A Year of Change

Ok, today is Friday, I’m 100% sure. Yesterday I accomplished all I was supposed to that was within my power. Today property taxes are due among other large expenditures, it is what it is.

Yesterday I took 4 boys to the Rockies baseball game as I was able to secure some comped (free) tickets from my distributor. They had a blast. I think they ate everything that Coors Field had to offer. Hot dogs, nacho’s, peanuts, chocolate covered banana and brownie kabobs (who knew they had those?), Dippin Dots (ice cream) all washed down with an icy cold pop. After that I took the four of them to the park to play baseball. Jagger hyper-extnded his big toe sliding into home on a home run. I made him ice it when we arrived home but he was limping. Hope he can play in his last game tonight! Then I grilled up some more hot dogs for the boys and that was about it. Quite the day to be a kid.

Today Ethan, from Jag’s baseball team, and his brother Evan, who’s Ty’s age and both went to the game with us, are both getting dropped off here at 4pm. We’ll go to their game at 6:30 and then both boys are spending the night as their parents have a party to go to. So again, a big kid day!

That’s about it, Lori of course is back at it. I hope she doesn’t get burned out before she figures out how to make things work easier. She’s a trooper though with a work ethic second to none. For Father’s Day, I’m going to give her my day so she can rest. Time for me to get to the gym before she goes to work, God Bless.

Nope, it’s Thursday. Today Jag and I are getting haircuts at 10 and then I’ll get back to the computer. I might need to run to the warehouse again but will first need to check to see if my samples arrived. Tomorrow night at 7:30 we have Jag’s last baseball game until Fall Ball which I think starts in September. I’m working on the date for the end of season party at our pool. I’m pretty much an assistant coach at practice these days as our coach needs help. The boys are playing well but we can’t seem to get a couple of the boys to stop being afraid of the ball. You just cannot play baseball if you’re afraid of the baseball!

Lori is working hard as usual and I’m having to do more around the house by default as I’m the one here. It’s fun spending more time with the boys but sometimes it’s difficult with my work too.

Next week will be a busy one, a quick trip to Vegas for Lori (24 hours) and then Food and Wine in Aspen. It should be lots of fun. Peggy arranged for all the kids and a couple of us adults to go horseback riding as her cousin owns the T Lazy 7 Ranch up there. I emailed my distributor today to get us all tickets to the Champagne Party and a few other events. The real action at Food and Wine is at the private events, not the big tent that now costs like $2000 for tickets. For those of you that don’t know, Aspen Food and Wine is every year and is one of the most famous events in food and wine in the World. All the famous chefs on tv show up along with famous winemakers. We were going to stay at the home of Billie and Greg, our friends but the Harris’s and their two kids are coming along so we’re in a 4 bedroom condo at Snowmass, it should be a blast and all costs are covered by my suppliers (estates) as it’s important for me to be there promoting our wines. More on this next week.

Time to run, thankfully tomorrow is Friday, whoo hoo! God Bless.

On Monday we were hoping it was Friday, today we’re not sure what day it is. We’re all screwed up due to too much work and too much pressure. At least we’re not bored!

It’s June something and each day seems to go faster than the last. All you can do is get up and get after it as any other option just won’t work.

Today Ty is at the dentist (Jag was there yesterday) but before that I’ll drive 40 miles to and from the distributor. I was going to try to go to the gym but hit the snooze button at 4:45am. After the dentist it’s another drive, about 50 more miles, up north. Then a bunch of phone and computer work before Jagger’s last baseball practice of the year at 4pm. Ty has track at 7:30 before the dentist so Lori will need to drop him, I’ll pick him up!

I hate it when the 15th falls on a weekend as that screws up my mid month pay day as I don’t get paid until the following Monday. Unfortunately the bills don’t account for pay days falling on weekends!

Time to run, politics suck, some people do too but we try to be glass half full people and look for the good in the World. Hope you do too! God Bless.

After about 5 hours of baseball we made it home around 10pm. Jagger played great, the team has really come a long way. One of the pitchers they faced was 14 and threw a fastball that was almost 70 miles an hour. Jagger was the first and then only guy to hit off him every time he was up. The first blast was almost a home run but their outfielder made a great play and caught the ball. Jag was bummed but I told him to shake it off as the guy just made a great play. Finally our team broke through and scored a ton of runs on the guy which was remarkable in itself. The kid came from Omaha and the coach of the their team somehow convinced the family to move here! All at this age, wow.

Ty played hard with his friends at the field and has track this morning. Jagger was going to make swim team practice but was up too late. Lori had another day from hell but is making progress. I keep telling her to manage the whole office, including Dr R. It’s only been 4 months but things are coming along. Hard to believe it’s the 10th of June. Time sure goes by fast.

I didn’t look to see if anyone commented last night as it’s almost 7. My back is jacked up from weightlifting at the gym, think I pulled a muscle. So have a great day and keep the faith! God Bless.

First off, here’s another comment from Annette,

Here’s a comment from Annette,

Annette says:

That’s a line from a Pink Floyd song for those of you that should recognize it. For the rest of you, where the hell are you? This seems to be turning back into a one sided conversation except for when you want something, like the continuation slide show! But seriously, some of you do comment now and then but how about contributing something to the conversation. Let’s try this one again, what are you all doing for summer? Anyone going on  any trips? Are you planting a garden? Anything? Give me something to work with here.

Now to the day, Jagger had baseball practice and went to Max’s house to play and take a bike ride, Ty went to Vinny’s and Lori worked her butt off. Me, I worked, drove, cleaned, shopped, paid medical bills (a daily occurrence) and then had the Harris’s come over for a bbq. They brought some ribs and a salad and I picked up a couple steaks and we had a smorgasbord type feast. We then sat around the fire pit and hung out while the kids played kick the can. Soon it was 10:30 and time to call it an evening.

Today Mom wants to go on a hike, I need to hit the gym and also have a new trigger installed in a pistol and make sure Mojo gets a walk too. I’d also like to clean up the basement a little more but we’ll see. That’s it people, send us your summer plans and we’ll do the rest!

God Bless.

70 years ago today was what is commonly referred to as D Day. The real name was Operation Overlord (bet ya didn’t know that!). More than 4000 kids, most under 20 years old, died, while 10,000 were injured in the initial assault. It was the first time there was an invasion over the English Channel in over 250 years. Just a bit of history to start off your day.

Today I need to leave by 6:15 so I can get to the gym for a quick workout and then make it to the warehouse by 7:30. Lori will need to take Ty to track and hopefully I’ll be back by a little after 8am. I’ll then get him at 9 and Jagger will probably sleep through the whole thing!

Yesterday I managed to clean off the basement steps and a bit of the mess down there in the afternoon. Today I’ll try to tackle a bit more of it. We’re taking a bunch of food to the food bank today in Arvada to try to help them out. I have some food that we just don’t eat as part of our supplies, as we rotate in and out the stuff we do eat and this was leftover.

The boys and I had a couple of errands yesterday and then I had some office work. I have a lot of office work I still need to wrap up that must get done today. Lori has a bunch of patients today that just don’t listen to the doctor coming in for re-do’s or infections. One lady didn’t follow instructions last Friday and didn’t take her antibiotics over the weekend and now has Mersa! They sent her home and she had to wait until this morning to go to the infectious disease center to get treated. Another lady went rock hopping or jumping from rock to rock in one of our National Parks a week after surgery and tore open her stomach incision! What are these people thinking? Why don’t they listen to the doctor? I guess some people just think they know more than someone with 12 years of medical school. Oh well, they get charged again so they pay double but the hard part for Lori is squeezing them in the schedule.

Time to run, there’s a slice of her day, what fun. Take care and God Bless. Hope everyone is doing well. I talked with Grandma Dixie for a bit last night as Lori was in bed by 7:30pm, hope you all in California are doing well. We’re going to try to figure out how to drive out for a few days once track and baseball are over, keep your fingers crossed!

That’s what the boys wanted for dinner. Jagger picked some up at the store earlier in the day when we went shopping. Lori and I had chicken breast and broccoli, now isn’t that interesting?

Of course before that there was a full day of work, some shopping, some cleaning, (I cleaned out the refrigerator) and Ty had track. Same story today, work, cleaning, track and  a trip to one place or another, oh yea, the dry cleaners at 7am!

We’re trying to decide what to do this weekend that’ll be fun and free. That’s our new mantra, fun and free! We can go to the Broadmoor and visit or stay at our friends house for the Tennis Pro Am or we can go camping in Steamboat or just stay home and hit the pool. I’d like to go somewhere but Lori is really tired.

Time to run as lots to do as I slept until 6am. Hope everyone is doing fine, God Bless.

Sorry for the late post but this morning the internet was down. I finally fixed it with no help from Comcast and we’re back up, obviously. The phones at Lori’s office went down yesterday afternoon and for all we can tell, are still down. She sat on hold for over 2 hours with their phone company which buys lines from a larger company. Time to switch.

Last night we had our game from 7:30 until 9:45. We ran late as once again, the lights went out during the game. Jag had a tough time as he was coughing and had to use his inhaler. I’m letting him sleep this morning as long as he can as he must have been up until almost 11pm. Thankfully we have no games until next Monday. Ty on the other hand, is already at Track practice. yesterday he was thrilled as he not only beat a kid in his class that is the self proclaimed best athlete, but he also beat one of Jagger’s classmates! He’s quite fast, our 10 year old!

Lori is in the shower, and I’ve got to get moving to go and pick up Ty and then get to work. Jag and I went to Colorado Springs yesterday and had a great meeting. I have lots and lots to do.

Take care and God Bless.