A Year of Change

Yesterday afternoon we were supposed to get some rain but what actually happened was never forecasted. It started with heavy big drops of rain for about a minute and then the hail or should I say, ice pellets, began. It lasted for about 30 or 40 minutes and when it was over, we had 3 or 4 inches of ice balls all over. It shredded the trees and plants so everything in our front yard smelled like mint from ripping through our mint plants. I had to get my snow shovel and shovel ice away from the foundation of the house and the front walk and sidewalk. Later I had to go to Grandma’s to shovel her walk too. It was like Spring weather in Fall, and more is supposed to come today.

Now to politics, today we have 2 recall elections to oust two democratic law makers who voted to take our gun rights away last year. The people of the state have contributed about $500,000 to this effort while Mayor Bloomberg from New York and the democratic party have contributed $3,000,000! They even have Bill Clinton doing robo calls trying to get people to vote no but the turnout so far indicates these losers will be kicked out of office. You never know though as it wouldn’t surprise me if the dems somehow rigged the results. Our brave (sarcastic) dem Governor is staying as far away from these two and their campaigns as he can. The people of Colorado are mad as hell as they should be. Hopefully the dems from back east won’t be able to buy this election with their money and lies, we’ll see.

Today is picture day at school and this year we will get some to send to you all. Jag made Student Council as he was voted in by his classmates yesterday. He also had all A’s on his work last week. Meanwhile Ty has been recognized as the top student in his class so far this year for leadership among his classmates. We’re very proud of both boys.

Tonight Obomber will pitch the Nation on bombing Syria. His main argument is that we need to send a message to Iran and others saying if we don’t act, we’ll look weak. Personally I think it’s irrelevant as Syria didn’t attack us. If Iran or someone attacked us, then I’d be all for retaliating, but they haven’t. They also killed over 100,000 of their own people in the past two years but now all of a sudden we’re supposed to attack? It seems as if they want to go to war to distract us from all the issues here at home. Hell, John Kerry even said yesterday we wouldn’t attack if they would put all their weapons under U.N. control but when the Syrians said ok, he said “that was only a retorical statement” and he wasn’t serious, what? Let me get this straight,

• Kerry to Syria: Turn over your chemical weapons!
• Syria to Kerry: Ok
• Kerry to Syria: I was being rhetorical. We will just bomb you anyway, as soon as we are done gassing you.

Or how about this one,

Monday Humor: White House Selling “Peace On Earth” Xmas Ornaments

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/09/2013 – 19:24

As Nobel Peace Prize-winning President Obama prepares to give his “Syria Strike” speech tomorrow, we thought the fact that The White House had begun selling its ‘official’ Christmas 2013 ornament was worth pointing out. The theme – “Peace On Earth” of course, is positioned in a wrath of olive branches, peace doves and the reverse of the wonderful tree decoration states in oh-so-ironic-language, “Peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty,” – a phrase from Woodrow Wilson’s address prior to World War I. Happy Holidays everyone…

And back to Syria, don’t forget, these rebels, Obomber wants to support, are blowing up Christian churches and threatening beheading if the Christians don’t convert to Islam, yeah, let’s support them, hmmmm.

So God Bless

We can always count on Annette to comment, I’m sure she far and away leads all of you in that department! Thanks,

Annette says:

That’s right, that’s how many comments I have in the past 2 months and less than 20 are from you! Yes you, those that we know, where the hell are you? Seems we’re much more popular with the Japanese than our own family.

Anyhow, assuming you are still reading these days, yesterday we mostly laid around trying to kick these colds. That’s it, there you have it, that’s all I got, zip, nada, nothing,

God Bless

Our colds or whatever they are, are still hanging on. The only good news is that hopefully we’re getting our bout with the flu or whatever you call this, out of the way now rather than later. Going to the game and getting virtually no sleep didn’t help me but it was worth it!

Jen came home after school with Jag and was here until around 6pm. She spent the past two days after school with us as her Mom was working. Meanwhile Ty went to a friends house to play, of course.

Today we’ll take it easy, we might run out to the new Cabela’s as we have not been there yet and they sent us a coupon that expires tomorrow. Jag has a baseball game tomorrow at 5pm and we’re hoping it’ll be a little cooler at that time. We’re breaking records day after day and today is no different. It’s been between 95 and 100 degrees every day for sometime now. Next week it’s supposed to drop 20 degrees and rain for a few days which will be nice.

Next week we’re having new garage doors installed, finally. We’re slowly making progress around here as our patio was finished yesterday, we have our new microwave in, garage doors next week, new shutters on the way and then I think the back patio is next. After that, carpet in the basement and then who knows what. We have to seal up some of the cracks around the doors before winter hits as the Farmer’s Almanac says it’ll be bitter cold this year. Money and more money is all it takes, if anyone has any extra, send it on over!

That’s it, no politics as I’m just tired of it. Take care and God Bless.

Yesterday was consumed by getting ready and amped up for the game. Nothing else really mattered. Finally we arrived at the stadium by 5:15 but were missing one guy (Chip) who was still on a plane. Luckily he made it to his seat just in time for the scheduled kickoff and then the wait began. Seems there was lightening in the area but all we saw, and felt, was rain. 20 minutes later the game started. It rained most of the first half before it stopped and then we blew the game open. You should have been there, it was one for the ages. We made it home around 11:15 and watched highlights until midnight reliving one of the sweetest games ever.

Today though, it’s back to work. It’s 6:30 now and I’m off to the airport now to take the boys so they can catch their plane back to Seattle. Perhaps the misses will write some more when she wakes up. God Bless.

It’s here and I’ve been waiting something like 225 days for tonight, our chance for revenge. I remember staying up until 3am in Italy watching the Ravens squeak out a cheap impossible win against our beloved Denver Broncos. God just had something else in mind for me and them that day as there is no way we should have lost. Sure hope he’s on our side tonight.

Robi says:

We might just have the flu so stay away! I too am on antibiotics now but not feeling a whole lot better. On top of that, I have the big game tomorrow and will be going no matter how I feel. Jag and I are going with Josh and Chip who are flying in from Seattle plus it’s the kickoff of the NFL 2014 season so no way I’ll be missing it. I hope these antibiotics do their thing fast!

Both boys are still coughing up junk as well and the misses seems to have the worst of it. She was at the office for a few hours and I lived on the phone for most all of the day. The boys each went to their math coach after school to stay ahead of the game and then rode their bikes for a bit before heading to bed around 8pm. I did manage to go shopping and vacuum but that was it.

Hope everyone is well, take care, get your flu shot and wash your hands, a bunch! God Bless.

Tuesday is Monday or Monday is Tuesday, however you look at it, it’s a short week. Last night we met some friends from Aspen for dinner at Benihana for a quick bite before arriving home around 7pm. The misses is still hurting as is the rest of the household. Hopefully we’ll all be better soon.

The boys walked with Mom to school this morning while I drove down 10 minutes behind them with their backpacks and to pick up the misses. Today she’s at the office at 11am for a few hours while I have 5 consecutive conference calls that start at 11am. I should be done by 4pm. Lucky I have speaker phone!

Hope everyone had a great weekend and is doing well, time to run, take care and have a good week. God Bless.

What fun, we’re all still fighting our colds but somehow the boys just ignore it. They must not have it quite as bad as the misses and I. In fact, I think the misses has the worst of it. When she’s in bed for most of the day, you know she’s not doing well. Hopefully this morning she’ll be a little better.

The boys went to spend the night at Ben’s last night until a bit after 11pm when we received a call for them to come home. We all forgot that Jag is allergic to their cats and so both kids walked across the street sometime between 11 and midnight. I heard the phone call but the misses was the one that got up.

Lacey is in the crate right now as she has been barking for an hour or so for me to get up so she can eat. It’s one thing if she wants to go out but when she’s just barking to eat, I’m not going to feed or reward her bad behavior.

Not sure what all is going on today, it’s supposed to rain a bit which will be nice. I need to finish cleaning up my office a bit as I have a busy couple of weeks.

That’s it, time to run, happy Labor Day.

Well the misses and I both have the boys colds. We always seem to get it worse than they do, our throats are more sore and it takes us a bit longer to recover. Here’s a comment,

Annette says: