Broncos beat the Raiders! Great game and great outcome. Our new quarterback seems to be the real deal and the long-awaited answer to our QB issues here in Denver. Lori, Davy and I watched the game here at the house.
After the game, Jag, Ava, Ty and Will had the Asian hot pot for dinner. We have a dusting of snow outside but are expected to get up to two feet in parts of the mountains by Wednesday. Lori is going to try to switch her Wednesday Frisco patients to virtual appointments. Looks like tomorrow night into Wednesday morning is supposed to be when most of it hits.
After my conference call this morning, I’ll head out to the grocery store and get everything we need for Thanksgiving. Wednesday morning I’ll pick up our turkey. Guess I should call and see if I can get it tomorrow.
After the gym yesterday morning, Lori put up fresh garland and lights on our 5 steel beams on the front porch. That took about 90 minutes. All I had to do was hold the garland up as she tied it on top of the beams. It looks nice.
The kids are all sleeping still at 7am. Jag and Ava have a 7pm flight out of Denver and Ty will head to Madi’s sometime this morning. He works tomorrow. I need to Fed Ex a box today to Wyoming. Hope it gets there on time. I think as long as I ship it today, I’ll be ok.
Three real workdays left in November. I could use another week. A week from today we’ll be in December, hard to believe. Have a great week and if you’re in Colorado, go get your Thanksgiving stuff today! God Bless.
Well, CU lost, but we’re hoping the Broncos win as early in the season, the Broncos lost when CU one, so we think, in our made-up logic, that the universe owes us one.
We left for dinner around ten to five and made it to Vail right around 5:30 or so. Lori always asks for the table hidden in the corner which is this little kind of cubby behind the stone fireplace. We’ve obviously known people there for ten years, but the front desk or schedulers always seem to change from season to season. Still, she managed to get us our table. See the kids below. Lori says she’s going to start tickling them, so they smile as they always look so cool when getting their picture taken. At least Ava always smiles! We love her.
We had a really fun dinner and took our time, like they do in Europe, making the dinner a good two hour event. After dinner, Ty went to see his good friend Will from junior high and high school, who flew in yesterday from Bozeman for Thanksgiving. Ty wanted to borrow a pair of my cowboy boots before we went to dinner, so I loaned him this nice pair of Lucchese grey goat skin ropers. They fit perfect after I stuck a pair of insoles in them for him. He was beaming as they looked cool. Lori said, “you know you’re never going to see those again, right”? I told her, “yea, I know”. I realized this was for sure true when he called after we all made it home and he was with his friends, asking “dad, what kind of boots are these again”? I told him and could hear the guys in the background saying things like wow, and sweet. No big deal, I like giving things to the boys. I used to think, oh I should hang on to that or those, but then would see whatever it was, in a closet or somewhere a few weeks or months later, and realized it wasn’t getting used. Funny how some things we acquire in our lives we think are so important or cool, that turn out to be just things. If I have anything that can make either of my boys happy, I’m thrilled to give it to them. It’s like the “thing” fulfilled its purpose of making someone happy or excited, twice. I’ve given them clothes, old watches, knives, even a guitar, and am thrilled to be able to do so. Plus, they’ll always remember the moment someday when I’m not around. And truthfully, these “things” are just things and don’t mean as much to me anymore. My motto is, if I haven’t used or worn it in six months, it’s fair game.
On the way out of the restaurant, this lady who was younger with her husband and two young kids, who had been starring at us, stopped us and asked Ty, “my husband is wondering what kind of pants are those”? Ty looked down at his jeans and said, “they’re a brand called Purple”. They’re one of his favorite pair of pants I bought him for Christmas a couple years ago from Neiman Marcus. They’re black and have brass zippers down the entire legs on the outside of the pants. This couple, though young, you could tell were tourists as she had a mink on with leather pants and he a new wool western patterned overshirt with what looked like a brand-new hat from Kemo Sabe in town. She said “oh, thank you so much, he loves those, they’re great”! I then stuck out my leg, pointed at my jeans and said “Wrangler”! They burst out laughing and the guy said, “oh I have those”. Funny little moment. I flashed back to 15 years or so ago when the boys were as young as their kids. See, there’s another example of how I’ve come full circle, the kids are wearing designer stuff now, which I used to like, but now I’m back to my $60 Wranglers, that if I must say, I look really good in, ha. Thought about telling the guy, save yourself a bunch of money and time and stick to the Wranglers, but then realized everyone has to go through the stages of life. That’s part of the fun!
Nice weather this morning. Snow is expected this afternoon. Jag and Ava brought up a bunch of food from the Asian market in Boulder as the kids are doing a hot pot for dinner with Cristal champagne. This is where you boil some kind of broth and then cook certain foods in it like a fondue. I think Davy is coming over to watch the game with me as Abby and the kids are headed to her parents’ lake house in Michigan for Thanksgiving. Remember I mentioned a couple weeks ago, her maiden name is Ford, as in the Ford Motor Company. I’m sure it’s a cool, lake house, or mansion. Davy needs to work but might fly up next Wednesday to meet them and then come back Saturday, depending on how busy the store is.
That’s it, time to get moving. Enjoy the day and life. Life is good, appreciate it and Go Broncos! God Bless.
Fun time yesterday. It started around 1 in the afternoon when we went down to Gorsuch to meet Davy and look around. He’s been wanting us to come into the store and do some shopping. He told me anything we want; he’d sell it to us at his cost. Lori looked around like a kid in a candy store and found things like an ice bucket and martini shaker from London, along with some crystal glass Christmas trees, a huge glass and silver centerpiece for her dining room table, some silver utensils, and a couple other things. Their stuff is top of the line and over the top. The martini shaker was $500 alone! Davy told me the easiest thing to do was to settle up later, so I said ok. When Alexandrea packed up all Lori’s stuff, she asked how to pay, and Alex said, it’s all a gift from Davy! She told me this and I told him no way, this is too much, but he wouldn’t listen and told me, you guys do so much for us and are such great neighbors, we want to do something for you! Lori is over the moon of course. Davy told her to come back and look for some more stuff. I’m sure she will. Davy and Abby are such great friends, and we’re thrilled to have them as our neighbors.
We headed home and Ty arrived 30 minutes after us. He hung out with us and loaded up on a couple of bags of food from our pantry and freezer and soon headed out. Jag and Ava arrived an hour or so later. We watched some tv and visited with them until around 9 or 10 when we all went to bed.
This morning we’re headed to the gym and then I might run to Glenwood as Jag needs a new phone and is eligible for an upgrade. The CU game starts at 1:30 and then we have sushi dinner at 5:45. Ty will meet us there after work. The sky is pink again this morning. Snow coming tomorrow and Tuesday into Wednesday. The kids fly to California Monday night so they should be ok.
Time to get moving, 6:48am now. Hope everyone is well. Next week is going to fly by and then it’ll be December! God Bless.
It’s the weekend. Jag and Ava are driving up this afternoon. Ty works today but we’ll see him after work. Jag and Ava are here until Monday when they fly out to San Clemente.
Tomorrow after the CU game we’re all going to sushi at Matsuhisa in Vail. Should be fun. Jag and Ava both drew tickets in the student lottery to the Big 12 Championship Game in Dallas, if CU gets in. Hope they win this weekend and next. My buddy Shultz, if CU is in, will have a big media event/party in Dallas, with Coach Prime and Miss Peggy, and said Jag and Ava would of course be more than welcome to come.
Last night, we had cigar night, and I brought 2 large pans of Lori’s enchiladas. We decided our annual Christmas party is going to be on Saturday December 21st, which is also the Winter Solstice. If you don’t know what that means, it’s the shortest day of the year and also the first day of winter.
I was in and out of Grand Junction fast yesterday and home by 12:30. Brad hooked me up with 10-, 12- and 20-year-old Pappy’s. Lori says let’s keep them but it’s like $5K worth of whisky that cost me about $500. I also ended up with half a dozen other cool bottles and two more bottles of 2012 Cristal Champagne, all for about $1300.
Pretty morning up here with a rose and pink colored sky as the sun rises over the peaks. The cleaners came yesterday so the house looks nice. Carmen, our cleaner, is having a hard time keeping employees, so she shows up each week with a pretty much useless girl who doesn’t have a clue. We might stop using her or just have her come alone and do bathrooms and floors.
Time to get moving. Have a great day and great weekend. Snow coming in a few days! God Bless.
Yesterday I sped down to Denver and dropped off a load of whisky. My buddy Brad texted me that he has another 10 year, a 12 year and a 20 year, Pappy Van Winkle for me. So after a quick gym trip in about 30 minutes, I’m headed to Grand Junction. I’ll spend about $500 bucks for what’s about $5K worth of whisky on the open market. Too good of a deal to pass up as this stuff is essentially unobtainable.
Lori made enchiladas for our cigar night tonight to celebrate the clean sweep of the Executive Branch, the Senate and the House. She said she’d do this for us guys if we swept all three branches of government. Everyone is super excited.
Ty is going to the Cleveland Browns game which is on Monday Night Football. Should be a fun time. The NFL said yesterday they have no issue with the Trump Dance celebration. Smart move as I’m sure 90% of football fans voted for the big guy.
We’re a week away from turkey day and 33 days away from Christmas! I finally called little bro Tom yesterday as we haven’t talked since October. Robi and I made a pact late October to not call and see how long it’d take for him to call us. Well, I gave in yesterday and said screw it, I’m calling. Short story is he’s doing great and is super busy with the new house. The big news is, hold on… he might get married in in the next couple weeks! Whoo hoo, super happy for him. I told him is he’s happy, we’re happy. He’s my bro so I’ll support him in anything he wants to do, but I also told him I’ll still going to be looking out for him as that’s how I’m wired. We’re so happy he has someone to do stuff with and is out there living his best life, congrats!
6:25 am, we slept in, so time to get moving. Make it a great day, God Bless.
Not sure what the temperature is outside, but it’s cold, by most people’s standards. Not sure how cold it is here, I think the news just said zero, but it’s 15 in Denver. It’ll warm up over the next few days. I shoveled a few times yesterday to keep the driveway clear. Because of the messy roads, I drove Lori to work.
Not sure what’s going on today. I might run to Denver to move some of the whisky I bought. I’ll decide after I go to the gym. Can always go tomorrow too.
Ty is cooking a lot trying to gain weight. He’s bummed he can’t snowboard for six to eight weeks as he needs to let the tear in his back heal. Jag and Ava are doing well and coming up Friday.
Lori works in Vail today. Harley had us up early again, about 4;50, which is ten minutes or so before we normally get up.
Time to get moving, almost 6am. Have a good day. Only ten days left in November! God Bless.
5:45 right now. I’ve already shoveled half the driveway but thought I’d come in for my morning coffee. It’s a wet snow which means it’s heavy. I’ll knock out the rest after I finish today’s post.
Yesterday I went to Grand Junction and bought about $12,000 worth of whisky. My buddy is selling his store, so I went down, and he sold me all the allocated stuff like Pappy Van Winkle’s and such. I paid about half of the retail price ($6K) so I’ll keep some, like 2012 Dom and Cristal champagne and some rare tequilas and flip the rest for a few thousand dollars profit.
Today I have calls starting at 10am and finishing around noon. Ty works today and Jag is wrapping up school before his week break. He and Ava will be up Friday.
They say it’ll be cold today, like in the 20’s, but it doesn’t seem that bad. Guess the wind will be the issue after the snow is gone.
Yesterday I saw a video of a bunch of professional and college athletes doing the Trump dance over the weekend. This really pisses off the libs and media. But they can’t seem to get away from it as everyone is doing it, ha. Elections have consequences!
My long-time lawyer and friend in Seattle is also one of Mike Tyson’s lawyers. He posted a picture of he and Mike. I told him glad Mike got paid and he told me, that’s exactly why Mike did it! Good for Mike. Paul, my lawyer, is a great guy, I’ve known for 30 years. He did my divorce years ago. He’s now on the board of the Palm Springs Museum of Contemporary Art and still has a bunch of clients in the entertainment business. I need to call him on a new venture I came up with for Jag. It’s pretty exciting.
Time to go, have a great day, God Bless and Go Broncos, CU and Nuggets!
Great win by the Broncos yesterday. We didn’t just win, we crushed them. Another weekend sweep with CU and the Broncos winning. Fun time.
Lori made a great coconut cake, and I made beef ribs. Marty and Mel came over to hang out and watch the game. Earlier in the day, we went to the gym, then Costco and the grocery store. It was t-shirt weather outside yesterday. Think there’s a little snow coming tomorrow.
Busy week as next week is Thanksgiving week which is sort of a worthless week work wise. I have a couple new ventures I’m working on, so that’ll be a good time to get some stuff done on those.
Time to get moving. Think I’ll go down to Grand Junction today. I was going Wednesday but my day freed up this morning, so I might as well knock it out.
Have a great day. Good day to be a Colorado football fan! God Bless.
Big win by the Buffs yesterday, now we just need the Broncos to do the same. Jag and Ava were up late Friday night but were up early and at the pre-game, which was on national tv, and then the game. Afterwards they were “just chillin”, (their words) and taking it easy.
Lori and I went to Costco after the game and then she put the garland up on the stairs. We’re off to the gym this morning and then I’m putting some beef ribs on, so they’ll be ready this afternoon. They take about 5 hours, so I’ll get them in around 9:30. I need to run back to Costco to pick up four rolls of fresh garland for the steel beams out front.
One month until Jag’s birthday, wow. Hard to believe he’ll be 23 years old. Ty is turning 21 two months from today. Where did the time go. We’re seriously thinking about what to do and where we want to be for the next ten years. I don’t even want to think about being in my 70’s but all three of us, me, Robi and Tom, are now all in our mid 60’s, WTF. Hard to comprehend.
Nice up here, clear and a little cool but nothing too bad. Hope everyone is well, have a good Sunday, thank God for everything and may he watch over you. All glory to God!
We woke up at 5 which is pretty normal for us. When I say, “up early”, I meant for the CU fans, sportscasters and players, as the game kicks off at 10am. That means it’ll be over around 1 which gives us the rest of the day.
Yesterday Harley had her vet appointment here at the house. She has a little thing on her elbow that needs to be taken off, cha ching. I went to Silverthorne and had my windshield fixed. Marty met me and we had his fixed too, all for no charge from my buddy Ben who is the manager at the glass shop.
Last night we watched the Paul/Tyson fight. Poor Mike looked old, but he did make it through all eight rounds and pocketed $20 million. The fight before with two women was brutal. Netflix wasn’t prepared for it though as the streaming kept cutting in and out. Our group was texting, so it wasn’t just us, lots of people had problems. One thing is for sure, no one can beat Father Time.
Students are filling up the pre-game field at CU as they just opened the gates at 6:30. The national pre-game show is in Boulder again. Coach Prime sure put us back on the map. Not sure if Jag is there this morning as he had a friends birthday party last night. He wasn’t too excited about going but had to as it was his buddy’s birthday.
Ty hung out with us until around 9 last night. The two girls I mentioned a month or so ago at his work who identified as they/them, no longer work there. One was caught stealing, by Ty, and when she was fired, the other one quit. Good riddance.
Libs are up in arms about Trumps cabinet picks. RFK is now the head of HHS, which is great! The libs are trying to paint him as a 100% anti-vaxer. This is of course false, just like all their other rhetoric. He is anti MRNA or Covid vax, which he should be. Turns out he was right! If as a parent you want to get your kid the measles vaccine, go ahead. We’re thrilled as he will start to get chemicals out of our food. Right now, in all our water, there are small particles of plastic, everywhere. If all he does is get us in line with European food standards, that’ll be a huge win. Children in the U.S. are the least healthy of all the developed countries in the World, enough said. For the rest of Trumps picks, as Obama famously said 8 years ago, “elections have consequences”, bam.
Time to go, have a great weekend and Sko Buffs and Go Broncos! God Bless.
