It’s 5am and I really don’t have a lot to say today. I’m just kind of drawing a blank.

Yesterday I had a productive day at work and the misses did upstairs as well. The kids arrived home from school around 3 on their bikes and jumped right into their homework. After that it was out to their bikes. Mom made meat loaf for dinner and then we all watched a little tv before heading to bed.

For the past couple days, I’ve kind of been in a fog. Have you ever felt like your heads foggy and you need to shake it out? The misses says I have allergies but I don’t know. We both think we need to give up sugar and stop drinking so much coffee. She might be right on both accounts. This morning I’ve only had 1 cup and think I’ll stop there as I’m already kind of buzzing. I also am going to avoid all sugar today to see if I feel better.

The misses works today from 9:30 until 5pm. Yesterday her close friend and co-worker, Carrie, gave her two week notice. Now we’re not sure how she can do this as her husband is pretty much an unemployed architect. We think he just got a couple of jobs but it’s been real tough for them too. The misses might not be too far behind. $10.50 an hour, with no real benefits like health insurance or a 401K,  after taxes just doesn’t do much but it’s better than nothing. She’s looking for something else as retail is not a pleasant experience. Even in Whole Foods, there’s a lot of wackos.

Somethings coming, I can feel a change in the air. I’m not sure what it is, a career change for one of us? Some opportunity we don’t expect? Just something. Grandma Dixie called the other day concerned about us or rather me, after reading a post. I assured her I’m fine but thanked her for her concern. I explained that I (or we) are ok, it’s just that we’re not sure that what we’re doing in life is where we want to be, or supposed to be, in the future. Call it a late mid life crisis if you will. Not sure what it all means but we’ll keep you posted.

More work to do today on reorganizing the Company to meet the challenges we now face and get ready for 2012. No matter what happens, I know this is the way to go and hope my partners agree as the status quo just doesn’t work. Maybe all this has something to do with some sort of change. I’m not really worried as I have a few other job opportunities if it ever came to that. Who knows, it might be the best thing if I took on a new opportunity, I guess it’s all in the master plan of the big guy so I shouldn’t really worry about it, whatever happens, will happen. At least we own a bunch of stock, maybe we’ll go sell a bunch of that!

Oh well, I’d better go make some calls and catch some people in Italy as it’s almost 2 in the afternoon there. If you wait until 10am here, it’s 6pm there and hard to get ahold of people.

We’re all excited for our trip and we sure need the break, especially the misses and I. This time next week we will be there.

We just found out we owe a bunch in taxes on October 15th, super! That’s another issue I have with my company, we get profit distribution on our K1’s or tax forms but don’t get any cash distributions to pay the bill. It’s like we can’t afford to own our stock. Oh well, sorry to jump back into ranting about my job. Don’t worry Grandma Dix, I’ll be fine.

Anyhow, time to run, hope everyone is well, have a great day and God Bless.

p.s. it’s a big weekend for Grandma as the Green Bay Packers play the Denver Broncos! I guess it’s not that big of a weekend as she’ll for sure be cheering for the Packers!

Good morning…sorry for the late start. We woke up at 5:50a.m. and the youngest wanted to head downstairs. He slept in his bed for most of the night, but climbed into ours at 2:30 a.m. He kicked the Mister at 3:34a.m. It must have been one heck of a kick because I was startled awake by a loud…”What the H@#L, Lori”, followed closely by “Sorry”. Needless to say it was another sleepless night for both of us. I am going to have to redirect the little one back to his own bed in order for us to get a decent nights sleep.  The youngest has always maintained that he has bad dreams.  I know as a child I had crazy, horrible bad dreams…nightmares… ranging from being in a car that drives off the levee into the water, to giant spiders climbing down from the ceiling. I am sure that my mom was awakened, startled so to speak, many times.  I remember my mom coming in my room often and I was really afraid to go back to sleep. So…that is my reason…or excuse if you prefer for letting the munchkin climb in our bed. He could very well be working the system, but how do you know if he really had a bad dream or not. I’ll let him tell me when he is 20 okay…maybe 12.

This morning I made french toast, bacon, eggs and regular toast..plus a side of oatmeal to start this Monday morning off right. We sat down to breakfast at 6:30 and the boys were finished at 6:35. They got dressed, watched an old episode of that Australian Crocodile Guy and then brushed their teeth to head off to school. We rode our bikes to school…what a nice way to start the day. Fresh air, a bit of exercise, a little chit chat and a quiet ride home. It is a bit of an uphill climb home, so we will see if they notice how much harder their little muscles have to work after school.

We passed a huge 3 story English Tudor style house on the ride this morning and both boys commented on how quiet the street and the house was.  The youngest immediately said, “That house would definitely not be that quiet if we lived there”. Very matter of fact in his tone…his observation…”Definitely” on the money.

The eldest had a great time at the birthday party he attended yesterday. The kids played football, ran races, and rode on their scooters and skateboards for a couple of hours. When his dad got to the park to pick him up he…(our grown up young man) politely asked if he and the Mister could stay for a half hour… to which his father replied, “Yes”. So, they arrived home at about 5:00. The boys played with the neighbor kids out front and then decided to head down to the Cul de Sac. The kids down there were playing street hockey and of course all of these boys joined in.  The youngest took a shot to his eye with what is called a hockey ball..somewhere in between a tennis ball and a lacrosse ball.  He has a bit of a bruise and said the shot was deliberate. I have no doubt that it was a deliberate shot…We told our two boys in no uncertain terms that they are not to play with this boy.. he is off limits! This boy is almost 12 or is 12…he is a competitive hockey player and I feel he has some anger issues that will probably support his sport of choice in the future.  He has a sweet younger brother that is welcome to come up and play, but my guys need to steer clear of the older one.

I know it is early…but…we started putting up Halloween decorations. Just a few. We have everything else ready to go up October 1st.  I think people will know we are out of town if the yard is not decorated, plus this way we can enjoy the decorations upon our return home from Italy.

The Mister made ribs and sauerkraut  for dinner last night.Have I mentioned how much I love, love, love it when he cooks? The meal was great. However, the boys are still acquiring a taste for sauerkraut. They have no problem with coconut cream pie…too bad coconut cream pie is not a nutrient dense meal.

Tonight is  meatloaf…maybe I’ll try to sneak some zucchini in.  I’ll fill you in on how that goes over tomorrow. The house is still clean, only one load of laundry to do and a quick go over with the vacuum. What will I do with my free time?

Have a great day…God Bless

LLF

Yesterday we finally had a morning soccer game so we were done by noon. It was really hot and the misses wore jeans and a black shirt which she soon regretted. When we arrived home, I went down and gave the basement and my office a much needed overhaul. It was a mess and filled with clutter which resulted in 3 full lawn and leaf trash bags. The rest of the day was pretty uneventful with the boys having hot dogs for dinner while the misses and I had a bowl of soup. This brings us to the bbq being left on at full power all night. It seems the misses forgot to turn it off so our gas bbq blazed away until I fed the dogs at 7am. It sure is clean now as everything was white hot and any scrap of food was turned to dust. Thankfully it didn’t melt the bbq or blow up! This will now be another thing on my nightly list to check as sometimes the door doesn’t get locked or the alarm isn’t turned on. We’ve had some break in’s to cars that left their doors unlocked. I don’t know if you can call it a “break in” when the doors aren’t locked but anyhow, there seems to be some bad people lurking around the neighborhood.

This morning we’re headed to Red Rocks for some exercise and then will do some work around the house. I also have a lot of work to do before we leave for Italy.

Tomorrow a comet (Elian) which has garnered a lot of attention will be in perfect alignment with the earth. This has to do with gravitational pull or something but is somehow related to all the solar flare activity as well. I told you all before about the Australian Space Agency reports that show daily solar flare activity. Well for what it’s worth, the past few days have averaged over 12 incidences or flares each day where in the previous month there have been 2 or 3 a day. I don’t know what this means if anything but it is abnormally high based on current trends. The President arrives tomorrow (and is supposedly bringing the wife and kids) for a campaign stop but also (they say) to be in a safe place, “just in case” there is some truth to this comet thing. You see DIA or Denver International Airport, has a big underground government structure beneath it the size of Manhattan. The public has no access to this but I know several contractors that worked on it when it was built and there’s a bunch of additional underground structures there for sure. Did you know that if Washington D.C. is ever unable to function as the Capitol of the U.S., Denver automatically becomes the new U.S. Capitol of our country. Anyhow Denver is one of the safest places to be in times of trouble whether from climate issues or conflict based on where we are. Not to go to far into this but the Federal Center which has been here (and is only about 3 miles from our house) since we were kids, has has numerous upgrades in the past 5 years. It too is really big spanning at least a 6 or 8 square mile area. First was the construction of St Anthony’s Hospital (a brand new hospital with the most advanced equipment ever), the addition of over 5000 solar panels making the complex capable of powering itself off the grid, a bunch of new buildings with no windows, and the relocation of about half of the CIA from Washington D.C. to Denver. That’s right, we now have a lot of spooks right here in the mile high city. The joke is it should make for a good Halloween.

Anyhow the point is, our government has been busy preparing for hard and uncertain times ahead, why aren’t you? I could go on and on but I think you get my point. We (the city) also just completed a 2 day disaster drill in Denver that cost tens of millions of dollars and spanned the whole city from downtown to the airport to Colorado Springs and the Norad (North American Air Defense) facility which is over 60 miles away. They say it was the largest disaster drill ever conducted by our government. Police, Fire, many branches of the military and numerous government agency’s all participated. Military helicopters have been buzzing overhead for days and even shopping malls were part of the drill. The activity was so big they had to give warnings on the news for a few days ahead of time so people wouldn’t freak out. Anyhow I guess it’s good to see we’re preparing for the worst here, just in case.

Well I tried to get the misses to write today but she’s been busy with that damn dog trying to get him to eat. It’s going to be hot again so the kids will be out in full force. It’s almost 8:30 and hopefully we’ll be off to exercise by 9. Hope you all are well, take care and God Bless.

p.s. the new show Pan Am about stewardesses (yes that’s what they called them back then) is on tonight! The misses is excited to watch it and see how they portray them just for fun! I’ll be watching football but let you know if the misses puts on her uniform to watch the show!

I woke up at 5am as usual but instead of grabbing the computer, I decided to read the paper and then go to the gym. It’s now 8am and after an hour of weightlifting and 20 minutes of cardio plus a stop at the grocery store, I’m ready to get going.

I had to laugh at Aunt Robi’s (my little sister) comment about yesterdays post. For those of you that missed it, she said “well after reading that, I’m glad I don’t have any money!”.

While this is funny, everyone could soon be in the same boat but enough doom and gloom as today it’s Saturday! We need to be at the little guys soccer game by 10am and before then need to buy snacks as it’s our week. Yesterday Mom was gone almost the whole day so it was the boys and I until about 5pm. My life long good friend Harry showed up to join us for dinner. He’s from Colfax CA and here doing some work for his little sister. It’s always good to see him. We had a little drama last night as it seems Bunkie (the little diabetic dog) ate some rat poisoning. Now I don’t know why L.O.L. had rat poison out but that damn dog ate it! He threw up (good sign) and was drinking lots of water. The misses called emergency (vets) who said “bring him in”. After the misses reviewed all the facts, i.e. when he ate it, is he eating and drinking, etc, she decided he didn’t need to go in and we’d just monitor him throughout the night. She’s down there now and good news is he made it through the night. On top of that, Mojo the giant malamute, was howling all freakin night! Finally at 3am, we brought him in. Needless to say, we didn’t get much sleep.

Well the “space junk” (sounds like a strip bar from Star Wars) apparently missed us as we’re still here. Nice that they can’t even tell where it’s going to hit. They probably should have thought about it coming down before they sent it up! This afternoon after soccer I need to do some work as I have a lot to do and I’m basically changing the way the company operates. Wish me luck on this one, it’s pretty radical. I had the lawn guys (great mexican kids that mow for $20 a week which is cheaper than we can do it) skip us yesterday as the grass isn’t that long and it saves $20! We’re all also getting real excited for our upcoming trip.

Mom just got home and everyone is fine but L.O.L. has a cold. At 90 years old, this isn’t an easy thing, now we’ll have to watch her. I think my Mom’s 78 or so but she seems 25 or 30 years younger than June (L.O.L., stands for little old lady). This isn’t a knock on June but rather a testament to how good my Mom looks and gets around. She just seems like she’s from another younger generation. I’m sure my Mom will live to at least 100 the way she’s going. She does need to exercise more though, are you listening Mom? Uncle T quit smoking about a week ago, yea! From what I know, he’s still going strong, hope I’m right.

Well time to hit the showers as I need to be at the bank by 9am and then as I said earlier, have to get snacks for the soccer game. Hope you all are having a good weekend. Tomorrow I’ll make the misses write as I’m sure you miss her musings.

Take care and God Bless,

Well today’s the day, about 26 chunks from an old satellite totaling 300+ pounds  will smash into our planet sometime this afternoon. NASA can’t seem to tell us where until about 2 hours before it hits, and then they can only estimate, so keep your head up and your eyes open!

Yesterday Special Persons Day was fun from what I’m told. I guess the little guy was at the computer lab so there was not much interaction with him, but in the oldest ones class there was a lot of participation by Aunt B and Uncle T and the rest of the “special people”. Thanks much to both of them for going.

Today the dogs go to the groomer which is far overdue. We are also splurging with having the house cleaned by a professional! This includes base boards, light fixtures, floors washed, etc. You know, all the stuff you can never get to on a regular basis. I have a bunch of calls and the misses is getting her hair done this afternoon.

Yesterday was filled with the usual playing by the boys and right around dinner time our neighbor (and former lifeguard at the pool) Alex, stopped by to tighten the boys “trucks” which are the wheels on their skate boards. Alex is quite the cool guy to our boys. He’s 19 and now in college and a really good kid as he always spent time with the boys and also taught swim lessons. He rides his skate board past our home almost daily. The misses and I laugh as he always calls us “sir” and addresses the misses as “Misses F”. When he was leaving last night the little one yelled out the door, “hey Alex, remember I much prefer you without glasses and a beard”! This was hilarious. He was wearing his glasses which he normally doesn’t and had a day or two’s growth of whiskers. Anyhow the kids look up to him and thankfully he’s a well balanced polite role model for the boys.

Now to politics and the economy, how’d ya like that 500 point drop yesterday? We ended the day down 391 but the past two days have been the worst 3rd session in the history of the market. We’ll see how today turns out. It might go up but if it does, remember it’s all being propped up by the government mortgaging our children’s and nations future. Check this out, those of you with ANY money in the stock market, 401K or mutual fund, had better read this carefully and ask questions if you don’t understand. Say what you will but time is running out. The government is counting on you to leave your money where it is and to “trust them”. Now I understand how hard it is to get to the point where you have no faith or trust in a government that you’ve lived with all your life, but there are too many people who manage huge sums of money telling you everyday to “get out” of the market and you’d better listen. I fear for people like my Mom who I think won’t do anything until it’s too late. Part of it is she doesn’t know what to do and I’m sure thinks I’m overreacting. So do me a favor and find the smartest person you know that works in the financial sector (not someone where you have money like your stock broker or mutual fund manager as they have an interest in you leaving your money where it is) that you really trust and ask them what to do. I’ll bet they too will tell you to get most of your money out of the market now. You can always put it back in, what do you have to lose? Think about it, if I and the brightest financial minds in the World (Nobel prize winning economists, Warren Buffet, George Soros, and moreetc.) are wrong, you might miss out on 1 or 2% in gains. If I and the experts are right, you could lose 50-90% of your savings! Seems like a no brainer to me. Anyhow here’s a exert from a Wall Street expert, at least read it,

“JP Morgan is trading this morning at prices seen in 2008 after Lehman’s failure.  So is Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citibank and others.  And this morning - now FedEx is as well!

A couple of weeks ago I opined that were you caught “long” equities you’d likely get another opportunity to unload them at reasonable prices before all hell broke loose.  It appears that yesterday was that opportunity in the morning, as we’re now trading seventy S&P points, or about 6.6%, below where we were yesterday morning.  You’ve once again had your 401k and IRA whacked by the incessant lies and scams promulgated by your government and the “financial wizards” who seduced you back into the markets with half-truths and siren songs.

The market opened this morning down 300+ DOW points and the VIX slammed through the 40 level.  There will clearly be bounces along the line but as things stand right now the underlying financial conditions have not changed one iota from where they were in 2007.  Instead of allowing those who were overlevered to go bust and have capitalism do what it does best – creative destruction of the foolish – we instead took private effectively-defaulted risk and transferred it to the public balance sheet.

But that’s a scam – it simply moves the deck chairs on the economic Titanic, because governments can only raise funds through two means: They can borrow money (increasing leverage) or they can tax it (decreasing consumption or investment by private parties.)  The obvious “borrow it” choice was made here in the US and elsewhere, but just as with private borrowing government borrowing has limits and we’re now running into them, and deficit spending creates false demand signals in the economy that must eventually end.

Recognition that you’ve been scammed can be a truly ugly thing.  It is usually violent at an emotional and financial level, and more often than one would like it has a habit of being violent in the physical sense as well.

Well, America (and the world), you’ve been scammed by the financial institutions and governments for the last 30 years.  2008 was the first spasm of recognition but was short-circuited by…. you guessed it…. even more scams.  Rather than demand truth and an end to the games the American consumer lapped up the frauds and schemes of the politicians on both sides of the aisle who conspired with the financiers to rip you off once again.”

Don’t believe me, here’s another noted economist warning you!! You’d better read this, PLEASE!

The Fed Disappointed… The Great Collapse Is Here

Today at school is Special Persons Day for both boys. Aunt B and Uncle T will be heading off to school for an appearance in the little guys classroom from 9 until 9:30 and then the oldest ones from 9:30 to 10. Both boys are thrilled they’re coming.

Mom works from 7:15 until 2:30 while I need to be in Boulder by 9am. Lot’s going on around here trying to get ready to leave in about a week. The misses and I picked up the boys at 2:45 yesterday and came home to begin their homework. Once that was finished they headed outside for some exercise. The man up the street who must be in his mid-thirties, just got out of the hospital. He had (or still has) some kind of virus that the doctors couldn’t find that was pretty serious. He was in ICU for 2 days and is now told he cannot raise his heart rate for a month! I guess he could have died. We asked him what he had and if it was contagious and he said the doctors don’t know what it was or if he’s still contagious. What? Here’s this guy hanging out on the street with all the neighborhood kids who could potentially be contagious? What’s he thinking? Upon hearing this, the misses and I called both boys home and told them in no uncertain terms to stay away from him. This was made more difficult by him walking down the street with his 4 year old and hanging out on our sidewalk while all the kids play. I had to bite my tongue to stop from telling him to get away from the kids. Some people just don’t have much common sense. Next up our next door neighbor tells us his wife Dee has some elevated enzymes or something in her liver and has to have a biopsy next month. They keep her awake, have her take a big breath in, hold it and then puncture her with a huge needle right into her liver! He said one of the big worries is that people that have this procedure often have ongoing pain from it for the rest of their life. We’re hoping she’s ok.

Now what does this all mean to you and I? Well it means life’s short, don’t waste any time and cherish each day. In this vein, the misses and I are really questioning how we want to spend the rest of our life. What I mean here is how do we want the kids to grow up and how do we want to grow old. We’re not sure we want to just keep toiling away at our same old jobs and end up living in this house, just getting by, doing the same thing for the next 20 years. Another consideration is whether or not my Company is going to “break out” of where we are now. Yes I own a lot of stock (I’m worth millions on paper but you can’t eat that!) but this “just getting by” thing each year is not cutting it. We do have a national launch of our Andrea Bocelli brand in Costco November 1st which everyone thinks (hopes) will be a big success and take us to the next level. The misses and I decided about a month ago we’d give it until about mid 2012 and if things are not really headed up, I would then seriously consider some new opportunities. I do have some offers from time to time from different companies in and out of my industry. I’ve always been self employed and am not really afraid of starting something new. They (the smart people) say the future is in agriculture and energy. We’ve been told we’re crazy but we’d love to live on some sort of farm or ranch where we can raise animals and have a more full filling life where you actually produce something tangible. U.S. beef exports are up a bunch and prices are up 20%! There’s also a huge demand for beef raised without antibiotics from small ranchers rather than the big feed lot companies that cannot control the health of their cattle. Now don’t worry, we don’t think this can support a living but we’d love to live that lifestyle. If we lived in Europe, we’d have vineyards for sure. Who knows, the way the country and the economy is going, we might not have any choice and we all might be forced into this type of lifestyle, like it or not. Anyhow, we’ll keep you posted.

So don’t freak out but I can tell you one thing, we won’t be sitting here doing the same thing this time next year if things are not a whole lot better. Times a wasting, as they say.

Take care, God Bless and have a great day,

Wednesday, the middle of the week, who came up with “hump day” anyhow. I could give you some answers but the misses would tell me people don’t understand when I’m joking. Anyhow, it’s September 21st and the official first day of fall this year is the 23rd. Did you know it changes every year? There you go, you learned something today.

Yesterday the boys had a good day at school and I picked them up about 15 minutes early to head over to the dermatologist. Chelsey (one of our dermatologist/friends) gave us some cream for the trip, checked out the little guys leg and froze off a bunch of bumps on the oldest ones elbows. He was really brave and earned some ice cream for being so. Mom was slammed at work. I stopped by and she didn’t have time to breathe it was so busy. She arrived home a little after 5 right on cue. I was cleaning up the kitchen and then she threw some chicken and pizza in the oven.

Today she’s off and still getting some much needed rest. It’s still getting cool outside and is refreshing in the morning when I go get the paper. I need to run to get a haircut the morning and the misses is also going to the dermatologist. We should both be back by noon at the latest. I know there’s more to write but I don’t really have the energy to jump into politics. Not much has changed, the country is still broke, dems and republicans are still fighting like school kids, and the rest of the World isn’t doing much better. Look out because Greece could default anytime now, they (Europe) can’t keep throwing money at it, it’s just not working.

Oh well, whatever will happen will happen. I’ll try to get the misses to write some when she comes down so you can hear what she’s been up to. I just woke her up and here she comes.

Good morning, both dogs are in the house.  The big dog is resting on my feet…yes, on my feet not at my feet. I have to say his fur is warmer than slippers.

Another day off to clean house.  It seems the house never stays clean. The clutter…homework, sweatshirts, shoes, junk mail, etc. is never ending. Did I mention dog hair? So, my morning will start with de-cluttering, cleaning bathrooms and chasing dog hair.  Wish me luck. I also need to exercise the pups and myself sometime today.

The boys were on their scooters and bikes for a couple of hours as usual with a quick “Pit stop” for dinner. I once again blended a couple of peeled zucchini into the marinara sauce and they were none the wiser. I’m sure at some point when they read this they will say “Mom” with two syllables. Oh well, I do what I can do.

Love and hugs to all and God bless

LLF

There’s 100 or 101 days left in the year, my how time flies. Here’s a bunch of small paragraphs today on different subjects. ready, set, go,

We all went up to Grandma’s last night for some chili and a last visit with Tasha and Aviak and her new boyfriend who Grandma calls Darrell. (his name is actually Derrick) Today they fly to St Louis for 3 or 4 days before heading back to Hawaii. Little Aviak, who’s 4 years old, sure is a cutie.

Yesterday we stopped in to tell each of the boys teachers about our upcoming trip to make sure we get homework and other instructions to keep the boys on track. All their teachers were very supportive and said they’re not worried about either of the boys missing time at all. In fact some said not to take any homework. We will keep daily reading, math and spelling going just to make sure we don’t fall back at all. We’re all getting excited to go and are planning out our days.

Our trip to the passport agency was pretty painless. We left at 7:20 for the long drive across town and arrived about 8:10. Our appointment was for 8:30 but they took us in right away. After about 10 minutes we were out the door and told our passports would arrive in 3 to 5 days by mail. We had the boys to school by 9:20 so overall they just missed an hour. I need to send Grandma’s in and get it renewed so she can take a trip with us next year. We hope she’ll be up for it by then.

Lacey our lab had us up at 1:30 with an itchy ear and again at 4:45. Looks like we need to take her in to get some ear infection medicine. Both dogs could also use a trip to the groomer as well.

Today after school I’m taking both boys to the dermatologist. The little guys leg (poison ivy or whatever) is still bothering him and the oldest has bumps all over his elbows. The misses works today from 9:30 until 5 so we should all arrive home just about the same time.

It’s much cooler today with the high in the mid 60’s so the snow can’t be far behind. It should be back in the 80’s by the end of the week though which is good as the misses and I need to run up to Vail to get some more stuff out of the town home and get the license tabs for the suburban. We have a few leads on the town home and hopefully it’ll sell.

Obama’s a socialist, enough said. Some I know think he’s a communist.

Christmas decorations and toys are already hitting the stores. I guess they think if they get it out there earlier, they’ll sell more. I don’t know about you but if it doesn’t have some long term value or use, it’s not on our list. No cheap plastic toys from China anymore.

That’s about it from here, time to run and get some exercise in before everyone wakes up. Hope all’s well, take care, get ready as Greece will default any day now (surprised it’s not today!), and prices are going to keep on going up.

God Bless,

Yesterday was jammed packed and it continues this morning. We all need to leave for our appointment at the passport agency by a little after 7. We need to be there at 8:30 and then we’ll rush the boys back to school.

Yesterday we were at the 5K run by 8am and the boys and Mom started the race at 9 sharp. I dropped them off and headed home to clean the house and run a few errands as there was no way to watch them. After picking up the kids passport photos I dropped off a guitar at Grandma’s who wanted to borrow one for Tasha’s new boyfriend to play. Mom and the boys all arrived home a little after 10am and I was just finishing up vacuuming the rugs and floors. We left for the game around 1:15 and were in our seats 15 minutes before the game started. They had a special ceremony for former player Shannon Sharpe. This was fun to see and after that they had 4 paratroopers jump from a plane and land in the middle of the stadium. Pre game was capped off with the national anthem and then 4 Air Force jets screaming right over our heads. The boys loved this! Pre game ceremonies like these are always the best part. The game was a good one but we left at the beginning of the 4th quarter. We wanted to beat the traffic as we had a bbq down at Uncle T and Aunt B’s withGrandma, Aunt Shelly, Tasha, Aviak and her new boyfriend. I was stuck on the phone so the misses and the boys went down before me. When I arrived everyone was eating so I grabbed a plate and joined in. Soon it was after 7pm and I needed to get the boys home and ready for bed.

We all have a couple of big weeks as two week from today we’re off to Italy. We’re hoping for good weather but to be truthful, are just happy to go no matter what the weather. I need to wake the misses so she gets a head start on the boys. No politics today, I thought I’d get a comment or two from yesterday’s post but everyone must be used to me by now. I’ll leave it up to each of you to decide what’s really going on. As I said before (and this is one of the greatest issues we face) no matter what facts are out there, no one really changes their minds, especially on the republican or democratic side. I guess that’s why they say the independents decide the elections. Contrary to what you might think, that’s what the misses and I are, independents. We’re not registered with either party so looks like the two of us will be picking the next President! Chew on that for the day! Your future is in our hands.

Alright, take care, stay healthy and safe and have a great day, God Bless

Well, Lacey the lab had us up all night. First I was up at 2 and then 3 letting her out as she was barking (the misses says it was 12 and 2) and then the better half was up at 4 and I think 5 doing the same. It’s now 5am and I also woke up. She was also up (I think) a time or two with the little guy. I’m thinking of cleaning the kitchen but I don’t want to make too much noise.

Yesterday we headed out in the morning to the Fort for the mountain man rendezvous and then stopped in Morrison for lunch. We made it home just in time to change and head out to the little guys soccer game. When we arrived it began to rain with one of those pelting type rains that are common in the fall. Thankfully this soon subsided and the game continued. He and his team played well and the game ended in a 1 to 1 tie. We made it home and the boys hit the street on their bikes while Mom made some dinner. She made risotto seasoned with parmesan cheese along with steak which was a great meal and a perfect fit the cooler fall afternoon. The night was topped off with fresh blueberry pie and ice cream and then a few games of cards before bed.

Today the 5K race starts at 8am so the kids will have to get up by 6:30 or so. After that we’ll be home for a few hours before heading to the football game. Next we’ll stop by to see Tasha, Aviak and her new boyfriend from Hawaii.

I normally don’t like to jump into politics on a Sunday but now we have Obumer coming out with some new taxes that in theory sound good but in reality are all about politics. He wants to call it the “Buffet rule” after Warren Buffet saying that the “supposedly rich” need to pay more. Now I’m certainly not one of the “rich” so I have no vested interest in arguing for them, but in reality they already pay more than their fare share. The President knows this it’s just that it doesn’t make for good sound bites to say “let’s tax the middle class more”. Don’t believe me, well here’s the cover story from the Washington Post which is an extremely liberal newspaper, check it out,

Ever-increasing tax breaks for U.S. families eclipse benefits for special interests

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