A Year of Change

Lots happening as usual. I did squeeze in time to hang with the guys from 4 until 5:30 for cigars. I’m sort of over smoking cigars these days, as I’ve said, but still good to see everyone.

Ty works this morning and my calls start at 8:30. I have a conference call with Italy at 10 and then should be done by 11 with my scheduled calls. I’m sure I’ll have a bunch more throughout the day.

I caught a chipmunk in one of my traps yesterday but released him unharmed (lucky guy), as I’m only after mice. I think I have most of the mice and we don’t want to get the chipmunks so I might stop using the traps outside. They all like peanut butter!

Football started last night, more tonight and then the Bronco’s on Sunday. Lori and I might go with Ty and Madi. We’ll see what the weather is like. If we stay home, Jagger and his buddy will go as Ava has a test for work.

I didn’t get to clean my office yesterday, hopefully I can today. Lori made lasagna which was good. 6:30am now so time to get moving. More shootings, stabbings, robberies and crime in Denver, nice. It used to be such a great city when we were growing up. Hard to understand why people vote democrat. If you want to be safe, move to a red State. Thankfully it seems America is waking up, everyone except the Democrats of course. Like I said yesterday, sometimes you just can’t fix stupid.

Have a great day, God Bless.

Here we go, first game is tonight and then we have another tomorrow before the Broncos play Sunday. Been a long time coming and we’re looking forward to it. We have cigars at 4, and I’ll go, but I might not smoke. I’ve cut way back these days.

Nice and cool outside this morning and last night. Perfect weather. It still gets warm during the day, like in the mid 80’s, but that’ll soon change.

Lori made it home around 7 last night and works from home the rest of the week. I have a call at 9 so I need to get going. Yesterday was a busy day, and today is shaping up that way too, God Bless.

We’re up! This morning at 4:30am! I heard the alarm on the fridge beeping and went out to check it out and then we were pretty much up for the morning. Lori works in Frisco and I’m working out at 7, so it’s ok. Can’t believe the fridge alarm is going off again. We just replaced the control board. I’ll call Joey, our repair guy, again this morning. Hopefully we don’t need to replace that again.

Looks like rain this weekend. Fall will be here soon. I’m going to tackle my office today and at least put all my books away.

Space Command is leaving Colorado and moving to Alabama, another feather in Polis’s cap, Great job Colorado (sarcasm) It’s so frustrating as the States run by Republicans are flourishing and growing while those run by Democrats are failing. You’d think they’d see a trend, but no, Democrats are just doubling down on things like supporting illegal criminals, men in women’s sports, no cash bail, and all the other issues 80% plus of America is against. Way to go guys! (more sarcasm) You just can’t fix stupid.

Graham Greene, the iconic American Indian actor, passed away yesterday after a long illness. If you don’t know who he is, you’d for sure recognize him. One of my favorite movies of his was Thunderheart with Val Kilmer some 33 years ago. He was 73, way too young.

Broncos game this Sunday! Ty wants to take friends, but we might go with him. We’ll see, we’ll probably let him go with his buddies. Football starts tomorrow.

6am now, time to get moving. Have a great day and God Bless.

Yesterday I cleaned out my closet and dresser from top to bottom. I have two big bags of mostly shirts and socks to donate. It took me until early afternoon to wrap it up. Glad to have that done. Today I’ll work on my office in between calls.

Ty is off today, and my calls start at 10 and Lori works in Vail. Nice and cool outside but it was hot yesterday. Just went to the gym for 2 miles on the treadmill and an hour or so of lifting. Need to get back on the horse with Italy coming up.

Time to hit the shower. Have a great day, take care and God Bless.

Happy Labor Day! September 1st, wow! Today signals the beginning of the end of 2025. Time flies. Hard to believe in about 120 days we’ll be celebrating 2026. Sounds surreal. We have four major holidays, at least four birthdays I can think of right now, and a change from summer to fall to winter. Here we go!

Ty works today and Lori has a Pilates session with Sara, her trainer, at 7. I’ll lift weights for an hour and then we’ll be done at 8am and go see Ty for breakfast. Football starts Thursday night, and the Broncos play in six days. 30 days from today we leave for Italy! Glad we live up here as the traffic to Denver today will be horrible.

Yesterday we went to the farmers market in Vail and have never see the village so packed with people. We didn’t stay long. Today we’ll hang around the house and clean up a bit. More shootings in Denver last night. I don’t mention it much anymore as it happens almost every single day.

We’ve pretty much decided we prefer northern Idaho over northern Montana as Montana seems to get a lot more smoke every year due to forest fires in Canada which are becoming the norm. You seem to get a lot more for your money in Idaho too. I think we’re going to work with a builder that has a lot and some plans and try to tweak the plans a bit. We’ll see. We’d like to go up and look around on the 5th with Ben and Eleni but I’m in Seattle the 11th and have a lot of work to do before then and don’t think I can swing it.

Today I’m cleaning out my closet and dresser. Need to accomplish something this weekend, ha. It was nice and cool outside last night. Must be in the 40’s, not cold, but just cool enough to let you know the weather will soon be changing.

6:21am now. Time to go water the hanging baskets outside. The news just said the Covid vaccine might be hard to get this year. Really? Who in their right mind would still get it knowing what we know now, unbelievable. Have a great last day of the three-day weekend and God Bless.

Last day of August and we’re smack dab in the middle of the 3-day weekend. Yesterday Marty and Mel came over for an early dinner and to hang out. Ty went golfing after work and was home by 8. He was paired up with a father and daughter and another guy. Our pork shoulder turned out great!

Today after the gym, we might go into town to the farmer’s market. We’ll decide later. Looks like less rain today but I did turn off the sprinklers yesterday as we’ve been getting good moisture.

Lots going on at work. All good, just lots to do. Jag did well picking his fantasy football team yesterday. He called for a little advice. We might start a family league for fun with Ava’s family.

6:40 am now, not much else to share today. Be well, God Bless.

Just started the smoker. Need it to get to 225 degrees before throwing on the pork shoulder. This is an eight-hour process to do it right, but that’s ok. Good things come to those that wait!

Tough game last night for CU. Tom and I were texting back and forth as we couldn’t stop their quarterback. We also didn’t use our last two timeouts at the end of the game. Big coaching mistake. I’m sure the internet is crushing our coach today.

Some friends want us to go to Octoberfest in Vail today, but not sure we can make it with the smoker going all day. We need to try to get to the gym too so I hope I can get the meat to 150 degrees by 9 or so. Marty and Mel are coming over later today, along with Davy and maybe Abbey. Her dad needs a stint for his heart, which he’s getting on Tuesday, so she might fly up to Michigan today.

Not sure when Ty works. It’s almost 6am now. It’s a nice Fall morning outside. Feels more like mid-September than late August, maybe even early October. Thought I heard a bear or something outside when I was getting the smoker ready. Couldn’t see anything with my flashlight but I heard him, or her. (don’t want to misgender the bear, ha)

Have a great day, it’s the first weekend of college football! God Bless.

I made it to Denver by 8:15, ran my errands and was out by 12:30. I was stuck in construction for a bit but made it to Vail around 3:15, then home by 4ish. Joey, our appliance guy, showed up around 5. The control board on our fridge is out and so is the element on our clothes dryer. He was going to check with the distributor in Denver last night to see if they had a new board for the fridge. If so, I was going to drive back down to Denver early this morning to pick it up. Thankfully, he had one in inventory at his house and will be here between 10 and 12 to get the fridge back up and running. The dryer will take a week or so, ugh. Luckily, we have another dryer in the laundry room.

I had lunch with Jagger yesterday. We had fun, as it’s always great to spend time with either of the boys. They’re sure grown up and are actually both young men if you think about it. We’re really proud of them. Hope Jag and Ava come up tomorrow for the holiday weekend. It’s Octoberfest in Vail.

Marty, Davy and I need to run out to Sylvan State Park Ranger station this morning, to swap out our hunting licenses. We’re changing units and need to do this today as the bow hunting season starts Tuesday. I tried to swap them yesterday in Denver, but both of the guys need to be there to sign.

Think I’ll throw a pork shoulder in the smoker tomorrow. We can eat off one of those for a good week or ten days. Big news is tonight is the CU Buffs home opener. Can’t wait, kickoff is at 6 tonight. Tom and I and Jag are all excited.

That’s it, nice and cool up here, about 80 today. We’ve had good rain which really helped with the fires and smoke. Have a great day and holiday weekend, God Bless.

Off to Big D at 6:30 this morning. Yesterday was quite the day. First the dryer in the master bedroom’s heating element went out and then the fridge stopped working. I took the groceries down to the neighbors and cleaned out the rest of the fridge. Thankfully the freezer kept working. Our repair guy was going to try to stop by on the way home but must have got hung up. He’ll be by today between 3 and 5.

I need to drop the truck at 8;30 and then run by the DOW, (Dept. of Wildlife), then go to the distributor for some samples, next up is a haircut and then meet up with Shultz. Hopefully I’ll be back by 3.

Ty works today and then tomorrow the holiday weekend starts. Time to run now as I need to get moving, God Bless.

My back is steadily getting better. I’m working out with my trainer at 7 trying to strengthen it some more. Ty’s off today and I told him we could go down to the range and he could use my driver. His is in for repair after he broke it a month or so ago.

Things went well at the dentist. Jag has another appointment on the 17th of September to finish it up. Our dentist was glad he came up as he said the guy in Denver was out of his mind with what he wanted to do. Funny thing is that Ryan’s office (our dentist) was the ones that referred us to the guy in Denver. To be fair, the guy Jag saw, wasn’t the actual guy they referred us to. Anyhow, he’s getting all fixed up now.

Lori works in Vail today while I have some more calls and computer work. Nice and cool up here with colors changing. It snowed up northwest of Bozeman a few days ago! The forecast says we should have less snow this winter than normal, hope they’re right. The northeast is supposed to be much colder with heavier snow. The southwest much warmer than normal. We’re right on the edge, if you believe the forecast.

Think the element in our dryer in the bedroom went out. I need to call Joey, our repairman, today. Jag took off last night around 7:30 to head home. Great to see him. He and Ava might come up for the holiday weekend. I told him we’d make dinner reservations if they do and go somewhere fun.

That’s it, time to go. Have a great day and God Bless.