A Year of Change

After yesterday’s elections, now we for sure have to move! Every tax increase looks like it passed and here in Eagle, every leaning left candidate (they didn’t have to declare if they were a Republican or Democrat) seems to have won. Results are only about 40% in though so maybe that’ll change. Even the guy down the street who took down signs of other candidates, and was charged by the police, looks like he won.

Nationally, an antisemitic, Muslim socialist who is really a communist, is now the Mayor of New York. This will help the Republicans next year though as New York will be a mess and there will also be a huge exodus from the city. Too bad for New York but it’s been a shit hole for years. I haven’t gone these for years and now won’t be going at all. If I have business there, I’ll fly into Newark and meet in New Jersey. In New Jersey and Virgina, the Dems are acting like they won the lottery. This is funny as those two States have always been blue and the Dems should have won. What was surprising was the guy running for AG in Virgina, won after he wished his Republican opponent and his family, including his children, would die. People sure are messed up these days.

We’re hoping Lori’s surgery gets approved today. If not, we’ll get a peer to peer going right away. That’s where her doctor has to talk with the insurance company doctor and make the case as to why she needs surgery. This is common but a pain in the ass.

Ty went to the DMV in Glenwood yesterday to get his picture taken for his driver’s license. He also went for an oil change on his truck and washed it. The restaurant is closed today for a deep cleaning so he’s almost out the door. Jag and Ava are coming up this weekend.

I have to write up a summary today on the new chapter of the Company and what we’re planning on doing in 2026. Still warm outside. 6:30 now so guess I’ll get moving. Have a great day, take care and God Bless.

Made it to Denver by 8am and was on the way home by 10:15. I dropped the truck, grabbed the sales managers truck, and went to pick up Ava and Jagger, and we went to breakfast. I then grabbed his two tires he replaced at Costco and threw them in the back of my truck. I went straight to Costco when I made it up here and got a $200 refund as they were under warranty. They take off the wear and tear by measuring how much tread you have left. Then they prorate it to the purchase price.

Today Ty and I are having breakfast at 8 and then he’s driving to Glenwood for an appointment at the DMV to get a copy of his driver’s license. They never sent him a hard copy when he turned 21, or it was lost in the mail. He does have the Colorado App though.

I skipped steaks at Marty’s last night as I didn’t feel like another 2-hour drive.

We need to drop off our ballots today. We all voted no on all new taxes. Hope they all fail.

Time to go, have a great Tuesday, God Bless.

Out the door at 6am today to drop my truck in Lakewood for service. I’ll grab a loaner and then head over to go to breakfast with Jagger and Ava. I should be home by 1 at the latest. At 5pm I’m going to Marty’s for dinner. There’s three or four of us. I was going to stay home but Lori insisted I go. Jeff, one of the guys, brought some great rib eyes back from Texas.

About 98 hours from now, Lori will have surgery. We can’t wait as we need to get this fixed. There’s no guarantee she’ll get 100% relief, but the diagnostic tests show she’ll get some.

Big Bronco win. It wasn’t easy but it’s a win. Ty and I think Jagger, are going to the Bronco/Raider game this Thursday night here in Denver.

Our tree is up! We have some more decorating to do inside and outside, but the tree is the big project. Lori wanted to get it all done before her surgery.

No snow or rain for the next two weeks. Looks like Davy, Marty and I are going down to the ranch in Gunnison a week from this Wednesday or Thursday. I need to stay home this weekend to take care of Lori and Marty has to move his mom into assisted living next Monday.

That’s it, have a great Monday. We have a busy week. Take care and God Bless.

We’re getting closer each day to Lori’s surgery. Time flies but in this case, we wish we could just jump ahead to next Friday. 126 hours to go from right now at 6am on Sunday.

Yesterday I took down all the Halloween decorations outside and Lori put up garland on the mantle and ornaments on the tree. Our neighbor across the field, already had her outside Christmas lights on last night! She’s kind of like the Clark Griswold of the hood.

Big Bronco game today at 11am. Hope we win. Last night, the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays in the 11th inning to claim their second World Series title in a row. Toronto was up most of the game and hadn’t won the championship in 32 years. The game was also in Toronto, so you had a bunch of disappointed fans for sure. They lost the last two games at home. I fell asleep so I missed it, ha.

Tomorrow, I have an appointment at 8am to get my truck serviced so I’ll be up on the road early. Cool up here but no snow yet. Think they said November will be mostly dry up here with the La Nina winds that are here this year. I’ll take it. The less snow I have to shovel, the better.

Have a great Sunday and Go Broncos! God Bless.

Here we go! Halloween stuff comes down this morning, and the Christmas season begins. We did bring our tree in yesterday to get a jump on things as Lori has her last two pre-op appointments this morning. First up is the bone density test at 10 and then one more CT scan at noon.

At 5 last night we went down to the neighbors for their Halloween party. We didn’t stay long but wanted to go see the kids. Jag and Ava had a small party last night and Ty went to Denver to hang with friends. He’ll be back up today, probably this morning.

After Lori’s two appointments, she’ll decorate the tree while I take down the skeletons and spider webs out front. Tonight, we set our clocks back an hour. Can’t believe that in 2025 we still mess with the time. Doesn’t seem right or natural.

The Dems are still screwing the Country. Lots of people working without getting paid and today 43 million people don’t get their food stamps. Most people deserve these but there is a portion of those people that should have never got them in the first place.

The vet came up yesterday and trimmed Harley’s nails and gave her some shots. She’s still a little spicey to the vet. That’s what the vet said, ha.

6:30am now, that’s about it. Have a good start to November and God Bless.

Big day today, if you’re a kid. Halloween is one of those days that you vividly remember as a kid. Most of ours were really snowy. Because of that, we always had costumes that kept us warm. The neighborhood went all out and Mrs. Rossi always made the best cinnamon apples. They were like caramel apples only covered with red, hard sticky cinnamon. Mr. Rossi always had some sort of catering cart out in front of their house where he served hot dogs and drinks like hot chocolate. I don’t remember what he served the adults, probably spiced wine. They were our super cool Italian family that lived next door. I think I’ve mentioned before, I’d jump the fence and eat dinner at the Rossi’s after eating dinner at home. Mrs. Rossi was the quintessential Italian grandmother type. She always looked out for us and boy could she cook. Good times.

Well, a week from today, Lori is having ADR surgery at the surgery center down in Lakewood by St. Anthony’s hospital. I think she checks in around 10:30 and has surgery at 12:30. She should be out a couple hours later and then we’ll head home around 4:30 or 5. We’re praying this gives her total relief. You never know but everyone is comfortable that it’ll give her some relief, especially in her traps and occipitals. We’re just glad it’s finally scheduled.

We stopped to see Jagger and Ava briefly before Lori’s appointment yesterday. We made it home a little before 6pm. Tonight Dea, our next-door neighbor, is having a baked potato party at 5. We’ll go over to see the kids.

This morning we’ll hit the gym, grab some breakfast and then head home. Have a great last day of October and Halloween. November 1st tomorrow! 61 days left until 2026, God Bless.

Yesterday Lori had her ENT clearance. To get this, Dr. Seibert sticks a tube up her nose and down her throat with a camera on it to see her vocal cords, ouch! Today at 3:30 in Lakewood, she has her pre-op with Dr. Beckman’s PA and then the Dexascan on Saturday. We’ll know soon if she’s doing a two-level ADR or a four-level fusion. That’s what Peyton Manning had!

I have calls this morning starting at 8:30 and going until about 10:30 and then we’ll head down the hill. Jag is getting two new tires on today at Costco. I need to grab the old ones and take them to the store up here for credit as they’re under warranty.

Ty had a great day of paint ball with his team yesterday. He’s headed out to work here in about 30 minutes. Nice up here. No snow or rain for the next week or so.

Last night at 7:30 I received the signed Subscription Agreement from the lawyer in Florida on my big deal. That’s good news.

6am now, time to get moving. Have a great day, be well, be kind, stay safe and God Bless.

Sounds like a movie, right? Nope, today is Lori’s last day driving to Frisco. Her company will now operate exclusively out of Vail. This is good timing as the Frisco days meant driving over Vail Pass and about one out of every two times in the winter, the Pass would be closed or there would be huge traffic problems due to snow.

Ty’s work has their annual paint ball outing today. They split the restaurant staff into two teams and go out in the mountains and its game on. A couple of the guys, like Ty, are professionals. They have their own state of the art paint ball guns and gear and play often. In the first 30 minutes or so, the amateurs are pretty much out of the game. They play a bunch of rounds though, so those people get to play again.

Ty wrapped up his Halloween costume yesterday after a couple more things came from Amazon. He’s Mick Dundee from Crocodile Dundee. He borrowed a pair of pants and some great handmade boots of mine to complete his outfit and looks really good. I think Jagger and Ava are doing the Ricky Bobby thing. Ty took our Ricky Bobby coats down on Sunday when he went to the Bronco game. Lori and I are just staying home.

Lori needs ENT clearance to make sure both vocal cords are functioning properly and is getting a Dexascan Saturday morning. After that, she’ll be cleared for surgery. We think she’ll have it at St. Anthonys in Lakewood and Dr. B will go along to be there as Dr. Beckman operates. If all goes well, she could be in week after next, maybe even next Friday. She needs to get insurance authorization first.

Cold up here but no snow. Looks like the mid 20’s in Denver. My neck is still bothering me from lifting. My doctor and buddy, who is the top cardiologist up here, told me to stop lifting weights that are so heavy that they make me strain my neck. He says there’s a condition where you can actually rupture your aortic and some other artery that goes up the side of your neck. I always get a headache when doing heavy weights anyhow, so this is welcome news and a good reason to stop any overhead exercises with heavy weight. Hopefully it calms down today. I can feel the muscle in the back of my neck being sore.

5:50am now. Looks like my big deal I’ve been working on for 4 or 5 months is done. Their lawyer sent an email late last night telling my new partner to sign and execute the documents and send them back to me. After I get our existing shareholders to sign off, which should take a week or so, then I’ll get a cash infusion of a few million dollars. Once done, I’m launching our new spirits division and will put my new partner in charge of acquisition and development of spirits. I’ll make him part of the management board but will have him report directly to me on a day-to-day basis. He’s a really good guy that worked for me for over 4 years up until 3 years ago or so. It’ll be an exciting new chapter and a new revenue stream for the Company. Should be fun. Get ready for some cool new tequilas and whiskies!

That’s it, time to go, have a great Wednesday and God Bless.

Snow is here, well, not here, but in the mountains. The news shows snow in Breckenridge. Won’t be long until it’s here. I saw 20 or 30 elk bedded down in a pasture down the road a bit yesterday afternoon.

58 days until Christmas and about 4 days until Lori takes down the Halloween decorations, and we put up the Christmas tree. This time of year, comes and goes fast. Enjoy it while you can. I know Robi has started her Christmas shopping. Tom is probably done, ha.

Lori is in Vail today and has an appointment at 8:45 to decide the next steps on fixing her up. I think tomorrow or Thursday we’ll run down to Lakewood to see Dr. Beckman. We might have Dr. Beckman do the surgery with Dr. Braxton in the OR with them. This way she has the top two spine surgeons taking care of her. Lori did go for her pre-op appointment yesterday to get that out of the way.

Ty made it home around noon. He’s off today but works tomorrow. I was going to go with Davy to take a couple of horses to the ranch down by Gunnison but with Lori’s appointments, I’ll have to skip this trip.

5:40am now. That’s about it. Have a great day, stay safe and God Bless.

Broncos beat the Cowboys yesterday, nice win. We’ve scored 77 points in the last game and a quarter, pretty impressive. We might finally have our offensive kinks worked out. Hope so. It’d be nice to see the Chiefs lose tonight.

Ty, Jagger and I text all game long. Ty face timed me with about 2 minutes to go asking if it was ok to leave to beat the traffic. Being up 20 points, I said of course, go now. He knows I hate it when people leave early, win or lose. He’s a good fan.

Lori works in Vail today and I have a call at 10 and an appointment at 11 in Vail. Ty and Madi will be driving up from Denver this morning. Weather looks good.

Hoping to wrap up my deal that’s 99% done today. All that’s left is to have my lawyer sign off on the documents and then I’ll sign. Hope to get it done today, but you never know.

This week we hope we can start the process of getting Lori’s surgery scheduled and approved. She did get relief for the 24 to 48 hours we were hoping for which confirms that an ADR will help. More to come.

Seems like October has been here forever. It’s been a long month. Soon it’ll speed up and before we know it, we’ll be in 2026. I have a big week of calls to prepare for next year. So, lots going on.

That’s it, time to get moving. Have a great day and God Bless.