Yesterday was Dixie’s birthday and I totally forgot! I did remember a few days ago as I mentioned it to Lori then but somehow I forgot yesterday, so let’s do it over today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA DIXIE!

Hope it was a good one.

Today it’s a little cooler outside but is supposed to warm up tomorrow. Last night we had what I think was the first good rain of they year. It’s 35 out right now but should get to the mid 50’s later this afternoon.

Baseball was a little cold but not too bad. Jag will miss Friday’s practice as he has to shop for the school dance with the rest of student council.

Lori’s working away and yesterday Harry put up a piece of trim in the house and shutters outside. He’ll work Friday, Saturday and Sunday and thinks he can get everything done by then. We bought all the stuff we need yesterday morning.

That’s about it, hope all’s well, take care and God Bless

It’s Wednesday or sometimes called hump day for the middle of the week. I had to ask Lori what day it was as I wasn’t sure. That’s what happens when you’re out of coffee and have to get up and go to Starbucks first thing. It throws off your whole day!

Tonight is baseball but first up is work, school and more work. It’s a bit after 6 and I’m running out of time as Lori and I and Harry need to go to Lowes at 8am so time to run to buy some supplies to fix things up around here. Hope you all are doing well and have something fun going on today.

Take care and God Bless.

As I had said, Easter Sunday, Cliff, our head coach called me and said he had to go out of the State for a few days. I sort of pressed him as to why but he didn’t say so I didn’t push it. Anyhow that means I was in charge of practice. So my buddy who played MLB came down and helped us out. I decided to focus on hitting for the entire practice and while after the first hour my friend said “they just don’t listen” we finally got through those thick 13 year old brains. By the end of practice he had our worst hitters looking like ball players hitting hard balls out to the outfield. I couldn’t believe it. I’m trying to get him back for Wednesday’s practice. By the way, Jag hit a bomb that any Colorado Rockie would have been happy to have hit!

It was warm and sunny and Ty came along to play. School’s in full swing and so is work. I was supposed to be in NY this week and might go out next but we’ll see.

Today I’m off to Boulder and then all the way across town. Wisconsin lost in the last few minutes last night to Duke in the NCAA Finals. I’m sure my Mom wasn’t too happy but it was a good game and hey, they were the 2nd best team in the Country!

Guess I’ll run, hope you’re not just sitting around as soon it’ll be summer! We’re trying to do something everyday and every weekend, even if it’s just around the house. No time to waste time!

God Bless

Here we go, back at it in full swing. Today we have work, school and Harry will start working on the house. Yesterday we hunted for eggs and baskets, went to church, cleaned the house and had everyone here for lunch and then enjoyed the great weather. Snow and rain are back mid week.

This week I have lots and lots to do including a trip to the mountains, 3 baseball practices and a game. Throw in tons of computer and house work as well as the normal juggling of finances and it’ll be a busy week.

Tonight is the Final Four with Wisconsin and Duke but first we have baseball. The head coach called last night telling me he had to go out of state for a while so looks like I’m head coach. Not sure what’s going on but I’ve enlisted my buddy who used to play major league ball to come and help.

It’s 6:30 and Ty, Lori and I are all up. Ty’s not feeling too well as he ate too much candy and Lori isn’t either as she ate a bad Easter egg. Turns out when she hard boiled them, they didn’t get quite done so she thought she’d bake them to finish them off, AFTER the boys had colored them. I told her no way I was eating one but she decided to go ahead and have one, big mistake. She’s a bit better today but what a stomach ache she had within an hour of cracking her egg open yesterday.

No politics, just get ready, time is running short, the signs are everywhere and they are not good, enough said.

Here’s one troubling thing going on where the Pres’s former economic advisor and almost Fed Chair says some really troubling things. I didn’t post the entire article but you’ll get the meaning. And oh yea, gold soared to new highs today!

This Is Why The US Just Lost Its Superpower Status According To Larry Summers

God Bless.

Happy Easter, for he has risen! For those of you that don’t know, Buona Pasqua is Italian for Happy Easter.

It’s 6am and I’m headed to the gym before church at 10 and then lunch at 1pm. Yesterday was a sad day in our neighborhood as a man who lives next door to Tom and Ali 4 doors down, had a heart attack and passed away. I knew something was strong when police cars showed up with the fire truck and ambulance. Shortly there after the ambulance gurney came out empty which then told us someone had passed. Turns out John (that was his name) went to the doctor at 10am with a sore rib, came home, took a pain pill and went upstairs and that was it. A death so quick and close to home reminds you of just how precious life is, so be thankful for each and every day. No time for anger, jealousy, self pity or any of the other  negative forces that try to get you each and every day! May he Rest in Peace.

Now on to happier moments. Last night Wisconsin beat Kentucky who was previosuly undefeated going into the game. So tomorrow they will play for the college National Championship. As you can imagine, my Mom is thrilled. I’m happy that she enjoys sports so much as it’s a big part of her life and thankfully her college team has a great football and basketball team. It wouldn’t be so fun if her alma matta was the University of Colorado!

Harry came by last night to look at all the work we have lined up for him. He’ll be here for two weeks working on our house and his sisters. I guess she’s been really sick and it has to do with mold in her bathrooms so he’s fixing all three of them. His Mom is also coming down for a month and I need to tell my Mom so they can get together. (this is me telling you Mom!)

Jag set up his pitching net yesterday and worked out in the backyard while Ty played basketball outside. This morning the boys will hunt Easter eggs before church. Then we’ll rush home to start cooking before my Mom, Tom and Ali come over. I invited Shelly and said I’d go pick her up but she has friends coming over. It’s going to be warm today so not sure what we’ll do after lunch. Lori did paint the trim in the basement yesterday, she’s a worker. I’m sure she’ll get all up in some project. Maybe we can go for a long walk or back to Red Rocks.

Time to run, so read on and have a great day,

The meaning of Easter – What does it mean to you?

The meaning of Easter is Jesus Christ’s victory over death. His resurrection symbolizes the eternal life that is granted to all who believe in Him. The meaning of Easter also symbolizes the complete verification of all that Jesus preached and taught during His three-year ministry. If He had not risen from the dead, if He had merely died and not been resurrected, He would have been considered just another teacher or Rabbi. However, His resurrection changed all that and gave final and irrefutable proof that He was really the Son of God and that He had conquered death once and for all.

However, Easter did not always symbolize Christ’s resurrection from the dead and the meaning of Easter was quite different than what Christians celebrate today. The feast day of Easter was originally a pagan celebration of renewal and rebirth. Celebrated in the early spring, it honored the pagan Saxon goddess Eastre. When the early missionaries converted the Saxons to Christianity, the holiday, since it fell around the same time as the traditional memorial of Christ’s resurrection from the dead, was merged with the pagan celebration, and became know as Easter. The meaning of Easter was also changed to reflect its new Christian orientation.

Today, the meaning of Easter, for million of Christians, is that of honoring and recognizing Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead, and His glorious promises of eternal life for all who believe in Him.

May God Bless you today and every day

It’s Saturday, whoo hoo! I’ll be headed out at 7am to the grocery store to get things for tomorrow’s Easter dinner and of course a few dozen eggs (and some candy) for the kids. Then I’m off to Longmont for a 9am appointment and after that need to stop in Old Arvada before heading downtown for another stop. Then one more stop in Belmar right next to where I’ll be grocery shopping at 7:30 this morning. So 5 stops in all for me and if I’m lucky I should be home by noon.

Last night was our first baseball game and unfortunately it didn’t go as well as we hoped. We kind of got rocked in the first inning but otherwise it was a pretty even game. We just couldn’t overcome the horrible start. All in all though, the boys played great and there were tons of good things to build on. Hopefully we’ll get off to a better start in our next game. Jag walked once and hit a bomb to the outfield but a guy was right there to catch it. It was just one of those games where every ball we hit was right at one of their guys and every one they hit was in a gap. Nothing you could do about it. We’ll be better next week.

Lots of cleaning to do today as we’re back on it. The house is in disarray but it is what it is. Sometimes you need to make a mess to clean a mess!

Hope all’s well, wish everyone was here for Easter, God Bless.

Happy Good Friday! Easter is Sunday and the warm up hopefully starts around noon. Not sure if we’ll have our baseball game tonight as the fields might be too muddy. Lori has a full day at work but Dr R did agree to let her work a half day a week from home. This might not sound like much but trust me, a 2 1/2 day weekend is a whole lot better than a 2 day weekend. Getting off at noon on a Friday (if that’s the day she takes, it’ll vary from week to week) feels like a 3 day weekend.

I have a conference call with Ohio this morning at 7am. Hopefully I’ll be done in time to take the boys at 7:45. Right after school, if we have no game, we have to get back on working on the house. If it’s game on, we’ll be gone from 4 until 7:30.

If you missed the April 1st post, it’s there now, check it out!

God Bless.

Good Friday is a Christian religious holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. The holiday is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday, and may coincide with the Jewish observance of Passover. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Black Friday,^[1] or Easter Friday,^[2][3] though the last term properly refers to the Friday in Easter week.

Based on the details of the canonical gospels, the Crucifixion of Jesus was most likely to have been on a Friday (the day before the Jewish Sabbath) (John 19:42).^[4] The estimated year of the Crucifixion is AD 33, by two different groups, and originally as AD 34 by Isaac Newton via the differences between the Biblical and Julian calendars and the crescent of the moon.^[5] A third method, using a completely different astronomical approach based on a lunarCrucifixion darkness and eclipse model (consistent with Apostle Peter‘s reference to a “moon of blood” in Acts 2:20), points to Friday, 3 April AD 33.^[6]

Good Friday is a widely-instituted legal holiday in many national governments around the world, including in mostWestern countries (especially among Catholic nations and majority-Catholic countries) as well as in 12 U.S. states. Some governments have laws prohibiting certain acts that are seen as profaning the solemn nature of the day.^[7][8]

Yesterday I wrote the post in the morning but for some reason, it didn’t post. Looks like the web site fooled me, sorry about that!

Last night we had baseball practice, (what’s new) and today we’re off. Tomorrow is supposed to be our first game but I think there will be too much snow on the ground by our 5pm starting time.

Lot’s to do today and it’s already 6:30. Harry will leave California on Friday to drive here so he’ll probably be joining us for Easter.

Today I need to run up to Boulder and then to another store to make sure I get all the orders in from our Spring pre-sell. Nationwide it looks like we’ll have our best pre sell ever with over 13,000 cases ordered which is just a bit over $1 Million dollars. So April will be a good month.

Time to run, sorry again about yesterday’s post. Just go to the top of the page and click on the arrow to the left and it’ll take you back to yesterday’s post.

God Bless.

The custom of setting aside a day for the playing of harmless pranks upon one’s neighbor is recognized everywhere.^[1]Some precursors of April Fools’ Day include the Roman festival of Hilaria,^[2] the Holi festival of India,^[3] and the MedievalFeast of Fools.^[4]

In Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (1392), the “Nun’s Priest’s Tale” is set Syn March bigan thritty dayes and two.^[5] Modern scholars believe that there is a copying error in the extant manuscripts and that Chaucer actually wrote, Syn March was gon.^[6] Thus the passage originally meant 32 days after March, i.e. 2 May,^[7] the anniversary of the engagement of KingRichard II of England to Anne of Bohemia, which took place in 1381. Readers apparently misunderstood this line to mean “32 March”, i.e. 1 April.^[8] In Chaucer’s tale, the vain cock Chauntecleer is tricked by a fox.

In 1508, French poet Eloy d’Amerval referred to a poisson d’avril (April fool, literally “April fish”), a possible reference to the holiday.^[9] In 1539, Flemish poet Eduard de Dene wrote of a nobleman who sent his servants on foolish errands on 1 April.^[7] In 1686, John Aubrey referred to the holiday as “Fooles holy day”, the first British reference.^[7] On 1 April 1698, several people were tricked into going to the Tower of London to “see the Lions washed”.^[7]

So there you have it, I decided not to play any tricks on the misses or the boys or any of you as we all have enough going on, but the day isn’t over so look out!

Yesterday we settled back into our normal routines with the boys in school and Lori and I at work. I need to call Harry today as he should be arriving from California sometime in the next few days or early next week. This morning I need to run up north, then head west and then down south, so I’ll be just about everywhere except on the eastern plains.

Rain and snow return this evening and will stick around until Saturday morning. This means no way will we have our first baseball game Friday night. That’s ok with me as it gives us another week to get our team together as we still have a lot to learn.

Looks like Easter dinner will be at our house which is fine. It’s probably the easiest for everyone, especially the boys who can play outside.

That’s about it, hopefully this is the last snow storm of the year. Last year we had snow in early May though so you never know.

Hope all’s well, take care and God Bless.

Today is the first day back from Spring Break. The kids only have like 8 weeks of school left until summer, how time flies.

Yesterday we had baseball from 3 until 5pm and then had some left overs for dinner.

Lori had a great lunch with Dr R and things seem to have made a drastic turn for the better, all thanks to the misses. No need to go into details but it was a open, honest conversation about how things were and how they should be going forward and all are in agreement. Hope things continue to work out for the best.

Time to run as it’s 6:45. God Bless.