A Year of Change

Saturday we’re headed down to Boulder for Parents Weekend. First up I think we’re going to the Frat where they have a food truck and then Jag, Lori and I are going to the CU football game. Weather will be about 60 degrees, should be a blast, can’t wait! A nice Fall college football game!

No snow up here, yet. Suppose to be on the way. Ty had basketball and lacrosse yesterday and might have pulled his hamstring. He works out at 2 today. Maybe his trainer can stretch it out. We’re trying to decide whether to buy him some used car or step up for a new one like a Toyota 4 Runner. Normally it’s be a no brainer but these days due to shortages, used cars are a few thousand less than new ones. It’s crazy. But don’t worry because Joe says it’s all an illusion and things are great! Ha ha ha.

Still waiting on Lori’s tires to come in. Guess we’re lucky we’re even getting them at all. Lori said we need to start buying Christmas gifts now. She’s right. This year though we’ll be buying practical gifts that people can actually use and need. No more buying things just to buy them.

Time to go, hope everyone is well, GB.

Lori and Ty are sick. Thought they were getting better but it doesn’t look that way. Hopefully they’ll both turn the corner today. At least he’s off all week.

I made ribs while watching football only to throw one rack away as they were bad. I just bought them so I assumed they’d be fresh. Bummer. Marty and I hung out from about 5:30 until 8:30.

Gas prices went up again. So is everything else. Not much else to say except “let’s go Brandon”. Google it if you don’t know what I’m talking about, God Bless.

I headed out to Denver at 8 for the tire change and upon arrival learned the tires did not arrive. Ugh. The guy was super apologetic and offered to comp me all the costs when they do come in, supposedly tomorrow, but still it was 4 hours of driving. Not to waste the trip, I went to Edwards Meat Market down on 44th for some steaks, beef and pork ribs. Think I’ll fire up the smoker again today for football.

Lori did 14 loads of laundry while I was gone! When I made it home I went to the hardware store for a Shop Vac and then to our egg lady’s house for 3 dozen fresh eggs. I use Mom’s Ace Hardware number so whenever I buy something there they look me up they say “Lois?” to verify the account. Kind of funny.

Cooler outside but nice. Lori had a fever last night and is still sleeping. Ty is a little sick too. Hopefully both will be better today. They say a little snow probably Tuesday afternoon. Hope to get the snow tires Tuesday morning.

Guess I’ll go, time for coffee and then I need to clean up the smoker for the next round of ribs. Here’s a picture of the dusting we had yesterday and round one of ribs. Go Broncos and God Bless.

Yesterday I managed to get a lot of work done around the house. Had the sprinklers winterized, the oven fixed, heat tape installed in the drain pipe outside and something else I can’t think of right now, ha. This morning I’m off to Lakewood to have Lori’s snow tires put on. I have a 1 pm appointment but will get to town around 10 and see if they can squeeze me in early.

I smoked three racks of ribs on the smoker yesterday for a little over 6 hours and I nailed it. They turned out great. Marty came over for dinner and we brought Dixie up. Ty went to a football game.

Looks like a dusting of snow next week. Lori decorated outside for Halloween yesterday and hung these witches or goblins that screech and make sound when you move them or get close to them. We didn’t realize that when the wind would blow in the middle of the night that it’d set them off. So around 4 am I woke to this eerie screeching sound. It took me a minute to figure out it was her decorations outside blowing in the wind. So now we know they work.

Lori is still sick. She has my head cold but soldiers on daily. She worked half a day yesterday and just needs to relax and rest for a day or two. Hopefully she can do that this weekend. She has a fever this morning.

Think we found a car for Ty. I made an offer and they said no so I said ok, thanks and bye. Within 30 minutes they came back and said they changed their mind and will take my offer so we’ll probably get it. Guess they didn’t know who they were dealing with, ha. Time to get going so I can head out. Make it a great weekend. Almost a third of the way through October. Tom and Robi, it’s Harry’s birthday today! John Lennon’s too! God Bless.

35 minutes until we’re on the road. Basketball at 7. Jag got 100/100 on 3 of his mid-terms and 96/100 on his fourth. Man that kid is an academic. Lori and I went to Denver for hair appointments and then stopped and looked at a used Audi Marty’s neighbor has for sale for Ty. When we arrived Coach Karl of Nuggets fame was just finishing up. He’s super skinny as he had throat and prostate cancer but is still kicking. The car is super clean with one ding in the plastic front bumper. We’re in negotiations with the guy right now to see if we can make it work.

Lori brought Dixie up for dinner. Today Lori works in the morning and should be home by noon. She’s still fighting off a cold. Today is the best day I’ve had (so far) in 2 weeks.

Biden is tumbling in the polls despite their manipulating of him, the press and the facts and his flat out lies. In all my life I’ve never seen a President act the way he does. Again though this guy is so far gone it’s hard to blame him. He’s just a puppet for Obama or Sanders or Soros or all of them. Yesterday he said some things like vaccinated people can’t get covid that just make you roll your eyes. God help us.

Time to get moving as I’m consciously distancing myself from getting sucked into politics. I’m sort of a hero with my friends on Facebook for leaving Facebook. Funny. Been getting all kinds of calls and emails and texts congratulating me for taking a stand. Hmmm. I do have 3 or 4 friends who followed my lead and got off too. Won’t make a difference though but you have to try.

Time to move and groove. Ty fell back asleep and Lori is filling out some form for one of his classes. Take care, God Bless.

Last night I took some melatonin to try to catch up on sleep. I think I slept almost 10 hours, 9 for sure. I’m a bit sleepy still but did sleep well. Lori was home around 7:30 last night as traffic was horrible and she stopped at her moms. I picked Ty up around 4:30 and on the way home I-70 was stopped. Luckily I backed down the on ramp at Wolcott just before the ambulances arrived and we took the frontage road home. It still took a while but was a lot shorter than sitting on the freeway.

This morning Lori and I are off to Denver for hair appointments. Should be home by 2 or so if lucky. Nice and cool last night. I posted a goodbye message on Facebook and received a ton of likes. Just can’t do it anymore. I feel liberated even though only a day. Should have quit that crap years ago. Was just a waste of time, a waste of life. Might be good for some, but not for me.

Time to go, be well, stay safe and God Bless.