A Year of Change

Today is Mom’s 90th birthday! Whoo hoo. If she was here, we’d be having a big party! We’ll celebrate for her. When we were younger, it was also around the last week before Mom and Dad would go to Arizona for three months. Usually we’d go right after the Super Bowl. I’ll bet Mom would go early this year with the game on the 12th. I think we’re going to go down in a month or so, probably right after Spring Training ends. Oh, catchers and pitchers report next week! That means Spring is getting closer!

Dixie called me at 2am needing help getting out of or moving the motorhome. She thought she was parked somewhere and needed to move it, ugh. Last night was probably the best nights sleep Lori and I had in weeks, up until 2am! Damn. Lori will stop and see her this morning.

We had a dusting of snow, maybe an inch, last night. I think that’s it until next week if we’re lucky. I’m in Denver tomorrow, actually Longmont. Thursday I’m getting my topper from South Africa put on the truck. I ordered it last March! I have a black one going on my white truck to go with my black wheels. I ordered the rest of the truck blacked out too so it should look good. It’s made of solid steel unlike all others you can buy that are plastic.

It sure is dark for 6:30 in the morning these days. I thought with Day Light Savings Time it’d be lighter earlier. Not sure why it’s not this year. It gets dark earlier, that’s for sure. As the days get longer, it’ll stay light more. Another advantage of Spring.

Time to go shovel. Lori is working in Edwards today. I need at least $50K to close the month out. Wish me luck, God Bless.

Here’s one of my favorite pictures of me, Mom and Tom.

Yesterday was a let down as far as football was concerned. The first game was just one of those games and the second of course, had all the calls go against the Bengals and for the Chiefs. The NFL of course wanted Philly and the Chiefs and they got what they wanted. We were talking and none of us really have an interest in the Super Bowl this year. Oh well, on to next year.

It’s 20 degrees or more up here but somewhere near zero in Denver. Marty came over and watched the game with us and left about 8. Before that we went to Costco and earlier in the day, hit the gym. Jagger just called on the way home from the gym. He’s been going in the mornings before class.

Tomorrow is the last day of the month. Two weeks from tomorrow and we’ll be in mid-February. Here we go. Lori is going to the office today and I have a couple calls. That’s about it, another day. Enjoy and GB.

Today we have two games, and they’ll probably be better than the Super Bowl which is two weeks from today. By the way, two weeks from today will be February 12th which will be 2 days short of halfway through the month!

Yesterday we hung out here for most of the day. We tried to go to the gym but the highway was closed from about 6am to noon due to a semi that crashed on the highway. No new snow here. It’s cold in Denver but not so bad up here.

Ty slept in yesterday as he went to Denver Health in the middle of the night the night before last as his friend was jumped and mugged walking home from a club Friday night. Nothing good happens after midnight and that’s especially true in the cities. I’d rather take my chances with mountain lions and coyotes up here than the “animals” (sarcasm) in the cities. Up here if I shoot one, I’m probably not going to court.

The games start at 1 this afternoon! That gives us time to get some things done this morning. I have a call with Jake up in Wyoming sometime this morning. I’ve known Jake for 20 years as his family lived next to our ranch on the Wyoming side and has been there for over 100 years. Jake is a real cowboy and knows horses like nobody else. I think we’re going to go together on some ranch horses to make some side money. We’ll buy them and Jake will raise and train them and then they’ll go to one of the big ranch horse sales where we’ll sell them. This doesn’t sound like much but if you have the right guy (Jake) and buy the right colt for a few thousand dollars, you can sell them for $15-$30K in a year making a nice profit for both of us. It’s just one of our side hustles these days. We’re also looking at getting half a dozen black angus cows that another friend who now lives down east of Pueblo, will raise and we should make another $10-$20K down there. Too bad dad isn’t around, I’m sure he’d love to be part of this. It’s actually very low risk if you have the right people as partners and we’ve known both of these friends for 20 years plus and 100% trust them. More to come in the next month or two but now is the time ranchers are looking for calves and colts.

Nowadays you need a few side hustles to make it. Our hope is that we can earn enough to pay for one of the boys college costs each year.

Dixie is doing fine. She stayed in bed most of the day as it was a gloomy day. A 4 Star General predicted yesterday we’ll be at war with China by 2025. What is the World coming to? Five black cops, obviously bad cops, beat up a black man during a traffic stop in Memphis who later died, and get this, the liberal media are blaming white people and the GOP for his death! One so called journalist is even blaming Ron DeSantis, the Governor of Florida? Even though this was black on black crime, somehow it’s white people’s fault. Give me a break.

So as you can see, all’s good in the World, wow. Now we can’t let ourselves get consumed 24/7 with all the bad and negativity going on. The majority of the people in the World are good people. The lesson here is to be aware of the bad ones and try to make a difference by being one of the good ones! Good luck! Enjoy the day and God Bless.

Here’s our friend Jake and his wife, great people.

January is almost over. Bring on February. February is a good month but it does bring property taxes, our Bronco tickets bill, and a shorter month to get things done. Good news is after February is March, the beginning of Spring. Beware though, they say March is the snowiest month in Colorado!

It’s snowing lightly and we have less than 2 inches on the ground. It is cloudy out though. We stopped and visited with Dixie yesterday afternoon. She told us there are thousands of little bugs in her place and when we pressed her as to where they are, she told us you can’t see them as they’re so small. We at first thought there might be some tiny carpet bugs but then she said she’s the only one that can see them. Ah. She had a few other moments that didn’t make sense but was happy and that’s all that counts. They’re back to wearing masks at her building as apparently covid is back down there.

We went to Costco yesterday and picked up some groceries. We could use a trip to the regular grocery store too. Football tomorrow, hope they’re good games. Time to get moving, enjoy the day, God Bless.

I made it down to the warehouse around 10am and met up with my buddy Toby about 30 minutes later. After that I headed to Tommy’s to drop off Jagger’s drivers license as I didn’t have time to drive up to Boulder. We hung out for a bit and then I headed down to pick up Ty for lunch. We sat at the sushi bar and ordered up way too much food. All good though as Ty took it all home with him and feasted on it for the rest of the day.

I stopped in Frisco on the way home for a coffee and was home around 4:30. The house was clean and shiny from the cleaners and Lori was working away. I was then on the phone until about 7:30 working to get ready for my 2023 planning call this morning at 10.

Today we’ll head to the gym first and be back sometime around 9. Cold weather and possibly a little snow is headed our way, so they say. Denver is going to get the brunt of it. Not sure where all the global warming is this year. Sure doesn’t seem to be playing out that way.

Time to get moving and get the misses up. She’s still sleeping, must need it. Make it a great day, God Bless.

I’m headed to the warehouse to pick up some samples and then am having lunch with Ty at Sushi Sasa. Not sure if Jag can make it down or not. Lori is staying home as the cleaners are coming and she has some work to do. Not much snow yesterday, just enough of an icy snow mix to mess up the roads. It’s all dry now.

Not much else going on. Just the usual. Dixie is doing fine. She had a good day. Lori worked late and was home about 7pm. Ty had a 3.5 GPA in his first semester! All A’s and B’s! That is fantastic news! He really worked hard and we’re super proud of him. Jag had all A’s which is pretty much the norm for him, super proud of him as well. Time to get moving, enjoy the day, GB.

Check out this pic, kind of grainy but it’s Grandma’s old cabin at the lake in Wisconsin, probably the late 60’s. What fun times.

Might be going to lunch tomorrow with Ty. Not sure yet, I’ll know later today. I asked Jag if he wanted to go but he might not have time with his schedule. He calls us every morning now about 6:30 on his way home from the gym. He’s been getting up and going at 5 which is new for him as he usually would go in the afternoons. He says the days are a lot longer, ha.

Lori works in Frisco today. I’ll be doing a lot of work finalizing the 2023 forecast for the Company today. Only about a week left until February. We had a dusting of snow last night but nothing significant.

I was talking to Dixie yesterday and she fell off the edge of the couch while we were talking. She was fine and was laughing and said she’s just fine on the floor. I had to text Lori to text the caretakers to go help her up. She had a good day.

Cold weather headed to Denver by the weekend. 6 below zero is the low on Monday. Looks like a 4 or 5 day span of low temps. Looks like the low up here on Monday will be 17 or about 23 degrees warmer. That’s happened a lot this year as the weather patterns have been pushing down from the north and hitting Denver and not us. We’ll take it!

We’re still deciding what to do for vacation this year. Nothing is off the table. The only criteria is wherever we go, there has to be a beach. Spain, Greece, Italy, St. Barts, Hawaii are all on the table. We’ll see. We might do a multi country trip. I think we’re going to try to go for 20 days or so. More to come.

That’s it, time to go. Have a great day and God Bless. Here’s a fun picture of the sunrise.

I’m off to Denver at 6 and Lori has a Zoom meeting at 6:30. I’m getting my windshield replaced and then have a stop to meet my buddy Toby before heading up to North Valley Bank to drop off some signed papers. Might see Ty after that before heading home.

Cold weather coming this weekend. The weeks are going fast which is ok with us as long as Spring arrives faster. I had some really good meetings yesterday and am off to a good start in 2023. Knock on wood.

The boys are well. Lot’s of scary crap going on in the World but I think the tide is turning and the people are waking up. Let’s hope so. Time to go as I need to shower and load up the truck. God Bless.

We decided to go to Denver after all. We left around 9:30 and were in Denver about 11:30. We stopped at a store where we needed to return something and then headed to Cherry Creek Grill to meet Jeff and Tina for lunch. Jag decided to join us and showed up about 15 minutes after us. After lunch we stopped at Whole Foods to buy the boys some groceries and then Jag headed home while we stopped to drop a coat and some food to Ty. After that, Lori and I headed home.

We made it home by 4 and settled in to watch the San Francisco Dallas game. The 49rs’ won which was great. All our other teams lost. It’s 6am now and we’re off to the gym in 30 minutes as I have a call at 9 and 11:30. Lori has to go into the office for a little bit today too. No snow up here which is good news.

Lori is making coffee so time to go. Enjoy the day and week and God Bless.

Clear blue skies outside, and it’s in the single digits outside. Right now they say it’s 3. We were thinking of going to Denver early this morning for lunch with the boys, but Ty is busy. I’m getting my windshield replaced Tuesday so I’ll see Jagger then. Hard to believe it’s so cold with the way the sun is shinning.

Yesterday we went to the gym and then were around the house for most of the day. Football was so so with the first game being ok, but again, horrible officiating. The second game was a blowout from the beginning and I turned it off in the first quarter. Hope we have better games today.

Dixie slept most of the day. She wanted to just stay home so we didn’t bring her up. Maybe today. She seems fine physically but is getting worse mentally as each day passes. Apparently it’s all part of getting old, ugh.

That’s it, be well, stay safe and God Bless.