A Year of Change

Well, I think it’s here, Fall that is. Not sure we’ll see any more 90 plus degree days. It was nice last night, and we had some good rain yesterday morning. Jag made it up last night and will drive down after his 3:20 dentist appointment. I’m going to take Ryan (our dentist) some wine, for squeezing him in. Ty is off today.

My back is almost better. Think I’ll try to go to the gym this morning before my calls start at 9am. 6:30 now. Lori works in Vail today. I ran up valley a couple of times yesterday as Ty needed some things to go golfing. Most of my day was spent on the phone. It’ll be the same today.

That’s it, time to get moving. Have a great day, God Bless.

A week from today is September 1st! Then the last third of the year begins. Yesterday while getting ready to go to the gym, I bent over and pop, my back went out. I hate it as it takes one second to go out and a good week to get better. Then when your back goes out, the rest of you tries to compensate and it too is sore or out of whack. Good news is, my left side, that was sort of out for a good week, is now back to normal. It seemed to fix itself when the rest of my back went pop. Fun times, as it radiates all the way up into your head. I’ll get over it though, just a small setback, but it does suck.

Ty works at 7, I have a call at 10 and Lori works in Vail today. Jag is coming up tomorrow as you know, for his dentist appointment. I have a couple packages to pick up at the post office today.

Had some good rain yesterday. We had a Ranger sitting in his truck at the park watching for any lightening that might have accompanied the rain. Luckily, no new fires.

Lori and I watched F1 with Brad Pitt yesterday afternoon. We saw it at the movies when it came out but watched it again as it was good, and we were just hanging out.

I have two of my guys at Burning Man all week. They go every year. You couldn’t pay me to go, but to each their own. I have a lot of phone calls this week. Lots of good things happening.

Time to go and see if I can make it through a shower with my back. The hot water seemed to help yesterday. Have a great last Monday of August. God Bless.

Vail Resorts just said the ski mountain will open November 14th. Breckenridge opens November 7th and Keystone mid-October, what? How do they know? Seems way too early for me.

Yesterday after the gym, we had breakfast with Ty, then stopped at the post office, the gun shop and then made it home just in time for the Broncos game at 11am. We looked good. Hope we have a great year.

Ty is off today, and I think he’s golfing. He does need to clean his room. I’m taking a break from lifting weights and just doing the treadmill for a while. I did 4.6 miles yesterday in 70 minutes. Hope to get 3 miles in today. Of course, you get extra steps during the day, that’s just at the gym.

Cooler this morning and again tomorrow. Jag and Ava went and picked up one of my acoustic guitars yesterday and he’ll bring it up Tuesday when he comes up for his dentist appointment. I had him get a humidifier for it as it’s an expensive guitar and I don’t want it drying out again.

Not much else going on. 7:45 now which is late for us, but it’s a Sunday and we’re not on any time schedule. Have a great day, God Bless.

Not sure how much rain we had last night (doesn’t seem like a lot) but it’s a lot less smokey outside this morning. When the rain started yesterday afternoon, it was accompanied by lightening, which is never good. Think the next week or so there’s some moisture every day with Monday being the heaviest. Hopefully it’ll slow down or put out some of the fires.

We slept in until about 6:15 and Ty was leaving for work as soon as we woke up. We’ll hit the gym this morning and then the Broncos are on at 11. I ran to Dillon yesterday and picked up some stuff at the hardware store and grocery store. Then I stopped at the hospital in Vail for some prescriptions and dropped some clothes at the dry cleaners.

I’ve had a sinus or smoke headache for 3 or 4 days now. Hoping to kick it today. I’ve been stuffed up, probably allergies. I always tell Lori; I never had allergies until I met her!

7am now, that’s about it. Have a great day, stay safe and time to get ready for Fall. The colors up high are already starting to change! God Bless.

Yesterday was hot, especially in Denver. It was 101 when we left town. Up here it was in the low 90’s. This morning, I think it’s around 70, nice.

We had a busy day in town that started with a stop at the grocery store, then the dermatologist, and finally the mall before heading over to Jag’s apartment to drop some stuff off and grab a sandwich and some ice cream. We headed out of town around 2. Traffic wasn’t bad once I made it to 6th Avenue.

I forgot to go to the guitar shop in Arvada and pick up my guitar, ugh. Jag might get it for me as he’s up here Tuesday for a dentist appointment at 4 in the afternoon. I think he needs a crown.

Ty left around 6 this morning. He golfed after work yesterday and works again tomorrow. I’m going to clean some more stuff up today around the house. Not sure what else we’re doing today or tonight. The guys had cigars last night at Ben’s, but five of us couldn’t make it or were out of town.

That’s it, time to get ready to head out to the gym. Have a great Friday, won’t be long until September! God Bless.

Well, who knew there was a day dedicated to those of us over 65 years old. Guess Robi, Bobby, Annette, Jean and I should celebrate. Tom, you have to wait until next year, bwaaaah.

Yesterday it was smokey. The Derby Fire has blown up to about 1800 acres as of last night with zero containment. They’re evacuating up near Sweetwater where James’s ranch is. Matt at the gun shop, who lives up there, said he thinks James’s place is ok, for now. I have my garage doors open right now to cool it down in there. It’ll be in the mid 90’s today and I have the garage down to about 70.

Lori and I are out of here around 7:30. We’ll see Jag after going to the dermatologist and the mall. Jag had dinner with my friend last night who sold his wealth management company for beaucoup bucks. Jag might be getting an offer from them soon. Hopefully Jag is picking between multiple offers. John was the President of Rolling Hills Country Club back in the day. He’s also good friends with the Coors family. You might remember, he was close friends with our buddy Eric Shirley, who sadly took his own life a few years ago. Eric’s dad was the CFO for Microsoft. We still miss Eric a bunch.

Ty works today at 9. Yesterday I wrapped up our internal sales plan for the company owned brands. Once the team does their part, we’ll incorporate the data into the sales plans for the Producers. Luisa and I mapped out the details of our Italy trip yesterday too. Lots of moving around but should be a good time.

6:20am now and my battery is about to die on the computer so time to go. Have a great Thursday and God Bless.

Across the highway, probably about 20 miles or so away, we have a new fire. It started as a 50-acre fire yesterday morning but was 250 acres by 9pm. Check it out,

It’s in rough terrain so it’ll be difficult to put out. It’s still burning away this morning. Fires look way more impressive at night as you can see the flames.

I have calls starting at 9. Should be done sometime this afternoon. I ended up not going to Denver yesterday as Jagger was at an energy conference. Thankfully we talked as I was just getting on the road. We’ll see him tomorrow. Lori is working from home today as Dr. B leaves for a conference sometime today.

I made a bit more progress on cleaning things up yesterday. Hope to get a little bit more done today. A little each day will get you where you want to go.

Ty works at 8 and is getting ready right now. It’s 7am now. That’s it for today, have a great day and drink lots of water, God Bless.

Denver is laying off over 1000 people. This is because the Mayor, (who’s a fucking idiot), spent all the city’s money on illegals instead of fiscally managing the city’s budget for the citizens of Denver. So now the people who work for him are going to suffer. Don’t worry though, he’ll be fine! Meanwhile out in L.A., poor Kristin, whose house burned down in the Palisades fire, has now found out she was under insured as the State Farm guy who wrote her policy left a bunch of stuff off. Guess he’s been fired. Also no one there can even think of starting to rebuild for at least 3 years. On top of that, California is saying they have to build some low income (another word for homeless shelter) housing, in the middle of their neighborhood. To be fair, the fire was early January and people’s attention span, or caring about anyone or any tragedy, usually lasts for a week or so, until the media moves on to something else. How about the victims of the flood in Texas last month? Not hearing much about that these days are we. As I’ve always said, the govt. will never be there for any of us. We’re all on our own. I told Lori when the fire happened, Kristin should sell her lot, take whatever insurance money she gets, and move. She and others, believed that people like Gavin Newsom actually cared about her when he came down for his photo op right after the fire, but obviously he could care less now as it’s not in the news anymore. So sad.

I’m off to Denver in 45 minutes to meet up with Jagger and pick up some shirts from Nordstrom that I have to get by today. I also need to pick up a guitar that’s been in for repair in Arvada for a couple months. I should be back by 3.

Yesterday I went through tons of papers in my closet, office and out on the front counter. I then purged old papers from my files and organized the rest into one expandable file to put in the safe. This was a huge job! I also cleaned up the mud room. Today, after I get back, I’ll start working on the stacks of books in my office.

Lori works in Edwards today and Ty works at 8. He and Madi went paddleboarding yesterday on the lake, fun. Jag went to an energy conference in Denver yesterday.

Trump managed to get all the European leaders together for a meeting on Ukraine. No matter what you think of the guy, he’s basically running the free World and making things happen. Dems are tripping over themselves on tv to bash him and come up with excuses and scenarios (basically lies) to try to discredit his pursuit for peace. They’re now the party of war and want the killing to continue. all for political reasons. They’re all broke and their mainstream media machine is hemorrhaging viewers and jobs, and the only thing they have is “I hate Trump”, or “Trump bad”. No Dem can tell you anything they stand for, only what they stand against, which is anything Trump is for. They’re against, free speech, safe communities, closed borders, lower prices, a thriving economy, and any other common-sense issue the majority of Americans are for. Good luck with that! Hard to believe this crap happens in 2025.

Guess that’s it for today, time to shower, grab my gun (since I’m going to Denver), and get on the road. Have a great day, be well, and God Bless

Had a good day yesterday with the boys. Ty took off early to go to the golf store, and Jag and Ava went through his room and purged a bit and then loaded up the car with some stuff. We took them to Costco and signed them up for a membership. Then we went through the store and bought them some stuff for their house. After that, we went to Hovey for lunch, had Jag’s glasses fixed at the eye store next door, and capped the day off with some ice cream. They headed out I think around 3 or so and apparently the drive was brutal.

Lori and I hung out at home and cleaned up a bit. She’s had a headache, we think from the smoke, so we took it easy. Tomorrow I’m headed to Denver. I was going today but decided to wait until tomorrow. I need to get a jump on some sales plans for a few estates in Italy.

Ty stopped by last night but them, went to spend the night with Madi as they both have the day off today. He loves his new clubs saying he can actually hit the ball the exact number of yards he wants to. He’s super happy.

6:55am, time to get moving, have a great day, GB

Fun day yesterday with both boys and Ava. After Jag and Ava made it up, we went to our local, pretty average, Mexican restaurant. Then back at the house, we all hung out. Somehow, cd’s came up and the boys wanted to check out my collection of music I collected over decades when I was younger. I brought in 3 large boxes from the garage which hadn’t been opened in over 10 years at least, and it was game on. They were like kids in a candy store. I have hundreds and many are of old music no longer available or at least, not played on the radio much. Fun for them to go through old music. There are a few that are rare that you can’t get and that streaming services like Spotify don’t have, that I’ll keep. Other than those, they can take and listen to whatever they want. Of course, some arguments over specific cd’s needed to be worked out, ha.

This morning, Ty is headed down to Denver to trade in his golf clubs (irons) for a new set. We told him we’d get him new clubs for watching Harley while we were in France and Italy. After the gym, we’re taking Jag and Ava to Costco to get them some stuff for the house, as that’s what parents do. Then we’ll go through some stuff in the garage and his room and get some things purged.

Blue sky and little to no smoke outside this morning, finally! It’s been a rough couple weeks. The fires are still going but the smoke seems to have dissipated. Good preseason Bronco’s game, even though it was backups playing. Having a strong team across the board, is essential to having a great season. Someone always gets hurt and its next man up.

I’m in Denver tomorrow picking up some shirts on sale I ordered, that came in at Nordstrom. My watch guy, (who we got tickets for he and his wife to go to the concert at the end of June and is forever in my debt), scored us the new 2025 model super rare Rolex, which is the least expensive one made, but the most difficult to get. I’m always on “the wait list” for the rare models, and if I get the call, I can pass if I don’t want it. In some cases, I’ve let other friends buy them if I pass. I’ll pick this one up though and just put it in the safe, as it’s too tough to get and is selling for almost twice as much used as new. I’d like to get two so each boy can have one down the road.

8am now, so time to get moving. Ty is headed out as the golf store opens at 10 and we’re heading to the gym. The kids will head back to Denver later today. Have a great Sunday and God Bless.