A Year of Change

What a game. It started out well but ended up disappointing. We were up until after midnight and staying up that late was definitely not worth it! It’s 6:40 am now and we are tired. Oh well, it is what it is. I’ll bet Jag and Ava are really tired but I’m sure they’re still sleeping.

Yesterday we bought a new tv at Costco only to get it home and have it not fit our wall mount. So back we went to return it and then buy another one. That second one was $100 more but fit well and it’s up and running in the bedroom and is great. Brian, our neighbor, helped me lift it onto the bracket on the wall.

We stopped for Mexican food on the way home which was good but super salty.

We’ll get ready and get out of here in probably an hour. We need to get on our Halloween costumes asap. We have lunch in Boulder with Ava and Jagger at noon. I also have his dresser in the back of the truck.

Some good news from our accountant! We only owe $5800 to the Feds, instead of $12K and a couple grand more to a few assorted States, primarily Colorado and Arizona. So this means will be paying about half of what we thought, whoo hoo! Prayer does work!

Warming up a bit outside. Should be in the mid 70’s up here Tuesday before a cool down on Wednesday. Hopefully the big snow stays away until mid or late November. It’s going to be an El Nino winter which means pretty good snow, but we’re right on the edge of where they project a warmer winter so again, we’ll pray!

7 am now so time to get moving. Have a great day and God Bless.

Well we missed the snow here at the house. The pass and places like Breckenridge though did get snow. It’s warming up steadily today through early next week when it will be 80 degrees on Tuesday in Denver. That translates to about 70 to 75 degrees up here. We’ll take it.

Tax day is Monday. We thought we were all paid up but no, we owe another $12,000 to the Feds. We’ll probably owe a few thousand to the State too, unbelievable. We’re in the 32% tax bracket according to our accountant. That means 32 cents of every dollar we make, or about one third, goes to the government. Throw in local State tax, sales tax on everything you buy, property tax, gas tax, and a few other assorted hidden ones you don’t even know about, and we’re probably paying about 50 cents off every dollar we bring in. Don’t know how this is sustainable. Of course over half the people in the Country pay nothing. Throw in all the illegals now here, and those of us that actually work, have to pay even more. Marty says we should just stop working. Not as crazy as it sounds.

Last night I went to James and dropped Lori off to hang out with Adriana. We made it home a little after 6:30 and watched the Bronco game until around 9. Same old result as the week before. Hopefully we’ll be better next year. We might not keep our season tickets any longer as at $5000 a year and with us living up here plus with the team being so bad, it might be time to let them go.

Tomorrow we’re headed to Boulder for lunch with the kids. I’ll finally get Jagger’s dresser down to him. Monday Lori’s car goes in to get fixed. Probably another two months before the garage is fixed. 6 am now and Ty’s showering and Lori is still sleeping. Time to make him some breakfast. Have a great day and God Bless.

Today is a great day! I feel like I’ve been given a second chance at everything. Work was taxing as I reassigned one of my Partners into a different role. More to wrap that up today but overall things went well, better than expected. A couple other things happened in our personal lives too but happy to say, everything turned out great! Snow on the pass but none here so far. Ty missed two buses yesterday and ended up on the 7:30 bus that had him arrive in Eagle around 11pm. I just couldn’t stay up and laid my head down around 9:30 and next thing I knew, Lori was coming to bed at 11:15 or so after running down the street and getting Ty from the bus. What a great mom!

The Avalanche won their season opener! Tonight, the Broncos play the Chiefs and tomorrow CU plays Standford and then Saturday we’re headed to Boulder for Parents Weekend. We’re not staying the whole weekend but are taking the kids (Jag and Ava) to a Michelin Star restaurant for lunch. Should be fun.

6:07am now and time to get moving as we leave at 6:30 to take Ty to work. Make it a great day, and please, be thankful for all you have and live every day of your life to the fullest. Be well, stay safe and God Bless.

Making some changes today at work. Too detailed to get into or explain but making some changes. I made it down and up in good time yesterday and was home a little after lunch. Today Lori works in Vail, and I’ll be working from home. My first call is at 8:45.

Our tv in the bedroom seems to be unfixable. Rather than call someone to come out to the house, we think we’ll move the one from the living room to the bedroom and run to Costco for a larger one for the living room. Tv’s are way down in price, and we’ve wanted a larger one for the living room anyhow. Everything happens for a reason.

Funny I’m talking about tv’s while people in Israel are worried about getting shot or blown up. Crazy times. I read yesterday that there are two important days in everyone’s life, the day you were born and the day you know why you were born. Pretty profound, think about it. That’ll keep you busy for a while.

6am now and time to squeeze in a quick trip to the gym. Have a great day and may God watch over you and bless you.

Tomorrow the weather changes. Looks like the last day of warm weather up here before Fall kicks in. Might get snow Thursday, we’ll see.

Lori is in Edwards today and I’m running to Denver to get a case of samples I need for work. Hope to be back by 1 at the latest. Last night in the middle of the night, our bedroom tv came on. No channel, just a white screen. Finally I just unplugged it. Not sure what’s going on as it’s sort of a blank screen now with SONY on it but nothing else. I just tried pressing the reset button. Neither remote works either. I did change the batteries to make sure but no luck. Always something.

6:16 now, not much else going on. Guess I’ll hit the shower and get moving. Have a great day, God Bless.

Today is my good friend Harry’s birthday and it’s also John Lennon’s! Happy Birthday guys!

In a week it’ll be mid-October, then it’s all downhill through the end of the year. Ten weeks has half a dozen birthdays, four major holidays and lots of festivities. Hold on tight.

This morning I think we’ll try to run to the gym before my 9am conference call. Ty’s in Denver as he is every week, Jag has a big test today and Lori and I have lots of work to do.

Israel declared war for the first time since 1973. It seems a World away but it’s closer than you think. The World is a small place these days as we’re all connected. This is not good. These are the kind of things that force people to pick sides and there’s way too much instability out there for this to be good for anyone.

Take stock of things in your life and always be prepared for the worst. Then you’ll never be surprised! Have a great day and week, God Bless.

Yesterday’s CU game ended with a win. Hopefully today’s Bronco game will be the same. Ty was out with friends until late and is up and off to work now. Chandler is driving him which is good. It’s nice up here with it not being too cold. We sleep with the windows open, and it’s been nice. Also hasn’t froze up here yet. Think that’s coming Thursday.

Lori went all out yesterday decorating for Halloween. We went to the storage unit and found her Halloween boxes. I need to get the last few things out of there as it cost about $500 a month for old antique furniture and some boxes of the kids’ old toys and some paperwork to live there. I’d like to get that done before winter sets in. What a waste of money.

Lori is taking Ty for his physical sometime today. James is playing in Indio CA today and either home late tonight or tomorrow. Knowing him, he’ll have the pilot ready to go and be in the air before people are out of the parking lot. Marty leaves tomorrow for Jacksonville to take his youngest son on a couple of college visits. Then he has a real estate meeting in Tampa next weekend.

Time to get moving. 6:40am now. Have a great Sunday and pray for the people of Israel. They’re at war for the first time in 50 years. Hope it doesn’t escalate into a wider conflict. God Bless.

Thank God it’s Saturday. I need a break as it was a tough week. I have a lot of stuff going on and am doing my best not to get overwhelmed. Today at 4:30 the Buffs play Arizona so that’ll be fun. Tomorrow we thought about going to the game, but Ty has physical with Dr. Yarberry before he’s out until the end of the month. I could have sold the tickets but we decided to give them to Mitch and Kelley, the couple who lost their 7 year old a couple weeks ago in the ATV accident. They were super appreciative as one of their other children just turned 16 and God knows they need a break. Glad they’re going.

Today I’ll do some work, mostly in my head. I’m deciding just what to do with the Company. Complete reorg? Split it into two? I’ve even thought about just selling the whole thing and moving on. Lots of options but nothing is off the table. All good, just need to shake things up as when the entire World, and economy changes, you need to change with it. Throw in getting older and wanting more time to do fun stuff and hang out and it’s time to do something dramatic. More to come in the next few months. We’ll see.

Ty’s off to work and his buddy Karim is still sleeping downstairs. He drove up last night and is staying until tomorrow and then he and Ty will drive down after work. I think he’s going to hang out in Vail today while Ty works. He’s a good kid. He is going back to school next year at DU.

It’s pretty outside with all the trees golden yellow in color. You can even see the colors in satellite phots from space. Think we’ll go for a walk today instead of the gym, we’ll see.

Jag and Ava bought their tickets to go to Portland Thanksgiving week yesterday. They’re leaving Friday the 17th at 6:10am, ugh, and flying back Wednesday the 22nd at 5:10am, double ugh. Then they’ll drive up here and be here for Thanksgiving with us. Last place I’d want to go is Portland but that’s where her mom and stepdad are.

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

Sitting around last night, it’s easy to not take for granted all we have in life. Everyone should take a moment to realize just how good you have it. Some might say, I don’t have it that good, but I’ll say, if you’re here (alive) and able to read this, you’re doing ok. When you look outside and stop and really look, it’s hard not to be in awe of the World around us. Just a thought for the day.

6:05 am now and we’ll be out of here at 6:30 to take Mr. Ty to work. Not sure if we’re going to the Bronco game or not this weekend. We’ll decide later today. Good game last night. We should have a much better record than we do, at least 2 and 2. Hope we win Sunday.

Cool outside but I don’t think it froze last night. I had the sprinklers turned off, the tree company here and the house cleaners yesterday. Good to get those out of the way. Lori is busy and so am I at work. It’s still a struggle with the economy. Need to keep thinking out of the box.

Time to get moving. Thinking of buying an ATV to plow the driveway when it snows, we’ll see. Have a great day and God Bless.

Last night around 6, Ty and Karim made it up from Denver. They left around 2 and stopped in Denver as Ty had a staff meeting at 5 at the restaurant. Today Karim will drop Ty at work before heading back to Denver. That’s nice as he works at 7 and we don’t need to leave at 6:30 to take him.

I have the tree guys coming today who deep feed trees so they get enough fertilizer and stuff as our dirt is pretty hard. I was going to Denver but didn’t hear from Jagger yesterday, so I’ll go another day. I need to get his dresser down to him one of these days.

Time to get going, it’s 6:30 now. We’ll head out to the gym in 30 minutes or so. Then it’s back to work. I have a lot to do as I’m basically tearing the Company down and starting over. Of course, I’m doing this on paper and then going through all the steps deciding what to implement.

Cooler outside, nice. Take care, be well, stay safe and God Bless.