A Year of Change

I picked up both boys yesterday around 3;30pm. They were tired, wet and ready to come home. Both had lots of fun. Ty rappelled 70 feet down a rock face and Jagger paddle boarded down the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon. While some may consider this “just fun” there is a reason for the orientation trips. Having them at the beginning of the school year builds comradery between the students and teaches them how to work together to accomplish a common goal. When you’re a kid and you’re soaking wet trying to set up a tent in the rain and make something to eat, it doesn’t matter if you’re one of the cool kids or one of the jocks or something else, you’re all just wet and hungry! So, good stuff. Today, actual studies begin so time to get moving.

Lori has to be at work at 7 for a meeting. She received a great email from the head of the clinic yesterday that complimented her for being such a credit to the clinic. She sent it on to Dr.C who replied that Dan (who sent the email) knows quality when he sees it! That makes it just a little easier to wake up early in the morning.

I’m so disgusted with politics and frankly with the American public for even considering voting for Hill. It just proves my point that a slow drip desensitizes people. If my dad, grandparents, or anyone no longer with us, magically came back and saw what was going on, I have to believe they’d be in shock. I’ll leave it at that as no point in getting worked up over it.

I need to run down the hill to have my truck serviced today. I’ve drove like 6000 miles in the last 3 months! Yesterday I was in Buena Vista at the range and am all sighted in and good to go out to 600 yards. It rained a bit on the way but was dry when I arrived and meet my hunting buddy.

There was a good amount of snow on the peaks above about 13,000 feet. I passed no less than 10 mountains over 14,000 feet on my way. Weather and the big country up here just makes you feel alive. Every day I’m in awe of the beauty and massiveness of the mountains and feel real lucky to be living up here.

It’s 6:11 so time to get the kids up, here we go, another year. We still cannot believe Jag is in High School and Ty is in Junior High, unbelievable. Enjoy your day, God Bless.

Last night I’m sure both boys encountered some weather as it rained up here during the night. That’s good news as it’ll help build character and make them respect the mountains in which we live. It’s easy to camp in nice, sunny, warm weather. Try camping in the rain and colder temperatures, it’s not all fun and games.

Both boys arrive home around 3pm today. It’s 4:49 now and I’m off to the 1000 yard shooting range in Buena Vista this morning where I’ll meet my hunting buddy from Denver. First up though is another trip to the gym at 6.

Looks like Hillary is trying to laugh off the latest round of emails that were just released. Turns out that over half of the people she met while Secretary of State gave money to the Clinton Foundation. Yet she laughs and says that there was no pay to play. Even if there wasn’t, she sure was selling her time, but then again you’d have to be pretty stupid not to believe that something fishy was going on. One donor yesterday said he gave to her to donate to the Red Cross. If true, why then wouldn’t you just write a check to the Red Cross instead of giving it to Hill and Bill? We are in real trouble people, wake up before it’s too late.

Also did you see the some parents want to opt their kids out of saying the Pledge of Allegiance? And what about the refugees suing as they didn’t get as good of an education as they wanted. Or wait, black people wanting reparations for slavery, (that’s an old one but still stupid)

Lori needs to be at the office at 7am today. Her doc made it back from testifying in Denver around 1pm but she told him not to come into the office and sent him straight home to get some rest.

There was a big earthquake in Italy last night but not near any of our estates or friends. Hope everyone is ok. Guess I’ll run, it’s getting crazy out there people, locally and nationally. I won’t go into details but you’d better get prepared as life as you know it is changing daily, it’s just a slow drip so you probably aren’t noticing so much. If you stop and take a hard look, it’s pretty alarming what’s going on in our, cities, States, Country and World. Hold on as it’s not going to get any better anytime soon. I’m afraid we’re in for a big correction. God Bless.

We dropped Jag and his friend yesterday morning at 8:15 for his camping trip and Ty leaves this morning. Both will arrive home tomorrow night. Hope the weather holds out today and tonight. I’m off at 6:30am for a trip to Denver as it’s the last day of our pre-sell.

Lori had a long day at work finally arriving home around 7:30. She was hung up waiting on paper from the lawyers for today’s case and then had to brief Dr. C after he came out of surgery.

It’s 5:44 so time to run. I’m going to try to stop and see my Mom today if she’s around. Tomorrow I’m in Buena Vista shooting to make sure my rifle is sighted in ok. That’s it for today folks, (who says folks?) take care and GB

It’s here, the first day of school! As I said, for Jag, he’s off on a 3 day camping and stand up paddle boarding trip and Ty, after one day at school, goes camping and rock climbing tomorrow. Both will return Wednesday night.

Dr. C has a big surgery day today and will finish up around 10pm tonight. Tomorrow he is in Denver at a trial as an expert witness. Lori was on the phone over the weekend talking to some concerned patients. Spine, neck or back surgery is a big deal and part of the reason people come to Dr. C is that they’re treated with extra special care. Lori doesn’t have to talk to them on Sundays but understands how they feel as she went through it herself. She’s really good at making patients feel comfortable and letting them know what to expect. By the time she’s off the phone with them, they’re all calmed down as most of them are as she says, “nervous nellies”, which is totally understandable. Dr. C only testifies for 45 minutes or so but Lori charges the law firm $18,000 for his time plus travel expenses as it’s in Denver. It doesn’t matter if he is there for 5 minutes of the whole day, she charges for the entire day as it takes him out of the office. This sounds like a lot of money but he would make more if he stayed here and was in surgery. Good to be a doctor!

Yesterday everyone was getting ready for the week. Laundry, book reports, grocery shopping, packing and more, consumed most of the day. I did take Mojo up the hill early as I said. So here we go, back at it. Before we know it, it’ll be September, then Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas and a bunch of birthdays.

Hope you’re ready as it’s coming fast. 5:15 now and lots to do so time to run. I drop Ty at 8am and then will take Jag and his friend Zach down to the rest area near Edwards which is the meeting point for the Upper School trip. There’s 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th graders on his trip as he’s now in High School. We were talking last night that we cannot believe we have a kid in High School. Talk about life flying by, good God. Have a great day and may God Bless you and watch over you and your loved ones.

Hard to believe in about 10 days it’ll be September. There will be snow on the ground before you know it.

Yesterday I took a nice quick drive to Rifle and was home by 10:30. Today I’m going nowhere. I think I’ll take Mojo up the hill at 6am as I’m trying to hike or workout a bit each day to stay in shape for hunting which starts two weeks from yesterday. My left knee is sore whenever I squat but I’m hoping it’s just a lingering soreness from working out a few days ago. In any case, even if it’s messed up, I’ll go hunting and deal with it when I get back. Hopefully it’ll be ok until I go and get back.

Tomorrow Jag leaves on his 3 day camping, stand up paddle board trip on the Colorado River. Ty has school, although it’s a get to know ya day, and then he leaves Tuesday for a rock climbing, camping trip near Breckenridge. Both boys better get their stuff together today.

Lori survived the week which included a bunch of personnel (employee) issues and other problems which seemed to pop up daily. She really is good at what she does, even though she and I aren’t always sure of what she actually does.

It’s 5:45 and the sun will come up by 6am. Mojo woke me a little after 5am to eat. I purposely am not feeding him for an hour or so as if I do, he’ll think he can wake me whenever he wants to eat. Not a good message to send! Guess I’ll run, oh wait, Hillary is recruiting illegals to campaign for her, the Governor of Virginia has restored voting rights to 13,000 felons (are you kidding me!) and she now says if she’s elected President, her foundation (if you can call it that) will stop taking donations from foreign governments. But wait, the foundation that takes 60% of those donations says they will still take them. You see, their so called foundation, is a web of smaller groups that all take money from people wanting influence from her. Why on earth else would all these governments and certain people give her money? There is no reason, unless they were getting something in return. Surely no one is stupid enough to believe that if Hillary wasn’t running for Pres., that anyone or any govt would give her a dime! Remember according to her, when she and Bill left the White House, they were flat broke, ha ha. If it wasn’t such a lie, it would be funny. But now, through some divine intervention, they’re worth over $100 Million dollars. Hmm, how did they earn this? Think about it people. Anyhow God Bless and God help us if Hill wins.

Even though it rained a bit yesterday and the day before, today we’re due for a nice sunny day and about 70 degrees. That’s a perfect day up here.

Yesterday I ran some errands in the morning and then dropped Jag at school for his paddle board camping trip orientation. After it was over, he went to Zach’s which is walking distance from school. I then picked him up at 4 when Zach went back to school for soccer. Jag, since he’s playing basketball, is passing on soccer but will do cross country running. That’s a tough sport!

I’m going to run to Glenwood this morning at 7:30. It’s about 45 minutes west and I should be back by 10. Lori wrapped up her week with more of the conference which she said was pretty cool.

Two days until school for the boys, but the first 2 or 3 days is a trip. We need to go through the boys gear this weekend and make sure they’re all set to go. I’m telling them it’s up to them to get all their stuff together but we’ll step in and make sure they have everything as we can’t let them go out into the wilderness unprepared. Time to run so I can take Mojo for a quick walk before I leave at 7:30. Have a great day and God Bless.

I don’t know about the city but up in the mountains, the first signs of Fall are here. The cool mornings along with a dusting of snow forecast this weekend on the high peaks mean the seasons are changing. As you all know, Fall is my favorite season of the year.

Today, thankfully, I am not, I repeat, am not, going to Denver, yea! I have a call at 12 noon for 30 minutes and other than that will catch up on computer work. Jag has a school meeting at 1 so I’ll need to run him down there after lunch. The boys found out who their home base teacher is yesterday and who all is in their home base class. Both boys lucked out and are very happy with the selections. The school does a pretty good job of putting the kids together that are friends. This is good in one sense but does promote the little clicks that do exist, even up here.

I’m going to hit the gym this morning as it’s been a few days since I could get there with all my trips to the city. The boys need to get their stuff together for school this weekend. Ty already has his backpack all packed up and both boys are working on some book reports about what they read over the summer. When was the last time any of you read a book? I’m reading 3 books right now but had to make a conscious effort to get back to reading as it’s easy to turn on the boob tube instead of picking up a book.

Lori walked through the door a bit after 8pm last night as there’s a big stem cell conference up here with the top researchers from all over the World here working on this exciting field of medicine. She’ll be late again tonight as she has lots going on. She also has been going through a few little issues with her girls as one of them needed a reminder of who is in charge around there. After a year you’d think the girls would know what’s going on! It’s all good, just a few growing pains as people tend to resist change, especially when it’s not their idea.

I’m cooking a big roast today in the crock pot and will try to get some cleaning done around here. Hope everyone is well and getting ready for Fall. Winter will be here quick, get ready! God Bless.

Here’s something funny, or stupid (from a Presidential candidate) for the day. God help us!

At 6am today (Thursday, I’m cheating and writing this Wednesday night), I’m off one more time to Denver. I need to be at the warehouse by 8, Lone Tree by 9 and Arvada by 10. Then from 10:30 until about noon I’ll probably go to the sporting goods store, my favorite place.

Yesterday (Wednesday) I drove to Ft Collins and made it there by 9am. I saw 3 accounts before heading back around noon. I was home by about 2:30. Lori and I both had headaches all freakin day. It’s getting cool up here and I love it!

School starts next week. It’s the last weekend of freedom, good name for a movie. I’m tired and it’s only 8:30 but time to go. Hope everyone is well, take care and GB.

Hold On! 4:34 am, I woke up early to a full moon. It’ so bright outside it looks like someone left the lights on! I need to load up some wine I need to deliver (the stuff I picked up at the airport the other day) to the warehouse and then once there, unload it and load up 50 different cases that I’ll unload a couple hours later. So, time to get moving, it’s great to see the sunrise, you should wake up early to see it every now and then as it’s worth seeing. Have a great day, God Bless

It’s 5am and I need to leave by 6:20 or so to be in Ft Collins by 9am. 4 or 5 stops later I’ll be done which with a little luck will be around 1pm.

It’s hard to believe school is 6 days away. This morning Lori needs to be at work by 7am and then will leave after a quick 15 minute meeting to take Ty to the orthodontist. They say a temperature change is coming and you can feel it.

I made a New England Clam Bake on the stove last night in my new one piece cooker from Cabela’s. This thing was like $40 and you can just throw anything in it, and an hour later have a great meal. It basically cooks everything with steam. It sure was good, I think it’s a keeper.

Guess I’ll run, have a great day people. Grandma Dixie is doing well In Hawaii I guess as I heard Lori on the phone with her last night. Aloha and God Bless.

The forecast is much cooler with rain this weekend meaning Fall is 0n the way! I couldn’t be happier.

Yesterday Ty and I took off around 6:45 am hoping to be at the airport 2 hours later. Little did we know it’d take us 90 minutes to go what should normally take us 30. There was an accident on I 70 that caused the big delay. Finally we made it to the airport around 9:45 which threw off our entire schedule.

We did manage to get Ty a new computer, 2 pairs of shoes, some dress pants and shirts, some jeans, a sweatshirt and causal shirts and school supplies. It was a good Ty Day. Finally we made it home a little after 5pm. We planned on being home 2 hours earlier and stopping at my Mom’s but had zero spare time. Today I’m off at 7am for Longmont and Boulder and then tomorrow for Ft. Collins. For those of you not from Colorado, those are both 30 minutes to an hour outside of Denver.

Jag had his school physical and is healthy as expected. It’s now 5:43 and I need to get to the gym for a workout before leaving at 7 so time to run. Hope all’s well, GB