A Year of Change

No driving today except maybe to the range. I was back up by 1 yesterday but still had to make the drive. I actually get a lot done driving as I’m usually on the phone the entire time. But it still wears you down. After the drive I hit the gym for a bit to decompress.

Today we’re having our ice maker fixed for the 3rd or 4th time meaning it really wasn’t “fixed” those other times. I’ll also start pulling together my hunting gear as I leave in about 72 hours. Can’t wait.

Fires, floods, disease and social unrest are everywhere. Anyone here read the Book of Revelations? Might not want to start with that part of the bible as it’ll shake you up. Lots of people I know are preparing for the worst. And it’s not just people like me that have always tried to be ahead of the game, it’s people that never before have thought of preparing for anything. Just look at gun sales nationwide. Turns out that most people buying guns these days are registered democrats. Guess the republicans already had purchased theirs.

Looks like Trump will get to nominate another Supreme Court Justice. The dems are going nuts but he’s perfectly within his right to do so. They seem to think the President somehow stops being President when it suits them. I’d remind them Obama was conducting an illegal investigation into Trump even on his last day in office after he lost the election. Ruth Ginsberg said in 2016 a President has the absolute right to install a new justice anytime he’s in office including in an election year. The dems don’t care though and even are calling for violence to stop it. They’re also saying let’s change the Constitution and add more judges to dilute the court. Wow. How can anyone in their right mind support this? Oh well, as I said before, get ready, shit’s going down. So glad we live in the mountains.

Marty and Mel’s appliances for their new house are running late. Surprise surprise. Hope they get here on time. Time to go, hope you all are well. Jag is fine. So is Ty. Be safe and God Bless.

Lori has to be in Vail by 7:30 and I have one more trip to Denver for samples. Then I’m done driving down there for a while. I should e back by 11. I was going back to the range this morning but will go this afternoon instead.

Lori is having the windows washed inside and out and the guy comes back today to finish so Ty will have to get up early. Jag is doing well and goes to remote learning for the next 2 weeks.

The news is talking about 5G phones. Do not get one! It’s terrible for you, the birds and just about anything else that’s alive. Thank God we live in the mountains. Just another example of money trumping the health and safety of people.

Time to go. Be well, safe and God Bless.

I’m making a quick turn to Boulder this morning to drop Jag some stuff. Should be back by noon if I’m lucky. Then it’s shooting at 4 at the range.

One week to go to wrap the month and change up some things. Dog gate goes on today and hopefully a few other small things. Lori is working from home. Ty has school and I’ll drop him on my way. Cooler last night as we always sleep with the window open and you can feel Fall in the air.

Time to move and groove, GB.

Looks like we sold Minturn yesterday. We had two offers and countered on one and then they came back and we accepted the offer. It’s a woman from Boulder who is buying the townhome. We hope to close by the end of October. This is good news as it’s no fun paying two mortgages. Pray all goes smooth.

Marty and Mel came over for enchilada’s. Ty had his buddy Jaron spend the night and Jag is well. Today Laura is coming by and I’m dropping some enchilada’s for James as he’s in a marathon song writing zoom session with the guys. He was going to join us last night but couldn’t break away.

Ruth Bader Ginsberg died as I’m sure you all know. This is going to create more unrest and riots surrounding the election. Get ready and stock up on staples.

Lori’s sister Serena is kicking Stage 0-1 breast cancer. This has been going on for a month or so but we were waiting to find out just what’s going on. Everyone needs to say a prayer for her as prayer works! She’s a fighter though so she should win the war. May God help and watch over her in this fight!

Robi commented yesterday that it would have been the day we were going to the Eagles. I miss concerts. We’re supposed to get refunded by the end of October. There as bad as the IRS. Hope so. I miss movies too. This whole covid thing is sure messing life up in general. Thankfully we don’t live in the city as things are much worse down there.

Time to head to the gym. Hope everyone is well. I’d like to get to the range today too but will probably go Tuesday morning. Keep training Robi and go out and buy another gun while you still can. Arizona could turn Blue with John Kelly running against McSally. Vote Republican or the World as you know it will change forever and not for the better! Honestly ask yourself, when have the democrats ever done anything for the good of you or the Country. Right now they’re supporting destruction, riots, higher taxes, more regulation, socialism and more. They are not looking out for you, the working middle class American, no matter what they tell you in their false campaign ads. You do know they founded the KKK right? I could go on but I think most of you are smart enough to think for yourself and know the truth. If not, remember they moved the election day to November 11th. God Bless.

A week from today James, Marty and I are headed for Idaho to go elk hunting! Whoo hoo! Hope the smoke dissipates a bit by then. In the meantime I have a bunch of work to do and need to get to the range at least once to make sure my scopes are zeroed in. I’ll take my 300 Win Mag and 280 Remington. By the way Robi, reloading is where we take our used brass (the leftover part from shooting a bullet) and reload it with a new primer, powder and bullet and then shoot it again. When you load your own you can tweak the amount of powder you use to get more powerful rounds meaning they travel at a faster speed and have higher energy when they hit something. Factory ammo is really good these days but as they say there’s nothing like rolling your own! It’s pretty involved though as you need to have a press, a scale, and a bunch of other tools. In the end though it’s much cheaper than buying factory ammo once you have all the stuff.

Lori made prime rib last night with her famous potato’s from Vincent’s cookbook. Tom and Robi will remember this restaurant in Scottsdale as Mom and Dad would take us there often.

Jag is doing well but they have moved a bunch of covid kids into the building next to his. I think they’re up to something like 800 cases. Tom keeps us up to date as he somehow has an inside source as to what’s going on at CU.

We’re getting lots of showings at the townhome. I think we’re close to getting an offer. Hope so. All the blue jays are outside for breakfast. They can go through 3 feeders full of seed in a day. That’s about $10 a day which is too much to spend so I’m spreading out their food.

The Nuggets lost but it’s only game one. Hopefully they’ll get one tomorrow night. Ty is fine and so is Jag. He thinks he’ll be home soon. Guess I should ask Tom, ha. God Bless.

Hard to believe, time is flying. A word of caution, don’t be lulled into covid sleep. Supplies of items like toilet paper and medicine and certain food items are beginning to dry up will be hard to find soon. Some things have been hard to locate for months. You probably don’t notice it but try finding a chest freezer. For those of us that support the 2nd Amendment, try finding ammo! Then the things you can find have most certainly gone up in price. So, get ready for some shortages on things you normally are able to pick up on a daily basis.

Now to the day. Lori went to Denver to see Libby while I took Ty to the doctor where he had a strep and covid test since he had a fever and stuffy nose for three days. Happy to report both were negative. Still he needs to stay home until he has no fever for 24 hours.

I worked around the house and today after my 10 am call will hit Costco for some supplies of things I mentioned above that will soon be in short supply or gone. Can’t have enough TP right? Marty and I are getting into reloading. It’ll be a fun thing to do this winter. James now wants to too. Jag is doing fine. There are about 500 cases of covid at CU right now. Thankfully he’s ok.

Lori is working from home today. It’s nice as she gets to do that 2 or 3 times a week. We’re cooking a prime rib tonight for the Nuggets game. Hope we win! Time to get moving, God Bless.

Smokey up here but I think it’s worse in Denver. Cool last night. Lori’s off to the dermatologist in Denver this morning and then headed back up. Ty will stay home again today. He’s had a fever for a couple days and is down to 98.9 this morning. He was 99.8 last night. He’ll stay home one more day and probably get tested today. Lori and I are fine.

Our bbq is almost done. We need the electrician to come out and hook up the power and are waiting on the hood. Next up is the firepit. We still have a number of little things to get done in the house. It’s frustrating that builders move so slow to finish things. We’ll hopefully have everything done by 2021, ha.

Jag and the rest of CU are in pseudo quarantine. He says nothing is different. The school sent out a list of things the kids can do like go to class, go shopping for food, exercise, etc. What they should have done is sent out a list of the one thing they can’t do, party.

Crime is up everywhere, duh. That’s what happens when you treat the police like crap and want to defund them. They quit. I would too. Watch your back. You’re basically on your own out there.

Be well, safe and stay healthy. God Bless us all.

Yesterday after a few stops in Denver I made it to Whole Foods in Boulder to work the aisles for food for Jagger. In the end I had about $300 worth of pretty healthy food to hold him over for another week or so. One of the biggest challenges of school with covid is getting him enough food to eat. Also important to get him the right food. The dining hall that is noted for the best food on campus is operating at about 20% of normal due to covid. Without food, kids don’t function well. So dad, that’s me, goes down every couple of weeks and stocks his dorm room with healthy food. He’s super appreciative and it’s always good to see him.

I guess cases at CU are going up and they’d like all kids to self quarantine in their dorm rooms for 2 weeks. Now I don’t know if you remember your college days but that’s not going to happen. Hence, they’ll probably get sent home sometime soon. At least that’s what Jag thinks.

The Nuggets won last night! This is a big freakin deal. We were down 3 games to 1 for the second time in the playoffs and we’re now the first team in history to come back and win both of those series. Doesn’t mean much to you if you’re not a basketball fan but it’s really cool and a welcome distraction.

Today I need to get dog food and more bird seed. Then I’ll do some work around here. Lori is in Frisco today so she needs to get moving. So do I. That’s it. Make it a great day. God Bless.

Ok, today is the day estimated taxes are due yet we’re still waiting over 3 years to have the estate settled. Like yesterday, I call bullshit. I’m just in general sick of the government and what’s going on in the Country as a whole this entire year. Can’t wait for 2021.

Today I’m in Boulder to see Jag. He has a sore chest we think from volleyball. Meanwhile Ty was home yesterday with a slight fever and will be home today as he needs to be fever free for 24 hours before going anywhere. We have him isolated upstairs. I’m fine except for a sore foot from working out. I also need to stop at Dave’s to review the rest of the coins and get Laura another check. Then it’s no more driving for the rest of the week.

We’ve had someone from Boulder look at the townhome three times! Hopefully they’ll make an offer. It will sell, we just need it to sell sooner rather than later. Once again, time to go. It’s in the 30’s up here! Nice. Hope you all are well, God Bless.

5am, leaving in 45. Great fun last night for Marty’s bday. Food wasn’t good at all. Had it catered, big mistake. I’m picking up Max, Marty and Mel’s youngest, at 6:15 and dropping him at Summit High School on my way to Denver. Then it’s off to meet my gold guy and Laura Williamson and her sister to go through $300K worth of gold coins. I’ve known Laura 20 years and she needed some help liquidating her dad’s gold as he passed away a few years ago. Her sister drove it up from Arkansas and Laura drove in from California. Hope to be out of there by 11. No time to waste, God Bless.