A Year of Change

We’re getting closer each day to Lori’s surgery. Time flies but in this case, we wish we could just jump ahead to next Friday. 126 hours to go from right now at 6am on Sunday.

Yesterday I took down all the Halloween decorations outside and Lori put up garland on the mantle and ornaments on the tree. Our neighbor across the field, already had her outside Christmas lights on last night! She’s kind of like the Clark Griswold of the hood.

Big Bronco game today at 11am. Hope we win. Last night, the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays in the 11th inning to claim their second World Series title in a row. Toronto was up most of the game and hadn’t won the championship in 32 years. The game was also in Toronto, so you had a bunch of disappointed fans for sure. They lost the last two games at home. I fell asleep so I missed it, ha.

Tomorrow, I have an appointment at 8am to get my truck serviced so I’ll be up on the road early. Cool up here but no snow yet. Think they said November will be mostly dry up here with the La Nina winds that are here this year. I’ll take it. The less snow I have to shovel, the better.

Have a great Sunday and Go Broncos! God Bless.

Here we go! Halloween stuff comes down this morning, and the Christmas season begins. We did bring our tree in yesterday to get a jump on things as Lori has her last two pre-op appointments this morning. First up is the bone density test at 10 and then one more CT scan at noon.

At 5 last night we went down to the neighbors for their Halloween party. We didn’t stay long but wanted to go see the kids. Jag and Ava had a small party last night and Ty went to Denver to hang with friends. He’ll be back up today, probably this morning.

After Lori’s two appointments, she’ll decorate the tree while I take down the skeletons and spider webs out front. Tonight, we set our clocks back an hour. Can’t believe that in 2025 we still mess with the time. Doesn’t seem right or natural.

The Dems are still screwing the Country. Lots of people working without getting paid and today 43 million people don’t get their food stamps. Most people deserve these but there is a portion of those people that should have never got them in the first place.

The vet came up yesterday and trimmed Harley’s nails and gave her some shots. She’s still a little spicey to the vet. That’s what the vet said, ha.

6:30am now, that’s about it. Have a good start to November and God Bless.

Big day today, if you’re a kid. Halloween is one of those days that you vividly remember as a kid. Most of ours were really snowy. Because of that, we always had costumes that kept us warm. The neighborhood went all out and Mrs. Rossi always made the best cinnamon apples. They were like caramel apples only covered with red, hard sticky cinnamon. Mr. Rossi always had some sort of catering cart out in front of their house where he served hot dogs and drinks like hot chocolate. I don’t remember what he served the adults, probably spiced wine. They were our super cool Italian family that lived next door. I think I’ve mentioned before, I’d jump the fence and eat dinner at the Rossi’s after eating dinner at home. Mrs. Rossi was the quintessential Italian grandmother type. She always looked out for us and boy could she cook. Good times.

Well, a week from today, Lori is having ADR surgery at the surgery center down in Lakewood by St. Anthony’s hospital. I think she checks in around 10:30 and has surgery at 12:30. She should be out a couple hours later and then we’ll head home around 4:30 or 5. We’re praying this gives her total relief. You never know but everyone is comfortable that it’ll give her some relief, especially in her traps and occipitals. We’re just glad it’s finally scheduled.

We stopped to see Jagger and Ava briefly before Lori’s appointment yesterday. We made it home a little before 6pm. Tonight Dea, our next-door neighbor, is having a baked potato party at 5. We’ll go over to see the kids.

This morning we’ll hit the gym, grab some breakfast and then head home. Have a great last day of October and Halloween. November 1st tomorrow! 61 days left until 2026, God Bless.

Yesterday Lori had her ENT clearance. To get this, Dr. Seibert sticks a tube up her nose and down her throat with a camera on it to see her vocal cords, ouch! Today at 3:30 in Lakewood, she has her pre-op with Dr. Beckman’s PA and then the Dexascan on Saturday. We’ll know soon if she’s doing a two-level ADR or a four-level fusion. That’s what Peyton Manning had!

I have calls this morning starting at 8:30 and going until about 10:30 and then we’ll head down the hill. Jag is getting two new tires on today at Costco. I need to grab the old ones and take them to the store up here for credit as they’re under warranty.

Ty had a great day of paint ball with his team yesterday. He’s headed out to work here in about 30 minutes. Nice up here. No snow or rain for the next week or so.

Last night at 7:30 I received the signed Subscription Agreement from the lawyer in Florida on my big deal. That’s good news.

6am now, time to get moving. Have a great day, be well, be kind, stay safe and God Bless.

Sounds like a movie, right? Nope, today is Lori’s last day driving to Frisco. Her company will now operate exclusively out of Vail. This is good timing as the Frisco days meant driving over Vail Pass and about one out of every two times in the winter, the Pass would be closed or there would be huge traffic problems due to snow.

Ty’s work has their annual paint ball outing today. They split the restaurant staff into two teams and go out in the mountains and its game on. A couple of the guys, like Ty, are professionals. They have their own state of the art paint ball guns and gear and play often. In the first 30 minutes or so, the amateurs are pretty much out of the game. They play a bunch of rounds though, so those people get to play again.

Ty wrapped up his Halloween costume yesterday after a couple more things came from Amazon. He’s Mick Dundee from Crocodile Dundee. He borrowed a pair of pants and some great handmade boots of mine to complete his outfit and looks really good. I think Jagger and Ava are doing the Ricky Bobby thing. Ty took our Ricky Bobby coats down on Sunday when he went to the Bronco game. Lori and I are just staying home.

Lori needs ENT clearance to make sure both vocal cords are functioning properly and is getting a Dexascan Saturday morning. After that, she’ll be cleared for surgery. We think she’ll have it at St. Anthonys in Lakewood and Dr. B will go along to be there as Dr. Beckman operates. If all goes well, she could be in week after next, maybe even next Friday. She needs to get insurance authorization first.

Cold up here but no snow. Looks like the mid 20’s in Denver. My neck is still bothering me from lifting. My doctor and buddy, who is the top cardiologist up here, told me to stop lifting weights that are so heavy that they make me strain my neck. He says there’s a condition where you can actually rupture your aortic and some other artery that goes up the side of your neck. I always get a headache when doing heavy weights anyhow, so this is welcome news and a good reason to stop any overhead exercises with heavy weight. Hopefully it calms down today. I can feel the muscle in the back of my neck being sore.

5:50am now. Looks like my big deal I’ve been working on for 4 or 5 months is done. Their lawyer sent an email late last night telling my new partner to sign and execute the documents and send them back to me. After I get our existing shareholders to sign off, which should take a week or so, then I’ll get a cash infusion of a few million dollars. Once done, I’m launching our new spirits division and will put my new partner in charge of acquisition and development of spirits. I’ll make him part of the management board but will have him report directly to me on a day-to-day basis. He’s a really good guy that worked for me for over 4 years up until 3 years ago or so. It’ll be an exciting new chapter and a new revenue stream for the Company. Should be fun. Get ready for some cool new tequilas and whiskies!

That’s it, time to go, have a great Wednesday and God Bless.

Snow is here, well, not here, but in the mountains. The news shows snow in Breckenridge. Won’t be long until it’s here. I saw 20 or 30 elk bedded down in a pasture down the road a bit yesterday afternoon.

58 days until Christmas and about 4 days until Lori takes down the Halloween decorations, and we put up the Christmas tree. This time of year, comes and goes fast. Enjoy it while you can. I know Robi has started her Christmas shopping. Tom is probably done, ha.

Lori is in Vail today and has an appointment at 8:45 to decide the next steps on fixing her up. I think tomorrow or Thursday we’ll run down to Lakewood to see Dr. Beckman. We might have Dr. Beckman do the surgery with Dr. Braxton in the OR with them. This way she has the top two spine surgeons taking care of her. Lori did go for her pre-op appointment yesterday to get that out of the way.

Ty made it home around noon. He’s off today but works tomorrow. I was going to go with Davy to take a couple of horses to the ranch down by Gunnison but with Lori’s appointments, I’ll have to skip this trip.

5:40am now. That’s about it. Have a great day, stay safe and God Bless.

Broncos beat the Cowboys yesterday, nice win. We’ve scored 77 points in the last game and a quarter, pretty impressive. We might finally have our offensive kinks worked out. Hope so. It’d be nice to see the Chiefs lose tonight.

Ty, Jagger and I text all game long. Ty face timed me with about 2 minutes to go asking if it was ok to leave to beat the traffic. Being up 20 points, I said of course, go now. He knows I hate it when people leave early, win or lose. He’s a good fan.

Lori works in Vail today and I have a call at 10 and an appointment at 11 in Vail. Ty and Madi will be driving up from Denver this morning. Weather looks good.

Hoping to wrap up my deal that’s 99% done today. All that’s left is to have my lawyer sign off on the documents and then I’ll sign. Hope to get it done today, but you never know.

This week we hope we can start the process of getting Lori’s surgery scheduled and approved. She did get relief for the 24 to 48 hours we were hoping for which confirms that an ADR will help. More to come.

Seems like October has been here forever. It’s been a long month. Soon it’ll speed up and before we know it, we’ll be in 2026. I have a big week of calls to prepare for next year. So, lots going on.

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

Big Bronco game today, Nuggets won last night, and Lori’s headache is better. It’s not gone, but it’s better. 6:30 now, and Ty is loading his truck to head out to Denver for the game. He and Madi have a concert at Misson Ballroom after the game and then are staying at the Brown Palace. The Bronco game starts at 2:25.

We’re roasting our turkey today. We might just make turkey soup once it comes out of the oven. Yesterday we took it easy around the house after going to the gym and breakfast. Lori just did the treadmill which was good. She wants to do Pilates today. I ran over to the grocery store for the Great Prescription Drop Off, which is where you can get rid of all your old pills and stuff rather than throwing them in the trash. Throw them in the trash, and they will end up in the water supply, not good. I think when you drop them off, they incinerate them.

Ty’s gone. He’s dropping some of our Halloween stuff to Jagger. Today is also National Pumpkin Day! I think Caden and Vinny are going to the game with he and Madi. That’s about it. Cool last night but no rain. Tonight into tomorrow we might see some moisture. We’ll see, God Bless.

As of yesterday afternoon, Lori was getting some relief. The pain in her traps and occipitals is way down (almost gone), and her headache was down we think 20 to 30%. They told us it’d take a while, maybe up to a week, to get the full benefit from the injections. This morning, the trap and occipital pain is gone, and she feels like her head might be better too. She’s keeping a pain diary so we can track it. Fingers crossed it keeps improving. This 100% validates the issue is structural which means we can fix it.

Ty’s out the door on the way to work. Yesterday morning, after Harley ate breakfast, she went outside and must have eaten some poop as she came in and threw up dog food and poop all over the rug! Of course, this happened an hour before we were supposed to leave for the surgery center. I ran down to the neighbors to borrow their carpet cleaning machine, and we spent the next hour cleaning it up. Harley had a huge bone from Edwards with a lot of fat on it that she ate which probably caused the problem. I pick up her shit almost daily, so she doesn’t eat it, so gross. When we made it home at noon, Lori cleaned both rugs with the machine over and over and now they’re like brand new. The big one is a Persian rug that’s over 200 years old! Harley is no longer allowed on the rug. We bought her two new beds at Costco to keep her off the rug. Looks like no more bones for her either.

Not sure if we’re going to the gym. I think Lori should stay off the Pilates machine for a couple of days and see how things go. We’re roasting a turkey today! We picked up a small one at Edwards Meat Market as a warmup to Thanksgiving.

Looks like I finally have the two big deals I was working on, all done. The first one, I had signed a week ago yesterday and the second one, was agreed to by all parties yesterday, and is due to be signed tomorrow. Next week, we’ll need to get existing members (investors) to sign off on the new investment, but that shouldn’t be a problem. It’s taken me over 4 months, but I finally closed the deal. This is good news for the Company and for me.

That’s about it! Hope everyone is doing well. Big Bronco game tomorrow. Enjoy the nice weather while you can, God Bless.

We made it to Wheat Ridge by 6:30am after waking up at 3:30am. An hour later we were out and had confirmed that Lori’s issue is all structural and nothing neurological. After a quick stop at Edwards Meats, we headed up the hill, arriving home around 10am.

This morning at 9, Lori checks in at the surgery center for a 10:15 procedure that are injections in her C5/C6 discs. Hope she gets relief as that’ll confirm that the pain receptors there are causing the issue and we’ll proceed with getting her two levels of ADR, which is artificial disc replacement. They’re made from ceramic and titanium and are the way to go if you need them. Dr. B and Dr. Beckman, down in Lakewood, (who Dr. B was Chief of Surgery with in Texas and the Army) are the two leaders in the World in ADR’s. So, she’s in good hands.

Lori should be out around 11:30 if she gets anesthesia. She usually passes on sedation, but she might get it this time. The whole surgery (injections) takes only a couple minutes total, but she needs to be super still.

The Dems are saying Trump is destroying the White House, when Trump is remodeling a ballroom, all with private money! He’s even donating! What a joke. How anyone can believe anything, any Dem says anymore, is beyond me. And yesterday the Dems voted again to keep the government shut down and not pay essential workers. Everyone needs to remember this next election!

Ty’s off to work already. I’ll go see him while Lori is in the surgery center. Not sure if Steve is coming up from the Springs this weekend. I’ll call him today. That’s it, tough Nuggets loss last night. Of course, the refs missed a last-minute foul on Jokic and it went to overtime. On to the day, God Bless.