A Year of Change

The boys and I left at 7 sharp and pulled into the Land Rover dealer right around 9. We dropped the Rover and picked up our loaner car. Before we left we continued our search for a good, fairly inexpensive car for Jagger. We saw a couple things but they were too expensive so we headed to the Audi dealer next door. There they had a dozen or so Q5’s in the $20,000 range that are certified meaning they come with warranty. We have our eye on a white one from 2016 with 47,000 miles. Now we’re not excited about buying a car but we don’t want Jag driving our cars plus he needs something to drive he and his brother to school in about a month. The Audi is super safe, doesn’t have a huge engine, is good on gas and drives great in snow and ice, so we might make a move if I can beat them down a bit.

We made it home around 2:30 after stopping at the mall and then to see Uncle Tom. His backyard is even more impressive in person. The water feature flow can be controlled with some sort of remote. It’s pretty nice. Then we headed to Mom’s. Not much left in the garage. We grabbed a few small items like Dad’s law school diploma and headed home.

Today I’m off to Aspen and then Lori and I have dinner and the concert with the Spector’s. Should be fun but we’d both rather not eat restaurant food or be out late. I’m sure we’ll enjoy it. Lori has a dentist appointment this morning at 8 so time to get moving.

Have a good day, GB.

This morning we’re off to Denver to service the Range Rover and head over to Mom’s to start working through the remaining stuff still there before the house sells. Both boys are going with me. Last night we had some rain and a little hail. Lori is trying to put some medicine in Harley’s ear as she has an infection. It’s 6 am now and I hope to be (have to be) on the road in an hour.

Lori and I are working away. Tomorrow night we’re going to dinner with some people we’ve known for at least 10 years and then to see Michael McDonald from the Doobie Brothers at the Vilar. Jerry is one of those super successful guys that is in a different stratosphere from most of the World. They’re super nice though and Lori has done a lot for them.

We have so much to do between Mom’s and our house. Lori needs to decide on things from floors to fixtures to colors and everything else associated with a new house. School also starts in about a month and soccer starts August 12th. We had to pay almost $27,000 for school yesterday and that’s just a little less than half of the boys tuition. What a World.

Time to go but first, let me say, I agree with the President’s recent tweets, although I would have used other words. He basically suggested that if the four socialist or communist congresswomen don’t like America, they should go back to their home countries and fix things and then come back here and show us what they did. Now the media of course shortened this to him saying, “get out of the Country”. Of course they did. There is so much lying from politicians on both sides but far much more by the Democrats. That’s just the facts.

Here’s a picture of the storm cloud from last night. It’s so green it could be a little town in Vermont. Have a great day, God Bless.

Yesterday morning about 11 a designer and his assistant showed up from Denver to measure Jagger for some fashion show in Denver, I think in October. The guy was nice and definitely looked like a fashion designer. He’s doing some sort of Matrix theme like from the movie with futuristic long flowing looking outfits. He gave Jag a lot of advice and said to come down for the Denver Fashion Week call too. In his words, the photographers and designers are going to “just steal him” and said he’s going to be in big demand and to be ready for it. He also gave us as parents some advice so we’ll see what happens. Jag could have a new career and be in Paris within a few months, ha.

We spent the morning cleaning before they arrived and then ran some errands in the afternoon. Today they start rock mitigation between Minturn and Vail until at least Thursday. I’m shooting in Idaho Springs today and then have to take the Rover to Denver for service tomorrow. The main highway between Boulder and Denver is also closed due to a huge crack from the heat. Throw in new construction by Idaho Springs to add an express lane and it’s a mess everywhere.

We have our big party in Aspen in 2 weeks and then I’m in Seattle for two days and then it’s August. Time flies. I’d better get moving. Not sure what Jag and Ty have going today. Lori of course has work and I too have a lot of computer work to do. GB.

Ty’s home, yea! Lori and I left around 8:30 and made it to Windy Peak right about 11. Thirty minutes later we were headed home. We stopped to wash the car as the last 15 miles to camp are on a dirt road, and then we grabbed some lunch in Fairplay. We made it home about 2:30.

It took a while to unpack all his gear and get it put away and start the wash. He had a great time as he always does and was with lots of kids he’s now been with for 3 years. The head of the camp raved about Ty saying how amazing he is and how every year he’s grown as a young man and is always so kind and helpful. Of course we know this but it’s always great to hear from other people.

Jag went to town with Emma until I picked him up around 6:30 when I dropped Ty off for the movies. We then picked Ty up about 9 pm.

Today two designers are headed up from Denver to measure and fit Jag for some fashion show in Denver he’s modeling for at the end of September. They show up at 11. Before then we’re headed to the gym and then will be cleaning around here. That’s it, hope all’s well. GB

We need to leave around 8:30 this morning for the 2 hour drive to go get Ty. Seems like he’s been gone a year! It’s 6:50 now and we need to pick up his room a bit and then shower and head out. We’ll leave Jag here with the pups so they’re not locked up all day.

It was a long week for all of us. Next week they’re doing rock mitigation on I-70 which is going to close down the highway every 30 minutes between 6 am and 4 pm. I know Monday and Tuesday I need to go to Denver so I’m trying to decide whether to go up and through Leadville or not. The hospital is going to be a mess too as closing a major interstate is a big deal.

Tonight Lori has a girls night out get together at a classmate of Jag’s house for her Mom. Glad I don’t have anything going on, ha. Time to get moving so have a good day, GB.

Tomorrow we pick up Ty! Can’t wait. It’s only been two weeks but we are excited for him to get home. Lori worked late last night as she had a few VIP patients that she squeezed in so her day ran until about 7. I was in Boulder and other places and will be traveling a bit again today.

Looks like we have a deal on Mom’s house. Tommy Googled the buyers and they look like a nice family. We still have a bunch of stuff to get out of the house. I’ll undoubtedly be spending some time down there between now and August 6th. We pretty much held firm on the price as they already offered less than we thought it should go for but the house does need a lot of work.

I need to get moving so that’s it. Have a great day and GB.

Jag and I left at 6:30 and arrived a little after 9. Our tour of CU started with a 45 minute talk and then a tour of the campus. Both were enlightening. What a great school and beautiful campus. I think Jag changed his mind a bit on the school and I found out most of the kids, for some unknown reason, bash CU at his school. We also determined most of the kids in his school have zero drive and aren’t very smart. In the end although we’ll still go see some other schools, but now CU is on the list, whoo hoo.

After a couple more stops we headed home but didn’t arrive until about 5. Then Lori and Jag picked up Harley and Emma who stayed until a little after 8. They’re pretty much inseparable if they have the chance, ha.

I’m back down the hill today for an appointment at 10 so time to get moving. We pick up Ty in about 53 hours! We all miss him very much. I’m going to try to keep him off his cell phone and computer when he returns from 2 weeks without electronics. That’s it as I have like 45 minutes. Have a great day, be safe and God Bless.

In 45 minutes Jag and I are headed to Boulder for a tour of the University of Colorado. He had a tour with school a year or so ago but now that he’s a Senior, time to go see some schools and I’m sure he’ll have a different perspective. Lori of course has work and Ty is still gone. We all miss him!

It’ll be 82 in Vail today which is really nice. They say 87 in Denver. Tomorrow the mid 90’s are on the way. Lots to do and I need to make sure Jag is up so that’s it. Have a great day, GB.

Lori worked from about noon until 5 yesterday and has a long day today too. Tomorrow Jag and I are going to tour CU and today I have some running around to do. If you saw the post yesterday afternoon, you know the blog was down. Thankfully it’s up and running now.

We received back objections from the people that want to buy Mom’s house. They came up with about $130K worth of objections which considering their offer, isn’t going to work for us. This means the house will probably be back on the market by the weekend. That’s ok though, better than giving it away. Besides what did people think a house built in 1946 was going to be like.

We had some big rain yesterday. Hope Ty and his backpacking group weren’t caught in the open. He comes home Saturday and on Sunday Jag gets fitted by some designer for modeling in a fashion show in Denver. Not sure how they found him but he is tall, thin and good looking, ha. That’s it, God Bless.

Last night the blog went down. I was checking it as I needed to leave early to go get Lori. Well after getting her in Denver and getting her back up here, I’ve been on with Dreamhost for 2 hours trying to get this fixed. Obviously it’s fixed!

First thing I’m going to do within the next few weeks is print out all the posts in case this happens again. what a scare.

Anyhow Lori is at work, Ty is still at camp and Jag and Emma are in Minturn having lunch or walking around. Lots going on at work but that’s for another day. Thank God the site is back up! Great to have Lori home. She’d like to go see her Mom every week if she could (Annette too) but that’s not possible. I think Dixie is doing ok though Lori said she was a bit tired.

Time to go as I have a lot to do, take care, God Bless and God Bless the techs at Dreamhost!