROBABLY MORE LIKE 26 -28 INCHES NOW. BUT WE ALL MADE IT TO COFFEE THIS MORNING, BY FOOT!!!! KENT GOT 2 PICKUPS STUCK TRYING TO GET THERE. BRIAN SNITKER WENT AND GOT THE TRACTOR FOR HIM AND THEY PULLED BOTH OUT AND MADE IT TO COFFEE, GOD FORBID IF YOU WOULD MISS SUNDAY MORNING FRANKVILLE COFFEE.

NO SCHOOL TOMORROW, LOTS OF PLACES WITHOUT POWER. THIS WAS JUST A GOOD OLD IOWA BLIZZARD. SOUNDS LIKE A FEW CARD PLAYERS UPTOWN LAST NIGHT, WE STAYED HOME TO WATCH THE WRESTLING FINALS. MFLMARMAC GOT A STATE CHAMP, BUT THAT WAS IT FOR THE AREA. AND THE FRANKVILLE BOYS ARE SNOWED IN AT HOTEL FORT DES MOINES, HAVING A GREAT TIME IT SOUNDS LIKE, THEY ARE GOING TO TRY AND HEAD HOME TOMORROW, INT 35 WAS CLOSED AND HWY 20, SO THEY DECIDED TO STAY.

OTHER THEN READING A GOOD BOOK FOR THE LAST 2 DAYS, NOT ALOT HAPPENING. BESIDES EATING. I WILL BE OUT TOMORROW OR LORD KNOWS WHAT I MIGHT WEIGH.

I GUESS THATS IT FOR NOW

TOODLES

TERESA

THE GREAT IOWA SNOW STORM 2007?!?!?!?

THE TITLE EXPLAINS IT ALL. WE ARE HOME FROM DES MOINES (well some of us are). DONNA, KORI & I VENTURED HOME YESTERDAY, GOT HOME ABOUT 3:00 JUST IN TIME. BUT THE FELLOWS(men that don't listen) (this is where the stupid smiley is suppose to be) STAYED FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF WRESTLING. THEY LEFT DES MOINES AT 4:15 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND GOT TO FRANKVILLE AT 10:00 PM, IT TOOK THEM 35 MINUTES TO GET FROM POSTVILLE TO FRANKVILLE(at a crawl Doug said). NEEDLESS TO SAY OUR BOYS STAYED IN DES MOINES FOR THE WRESTLING FINALS TONIGHT(i'm sure they will have some stories, like remember the storm at the 2007 state wrestling when our folks left at the hotel alone for 3 days)
AND THE WEATHER HAS NOT CHANGED YET TODAY, WE HAVE ABOUT 1/2 IN TO 1 INCH OF ICE ON OUR WINDOWS, THE WEATHER MAN SAYS 13-20 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT THRU TOMORROW. AND THE WIND IS BLOWING LIKE A SON OF #@%&*
SO I FILLED THE CROCK POT FULL OF BEEF STEW THIS MORNING AND THE SCHULTZ'S ARE COMING OVER FOR SUPPER AND TO WATCH THE WRESTLING ON TV.
THE SCANNER HAS BEEN INTERESTING THIS AFTERNOON. FIRST CLAYTON CO. SAYS IF A CAR GOES IN THE DITCH ANYWHERE IN CLAYTON CO. IT WILL STAY THERE UNTIL THE SUN SHINES. FAYETTE CO, IS NOW REPORTING ALL KINDS OF POWER LINES DOWN. THEY ARE CLOSING HWY 3, HWY 150. COULD BE AN INTERESTING EVENING.
I GUESS THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO REPORT NOW. I THINK I WILL HEAD FOR THE COUCH WITH MY BLANKET AND BOOK. I WILL TRY AND KEEP YOU UPDATED, UNLESS WE LOSE POWER TOO.

TOODLES
TERESA

SAD NIGHT FOR THE PIRATES

ALL THE PIRATE WRESTLERS ARE DONE FOR THE SEASON. THEY ALL WRESTLED VERY WELL, JUST CAME OUT ON THE SHORT END OF THE DEAL. ALWAYS NEXT YEAR.

SO FAR EVERYONE IS UP AND MOVING THIS MORNING. IT WAS ABOUT 10:00 WHEN WE GOT BACK FROM WRESTLING, AND SINCE THE SCHULTZ'S HAVE THE SUITE, THAT WAS THE MEETING PLACE FOR COCKTAILS AND FOOD. SINCE IT WAS ASH WEDNESDAY AND WE WERE FASTING, I JUST HAD FLUIDS. ABOUT 3:00 AM, ALL FESTIVITIES ENDED. AND ABOUT 4:00 AM I ROUNDED UP MY ONE AND ONLY FAVORITE SON, BUT HE WAS THE FIRST UP THIS MORNING AT 8:00, LOOKING FOR THOSE JUICE BOXES!!!!!!!!
KIDS WISH I HAD A DOZEN. WE ALL JUST FINISHED BREAKFAST AND ARE GEARING UP FOR ROUND 2. SOUNDS LIKE THE LADIES MAY HAVE A DAY AT THE MALL AND THE BOYS WRESTLING.

IONIA CRAWFORD HAD HEART SURGERY, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY DETAILS, MAYBE WHEN I GET HOME.

I GUESS THATS ALL FOR NOW, REPORTING FROM DES MOINES
TOODLES
TERESA

SAD NIGHT FOR THE PIRATES

ALL THE PIRATE WRESTLERS ARE DONE FOR THE SEASON. THEY ALL WRESTLED VERY WELL, JUST CAME OUT ON THE SHORT END OF THE DEAL. ALWAYS NEXT YEAR.

SO FAR EVERYONE IS UP AND MOVING THIS MORNING. IT WAS ABOUT 10:00 WHEN WE GOT BACK FROM WRESTLING, AND SINCE THE SCHULTZ'S HAVE THE SUITE, THAT WAS THE MEETING PLACE FOR COCKTAILS AND FOOD. SINCE IT WAS ASH WEDNESDAY AND WE WERE FASTING, I JUST HAD FLUIDS. ABOUT 3:00 AM, ALL FESTIVITIES ENDED. AND ABOUT 4:00 AM I ROUNDED UP MY ONE AND ONLY FAVORITE SON, BUT HE WAS THE FIRST UP THIS MORNING AT 8:00, LOOKING FOR THOSE JUICE BOXES!!!!!!!!
KIDS WISH I HAD A DOZEN. WE ALL JUST FINISHED BREAKFAST AND ARE GEARING UP FOR ROUND 2. SOUNDS LIKE THE LADIES MAY HAVE A DAY AT THE MALL AND THE BOYS WRESTLING.

IONIA CRAWFORD HAD HEART SURGERY, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY DETAILS, MAYBE WHEN I GET HOME.

I GUESS THATS ALL FOR NOW, REPORTING FROM DES MOINES
TOODLES
TERESA

OFF TO DES MOINES

WRESTLING DISTRICTS ARE OVER AND THE PIRATES HAVE 3 WRESTLERS GOING ON TO THE STATE TOURN. AND YES 1 IS OUR VERY OWN FRANKVILLIAN, MITCHELL SCHULTZ. OF COURSE WE CELEBRATED LAST NIGHT AFTER THE WINS, HERE AT OUR HOUSE, KENT WAS VERY ENTERTAINING AND VERY EXCITED. SO THE SCHULTZ'S & BERGS ARE OFF TO DES MOINES. WE ARE LEAVING ON WED, THE BOYS WILL WRESTLE WED. NIGHT. IT HAS BEEN 5 YRS SINCE WE SENT ANYONE, SO THIS WILL BE FUN. DONNA WAS HERE THIS MORNING WE WERE DISCUSSING COOLER PACKING, NOW THAT ALL OUR CHILDREN ARE OLDER WE DON'T THINK WE WILL NEED LITTLE TREATS OR MANY JUICE BOXES, LIKE YRS AGO, BUT MORE ADULT TREATS. WASN'T SURE IF YOU KNEW BUT BOBBY IS THE ASSISTANT COACH THIS YEAR, SO THAT MAKES IT ALL THE MORE FUN FOR THE SCHULTZS. IF YOU WANT TO KEEP TRACK OF MITCHELL YOU CAN GET IT OFF THE IOWA BOYS WEBSITE WHICH IS www.iahsaa.org, AND THEN GO TO WRESTLING. AND JUST FOLLOW THE STEPS. I'M SURE OUR HOTEL HAS INTERNET ALSO, SO I WILL TRY AND BLOG WITH THE RESULTS.

IT'S GETTING WARMER HERE IN IOWA, SUPPOSE TO BE IN THE 40'S BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

SOME FRANKVILLE NEWS, LOWELL & LAURA ARE GOING TO BE GAINING A SON-IN-LAW AND A NEW GRAND CHILD, DON'T KNOW ANY DETAILS, GUESS SOME CELEBRATING WAS GOING ON UP TOWN ABOUT THE EXCITING NEWS. IONIA CRAWFORD HAD A HEART ATTACK THIS WEEK AND HEARD SHE IS DOING OK. AND ITS BIG ELECTION MONTH AT THE FIRE STATION, THAT SHOULD BE INTERESTING TOO. WE WILL PROBABLY BE GONE, NOT SURE IF THEY WILL EVEN HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE THERE TO VOTE. I WILL LET YOU KNOW THE OUTCOME. THE LATEST IS DC IS TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THE TAX MONEY FROM THE CEMETERY BOARD AND HAVE IT GIVEN TO THE FIRE DEPT, NOT GOING OVER TO WELL.

JUST MADE HOMEMADE PIZZA AND THE TIMER IS BEEPING, SO I GUESS I BETTER GO

TOODLES AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK
TERESA

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY

I'M STILL HERE. WAS A VERY BUSY WEEK AT SCHOOL AND I CAME DOWN WITH ONE OF IOWA'S GREAT HEAD COLDS, SO LIFE HAS BEEN KIND OF MISERABLE. FIRST THE WEATHER SEEMS TO BE THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION BLOGGING. WE WOKE UP TO ABOVE 0 TEMPERATURES, BUT ABOUT 5 INCHES OF BLOWING SNOW. DOUG WENT TO LEAVE ABOUT 2:00 AM THIS MORNING AND WAS BACK IN A HALF HOUR. I THINK THIS IS ONLY THE 2ND TIME, IN THE 18 YRS HE HAS WORKED AT THE RAILROAD, THAT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT OF FRANKVILLE UNTIL LATER IN THE MORNING. AND WE ARE SUPPOSE TO GET ANOTHER 5 INCHES TONIGHT/TOMORROW. TIME WILL TELL.
AND TELL UNCLE HANS, WE ARE MUST BE TOUGHER HERE IN IOWA, WE ONLY WENT 2 HRS LATE BECAUSE OF THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES, IT'S GREAT TO BE A MIGHTY PIRATE WE CAN HANDLE THE COLD WEATHER. WE WERE ALSO 2 HRS LATE THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF THE SNOW.

HAD HARLIE KAY OVER YESTERDAY, SHE IS STILL JABBERING IN HER OWN WAY. PUPPY AND PAPA SEEM TO BE THE POPULAR WORDS. DARIN WAS OVER ALSO WITH HIS LITTLE GUY, YOU CAN'T WIPE THE SMILE OFF OF DARIN'S FACE OR BRYCE'S THEY ARE HAPPY GUYS TOGETHER

UPDATE ON THE SPORTS, WE HOSTED THE SECTIONAL WRESTLING TOURN ON SAT. POSTVILLE GOT 4 WRESTLERS THRU AND ONE WAS MITCHELL SCHULTZ, HE PLACED 1ST, SO HE WILL MOVE ON TO THE DISTRICT TOURN THIS SATURDAY. IF HE PLACES 1ST OR 2ND THERE HE WILL GO ONTO THE STATE TOURN. THE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM STARTS THEIR TOURNAMENT PLAY TONIGHT, HERE IN POSTVILLE. ANOTHER BUSY WEEK OF SPORTS.

I GUESS THATS ALL FOR NOW, CAN'T EVEN THINK OF ANY FRANKVILLE NEWS

TOODLES
TERESA

BLAME IT ON THE RAIN,REX OR PRINCE.

RAIN RAIN GO AWAY AND COME AGAIN WHEN REX CAN HANDLE A HIKE ANOTHER DAY. WELL THE BIG GAME IS OVER. IT WAS AN OK GAME. THE FIRST 10 SEC OF THE GAME WAS IT. I STILL LOVE THE BEARS AND THE KEY CHAINS BUBBA GOT WERE AWESOME. NEPHEW TONY AND I ENJOYED. THINKING BACK 21 YEARS AGO WHEN THE BEARS WON THE SUPER BOWL. WE HAD SNOW UP TO OUR ASS@#!!. I GOT STUCK IN A SNOW BANK ON MY WAY TO WORK TO THE GOOD SAM. AT 5:00AM. TRIED TO GET HELP, NO HELP WAITED IN THE FREEZING CAR UNTIL THE GOOD SAM FINALLY CALLED DOUG TO SEE WHERE I WAS. WELL HE THOUGHT SHE LEFT HRS. AGO, HE BUNDLED UP KAYLA IN HER "PINK SNOW SUIT" AND FOUND ME STUCK IN A SNOW BANK. HE TOOK ME TO WORK AND THEN WE HAD A PARTY AND THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT MADE WERE BRAD & SAL KOENIG. I THINK THE 4 OF US DRANK A PONY KEG. WHAT A DEAL 21 YRS AGO. AND IF I WAIT ANOTHER 21 YRS I WILL BE OLD(64). ENOUGH OF THE BEARS.

FRANKVILLE CARD NIGHT. WELL WE STARTED WITH WHAT IF. ITS A GREAT GAME. THEN WE WENT ON TO LIARS POKER(remember that from the ROM NO MORE). AND WE GOT JEFF F. TO BLOW CALVERTS OUT HIS NOSE TWICE. KENT WAS THE BIG WINNER. WHEN WE LEFT FEICKERTS IT WAS -18. HOLY PECKER TRACKERS IT WAS COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BECAUSE IT'S SO COLD WE ARE 2 HRS LATE TOMORROW. BUT I STILL BETTER SIGN OFF. I HAVE A VERY BUSY WEEK. SO DON'T BE LOOKING FOR ALOT BLOGGING.

ONLY WAY TO SIGN OFF NOW IS JUST LOOKING AHEAD.

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT WEEK.
TOODLES
TERESA

WELL WELL HERE I AM COLD IN IOWA AND GOING TO GET COLDER

SEEMS TO BE LOTS OF PEOPLE CONCERNED I'M NOT WRITING ENOUGH. SUCH AS SISTER, AND SCHAGER, BOTH HAVE BEEN HARASSING ME. SOME OF US ACTUALLY HAVE WORK TO DO AT WORK. FEBRUARY IS A BUSY MONTH AT SCHOOL. FIRST WE ARE HOSTING THE STATE SECTIONALS IN WRESTLING ON FEB 10TH AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK 2 GIRLS DISTRICT BASKETBALL GAMES AND THE FOLLOWING WEEK 3 BOYS DISTRICT BASKETBALL GAMES. PLUS ALL THE EXTRA BOOSTER CLUB ACTIVITIES. MARCH WILL LOOK GOOD TO ME NOT ALOT OF NEWS EITHER. THOSE KEEPING UP WITH MITCHELL, HE FINISHED 2ND AT THE CONFERENCE TOURN, LOST TO THE RHODAS BOY AGAIN FROM MFL. HE WAS IN MY OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON AND GRANDPA BYRON CALLED HIM THIS MORNING(at school) AND NEEDED TO KNOW THE BEARS COLORS, BECAUSE EVERYONE AT THEIR SITE HAD COLTS STUFF UP AND HE IS GOING TO CHEER FOR THE BEARS, SO HE WAS GOING SHOPPING TO IRRITATE THE REST OF THE SNOWBIRDS. MITCHELL WAS LAUGHING AT HIM, HE IS A PACKER FAN BUT BECAUSE I BRAINWASHED MITCHELL AND HE IS A BEARS FAN, BYRON IS GOING TO BE TOO FOR THE SUPER BOWL.

JUST READ THE HAPPY CAMPER BLOG, UNCLE HANS ENTRY IS A GOOD ONE.
SATURDAY NIGHT THE FRANKVILLE COUPLES ARE GETTING TOGETHER TO PLAY A GAME CALLED "WHAT IF" ITS HARD TO EXPLAIN HOW TO PLAY IT, BUT THE LAST TIME WE PLAYED WAS NEW YEARS EVE AND DONNA SCHULTZ ENDED UP BLOWING WINE OUT HER NOSE AND HER EYES LOOKED SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SO MAYBE I WILL HAVE SOME GOOD STORIES AFTER THE WEEKEND, ESPECIALLY IF THE BEARS WIN. I GUESS NEPHEW TONY WILL BE HOME FOR THE GAME AND TRACEY AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET TOGETHER ALL WEEK FOR COCKTAILS, SO I GUESS SUNDAY FOR THE GAME WILL BE THE DAY

HARLIE KAY WAS OVER LAST NIGHT AND HER BABY SITTER'S NAME IS BETH, THE "th" COMES OUT A 'f', SHE KEPT CALLING ME "BEF" AND KORI WAS "HEY YOU", FOR SOME REASON SHE WILL NOT SAY KORI OR KOLLIN'S NAME, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE "k" SOUND OR WHAT, ITS SO FUNNY TO LISTEN TO HER TRY AND TALK.

BASKETBALL AND WRESTLING TONIGHT, SO I GUESS I BETTER GET READY.
GO BEARS
TOODLES
TERESA