A Year of Change

Guess today is the first day of Fall. Thought the news said that yesterday. In any case, it’s today.

Now to the game. Words can’t describe what happened. It was back and forth, and we actually outplayed them but had two huge lapses and let them score on two special teams plays. In the end, with 2 seconds left, we had to throw a 45-yard pass for a touchdown to get to overtime. The probability of this has to be like one in a million or more, especially in the rain. But we did it! Then we scored in overtime and our best player, and probably the best player in college football, forced a turnover and we won! Jag was going crazy at the game. So happy for him being there as it was one that’ll go down in history. So much fun.

Earlier in the day we went to Costco after meeting Greg and Jae. Turns out they brought their little Ford Explorer and didn’t rent a U-Haul as they said they were going to. We gave them some stuff and they were on their way back to Denver.

Lori was busy yesterday. She made probably 8 quarts of homemade chicken stock, some more homemade pesto with basil from our garden, and then a smoked chicken, hatch green chili soup. On top of that, she made a homemade bourbon apple crisp for dessert. She’s channeling her inner Martha Stewart these days.

The chicken is great as we don’t use any salt but instead use a BBQ rub. She froze a bunch of stock and pesto in the freezer.

Today the Broncos are on at 11. I hate to say I think we’ll win, as all logic says we’ll lose. But I think we’ll win. I don’t gamble though so it doesn’t really matter what I think, ha.

Ty wants to buy a truck. Used car prices are still way up, just like real estate. They shouldn’t be as high as they are, but people are just into their stuff too deep or way too proud of their crap. We’ll keep looking. We told him, if he gets something new, he’d better take better care of it than he did his Audi. You can’t take an Audi A4 off roading or 4 wheeling.

Nice up here and it didn’t freeze last night. It’s actually kind of warm in the mid 40’s. We had a little rain last night but nothing bad. It’s really beautiful outside right now with low hanging clouds and some fog. Good hunting weather. We’re off to the gym and then will get ready for the game at 11.

Time to get ready for winter. We had our builder measure the roof yesterday to put on another 60 feet of snow fences. This helps with drifts building up from snow falling off the roof into big piles. We (he) should have done this when we built the house, ha.

That’s it, have a great day and enjoy the first day of Fall! God Bless.

First day of Fall! Here we go. Right on cue, the weather will be changing this afternoon. We’ll probably even get some snow tonight above 9000 feet.

Lori was done with her procedure by 9:20am. She’s good to go for another 7 years. Good news! Traffic was horrible by Edwards as a semi driver fell asleep at 4:30am and drove into oncoming traffic. I-70 was shut down eastbound until sometime in the afternoon. We managed to skirt a lot of the backups by going early on Highway 6 as she had a 7:15 check in.

This morning we’re meeting Greg and Jae at the storage unit to let them pick what furniture they want to take home with them. Then we’ll come back to the house and hopefully load them up with a bunch more of Dixie’s stuff in our garage. I’d like to be able to get my truck in the garage this winter.

Our builder is also coming by as we’re having more snow fence put on the roof in a few spots, so it doesn’t build up on the ground over the winter.

Around 2 I’m picking up two smoked chickens for dinner. We haven’t decided if we’ll make some chili or what. They’re really good though, and pretty inexpensive.

James and the boys are playing in Denver next June. I knew this a while ago, but it was just announced a couple days ago. I’ve already received over twenty calls with people asking for tickets. I’ve told everyone to just go buy them. The pre-sell starts Monday. They’ll be hundreds of people wanting tickets and I’m staying as far away from getting anyone tickets as I can. I texted with Ray in Mexico City about just our cigar group and a few others, like the kids and their girlfriends, but that’s it. Other than that, I’m out of it. It’s also not fair to ask them to provide 100 free tickets or more, no matter how much money they make. It’s the principal of the thing. We have already secured Churchills at the Brown Palace on a buy out for our cigar group. Think we’ll have a cigar group dinner the night before the first show too so the guys can come, with just our small group.

5:36am now. Time to get moving and grooving. Have a great Saturday and Go Buffs! God Bless.

Up early to take Lori for her procedure. Rain is headed our way, with some snow up high. Should be nasty at the game tomorrow night in Boulder. Ava’s parents arrive today for the weekend.

Yesterday at 4, a few of us got together for cigars. Tom called last night to see if we wanted Mom’s old piano. Sadly, we passed. Just no room. I told him to donate it to a school.

We need to leave in 30 minutes so time to get moving. Have a great Friday and buckle up, Fall and Winter are coming! God Bless.

Well, Lori and Ty’s cars both have new windshields. After getting the Porsche fixed, I stopped at the grocery store before heading home. It’ll be much cooler this weekend with even some snow high on the top of the peaks. Jag and Ava and her parents are going to the CU Baylor game Saturday night, and rain is in the forecast.

Tomorrow morning Lori has her five-year colonoscopy. That means no food today after I think 10am. Luckily, she checks in at 7:30 so she should be done by 9am. It’s always best to get a morning check in, otherwise you’re starving all day long as you can’t eat. This is the number one preventive procedure everyone over 50 should have. It’s not as bad as it was 20 years ago as the prep is now basically just a bunch of Gatorade. It used to be this nasty stuff you’d have to get from the pharmacy. If you’re over 50 and haven’t had one (Tom?) get on it!

We’ll head to the gym this morning and then be around the house. James is in Mexico City and has the first of four shows starting tomorrow. Davy and I were hanging at the park yesterday afternoon with his kids, planning out when we can go shooting before hunting. He’s heading down to the family ranch by Gunnison to finish up getting the hay in on Sunday. He’ll bring his rifle back Wednesday and we’ll get out next week.

Political ads are picking up. Most all are misleading. The polls say Trump and Harris are about even but they always over index democrats when polling. This means when they poll ten people, 7 or 8 are democrats, while 2 or 3 are republicans. Then they tell us it’s even. Lots of people who vote for Trump, won’t say they’re voting for Trump either, as they don’t want to risk any potential backlash. Think back, did republicans burn down cities, beat people up, ruin national monuments or cause any other damage when Obama won? The answer is no. But what happened when Trump won? It was a full on melt down by the left, the party of inclusion, yea right. What about all the celebrities who said they’d leave the Country. That never happened. Yet they’re saying it again thinking anyone cares. Why do celebrities think anyone really cares about who they vote for? Same with Hillary who is now calling for criminal charges for people that post certain memes. Of course she means anti Harris memes. You see it’s ok to trash Trump and the republicans. It’s also ok to call Trump a “threat to democracy” but not to question the White House or the administration why it’s ok to call him a threat to democracy! Yesterday the White House spokesman actually said that “it’s ok to call Trump a threat to democracy but dangerous to ask why it’s ok to call him a threat to democracy”. Unbelievable. Can’t make this shit up. People better wake up and vote for policy instead of personality. Enough said.

6am now. Time to get moving. Have a great day and God Bless.

Leaving at 6:30 this morning to take Lori to work and then get her windshield replaced in Frisco. I should be back by 11 at the latest. Ty had his fixed yesterday.

Speaking of Ty, I think he wants to move back to Denver. He’s found an apartment by Denver West which is near our old neighborhood. I told him just make sure he has a job before he moves. Not sure where he can make the money he makes up here, but he is 20 years old and can make his own decisions.

Rockies won again last night! Sorry sis. Broncos look like they have a rough stretch ahead of them. We’ll see. Maybe they’ll get it together.

Lots going on at work. Weather is changing this weekend. The heat kicked on last night in the house. Won’t be long.

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

Last night I turned the sprinklers off for the year. We’ve been getting enough rain, so we no longer need to spend the money. It’s 5am now and just started raining this morning. The Fall colors are kicking into gear. On my way to Denver, I noticed the colors in specific spots, and by the time I headed home in the afternoon, things had changed. That’s how quick it happens.

On my way up the mountain, I stopped at Tom’s new house. It’s great! Lots of room and has character too. I like older houses. We look every day on Zillow. Tom was having a bed or something delivered so I needed to leave pretty quick so I wasn’t trapped by the delivery truck. Holly had two friends there. Tom’s neighbor across the street, and some other girl. Holly seemed all immersed in setting up the new house. We’re happy for them. I did tell Tom, get a prenup! He’s always been smart with money, and really none of my business, but I throw in my 2 cents, whether he likes it or not. That’s what older brothers do. Besides, Mom would say the same thing, so I’m just channeling her, ha.

One of the coolest things about the house is the yard! He has a little pasture off to the side of the backyard. It has a little shed that he said was a goat shed. Not sure what kind of animals he can have there, but if it was me, I’d get some. Anyhow, cool house, and I’m really happy for Tom. He deserves it.

Ty is headed to Frisco to get his windshield fixed this morning. I’m headed there tomorrow morning after dropping Lori at work to get hers fixed. October 1st her car gets a software update, and her winter tires put back on for the season, down in Denver.

I talked to Robi yesterday and they’re doing fine. The Rockies beat the Diamondbacks 3 to 2 in the bottom of the 9th last night. Sorry sis. The Rockies are only spoilers at this point, as they are every year.

I’m off to the gym and Lori is headed to Vail for work. Have a great Tuesday, God Bless

This morning I’m headed to Denver. Should be on the road by 6:30. I was going tomorrow but I think it’s supposed to rain so I thought I’d knock it out today.

Yesterday we went to Vail for the farmer’s market. 30 minutes after we arrived it began to rain so Marty, Mel, Lori and I headed to our house to hang out and have some lunch. The football game was on and our rookie qb is still in the learning stage. You have to have patience. I watched a little of the night game and the number one overall pick threw two interceptions as well.

Ty worked late yesterday. Lori is in Vail at 7:30 this morning as it’s Dr. B’s first day back from teaching for 2 weeks in Greece and Barcelona. Fall is coming next weekend. Get ready.

Speaking of getting ready, 5:39am now so time to go. Have a great day and God Bless.

Rarely does trash talking not come back to bite you. Last night, true to form, it did again. CSU players, their coach and just about everyone else in Ft. Collins were talking crap. Well, CU came out and spanked them. It was so much fun to watch. The funny thing is, their quarterback was still talking trash, to arguably the #1 pick in the NFL draft next year, during the game! Guess they’re not too smart academically either. Great game, great win and in the end, the score tells you all you need to know.

Yesterday morning at 8am, Lori and I headed to the storage unit to go through the remaining boxes and containers of stuff. We went through everything and brought home what we want to keep. Lots of stuff from when the kids were little, some handmade baby clothes from Mom’s friend in Wisconsin, and a bunch of old ski coats that look like they’re out of the 1980’s! The rest will go away to relatives or people that’ll use it, or the dump. It feels good when you start something (especially purging), and get it done.

The rest of the day we hung around the house. Lori made some homemade chicken chili. She made her own tomato sauce instead of using canned tomato’s which are always salty. She took fresh tomatoes and put them in the food processor. It turned out really good, with sort of a Mexican flare. It’ll be one of our “go to” dishes, especially once it gets colder.

This morning we’re headed to the gym and then are meeting Marty and Melanie at Oktoberfest before the Bronco game. Marty has the all clear for hunting and will have his surgery October 14th when we get back. He’s really happy as he didn’t want to miss our trip.

Nice outside, bordering on Fall. Soon the colors will be changing. The news says it’s 40 in Eagle right now. Probably the high 30’s up here with 70’s in the forecast today. Love it!

In politics, Kamala is a train wreck whenever they let her speak without a teleprompter. Wow, ABC in Philadelphia even edited her 3-minute rambling answer to a simple question. It still got out though and is all over social media. Say what you will about Trump, but this woman is in no way qualified to be President. God help us and those that are dumb enough to vote for her. The pic below pretty much sums things up. Have a great Sunday and Go Broncos! God Bless.

Today Lori and I are headed to the storage unit to start purging there. We’ll try to get through the boxes and bags of papers and smaller things, leaving the furniture alone. Most of it will sadly end up in the dump, if we can’t give it away.

Yesterday I picked up some eggs and then washed the truck after going to a couple auto parts stores. Ty was home in the morning before heading off to Denver for the night.

Marty had a positive appointment at the doctor. They’re going to do surgery mid-October. He’s thrilled with that as now he can go hunting with us. When he goes in, he’ll be in for four days and then have about 2 weeks of recovery. All in all, great news.

Last night we had a fun dinner with Gerry and Marci. We were home by about 8:30. The food was great, but restaurant food is so salty. We all split a couple desserts which were really rich. Not sure why I had that! Sugar is the worst drug out there. I know I shouldn’t have it, but it sucks you right in.

Busy week next week. I’m in Denver Tuesday, and Lori has her colonoscopy on Friday. Then Saturday Greg and Jae are coming up to pick up some of Dixie’s things from our garage, and some of Mom’s antiques from the storage unit. I have a few meetings during the week too.

Nice and cool outside at 7am. Feels good. Soon it’ll be downright cold. Fall colors are starting to show up. Time to make an appointment to get Lori’s snow tires put on that are in storage down at the Porsche dealer. Ty gets a new windshield Tuesday and Lori’s car gets a new one Wednesday. Jag finally got his car back yesterday.

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

Friday the 13th is not what most people think. It goes back hundreds of years, and a lot of people consider it an unlucky day. One of the earliest events on Friday, October 13, 1307, was when officers of King Philip IV of France arrested hundreds of the Knights Templar, a powerful religious and military order formed in the 12th century for the defense of the Holy Land. (you can click on anything highlighted to learn more)

Imprisoned on charges of various illegal behaviors (but really because the king wanted access to their financial resources), many Templars were later executed. Some cite the link with the Templars as the origin of the Friday the 13th superstition, but like many legends involving the Templars and their history, the truth remains murky.

In more recent times, a number of traumatic events have occurred on Friday the 13th, including the German bombing of Buckingham Palace (September 1940); the murder of Kitty Genovese in Queens, New York (March 1964); a cyclone that killed more than 300,000 people in Bangladesh (November 1970); the disappearance of a Chilean Air Force plane in the Andes (October 1972); the death of rapper Tupac Shakur (September 1996) and the crash of the Costa Concordia cruise ship off the coast of Italy, which killed 30 people (January 2012). You can pick just about any day and find bad stuff that happened, but there you have it.

Today, September 13th, is Marty and Clark’s and Ava’s birthday, as well as Roger’s who is Dixie’s nephew in California. He’s 82 or 83 years old today. Ava is 22. Marty has a doctor appointment in Denver at 3 and then I think he and Melanie are going to dinner. Not sure what Jag and Ava are doing. We’re going to dinner with Marci and Gerry tonight.

Cigar night was fun last night. James is gone the next two weeks with four shows in Mexico City. Most people don’t know but it’s above 7000 feet in elevation! Harder to sing and run around on stage at that altitude.

103 days until Christmas! Normally Tom would be shopping by now but today he’s closing on his new house today and is pretty busy purging! So you can see, lots going on today on Friday the 13th!

Ty is off to Denver this afternoon for the night. He’ll be back tomorrow. I need to run over to Buena Vista to the 1000-yard range to sight in a rifle for antelope hunting. Not sure when I’ll do that. Maybe next week sometime.

That’s it. Good football this weekend. Time to get moving as it’s 7:30 now. Have a great day and a great weekend, God Bless.