A Year of Change

Yesterday at 1 in the afternoon, Davy, Marty and I went to the range to make sure we were all sighted in. I’m right on, and after a few shots, so is Davy. Marty, who was spot on last week, was all over the place. We finally got him dialed in. We’re all excited to head out this weekend. James went up to his ranch and made sure he was sighted in before he left for the Mexico shows.

Lori is in Frisco today. I have a meeting in Monument down by Colorado Springs tomorrow at 1, and Ty is working. My neck is better but still a bit sore. Hoping I’m back to 100% soon.

Warm outside during the day, with cool temps during the night. Lori made peanut butter cookies last night, yum. Looks like it’ll stay the same temperature wise for the next two or three weeks. We’ll take it. We are having the sprinklers blown out this morning, just in case we get a freeze.

Lori is making our salads for lunch right now at 5:20. She makes chicken fried with cheese in a skillet before putting them on the salads. They’re really good. Lots of people displaced in those States hit by the hurricane. Over 160 dead so far and I’m sure that’ll go higher. Devastating damage down there. It’ll take months, if not years to recover. Just look at Hawaii. There was a young woman on social media celebrating those that died saying they were from Republican counties. What the hell is wrong with some people. She was obviously a liberal democrat. I hope her parents are proud. Made me sick to my stomach. I’d be fine with all social media just vanishing, poof, it’s gone! Sadly, that won’t happen anytime soon.

That’s it, have a great day, be safe and God Bless.

The first clue of Fall rolled in last night. 30 degrees in Walden right now. Speaking of Walden, I’ll be headed up there on Saturday on my way to Wyoming. It’ll be good to drive through the ranch and see what, if anything, has changed. I doubt anything is different than the way it was ten years ago. That’s the great thing about places like Walden. Wish we still had it.

I had a horrible headache yesterday and am somewhat better today. It’s from lifting the day before. I have a bulging disc in my back that acts up from time to time. Dr. B can fix it, but up to now, it hasn’t caused me any problems. Hopefully it’ll calm down.

Port Strike with 45,000 workers on strike. That’ll affect prescriptions to food to tons of other products, like building materials. Not good. The workers want a 70% raise and assurances that automation won’t take their jobs. I don’t blame them, it’s Biden and Harris that caused the inflation. They’re just trying to keep up.

No new car for Ty. He decided to wait, good for him. Jag is figuring out his Thanksgiving plans. Think he’ll be in California and up here for Christmas.

Just a little over 90 days left in the year. Hard to believe it’ll soon be 2025. Sounds surreal. Hang in there, be safe and God Bless.

Last day of September. Tomorrow is October 1st! Lori spent part of her day putting up Halloween decorations out front. Today we were thinking of heading down to Denver but are not sure yet of our plans. Ty’s phone ended up getting water in it, so we need to deal with that.

Looks like the shine is coming off of Kamala. World leaders came out united yesterday and said no one is laughing at Trump (one of Kamala’s go to lines) and said if he’s President, they’ll work with him like they did before. They also said they praise his strong message. Turns out Google has been suppressing Trump ads while moving Kamala’s to the top of searches, hmm. Anyone surprised? Just like the debate, Trump has to run against Kamala and the mainstream media. That right there should tell you who to vote for! Trump is now either even or ahead in most polls, meaning he’s way ahead. Hopefully the Dems won’t be able to cheat their way to victory. They’re already trying with the DOJ suing Alabama to let illegals vote. That makes sense, wow.

Ava is home safe and sound. Dr. B.is teaching somewhere so Lori will be working from home. The Broncos and CU both won again! Called it! Tom is having furniture delivered, it seems almost daily. He sent some pics yesterday. We love his patio furniture.

James made it back to Denver. Think he’s headed up the hill today. Talked with Davey yesterday. He and Abby took their 10-year-old to see Lee Ann Rimes at Belly Up in Aspen last night. I have a busy week before leaving Saturday.

Lots of crime down in Denver daily. What a mess the cities are. Hard to watch the news every morning as there’s always a stabbing or shooting from the day before. It’s the new normal. Sad.

Time to go, 6:20am now. Have a great week, God Bless.

Fun time with the boys both home. Jagger and Lori took off yesterday afternoon to go to Costco, the hardware store and then ran up valley to visit Ty. After they made it home, Ty showed up from work. Jag and Ty hung out until around 9:30 when they both took off. Lori sure loves having her boys home. Just like old times with all of us together.

Great game yesterday. I called it, knowing we’d win. I’ve sort of been on a roll. I don’t want to jinx anyone, but I think the Broncos are going to win today too. Everyone says no way, but we’ll see. Sooner or later, I have to be wrong, otherwise I should have a job in Vegas, ha. I probably just jinxed them.

Great weather up here still. It can turn in a moment, but for now, we’ll take it. A nice Fall is the best time of the year.

I’ve had a sore neck for a while but after laying off heavy weights, and just doing legs and focusing on cardio, I’m feeling almost all better. I’m going to keep that up for the week with our hunting trip coming up.

I think Ty is going to wait on a new car. Probably the right thing to do. He’s bummed but making what I think, is the right decision, at this point in time. If they had a used one, it’d be different. We’ll see what happens.

Ava gets home this morning. She was at a wedding shower in Chicago. That’s it, have a great Sunday and go Broncos, God Bless.

Jag made it up a little after 8. I guess traffic was horrible. Ty was here earlier but was gone by the time Jag made it. He’s rethinking the new truck thing. Good on him as it’s a whole lot of money. I told him he could buy a starter home with the payment he’d be making on a new truck. There are lots of nice $20,000 trucks out there, we just haven’t found one.

Hard to believe the flooding in the southeast. North Carolina looks to have been hit the hardest. Millions of people are without power, and it’ll be at least weeks, probably months before it’s restored. No fun with the heat and humidity down in that part of the Country. The lesson here is, no matter where you live, if something happens, you’re on your own. Take note! This can mean a natural disaster or manmade, like a riot or civil disturbance. Help is even tougher to get after all the issues over the past five years. Defunding the police and cutting spending on infrastructure didn’t help. You can thank the people in Washington D.C.

The big news politically is the Biden administration has let in at least 450,000 documented convicted criminals! 13,000 of those are convicted murderers and 14,500, convicted rapists! That’s about 85,000 criminals per State. Be careful, trust no one. Many older couples are posing as cleaning people knocking on your door and then robbing. Home invasions are way up too. The younger criminals are just robbing people on the street, even in Cherry Creek! Trump was right when he said countries emptied their prisons and sent those people here. How anyone can vote for Harris is beyond me. We will not come back as a Country if she wins. No question about that.

A week from today, Marty, Davey, James and I are leaving for Wyoming. James has one last show tomorrow night and then one in December and then is off until Spring of next year. He’s had a busy couple of years. They’re making bank though.

Another nice day. Supposed to be in the 70’s and 80’s for the next couple weeks. Lori and I are headed to the gym, (I’m just doing cardio these days) and then will stop and see Ty before heading home. Jag might meet us at Hovey for breakfast. The CU game is on at 1:30, Sko Buffs! God Bless.

Can’t think of many places as nice as where we live. Every place has issues these days, but if you look at the main factors of defining a great place to live, we pretty much check all the boxes. Fairly low crime, although it’s getting worse here too, good weather, if you like 4 seasons, clean air and water, and for the most part, not as much traffic or people as in a city. The only bad thing is the cost of living. I guess that’s what you get when you get all the good things, as everyone wants to live here.

Yesterday I made it to Denver by 8:45 and was out by 11. I stopped at the Sherriff’s department in Eagle on the way home to see my buddy, who is the Sherriff, and give him a few cases of wine for some benefit they have every year. I help him out a few times each year. He just got married a week ago! Small ceremony with only 8 people. Good for him. It’s his second. I asked him about the influx of migrants, and he said while we’re getting some, they’re no worse, so far, than the stupid locals that commit crimes. He was headed to a meeting with concerned parents over all the school threats. He did say things are getting worse, which is to be expected with all the building and growth we’re experiencing. He keeps an eye out for us and our hood. Good to have the Sherriff as a close friend.

While I was gone, Lori had the house cleaners here. Ty worked until 7:45 last night, deep cleaning the restaurant by himself, to get some overtime and just get things straightened up at work. We’re headed to the gym and then will stop and see him on the way home. Have a great weekend. I have a couple loads to get out of the storage unit today. Seems never ending. God Bless you all, stay safe.

Here’s a pic of the gates to heaven, or more commonly known as our backyard, ha!

Lots of stuff going on. I have a couple of meetings and a few errands today. Lori will go to the gym, but I’ll be skipping it today as I’ll already be on the road. Hope to be done by noon or 1.

Ty approached Chef Molly, (the owner, everyone calls her chef, because she’s the head chef), and told her he is willing to commit to staying through the end of next year at a minimum, but he wants to take a larger role in managing the restaurant! She was quite impressed and is working out a plan to work Ty into a larger management role. He’ll handle scheduling, some ordering and other duties to take things off Chef’s plate. Good for him. This will give him valuable experience that will make him employable throughout his life. Super proud of him. His main motivation is to make more money for his new truck, but again, good for him for wanting to advance his career, no matter the reason.

Outside it’s absolutely beautiful up here. 80 degrees and sunny with red, yellow and gold making up most of the mountains. I’m sure tomorrow and Saturday, the entire city of Denver will be coming up to see the changing seasons.

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

Yesterday I was out the door by a little after 8:30. I met Marty at the Park n Ride in Frisco, and we headed off to Buena Vista. I drove. He’s feeling 100% better having had his drain taken out. It was a nice, pretty drive with the leaves almost all turned. We go up through Leadville and then down through Buena Vista to get to the local 1000-yard range down there. I’m sure this weekend the World will be driving up from Denver to see the colors changing. Should be the peak weekend.

During our drive, we tried to figure out some more of the elusive answers to life questions, as usual. We determined that living in a small town provides the best quality of life. Problem where we both live now, is that we no longer live in small towns. When Marty first moved to Breckenridge, a big trip was driving to Avon to go to Home Depot, as there wasn’t anything over in Dillon or Frisco. I remember those days too. Not that far back, just a few years, when we moved to Eagle, there were about 800 less homes or condos than there are now! That’s a lot of growth in a little over 3 years!

Going to the range and stopping in Buena Vista reinforced our opinions as the locals there at the range and places like the coffee shop and hamburger stand, all had that super friendly, how you doing, can I help you attitude. It’s easy to spot locals, like us, from tourists from big cities or other States. So, our search continues for what to do or where to go to retire. It’s just too expensive here. We could make it work, but why spend 2 times or more to live than you can somewhere else. Then there’s all the people. Don’t get me started. Let’s just say, we’re getting invaded, by both legals and illegals.

We were at the range for a little over an hour and will go back next week. 400 to 500 yards are long shots (think 4 or 5 football fields) so we want to make sure we’re dialed in.

In other news, we thought we had Ty’s new truck locked in, but it was sold out from under us! Won’t go into details, but our guy marked it sold for us and a customer from the day before thought he had it saved for him and threw a huge fit and the sales manager sold it to him! Not cool, but shit happens. Now Ty is looking at a new one and seems all in on paying for it, even though it might take him a year. We’re going to discuss it tonight as we want certain commitments from him if we’re going to sign up for a new truck. They won’t be in for a couple of weeks anyhow, so we have time to decide.

My buddy Matt is coming up to Lori’s office this morning from Grand Junction for an 8:30 appointment. I’ll hook up with him after he’s done. After that I’ll be working around the house.

That’s it. Time to get moving. We have a doe and two fawns in the yard eating some of Lori’s flowers. At this point of the year, she says they probably need it more than she does. Soon we’ll get our first freeze anyhow and they’ll all be toast. Make it a great day! Stay safe and God Bless.

Off today to Buena Vista for a little range time. In case you’re wondering, Gone Shootin is the title of a famous AC/DC song. Yesterday I was in Big D by 8:30am and back by 1.

Ty wants to buy a new truck. He’s leaning towards a brand new one. We’re ok with helping him out as long as he stays in the valley until it’s paid off. Insurance would go up though so a lot to consider. With his trade in and savings, it looks like it’ll take him about a year to pay one off, with him making payments of about $3K a month. We’ll see. We can’t do anything until Thursday as Lori will need to sign with him and she works in Edwards today, and Vail tomorrow. I found him a 2013 Tahoe in mint condition for $16K, but he wants a truck.

Marty had his drain taken out yesterday! This is great news as it’s literally been a pain in the ass, (the tube went in through the side of his ass) and was super annoying.

The colors are beautiful. It’ll be a nice Fall weather day but then record heat tomorrow and Thursday. I didn’t get to my closet yesterday but will get it done this week. Jag is coming up this weekend and we’re going to clean out his closet and then go through mine, as he likes to go through my old clothes. Ava is going to Chicago to visit her cousin.

October 1st is one week from today! Wow! That means 92 days left in the year once we get there. 6:50am now. Lori’s getting ready and I should get moving. Have a great day, God Bless.

What a wonderful weekend. Two big wins by our football teams. I had a feeling about the Broncos yesterday, and usually when I get a feeling, I’m right. Scientists say, always trust your gut, meaning, trust your feelings. If you feel something isn’t right, or it’s off, it probably is. Remember that! Especially when out in the World these days.

5:30am now. I need to be on the road, hopefully in about 45 minutes. I’m picking up some samples at the warehouse, dropping around 75 pounds of stuff to be shredded at Office Depot, and making a couple other quick stops. Lori is working in Vail today.

Tomorrow, I need to put in an appearance in Aspen at a tasting and one in Vail on Wednesday. Cool last night but we’re in for a sunny, Fall like week. Lori has the fireplace going right now.

The big chore of the day was I deep cleaned the pantry yesterday! This was a big job going through shelves of food and staples, throwing out old stuff, cleaning the counters and floors and even washing all the canisters and containers that hold various things. Think I’ll get on my closet when I get home this afternoon.

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