A Year of Change

That’s what it feels like, wake up, drive to Denver, work all day, drive to Vail, sleep, get up and do it all over again. Hopefully soon this will stop. I made good progress yesterday and have most everything out of the house. We are out of room at the storage unit according to James and we’ve started putting a few things at my mothers, thanks Mom! Once again you saved the day. Now do you have room for a drum set?

It’s 5:12 am and I woke up at 2:46 with my head spinning thinking about all I have to do. I’m in a bit of a fog right now but have to shake it off and do what I have to do. I have cleaners coming at 8 am and there’s supposed to be some bad road construction around Georgetown early this am so I’d better get moving. It looks like a storage unit up here with boxes everywhere. Like I said yesterday, it’s like we’re just moving things around. That’s hard to believe as we must have thrown out over 50 bags of stuff. Oh well, life goes on.

Grandma Dix made it to Los Angeles ok and is with Auntie Kristin having fun in the sun. Glad she made it there safe. Time to run, hope all’s well, God Bless.

Ok, I’m back to Denver this morning, Lori is off to work and the boys will stay here. Yesterday we moved out all the furniture and all that remains are some lamps, clothes, dishes and of course then the dreaded garage. James says we’re out of space at the storage unit but I’m hoping we can fit some last minute stuff in. One thing is for sure, there’s no room up here for anymore stuff at all!

So once we get the house cleaned out then we’ll need to do it again, albeit on a smaller scale, up here. It seems as though we just moved half the stuff or junk around although the amount of stuff we actually threw away would fill a dump truck or two.

The weather on Thursday is supposed to be really bad. Not a ton of snow but real cold. Hope we make it down ok on Thursday. Heck, we have to, not only for Thanksgiving but also to clean out the last little bit of “stuff” as Friday at 5pm is our deadline.

Guess I’ll run as it’s 5:20. Hope you all are well, have a good day and of course, God Bless.

Yes it’s true, we ended up spending another night here in our house as no way could we get everything cleaned out yesterday. We’re getting closer but have a way to go. I think if we’re lucky we’ll get out of here late this afternoon. Time to run as lots to do, hope all’s well, GB, and Go Broncos!

I think this is the last day we’ll all wake up in the house that was our home for over 15 years. It’s a big deal when you think of it that way. Even though we’ve been moving stuff out for a few months, it’s hard to believe your life and all you’ve accumulated can be reduced to a few months of boxing and packing. Then you realize life isn’t about things or stuff at all. Going forward we’ll sure think twice about what we buy. Too bad it takes so long to realize the important things in life are family, friends and memories or experiences. Oh well, at least we know now. The most important things are those that don’t mean much to anyone but you. An old picture or maybe a rusty pocket knife from when you were a kid, or how about a piece of paper with a letter to Santa. That’s more valuable today than the most expensive painting, fanciest dress or piece of jewelry you have unless it was handed down and has some family history attached to it. So that’s what we’re saving, all the other stuff is going away, At first it was hard but now it feels good.

We look at this as a big purge, not just of things but of useless weight bogging us down. It’s a new day and a fresh start which will really sink in when we hand over the keys to the nice young family later this week. Hopefully they’ll have as many good memories and times with their three boys growing up here as we did. We’re leaving them a few nice things like the giant framed poster in the kitchen and my desk in the basement as they don’t have a lot of furniture. I’m sure they’ll do well and have a good time here on our Leave It To Beaver street!

Today we’ll hopefully get the rest of our things packed so tomorrow the big pieces of furniture can go to storage and then the cleaners come on Tuesday. Here again, if it wasn’t an antique, it’s almost all gone, excluding practical things we’d have to replace like the boys dressers or beds. We’re pretty close but still have work to do so time to run, hope all’s well and God Bless.

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Well I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. Jag and I made it down by 8:15 yesterday morning to the house. I dropped him off, rushed to wash the truck and then dropped it off for new tires. One vehicle down, one to go. Next up the cleaning began.

A bit after noon it became clear Lori and Ty wouldn’t be able to make it down as the highway was closed literally from Denver almost all the way to Vail. So Jag and I were bachelors and kept at it. Ty’s room is 100% empty. That doesn’t sound like much but slowly we’re making progress. I sold my garage refrigerator to my neighbor who came over and then cleaned a bit more out of the garage as well. This morning Jag and I are getting haircuts at 10:30 and other than that, we’ll be cleaning away. Our biggest problem is that our storage unit is almost full! Not sure what we’ll do when we run out of room.

Needless to say the World is a mess these days. It’s mind boggling why our govt and Pres won’t acknowledge that we’re at war. Hell, even the Pope says we’re at war with radical Islam but all the Dem’s, current and running for Pres (Hillary the fool), can’t bring themselves to say it. Things are scary though with everyone on edge. My neighbors son who must be in his early to mid 20’s and his wife, both just got their concealed weapons permit. Steve told me none of them leave the house anymore without a gun. Now you have to know these people as they’re pretty quiet and reserved and are frankly the last people, especially his wife Dee, that you’d think would say this. For those of you that live here in town, I’m talking about Steve and Dee next door. Steve’s dad was a Supreme Court judge and worked with my dad years ago.

Anyhow life goes on, remember, hope for the best and prepare for the worst. It’s just sad the kind of World our kids are growing up in and even worse, what it will be like in 20 years or so.

Guess I’ll run so I can get some more work done in the basement before we leave for our haircuts. Mojo slept on the mattress next to me all night and yes, woke me at 4:43. Luckily I convinced him to go back to sleep until 6:30. He’s outside now playing in the snow. Wish us luck, God Bless

We made it home from basketball by a bit before 8 pm. After dinner and heading to bed, I came down to find Jag with his computer and notebook open on his chest around midnight. He was sound asleep. It’s now 5:39 am and I’ve been up about 30 minutes. Jag and I will leave for Denver around 6:30 and Lori and Ty will follow around noon. We have a ton to do and hopefully can finish up by Sunday. That’s it, time to run, God Bless.

Yesterday I made it down to Denver ok but coming back up the highway was closed 1/2 mile from the summit of Vail Pass. I sat there for probably 30 minutes before they opened it but it made me late to pick up the kids. Lori didn’t have a car and the boys didn’t have a key so there they sat.

We made it home about 4:30 and Lori made it home around 6:30 when she was dropped off. She did have an MRI yesterday (lucky we don’t pay for those anymore) and she doesn’t have any bleeding or leakage in her brain, could have fooled me! She does have a concussion though and should probably be laying around watching tv but in our World, that’s not possible.

Today both boys have basketball games in Eagle at 4:15. That means they’ll be over after 7 and we’ll be home around 7:30 or later. Tomorrow morning Jag and I will head down to start working on the house in the morning and Lori and Ty will leave around noon.

That’s it for the day, time to run. We hope to get new tires on both cars this weekend but we’ll see as after checking the cost, they’re not cheap. Hope all’s well, God Bless.

I was off to Denver early this morning but I just heard on the news that I-70 (the highway) is closed at Georgetown as a semi truck blew over in the wind and has closed the highway. Not sure now if I’ll make it down or not today, I’ll have to check in a few hours.

Yesterday I had a nordic parent meeting and had to have my ski boots fitted and pick up the boys ski passes, plus did a ton of work. I ended up getting a deal on the ski passes as the kids get a big discount for being Eagle County students. Lucky I found that out!

Lori still has a headache and I’m sure she bruised her brain and it’s probably a little swollen. As long as it’s not bleeding, we should be ok. Time to run, I’m mostly off politics today as it’s just such a joke. This administration is like purposely trying to ruin our Country. I really can’t believe the things they’re doing and that they’re getting away with it. Thankfully now they’ve gone so far, even democrats (politicians and people) are questioning and disagreeing, finally, thank God!

God Bless, hope it’s not too late!

Yesterday after dropping the kids at school and Lori at work, I was in a small fender bender. A young girl and I both slid into each other going about 3 miles an hour. That’s how slick it is here. It’s still snowing but not too heavy. I guess Denver, or at least some parts, were hit pretty hard. Hopefully not our house.

Jag had nordic in the blowing snow as nordic is, well, skiing. I managed to clean up the kitchen between working but that was all for the day. Today I’ll try to get to our room.

So yesterday over half the Governors in the Country said they won’t take any Syrian refugees until they can figure out a way to vet them to make sure they’re not terrorists but our lap dog of a Gov said bring them to Colorado! The only good news about this is he won’t get reelected. Oh and to put it into perspective, so far, in the past few months, the U.S. has taken in 2194 Muslims and 53 Christians, nice. And now Obummer wants to bring in 10,000 and then next year, 200,000!

Guess I’ll run, Lori still has a headache if you’re wondering but x-rays of her neck were fine. She might need an MRI today, not sure why she just didn’t get one yesterday. They did say she has a concussion. Another day, here we go. Need to get snow tires on Lori’s car and the dreaded ski passes which I’ve been putting off thinking they’d go on sale but no such luck.

God Bless.

Well it’s snowing here already and supposed to continue for a couple days with totals way above a foot. This is the storm that can also bring a foot to Denver so hold on.

Yesterday after cleaning the house some more in the morning we went to the worst football game I’ve ever been to. I guess our quarterback was hurt and shouldn’t have been playing but if this is true, why then was he playing? Anyhow we left in the 3rd quarter and made it home by 7 pm. Ty and his friend Warner had a good time and fell asleep on the way up into the mountains. Once home I needed to unload the truck that Lori drove up with Jagger.

Now onto the concussion. Lori, Jag, her friend and kids went on a hike to Red Rocks and Lori somehow slipped on ice and hit her head and almost was knocked out! She should have gone to ER in Denver but of course didn’t. So when I made it home I made her call one of the doctors she works with who told us what to look for. This morning I’ll drive her to work and then she’ll get checked out. I guess it was a pretty bad fall where she had to sit down again after getting up. We made it through the night and I’m sure she’ll have an MRI this morning when she gets to work. We’ll keep you posted.

The house if full of boxes that were too fragile to go to storage (china, etc.) and that’s it. We can’t hold anything more here at the town home. I’ll need to clean things up and organize everything today, garage and all.

Hope no one was offended by my rant yesterday but that’s the new normal people, get used to it. Politicians are out of control, on both sides, and in all countries. The people are getting tired and as Bob Dylan sang, “there’s a change a coming that’s blowing in the wind” or something like that.

So God Bless, take care and if you’re in Colorado, get ready for the storm today, at the end of the week and again next Wednesday as well.