A Year of Change

High School starts today. Ty needs to get moving. He needs to leave in about an hour. Guess that means either Lori or I need to leave in an hour. Last night Lori went to dinner with six doctors. They are the Partners of VSO and they met with a doctor from Aspen who is retiring and can be a good referral source for the practice. Lori dropped Ty on her way to have dinner with friends and I hung out at home.

Today I’m in Frisco and need to keep cleaning out the vault. Lori is in Edwards and Ty is out around 3. We’re trying to catch up on our sleep and made some progress last night but could sleep for a whole day still. Dixie had her cardio appointment cancelled due to an emergency and is now rescheduled for next week. This threw her off a bit as she was all geared up to go. Lori ordered up an oxygen concentrator that will be delivered today so we can send the rental unit back. Lots to do with her every day. Sometimes she remembers she saw us, other times she doesn’t. Most of the time she says she likes her place but when she doesn’t wear her oxygen she gets confused. She can’t remember her house but does remember the one from 40 years ago. She is getting more adjusted every day though.

Time to get going, Ty still isn’t up. Jag is doing well and hung out with some guys from his frat yesterday. His classes start next Monday.

Last, Biden came back from vacation to give a speech blaming everyone but himself for the mess in Afghanistan and then closed with Harry Truman’s famous line, the buck stops here! What an embarrassment and what a joke. He then got back on his helicopter and went back to his vacation, unbelievable. Republicans and some Democrats are calling for his resignation. I doubt they’ll have any 2 year investigations as to how this happened unlike when they chased Trump with the fake Russia collusion narrative. The difference is this situation is 100% our fault and based on fact. The Russia thing was 100% made up and pushed by the Democrats. Shouldn’t be surprised though as there are two sets of rules, one for dems and one for republicans, right?

Things will come around, they always do. Just hope they do before Biden and his joke of an administration do much more damage. By the way, his National Security Advisor in charge of the withdrawal is 44 years old and has zero experience before this job and is clearly in over his head. In fact, only one person in the administration’s division that handles this has any experience. That’s what happens when you pay back people who worked on your campaign with jobs even though they are not qualified. Generals that are from democrat administrations came out and blasted this mess. Many Obama advisors including his former Secretary of Defense said Biden has been on the wrong side of every foreign policy single decision his entire life. Yet he has the gall to go on tv and lecture us and blame everyone from the Afghans to of course, wait for it, Trump. God he’s an idiot. Just two weeks ago he said the Afghan Army was well trained and would hold their own and the Taliban could never take over the Country much less Kabul. Let’s see, it took 72 hours for Kabul to fall, enough said.

God Bless.

We woke early and headed for Frisco. It looked a bit rainy but warmed up nicely.

First up, how messed up is Biden and his cronies. It’s one thing to tank the economy, another to allow schools to teach our kids all white kids are racists, and still another to let thousands of undocumented aliens with covid into the Country. But to cut and run from Afghanistan and abandon thousands of people who worked with us for years to probably be executed by the Taliban is unforgivable. Worst is the new safe haven we’ve allowed to be created for terrorists Worldwide that are now flocking to the Country. This is probably the worst national security decision ever made by a U.S. President. World leaders are condemning us everywhere. Biden has not only betrayed us but betrayed the World.

Yesterday we had fun boating until about 2 and then headed home. We did some fishing and I had a nice one up to the boat and of course it got off right as I was lifting it into the boat.

It wasn’t as cold as it looked, these pictures were early in the morning. Tomorrow Ty starts school, Jag’s classes start next Monday and this morning at 10 Dixie has an appointment with her new cardiologist. Lori has a work dinner tonight with 5 doctors and I have to get some things done at work. Two weeks from today I leave to go hunting.

Once again, and I might sound like a broken record, but everything everywhere is in short supply. The latest is school supplies. They even had that on the Today Show this morning. It’s going to get bad this Fall. You might not notice it if you don’t need specific things but you for sure will notice the price increases on everything. So we have this going for us, short supplies and runaway inflation. Bought gas lately?

Now on to covid, how about that one. They say cases are rising and more people are getting sick, even if you had the vaccine. In fact some studies say those that had the vaccine are more susceptible to catching the new variant, nice. And they still think little cloth masks are going to stop it, bwaaah.

Let’s move on to crime, people are getting openly attacked on the streets. If some criminal sees you with a nice watch or something of value, look out. Especially in the big cities. Walk with an attitude and watch your top knot! That means watch your back and keep your head on a swivel.

How about immigration! We saw about 15 immigrants get let off a bus right here in Eagle with all their luggage and no where to go at the bus station right off the highway. They just sat down at the bus stop and proceeded to set up camp. Looked like they had no idea what to do or where to go. You could tell they were strangers in a strange land . That’s the name of a great Leon Russell song if you don’t know it.

So national security, inflation, covid, crime and immigration. I almost forgot the joke of gender neutrality. Jefferson County School district where I went to school just told teachers to make everything neutral and to not tell parents if kids want to change their gender, name or anything else at school. No more dresses for girls or ties for boys at school choir concerts. If they want, a boy can now wear a dress, nice. Check this out, WOW! Can’t believe it right here where we grew up. What are they thinking? Who’s in charge down there.

The second-largest school district in Colorado is instructing teachers not to inform parents if their child shows persistent signs of gender confusion. 

Jefferson County Public School district (Jeffco) in the nearby Denver area sent out a “Toolkit for Supporting Transgender & Gender Expansive/Nonconforming Students” to teachers. The toolkit included a picture of the “gender unicorn,” which claims that there is a difference between “gender identity,” “gender expression,” “sex assigned at birth,” and whom people are both physically and emotionally attracted to.

Yet we’re told we should all still be thankful Joe Biden is President. He’s a nice guy. The problem here is people didn’t vote for Biden, they voted against Trump. Last week Biden was still blaming Trump for Afghanistan, what? This guy and everyone around him are clowns. I would have never thought they could have done so much damage so fast. Hopefully the American people are waking up and we’ll stop this insanity in the mid-terms. We’re in big trouble and if you don’t think so, you’re part of the problem.

Enough said, look out for your self and your loved ones as no one else will, God help us and God Bless.

Yesterday we were in Thornton by 10am and Boulder by a little after 11. In the back of the truck we had a dresser, a tv stand and a desk. An hour later we had it upstairs and put together. Lori is a genius when it comes to fixing things and putting things together. We made it home by 3 and then Lori took her mom to get her nails done. I actually fell asleep around 6 for maybe 45 minutes. Ty was out with friends.

This morning we’re off to meet Marty and Melanie at Whole Foods in Frisco at 8:45 to get some food to go boating on Green Mountain Reservoir. We’ll cruise around and do some fishing with his new downriggers. We’re tired but it’ll be fun and we’ll be home mid-afternoon.

The Broncos looked good yesterday. It’s only pre-season but it was fun to watch. Back to Dixie, she played Bingo and met some new friends which is great. She seems to be settling into her new digs.

Dark clouds were here late yesterday afternoon but not much rain. Supposed to continue in this pattern for the next few days. Hopefully no new fires pop up. There is one by Frisco where we’re headed fishing but it seems to be under control. Looks like a new one in Utah and the Dixie fire in California is still going strong.

Looks like Kabul in Afghanistan has fallen. It looks like Saigon in 1975 with helicopters taking diplomats off the roof of our embassy. Biden really fucked up here, more than usual. We’re so conditioned to his missteps these days we mostly ignore them but this will have Worldwide ramifications as jihadi’s are already flocking to the Country to join forces as this is the new safe haven for their operations. Expect more 9/11 attacks to come. Everyone is blasting this move by us as weak, inept and 100% wrong. God help us.

Hang in there, buy some extra food and stay safe and healthy. That’s it, God Bless.

Yesterday it seems like 20,000 kids and their parents were moving into their apartments in Boulder. The town was packed like New York on New Years Eve. We managed to get Jag and his stuff moved in and set up by about 3 or so in the afternoon. We then took him and Lexi to the store for groceries and spent about $750 getting them the essentials and a good foundation of food. This morning we’re off at 7:30 for one more trip to take down some stuff we bought at Costco up here last night. We’ll go straight to American Furniture Warehouse in Thornton for a desk, a dresser, and a tv stand before hopefully getting to Boulder by 11. With luck we’ll be out of there by 12:30 or 1.

Lexi starts spending the night there full time tomorrow as she has one more day of work at King Soopers. She’s a sweet kid. Hope all works out ok, seems like they’ve known each other for years as they’re good friends.

Dixie is doing fine, so is Ty. Lori and I are tired but we do what we have to do, right mom? Time to get moving so we can get on the road in an hour or so. Almost half way through August, Fall will be here soon! Get ready, God Bless.

Today we’re moving Jag into his apartment. We need to be out of here by 8:30. Hope he’s packed and ready. Last night at 5 he hadn’t really started, hmm. Can you say procrastinate?

Lori went to Denver and was home about 6 after stopping to see her mom. I went to James house for our weekly guys hang which we do every Thursday and Ty went down to the park for a concert and some other fun stuff that was going on. He made it home around 9.

As soon as we get Jag moved we can breathe for a few days. Tuesday Ty starts school. Two weeks from Monday I go to Utah hunting with former Denver Bronco Roulon Jones. We’re bow hunting this year which will be fun. Lori also needs to squeeze in a couple day trip to California to get some more stuff for her mom before then.

We’re picking Jag’s new bed up in Boulder around 10:30 so time to go. Need to load up whatever he’s packed into the truck too. More to come tomorrow, Friday the 13th too! God Bless.

Lori is off to Denver to get her hair done. I was going to go with her but think I’ll hang out and do some work around the house today. Yesterday Ty and I went to Frisco for school supplies and groceries. Today he’s volunteering at the Salvation Army. Jag will be packing to move tomorrow. Yesterday we bought his bed which we’ll pick up tomorrow morning in Boulder.

Biden is out of control. After getting over $1 Trillion in an infrastructure bill passed, the Dems are now trying to jam through a $3.5 Trillion dollar package. Does anyone really understand how much money this is? There are so many useless programs crammed in this bill that are a joke. Lobbyists are writing this thing and we’re paying for it. No of the people in Washington have even read the whole bill. They never do. Gas is up 42%, food 30%, hotels 24% and on and on. This is all directly due to runaway spending. Under Trump oil was over $70 a barrel and gas was about $2 a gallon, under Biden oil costs the same, but gas is between $4 and $5 a gallon (closer to $5!) depending on where you buy it! Looks like the tide is turning though, Cuomo is out in New York, where are all those celebrity Cuomo lovers now? Newsom looks like he’ll probably lose the recall election in California and the news is predicting a blood bath for the democrats in next years mid-terms due to immigration, crime, inflation and the pandemic which Sleepy Joe promised he’d stomp out in his first few months. God pray that they’re right. Finally things are hitting every day Americans and they’re waking up.

The boys and I found a giant tick on Harley yesterday. It was the size of your fingernail. It had been on her for at least a day. We managed to get it all off with tweezers. The vet says she’ll be fine. It was like some alien bug with it’s little six legs squirming and all fat and gorged with blood. Ty found it.

A buddy of mine called from Hawaii yesterday. He and his wife are stocking up on supplies as he’s convinced that things are going to come to a head in America, even in Hawaii. He needs some help getting some things he can’t get in Hawaii. Now Jeffrey isn’t one of those big preparedness guys. In fact he plays guitar for Fleetwood Mac, Aerosmith and others. We’ve been buddies since the Guitar’s Etc. days back in the 80’s. He and his wife are really worried. This is a big shift for him and I was surprised when he told me of his concerns.

Lori and I and a close buddy of 20 years are going in on a vegetable farm in Grand Junction that churns out 5000 pounds of veggies a week on 5 acres. It’s a remarkable farm with a state of the art irrigation system and grows way more than the owner can sell. We’re setting up a system to sell shares to people and each week they’ll get a box of fresh organic vegetables for a fee. Food costs are rising daily and fresh organic food is at a premium. We have an option on an adjoining 20 acres if we need it. Looks like the canyon is opening Saturday. Good news as we have a quarter of beef in the freezer from a ranch over there to pick up. Our cost for steaks, burger, roasts and stew meat turned out to be $3.33 a pound for certified organic pasture raised black angus beef. We locked this in two years ago on a 5 year contract. Good move.

Dixie is fine, so is Lori and the boys. I’ve had a headache for a few days. Hope it goes away today. Cooler up here, especially at night which is nice. That’s it, time to move. Stay safe, God Bless.

Ok, we need a break, not a vacation although that would be wonderful but how about just one day! One little day is all we ask. Doesn’t look like we’ll get one anytime soon. The boys started their laundry yesterday and said they were all done but in their mind I guess that means they filled up both washers and dryers. We had to finish drying and folding all of their clothes.

Jag went to Denver for the night and Ty had some friends come over for a movie after going out to dinner. Lori and I hung out trying to get some rest which didn’t come. We were up on and off most of the night for one reason or another.

Today Lori is in Frisco and I have to get some groceries and school supplies for Ty. Also need to get Jag his bed. Seems a little cooler this morning, nice. Looks like 80 degrees today up here.

Dixie had a good day. Probably the best she’s had in her new place. She likes it a lot and likes the food and is settling in. It’s a great place, sort of like a nice hotel, she has room service, a great chef, all kinds of activities and us visiting daily, what’s not to like! Of course I stopped and saw her yesterday and so did Lori on her way home. I was going to say I think I’ll take Friday off but that’s the day we’re moving Jag into his new apartment. Maybe in a week or two we can have a day off. I need to rest up to go hunting!

That’s it, be well, stay safe and healthy and God Bless.

I need to be at the warehouse in Denver by 8 at the latest so I can head back up the hill. I’m picking up some wine and want to beat the heat so that’s why the early morning.

Yesterday Ty was fitted for his Terminator brace. It’s pretty cool looking and allows his leg to bend at different degrees depending on where it’s set. We have about another month before he’s healed. Luckily no surgery. Lori worked in Vail and we saw Dixie a few times. When she takes off her oxygen she gets confused. I’ll stop by today when I get back. If all goes well I’ll be back between 10 and 10:30.

Lori is working in Edwards today. Jag has packing to do and Ty needs to get his school list together. That’s it as I need to get moving. 5 am is awful early these days, God Bless.

Looks like a hot week. Temps in the 90’s all week. Smoke is sticking around too.

Yesterday we hit Costco to begin to shop for Jag’s apartment and bought some things for Dixie too. Lori then took Dixie’s stuff (a new down comforter, Claritin, etc.) over to her while I did some cleaning around the house. Later in the day we went back and picked Dixie up to bring her for dinner. Lori made a pork roast in the crock pot and we had pork tacos for dinner. She stayed until a little after 8 and then was ready to go home.

This morning Ty has a doctor appointment and Jag needs to start organizing stuff. We need to get Dixie in for her cardio evaluation too. Her appointment is the 16th but we don’t really want to wait another week if we can help it.

We didn’t watch much of the Olympics, just didn’t really care. Too much politics these days. I remember when the great thing about the Olympics was there were no politics involved. Countries and people got together to compete and be as one. That was part of what made it so great. They say viewer ship was down over 50% due to the “wokeness” (I hate that word) of some of the athletes which were primarily American. To be fair we did have a bunch of athletes, the majority, who were proud to represent our Country and proud to be there. Too bad they were overshadowed by the few losers the media chose to focus on. Represent your Country with pride or don’t go.

Lots to do this week, time to go. Stay safe, be well and God Bless.

I’m craving vegetables today. Think we’re throwing a pork roast in the crock pot this morning but I’m going to get some veggies going too. Yesterday we made it to Frisco at noon for lunch with Lexi and her parents. This just might turn out alright. She’s a good girl and her parents are great. Jim is my age and Diane is super nice and funny. Before we went I dropped Lori at Dixie’s while I filled the car with gas and went to the post office. She was doing well yesterday. Last night we did bring her up for dinner and she was totally fine. She said again she loves her place and wants to give it a good go, hmm. Good news. After dinner and after some blueberry pie, she seemed a little lost. I think it was the combination of her being tired and maybe the sugar. Lori took her home a little after 8 pm as she was ready to go.

Lots of smoke in the State. More in Denver than up here but still hazy up here. Tommy called and said you could cut it with a knife in Denver. It’s coming from California. More crap from California we don’t want!

Off to the gym today. Big week as Jag moves in on Friday. We’re meeting Lexi and her parents at American Furniture Warehouse in Westminster at 9:45 am next Friday to grab the last few pieces of furniture the kids will need. They rented a large U Haul and have most of the stuff to fill up the apartment. We do need to get him his bed. Ty is doing well. He’s been going out with his friends a bunch. Walt the plumber came and fixed the compressor on one of the water heaters. He needed to hook a bicycle pump up to it and pump the excess water out. It acts as an overfill tank.

Lori is slowly getting back to normal. She’s still overwhelmed worrying about Dixie and has to get out to California to get things taken care of at the house. It’s clear now that Dixie is not going back.

That’s it, enjoy the day, God Bless.