A Year of Change

This morning Ty and his buddies want to run down to Denver to get suits for Winter Formal next weekend. Of course we did get a dusting of snow which was unexpected last night. It’s literally just enough to cover the driveway and nothing more. We’ll see if they go or not.

Lots of violence out there these days. It seems we hear about a random shooting on some road or someplace almost every day. People are fed up. Most of this is in cities where district attorneys are no longer prosecuting certain crimes that were once felonies. Dad is rolling over in his grave. Other shootings are suicides from people’s lives falling apart due to the the lockdowns which have now proved to have been 99.8% ineffective. So let’s see, the government has been wrong about lockdowns, masks, vaccines and just about everything else associated with covid in the past two years. And they wonder why people are pushing back. Trust me, they’re just as wrong about everything else. Russia was all we heard when Trump was President and now we have Nancy Pelosi telling our Olympic athletes to suck it up and ignore the human rights abuses in China and just keep your mouth shut and compete. Wonder if this is due to all the millions China has given the Biden family. WOW.

As you can see, the World is pretty fucked up right now. Hope we get it together but sadly I think it’ll get worse before it gets better. Get ready! Again, food, gas, and are other essentials are a must to get right now. Keep your eyes open and be safe and God Bless.

Not a good night. I was supposed to not sleep on my right said and this made it difficult to get good sleep. In the morning I went for PT and Shayna was amazing. When working out and leaning back with heavy weights, I would get dizzy for a few seconds. Turns out those little crystals in my inner ear were not where they were supposed to be. You wear goggles hooked up to a computer and then she has you lean back from side to side and Shayna can then see your eyes jump telling her what she needs to fix. Then after she manipulates or turns your neck and head, she gets them back where they’re supposed to be. It was amazing how quickly she fixed the issue. She did tell me not to sleep on my right-side last night which is why the bad night’s sleep. You can dislodge these crystals in a bunch of ways. Mine was from probably straining while working out. Oh well, all good now.

This morning Lori is getting her hair done in Glenwood. Think I’ll go with her and hit the pet food store and grocery store while she’s getting pretty. I was going to the range yesterday, but Shayna suggested I take it easy for the day to let things settle. Ty was out with friends and came home a bit after midnight.

The snow is still on the ground but melting a little bit each day. We need a nice warm week. I hit Costco yesterday and Lori was busy working away. That’s it. Time to go. Enjoy the day and God Bless.

This morning, in about an hour, I have PT on my neck. It’s been sore for a few weeks from working out. Lori has lunch today with a friend and Ty has school. Last night James and I hung out inside in his new cigar room that he just had finished upstairs in his house. Great timing with the cold temperatures we’ve had.

I had a dentist appointment yesterday which was the first time I could get in since October 2020. They’re down to two hygienists from four so they’ve been way backed up.

I’d like to get one of the storage units cleaned out this weekend or at least move stuff from one to the other. They just raised prices again. Ty was making a haircut appointment for tomorrow with his barber who happens to work out of the 4 Seasons Hotel. Prices for a men’s haircut jumped from $55 to $110! WTF?

Looks like Denver received much more snow than we did a couple days ago. Our roads are dry and were that way all week. Supposed to be warmer for the next 4 or 5 days, finally.

Time to get moving. Make it a great weekend. One week until the Super Bowl. God Bless.

Today we have more work, more school, more life. Remember, your worst day living is better than your best day dead, ha. Might go to Denver today unless it looks too crappy down there. Lori has a derm appointment but we’re checking the roads in town.

Cold outside they say. 10 above or 10 below is pretty much the same when you live in it. Looking forward to Spring. Winter is fine but normally the snow melts between storms, but not this year.

Time to check the roads. Make it a great day, 5 below zero in Denver right now, God Bless.

What a cold start to the year. Annette is lucky she hasn’t come to visit as she does not like the cold weather! Think I’ll drive Lori today as the roads are a bit dicey. Our appraisal went well. Turns out we knew a lot of people in common. Not that that will affect anything, but it can’t hurt.

Everything looks cold and closed in Denver up to Ft. Collins. Hope pipes don’t burst from the temperatures. Think I’ll hit the gym after I drop Lori. I’d like to start cleaning the garage today. We’ll see how the day goes.

Time to get moving. Biden is still pushing for war and more covid restrictions. Even though cases and positive test rates are dropping fast, they keep pushing. Then the White House press secretary said the crime wave is all fake. Instantly the head of the Fraternal Order of Police pushed back. Point here is, the people in power lie, constantly. They think nothing of it and justify it as part of the greater good for you! No longer can we believe our own government. If you think about it, we haven’t been able to trust them for years now. So sad. Pray for change.

God Bless

Here we go, February is here. Soon it’ll be March and hopefully warmer temperatures.

I was in Denver and back by noon. I stopped to see Tom for a few minutes before heading to the car dealer. We had our property taxes arrive in the mail yesterday. Get ready for this, they tripled! Now I understand that property values have gone up, but ours didn’t double, much less triple? WTF? Not much you can do about it. I expected it to double but this is ridiculous. I shouldn’t be surprised as it’s the new normal. These days, with everything, you get less, and it costs more. What I mean here is it’s not like they’ve fixed all the streets or upgraded schools. Oh wait, wasn’t the trillion-dollar infrastructure package the Dems passed supposed to fix the roads? Hmm. What a shit show. We have to vote these clowns out of office in November.

Marty and Melanie want us to go to Hawaii in April and we’d love to go but we’re not getting boosters to go. Just not worth it.

We have our appraisal today at 1. Then we should be just about done with our refinance. It’s never done until it’s done though. Wouldn’t surprise me a bit if it somehow falls apart. Cross your fingers.

We had a humidifier installed yesterday as it’s only 14% humidity in the house which is really low. As soon as Jeff, the electrician, comes to hook it up, we’ll be good to go. Should help a bunch.

Time to get moving. Hope all’s well. Looks like they’re lifting the mask mandate in Denver this week. But don’t worry, the Dems and Biden will be pushing things to control us long after the virus is gone. They’re already doing it. Some places, like Canada for one, are pushing more restrictions while the numbers of cases are dropping dramitacally. They’re desperate to hold on to control and power. Thankfully people all over the World are not putting up with it. The people in power won’t give up easy though, get ready for that! Enough said, God Bless.

I think today Mom is 89. She was born in Shawano Wisconsin in 1933. Hard to believe it’ll be 5 years in six months since she’s been gone. I miss and think about her every single day! Hope all’s good in heaven.

Yesterday we had two great football games. Both ended the way I wanted them to so that made them that much better. This morning I need to run down to Denver to give back the Tahoe I’ve been driving since December 5th for my new Suburban. They had to build it so that’s why they sold us the Tahoe but agreed to give us what we paid for it when the burb came in. We just need to extra room the suburban provides.

Yesterday I made some beef and pork ribs on the smoker and after eating those with the pheasant and appitizers, we were all too full for fajitas. We ended up just having cheesecake while watching the second game.

This week there’s some snow headed to Denver. I think (hope) it misses us. Right now, we could get a dusting to a couple inches while Denver is good for 3 to 6 with cold temps.

We were hoping Jag would have come up for the weekend, but he has some midterms this week, so he stayed to study. I should be home by noon, and I think Lori is working in Vail today.

Super Bowl in two weeks. I probably wouldn’t have been excited if it was the Chiefs and 49r’s but now the Rams and Bengals will be fun! Happy for Von Miller too. Make it a great week, God Bless.

Some say today is the best football weekend of the year as they’re usually pretty good games while sometimes the Super Bowl can be a letdown. Last weekend was great, it’ll be hard to top that. Marty, Melanie, James and maybe another friend or two are coming over. On the menu are bbq beef back ribs along with one slab of baby backs, pheasant nuggets, jalapeno peppers stuffed with cream cheese and topped off with bacon, filet mignon fajitas, some vegetables and Lori’s famous Basque Cheesecake. The games start at 1 and should wrap by about 7:30.

Yesterday Lori went on a long hike while I went to the grocery store and Ace Hardware. Ty was on the mountain all day and spent the night at Wills. He’ll be home around 9 this morning. We also hit Costco and stopped and visited Dixie. She looked well.

I hope to get to the gym this morning after I prep the ribs. Lori did a lot of house cleaning yesterday. Her deer were outside waiting for some carrots in the afternoon. Time to get moving. I know Tommy is excited too. Hope he has some good food lined up!

Be well, stay safe and God Bless.

It was a long day but super fun. I left at 5:20am and picked up James at 6. It was -8 at his house and when we picked up Marty at 7 in Frisco, it was -13! By 9 we were pulling into The Bluffs an hour east of Denver. We weren’t sure what to expect when we showed up. We walked in and sort of stood out as most people must have known each other.

After filling out the waivers, we all jumped into our vehicles and headed out to the bluffs. It was like a 5 truck convoy with us, Jim and his dad Peter and then John in his car along with two trucks carrying the dogs. Upon arrival in a snowy field we walked in a bit to some stands in the middle of this field under a 100 foot tall bluff, hence the name. The stands were wooden shotgun stands you could lean your gun against. After some brief instructions we were asked if we were ready to go which we all said yes, with Marty, James and I not sure what to expect. No sooner than had we said yes and the fun began. Birds began flying off the bluff overhead left and right and everyone began shooting. They told us unlike hunting with dogs, shoot at any bird and don’t worry about if another hunter is shooting at it. So, that’s what I did. Turns out, yours truly was again the best shot, ha. I’ve always been lucky as I’m a steady shot with rifles and shotguns. Anyhow I must have shot 30 or so shells and bagged probably 20 birds alone. At the end I slowed down and let the other guys shoot some. Peter, Jims dad, had this $200K shotgun which opened from the side and is one of 50 in the World that was made before the war. That’s World War II.

After the bluffs shoot we walked back to the vehicles and then reloaded with shells and headed out with the dogs to find any birds we missed. When shooting at the bluff, birds were dropping left and right, some almost landing on top of you! It was fast and exciting. We walked a few miles up and down the riverbed flushing another 15 or 20 birds before heading back to the lodge.

At the lodge they had lunch prepared for us and we toured the trophy room where a lot of Peter’s animals from Africa were including an 18 1/2 crocodile! We hung out for a bit and smoked a cigar before heading home around 1:30. We tried to tip the guides but Peter said no, all was covered. We all had an epic day as this was a true British bird hunt. You just don’t see this type of hunt in America. They invited us back and we’re going to try to squeeze in another day before James heads out for the South American tour at the end of April. Fun time but we were all tired when we made it home around 6.

Today Lori is going on a hike with Francesca, Ty is boarding and I’m doing some stuff around the house and maybe hitting the range. Tomorrow the guys are coming over for the football games, so I probably need to run to the store. I need to find some buttermilk to soak the pheasants in too before I cook them up.

Have a great weekend. Too bad you’re not closer as pheasant is good eating! God Bless.

Up and getting ready to go hunting. I was getting up at 4:40 but Harley woke us at 3:30 throwing up, ugh. Couldn’t go back to sleep.

I did get Ty’s truck back yesterday. Looks brand new. Jag is doing well. He has midterms next week already as CU is on some weird schedule. Lori worked at the office and I worked from home. Two workdays left in the month.

I’m picking up James around 6 and then we’ll get Marty around 6:45 in Silverthorne. My friend and his dad are taking us to The Bluffs. This is a super exclusive bird hunting club in Eastern Colorado that’s like $35K a year to belong to and there are only a handful of members. Jim and his dad Peter are from England and this place does hunts like they do in the UK. We’ll start with a driven hunt where we are at the bottom of a bluff and the birds will be driven off the bluff or cliff and be flying overhead at us. Then we’ll be out with dogs which is how we normally hunt here in America. Should be fun.

I’m getting a little tired of all the lawlessness. Three more police officers were shot in Houston yesterday. Why the war on cops? It seems a little too organized as it’s almost every day we read about another shooting. It’s as though you can’t go anywhere these days unarmed. Be safe out there.

Time to get going. Need to hit the shower and be on the road by 5:30. Should be home by 3 or 4. Last weekend of January and Mom’s birthday is Monday! God Bless.