A Year of Change

Lori and I made it to Denver to get her car and made a few other stops. By 1 or so we were headed up the hill. As soon as we left the dealer we turned around and went back as her tire pressure gage was reading low! Turns out they needed to reset it, hmm. We were home by 4 and then went to work around the house. Lori then went to see Dixie, who called 30 minutes after she left asking when Katie was coming home to sleep. She sometimes calls Lori Katie who was her sister. She thought she was at her grandmother’s house. So sad as things are a little worse every day. It’s hard on Lori more than anyone.

Ty went to a hockey game and was home by 10. He has late start today and still has a bad headache. We need a fresh start with Spring right around the corner. Hasn’t been a great start to the year with all going on in the World and Ty’s wreck. Jag had a final last night. Hard to believe he’s out on April 28th! We’re trying to go to Arizona March 18th, we’ll see.

Time to go as I’m working out at 7 and it’s 6:10. Marty has an appointment in Edwards at 11:30 and Ty has to be at school by 12 so we’re having lunch. Tomorrow I’m in Grand Junction working on the farm to table deal we have going. Fresh veggies are at a premium these days with all going on.

Take care, be safe and God Bless.

Happy March! Spring will be here soon. Thank God.

Yesterday was a busy day. I stocked up on some pantry items, 100 pounds of dog food and some cleaning supplies. Today we’re running down to pick up Lori’s car. Things are going to get worse before they get better with this whole Ukraine thing. Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. Putin won’t stop and certainly won’t quit.

Ty has a concussion. He met with the athletic trainer yesterday and has to meet with her daily for the next week. The next few days should be warm. Hopefully the worst of winter is over.

Time to get moving. We slept in as it’s 6:30 now. Hope to be back by mid-afternoon. God Bless.

Last day of February. Hopefully the snow is starting to fade but they say March is the snowiest month of the year. A lot should melt in the next three days.

Ty’s doing ok. I think they’re going to give him a ticket for not yielding but we’ll see. They think he turned on a green light and not an arrow even though he and the other car said there was an arrow. Something with the timing on the light and the arrow timing out. He should not have spoken to the police at the accident site. We’ll see. In any case, he’ll be without a vehicle for some time.

Lori made it home safe. We went to see Dixie and took her a bunch of things Lori brought back from California. She remembered a bunch of stuff from photos Lori borught.

I need to get a few orders in today to close the month. Lori’s car is getting fixed, and we might go get it at noon or else it’ll be Thursday.

Putin is now talking nukes. That would not be good. Hope cooler heads prevail. Nuclear war ends the World as we know it. Pretty obvious. Time to go, God Bless.

Last night at 7, I received a call from Ty saying he was in an accident. After listening and going back and forth, it was clear I needed to jump in the car and head his way. About half-way there, I spoke with Ty who said the ambulance wanted to take him to the hospital. I told him I’d meet him there. Before I get to the details, Ty’s ok. He does have a bunch of bumps and bruises and a concussion but should be fine with rest.

Now to the accident, Ty was turning at a light when he was broadsided by a suburban type of vehicle that was an Uber. Ty said he had an arrow and so did other people at the scene, but the Uber passenger said they had a green light. The State Patrol hasn’t given anyone a ticket but Ty, who has a concussion, isn’t totally clear on all the events but is adamant he had a green arrow. The cop isn’t sure what happened. Hope they don’t give Ty a ticket. The truck is smashed on the passenger side and on the driver’s side too as it was pushed into another car. Airbags went off and we’re lucky no one was seriously hurt, including Ty’s friend in the front passenger seat. We’ll no more today after Ty wakes up. I just checked on him at 5 am and his head hurts but he seems ok. He did have x-rays and a CT scan just to make sure he had no bleeding in his brain. What a mess but the important thing is Ty is ok. I need to call his friends parents today to check on Nick.

Before that the day was busy with some cleaning, work and exercise. Lori is flying home at 9 this morning and will arrive in Eagle a little after 2. I had her car picked up around 11am and it’s in Denver at the dealer. I went from three cars in the driveway to one in 12 hours!

The World is protesting the invasion of Ukraine. Not sure it’ll stop Putin, but I hope so. The last thing we all need right now is some kind of war. What a shit show. 5:41 am now and I have about 5 hours sleep. I’m too wound up to go back to sleep so I might as well go to the gym. March 1st in less than 48 hours, wow.

That’s it, enough excitement for one day, right? Make it a great day and God Bless.

Next week it’ll be in the 60’s! That means the great melt will be on. Lots of snow with nowhere to go. Most of our grass hasn’t seen sunshine since early December. It’ll be even warmer in Denver with temps hitting the 70’s.

This morning I’m off to the gym and then around 11, the tow truck from Denver will arrive to pick up Lori’s car to take it to the dealer. She has some more cleaning to do today in California and then comes home tomorrow. She had a fun lunch with her 9th grade volleyball team yesterday. Happy she and the girls managed to get it together to meet. Today Annette is driving up from Stockton to see her.

Ty cleaned the house yesterday and was going to stay at Sonny’s but rolled in around 2:30 in the morning. I’ll let him sleep in today. Maybe he and I can go to town or something this afternoon. Maybe we’ll go to Glenwood.

I met up with Jag yesterday and we grabbed some lunch before I took him to Costco and dropped $500 on food. He then went and saw Tommy for a bit. I made it home pretty quick as there was little to no traffic in the afternoon. Nice change. I stopped at a couple stores after hitting the distributor while down there and grabbed a few essentials that you just can’t find up here. I’m always on the hunt for things we need.

Robi and Robert are in Nashville for his birthday, fun. We have some deer bedded down under the trees in the backyard. You don’t want to stress them out as they need to retain all the calories they can.

Time to go. Be well, stay safe and God Bless.

In an hour at 6:30, Ty and I are off to Denver. Jag is meeting us around 10:30 or 11 when I get my haircut. Then we’ll all go to lunch. Should be home around 3 at the latest. Will be a long day for Harley.

Lori made it to California just fine. She did sit on the tarmac here for an hour while the deicer truck was broken.

Ukraine is a mess. The news just showed a bunch of pictures that have been on tv the past couple days debunking them as false and from years ago. One of the more popular ones supposedly shows a fuel depot being bombed. This picture is actually from China in 2019. Just goes to show you, do not believe everything you see on the news. Another purportedly shows Ukrainians praying in the snow. This too is false and from years ago. Yet I’m sure most people see something on tv and take it for being true without question.

Even though those images are false, you do need to keep your gas tanks full. Look, Putin is the same guy he was four years ago, the only thing that’s different is U.S. leadership. Say what you will about Trump, but one thing he didn’t do was show weakness around the World. China is sitting back watching. Also looks like Mitt Romney was right when he debated Obama and said Russia is the number one threat in the World, hmm. History has a way of correcting things.

James called yesterday on the way to the arena for the show. He was just checking in. Hope it was a good show. He has another week doing some vocals on the new album before he’s home. Marty is back from the Caribbean tomorrow. He’s been working on his boat.

Time to get moving. Looks like the 60’s are coming next week, thank God. Lori’s car is getting towed down to Denver tomorrow or Monday. They put it on a flatbed truck, they don’t actually tow cars anymore.

Time to move, have a great day, gas up and God Bless.

This morning at 7:30, Lori is off to Sacramento. Yesterday we closed on our refi. Russia has invaded Ukraine and now the news is telling us all Biden’s failings like supply shortages and record inflation, are due to this mess in Europe. The same news channels told us a week ago it was due to supply shortages and covid. What a joke.

Jag finally has the heat in his apartment fixed. We’re having lunch tomorrow when I go down for a haircut and a stop at the distributor. Lori has her girl’s lunch on Saturday and will be home Sunday.

We had another inch of snow and that looks to be about it. It’s all moved out now. The 8 to 12 inches was flat out wrong, thankfully. It’s been colder in Denver than up here. Sorry for them but good for us.

Time to get moving, 5:40am. Have a great weekend and Tuesday is March 1st! God Bless.

Alright, it finally hit. Not the big time 12 inches of snow or more they predicted, but a good two or three inches. The problem was the wind. Everything outside looks like it’s coated in a sheet of white from the trees to the grass and rocks in the yard. It’s still snowing lightly and will on and off until this time tomorrow.

Think we can make it to Frisco where Lori is working today. I’ll drive her over and hopefully she’ll get a ride back to Avon with Dr. B. We’re also signing the papers on our refinance loan today, whoo hoo! That’s at 9:30 at the hospital in Frisco. It almost fell apart yesterday as I had to run to the county courthouse and townhall. Finally after three calls with the title company I managed to get them to waive two of the things they were requesting. This is good news as it lowers our monthly cash out of pocket by about $2000! It also saves us $10,000 a year in interest which is just money down the drain. I’ve been working on it since December 5th. Those ads on tv that say “close in as little as 10 days” are a bunch of bull. The key words in the ad are “as little”, ha. It’s not done for a few more hours but we just signed electronically so hopefully we’re there.

Meanwhile Lori’s car is sitting in the garage with a cracked wheel. That’ll get fixed probably Monday. Then I’ll start car shopping seriously. I’m shopping now but won’t do anything until next week.

Can’t believe how screwed up Canada is. They froze a woman’s bank account because she donated $50 to the trucker’s protest! Hope she sues the shit out of them. Who knew they actually were being ruled by a dictator? Biden has been wrong on just about everything about Ukraine, surprise surprise. Kamala is being blasted as a buffoon, again, surprise surprise. What a shit show, you couldn’t make this stuff up. God help us,

Be safe, take care, stock up and God Bless.

Last night sometime around 9 it started. We only have a couple of inches so far. But it was the wind that came with the little bit of snow that stirred things up. Today I’ll be driving Lori to work as we have another cracked wheel on her car. I’m so over these low-profile tires. We need to trade her car in for something. Problem is finding something these days. How about a Porsche!

I stopped and saw Dixie again yesterday. She’s doing better than the day before but is slipping fast. Boys are fine and Lori had a good trip to Boulder. She’s getting ready to go to her 9th grade volleyball team reunion dinner in Sacramento on Thursday. Hope there are no delays due to the snow. It’ll be with us until Thursday.

That’s it for now. Time to get moving. Make it a great day and God Bless.

Man it was windy last night. Hope Lori gets home before it dumps at the tunnel and on the pass. She had a good dinner from what I know. Good for the team to get together outside of the office. I’m headed to the gym at 6:30 which is in about 25 minutes.

Ty cleaned his room really well and then went to the gym and then played poker for fun (no money) with some buddies. He’s off all week. Jag and Lori had a late lunch and went grocery shopping before her dinner.

Looks like the Canadian citizens want Trudeau gone. Not hard to reason why. He turned into a dictator on a dime. If they boot him out, he has Sleepy Joe to thank as he followed his instructions to the letter. Good riddance, Biden next if we’re lucky. Problem then is Kamala would be next in line and then don’t put it past the Dems to put someone like Hillary in as VP. I mean really, who do they have, Kamala, worthless, Hillary, a crook, Pelosi, no need to explain. They are a party full of useless incompetent has-beens’. They went all in on total control and the woke culture not realizing everyday Americans would push back. The tide is turning. God willing it will continue. That’s it, get ready for a snowy cold week if you’re in Colorado! God Bless.