A Year of Change

Well I was going to go down to Denver today to drop the car off to get fixed but there’s too much snow so I’ll postpone it until tomorrow. Harley hasn’t seen much snow so she’s all jacked up and frisky. Jag had basketball last night and wants to go early today for an AP World History review. Saturday the volleyball team is in Regionals! This is big news as we’re the only volleyball team on the western slope. The only bummer is the games are in Colorado Springs, ugh, they couldn’t be any farther away.

Ty is supposed to have a track meet today but looking outside I would say chances are zero to none. Lori worked all day yesterday and will instead take her half day off tomorrow on her birthday.

Avoiding soy lectin seems to still be working. I had a few bowls of granola yesterday which I normally don’t eat as they’re all carbs but still lost weight this morning, hmm. It’s amazing how much soy is in most food. You really have to look hard to find food without it. I’ll stop preaching in a day or two but I just can’t believe the number of additives in all our food. It explains why you can go to Europe, eats tons of bread, cheese and fatty foods and lose weight. I always said it was because of all the additives here in our food but I never knew exactly what additives they were. Ok, I’ll stop now.

As I said, tomorrow is the good looking ones birthday! (that’s what we call her around here, ha) I asked her if she wants a cake as she normally doesn’t eat it but she said yes! I think we might go out to dinner tomorrow night, probably sushi again.

That’s it for May 3rd, Friday and Saturday it’ll be in the 70’s, whoo hoo! Have a great day, God Bless.

After school Jag and I headed over the Steadman to have x-rays and get checked out from the accident. We both appear to be structurley fine although we both have a some whiplash. I still have a bit of a headache. The doc offered me some meds but I declined. Before that I was at Libby’s where she zapped me with nitrogen and froze probably 20 little blemishes on my skin. Lori said I look like a leper.

Harley was a good girl in her crate for 6 1/2 hours while I was in Denver and did great. That’s the longest we’ve left her but the trainer said that’s actually good for her at this age. She was raring to go when I arrived home. She’s all puppy in the morning or after she’s been in her crate.

While in Denver at the doctor I happened to mention to Libby about changing my diet. She commented how good I look and that I’ve lost weight and I told her I’d been watching my diet and just discovered this doc who wrote a book called The Plant Paradox. He’s a cardiologist and says that foods that contain lectins are toxic and really bad for you. It follows the reasoning that the French people eat so much fat yet are way healthier than us. Turns out whole grain is not good for you despite all the marketing her in America and neither is any food made with glutionian toxican (not sure of the spelling) which is used instead of yeast as it’s much cheaper. This means white bread like baguettes, are actually good for you if made with yeast. Carl, Libby’s husband who is also a doctor and her daughter, yes another doctor, both came in to see me and were raving about this same book and cardiologist and the program. Carl has been on it for weeks and lost like 10 pounds but the big thing is getting rid of all inflammation in your body which is the root cause of most disease. He was super excited about it and Libby was amazed we were both studying the same thing. Anyhow I stopped to get the book even though I had already ordered it on Amazon as I wanted it right away. I then stopped at Natural Grocers too for some food on the way home. Not sure if you know but if you look at the makeup of Americans cells, they’re made up of 60% soy as darn near every food has “soy lectin” in it. Just look next time you shop. I bought food without soy lectin and white bread made with real yeast like our Grandma’s used to make. Jag and I ate the whole thing and other so called fattening foods like real butter and cheese and chocolate without soy lectin, (yes most chocolate contains soy too), and a funny thing happened this morning when I hopped on the scale, I was down 2 pounds! Again this is all based on what has been called The French Paradox as they eat so much fatty food yet are healthier heart wise than we are. I’ll give the extra book to Tom once it arrives. Sorry for the rant but it was really eye opening and a coincidence that Carl and I had been studying the same doctor and his philosophy.

Jag just came up and Harley is all over him. She sits at the top of the stairs or busts through the gate to run down the stairs and jump on his bed. It’s pretty cute. It’s 7 now and Lori is at the gym and Jag wants to leave in 15 minutes. Ty has a big track meet tonight and tomorrow night. Hope everyone is well, God Bless.

Here’s a picture Ty took the other night,

It’s May 1st! This should be the start of Spring up here and we’re hoping so. Yesterday was nice with the sun warming up the mountains while the wind reminded us of just where we live.

Harley, Mojo and I had a fun filled busy day, or at least they did. I spent most of the day babysitting them. Finally at 3:20 I went to pick up Jag and then we were off to get Ty. About 2 blocks from Ty’s school a school bus was backing into a parking lot and stopped traffic. As I stopped I looked in my rear view mirror and saw a Jeep Cherokee not slowing down. I honked my horn and the little girl looked up but still smacked into the back of our car going between 20 and 30 miles an hour if I had to guess. Of course the girl was texting. We exchanged info and headed to school to pick up Ty. As soon as I arrived home I called our insurance company. The girl, 16 years old, texted me that she knew it was her fault (admitting guilt) but that she wasn’t on the best terms with her parents and could we handle this without them. Of course I had already called the insurance company. I also then called her insurance company and explained the situation and they knew her dad as the car was insured under a company policy of her dad’s company. I’m sure she had an uncomfortable night but no way you can not document this. Jag and I both have headaches and will get x-rays today sometime in the afternoon. The car will need a few thousand dollars worth of work too. My neck is still stiff this morning and I still have a bit of a headache, what fun. So, don’t text and drive!

I’m off to the distributor this morning and a derm appointment with Libby. I need to be down there by 8:30 and should be back before noon. That means Harley will be in her crate for 3 or 4 hours. I need to shower and get moving and then get the pup up for breakfast. Have a great day, GB.

Today is the last day of April which means property taxes are due, ugh. Then tomorrow it’s May! May is a warm, muddy month up here with mountain flowers, shrubs and trees, painting the hills with all kinds of colors. Soon we’ll need to crank up the air conditioner.

Tonight Ty has basketball, tomorrow Jag and Wednesday both. I have a dermatology appointment tomorrow in Denver at 8:30 and then was supposed to be back down for dog training Wednesday but rain is in the forecast which could cancel that. Lori has a meeting at 9 this morning and Jag wants to go to school early.

Harley is up and bouncing across the living room trying to get Mojo to play but he’s having none of it right now. Looks like he’s coming around a little now. Harley now jumps up on the chair and launches herself across the room. We’re going to try to get rid of some of the stuff in our storage unit this week so we can get the rest of the stuff out of Mom’s house. I think it’s going on the market soon but will need to check with Tom.

Time to get the boys moving, have a great day and week, God Bless.

Last night after going out to dinner, Jag and Ethan went to the new Avengers movie. It was my turn to pick them up so I had to drive into town at 11:40 and take them both home. This morning, after the gym, I’ll drive down to pick up Ty from Bens and the big weekend party. The three of us went for sushi at Matsu for dinner and had a fun time. Finally it’s the off season so the town isn’t all that packed but by the time we left the restaurant, it was pretty crowded.

Lori and I and Jag cleaned around the house yesterday and will try to get some more done today. Jag also did some homework. I put away the snow shovel so it’ll probably snow soon. It’s sunny outside with a bright blue sky overhead. It’s supposed to be 80 degrees in Denver today so it’ll be like 70, at least, up here.

Time to run, only one day left in April. That means May flowers are on the way, take care and God Bless.

Robi commented yesterday that she and Robert were watching the draft too. Arizona did ok getting a new qb who has good talent even though he’s a bit of a dick. We picked up a great receiver and then a solid running back and a corner. Today we have like 6 or 8 picks so we’ll see what happens.

Ty’s in Denver at Ben’s. I dropped him at Chipolte where it seems the whole Junior High goes after school. Ty knew some kids and all the girls were checking him out. I made it back up by a little after 2 as I stopped at Lowes on the way home to get some cleaning supplies.

Lori came home around 4:30. Her face is swollen from the Halo Treatment. She took Benadryl again last night which means sound sleep and snoring. Harley is full of piss and vinegar this morning meaning she’s jumping and playing and tearing up paper towel which is one of her favorite things to do.

The draft starts again today at 11 am I think. I’ll be down in Eagle for the start of it so I’ll need to rely on Tom to text me. It’s supposed to be warm today and tomorrow with a few thunderstorms this afternoon which is fine as long as it’s not snow. We’re done with snow, hopefully.

Have a great day, God Bless and Go Broncos!

Thankfully today is Friday, Ty goes to Denver, we have round two of the draft and the weekend is here. Yesterday Lori had a Halo treatment which makes her face red but stimulates the collagen or something. Jag had school and Ty had 90 minutes of shooting practice with his middle school basketball coach. Harley and I and Mojo stayed home and I did some work. Today Ty is supposed to go to Denver for a birthday party weekend sleepover at his friend Bens but I just saw that I-70 is closed due to some kind of spill. Hope it gets cleaned up fast.

Well we arguably ended up with the best defensive player and probably the 2nd overall best player in the draft. Tommy and I must have texted back and forth 50 times hoping Elway didn’t screw it up and he didn’t. It was exciting and we couldn’t be happier. Tonight at 5 pm round 2 starts and then tomorrow the whole thing wraps up.

I have another conference call today and two days left in the month. Next week I’m up at the ranch with an appraiser and checking out property lines and such. It looks like the snow, (knock on wood) is over.

Harley did yelp during the night around 12:30 and thankfully I heard her and ran down to take her out. She had to do her business as I’ve been switching up her food adding more protein per the vets instructions and she’s had some diarrhea. Jag had taken a Benadryl due to allergies so he slept through the whole thing. Oh well, like I always tell the boys, you do what you have to do.

Guess I’ll run, have a great weekend and Go Broncos! Tom and I will be watching and texting again from 5 on. Congrats to Robi and her team who picked up a new qb too! GB

Of course no one cares about this but Tom and I but to us, it’s a big deal! Ty’s excited and Jag a little bit but that’s about it. It starts at 6 pm local time and we have the 5th pick.

Yesterday Ty and I took Harley to meet our trainer. There were 3 other dogs working there which meant all forms of Shutzhund. The dogs there were amazing in the way they would obey commands, search out people and then bark and hold the “attacker” or bad guy until given a command to back down. This sport, or way of life for these dogs, actually makes them safer than normal dogs. There was one dog 15 months old that was half Czech and half German that came from a line of border dogs meaning the dogs that would walk and patrol borders. Then a 4 year old male from Germany and an Italian Corso that was all muscle and even pulled it’s owner/handler off his feet. Harley watched and barked and did a few basic things which everyone there was amazed at. I wasn’t sure why they were so amazed as it appeared to me that she was just jumping and attacking certain toys but I guess they said that’s what she’s supposed to do and most pups don’t have those inbred traits. Anyhow we go back next Wednesday to continue socializing and beginning to train. She did have fun and was worn out after we left.

Ty and I made it home just in time to pick up Jagger from school. He has a big math test today. Ty went to basketball but Jag stayed home to study for a big test today. He wants to go to school early today.

That’s it, they’re shutting the water off around here in an hour as there was a break in a pipe a few blocks away so time to get showered. Have a great day and God Bless and Go Broncos!

Yesterday Ty and I ran down to Denver to get him some new clothes. We left Harley in her crate not sure how she’d do being locked up for 5 hours. When we made it back at 2, she was fine and sleeping and didn’t even have an accident while we were gone! What a good girl.

Ty found some new pants, sweatshirts and t-shirts and a pair of tennis shoes. We had lunch and a fun day. Around 3 we picked up Jag and then dropped Ty in town to meet a friend and then Jag, Harley and I hung out until Mom made it home around 5:30 with Ty.

Today Ty, Harley and I are headed down to meet our Schutzhund trainer. We should be down there around 10 or so and back in time to get Jag from school. He had basketball last night and both boys have practice again tonight.

The long anticipated NFL Draft is tomorrow! Get ready, hope you have everything lined up for your draft party! Have a great day and God Bless.

Both kids (dogs) are up, have had breakfast and have been outside for walks. Yesterday Harley went to the doctor for her first check up and all is well. We were advised to work in a better quality food (which I knew all along) and some canned food and to step up the amount of food she eats. She’s now eating about 3 cups in the morning and 3 at night! The vet said she’s a great dog and all is good. We left her alone in her crate for a while yesterday upstairs with Mojo and she did fine. She played hard with Ty yesterday and then with Jag when he came home. Not to be left out, Mojo had just as much play time which turned out to be maybe a bit too much as he was getting worn out with all the activity.

Ty went to basketball for a private lesson with his coach from last year before going to Club Basketball at 6:30. He’s going with Coach Lorenzo again today and Thursday and Friday too. At club ball he recognized some kids from Leadville (who drove down the 50 minutes with their parents to play!) and they introduced themselves to him as they remembered playing against each other last season. Everyone normally talks about Jag when it comes to basketball because he’s so tall but don’t underestimate Ty as he’s come a long way and has a pretty good outside shot. I was amazed watching him warm up as I hadn’t seen him play since last year.

It’s nice and sunny up here but I guess snowy and rainy in Denver. Tomorrow it’ll be really warm and things are starting to get green up here. Two days until the NFL Draft, whoo hoo. Time to get moving as it’s now 7 am. It’ll be May in a few days with Lori’s birthday here a week from Friday! Don’t forget people! God Bless.