Well, CU lost, but we’re hoping the Broncos win as early in the season, the Broncos lost when CU one, so we think, in our made-up logic, that the universe owes us one.
We left for dinner around ten to five and made it to Vail right around 5:30 or so. Lori always asks for the table hidden in the corner which is this little kind of cubby behind the stone fireplace. We’ve obviously known people there for ten years, but the front desk or schedulers always seem to change from season to season. Still, she managed to get us our table. See the kids below. Lori says she’s going to start tickling them, so they smile as they always look so cool when getting their picture taken. At least Ava always smiles! We love her.
We had a really fun dinner and took our time, like they do in Europe, making the dinner a good two hour event. After dinner, Ty went to see his good friend Will from junior high and high school, who flew in yesterday from Bozeman for Thanksgiving. Ty wanted to borrow a pair of my cowboy boots before we went to dinner, so I loaned him this nice pair of Lucchese grey goat skin ropers. They fit perfect after I stuck a pair of insoles in them for him. He was beaming as they looked cool. Lori said, “you know you’re never going to see those again, right”? I told her, “yea, I know”. I realized this was for sure true when he called after we all made it home and he was with his friends, asking “dad, what kind of boots are these again”? I told him and could hear the guys in the background saying things like wow, and sweet. No big deal, I like giving things to the boys. I used to think, oh I should hang on to that or those, but then would see whatever it was, in a closet or somewhere a few weeks or months later, and realized it wasn’t getting used. Funny how some things we acquire in our lives we think are so important or cool, that turn out to be just things. If I have anything that can make either of my boys happy, I’m thrilled to give it to them. It’s like the “thing” fulfilled its purpose of making someone happy or excited, twice. I’ve given them clothes, old watches, knives, even a guitar, and am thrilled to be able to do so. Plus, they’ll always remember the moment someday when I’m not around. And truthfully, these “things” are just things and don’t mean as much to me anymore. My motto is, if I haven’t used or worn it in six months, it’s fair game.
On the way out of the restaurant, this lady who was younger with her husband and two young kids, who had been starring at us, stopped us and asked Ty, “my husband is wondering what kind of pants are those”? Ty looked down at his jeans and said, “they’re a brand called Purple”. They’re one of his favorite pair of pants I bought him for Christmas a couple years ago from Neiman Marcus. They’re black and have brass zippers down the entire legs on the outside of the pants. This couple, though young, you could tell were tourists as she had a mink on with leather pants and he a new wool western patterned overshirt with what looked like a brand-new hat from Kemo Sabe in town. She said “oh, thank you so much, he loves those, they’re great”! I then stuck out my leg, pointed at my jeans and said “Wrangler”! They burst out laughing and the guy said, “oh I have those”. Funny little moment. I flashed back to 15 years or so ago when the boys were as young as their kids. See, there’s another example of how I’ve come full circle, the kids are wearing designer stuff now, which I used to like, but now I’m back to my $60 Wranglers, that if I must say, I look really good in, ha. Thought about telling the guy, save yourself a bunch of money and time and stick to the Wranglers, but then realized everyone has to go through the stages of life. That’s part of the fun!
Nice weather this morning. Snow is expected this afternoon. Jag and Ava brought up a bunch of food from the Asian market in Boulder as the kids are doing a hot pot for dinner with Cristal champagne. This is where you boil some kind of broth and then cook certain foods in it like a fondue. I think Davy is coming over to watch the game with me as Abby and the kids are headed to her parents’ lake house in Michigan for Thanksgiving. Remember I mentioned a couple weeks ago, her maiden name is Ford, as in the Ford Motor Company. I’m sure it’s a cool, lake house, or mansion. Davy needs to work but might fly up next Wednesday to meet them and then come back Saturday, depending on how busy the store is.
That’s it, time to get moving. Enjoy the day and life. Life is good, appreciate it and Go Broncos! God Bless.
