A Year of Change

I ran down to Denver yesterday to get Ty some birthday presents. Only about 80 hours until kickoff! Should be a good game. The city is pumped! Ticket prices are going up daily. We’re still underdogs, but that’s ok.

Nice week up here. Ty’s already on the way to work and Lori’s getting ready. I’ll head out to the gym shortly.

I-70 was closed yesterday until around 3pm as a guy from Denver, that they was trafficking kids, shot a guy in Denver over a cell phone and made it up here. He was engaged by the Sherriff Department around 4am, shot a hostage and at deputies and then took off on foot. The hostage ended up at the hospital where Lori works. This was near Glenwood Canyon so everything shut down and our guys began to search for him. Armed and dangerous meant we went in full bore. They caught the guy, an illegal, around 2pm. This was another direct result of the past administrations immigration policy, nice. If Kamala won, they’d have pardoned him by now and had him at the White House for a photo op. After all, he’s just a noble citizen, of Mexico, who happens to really like kids and was transporting them over the border for a better life, and was just getting reimbursed for his expenses. He had to shoot people who got in his way as any American was a threat and going to harm these little kids. At least that’d be the Dems version of things. Unbelievable.

Oh well, another day, time to get back at it. Be well, stay safe, and if you see any illegals, shooting people, who are transporting little kids against their will, remember, he’s just a good citizen and you should probably help him!

God Bless.

The time is set. 2:30 January 17th, Saturday afternoon. Broncos-Bills. Bring it on. Won’t be an easy game but we are the better team. They have the better quarterback. Should be one for the history books.

Sunny and warm up here this week and looks like it’ll be that way down in Denver on Saturday. We’ll go down and tailgate before the game.

Ty’s getting ready for work again this morning. I think he’s had one day off out of the past ten. Lori is back at the hospital today and I’ll be doing my thing too.

That’s it for today. Take charge of the day and crush it! God Bless.

Next Saturday, January 17th, Ty’s birthday, it’s the Broncos and the Bills in the AFC Divisional Championship Game. Looks like it’ll be a 2 or 2:30 start. The Bills are favored by 1.5 points as of last night. Here we go. Should be a good game. We’re glad it’s on Saturday as then we have a day to recoup.

Yesterday we watched all three games on and off. At 6pm, we went up to Davy and Abbey’s for dinner and to watch the first half of the night game. Violet, their 16-year-old daughter, was driving back from dance in Denver the night before last, and came out of the tunnel, hit black ice about a mile down towards Silverthorne, lost control of her car, and ended up totaling the car! She’s fine but really shaken up, as she should be. Should be a wakeup call as after talking with her, I’m sure she’s going to turn into a cautious driver. She’s a really good kid and we’re all glad she was ok.

I’m back at it this morning at work starting with calls at 10am. These days I’m tackling the days head on, with no hesitation and no excuses. I’m making even more dramatic changes quickly and going all in with my plan. I might end up now replacing three employees go, (was going with one, maybe two), two which have been here over 20 years and one that’s been here 12 or so. Shit’s going down. Whatever happens, no way I’m standing pat with the status quo. I’ll be interviewing some big-time experienced industry pros during the week. Lots of good talent out there these days with all the changes in the industry and the state of the economy, and frankly, the entire World. Josh talked to a few candidates last week. More to come on this front, quickly.

Ty was at Keystone yesterday after working six days in a row and is back at work at 7 this morning. The kid is putting in the hours. Tax week, ugh, where we all get to send the govt. more money and get nothing in return. Something, someday, has to give, one would hope.

6:15am now, time to get moving. I’m all in at the gym too. No more fucking around. Lots more changes and life shifts going on that are too numerous or uninteresting to you all, to get into to. Have a great day, be well, stay safe, Go Broncos and God Bless.

Nice outside but close to zero. Still, not that cold though. We had the heat turned off in the house last night so it’s a nice 65 degrees inside right now. Looks like a week of mid 40-degree temps up here.

Ty worked until 2am and strolled in sometime after 3. We’re not sure exactly when he made it home. He stopped to see a girl on the way home. He’s 21 years old you know.

Good football games yesterday. Can’t believe the Bears came back and beat the Packers. Three more games today. We’re going up to Davy and Abbey’s (next door) this afternoon.

Here’s a great story, our local 41-year-old girl, who had been retired from ski racing for almost 5 years, won another World Cup race! No one really cares outside of the ski community and us living in the valley, but we like our two World Cup Skiing Champions as they both are from and live here. It just goes to show you that if you put your mind to something, you can probably do it! Lindsey Vonn is on a roll, and of course, Mikela has been at the top of her game for years. When you get off the highway to drive into Edwards, where Ty works and where our gym is, there’s a big sign that says, “Home of Mikela Shiffrin”. We like them because they’re just regular girls, although Lindsey did go through her Hollywood phase when she first retired. We see them both around town on a regular basis. Good for them!

Lots going on at work. Big changes are happening. It’s almost mid-January, which means at most, we have about 90 days of winter left. We have to figure out when we can go to the Stock Show. Looks like we’ll go during the week as we’ll be at the game next weekend.

7:30am now. We were up around 3 seeing if Ty was home or where he was. You still worry about your kids even though they’re 21 and 24 years old. Ty’s birthday is next Saturday! 22 years old, wow.

Time to get it on. Have a great Sunday. Be well, stay safe and God Bless.

Lots of ski traffic headed up to see us! Traffic is at a standstill on the news. Ty worked a long day yesterday and is still sleeping. Today, or tonight, he’s working a private party from 4pm until 1am! The kid is putting in the hours. I think he’s worked every day this week.

Says it’s 2 degrees outside but who knows. I’m still fine in gym shorts. I must be conditioned to it. It is sunny with blue sky and beautiful.

The paid protestors are showing up in lots of cities. If you go to social media, there are even posts of protesters admitting they’re being paid. The paid actors incite others who don’t think for themselves. if you really look at the video, the shooting in Minnesota was justified. I’m sure none of these people had ever stood in front of a vehicle that drove towards them. Again, FAFO.

Football today! Finally. We have three days of games, as the NFL wants to milk it as long as they can. We will know by tomorrow night who we play next weekend. Not sure if we’re going to play on Saturday or Sunday. We could get some snow! Wouldn’t that be fun!

That’s about it, 8am now as we slept in. Not sure if we’re going to the gym or not. I need to see how Lori is feeling. Have a great Saturday and God Bless.

Had some snow last night, not a lot at the house, maybe an inch, but it is snow. Good news is, there’s more higher up on the mountains which is good. I’ve already shoveled the driveway and cleaned off the cars. It’ll probably all be melted by noon.

The Dems are at it again. Radical leftists are assaulting and impeding law enforcement operations in blue cities and when they end up shot and sometimes killed, they blame law enforcement. Paid Marxist organizations are on the streets within hours with professional signs that have been made for the usually angry middle aged white women and older men who are getting paid $50 an hour to protest. The only problem is if you look at social media, Facebook, X, Tik Tok and others, the people are overwhelmingly in support of law enforcement. We were scammed once with the George Floyd thing and aren’t falling for it again. For any radical domestic terrorist that gets shot or killed, well, fuck around and find out. That’s what the title of today’s post is! I don’t have much sympathy, (really don’t have any), as I was raised to respect law enforcement and follow the law. If you have a problem with anything, you take it up with the system meaning in court. No one I know would ever think of not following orders from the police, I mean, think about it, they have guns and can arrest you! Enough said.

My work calls are going well. I start up again at 9am and then have a break until noon until 2. Lori had her first PT appointment yesterday. She’s a little sore but it helped.

Iran has cut off the internet in the Country to the World as the people are rising up. That’s going to get ugly (already is), as there are protests in 31 cities and the government is already killing the people, men, women and children. This could be it for the regime. Trump has said we’ll go in and save the people if they start killing them. There’s one thing you know about Trump, he will do what he says he’ll do. That seems to be a shock to some people, here and around the World. You’d think by now, they’d believe him, I would.

6:30am, time to get to the gym. We’re doing well. I’m on day 9 or so without any sugar and gluten. I’m feeling really good. Think I’m in a groove now. Have a great day, God Bless.

I think I have 3 or 4 one-hour calls scheduled each of the next two days. I’m presenting everyone on the Team their 2026 goals. I’ll probably get some push back, but the job is the job. If someone feels they can’t hit the numbers, better to know now and part ways. That’s pretty harsh as most everyone has been here for 20 years, but it is what it is. Sadly, I can’t afford to keep anyone that can’t do the job that’s needed for the Company to succeed. Things are different these days, as we all know.

Ty’s off to work and Lori is home today. She does have PT at noon. I’m working out with my trainer at 8. It’s leg day! Tommy picked up a new hat yesterday along with some shirts at the western store. I just happen to call him when he was there. My friend Tiffany helped him out. Good for him.

Looks like snow in Denver today and tomorrow. Lori was thinking of going down to see Jagger on Saturday, but we’ll need to see how the weather is.

Shooting outside a church in Utah yesterday, they think is was a targeted attack. An ICE agent shot a woman in Minnesota when she was driving her car towards agents. Some people say she was just driving away. No matter what, and even if the ICE agent involved was in the wrong, this doesn’t make every single ICE agent in the Country a criminal. That’s what the Dems will have you believe, don’t fall for it.

Kristin, Lori’s pseudo sister, was at a protest against Gavin Newsom yesterday! This is huge as she’s a die-hard Dem. She lost her home in the Palisades fire. Typically, that was a big deal with all the Dems talking big on tv on how they were going to help the people and rebuild, but just like everything else, when the cameras went away, so did the Democrats. They even had a concert that raised over $100 million dollars, but Kristin and her neighbors didn’t see one cent. A lot went to diversity though! That helped all those people whose house was burned to the ground, right? (sarcasm in case you’re not sure) I told Kristin the day after the fire, to sell her lot, move and rebuild, but she was sure that Newsom and the Dems were going to take care of her. That was a year and a day ago, and no help has arrived. I’m shocked that she and her neighbors are shocked at this outcome. Sometimes it’s hard to see what’s happening right in front of you when you’re right in the middle of it. We feel really bad for her and wish she’d just leave, but we don’t think she will. I get it as that’s where her life is. At least she now knows, the government isn’t coming to save her. They never do, anywhere.

Time to get rolling. I need to leave for the gym in 45 minutes. Have a great Thursday and God Bless.

We’re all back in the full swing of things. I have a couple calls with France this morning and then a bunch of work the rest of the day before calls Thursday and Friday. It’s kind of exciting as I’ve changed just about the way we do every thing at work. Hope it works, ha! Just kidding, it’s already working and for sure will as it’s all based on facts, math and analytics.

I had a hearing test yesterday. They put you in a little booth with and play all kinds of situations from being in a crowd to static sounds, and lots of beeps and different pitches and then you either have to repeat the words or press a button when you hear a beep. I thought I did well, but apparently I have hearing loss. Of course, I knew that, just didn’t know to what extent. The doctor says I need hearing aids as when you lose hearing it affects a nerve that goes to your brain and if that nerve gets damaged, it’s easier to get dementia! What the fuck? So, looks like I’ll be getting some. She told me she only needs six hours a day of me wearing them, which is doable as I’m up at 5. James has them too and this is the same doc he saw. He said they’re great and to for sure get them. You can hear music through them, talk on your phone through them and even your computer. Think of them as a monitor that musicians or secret service guys use. They’re super high tech. Hell, I might have got them even if I didn’t have hearing loss! My buddy, who is six or seven years younger than me, says I’m going to love them too as he’s had them for 15 years! I was shocked as I never noticed he wore them. They’re so small now and have an AI chip and you don’t even see them. It’s a small fiber optic wire not much thicker than a needle. Only bad thing is they’re $7300 a pair and insurance doesn’t cover them, ugh. I should get them at the end of the month. She told me it has nothing to do with getting old but rather exposure to firearms and loud music my whole life. As if that’s supposed to make me feel better, ha. Well, it could be worse, I’ll embrace and own it as no one wants dementia. Lori can’t hear out of one ear so she needs to go in too. The doctor did say the covid shot gave a lot of people tinnitus, no doubt about it. Lori has it (ringing in both ears) ever since she got the shot. Mine is from hunting.

Ty’s getting ready for work. Lori too and I’m off to the gym in 30 minutes. I’m on a roll with the no sugar thing and I’m doing four sets of 100 reps of ab exercises every day, and it seems to be working. It’s only been seven days so I’m excited to see where I’ll be at the end of the month.

Snow in Denver Thursday night and Friday morning. Of course the Stock Show starts Saturday. We’ll get a few inches here at the house but not too much, according to the news. No big, we need it and we’re already on the back side of winter.

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

The roads to Vail were super slick and icy yesterday morning. I think it took Lori almost 2 hours to make the 40-minute drive. By noon, the roads were fine. We did have a dusting of snow last night, which I’ve already shoveled. Think a little more is headed our way Thursday or Friday. Bring it on.

I have a hearing test today at 12:15. My buddy, who is the ENT doctor, told me to go get one. I know I can’t hear well out of either ear, but don’t really want a hearing aid. Most crap said by people these days isn’t much worth hearing anyhow. Still, I’ll go as he told me to.

Ty’s off to work and Lori is getting ready. Day six for me with no sugar. I really don’t miss it. In a few minutes, I’m headed back to the gym as I do every day. 6:30am now and still dark, but the days are getting longer. Should be February before we know it. The Stock Show starts on the 10th. We need to get some tickets! Robi, come on up! We’ll go to the rodeo!

Have a great day, God Bless.

Broncos won. It wasn’t real pretty, but at this point of the season, all you care about is winning. We now have two weeks to get it together to play whoever comes out of the games next weekend. The boys and Ava had fun.

Davy and Mark came over to watch the game with me. The night game was wild. Two missed kicks late in the game, and Pittsburgh and Aaron Rodgers are in the playoffs.

One of my guys at work, Jody, who has been with me for around 20 years (hard to believe), ended up in the hospital as his heart rate jumped to 227 for 5 hours! He had a previous heart issue but was doing well. He’s home now resting and should be ok.

Lorenzo, my long-time friend who started the wine company with us, some 25 years ago, had his mom pass away the other day. Her name was Franca and we loved her. I remember her holding Jagger when he was 4 months old on his first trip to Italy. We had lots of dinner parties here in the States and in Italy. I know how hard it is when your mom dies, and we feel so sorry for him. His dad has had health problems too and will for sure have a tough time with his wife of some 50 years gone. So sad.

Not really talking much about New Years resolutions, but today is day 5 with zero sugar. It’s been easier than I thought as it’s more of a mental thing than a physical thing. I think I’m almost past the mental craving part, but sugar is the worst drug there is. Can’t let my guard down, ha.

Ty stayed in Denver at Caden’s last night after the game. Good for him as he shouldn’t drive after having a few pops at the game. He’ll drive up this morning.

It’s sort of the first real workday of the new year. Not much happened on Friday as most people at the larger companies we’re off work. Lots going on for me.

6:20 am now. Lori is in the shower, and I’ll head out to the gym soon for a couple miles on the treadmill and a bunch of ab exercises. Have a great first Monday of 2026! Spring will be here soon! That’s wild to say, right! God Bless.