A Year of Change

Happy Mothers Day to all you mothers! It’s 5:33am and so far they haven’t sent the email saying baseball is cancelled but even though the snow has not yet arrived, there are puddles of rain in the front yard. It’d be nice if it didn’t turn to snow and just stayed rain all day but it’s pretty cold outside.

Yesterday Jagger and I ran some last minute errands getting things for his trip and Mom was on a mission to clean up the dinning room and front living room. Ty had a friend over to play in the afternoon until we took him home around 6:30. In the morning we picked up my Mom at 9am and took her to one of our favorite places for breakfast. She called later in the day to thank us and say she had a good time which is good news. She’s so funny as she gets a kick out of things like our kids doing something that reminds her of when we were little or something that’s changed since she was last there, 30 or 40 years ago, or in yesterdays case, her remembering driving up where we were 40 years ago to buy a Pendelton robe for my great aunt. We were talking how the place we were eating at had been in business since 1985 and how that just seems like yesterday when in fact it’s 29 years ago!

That’s how fast life goes, one minute you’re buying a robe for your aunt for Christmas and next thing you know you’re eating breakfast with your grandkids. I decided to drive home the long way meaning up the back road to Evergreen and then down I-70 to home. It was a nice drive with sunny blue skies. I’m glad we all went as today it’s not going to be very nice out no matter what the weather does.

Today we’ll go up to my Mom’s as she ordered up a bunch of bbq from a new place we’ve known about but never been to. Uncle T went a week or so ago and apparently it’s as good as advertised. Not sure what time we’ll head up but the day should be open now assuming they do cancel baseball.

The boys stayed up until midnight watching some movie so they’d better cancel the game or Jagger will be really tired. Time to get more coffee, no comments on my musings yesterday? I thought they were pretty good. If I don’t get any comments on my political thoughts I’ll have to keep posting them as it’ll make me think no one is reading them!

Again, Happy Mothers Day, God Bless.

That’s right, 14″ to 20″ inches in the mountains which will begin today if it hasn’t already and then who knows how much down here, starting tonight. They say broken tree limbs and possible power outages with messy roads tomorrow and Monday as it’ll be a wet snow. I’ll need to move the big geraniums into the garage for sure!

This morning we’re picking up my Mom and taking her to one of our favorite breakfast spots in Morrison. Glad she decided to go with us as she doesn’t go out too much, at least with us.

Baseball practice was cancelled yesterday as it started to rain right about the time we were walking out the door. The boys, with lots of energy, played inside and out for the rest of the day. Finally around 9pm we all headed to bed.

Here’s a few thoughts for the day,

1. We are told to not judge all Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge all gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics.
2. We constantly hear about how Social Security is going to run out of money. Why do we never hear about welfare or food stamps running out of money?
3. We are cutting benefits to veterans, giving no pay raises in the military, and reducing the armed forces to a level lower than before WWII. Why are we not stopping payments or benefits to illegal aliens?

That’s it, I’ll leave politics alone but if you think about it, those are just a few more examples of how out of whack we are, particularly in the govt.

Have a great weekend, God Bless.

I can’t believe it’s Friday again already. This week, like a lot of others, just flew by. Yesterday was a whirlwind with Mom at school most of the day and me doing a few “drive bys” to see each guy and their presentation. Both boys were great as expected. Last night Jag had a band concert at the high school. We were all set to go until we discovered Ty had some homework that had to be done. Turns out this wasn’t the big concert we thought so I stayed home and helped Ty finish up an hour and a half of homework. I said I’d go but Jag told me to stay instead of Mom since the football draft was also on.

Lori is back at work today, too bad she can’t take today off too as she could use the break. She’s not quite yet used to the pressure and daily grind like I am. Then Sunday we’re supposed to get snow! Can you believe it, May 11th and snow, sounds like global warming to me.

Guess I’ll run, we have baseball practice tonight and a game scheduled Sunday but I don’t know with the weather forecast. I think I’ll go before I go into taxes or politics or something no one wants to hear about so have a great day! God Bless.

Man are we busy busy busy. I suppose its good as it keeps us active but it seems like a decade ago that we had our vacation. Lori is taking the day off today as Jagger has his Greek Wax Museum project at school and Ty has his presentation on the infamous lady gambler, Alice Tubbs. Jagger is Apollo and will be dressed up standing like a statue in a “wax museum” for most of the day. He’ll be in costume and prepared, with help from Mom, to put on a nice presentation. Meanwhile across the hallway, Ty will be doing his presentation on Alice Tubbs, a cigar smoking gambler, madam, and business woman from 1879 to the 1930’s. Both boys I’m sure will do well but Mom should get part of the grade!

We’ll both be stopping by to see the festivities. I need to take Mom out to dinner or something, oh but wait, Jagger has a band concert at school from 6:25 until around 8pm, and of course, the NFL Draft is on, arrgghh, hope I don’t miss the Bronco’s pick, I can’t get a brake. I’ll have to have Uncle Tommy text me every few minutes.

Yesterday I picked up Helen and Peggy as I said, and packed the Ferrari for them and sent them on their way. Hopefully they made it home before the rain and hail we had here in Denver. They were very thankful and appreciative, Peggy has turned into a really good friend.

Guess I’ll run (I’m actually writing this last night before bed) as time to get everyone in bed. Hope you all are well, I’m really trying to stay way from politics but it’s hard, so so hard. Anyhow, take care and as always, God Bless!

You can really tell how much pollen is in the air when you have a black car sitting in the driveway. The yellow pollen covers the car with a layer of dust within minutes. Jagger woke up at 3am sneezing and coughing as his window was open so we got up and gave him some Benedryl. Of course then it took me a good hour, or more, to fall back asleep.

Tonight we have have baseball practice. The coach sent out an email asking for help to which I’ll gladly respond. Some kids need individual help and he just can’t do it all. I won’t go into all the replies but one parent, whose son might be the worst on the team, wrote an email saying our kids just are not as mature or skilled as the other teams and we need to understand and be ok with that. I just about blew my top off, first of all, all the teams we play, the kids are the same age, second they’re all the same skill level so this “we’re not as good” crap as an excuse is just bull. Now I would agree his kid isn’t as good but that has nothing to do with the rest of our team. On top of it, this parent thinks he’s a coach and filled in Monday night when out assistant coach was out of town! Another parent and I both think this guys an idiot so I’ll jump in just so this guy isn’t out there messing kids up! Oh yea, this guy tried to coach a team last year and wanted Jagger to play and even came to our house to lobby me (our kids go to the same school) and I told him no then, some people just don’t understand no means no!

At noon I’ll pick up Peggy and Helen from the airport. They’ll then head up to Aspen with my Ferrari, of wait, it’s not mine! I have lots of work to do as does Lori and do the boys. There’ only something like 15 days of school left and Jagger is gone for 4 of those on his trip next week. Summer is almost here.

Time to run, we over slept as it’s almost 7am. Hope all’s well, God Bless.

Last night was a great baseball game, not because of the score but because of the way Jagger played. We actually ended up losing by a large margin but our guy was the player of the game, arguably the best on either team.

First off he made an incredible basket catch in the outfield, then threw all the way to 3rd base almost catching the runner, then making another play while playing 3rd base where he made a great stop, looked the runner back to 2nd and then threw a guy out before he made it to first, then hit a towering double at his first and only at bat and scoring our teams first run. He also stole 3rd! But the thing I was most proud of was when we were down by double digit runs and the entire team was hanging their heads and dejected, our guy was still out there yelling at his team to keep fighting and keep their chins up! There was no way we were going to win and it was just one of those games where lots of our guys made errors but Jag was positive all the way to the end. Everyone congratulated him after he scored so we weren’t shut out but he was very humble to the end.

We saw a couple guys from our team last year who were playing on another team this year waiting for us to finish so they could start their game, and one of the dads told me they’ve all been watching Jag over the past few weeks and how great he’s playing. Now we just need to get about half of our team playing better ball. Some kids just don’t listen or practice or pay attention as they make the same mistakes over and over. I know they’re just kids but its frustrating for the kids that practice and play hard, oh well, it is what it is.

That’s it for today, trying to survive another week. Hope it’ll rain tomorrow as we can use the humidity. We were going to get a humidifier but that’ll have to wait as we must have mailed off 8 more medical bill payments yesterday, it is what it is!

Take care and God Bless.

Yesterday was kind of a day of rest but the party still lingered on. I was up early taking Peggy and Helen to the airport and then back up to Genesse and then home. By this time it was almost noon. Next up was cleaning up the mess from the night before, a trip to the grocery store, too short of a visit with my Mom, Tom and Ali stopping by and then Jagger’s  friend from baseball and his brother and parents coming over for burgers and more playing. Finally it was time for bed.

The misses had a nice birthday but today we’re back on the program. Protein shakes for breakfast, salad for lunch and something clean for dinner. Jagger has a baseball game at 5:30 meaning we’ll need to be there by 4:30 for warm ups. At least we’ll be home by 8pm!

It was a nice warm weekend and we need to get our sprinklers turned on. A couple more days of sun and then a little cool off with some thunder storms. Today is Cinco de Mayo but there will be no drinking around here. We’re all out of cake too, bummer, it was soooo good!

Take care, God Bless.

Today the love of my life turns 50, although after last nights party, I’d bet she feels 70! The day went fast and before we knew it we were speeding up to our friends house for the party. The weather was beautiful along with the food and champagne. We knew most of the people although some of them we didn’t know. We were home by 9pm and then the fun began. Helen and Peggy, our Aspen girls, along with Michael and us sat out front by the fire Jagger built in the pit. Then our friends from jagger’s baseball team stopped by on their way home from the Rapids soccer game.

The kids all then played (they have two boys that are the same age as our boys) and we all sat and talked around the fire. Before anyone knew it, it had to be 11:30 or so which is late for us. Peggy had gone to bed earlier as this morning I’m running her and Helen to the airport as they’re off to Vegas for 3 days. Good news is Peggy is leaving her Ferrari with me  to drive. It’s fun to drive but hard to get in and out of. Oh well, it looks good in the driveway, ha ha.

Time to run as I have lots to do, hope all’s well, call and wish the misses Happy Birthday. Grandpa Bob already did at 7:30 meaning 6:30 his time! God Bless.

This morning Lori is going down to our friends spa for a treat from our friend who owns the place. Meanwhile Jag and I will be getting him a haircut at 9am in Cherry Creek. Mr. Ty spent the night at Vinny’s last night and we’ll pick him up this morning at 11am. Then later today after the Kentucky Derby we’ve been invited to a joint bday celebration at our friend who lives up in Genesse. Her birthday was earlier this week but she was in South Beach (Miami) and didn’t get to celebrate here. She also wants us to meet her new beau.

Our friends from Aspen are in town and will meet us there for some fun. We’ll be home early though as the misses actual birthday is Sunday. It’s also supposed to be hot, in the 80’s and no doubt, Lori will want to get some yard work done.

Hope everyone is well, take care and God Bless.

Here’s a couple of comments,

1. robi says:

   May 1, 2014 at 4:24 pm

   HAPPY 50TH LORI!

   Reply
2. Annette says:

   May 1, 2014 at 7:48 pm

   You and Serena look 10 yrs. younger than you are. Eat what you want!

   As I said, I agree with Annette, Lori looks great! Ok, last night we had the 5th and 6th grade concert at school. Normally these are really good but last nights concert was just painful. It was with african drums, xylophones, and other instruments and none of it made sense. The only song that was any good at all out of the 1 hour 15 minute concert was the one from Jagger’s class. He and two other boys also performed solo songs on the tenor recorder which is like a flute. Here again, the other two boys struggled but Jag was fantastic! To throw in a little fun, he put on a bright green mustache and wore it throughout the whole show! He said he wanted to do a something a little crazy before it could get put in his permanent record. Too funny, he had lots of high fives from students and parents after the show! When he came up for his solo the music teacher said “wow, you grew a mustache, and I like it”!

   Today we need to clean up around here and get ready for the weekend. Peggy from Aspen will be staying here tonight or tomorrow, we can’t remember. I have some errands today and Lori has work and Jagger has baseball practice tonight.

   Time to run, lots to do, have a great weekend and God Bless.