A Year of Change

No time this morning as I’m off to Big D. Jag is going back to school and Ty is getting braces. Lori and I had a stomach bug yesterday and are hoping it’s gone today. The snow has stopped but the roads are still icy. Our truck was smelling like the emergency brake was stuck on so it’ll get checked out this morning. It’s also pajama day at school and Mojo got sick at 3 am in our bedroom. That’s about it, short and sweet. God Bless

Well down in the big city, the tv says all the schools are closed. Up here in the mountains, the schools are never closed! Just another day. We have about 6 inches or maybe a bit more but I’m sure we’re getting 10 to 12 up on the mountain. I was going to head down to Denver this morning but will postpone that until to tomorrow. Jag was home sick yesterday and might be home again today. It’s Tuesday so that means clinic at Lori’s office. She came home yesterday and told me she had a patient who is a special education teacher at an elementary school who didn’t spell “elementary” right! Hmm.

10 days until Christmas, we’ll be sending gifts out by Friday so keep an eye out if you don’t live close. Lori decorated the railing of our deck with lights, garland and 3 big red bows. She always has the Christmas spirit even if it’s scaled way back this year as everything is in boxes. Guess I’ll run as it’s 6:11 am. Hope all’s well, take care and God Bless.

P.s. check out Mr Ty on his board! He’s fearless and hit all the expert runs!

The countdown has begun, 10 days until Christmas Eve. This week will be mostly fun time for the boys at school although I think there’s a test or two thrown in. I don’t want to talk about the game, what a waste of time and the sad thing is I knew it, I just knew it would happen. I should have bought a lottery ticket instead. Hope Peyton Manning can come back next week.

I’m supposed to be back in Denver tomorrow and Wednesday. They say snow again tomorrow in Denver but we’ll see. It’s St Nick night up here. That’s when for 12 days (before Christmas) you put your shoe outside your bedroom door and you get a small gift. It’s a scandinavian thing. If you’ve been bad, you could get a stick or a lump of coal! We have 10 more nights to go leading up to the big day when the Big Guy in the Red Suit shows up!

Guess I’ll run to get a jump on the day. Lots of crap, and yes I mean crap, going on with politics but I’ll leave it alone. Just understand nobody cares about your well being as much as you do! It’s your responsibility to be prepared to take care of yourself, no matter what happens. In other words, don’t count on the govt, you’re on your own, got it? Enough said.

God Bless.

Yesterday we managed to get a lot done. Lori ordered up and delivered lunch to the OR (operating room) as Dr. C and crew had surgery from 7am until 7pm. She then also managed to get Ty’s room clean while I ran to Costco and the grocery store. She even pretty much cleaned up our room, she was a busy beaver. When I arrived home, it was almost 4pm.

We did watch a funny movie last night, something like The Scouts Guide to Zombies or something, it was pretty darn funny. It’s warmed up here today (25 or so) and will be warm for football in Denver, (35 to 40) compared to what we and they have had the last few days. I think we need to leave around 11 at the latest. I’d better throw something in the crock pot. The boys will be skiing today which is great that they can just go do that on their own with friends, what a life.

Tomorrow I have some work around here and then am supposed to go to Denver Tuesday but they say it’ll be snowing again. Then Wednesday Lori and I are supposed to go down, Ty gets braces sometime this coming week, Thursday is Jag’s birthday (I can pick up any presents from you guys in Denver if you want) and Friday they have their school party and are out at noon and then are off until like January 4th, 2016. Wow, time flies. That’s it, time for coffee. Have a great day and God Bless.

As it turns out, I did have to make a quick down and back trip to Denver. Thankfully I was back up here by 11:30. Then Jag and I took a few runs. Ty was skiing too with school and we all finished up around 3pm. It’s snowing lightly now, but the wind is blowing.

Here’s a comment from Aunt Robi

Ok, today we’re cleaning and skiing and Lori is taking lunch to the hospital as her team is in surgery for 12 hours. That’s about it, time to run, God Bless.

We’ve heard anywhere between 5 and 18 inches is headed our way, starting today. Right now it’s dry and clear but we’ll see what comes. It’s supposed to be nice on Sunday for the game which is good news. We just have to be able to get down there.

Lori had a great meeting yesterday am and a pretty good day at work. Meanwhile I accomplished a bunch on the phone and the boys had their band concert last night. Now the band concert was quite entertaining. The teacher, who must be a frustrated musician herself, played in the band with the kids. All the parents found this a bit odd but when she then conducted the band, we were sort of stunned. You see she was, I guess you’d say, so in to it, that her theatrics were comical. It was like some sort of cartoon or Saturday Night parody as she would dance and shake her butt like she was intentionally trying to make us all laugh. Lori was beside herself as I was in tears I was laughing so hard. I had to look down and cover my eyes. Parents on both sides of us were commenting as well. At one point near the end she grabbed a microphone and said to the crowd, “whew, I’m so tired and winded after that last piece”. Now remember, she was conducting. Lori thought she was joking. Anyhow she was entertaining, in a comical way. To be honest, the band sucked. Jag and Ty were good but comparing this band to last year at Manning was like night and day. We have to get them out of band!

Today is Ski Friday and I’m going to take the boys skiing around noon. I’m abstaining from politics but as many in charge are saying, lock and load, meaning arm yourself. It’s scary out there these days. At 4 Walmarts in Missouri, middle eastern men each bought 50 cell phones, 200 total, 9 police officers have been shot in the last week and on it goes. Hold tight as soon, as Hillary says, conflict is coming to a neighborhood near you! You see she can’t say “war” or “radical islam”.It’s really too bad what this World is coming to, especially at Christmas. Oh well, it’s the new reality, better accept it.

God Bless and watch your top knot!

That’s right, in two weeks it’ll be Christmas Eve. It sure comes fast the older you get. We’re up early as Lori has a meeting with the CEO of the hospital at 7am. She’s a lot more important these days than any of you know. Ha ha, but it’s true. Meanwhile the boys have a band concert tonight at school. Yesterday afternoon I took Ty to school around 1:30 so he could participate in the Egyptian Presentation where all the kids displayed their projects in the main lobby for all to see. He has a bad cold so I kept him home in the morning. Ty’s was the only project that was hand painted and his costume was great. His project was about Ra, The Sun God, who is also known as the King of the Gods. He did a really good job. Jagger had nordic after school and we also drive Evan who is in 4th grade and the younger brother of  kids in both Jag’s and Ty’s class. He’s a kick and is also a free skier. We carpool and bring Evan with us a few days a week as the Ski Academy is close to us.

Today I have about 4 conference calls that I need to get done and some more cleaning around this house. Speaking of Christmas Eve, we’ll spend it up here and then drive down to Grandma’s Christmas morning. We volunteered to bring the food this year to change it up a bit from a meat and cheese platter. Not sure what we’ll do but we’ll think of something. Lori just walked out the door so I’d better get rolling as both boys are still in bed. I hope Ty is feeling better today but think he probably still has a bit of a cold. Hope you all have a good day. Go out and do something fun or different that you’ve always wanted to do or that you never thought you’d do, why not, shake it up a bit! You can thank me later. God Bless

Today is my dad’s birthday, not quite sure which one but I think he’s close to 90. This kicks off the birthday season with Jag on the 17th, Tommy on the 19th and me on the 29th. Throw in Christmas and New Years and there’s a bunch of parties coming up.

Yesterday I managed to get 7 loads of laundry done and sort of cleaned up around here. You wouldn’t know it by looking around here but I actually did a lot. Lori had clinic which means she made it home between 6:30 and 7 pm. Ty finished up his project for school which involved him painting a picture of RA, the Egyptian God of the Sun. I’ll try to take a picture of his painting as he did a really good job. The boys have 5 days of school left after today. I was going to try to make it down to Denver today but that’ll have to wait until next week, probably Tuesday and Wednesday. We will be coming down for the Bronco game on Sunday but that doesn’t really count. Have a great day, it’s almost 7am which means we’re late, GB.

Yesterday after I returned from Denver Lori and I went up the road to cut our tree. Ty was sick and stayed home and Jagger was still at school. Lori and I drove up Battle Mountain towards Tennessee Pass and walked in off the road a ways. After a while we found a nice little tall skinny tree that fits perfect in our small space. So now our tree is up. We’ll try to get a picture up soon.

Today is clinic day and I need to knock out a bunch of calls. The manager of the MGM emailed me yesterday thanking me for saving their relationship with their guest. They were aware of the situation but not that I had fixed it for them. Maybe they’ll put us in a great room or something next time we go, you never know!

It’s windy out and 17 days until Christmas, hope you all are getting ready. I suppose we’d better start shopping even though we won’t be buying much. That’s about it, hope all’s well, take care and God Bless.

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” –Ronald Reagan

It’s 5:30am and I need to leave around 6 although it’ll probably end up being more like 6:30. We landed around 11:20 yesterday but then sat on the runway waiting for a gate. After a stop at the grocery store, we picked up the boys around 2pm. Needless to say, we were all tired. Them from little to no sleep for two nights at their friends and of course us from the trip.

We managed to go to sleep around 8 last night but are still jet lagged and tired. I wish I didn’t have to go to Denver today but it is what it is. Hopefully I’ll be back by 2 or so. Time to run so that’s all folks, God Bless