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

DAMN COMPUTERS

I TRIED LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING TO BLOG AND POST SOME PICTURES. LAST NIGHT THE COMPUTER FROZE AFTER I HAD ONE PICTURE POSTED AND THIS MORNING I DONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, HAD 1 PICTURE POSTED WORKING ON THE 2ND AND THE BLOG SITE DIDNT RESPOND. SOOOOOOOOOO, PISSY I GOT AND SHUT THE STUPID THING OFF AND CAME TO WORK.
WE GET OUT OF SCHOOL EARLY TODAY, SO WHEN I GET HOME, IT WILL BE TRY #3 COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, YOU WILL HAVE 2 BLOGS FROM ME TODAY ONE WITH PICTURES ONE WITHOUT.

JUST WANTED TO LET YA KNOW, I'M STILL HERE AND PISSY

UNTIL LATER
TOODLES
TERESA

BRIGHT SUNSHINEY DAYS X 3

I TRIED THIS BLOG YESTERDAY, COMPUTER AT HOME DIDN'T LIKE IT FOR SOME REASON, SO I WILL TRY IT TODAY. ANYWAY STORMS SEEM TO BE OVER. WE HAD NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY ALSO, SO IT TURNED INTO ANOTHER DAY OF ENTERTAINING. DENISE & EDDIE WERE SNOWED IN AT SUSAN'S, SO THEY CAME FOR TUNA & NOODLES(lenten season also) AND GAMES ON FRIDAY. AFTER THE THURSDAY STORM WE WERE OUT OF SNACKS AND REFRESHMENTS, SO EDDIE, DENISE & I TRIED A TRIP TO WALMART, WASN'T SO BAD GOING, BUT THE TRIP HOME WAS OK, UNTIL WE HIT HOTH'S POND, FROM THERE INTO FRANKVILLE WAS 1 LANE AND SOMETIMES, NO LANE. THEY SAID THE OTHER END OF TOWN WAS CLOSED NO LANES THERE. DOUG & I DID VENTURE UPTOWN ON FRIDAY, LOTS OF CARD GAMES GOING, MOST EVERY ONE WAS WALKING. THE WIND QUIT FRIDAY NIGHT SOME TIME AND THE SHINE WAS SHINING SATURDAY MORNING AND THE ROADS WERE GETTING CLEANED OFF. SATURDAY NIGHT WE DROVE AROUND AND CHECKED SOME OUT, MOST GRAVELS ARE 1 LANE. I FORGOT THE CAMERA, IF I THINK OF IT I WILL TRY SOME PICTURES OF THE DITCHES.

SATURDAY NIGHT WE ATTENDED THE PIRATE BOYS BASKETBALL GAME. THEY WERE IN THE DISTRICT FINALS, WITH ONE MORE GAME TO MAKE IT TO THE STATE TOURN. NO LUCK, THEY WERE DEFEATED. SO THE WINTER SPORTS ARE OVER HERE. THE MONTH OF MARCH WILL BE QUIET AND THEN ITS TRACK TIME, IF THE SNOW IS GONE BY APRIL 3, FIRST TRACK MEET DATE. A QUIET MARCH IS FINE WITH ME. ALL I WILL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IS CELEBRATING THE BIG HOLIDAY .

WE HAVE A BIG CELEBRATION AT OUR HOUSE TOMORROW, KORI SUE IS TURNING 16. MY MY. SO ON WEDNESDAY, NO SCHOOL DUE TO END OF TRIMESTER, WE HAVE A TRIP PLANNED TO WAUKON TO GET THE LICENSE AND ORDER A CLASS RING. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS, WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE LITTLE YOU WAIT AND WAIT FOR THAT FIRST SMILE, FIRST TOOTH ETC. AND NOW THIS WILL BE MY LAST LICENSE, LAST CLASS RING TO BUY ETC. I'M EITHER GETTING OLD OR SAD!!!!!!!

WELL I GUESS THAT IS IT FOR NOW, SHOULD HAVE THOSE NEWS PICTURES OF HARLIE KAY THIS WEEK ALSO, SO I WILL DO SOME SCANNING AND POSTING TO THE BLOG.

TOODLES
TERESA

IT'S HERE AGAIN

ANOTHER SNOW STORM, WE WERE DISMISSED YESTERDAY AT 2:00, AND NO SCHOOL TODAY, SO THAT MAKES 1 1/2 DAYS THIS WEEK. OH BOY SCHOOL IN JUNE. ANYWAY TODAY WAS KIND OF A STRANGE STORM. ICE AND WIND EARLY THIS MORNING, RAIN AFTER THAT, DOUG & I EVEN MADE IT TO WALMART DURING THE RAINY PERIOD, THEN SLEET, THEN RAIN AGAIN, NOW SNOW. I WISHED WE WONT HAVE BRAGGED IN DECEMBER WHEN IT WAS 40 & 50, BECAUSE MARCH IS NOT LOOKING TO GOOD.

KOLLIN WAS NOT WORKING TODAY EITHER, SO AFTER OUR TRIP TO WALMART WE CALLED THE NEIGHBORS AND HAD SOME CARDS HERE, STARTED ABOUT 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVERYONE JUST LEFT. DOUG WON ALL THE EUCHRE GAMES, THEN WE PLAYED A CARD GAME CALLED 31, IT WAS FUN, WE HAD BOBBY & MITCHELL HERE, THEN THE SNITKER CLAN ARRIVED. SO WE HAD MORE MONEY IN THE POT THEN. SOME WERE WINNERS, SOME WENT HOME LOSERS.

AND WATCHING THE NEWS, DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR SCHOOL TOMORRWO, SO I GUESS THE GAMES WILL CONTINUE.

SISTER BUBBA AND TRACEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET TOGETHER TO ORDER SOME ST. PATTY'S DAY SHIRTS, WE HAVE A TRIP PLANNED TO TRACEY & MY FAVORITE PUB, EDDIE'S IRISH PUB IN PDC, AND THEN ON TO BAGLEY TO LUCK OF THE IRISH FOR ST. PATTY'S DAY, SO WE ALL WANT TO LOOK GOOD. THAT HAS BEEN THE BIG TOPIC THE LAST FEW DAYS. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEY COME UP WITH.

I CAN'T THINK OF ANY MORE NEWS NOT THAT THIS IS MUCH, I WILL LET YOU KNOW IF ITS CARDS TOMORROW, OR SCHOOL.

TOODLES
TERESA