A Year of Change

Oooo, it’s good to have you back again!

Ok, what’s the title and first line of today’s post from? Betcha can’t guess?

Anyhow today we’re going down to the house for sun and fun with a few friends. We’re taking lawn chairs and making sure we “distance” while down there. Yesterday Ty and Zoe went to Chloe’s house. Meanwhile Jag stayed home and after I finished up some work we came up with an idea for his new Company. Jag is going to start a delivery or errand business for all the people who don’t want to go out. Here’s the program.

VAIL VALLEY MOUNTAIN SHOPPING AND DELIVERY

Are you still stuck at home practicing social distancing and you don’t want to go out? Vail Valley Mountain Shopping and Delivery are here to help you get what you need, without leaving your home. Serving the Vail Valley as well as Frisco, Silverthorne and Dillon daily.

For your safety, and ours, we strictly follow all CDC and CO. Dept of Health guidelines. N95 masks and gloves are used at all times.

To get started, figure out what you need, from where, and when you need it. Next either email me or for faster service, give me a call. Orders need to be placed by 8pm the night before your requested delivery date.

Individual quotes are available for out of area needs, i.e. Denver, Glenwood, Eagle, Aspen.

Delivery services are currently available from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM daily, Monday thru Friday. Same day and emergency requests options are handled Monday-Sunday on an individual case basis.

Examples of places we shop include City Market, US Post Office, Fed Ex, Walgreens, Village Market, Walmart, Home Depot, Whole Foods, Petco, Target, and Costco*

Shopping and delivering to you from stores in Frisco, Silverthorne and Dillon Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Shopping and delivery to from all businesses between East Vail and Edwards daily.

Fee Schedule –

• East Vail to Edwards – $15 for the first stop, $10 for each additional stop
• Frisco to Silverthorne – $25 for the first stop, $10 for each additional stop
• * $5 surcharge for all grocery and shopping purchases up to $50 or 10% of the total bill if above $50
• No additional fee for delivery and pick up service

Same Day Delivery, Emergency and out of area trips are available based on individual quote.

Terms: COD

Accepting Cash and Venmo

10% OF NET PROFITS GO TO LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS

Call or email me at 303-870-4686 or fugatejagger@gmail.com to discuss options that are available.

• daily reservations on a first come first served basis

It looks much better on the flyer we made up as it’s all centered and stuff but pretty good idea. If it works we can easily scale it by hiring his buddies who all drive and are sitting around. We launch Monday so we’ll keep you posted.

Well that is it. I need to run to the store so I have to go. Make it a great day and enjoy the sunshine. Oh, the title of today’s blog is a Chicago song and that along with the first line of the blog are the first two lines of the song. God Bless.

We made it down after all and we both had our hair done yesterday by our friend Phoebe. Her brother in law Tom is building our house. Meanwhile the boys were hanging out, here, there or somewhere. Jag went out after we were home and then again a bit later. I think he was playing basketball. You see they’ve lifted the stay at home thing up here. Nobody really knows what that means though. Oh well, it is what it is.

I watched the draft and texted with Tommy over the 4 hour period. One more blast of it today at noon although I don’t really watch the third day. Mojo peed inside again last night. Don’t know why as we took him out around 10 pm. He’s just old.

Sunshine is on the way, so they say. The sky is blue up here with some clouds mixed in. It does say it’ll be in the 60’s today in Vail. Hopefully everyone from Denver isn’t headed up here for the weekend.

Lots to do today. I’d like to get down to the storage units and start hauling crap to the dump. We’ll see. Have a good weekend, God Bless.

I woke up at 5:12 am and looked outside to see snow! Thought we were just getting rain last night. Turns out once I was in the car and a few miles down the road it was just rain. Driving home from the gym it was still snowing here at home. Looks more like December outside rather than April. Oh well, it should melt by tomorrow.

I was in Denver yesterday and home by noon. Then Lori and I went down to the house to walk through with the hardware guy to pick out all the drawer handles for everything from kitchen cabinets to dresser drawers and bathroom vanity’s. We also had to let them know which doors we wanted locks on.

Around 5 I went to James to hang out for a couple hours with Marty. He’s got a set up in his garage that’s unbelievable. It’s a complete shop with a welder, metal saws, drill presses and more. He made up three shooting benches for us three to shoot at his ranch. I think we’re going a week from this weekend. We also are planning a fishing trip and might go up to Wyoming to look at a pheasant ranch.

I made it home about 7 which was an hour into the NFL Draft. About 30 minutes later the Bronco’s picked a great wide receiver. Can’t believe the guy fell as far as he did. Round 2 and 3 start at 5pm tonight. It’s fun to watch. It’s kind of the highlight of the Spring for Tom and I.

Not sure what’s going on today. We were going to Denver to get our hair done but our friend can’t do it today. We’ll see what’s going on after another cup of coffee. That’s it, make it a great day and Go Bronco’s! God Bless.

Finally a diversion. Today is the NFL draft. It actually seems like it came up quicker than in years past. Maybe it’s because all the days seem to run together these days. Anyhow at 6 tonight it starts, whoo hoo.

Lori and I went to Denver and had a nice time with Jeff and Tina for a few hours outside in their backyard. She made a great salad with grilled asparagus and salmon, yum. It was just nice to see some friends. They’ve been home for like two months! The boys stayed home with the dogs.

I’m off to the bank in Denver this morning to sign some papers. I’ll then turn right around and head home. It’s warming up up here and in Denver. It was pretty green in Denver with flowers starting to bloom and green grass everywhere. We dropped four masks to Tommy he asked for. We didn’t see Ali as I guess she has COPD (didn’t know that) so she can’t chance being close to us Tom said.

Guess I’ll go. I think the Governor is up here today to open Eagle County. He should just stay in Denver and not make this a big deal as I’m sure now we’ll get lots of visitors from Denver coming up this weekend, idiot.

Be well, be safe and God Bless.

We’re off to Denver today for a social distancing bbq lunch at Jeff and Tina’s. We were going down last weekend but decided to wait for better weather. We’ll all stay six feet apart in their backyard and hang out together for a few hours. Consider it a test run for the new normal. Meanwhile the boys will stay here at home with the dogs. We invited them but they declined.

Lori’s doctor tried to get her back to work yesterday but apparently the clinic needs to reach some threshold before they bring back anyone. Lori felt good though knowing her surgeon was fighting for her. We’ll see what happens later this week as they’re supposed to open up our County a bit.

I don’t know about you but I’m sick of watching people from the news broadcast from their homes. These people have all been quarantined for months and could easily do the news from the studio. Guess it wouldn’t create the same drama.

It’s 8 am as we slept in. We were headed to the gym at 5:30 but Lori wouldn’t get up, even though she said she wanted to! Dogs have been out, boys are sleeping and I have a few trash cans to empty and put out before we go.

Lots of States are debating how to reopen. It’s clear many in the Country have had enough. One things for sure, the economy has had enough. I mean something has to give. We just can’t go on forever staying locked down. It’s a slippery slope but this thing could be with us forever from now on. It might not go away, ever. Knowing this we just need to figure out now how to live with it. They’re now saying a second wave could come this Fall or Winter that could be worse as it’ll be coupled with the seasonal flu. So sadly we need to think about how to now live with this shit. Just saying. Personally I think life’s going to be much simpler. In many ways we’ll go back in time a few decades in the way we live. We’ll see. Exciting changing times we now live in. God Bless.

Looks like Eagle County will officially reopen this week. I guess we’re leading the State in having curbed the number of new cases. We’ll see how it goes. We’re still supposed to social distance and wear masks, I think, but some stores and businesses will reopen. More to come in the next few days.

Yesterday Lori and I went to the hardware store. Not a hardware store like Ace but one that sells handles for everything from doors to cabinets to refrigerators and more. It was a bit overwhelming. Before then I was on calls most of the day from about 9am until 3.

Today it’s going to be warmer still, yea! We found out yesterday that Moose, Harley’s best friend and James and Francesca’s dog, had to have his front leg amputated! He fell on some stone steps and shattered his elbow. Moose is a German Shepherd too. They took him to Denver but after four hours of surgery they couldn’t fix it. We might take Harley over to visit him. Dogs know and remember each other and have relationships just like people. Very sad on top of all this crap.

It’s 5:20 and I’m headed to the gym. That’s it for now. The NFL Draft is in two days! Finally something to look forward to. Make it a great day and God Bless.

Today is weed day or something like that. Don’t think there will be a lot of get togethers unless all those people are too stoned to know they’re not supposed to get together. Ha.

It’s warming up this week. Hopefully it’ll stay warm once it gets here. The boys are off and so is Lori so I’m the only one working right now. Sort of weird. I have a Zoom call at 9 and slept in so time to go. Hope all is well, be safe, God Bless.

Last night we had a dusting, nothing to shovel but enough to cover the windshield of the car. Enough already, bring on the sun. Today they say we’ll be in the 60’s. Yesterday I was fighting off the start of a cold but through echinacea tea, elderberry syrup , zinc and vitamin C, it looks like I dodged it. No need to get sick these days.

Crime is way up in the cities. Every morning on the news I see a couple of shootings in Denver. Breaks ins are way up down there too. Keep your doors locked, even when home. Sad I even have to say that.

Lori worked yesterday even though she’s not working, ha. We’ll see how that goes. There are a couple protests in Denver today to open the economy back up. These have been going on across the Country as some local governments have taken things too far. The mayor of New York has asked people to take pictures of people who are not social distancing and turn them into the police. What? Sounds like Nazi Germany to me. Tattle on your neighbors, wow.

Eagle County is pushing to reopen as we’ve essentially stopped all new cases and have the highest testing rate in the entire country. We’ll see. We’d still need to practice some social distancing in some way which we probably will for years to come. It’s a new World and in many ways I don’t think this will be totally over until there’s a vaccine which could be a few years away. As I said a few days ago, hundreds of thousands around the country are out of food. Things are going to get worse economically before they get better. This is going to be the real challenge as many small business are already out of business and others will not make it. This is going to cause huge issues. On top of that, even as we sort of get a handle on this, it will come back probably in the Fall in a different fashion. Kind of a shit show.

The boys are well. Lori is trying to kick her headache still and the dogs are fine. Mojo needs a bath and his nails cut bad. We’ll try to get him in this week. I hope the stay at home policy get relaxed up here for the kids so they can all go on a hike or something. It’s just not normal for 16 and 18 year old’s to be trapped in their house all day for weeks.

Take care, be safe and God Bless.

Well yesterday another bomb dropped as Lori was furloughed from work. Hopefully in a few months she’ll be called back. Her top nurse was also furloughed. This starts today so not much notice, nice. They didn’t think this through very well as revenue will actually go down without Lori and others in her position at work. That’s what you get when you sell out to a venture cap firm back east. Oh well, we’ll do the best we can, just not the best timing.

This thing affects everyone. We did learn that Eagle County leads the nation in testing and Lori said they only have one patient in the entire hospital and they’re not in ICU. They’ve even sent nurses to Denver to help out. Looks like rain on and off for a few days. We’ll go down to the house later this morning after Lori has a team wide Zoom call. Funny as I thought she was furloughed, ha.

I was in and out of Denver pretty quick yesterday. The boys are fine. Spring Break is next week, ha. School is cancelled through the end of the year, surprise surprise. We’re trying to figure out when and how we can drive out to see Grandma Dixie in California. We’ll have to drive straight through as there are no hotels. We need to figure out what to do with the dogs also. That’s it, time to get moving. Be well, stay safe and God Bless.

That’s short for the snow is over! Yea! I’m off to Denver around 7:30 or 8 and then after a few stops will head back up the hill. Good news is there’s never any traffic jams these days. Yesterday after working for most of the day, Lori and I went to the gym. Nobody is ever there and we have our own key so we are social distancing. A close friend of my buddy Toby was released from the hospital yesterday after having the virus. Toby said he looked bad. Sunken dark eyes, 30 plus pounds lighter and extremely weak was how he described him. He said he couldn’t believe they let him leave. The point here is that this thing hits some people really hard while others not so much. We pray we’re all those people it won’t hit too hard should we get it.

Looks like we’re headed for a soft reopening of places around the country. Thank God as we’ll take anything we can get. Lots of people will be too scared to really venture out for a while so it shouldn’t be too crowded. The PPP program is stalled as the Dems are wanting to add crap to the vote to extend the bill to help small businesses. Luckily our Company has been approved and the money is set aside but in typical democrat fashion, Nancy Pelosi is holding the funding up until the Republicans agree to add some of her pet projects, which as of right now, they won’t. Last time it was $25 million for the Kennedy Center, wonder what useless add on it is this time. I don’t understand why people don’t stop this crap. How about votes where you cannot add any crap on? Oh well, typical Washington.

The boys are well, bored a bit, but well. I’m stopping at Tommy’s today to drop him some more masks. I think he’s renting them out or something as a side business. Just kidding of course. We wanted to drive to Arizona but there are no hotels open. It’s in the 90’s down there and Robi offered to let us stay at her house but that’s too much to ask with four of us. We thought about going to see Dixie but that’s about twice as far as Arizona. We’ll have to wait on that until things change a bit as we can’t take any germs to her at 89 years old.

Guess I’ll go. I am picking up some home made ham salad from Edwards meat market today. Mom sure loved it as I’d get her some whenever I was down there. I’m dropping some wine to the staff at North Valley Bank too. They’re good people and I was dropping some to a guy Tommy introduced me to anyhow so I decided to take enough for the crew. Hope everyone is well. This isn’t over so don’t get too complacent. In fact, you need to start thinking about how your life is going to be going forward. As I’ve said, things will never be the same as they were even six months ago. God Bless.