A Year of Change

Off to Big D this morning. Have a Rolex to pick up that my AD ((authorized dealer) secured for me. When he gets one, I usually buy it. Reason is they sell for more used than new, because you just can’t get them new, unless you have a connection. 0PQVSGraeople wait years to “get the call” that their watch is in and available to purchase, but for me, it never takes more than 90 days, no matter what I want, usually less. I’ve never been hurt financially on a Rolex. They’re the master at creating a desirable brand through strict, limited allocation by only allowing sales of new watches at authorized AD’s. Luckily, I have a really good relationship with my dealer that took me years to develop.

While in town I have a couple other stops before heading up the hill. I don’t much like going to Denver anymore these days, but sometimes it’s necessary to get things not available outside the big city.

Good day yesterday. Found out we have our first million-dollar brand at a chain in Texas. This is a huge deal as it now elevates us into a whole different level at the chain. Next year this brand should do $3 to $5 million dollars in just Texas. Then the goal is to scale it nationwide and if I can do that, I’ll sell the brand for $50 to $100 million or more. Of course, a lot has to go right for that to happen, but getting to $1 million in one account is the toughest hurdle and is proof of concept meaning the brand works and has legs or sustaining power. The challenge for me now, is to produce enough of the product to meet demand, which takes a lot of cash. By midafternoon, with only one phone call to one of our partners, who co-owns the brand with us, we had $300K wired to us within minutes. Fingers crossed, this could be the one, and we have three others in the hopper doing well in other chains, on the cusp of blowing up as well.

Lori and Ty are both working today. I have calls for most of my drive down and up and should be back by 1 or so. Nice weather up here all week. Time to hit the road, have a great day, be safe and God Bless.

We bought Ty’s ticket to South Africa yesterday. He’ll land at 6pm on January 21st, 2027 and head straight to the boat. We need to decide if we’re going to Antiqua to meet him and then get our tickets. If we don’t go, I’ll just get him a ticket home.

We had our first good freeze last night as Ty’s trying to scrape the ice of his windshield to go to work. Daylight savings time ends this weekend too, and we’ll be moving the clocks back an hour. I need to warm up my truck to go to the gym.

I have a call at 10am this morning and then will do some other stuff around the house. Lori is working at the hospital as usual. I ran down to her office yesterday morning and had Tiffany take my stitches out of my forearm.

Make sure to vote if you’re in Colorado (Tom), and vote yes on everything except anything ending in a 7 or an N. I’ll be dropping off our ballots today.

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

Good win yesterday, looks like Bo is back! We’ll know more next Sunday. All that matters today is we are 5 and 2, and the Chiefs lost last night. Should be a great game when we play them in six days.

Lori made this amazing curry yesterday. Is there anything this girl can’t do? I don’t think so. Ty was off and watched the first half with friends and then came home. Mark came over to watch the game with me. Today Ty needs to get some more passport photos and do some more paperwork for his trip. I’d like to get him a new phone today. His is under warranty and I bought the protection plan, smart move by me.

I’m making some moves this week to shore up things we need just in case things go from bad to worse around here. We did make a few stops yesterday at the grocery store and Walmart to stock up more than usual on some items we use regularly. You never know what’s going to happen. No one predicted the mess happening in Europe right now. It’s not good and is expanding to additional countries almost daily. It’s obviously organized by some powerful (wealthy) bad actors, to sew chaos and try to bring down capitalism. Some countries like Germany and Italy aren’t having it. Good for them. The so-called student protests, which are riots, and were never about schools, has morphed into a more popular message of the left, which is the Free Palestine stuff we’ve seen for the last year. By the way, Palestine is free, Hamas is pretty much eliminated, and the people have never had so much freedom. To be clear, Free Palestine is just a talking point. The powers behind all of this could care less about Palestine. Their goal is to tear down the system, get rid of capitalism and install communism. Of course, today they just call it socialism, but it’s the same thing. Stand up for freedom, get ready for the worst and disown socialism and all that comes with it on every level before it’s too late. You’ve been warned.

Good rain up here almost daily. We’ll take it. Everything is green and the deer are loving it. We had a baby bear two doors down at the neighbors yesterday. Lori is so bummed as she’s never seen a bear! She must be the only one in Eagle County.

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

Ty’s off today, Robi and Bobby are heading home from Vegas, and the Broncos are on this afternoon. It was cool up here yesterday and last night. Not sure when the snow is coming in. We have had lots of rain though which should help. Down south, they’ve had so much rain some of the rivers are flooding. Should turn to snow soon. It did in Fairplay!

Football starts in 30 minutes as there’s a game over in Paris. They cancelled all the pregame activities due to leftist organizations trying to overthrow capitalism. These are not students upset with classroom size or the quality of their lunch food; these are anarchists funded by left wing billionaires trying to tear the system down. Things are so messed up that Ty, and his friends have noticed and are upset and dismayed by all these things going on. Take note of that as it takes a lot to grab the attention of 22-year-olds! That right there should tell you something.

AI says bots have gone rouge and have infiltrated some banking systems and are warning that there will be catastrophic events in the very near future. Early signs show AI already out of control with instances of it thinking and acting on its own, not good. Over the past four days, attacks were discovered that are sending warning signs rippling though the financial community. Make sure you have cash at home, along with food, water and other necessities you consume on a regular basis. Those of you on meds should try to get six months’ worth now! Call your doctor and say you lost yours or left them in a hotel when on a trip, anything to get some more. This is not a drill! Just look at Europe, France, Italy or Belgium in particular. Store shelves are empty and trucks are not running. I can’t get wine from estates to the port to get on ships as the truckers are on strike and blocking the highways. This has been going on for close to a week. When it stops, it’ll take weeks to clear the backlog. Don’t be fooled as this absolutely can happen here! Good news is all you’re doing is buying some stuff early that you’ll use anyhow. Think of it as an insurance policy. Make a list today of what you need to get you through the next couple months and go get it this week.

Back to the day. We’re heading to the gym and then will hang out watching football. Lori made her famous cottage cheese and lemon French pancakes yesterday which are packed with protein and pretty healthy. I ate all but two of them! If I ate all of them, it was 1000 calories so not bad at all. They sure are good. I am blessed with a wife that can cook just about anything. We’ve been air frying chicken these days that Lori puts some kind of rub on and its addictive.

That’s it, 7:15 now, time to get going, have a great day, Go Broncos and God Bless.

One week left until Halloween and the last day of October! Hold on, here we go.

Ty’s off to work and we’re getting ready for the gym. Yesterday we worked, ran some errands and I had cigars in the afternoon with the guys. Five of us showed up which is a good group.

Ty’s trip is paid for and 90 days from now he’ll be sailing on the Atlantic Ocean headed for Antigua. Marty and I went to lunch yesterday at Ty’s place and he gave Ty a really nice leather journal and a really cool wood pen that Marty actually made himself on a lathe. You have to see it to see how cool it is. The trip will be an epic, life changing, and challenging experience. Lots of stuff to do to get him ready. He’ll start scuba training as early as next week. I’m working on his flight to Cape Town. There are a couple other kids going from Denver so hopefully they’ll all be on the same flight. There’s a flight coordinator that helps students out with travel arrangements.

Lori has the fireplace going here in the living room. We sleep with the windows open, so it cools down overnight. Should be a nice Fall Day.

Time to get going, have a great Saturday. God Bless.

Happy Birthday to my little sister! Hope Vegas is treating you well.

Here in the mountains, we’ve had some good rain and cool temps. I was in Denver by 7:30am getting Lori’s snow tires on the Porsche and hit rain from about the tunnel onward when driving home. No snow here yet but you can see it up high.

Ty’s off to work and Lori and I will soon head out to the gym. We need to get Ty’s plane ticket to Cape Town South Africa today. Looks like he’ll get in at 6pm and have to get to a hotel, probably a Marriott, and then head to the boat the next morning. I’ll work on it today. Ty’s off to work stopping at Walgreens for some more passport photos for the program.

The cleaners came yesterday so the house is sparkling clean! Lots of trash to put out today from Lori cleaning Jagger’s room. That’s about it, time to get moving, have a great day, God Bless.

Off to Denver at 6am to get snow tires. Should be back before noon if all goes well. Lori and Ty are both off today. They’ll work on Ty’s trip which is in about 90 days. The cleaners are also coming today.

Crazy shit going on all over the World. Ty came home and commented how messed up things are. Everyone knows it. Things are getting out of control, and I don’t see them getting better anytime soon. Sad.

Time to get moving, have a good day, stay safe and be well, GB.

Took me until around 11am but I was finally reconnected to the World with a new phone. At first, it was stressful not being able to receive texts or calls, but by the time I was on the road to Glenwood, I was actually liking the freedom and peace of no one being able to reach me. It was like a mini vacation. I missed three conference calls and who knows how many texts and other calls, and it was great! My World didn’t fall apart (a lot of it is, just look at Europe), and not much changed. If I could, I’d go back to land lines for work and at home. As soon as I retire, I’m putting my cell phone in a drawer and only taking it out if I go somewhere. Looking forward to that day! Think I’ll start by doing that on the weekends.

Ty is off today, Lori’s getting ready for work and Jag is working away. I’m off to the gym and then will run down to Lori’s office to have a couple stitches taken out by Tiffany, Lori’s nurse. They’re from my trip to the dermatologist.

I told Ty I’d get him a new phone today as his is smashed and you can see the electronics on the back as they’re exposed. Hard to believe it even works. He wanted to wait for the new Apple Duo that comes out Friday. It’s a foldable phone that costs $2000! I told him no way, plus they’re backordered until the end of January. That pretty much sums up the problem with our Country and society in general, a $2000 phone is sold out and backordered. I’m sure 90% of the purchasers are under 25 or 30 years old too. I chose the older I-phone 17 Pro instead of the new 18 Pro. I don’t care about a fancier camera plus the 18 is huge. For me, a phone is a tool to communicate with, it’s not my whole life or a status symbol!

Cool temps coming this weekend. Not sure we’ll get snow but we should in the higher elevations. Almost 7am now. The sun comes up in 20 minutes or so. Tomorrow I’ll be on the road at this time to get snow tires put on Lori’s car.

That’s all folks! Have a great Wednesday, God Bless.

My I-phone 16 Pro, which is pretty new, won’t charge, ugh. It’s on my wireless charger in the truck now hoping to get enough of a charge to be able to transfer my stuff to a new phone. It should be under warranty, but if not, I’ll still need a new one. Ty’s is smashed up but works fine, so I’ll probably take him or at least his phone, to Glenwood with me at 8:30. Not having a phone messes up my whole day. This just shows how dependent and connected we’ve become to these devices. I miss the days before the internet, cell phones, and especially social media.

Had my cardiology appointment yesterday. Dr. Greenburg said keep doing whatever I’m doing and that losing 11 pounds has made a huge difference. I’m off any and all drugs, only my vitamins and new way of eating. Haven’t felt this good in a long time, and I usually feel really good, ha.

Lori works today and Ty is off. I have calls, but with no phone, that’s not happening. Foggy outside now but clearing up. Almost 7am so time to get moving, God Bless.

We’re so sick of all the crap on tv and social media. From politics to sports, it seems everyone is telling you how to think. It’s like they think we’re all stupid and can’t see what’s happening with our own eyes.

How about Europe! Partners and friends in France and Italy have had enough. The far left thinks they’re protesting will help countries embrace more immigrants, while everyone I know has said, we’ve had enough, deport them all. It’s so sad how they’re destroying buildings and historical landmarks that have survived and stood for centuries. These places survived two World wars, countless generations of unrest, plagues, floods, fires and more, and now you have illegals funded by far left communist organizations literally destroying history. So sad. At some point, some country is going to say enough is enough and the gloves are going to come off. No way I’m going to Europe anytime soon and am considering cancelling my January trip.

Ty’s out the door to work, Lori’s in the shower and I’ll be right behind her. I have a call at 9am and then an annual doctor appointment at 11:15. It’s beautiful outside and pretty warm right now. Looks like a nice week ahead of us.

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