A Year of Change

Looks like the boys will be going to new schools in the Fall. Our school didn’t give us enough financial assistance this year as apparently we make too much money. Now before we all get excited, we really don’t make too much money, we just show too many assets on our tax return. You see, I get a K1 that inflates our income showing my share of the profits from our Company. What it doesn’t show is that those funds or profits, never make their way to our bank account. They are all just left in the Company to cover previous years losses. Anyhow, we cannot pay $4000 a month for the boys to go to school which is about what it’d be. So we’re now looking at our options.

Jag will probably go to Battle Mountain where he plays baseball now. Good news is they have AP (Advanced Placement) classes where he actually gets college credits. A friend of ours went to Baylor starting as a sophomore after going there. Ty will either go to a public K through 8 school or we might get him into Vail Christian Academy for 1 year before he too would go to Battle Mountain. Ty in high school in one year seems like a shocker. Both kids were bummed as you’d imagine, but to their credit, understand and don’t want us to spend more than we can afford. Jag even said Ty could continue to go to our current school and Ty offered up the same but we’re just going to move them both. I told Lori, who was up most of the night worrying about it, to look at it as if Ty is going from elementary school to middle school and Jag from middle school to high school. The valley is small enough that they’ll still see their friends and our boys, being who they are, will make new friends. Of course there’s more drugs and bad stuff at larger schools but there’s drugs at our current school, just a higher caliber as Lori says, ha.

So that was the drama for the day. Jag skipped baseball practice and won’t get to play tonight as there’s a rule that if you miss practice the day before the game, you can’t play. We didn’t know that, but school was a big enough subject that we needed to talk about as a family.

Lori’s neck is killing her but so far, no bad headache. Her car is in Denver getting fixed and they gave me a Cadillac Escalade as a loaner, nice little car. I hope her car is fixed today.

I guess there’s another round of snow coming on Friday. Our 17th Anniversary is this Saturday, and we’ll be in Denver. There’s a camp in Michigan this summer that’d be really good for Ty. His friend Warner, who moved to Virginia, is going again this year. It’s July 10th to August 6th. The kids are gone 27 days and can’t take cell phones and can’t call home! For half the time, they are on a canoe trip camping up in Canada. Talk about a trip that’ll make you grow up, wow. I guess last year, Warner’s parents said it was like he left a little kid and came back a young man. Apparently not being able to call was much harder on Warner’s mom than Warner. The trick is to start sending daily letters two weeks before camp starts so they get a letter every day. If we can make it happen, we’ll be asking you all to write letters. We’re going to try to swing it now that we won’t be paying for school but it’s $5000! Apparently from all the reviews though, it’s well worth it and it’d be really good for Ty. We think it’d really help his confidence for going to a new school. So any and all birthday, Christmas, Anniversary or any other presents should be in cash for Camp Kooch-i-ching! Click on this link or paste in your browser to see more,

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Have a good day, God Bless.

Next up is today, Tuesday. I was wrong about jury duty for me, it was for Lori! Thankfully they didn’t need jurors today as she has a big marketing meeting from 8 until 12:30. Jag stayed home yesterday and both boys are late waking up today. I need to drop Lori’s car off in Denver today to try to fix the mysterious rattle no one can seem to find. Throw in baseball tonight and Ty staying after school and yes, we’re busy, again.

It’s 7 now and Lori needs to leave in 40 minutes as do mI and the boys. So time to run, have a good day and GB.

It’s a busy week as you can see from the title. Today we have Ty’s conference and Ty is off for the day. Jag still has a cold so he might be staying home. Tomorrow I might have jury duty, I’ll know later tonight. Baseball is Wednesday and Jag’s conference is Friday. We also have a dinner Thursday night for Lori’s office and a dinner this Saturday in Denver at Jeff and Tina’s who went to Italy with us last summer. That day is also our 17th anniversary. Seems like a lot longer, in a good way!

Today is also the first day of Spring. It’s getting mushy up here, on and off the slopes. After a few days of warm temperatures, everything will magically turn green. I’d better get moving so have a great week and take care of yourself. Get some exercise, you’ll feel better for doing so, GB

We made it down by 9:45 and dropped Ty at Ben’s before heading to Cherry Creek for Lori’s hair appointment. I hung out for an hour and had a quick trim and then was off to Nordstrom for a few things. By 2 we were all done and headed to my Mom’s for a quick visit before picking up Ty and heading up he hill. We were home by about 4:30 and an hour later I picked up Jag.

We had dinner and then watched a movie and that was about it. Today we’re cleaning out some closets and getting some exercise. Ty is off tomorrow as it’s teacher conference day for the Middle School. Jag is off on Friday for the same thing. Gues I’ll run as Mojo wants breakfast, time to get moving, GB

Well here comes another busy day. Jag is off to Rifle and we’re all off to Denver. We’ll all meet up around 5 or 6 tonight and then hopefully have a nice relaxing evening at home. Lori managed to get out of the office by 5:30 yesterday which is sort of a record seeing as it was 2 days in a row she left before 6. We’re trying to create some balance in her life but one of the reasons she’s so good at her job is that she cares so much. She actually treats every patient as if they were part of our family. I told her the other day, after she was telling me why she was late, there’s always going to be something, every single day. She knows this, she just has a great work ethic, must have got that from me, ha. Seriously though, she’s always been a hard, diligent worker, who really cares.

The boys are well, it was warm up here and the snow is melting fast. Lori said the hospital was packed as the snow is really hard and basically solid ice from all the warm weather during the day and then the freezing temperatures at night. Apparently lots of people are really getting hurt as when they fall, it’s like falling on concrete. Ty wants to go boarding tomorrow but Lori is unsure as it’s that bad. We’ll see. Time to run as it’s 5:52 and I need to take Jag to the bus at 7:30, GB

Make sure to wear green today! If not, you might get pinched! I’m sure lots of people will be partying today. We were going to go to Aspen for some fundraiser with Lindsey Vonn but don’t feel like making the trek. Jag has baseball practice after school and not sure what Ty has going on. The Quarter ended yesterday and both boys are doing well. Ty had to work hard to catch up in a few classes from not having a computer for a couple weeks, but he did it, whew.

Today I have to run down to Denver as Jag needs some white baseball pants before his two games tomorrow. It’s a long way to go for pants but it is what it is. Lori came home at 5:45 last night which is a good step towards working a little less. We’re all tired and again need a break but I don’t think we’re getting one anytime soon.

We’re excited to go see Grandma Dixie in about a month. We’re going to fly in and out of San Francisco as we figured out that it’s about a quarter of what it costs to fly into Sacramento. We’ll have to drive a few hours but to save over $2000, it’s well worth it. We’ll be there over Easter and back the following week. I’ll need to get tickets soon.

Not sure what’s up this weekend except some big school projects due next week. Jag will be gone all day tomorrow in Rifle and Lori, Ty and I will be in Denver getting her hair done. We’re going to drop Ty at a friends house to play for 4 hours or so and I’ll hit a few stores to pick up some things that we need that we can’t get up here. It’s supposed to be warm down there which will be nice.

Guess I’ll run as it’s 6:35 and we all need to get moving as usual. Hope everyone has a good weekend, GB

Yesterday Lori and I ran down to Denver to pick up my truck. When we arrived, she took off right away back up the hill for work and I headed off to my two meetings. She made it to the office around 10:30 and I was home about 3 hours later. As I said, Jag skipped baseball as he had a couple tests to make up as the Quarter ends today. Ty stayed after school finishing up an assignment too. I took Jag home around 3:30 and went back to get Ty an hour later. I swear I’m a taxi service!

Today Lori and I are headed to the gym at 6am (it’s 5:22 now). Jag has baseball practice tonight and tomorrow before a double header (two games) this Saturday in Rifle. We haven’t had any home games yet which I think is because we still have snow or the other places are warmer. Ty wants to play Lacrosse but we’re not sure as there’s 5 away games, all on Monday’s, and all in Denver. They’re against schools like Graland, Kent, and Cherry Creek Academy and the other private schools in Denver. Our main concern is him missing 5 Monday’s before the end of the year as that’s a lot of school for him to miss. With all of them being away games, the kids will be gone all day.

It has been nice and warm up here. Lori and I and Ty will be coming down to Denver for haircuts on Saturday while Jag is in Rifle. It’s almost 5:30 so I’d better get Lori moving. I’m on this new lean out diet from my trainer and I”m down to 212 pounds this morning! That’s about the least I’ve weighed in 20 years or more, yet I’m still strong. I still have a way to go, but since Lori and I quit all alcohol and sugar, and white flour, we’ve both lost a lot of weight. She of course, looks really good! Oh well, my main concern or goal, is better all around strength and balance so I’ve been doing a lot of glute (butt) and leg exercises. Anyhow, we like it and it keeps us motivated to workout every day, which is good. Take care and God Bless.

Ok, you’re not going to believe this one, it’s actually so stupid I probably shouldn’t mention it, but since we’re all family, here goes. Monday, while rushing from here to there, I stopped at the gas station in my truck and was on the phone. I pulled up in a hurry and started to gas up the truck. The problem was I put regular gas in my diesel truck! I noticed this right away but 7 gallons had already gone into the tank. I quickly drove to another gas station (this one was out of diesel) and put in 18 gallons of diesel. I then went into the gym but when I came out, it wouldn’t start. After calling my buddy at the Chevy dealer, he told me the fuel filter was screwed and it’d have to be flushed. So we arranged to tow it to Denver and yesterday they fixed it. Today, for $1532, we’ll pick it up. Now in my defense, the handle on the regular gas pump was green for diesel as they had switched them temporarily. So, Lori and I both will have to drive down and then she’ll drive up to work in the truck while I go to my meetings in town. Can’t believe I did that! Can’t believe I’m telling you, ha!

Yesterday I drove down to Denver and then made it back up to see Jag play a little ball. He was hit by a pitch while I was there and scored. Today they have a double header but we’re skipping it as he’d get home around 10:30 tonight and he has too  much school work. Ty is working really hard to make up some school work from the week when he didn’t have a computer. Lori is swamped too as am I.

That’s about it, time to get everyone moving and start the day. It was 67 degrees in Eagle for the game yesterday which was really nice. We’re over winter up here and ready for Spring or better yet, summer. Take care and have a great day, God Bless.

Last night we were up until after midnight working on Ty’s homework. We woke up at 5:30, or at least I did, and was then followed by Lori at 5:45 and Ty at 6:05. We still have an English essay to finish before we leave for school in 1 hour and 20 minutes. This means we have like 30 minutes to finish it up.

I’ve stepped up my workouts and diet. No dairy, no white flour and especially, as the trainer calls it, no Sugar Dragon! On top of that, first thing when I wake up is a glass of water with a half of lemon and a pinch of salt. Before that though, and this is a great idea for everyone, you’re supposed to thing of one thing you’re thankful for. Then throughout the day, whenever you get stressed out, you’re supposed to think back to that thought and get back to your happy place! Sounds simple right? Anyhow, time to go as we need to wrap this up, stay strong (I’m talking to myself, ha) GB

Daylight Savings time is not treating us well. We are all super tired and having a hard time adjusting to losing an hour. Good news is it looks like we are getting some dvd’s of Ty’s play. Should be fun.

One of Lori’s girls at work, boyfriends Mom, (did you follow that?) died unexpectedly yesterday. This of course means she’ll be down one girl at least all week. So, Lori will not only be doing her job but also scheduling surgeries all week. I told her she needs to pace herself and not work 12 hours a day.

Yesterday she went with 4 or 5 girls (ladies) to a champagne brunch from 10 until 2. I’m so glad she went as she never has much girl time. One lady owns a magazine called Snow and apparently they’re going to use Jagger for some modeling or something. We’re supposed to go to some event in Aspen this Friday.

Speaking of Jag, he has baseball today, tomorrow, Wednesday and Saturday. He’ll miss a bunch of school this week to play ball but he can handle it. It’s supposed to be super warm this week, especially in Denver. Ty meanwhile has a bunch of tests and homework this week as he has some stuff to make up before the Quarter ends this Thursday.

Here’s Ty taking an encore after the show along with today’s sunrise at 6:45 (that’s actually the moon!). Time to run as it’s 7:17 and we all need to leave in 30 minutes! GB