A Year of Change

A lot going on these days. As they say, don’t forget to stop and smell the roses. Things move quickly these days. Mom always said the older you get the faster time goes. Again she was right. With Ty finishing high school next Spring, I’m planning a trip or two for all of us. Hard to believe how fast life has gone. No way I’m spending my golden years, ha, sitting around watching the time go by.

We had most of Ty’s parent Teacher conferences yesterday. He’s doing well and of course all his teachers like him. What’s not to like.

Dixie packed up all her clothes to move to Oklahoma. When Lori told her the farm isn’t there anymore, Dixie said “but my mom and dad are”. Poor thing. She’s having good days or moments and the some not so good. Guess that’s 90 for ya.

I have a conference call at 10 and I think we’re working out after dropping Ty before my call. I worked out really hard yesterday though so I’m pretty sore. A lot of stretching and cardio will be on the menu today.

The Broncos play tonight, the Nuggets won last night, so all is good in sports as of this moment. Of course that could change by 9 tonight when the Bronco game is over, ha.

Time to go. Thankfully most of Biden’s, or should I say Obama’s, plans are falling apart. Hope they do as the things they want to do will destroy what’s left of our Country. Get involved before it’s too late. God Bless.

Wednesday, lots going on. Ty needs to be at school around 8 and Lori is in Frisco today. I have a lot to do around the house. Jag is finally getting his windshield fixed. It’s been broken for a while but I just called in and made an appointment on Monday.

We’re looking into planning a trip to Alaska. Need to get it done before the kids are both gone and we’re too old, ha. I’d like to go fishing in June and then go back in September for moose or bear. Fun.

No snow but temps are cooler. Nice outside. Fall is the best time of the year.

Vax mandates everywhere. Lots of workers quitting. The dems said yesterday that we need to lower our expectations when it comes to shortages of things and gas prices, WTF?

Biden is also saying all the shortages and inflation are due to the economy doing so well. These people are freakin nuts. I don’t even know what to say. Good God help us,

God Bless.

Yesterday morning after a stop at the distributor and a quick meeting with Toby to drop of his binos, I met up with Jag and Tommy at Tom’s house. Jag then drove us all to Sushi Sasa where we had a kings feast of sushi. You always order more than you can eat at sushi restaurants for some reason. Jag took the leftovers home.

We had a call with Ty’s college counselor at 5:30 as there are a bunch of essays to write for different schools. It’s a lot different from when Lori and I went to school. Lori went to work for a bit and is working today too. Ty has school and then is working out. He’s still trying to kick his cold.

Hard to believe it’s October 19th. Two months to Tom’s birthday, two months and ten days until mine two days short of two months to Jag’s and four days to Robi’s! Not to be forgotten, two days short of three months to Ty’s! Throw in Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas and it’s going to be busy.

Lori is making coffee. No snow here as of yet. I think a little is coming later today. Temps are dropping. Big apartment fire in Boulder. Luckily not Jag’s place. Hopefully no one is hurt. I think Jag and six friends are coming up for a night this weekend. Think they’re all going for a hike or something. Anyhow, we’re happy to have them.

Time to go. The democrats are still out of control. Thank God for a few smart people reigning in their reckless agenda. God Bless.

I’m off to Denver today for lunch with Tommy and Jagger. Hope to be on the road in 75 minutes as I need to go to the distributor first. Yesterday was fun. Marty and James came over for the game and dinner which of course was great. To be clear, dinner was great, not the game! We need to fire our coaches today. Won’t happen as we play again on Thursday but time for a change.

Colorado Free Application Day for college is tomorrow through Thursday night at midnight. We’re close to being ready. Think Ty needs one more short essay and a couple letters of recommendation from former teachers. Lori is working clinic today and Ty is at school. I should be back by 3.

Time to get moving. Lots to do today. Snow tomorrow. God Bless.

What a trip, what a day. We made it to Boulder around 10:15 and after parking near Jag’s place were in an Uber headed toward one of the frat houses. The house was a broken down, 15 room Victorian that Jag said was worth something like $13 million dollars. Inside it was disgusting. None of the moms would use the bathrooms, ha. As soon as we arrived Jag seemed to know everyone. In the backyard there was a banner which was a bed sheet that was painted welcoming parents to the weekend. Soon the place filled up. Loud music, hung over students and parents filled the area and slowly woke up from their overindulgence the night before. Scantly clad girls, or I guess young women, were everywhere. Lori said it’s like they all were dressing up as hookers for Halloween. In reality, that’s just how college girls dress these days.

We met lots of good kids that Jag introduced us to and some parents. After a couple hours we walked over to the game. The game was so so for the first half and then the Buffs pulled away for a victory. The best part of the whole game was the atmosphere in the beginning with the band and Ralphie the Buffalo running on the field to start the game. I told Lori it was like an old Fred Mc Murray Disney movie we used to watch on Sunday nights when we were kids. We left the game early and walked to the car weaving between intoxicated kids, and some parents and headed to Pearl Street to go to Pizza Locale which is a top Italian place owned by a long time friend and client of mine. We had a nice lunch and it gave us a chance to talk which you couldn’t do at the game. Jag is so well adjusted and on top of his game. After lunch at 4:30 we headed to Whole Foods to get some food for us for today and we turned Jag loose with his own cart to get what ever groceries he wanted. $600 later we headed to his place.

When we walked in it looked almost as bad as the frat house. It needed a deep cleaning and I guess Jag’s roommate is pretty messy according to him. And that’s saying a lot! So he began to put his food away while Lori went into Mama Bear cleaning mode. I took bags of trash and cardboard boxes to the trash chute by the elevator. In no time at all Lori had the place looking like it was when they moved in. I moved the car from the basement and bought 3 orders of Mac and Cheese from a food truck outside. I brought two home and left Jag one. Mine was jalapeno and really good. There was another party at the frat house at 9 last night but Jagger was clearly tired from the night before and decided not to go. I think most people skipped it. We had a really nice day and finally pulled in around 9 pm at home. It was a long day. Ty was emptying the dishwashers and had been riding horses earlier in the day and then was at the climbing gym.

Today James and Marty are coming over to watch the game. Lori of course is making us some fantastic meal. James texted from his plane yesterday if we knew where he could get a covid PCR test and get the results back by Tuesday as he’s flying to Canada for a deer hunt. Lucky he texted when he did as it took Lori some work to get it done. She had to call in a few favors for this one. She’s already made a cheesecake and has it in the oven this morning. Think we’re having bison tenderloins.

Tomorrow Jag and I are headed down to Tommy’s to go to sushi! Can’t wait as Tom and I had fun last time and Jag is excited to join us. Lori wants to go to but has to work clinic. Ty will be back in school. Fun day, we miss Jag and he misses us and it was great to hang with him. Oh to be back in college. I told Tommy it was like a Will Ferrell movie. God Bless.

Like the Will Farrell movie, Lori and I are headed back to college. We need to be in Boulder by 10:15 at Jag’s and then we’ll head over to the frat. They have a chicken and waffle truck coming and we’ll tailgate until we go to the game around 1 or 1:30. After the game at 9 pm tonight there is another party but we won’t be staying for that. Oh to be 20 again. If we did that’d be like 12 or 14 hours of partying. And that’s why we’re not in college, ha.

Yesterday Ty passed his driving test! Now all I need to do is take him down to get his picture taken and then he has his license. The instructor said he’s a safe driver. Next up we have to look for a car. Dixie came over for dinner but I took Ty to the football game after we ate so I missed most of her visit.

Nice and sunny this weekend, more snow on Tuesday but the little we received all melted yesterday. Time to get moving. I sold the Broncos tickets for tomorrow as I just can’t make the drive twice. Might go down Monday and have lunch with Tom. Have a great weekend, God Bless.

It’s here, the white stuff. Not on the driveway or roads but on the grass, nice. Today at 4 Ty has his driving test then, assuming he passes, we can go pick up his license next week. Luckily I made it to Denver for Lori’s snow tires yesterday. I was back by noon.

Tomorrow we’re in Boulder. Sunday the Broncos play the Raiders. Haven’t decided whether or not we’re going yet. Last week was no fun.

Lori’s dexa scan (bone scan) came back normal. We wanted to see if her bones were weak and if that was contributing to her headache and degenerated discs. Luckily they’re good.

Prices are skyrocketing. A half gallon of Half and Half that used to be $5.99 was $9.79 yesterday! Everything else you buy is up too. No pleasure in saying, told ya so!

We went to visit Dixie yesterday. Thought she was coming up for dinner but she decided not to. Maybe tonight. Time to go, lots to do. I have a 10am call for 30 minutes with California but that’s it for the day. Take care, Go Buffs and Go Broncos, God Bless.

Hope to be on the road in 40 minutes and back by noon. A little weather is coming but not like yesterday. No snow at the house except a dusting yesterday morning. Lori is home today with Ty.

I stopped by Dixie’s yesterday for a bit over an hour. She wants to go to Oklahoma. I tried to explain that no one is there and her family farm is gone. She wasn’t buying it.

Jag is doing well and excited we’re coming down and going to the football game with him. Not sure what else is planned for the day but it should be fun.

Time to run so I can shower and get on the road. Be well, GB

Need to go to Denver. Right now I-70 westbound is closed on the other side of the tunnel. Looks like it is clearing up and should be better in a few hours. I really need to get Lori’s snow tires on. Think I’ll give it a go. Lori works in Vail today so I could drop her off.

Yesterday I built a shelf in the basement. I have one more to build so I can organize things better. Ty needs to stay home and get better as he still has his cold. No snow here. Had the elk and deer fences put up around the trees yesterday. If not, they’ll eat them clean.

Now to politics or should I say, nothing short of the future of our Country. Just when you’d think things couldn’t get worse, the bill the dems are pushing still contains a law the requires banks to report all transactions over $600! $600! That’s a Costco trip, or one snow tire, maybe some new clothes! Is this really any of the governments business? The problem is this would only be the beginning. Everyone needs to email and/or call their Senators and Congressmen TODAY and tell them if they pass this you’ll never vote for them or any democrat again. Even if you’ve never voted for a democrat, please do this. The ramifications of such an overreaching law are catastrophic. Please do this, it won’t take you more than a few minutes.

I’ll leave it at that as everyone now knows everything is more expensive, things we take for granted at the grocery or drug store are nowhere to be found, gas is $5 a gallon, illegal immigration is out of control, and by the way, none of them are vaccinated and on and on. No one could imagine how much the dems could screw things up in such a short amount of time. About 5 million people quit their jobs last month instead of getting a mandated vaccine. If someone doesn’t want to get it, let them be. Unbelievable. Hold on as things are going to get much worse before they get better. So much for leaving it at that!

GB