A Year of Change

Today the love of my life turns 50, although after last nights party, I’d bet she feels 70! The day went fast and before we knew it we were speeding up to our friends house for the party. The weather was beautiful along with the food and champagne. We knew most of the people although some of them we didn’t know. We were home by 9pm and then the fun began. Helen and Peggy, our Aspen girls, along with Michael and us sat out front by the fire Jagger built in the pit. Then our friends from jagger’s baseball team stopped by on their way home from the Rapids soccer game.

The kids all then played (they have two boys that are the same age as our boys) and we all sat and talked around the fire. Before anyone knew it, it had to be 11:30 or so which is late for us. Peggy had gone to bed earlier as this morning I’m running her and Helen to the airport as they’re off to Vegas for 3 days. Good news is Peggy is leaving her Ferrari with me  to drive. It’s fun to drive but hard to get in and out of. Oh well, it looks good in the driveway, ha ha.

Time to run as I have lots to do, hope all’s well, call and wish the misses Happy Birthday. Grandpa Bob already did at 7:30 meaning 6:30 his time! God Bless.

This morning Lori is going down to our friends spa for a treat from our friend who owns the place. Meanwhile Jag and I will be getting him a haircut at 9am in Cherry Creek. Mr. Ty spent the night at Vinny’s last night and we’ll pick him up this morning at 11am. Then later today after the Kentucky Derby we’ve been invited to a joint bday celebration at our friend who lives up in Genesse. Her birthday was earlier this week but she was in South Beach (Miami) and didn’t get to celebrate here. She also wants us to meet her new beau.

Our friends from Aspen are in town and will meet us there for some fun. We’ll be home early though as the misses actual birthday is Sunday. It’s also supposed to be hot, in the 80’s and no doubt, Lori will want to get some yard work done.

Hope everyone is well, take care and God Bless.

Here’s a couple of comments,

1. robi says:

   May 1, 2014 at 4:24 pm

   HAPPY 50TH LORI!

   Reply
2. Annette says:

   May 1, 2014 at 7:48 pm

   You and Serena look 10 yrs. younger than you are. Eat what you want!

   As I said, I agree with Annette, Lori looks great! Ok, last night we had the 5th and 6th grade concert at school. Normally these are really good but last nights concert was just painful. It was with african drums, xylophones, and other instruments and none of it made sense. The only song that was any good at all out of the 1 hour 15 minute concert was the one from Jagger’s class. He and two other boys also performed solo songs on the tenor recorder which is like a flute. Here again, the other two boys struggled but Jag was fantastic! To throw in a little fun, he put on a bright green mustache and wore it throughout the whole show! He said he wanted to do a something a little crazy before it could get put in his permanent record. Too funny, he had lots of high fives from students and parents after the show! When he came up for his solo the music teacher said “wow, you grew a mustache, and I like it”!

   Today we need to clean up around here and get ready for the weekend. Peggy from Aspen will be staying here tonight or tomorrow, we can’t remember. I have some errands today and Lori has work and Jagger has baseball practice tonight.

   Time to run, lots to do, have a great weekend and God Bless.

4;13 am. Coffee is on, Mojo is fed and I’m dressed for the gym. Yesterday was a blur. I was out all morning and then picked the boys up at 1:30 from school to go to the dentist. They were both getting cleanings and while I was there it so happened they had a cancellation so they threw me in the chair to have a long awaited cavity filled. I was scheduled to go in May 10th or so but opted to go ahead and get it out of the way. Mr. Ty and Jag each have a cavity or two and will have to go back.

After that we rushed home to get ready for baseball only to get an email that the coach had a sick kid and couldn’t make it. This was a blessing as Jag had lots of homework. At 6pm we all headed to Manning, (Jag’s new school) for a welcome night. We made it home a little after 7pm, he’s all excited and met most of the teachers.

Today, well let’s see, let me grab my coffee and then I’ll tell you about it…….

Ok I’m back, coffee in hand, let’s see if I type faster! I have my last call this morning and then will hit the road to some appointments. Then I need to clean the house from top to bottom and get ready for the weekend. As you all know, Lori has her 50th birthday this weekend. We were going to have a party but a friend instead is having a little thing at her house Saturday night. The we’ll have a family party here at home Sunday, her actual birthday. Lori of course is eating nothing all week but cabbage soup trying to get in the shape she promised herself she’d be in on her birthday. I told her she looks fantastic, and by the way she does, and to instead pig out and eat anything she wants! Oh well, what’s a guy to do.

Last it’s May Day, here’s a brief explanation if you don’t know the significance.

May Day is related to the Celtic festival of Beltane and the Germanic festival of Walpurgis Night. May Day falls half a year from November 1 – another cross-quarter day which is also associated with various northern European paganisms and the year in the Northern Hemisphere – and it has traditionally been an occasion for popular and often raucous celebrations. Sounds fun right, throw in the misses birthday on the 4th and Cinco de Mayo on the 5th and it’s a busy 5 days!

Oh yea, in the 80’s this weekend, whoo hoo!

So lots going on, hope everyone is well, guess I’ll finish up and head out to the gym. Take care and God Bless.

Yup, we slept in this morning getting out of bed at 6:30! We must have needed it. Last night we had the last parent meeting before Jagger’s trip to Washington D.C. and Williamsburg Virginia two weeks from yesterday. Sure sounds like they’ll have fun but all the parents including us, are nervous.

Tonight we have baseball practice and it’ll be windy again. It’s 35 degrees out now which is pretty cool for the last day of April.

Today it’s the same old story, work and school. Guess I’ll run, lots to do and Mr. Ty still has some homework to get finished. God Bless.

It’s 4:27 and I decided to just get up after lying awake in bed for 20 or 30 minutes. I think I can get to the gym and back before the day starts around here.

Yesterday Jag spent the day with Jennifer while Ty and I, after a morning of phone calls, went to lunch, and then managed to get him a much needed haircut, some new tennis shoes and a new book. We had a fun day together alone which we rarely get to do. Today they’re both back at school.

It doesn’t much feel like late April outside but it is. The rest of the country is being hammered by unsettled weather and bad tornado’s. Lori and I were saying how lucky we are to live in Colorado as we really don’t get as much severe weather as other parts of the U.S.

Our friend called from Aspen last night where it’s rainy, windy and just generally, in her terms, icky. The three of them, (girls) are coming down later this week and want Lori and I to go to some country bar with them Friday which I’m sure we’ll opt out of. Then after spending the weekend here, they’re off to Vegas! Helen, one of our friends, is of course bringing Teddy! You might remember Teddy, the cute tiny tiny little dog from a few months ago. As I said a few days ago, Peggy is staying with us but Helen, Kathy and Teddy are staying at the Hyatt. I’m sure we’ll have all kinds of fun!

Today I have another call, one more tomorrow and then I’m pretty much done with my 1st Quarter reviews. I need to do these but boy do they take time. Lori didn’t have a any headache yesterday which is great news. I need to try to get a humidifier installed but it’s way down the list. Maybe we’ll get some much needed rain soon.

I’d better run before I dive into politics or the economy or bills. Hope everyone is doing well, hard to believe its May 1st in a couple days. Time to start sighting in the rifles for fall hunting season! God Bless.

All day long until 5pm the misses worked her butt off upstairs in the boys rooms. It took her two days but she finally finished both guys rooms. They were like black holes they had so much stuff in them. Under each bed existed a world of its own! Anyhow both are clean and now it’s up to each guy to keep it that way! We made it quite clear, they will never let their rooms get that messy again.

She’s still on a mission with the other two bedrooms upstairs in her crosshairs next. Our friend Peggy arrives Friday for Lori’s birthday weekend so I’m sure she’ll get the guest room finished before then.

Today the boys are off school and Jag is going to Jennifer’s so Ty will be with me. His friends are in school as their last names begin with letters in the back half of the alphabet which is how they split them up. I have calls this morning and then a few errands this afternoon so he’ll be hanging out with dad.

Time to run, it’s 5:36 and I need to get moving. I thought we were getting rain and snow but it seems ok outside right now. The wind is supposed to be really strong today, batten down the hatches! God Bless.

Yesterday didn’t produce much change if you just glance around but if you look closely, we made a lot of progress. We must have 8 to 10 large black trash bags full of trash and clothes that will soon be removed from the house. On the surface it’s difficult to tell as we started with closets and dressers and Ty’s room but believe me, a lot of useless stuff was separated out from stuff we actually do use!

Today we’re going to hit Red Rocks Park early hopefully before the high winds and rain hit. Then we’ll be back at it working on the clutter. For me, my closet is next but this takes time as you need to actually try some things on to see whether or not they still fit. Then I’m making turkey chili for dinner tonight and bbq’d turkey legs for the boys.

Time to run as I need to hit the gym and be back by 8am and it’s now 6:52. Hope all’s well, God Bless.

Today it starts. Well actually it started last night when Lori began upstairs while the boys and I were at baseball. Jag had a good game, boy can he hit the ball. If he’s not the best hitter on the team, he’s one of the top three. He sees the ball like the other two really good hitters while most kids are still swinging at pitches in the dirt or near their heads. Look out as he gets older. He pitched again last night and struggled a bit. He sometimes thinks too much out there as the coach preaches to remember the four steps. I could see him actually talking through the four steps to himself out there, so I told him to stop thinking about it and just throw the ball. Then he did much better. It was the last inning and all of a sudden the lights went out! We all got out cell phones to turn on flashlights so the coach could call the city to have them turned back on but the umpires just left? Our coach gave them hell saying why were they so quick to leave? After all they get paid. They just walked away and before the made it to the parking lot, the lights were back on, but of course, they didn’t come back. I think we’ll finish the game later in the year.

Now back to the purge, we’re having coffee now and then I’ll start in our room with my dresser. What I haven’t worn in 6 months is gone. If I really like it, like old concert shirts from when I was a kid, I’ll put them in a bag and then downstairs. After that, the closet. Then the boys rooms, then the guest room. If we can somehow get through the upstairs today, it’ll be a miracle.

Hope everyone is well, time to run, God Bless.

What a week, it flew by. That’s what happens when you’re moving 90 miles an hour. As promised yesterday, I was on the phone for a good 6 hours, Mom worked hard and the boys, well, were boys.

Tonight we have baseball and we need to be at the field by 5:30 and should be home by 9. This weekend we are taking the word “purge” to a new level. If it’s not nailed down or something we use, it’s going away. We’ll start upstairs in ours and the boys rooms. First up will be closets and dressers as we must have 500 pounds of clothes that need to go. Then it’ll be toys and useless junk. I already did the mud room and tossed old coats and shoes. Well I actually gave them to Eliva who cleans the house once a month or so. She’ll use a bunch and find people that’ll use the rest. Stay tuned for our progress as we’re committed.

This morning I need to run to the distributor at 7am and get back by 8 to take the boys to school. They’re out of school at 11am, not sure why but they are. Jennifer’s Grandma will drop them off at home as I have another call starting at 10. I think she’s taking them for a treat like ice cream or something, before she brings them home.

Lori’s working hard as usual. She amazes me at the skills she’s picking up on her own. She’s doing a great job.

Coffee is done, weather is changing (snow Monday???) and time to go, God Bless.