A Year of Change

One week left until Halloween and the last day of October! Hold on, here we go.

Ty’s off to work and we’re getting ready for the gym. Yesterday we worked, ran some errands and I had cigars in the afternoon with the guys. Five of us showed up which is a good group.

Ty’s trip is paid for and 90 days from now he’ll be sailing on the Atlantic Ocean headed for Antigua. Marty and I went to lunch yesterday at Ty’s place and he gave Ty a really nice leather journal and a really cool wood pen that Marty actually made himself on a lathe. You have to see it to see how cool it is. The trip will be an epic, life changing, and challenging experience. Lots of stuff to do to get him ready. He’ll start scuba training as early as next week. I’m working on his flight to Cape Town. There are a couple other kids going from Denver so hopefully they’ll all be on the same flight. There’s a flight coordinator that helps students out with travel arrangements.

Lori has the fireplace going here in the living room. We sleep with the windows open, so it cools down overnight. Should be a nice Fall Day.

Time to get going, have a great Saturday. God Bless.

Happy Birthday to my little sister! Hope Vegas is treating you well.

Here in the mountains, we’ve had some good rain and cool temps. I was in Denver by 7:30am getting Lori’s snow tires on the Porsche and hit rain from about the tunnel onward when driving home. No snow here yet but you can see it up high.

Ty’s off to work and Lori and I will soon head out to the gym. We need to get Ty’s plane ticket to Cape Town South Africa today. Looks like he’ll get in at 6pm and have to get to a hotel, probably a Marriott, and then head to the boat the next morning. I’ll work on it today. Ty’s off to work stopping at Walgreens for some more passport photos for the program.

The cleaners came yesterday so the house is sparkling clean! Lots of trash to put out today from Lori cleaning Jagger’s room. That’s about it, time to get moving, have a great day, God Bless.

Off to Denver at 6am to get snow tires. Should be back before noon if all goes well. Lori and Ty are both off today. They’ll work on Ty’s trip which is in about 90 days. The cleaners are also coming today.

Crazy shit going on all over the World. Ty came home and commented how messed up things are. Everyone knows it. Things are getting out of control, and I don’t see them getting better anytime soon. Sad.

Time to get moving, have a good day, stay safe and be well, GB.

Took me until around 11am but I was finally reconnected to the World with a new phone. At first, it was stressful not being able to receive texts or calls, but by the time I was on the road to Glenwood, I was actually liking the freedom and peace of no one being able to reach me. It was like a mini vacation. I missed three conference calls and who knows how many texts and other calls, and it was great! My World didn’t fall apart (a lot of it is, just look at Europe), and not much changed. If I could, I’d go back to land lines for work and at home. As soon as I retire, I’m putting my cell phone in a drawer and only taking it out if I go somewhere. Looking forward to that day! Think I’ll start by doing that on the weekends.

Ty is off today, Lori’s getting ready for work and Jag is working away. I’m off to the gym and then will run down to Lori’s office to have a couple stitches taken out by Tiffany, Lori’s nurse. They’re from my trip to the dermatologist.

I told Ty I’d get him a new phone today as his is smashed and you can see the electronics on the back as they’re exposed. Hard to believe it even works. He wanted to wait for the new Apple Duo that comes out Friday. It’s a foldable phone that costs $2000! I told him no way, plus they’re backordered until the end of January. That pretty much sums up the problem with our Country and society in general, a $2000 phone is sold out and backordered. I’m sure 90% of the purchasers are under 25 or 30 years old too. I chose the older I-phone 17 Pro instead of the new 18 Pro. I don’t care about a fancier camera plus the 18 is huge. For me, a phone is a tool to communicate with, it’s not my whole life or a status symbol!

Cool temps coming this weekend. Not sure we’ll get snow but we should in the higher elevations. Almost 7am now. The sun comes up in 20 minutes or so. Tomorrow I’ll be on the road at this time to get snow tires put on Lori’s car.

That’s all folks! Have a great Wednesday, God Bless.

My I-phone 16 Pro, which is pretty new, won’t charge, ugh. It’s on my wireless charger in the truck now hoping to get enough of a charge to be able to transfer my stuff to a new phone. It should be under warranty, but if not, I’ll still need a new one. Ty’s is smashed up but works fine, so I’ll probably take him or at least his phone, to Glenwood with me at 8:30. Not having a phone messes up my whole day. This just shows how dependent and connected we’ve become to these devices. I miss the days before the internet, cell phones, and especially social media.

Had my cardiology appointment yesterday. Dr. Greenburg said keep doing whatever I’m doing and that losing 11 pounds has made a huge difference. I’m off any and all drugs, only my vitamins and new way of eating. Haven’t felt this good in a long time, and I usually feel really good, ha.

Lori works today and Ty is off. I have calls, but with no phone, that’s not happening. Foggy outside now but clearing up. Almost 7am so time to get moving, God Bless.

We’re so sick of all the crap on tv and social media. From politics to sports, it seems everyone is telling you how to think. It’s like they think we’re all stupid and can’t see what’s happening with our own eyes.

How about Europe! Partners and friends in France and Italy have had enough. The far left thinks they’re protesting will help countries embrace more immigrants, while everyone I know has said, we’ve had enough, deport them all. It’s so sad how they’re destroying buildings and historical landmarks that have survived and stood for centuries. These places survived two World wars, countless generations of unrest, plagues, floods, fires and more, and now you have illegals funded by far left communist organizations literally destroying history. So sad. At some point, some country is going to say enough is enough and the gloves are going to come off. No way I’m going to Europe anytime soon and am considering cancelling my January trip.

Ty’s out the door to work, Lori’s in the shower and I’ll be right behind her. I have a call at 9am and then an annual doctor appointment at 11:15. It’s beautiful outside and pretty warm right now. Looks like a nice week ahead of us.

Time to go, have a great day and week, God Bless.

Lori spent a fair amount of the afternoon cleaning Jagger’s room. You can actually walk in it now and I found a pair of my boots! It’s been full of all kinds of stuff since he moved to Chicago. Meanwhile I watched some football and did some things around the house.

Ty’s gone to work. He had a long day yesterday. The kid looks like he’s getting ready to enter some body building competition. Lori and I will head to the gym in a bit.

CU almost upset #11 Utah last night losing by a field goal. I didn’t watch it as it was a late game but good for them. Maybe that’ll shut up all the Deion haters for a while.

Great October weather up here. Temps are in the 60’s to maybe 70 during the day and in the low 30’s or high 20’s at night. That’s perfect to me.

Lots of football today and chores around the house to get ready for the upcoming week. Can’t wait for the political ads to end. They’re so exhausting and annoying.

Time to get moving, have a great Sunday. God Bless.

No snow, but cooler. Probably the coldest morning since last winter. Lori has the fireplace going. Ty’s out the door on the way to work. Tonight we need to go through all the things to start getting him ready for his sailing trip in January. I need to get him a flight to Cape Town South Africa mid-January right away

Jag is back from New York and worked from home yesterday. I think he had some friends from work over last night. He had fun and liked the city. After all, it is New York, one of the greatest, if not the best city in the World. It’s just not what it used to be 30 years ago, but for Jag having never been there, he wouldn’t know, right? Lori has some pics she might add to the post later.

We’ll head out to the gym soon and then go see Ty for coffee and probably a little breakfast. Tom is having a Halloween party tonight. He called yesterday and invited us. He thought he had let us know earlier, and we can’t make it but appreciate the invite. We’re getting Lori’s snow tires put on her Porsche next Thursday and will try to stop by his house on the way up the hill to see all the decorations.

Looks like the mid 60’s up here today, nice. Time to get moving. Have a great Saturday, about 70 days until Christmas and six days until Robi’s birthday! God Bless.

Wasn’t pretty, in fact on offense, it was downright ugly, but the Broncos win! I always say that no one remembers how you win but they always remember how you lose! Now we have about 11 days to fix Bo Nix. Still, we’re 4 and 2 after playing the toughest six game schedule in football. He needs some kind of sports psychologist as he’s nervous or lost his confidence. Still, we’re 4 and 2!

Ty’s off again today. Lori and I are going to the gym and then will do some stuff around the house.

I’m sure you’re all sick hearing about my workouts and what I eat, but here’s one more amazing fact. You can skip to the next paragraph if you want, ha. Here goes. So, my 140 biomarkers from my executive bloodwork all came back great except my cholesterol. It’s always been high my whole life. Well, my HDL (good cholesterol) on September 15th was 85, my triglycerides were 100, which is fine and the bad number, the LDL was a whopping 317. Most doctors freak out at that number, but you need to look inside the numbers. Anyhow, I decided to cut all sugar, all processed food, meaning all baked goods, fried stuff, things like chips, all saturated fat, meaning bacon, butter, whole milk, most cheese, etc. Yesterday morning, exactly one month later, I ran my blood work again. I was hoping for my LDL to drop 100 points or so, but my HDL came back at 85, which is good, tri’s dropped to 76, which is great and the bad LDL dropped to 117! This is unheard of. Lori thinks my first test was compromised or tainted as that’s an incredible drop. There’s no evidence of that and it was run twice in September though, so it seems it was right. Anyhow, incredible. The takeaway is that food is medicine and your body reacts to everything you eat, but with today’s available food from large corporations, there’s a lot of bad food out there, which can actually make you sick. For 30 days I didn’t eat anything with a bar code! That should tell you something. There you have it, I’m also down ten pounds, amazing.

Jag is home from New York. He took the 5:30pm flight to Chicago putting him home probably around 9:30 or so at home. He’s working from home today. This was his first time ever to New York, pretty amazing.

Time to get moving and head out to the gym. Have a great Friday and God Bless.

Thursday Night football! Big game as we play the Seahawks tonight. Hope we beat them. I gave the tickets to my buddy who makes my handmade cowboy boots for a $3200 pair of boots. Good trade. Thursday night games are too hard to get to for me anyhow.

Looks like some long-awaited snow here up high. Nothing at the house. Ty was off yesterday and today. Jag is working away and heads home from New York tonight. Lori works from home today.

Time to get moving. Go Broncos and God Bless.