We’re in the 4th quarter now. One month to go left in 2024. Lots going on, a bunch of birthdays, Christmas and New Years Eve. Big news of the day yesterday was Tom got married! We’re all a little sad we were not invited to the wedding. It was an informal thing at the courthouse, and we would have drove down, but obviously his choice. We wish him the best and hope it’s all he hopes it’ll be. Congratulations little brother! We’re looking forward to spending some time with you and getting to know Holly over the holidays. Make sure to tell her, welcome to the family.
Lori and I had a nice time in Aspen. We made it there around noon and hit a few of our regular stores. We stopped at Whole Foods on the way home for some groceries and had a nice drive. Not too much traffic and the town wasn’t too packed. We met a nice black couple from Detroit at Ralph Lauren. The guy came up to me and said how much he liked my hat and asked me where I got it and also wondered where I found my sweater. Chris in Texas makes my hats and my sweater was an older vintage piece I’ve had for years. He asked Adrian (one of the salesmen) at Ralph Lauren if they had any vintage stuff like what I was wearing. They have a few things, way overpriced, spread around the store. I told Brandon (the guy) I guess I have a house full of vintage stuff! He laughed. I gave him my email and phone number and said if he wanted to email or call me, I’d hook him up with my hat maker in Austin Texas and my belt and buckle makers in Wyoming. He had asked if I got my hat at Kemo Sabe, which is a store that sells new, but distressed looking hats of their own brand to tourists for $1000 an up! He was telling me that they walked in, they gave him and his wife each a big glass of whisky, and before he knew it, $2000 later, he was walking out wearing a new hat! I laughed and told him, yea, that’s how they work. It’s funny to see these people who come from all over, mostly back east, but from other countries too, that want to play dress up like a cowboy, and will spend thousands of dollars on stuff no self-respecting cowboy or local would be caught dead in. His wife had on this mink fur hat that looked like a big furry helmet. Lori told her how cute it was (she’s nice in that way) and later told me it had to cost $4000 or more. I almost told the lady, don’t wear that out at night as someone might shoot you thinking you’re an animal, ha. It was a nice hat, but just looked, well, very Aspen. They were a super nice couple though and were very appreciative of me offering to tell them where to get the stuff actual cowboys wear.
I was walking around in jeans and a sweater not zipped up as it was in the high 20’s or maybe the 30’s. It’s easy to tell the tourists as they’re usually decked out in all kinds of designer clothing, complete with logos, and always bundled up like they’re in Antartica! I’m always looking around thinking, those people sure must be hot! Guess I just get used to the weather living her as I don’t really get cold much. Lots of big furry hats and gloves, paired with fancy coats with logos so big, they look like walking billboards.
Once we made it home and settled in, and we watched a couple of Christmas movies. One Magic Christmas and The Holiday. Surprisingly, Lori doesn’t remember seeing either of them, even though I’m sure we watched them numerous times over the years. One Magic Christmas is one of the most heartwarming movies of all time with a great message. If you haven’t seen it, get on it. You can thank me later.
Davy, Abby and the kids landed in Denver at 2:15am and made it home a bit after 5 am this morning. Jag and Ava made it home yesterday too. Guess the airport was pretty crowded.
Ty works this morning and then is off tomorrow and will head down for Monday Night Football! Hope we win. Time to get moving and head to the gym. Use it or lose it. Savor the holidays as they’ll go fast! We’re in the home stretch now. Here’s last night’s sunset, God Bless.
