A Year of Change

Jag had a great time at the game last night. He strolled in around 11 or so and woke us up to tell us he was home, what a good guy, ha. It’s snowing outside right now, but lightly. I think we’re supposed to get a few inches and then more on Friday night. Have to love living in the mountains!

On one of my calls yesterday I found out that the appointment on the 25th in San Francisco is only for distributors and that this time they didn’t want to see suppliers. So I don’t have to go on that trip either, whoo hoo. Someone is looking out for me as I’d rather not travel, especially to California.

We’re letting Jag sleep in a bit and go in a few hours late. Ty needs to go at normal time and Lori is off to the gym in about 5 minutes. We were going to split the workout but she also has a dentist appointment so that would mean two cars and too much driving. So she’s going for the whole hour and then to the dentist and I’ll get Ty to school and Harley to her play day.

I still have lots of work to do and a few more calls today. It’s now 6:15 so time to go. Have a great day people, be safe and GB.

Today Jag is going to the Nuggets game in Denver with Emma and her family in Denver. This was his birthday present from her back in December. I think they’re playing the Warriors which is one of the best teams in the league. Should be fun but I’ll bet it’s midnight before they get home.

Today I have calls at 10, 11, 1 and 2. Then we have two Intraterm Trip meetings at school at 4. One for Ty’s Costa Rica trip and one for Jag’s Baja trip. Lori will take one and I’ll take the other. These trips are coming up fast.

This weekend is the Winter Formal which is a school dance on Saturday. Of course both boys need some clothes. I have a sales meeting Friday morning so I’ll be headed down then. Ty thinks his PSAT went well. We’ll know in a few weeks or so.

Harley barked this morning and Lori said time to get up as it’s after 6. After we came down and fed the dogs and made our coffee, I opened the computer to start the blog and noticed is was 5:24, not 6:24. Lori said “whoops” as she thought her clock said 6:24. Oh well, we should be on time this morning, we’ll see.

Guess that’s it. No snow today up here, maybe some tomorrow and on the weekend. I have so much work to do I’m not sure where to start. Actually I do know where to start but you get the point, lots of work. We’re half way through January, Spring is coming soon! Have a great day, take care and God Bless.

I made it to Denver around 10:30 but had to stop to wash the car and hit the grocery store so she had to wait 10 minutes or so for me. We made it home a bit after 2. Emma and Jag were hanging out and she stayed for dinner and left around 7. Ty was upstairs for most of the day on electronics, cleaning and studying. The house was really clean as like I said, Emma was coming over! We need her to stop by every day just for a couple minutes so Jag will clean every day, ha.

Today I have a bunch of computer work, quarterly taxes are due and I need to get on the garage. So lots going on. Also Ty and the entire 9th grade has PSAT testing. This is a practice test they give to 9th graders to prep them for the college tests coming up in the next year or two. Better get him moving although he’s usually more on time than Jag.

Lori’s back at it with her surgeon in surgery every day this week. That’s a bunch as usually it’s only Monday, Wednesday and Friday. She must be backed up.

We’re getting ready for Spring up here. We have a snowstorm coming in a day or so but you can feel things starting to change a bit. Hope it’s an early Spring.

Time to go, have a great week. Robi said she was having a hard time commenting. If anyone has a comment, just email me and I’ll post it. Some of you have to have some New Year plans or have started a new hobby or are planning a trip, or maybe buying a new muscle car (Tom?), so let us know! Be safe and God Bless.

I woke up at 6 am from Harley barking to get up. She usually doesn’t bark so I thought I’d better check it out. I guess she was just ready to get up as all was fine. Earlier, probably around 4 from my best guess, my phone rang. By the time I got up and made it to the phone, they had hung up. I think it was Lori as it came up Restricted which is what her number shows as it has a block as it’s her hospital phone. I just called her and yup, it was her but she says it was more like 10. I’m not buying it, I think it was more like the middle of the night, ha.

Last night I went to watch the first half of the Dallas L.A. game with a bunch of friends at one of the few chinese restaurants here in town. We don’t really have any good chinese food up here but it was more about seeing a bunch of people. I left a bit after half time with food for the boys. Marty said earlier in the day, “I like shitty chinese food”, ha.

I’ll take off around 9 to go get Lori. She should get in around 11. The house is pretty clean as like I said yesterday, Emma is coming over. I’m starting to look at used cars as Jag will need one in a few months. There’s a lot of good cares out there for $20,000. We did make a offer on a storage unit yesterday down at the Jet Center. You actually buy them and own them like real estate. With us paying $500 a month now (have been for 3 years) for the two we rent, and my Company paying $320 of that, it just made sense. We’ll see if they accept our offer as we offered $7K less than their listing price. If not we’ll just continue to rent.

No snow yesterday and it was nice out. More of the same today. I think Lori had fun with her Mom. Hope Dixie is doing well. That’s about it, time to get moving, have a great day, GB.

Another morning, another day. The week went well considering it was the first real work and school week of the year. We all managed to make it through unscathed. Lori is home tomorrow and by divine intervention, I don’t have to go to Texas on Monday afterall! Today Ty wants to hit the mountain, Jag is getting a haircut at 1 and cleaning his room (as Emma is coming back from being gone for a week and coming over tomorrow) and I’m going to look at a storage unit with Marty down at the Jet Center later this morning. Tonight at 6 pm I’m headed to May Palace to watch the Dallas / LA game with a bunch of buddies.

First up though is, you guessed it, the gym. That’s of course after I take the dogs up the hill. Yesterday after Jag’s PT and my endless stream of conference calls, we picked up Ty and went to the Four Seasons for apps in the bar. Then we hung out at home for the rest of the day.

Lori and her Mom were busy doing stuff and I think watched a movie last night. I did talk with Antonio last night who found a house on the beach on the island of Elba in Italy in June for $130 a night! This is a really good deal as it sleeps 10 and we love Elba so we might plan a trip there. We also have an invitation to go stay in the south of France so we’ll see. We’ll be going somewhere as we love to travel and are trying to find something fun for when the kids get out of school. I think we’re all going to New York in April for Spring Break. In February we’ll be going to see some colleges somewhere too so lots going on.

Time to get moving to so that’s it for the day. Hope everyone is well, take care and GB.

Today is the first Ski Friday of the year. This is where the entire school goes skiing. Jag has opted out as he can’t ski yet with his hand. I’ll pick him up around 11:30.

Lori made it to California and she and her mom went out to dinner at this really nice restaurant where we’d all gone before. We had some snow overnight but not too much, only 3 inches or so. The pups are on their beds hanging out and I need to go start the truck and brush off the snow.

Not much else going on. I need to clean up a bit around here. On Monday I need to get up early and leave at 5 am for my 8 am flight. Wish I didn’t have to go but probably should. It’s a quick 24 hour turnaround. I just have so much to do here and am now in San Francisco on the 24th and 25th.

That’s it. The Barrett Jackson Car Auction of fantastic old restored cars starts tomorrow in Phoenix. I told Tommy to buy a car and he’d like to but just hasn’t found the right one. If I were him, I’d be all over this as they have all the cool cars. Like he said though, where would he drive it. Oh well, he’ll find something someday. I told him I’d go to Phoenix with him next year to go to the auction.

Have a great day, great football tomorrow. Anyone have any new plans for the new year? Did you start to learn a new language? Are you planning a trip to some exotic location or maybe even someplace close like New York or Mt. Rushmore or Yellowstone? Anyone taken up a new hobby, knitting??? Ha, anyhow the point is to get out of your comfort zone and just do something, anything new or different. Come on people, give it a try! God Bless.

Here we go, Lori’s off to see her Mom. Wish she could come here but I think the altitude is too high for her heart. Hope she’s doing well. Jag has an orthodontist appointment today and Ty needs to stay until 4:30. I have a lot of computer work to do before I leave for Dallas on Monday.

It was warm yesterday and supposed to be warmer today. I went down to the bank yesterday for a board meeting and it was good to see all the guys I hadn’t seen for a long time. Dr. Langley was there and he’s about Mom and Dad’s age but doing very well. He seemed like he was 50 even though he has to be in his 80’s. It was a brief meeting but good to experience. Tom works hard there for the whole family.

Lori drove the truck yesterday and does not like it! She’d rather have two Land Rovers, ha. I have to admit the Range Rover is probably the best car I’ve ever had and as you know, I’ve had a lot of cars. I wish I had a garage right now as I’d have some kind of sports car. Hopefully in about 10 months we will.

Time to get moving so that’s it. Lori’s flight is around 11 so we’ll drop the boys at 7:45 and head out. Have a great day, take care, be safe and God Bless you all.

I’m off to a meeting at 7 so Lori has to take Harley, get the boys moving, stop to get them both breakfast stuff for each of their classes and drop them for school. That rght there is a whole days worth of work. Tomorrow she’s off to California if the TSA goes to work. Lots of flights have been cancelled with TSA workers calling in sick because they didn’t get paid.

It’s warming up today with no snow which is nice. I hate it when the roads are messy. I’d rather have snow. Well the California people did it, enough of them moved here so that our State government is now blue. It’s not enough to screw up their own State, no they had to leave and come here to screw ours up too. We’ll see what happens.

It’s 6:15 and Lori is already out of the shower so I need to get moving. None of us can ever seem to get enough sleep. I told Lori that there needs to be two extra hours between 10pm and 6am. Maybe that’d help. Have a great day, GB.

Even though it’s January 8th and snow is on the ground, it’s hard to ignore the fact that Spring will be here in about 8 weeks. The seasons come and go pretty fast up here and for that matter, at our age, so do the years. School was good and so was work. I was literally on the phone from about 9 am until 3 pm. Today I’m off to the warehouse after a 6:30 am call with Luisa which should last about 30 minutes. Lori has clinic so lots going on.

I’m staying away from politics but don’t understand why the dems are so opposed to border security. Oh wait, even though they all voted for a wall years ago they’re now against it because of Trump. What a shit show in D.C. on both sides. How do you like the muslim congresswoman saying impeach the mother fucker? Nice. Get your shit together people. I say kick them all out.

Harley had fun at daycare. Her boyfriend Moose (the Hetfields dog) and her wait by the door for each other to show up and are inseprabale all day. They’ve been close friends since they were both puppies. Time to get moving, lots to do and my 6:30 call is only about 15 minutes away and I still need to shower. Have a great day, take care and may God Bless you.

Here we go, school starts today. Also it’s my first conference call of the year and just like here with the boys, there’s some big changes coming for the “kids” at work!

Yesterday was a snowy cold day. It’s supposed to start warming up tomorrow and be nice for the week. We’re leaving at 7:45 for school and right now it’s 5:56. I need to go shovel and get the car warmed up and take Harley before the kids so lots to do.

Lori is still sleeping as she hasn’t been sleeping well with her neck. Thursday she’s off to her moms in California. Not much else, glad I didn’t go to Phoenix as the roads probably are not good. That’s it, have a good day, be safe and God bless.