A Year of Change

Not much yesterday but we’re supposed to get some today. I turned the sprinklers off a couple weeks ago so that saves money on our water bill. I was in Denver by 9am and my truck was done by noon. This put me home a little before 2. I thought about going to the gym but was sidetracked shipping some stuff off with Fed Ex.

Ty went down to Denver around noon for his concert and was home around 11:30 pm. He’s off today but back at it tomorrow. He needs to get on his room as it’s a mess. Jag received a big box from us yesterday with 3 or 4 coats and 3 or 4 pair of my old jeans (the boys love them), a pair of Bose headphones and a few other small things. He had to Uber home rather than take the train.

I’m off to Aspen this morning to run to a couple stores I need to go to. I did stop at my watch dealer yesterday as he called last week and a Rolex came in that’s hard to get. After trying it on though, I passed. It was $16,000 by the time you added in the $1400 in tax and it just didn’t do it for me. There’s a lot I can do with $16,000 other than getting a watch that I wasn’t crazy about. I’m still on the list for another one that’s about the same price, that’s a bit harder to find. My AD (authorized dealer) always puts me at the top of the list though. He’s a good guy. I sent him and his wife to Metallica in Denver in 2025 (they’re huge fans), and put him in the snake pit. Some guys wait years for an opportunity to buy a new Rolex from a dealer, but Carlos has me dialed in. Then again, some guys never get to go in the snake pit either, ha. Glad I passed. I no longer buy stuff, unless I really, really want it. I’m sort of in a purging mode rather than an adding mode these days.

Lots of misleading political ads on tv. I can’t believe how they lie and create these ads trying to show themselves as one of us, or regular people. What a joke, yet people fall for it. The school ad is the worst. It’s named “For the Kids” or something like that, when in reality it takes away our Tabor (tax) refund, that we voted on and passed, because they spent the money from the last “For the Kids” bill, on illegals rather than the kids! It’s so messed up.

That’s our State these days, time to get going. Have a great Wednesday. Take care and God Bless.

Headed down to the dealer today as I’m getting black badges on the truck today which will replace the chrome ones. Should take a few hours but they’ll give me a loaner so I can go run some errands. Ty has a concert in Denver tonight. Not sure if he’s driving back up tonight or not.

He and I worked out at our gym yesterday afternoon. We then went to Ptarmigan, which is a sporting goods store next to the gym, for some stuff. Earlier in the day I went to Lowes, REI and Whole Foods over in Silverthorne. In Denver I need to run to Cherry Creek.

Lori’s working in Vail today. If I’m lucky, I’ll be back by 2pm. Rain tomorrow, and it should be a good one. I need to run to Aspen but will see how the weather is in the morning.

Time to get moving, have a great day, GB.

What a game. We looked like crap in the first half, what’s new. Then we scored 30 in the second half to the Rams 10 points, and won the game. It rained on and off and emotions were up and down, especially for Ty and 75,000 others in the stadium. In the end though, we won, and that’s all that counts.

During the day, Lori and I boxed up a big box of coats and shoes and jeans and a few other things for Jagger. I’m sending a bunch of stuff Fed Ex today and his box is one of them. Lori did too much yesterday and is still kicking her cold. She works today but thankfully Ty is off. He must have made it home around 1 in the morning, maybe a little later.

I have to run to Frisco this morning and then box some more stuff for Fed Ex. 6:37am now so time to get moving, God Bless.

Here’s the crew at the game! Ty’s wearing his Surtain jersey from Alabama. Think Uncle Tom bought that for him for Christmas one year. Jack, on the right with the long hair, has been Ty’s friend since kindergarten. Nick and Demetri are his other two buddies. Nick lives up here in Vail and went to school with Ty. Good times!

All the experts have us losing to the L.A. Rams tonight, so I think we’re going to win! I’m much more nervous when everyone picks us to win. You never know. Ty will probably leave around noon for the game.

Yesterday we went to see the new Brad Pitt movie. Critics hate it but it was good except they could have done better with some of the AI generated animals which looked pretty fake, Still, as Robi said, it was basically one guy (Brad) and a dog and that was the whole movie. The scenery also was really beautiful which is what Alaska is, beautiful and relatively unspoiled. I’m trying to get it together to take Lori and the boys on a fishing trip to a lodge in Alaska next summer. Anyone want to go? Robi? Tom? It’ll be an epic trip.

Molly, Ty’s boss, offered him $80k a year salary, 2 weeks paid vacation, a ski pass and health insurance to stay with her. I told him that’s a huge compliment and really says something about him. He should accept and say, “I just need 90 days off at the first of the year”! Ty is indispensable at the restaurant, and we all know how hard it is to find people that are responsible and want to work, much less universally loved, reliable and competent, like Ty. He said she’s kind of freaking out having him gone for 3 months.

Jag bought some new pants yesterday and also picked up the two pair we bought him. He had a gift card for $325 bucks from us buying the pants, so he bought a sweater and a few other things. We’re sending him a box tomorrow with three of his coats for Fall. Weather will be changing soon. Fall is in the air!

That’s it, time to get moving, have a great day, God Bless and Go Broncos!

Lori’s getting better, and the good news is, I think I dodged a bullet by not getting sick! She wants to go to the gym this morning but I told her no way is she riding in the truck. She said she’ll ride in the back seat. Like that’ll stop her germs from getting to me in the front seat, no way.

Ty worked until around 10 last night and made $340 bucks in tips at the party. He’s already gone as he opens the restaurant at 7am. Robi and Bobby went to see Heart of the Beast yesterday, and said it was great. We’ll probably go to the 1pm show today, but I’ll make Lori drive her own car down, ha ha, just kidding. The theater is only a couple miles down the road. I’ll just drive with the windows open. Hopefully she’s not contagious anymore as it’s her third day on anti-biotics.

I went to cigars with a couple of the guys yesterday. Good to see them. CU plays Baylor at 10am this morning. Maybe we can pull off an upset, you never know.

Time to go, have a great Saturday and God Bless.

Lori has a cough and cold. Not sure where she picked it up, but she started a Z-Pak last night. I’m off to Glenwood this morning at 7 to have my last blood draw for my exec health program. Should be back by 8:45.

Ty’s working 15 hours today, as he has a party tonight he’s working. I have a call at 10 and then will go to the gym, if Lori’s feeling ok. Hoping I don’t get her crud.

The new Brad Pitt movie comes out today. If Lori’s feeling ok, we’ll go see it tonight or this afternoon. He was up here a week ago for a surprise viewing at our little theater.

How fun of all the places for him to come, to come here. The movie looks really good.

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

Nice this morning. Fall is on the way. Haven’t see any snow up high yet, which is not a good sign. Years ago, when hunting over Labor Day, we’d usually run into a dusting up high.

Ty’s out the door to work and Lori is making her second cup of coffee. I ran down to Denver yesterday to the car dealer. They filled up my truck with diesel which was nice. I hit Edwards, meats for $400 bucks worth of the good stuff. I then stopped at High Country Western Wear for a few pair of new jeans, hit the cigar shop and made a quick stop at Jeff and Tina’s to see their new puppy!

I left by 11am or so and was doing well until I hit Evergreen where there was a truck hauling a giant shovel for a front loader that took up both lanes! The State Patrol was escorting the truck, which was so wide, no one could pass it. Thankfully they pulled over at the chain up station at Georgetown and I was able to get by.

When I made it home, I cleaned up the house, did some laundry and put dinner in the oven. Today we’re having dino ribs which are 8″ long beef ribs! I’ll put them in around 10:30 this morning and cook them low and slow. Good football and Fall food!

Time to get moving, have a great day, football tonight! God Bless.

Overcast outside and cooler today. Supposedly even cooler tomorrow. Fall officially started last night at 6pm. Lori is at the office today and Ty is already gone to work. I’m taking a break from the gym for two days as I have another blood draw Friday and intense exercise changes some results. My initial draw of 118 markers shows me with a Superscore of 90/100 saying I’m very healthy. My next draw looks for vitamin weaknesses and areas that I can tweak for longevity. Crazy how a regular blood test at your doctor is really just a small snapshot of what’s really happening in your body. This program, Superpower Health, ( go to www.superpower.com) is one of a number of the more in-depth programs out there. It uses a lot of AI but has real people that you can text anytime. For as little as a couple hundred bucks, you get ten times the insight that you do from a regular blood test that shows about 20 markers. The whole idea is to catch things before they become a problem, not after they already are. I’m paying for our employees to go on the program as a benefit. There are more expensive programs out there, (Function Health, Princton Longevity, etc.) but Superpower is affordable and accredited. Check it out.

We received an email yesterday from the homeowner’s association saying we put up our Halloween decorations too early, ha ha,WTF? Another neighbor has too. Give me a break, mind your own business. Ours are staying up. I’ll be bringing this up for sure at the next homeowner’s meeting.

Made a good chuck roast last night. We’re getting low on meat in the freezer. Time to go pick up some elk from a buddy or get some more beef from the ranch down in Gunnison.

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

After working during the day, we left around 3:30 for Red Rocks for the Bocelli concert. Traffic up Vail Pass, due to construction, was so bad, it took us an extra 45 minutes to get to Marty’s where we met up with Marty and Mel, and jumped in one truck to head down.

Chris, my AEG concert guy, hooked me up with VIP parking, so that helped. We were so late we parked a little down the hill and walked to the VIP parking lot. After the attendant checked her list and found my name, she called a van to come get us and take us up to the backstage door. I asked a guy from the tour in the van with us, to let Pete know I was here. A few minutes later he called me and asked how many were with me and I told him 4 total and he said he’d be right out.

Pete came out and brought me 4 backstage passes, and we all walked on in. Backstage at Red Rocks an iconic, almost mystical place. I’ve been backstage at shows all over the Country and this place is just special. Most people don’t know of the huge complex underneath the stage. Red Rocks has been around more than 100 years and people like the Beatles played there in 1966. Lots of people were shuffling around getting ready for the 8:20pm start. I asked Pete when the show ended so we could cut out 5 minutes ahead of the crowd. He told me 10:20 sharp.

Pete called Chris, my new AEG buddy who came to see me to say hi. He’s off to Mexico City this morning for two Elton John shows. He invited us six weeks ago, but we can’t go. He told me to let him know of any shows we want and of course, he’d hook me up. Chris is my guy that got us Garth Brooks tickets. We hung out visiting and grabbed some water from the tour catering room and headed up to the stage. They have a whole commercial kitchen and dining area underneath the stage for the crew and performers. The food was amazing, but I didn’t eat anything. On the way up to the stage, we ran into Veroncia, Andrea’s wife, who Lori and I have known since 2010. We said a quick hi as she was with some people and headed up to see where our seats were, and what was going on. The sun was still up at 7:30pm and it was beautiful. It brought back tons of memories of concerts I went to like Jethro Tull in 1971 where there were huge riots. I was 15 then so that’s like almost 55 years ago!

Here’s Lori, Marty and Mel on the stage before the show.

We made it to our seats and right before the show started, Jared, my buddy, the ENT doc/surgeon, showed up with his 12-year-old daughter Anderson. They love Bocelli and this is the second show we’ve taken Jared too. His daughter is into musical theater so she loved the show. Her dad, and his partner, who couldn’t come, are both obviously men so she really enjoyed hanging out with Lori. She’s a really sweet, together kid who had a blast. I gave her my backstage pass and she was over the moon.

The show was great and we stayed right until 5 minutes after 10 and then were up and out before the crowd who left 10 minutes later. We were in the truck and on the road and back in Silverthorne at Marty’s in a record 65 minutes. Lori and I then jumped in our truck and headed home arriving at 12:30 am sharp. Ten minutes later we were in bed for about 5 or 6 hours sleep. We’re wiped out but had a great time. Pete texted me this morning saying great to see me and thanks for making the time. That’s funny as he’s the one that made the time for me! He’s a great guy and really good friend of mine for 18 years now. We did a lot of shit and shows together over the years, and worked through a ton of issues taking care of Andrea and Veronica and had lots of great times. We always stay in touch as we’re a lot alike. I forgot to get a pic of Pete and me but we’re going to hang out next year after he wraps the current tour in February in Florida. We might fly down for the last show in Ft. Lauderdale, we’ll see. He’s already on the plane to New York this morning.

That’s it, time to get moving. We have to get to the gym. Ty works at 10. Jag’s doing well. Enjoy the day and God Bless.

Yesterday the Broncos looked like the Broncos. It took us a half or so to get going, but then we looked like we should look. Thankfully we won as our first six games are brutal. Ty had fun although one of his friends drank too much and ended up leaving halfway through the game. I told Ty, don’t take him to any more games and Ty said, “yea, I’m not hanging out with him for a while”. Good for Ty.

Meanwhile Lori worked her little butt off all day yesterday cleaning and cooking and putting up all the Halloween decorations outside. Mark came over a little before halftime and watched the game with me.

Today at 4, we’re off to Red Rocks for the Bocelli concert. It’ll be good to see Pete, my good friend who is Andrea’s personal body guard, handler, whatever you want to call him. I’ve known Pete since 2011. We’re going a bit early so we can hang out and go to some gathering backstage. The concert starts at 8 pm (wish it was a matinee, ha) so it’ll be a late night. At least the weather is supposed to be good.

7am now, time to get moving. Have a great day, God Bless.

Here’s a few pics,

Jag and his buds at the CU game in Illinois in the rain!

Ty at the game with Jude

Pre-game