A Year of Change

We woke up this morning to a little snow, not much, but it’s a start. I’m off to Denver this morning for a meeting with the distributor around 10. They too have a little snow in Denver. Jag has a game in Palisade tonight but is going to skip it so he can get caught up on his studies. Next week is finals week with big tests in every class. Ty has a math mid term today. He was up trying to study most of the night and is back on it this morning. Hope he does well!

A week from today Grandma Dixie arrives in Denver! The boys are excited for Grandma to come for Christmas. I still have shopping and wrapping and shipping that needs to be done. I thought I started early enough but once again, am late to the party. I don’t know how Tommy does it.

It’s 6:45 and we need to leave in an hour at the latest. Lori worked from about 8:30 am until 7:30 pm last night. We all need a break but can’t seem to find a day where we don’t have to get up early. Time to run, hope all’s well, Jag’s birthday is in 3 days, ugh, better get busy. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! God Bless.

Last night Jag played great! He had some monster blocks where he smacked the ball down so hard it looked like it was shot out of a cannon. His team did lose though but they were playing a 5A school. He has practice at 6:30 this morning which I told him he could skip but he’s the only guy who has never missed a practice so he wants to go. What a good kid. He just old me though, “I’m so tired Dad”, which I know he is as I am too.

Lori is working out at 7 so she’ll take him on the way to the gym and I’ll drop Ty on my way to the dentist. I had a good meeting in Boulder yesterday and am back down in Denver tomorrow, weather permitting.

Hard to believe it’s December 13th. We have so much to do including boxing up about a dozen boxes of stuff from presents to wine to get to Fed Ex. I was hoping to get them out today but it’ll probably be more like Friday when Fed Ex is supposed to bring me 3 cases of wine.

It’s 6 am so I’d better get moving as Jag is still in bed and supposed to leave in 15 minutes. Every morning it’s a struggle to get either boy out of bed. Jag will be 16 in four days, Wow!

Have a great day, 11 days until Christmas Eve and 12 until Christmas. God Bless.

Jagger had a long day with me picking him and another player up at 11:45 last night. We were home by midnight but that only leaves 7 hours at most for sleep. I need to wake him in 30 minutes and then get him out the door 30 minutes after that. This afternoon at 4:30 he has another game. Thankfully this one is local right down the street at his old school where the coach caused that big brew ha ha a few weeks ago.

I need to get my truck down to the dealer today so they can put some electronic power steering module in. Hopefully I’ll be back by 3. Still no snow up here meaning lots of people getting injured on the slopes. When there’s no snow, sticks, rocks and dirt stick out of the snow and people hit them causing them to crash. Our boys won’t be on the hill until we have a good base.

Time to run, today is the start of St Nick Night which is the 12 Days of Christmas. When we were kids we put a shoe outside of our bedroom door and then St Nick would bring you something small each morning. I remember Mom doing this for us every year. This goes on through the 24th. Now if you were bad, you could get a rock or a stick or a piece of coal! We started this with the boys when they were young and we still celebrate the 12 Days each year.

Time to go, I need to get showered and ready by 7 so I can help get Jag up and organized. Have a great day, take care and GB.

Next Sunday is Jag’s birthday! He’s going to go out for sushi we think on Friday with 3 buddies for dinner. Before that though, he has a bunch of schoolwork, basketball and studying. Tonight Ty has his basketball banquet, and he too has a bunch of studying.

Yesterday we went to Aspen for the day. We first stopped in Basalt at our favorite Mexican restaurant for lunch. It’s a great place we’ve gone to for years. Then it was off to Aspen for some Christmas shopping. We have a friend who moved up from Denver when they closed the Polo shop and he now runs the Aspen store. He pulls things for us that are like 80-90% off until we can check them out. Luckily we found a few things like $495 sweaters marked down to $74! The boys are getting to the age where they like nice clothes. Of course they picked out some things not on sale too but on those, we had to pass, ha. We ended up getting home around 5 pm.

Jag leaves today at noon for a couple games somewhere near Ft. Collins. I’m sure he’ll get home around 11 or 12 at night again. That’s about it, time to start the day and the week. Only a couple weeks left until Christmas, whoo hoo! Take care and God Bless.

We made it to Lori’s party by about 7 pm and stayed for just over an hour. It was really packed and the lines for food were really long. We didn’t eat anything and visited with a few people and then decided to duck out. Both of us left our wallets at home, on purpose as we didn’t need them. We decided to drive home, grab my wallet and head back to town to our favorite French restaurant named Vintage. We ordered some food to go for the boys and had a few appetizers and made reservations for Christmas Eve before heading back home. We both then fell asleep around 10:30.

This morning we’re heading to the gym and then I think we’re off to Aspen for the day. We, or I should say Lori, wrapped some presents for the boys last night. Today we need to get some others ready to go. In 15 minutes we’re off to the gym for 30 minutes before rushing home to shower and get moving.

Still no snow here which is unusual as normally by now the whole mountain is open. This is not good for the hotels, shops and restaurants as the town is really slow. We’re ok with it though as we know winter will come, and when it does, it’ll be here until April. I’d better get moving so have a good Sunday. It’s December 10th, only 3 weeks left in the year, Wow! Take care and GB.

Normally on Saturday you get a break from the week, but for us, it’s just another day. Jag has basketball at 7:30, Lori has a Christmas Tea from 10 to 11:30, I have to run down the hill to the city and then we have the Steadman Party tonight at 6:30. Ty has a big assignment and then has to study Newton’s Law for a test on Monday. So as the title says, even though we all would like to sleep in, it’s not going to happen.

Yesterday I picked up Lorenzo around 9 am and we spent the morning together working until I dropped him around 1 at the airport. We did go to Red Rocks for a visit to kill some time and it was fun for him as he’d been there years ago with me for a concert but never been down inside the museum. It was good to spend some time with him and he had a successful 3 days here.

Tomorrow we were going to go to the Bronco game but gave away our tickets to a friend whose birthday is Monday. Not sure what we’re doing but we have to wrap some presents as we’re running out of time. Lori and I also need to shop a bit for the boys. Hopefully we’ll get to sleep in a bit.

Time to go so I can get ready to hit the road and get Jag to basketball. Today is Dad’s birthday and 3 months since Mom passed away. It’s gone fast but also seems a bit longer to me. I never connected on the date back in September that today we’d remember both Mom and Dad. I’m sure they’re celebrating together, we sure miss them both. Still hard to believe they’re gone. Have a good weekend, be safe and may God Bless you and your family.

Jag has practice this morning at 6:30 and I need to get to Denver to get Lorenzo. On top of that, Jag left his computer in the locker room at school after basketball which meant he didn’t get much homework done. Lori thought she set her alarm for 5 but set it for 6, so we’re running late!

I have about 6 minutes to drink my coffee, get Jag up and moving and wrap up today’s post. At least we don’t live in Southern California! It’s horrible to see the devastation on the news.

Tomorrow Lori has a Christmas Tea at church and then we have her company Christmas Party tomorrow night. We just can’t get a break meaning any time to rest. Oh yea, Jag has practice at 8 am and I need to run down to Denver one more time tomorrow morning.

That’s it, have to go, have a great day, God Bless.

Another day closer to Christmas! For Lori and I, the day is almost anti-climatic. It’s the build up and festivities of the season that are the most fun. I stopped by Tom’s yesterday and his house looks like something out of a magazine. Everything is perfect with decorations everywhere. He sent me home with a tin of homemade cookies for the family, yum.

Today we’re getting our windshield replaced between 8 and 12, if it’s not too cold. It’s 9 outside but feels like 1, according to the Weather Channel. It’s about 12 in Denver so not much difference.

Jag made it home around 9 pm. Basketball is a real commitment. Ty wishes his season is still going on as he loves to play. Lorenzo is having a good visit here and selling a bunch of wine. I might get him tonight and drive him up but will probably just see him tomorrow and then take him to the airport for his 4 pm flight home to New York.

Lori put a few more touches on our country tree. She added some bows which look nice. We still haven’t wrapped any presents. Wish Tommy lived up here so he could wrap some! Maybe I should take all the boxes down to him, ha.

It’s 6:40 so time to roust the kids from bed. Here’s our tree again, have a great day and God Bless.

Less than 20 days, ho ho ho! Get your holiday spirit on!

I made it to Denver to get Lorenzo but had to make a few stops on the way. His plane was 2 hours late so I had plenty of time. Finally around 12:30 I picked him up and drove him to Park Meadows where I handed him off to a sales rep who drove him down to Colorado Springs. Next stop was the distributor and then the dry cleaner (for Lori), the bank and then up the hill. I dropped some pizza for Jag at school before practice and then headed over to get Ty. Jag was at practice until 7 so I was back out the door then. Tonight they go until 8:30.

Lori has a health insurance meeting this morning as it looks like we’re going to switch from my Company’s plan to hers. It was cool yesterday with a deep chill in the air that you could feel in your bones. Today I’m home so I’ll try to get the house cleaned up a bit. We also need to wrap some presents and box up some wine to send out. Hope everyone is well, time to run. Have a great day and GB!

Lorenzo, our good friend, partner and part time family member arrives from New York this morning in Denver. I’m off in about an hour to pick him up and drive him half way to Colorado Springs where he’ll meet up with one of our salespeople. He has a wine dinner tonight and will work the market in Denver for the next 3 days before hooking up with me again on Friday and flying home to New York.

Thankfully Jag has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the league and its Commissioner. Nothing was his fault in the first place but you know politics. Lucky for them as if not, I was going to fly my little sister up here which would have been bad news for them. Here’s her comment from yesterday,