A Year of Change

Wonder how many posts I’ve started with TGIF. Well this time I mean it! It’s been a long week or month or year and we just need a break. As far as we can tell, outside of lunch and dinner tomorrow, we don’t have much going. Ty does want to go to Granby Sunday for the mountain bike race but we’ll see how much homework he has.

I’m off at 7 this morning and Jag leaves school for Denver at 2:30 for a soccer game and Ty has Gaming Club until 6 pm. So we’re busy again. Not sure what we have going on tonight, hopefully nothing. I know Lori wants to go to a movie but we’ll see. Time to get moving, take care, God Bless.

This morning the Senior Class takes a bus to Ford Park for the Senior Class picture. Hard to believe one of our boys is a senior. I’m dropping Ty early to meet with his science teacher about a lab. Then it’s off to the gym.

Lori has clinic but everyday seems like clinic as she’s home usually after 6 every night. It’s getting cool outside. Tomorrow I’m in Denver until about 1 and then Saturday we have Jeff and Tina coming up for lunch and then a bbq at Gerry and Marcie’s house that night. The colors are finally starting to change a bit. Everything is still late this year due to our early June snows. Mom used to love the colors changing and we’d go pick her up for a day drive every year so she could get into the mountains and see all the colors.

Crazy shit going on in the World, too much to get in to. Just remember, you’re pretty much on your own except for maybe a few close friends and some family, no matter what happens. And trust me, shit will happen. I’ll leave it at that for now.

Football tonight although after the piss poor officiating last week, I’m not excited about watching it at all. In fact, I’m sort of over football which is hard to believe. I do like college football still and these days, I think I enjoy it more than the pros. Oh well, everything changes, ha.

Time to go, have a great day, God Bless.

Lori has either pink eye or a stye on her right eye that she just can’t get rid of. We think it started on the weekend from lack of sleep and eye strain from driving down and up to Denver. It’s painful and bothersome.

I’m going to stop by the house today to see how the framing is coming along as I have to go to Aspen and will be driving right by. As I said, things will start moving a bit quicker now that the foundation and plumbing are in. Everything now is from the ground up.

My foot is still a bit sore but I’m trying to power through it. The boys are fine and so is school. The dogs too. We had a mountain lion outside last night hissing and growling and keeping Lori up. Not sure when that ended as I fell asleep.

Guess that’s it, time to go. Have a great day, GB.

Tuesdays and Thursdays are clinic meaning we’re always up early. To top it off, I need to have the truck to the dealer a little after 8, then head to the warehouse and then up to Longmont and then back to Denver for an 11:45 appointment before picking up the truck hopefully a bit before 1 and then heading home. So a busy day awaits.

My left foot is sore like maybe I fractured it. Hope not. I’ll give it a few days before overacting, ha. Both boys have lots of work at school and so do I. They start framing the house today which means things are going to start moving fast. Tom our builder says we’ll be meeting almost weekly starting soon.

Lori says it feels like Fall outside and she’s not wrong. Time to get moving. This upcoming weekend is the first weekend in months we don’t have to go anywhere. Ty does want to drive over to Winter Park to see his teammates in the next mountain bike race but I’d sure love to just stay home. We’ll see. I have a couple of books I’ve been trying to start. Time to go, 6 am and I should be out the door in 45 minutes at the latest. God Bless.

It’s the half way mark of September, hard to believe. Soon it’ll be October, then Thanksgiving and then Christmas. In fact it’s just about 100 days until Christmas, wow.

Today we’re busy again as usual. School, soccer, work and cleaning. Yesterday Jag and Lori were in Denver while I had to sit in stopped traffic going up the pass to get dog food. Then I watched as the refs stole a Bronco victory from us. There’s no excuse for that in the NFL Not one but two bad calls in the closing minutes were blown. It makes me want to stop going to the games and watching football.

That’s it, the house is coming along. They start framing tomorrow as the foundation is all in and backfilled. Pictures to come. The dogs think Lori is taking them up the hill as she’s headed to the gym so I’d better take them. Have a great day, God Bless.

Last night we went to Don and Kim’s for a sushi party that they bought at the school auction last year. It was a really fun time. A couple of parents from school (Patrick and Marcie) who we know as Patrick did our construction loan, made the sushi and homemade ice cream for dessert. We didn’t know this, but they really knew what they were doing. The food was incredible. The ice cream was so simple yet so over the top good, that we’re seriously thinking of starting a Company with them. Yes it was that good!

There were mostly people from Lori’s office including Dr. Huard and Dr. Evans and their wives who we really like a bunch. The Headmaster of the school, Mike was also there helping make the sushi. In fact everyone made rolls. The fish was from Seattle Fish Company which is where every top sushi restaurant in the State gets their fish from too. It was fun seeing Mike outside of school. He’s a pretty good guy (70 now but you’d think 50) who raised his kids in Singapore and most recently ran the top private school in Vegas with kids from parents like Andre Agassi and the other celebrities in Vegas.

Ty came along and hung out with Sammie and two other girls from his class. We stayed until about 9:30. Jag spent the night at Ethan’s after going to the girls volleyball game. He thinks he did well on his ACT test which was from about 8 until 1.

Today Lori and Jag head to Denver for a 2 to 5 fitting for Denver Fashion Week. Ty and I will stay home with the dogs. The Bronco’s play the Bears. I gave my tickets to my Chicago distributor but get to expense them for market value to the Company. They say tickets are going for 2 to 3 times face value, ha. That’s it, time to head to the gym. God Bless everyone and God Bless the Denver Bronco’s!

Today Jag has the ACT test at school this morning so even though it’s a Saturday, we’re up early. Last night he made some vanilla pancakes or something and must have used every pan in the house. Of course they’re all sitting in the sink or on the counter dirty. Ty is sore but sleeping through the night which is good news. After we get Jag fed and out the door we’ll head to the gym.

Mojo stayed at the vet last night as he might have a bad kidney or something as he was not feeling well and had a few accidents in the house, ugh. It’s cool outside but not like the other morning. Yesterday I ran down to Denver to get Ty his last part for his computer. I didn’t want to make the trip but he’s been working hard at school and I didn’t want him to wait until Tuesday.

Tomorrow Jag and Lori have a fitting for Fashion Week in November in Denver. I’m going to watch the Bronco game and our friends Jeff and Tina are coming up as he had a problem with some Luchesse Boots he had made that don’t fit. That’s about it, hope you all are well, God Bless.

Ugh, 6:53 and I need to be out the door in 37 minutes. So this is going to be a short one. Last night was back to School night. It’s pretty painful as you don’t really learn anything new. After that we went to Melanie and Marty’s for dinner as it’s his birthday today. His son and parents are flying in and it’s a surprise. Not sure what the temperature is outside but it’s cold. Speaking of cold, as I drove to Aspen yesterday I saw snow on top of the peaks so the first snow of the season was officially September 12th.

It’s 7 now so time to go. Friday the 13th and a full moon, woo hoo. Have a great day and GB

Ok, this morning you can feel Fall temperatures in the air. Lori was cold at 5 am and woke me up. Ty sleeps with his window open so it’s cool in his room too. Not much of a summer around here but that’s ok. As you should remember, Fall is my favorite season anyhow. Football, hunting, lots of fresh produce like apples, good holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving and more. Embrace the cold!

Lots going on at Lori’s work. Ty is building his computer at school and Jag is working away. Lori and Jag had a college meeting with the counselor yesterday and the good news is he’s open to CU now. Between us, he really needs to go in State as it’s cheaper and he’ll be closer to home meaning he’ll have a lot more support than if he’s thousands of miles away. He has another ACT test Saturday as kids can take those as many times as they want. Tonight we have back to school night at 5. From 5 to 6 we go with all the senior parents and kids and then from 6 on it’s everyone. It never stops.

Our friends from Texas that are hunting this week had a terrible week. As of yesterday afternoon with only last nights hunt left, they had only one bull among the four of them. Like I said last week, everything is delayed and the elk still aren’t in the rut. They think it’s the middle of summer. When I’m back up there hunting October 4th hopefully the timing will be perfect.

Lori had her hair done in Denver yesterday and while the city has some things we don’t, I hate the traffic and endless crowds of people. It’s just too crowded. That’s about it, I’m off to Aspen today. Hope you all are well, God Bless.

18 years ago 3000 people were killed by some people who hate us and our way of life. Sadly there are still people that feel the same. To make matters worse, some of these people are even in Congress! Unbelievable.

Today Ty is heading back to school. He stayed home yesterday as he was in a lot of pain. Jag had soccer and then stayed for the girls volleyball game. He had some homework or studying last night so we didn’t see him much.

Lori is off to Denver this morning to get her hair done. Ty’s computer parts arrived so he’ll be building his computer over the next few days. Mojo is limping a bit from walking up the hill last night. Hopefully he’ll be better in a few days. That’s it, hope everyone is well, take care, be safe and God Bless.