A Year of Change

We’re at the halfway point of August. Won’t be long now until the leaves start changing. It’s the best time of year to me. Today we have another great day with 75 degree temps and blue sky. Not sure where all the smoke went, but it’s not here.

A couple days ago our new body comp scale arrived. It’s the Hume scale and Dr. B has had one for about six months. It measure everything from bone mass to visceral fat, lean mass and about 40 other metrics and tracks your progress. Good news is that my metabolic age is 52! That’s a solid number as it says my body is 18 years younger than my actual age. Lori’s is 50 which is also great. Tomorrow I need to take my blood test in the morning and send that off to the lab. It’ll measure about 100 markers as I said a week ago. It looks for things that are out of range so you can fix them before the standard 20 marker test at the doctor says you have a problem. I can see Robi rolling her eyes from here but it’s fun for us to track this stuff. I need to walk about six or seven miles today. I’ll get two in at the gym on the treadmill and then the rest around the neighborhood.

Gareth is having a bbq in Denver today but with the rain in the mountains and the hail in Denver, driving 5 hours to hang out for two or three, isn’t going to happen.

Jag had fun at the Bears game yesterday. The Company suite holds 20 or 25 people. It was his first time going to Soldier Field but now he knows where to go for when he goes to actual games.

7:10am now and Ty’s off to work and time for us to head out to the gym. Be well, stay safe, (tons of crimes in Denver, shootings, stabbings and more, fun!) and have a great day. Oh, Denver now has the dubious title of being the worst housing market in the Country! Not surprising with all the crap the Dems have done to our once great city. Wait until another socialist gets in and gives the Dems a super majority. The President of the Chamber of Commerce says Denver will soon be a ghost town. Minimum wage January 1st down there is $20 an hour! That’s for everyone, barista’s, car wash workers, dishwashers, everyone. That just won’t work. I get it as that’s only around $38K a year, but when you mandate it, businesses will shut down and leave. And people think socialism will work. Hold on, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

God Bless.

Lori did the blog yesterday as I couldn’t get online with my computer. As she said, I broke my tooth the night before, unbelievable, right? Anyhow, we landed at 8:15 and were at the dentist by 11am. Ryan, our dentist and friend, had me in and out in 40 minutes with a temporary crown. While I was in the chair, he said I’m going to use this polish thing or something like that. It was like a high pressure water spray in my mouth but 5 minutes later, my teeth were sparkling white like they haven’t been since I was in high school! I don’t know what the new technology is but it’s going to put teeth whitener products out of business. I can’t believe the before and after and how white my teeth are. I’ll go back in two weeks and get the crown they’re making, put on for me.

Next up we went across the street and had breakfast with Ty as he was working. Then we headed home. I threw our laundry in and we settled in for the day doing things around the house.

We found a new lot we really like but the lady has it priced too high so we’ll see. We won’t settle as it has to be prefect for us to move to as our new home where we’ll stay for retirement. We love the area, everything is great about it, but we have to find the perfect place.

The Broncos looked great on tv, but maybe Atlanta isn’t that good. Jag is going to the Bears game today in the Company’s suite or box. Ty’s off to work and Lori and I will head to the gym.

It’s nice up here with no visible smoke and cooler temps. Denver has been getting hammered with rain and hail the past few days with more coming this week. Oh, we won the ticket lottery for the Open in Scotland at St. Andrews next July. This is the oldest golf tournament in the World at the birthplace of golf. About 3 of us were chosen for 4 tickets each out of ten of us applying. Gareth, our buddy who sold his event planning company, belongs to some high end house swapping program and is trying to get this ten room castle for us all to stay in. They’ve all been there before and rave about Scotland. Ty wants to go and we’ll see if Jag does too.

That’s it, time to go to the gym, God Bless!

Made it to Montana by 1 p.m., and our realtor, Rick, picked us up and took us out to see the first lot. The lot itself was pretty, but the surrounding properties had quite a bit of yard clutter, utility trailers, and RVs. It was also really windy, and ultimately, we realized it just wasn’t the place for us.

Tyler, Marty’s brother, met us there and gave us some great ideas about positioning the house so we wouldn’t have to see the trailers and RVs, but even with that, it just wasn’t our favorite.

Later, Tyler picked us up and took us to his private club, The Homestead Club. What a spectacular property! Beautiful 20-acre parcels surrounded by incredible Montana scenery. Definitely too expensive for us, but spectacular nonetheless. One of those places that makes you stop and appreciate how beautiful Montana is. ❤️

We also saw another lot on the way to dinner and decided to stop back by after dinner. This one really caught our attention—grassy, surrounded by pine trees, with a pond. Absolutely gorgeous! We’re going to consider this one.

Dinner was a chef-inspired experience where they just kept bringing out food—course after course. Unfortunately, Doug broke a tooth on his very first bite of bread and didn’t tell anyone! He just quietly stopped eating, which explained why he wasn’t eating much the rest of the night.

When we got back to the hotel, Doug let the realtor know the first property was a definite no, but we’re going to consider the second one.

Now we’re at the airport getting ready to board our flight home. We’ll make a stop on the way home at the dentist, where Ryan is meeting us at his clinic to fix Doug’s tooth. Hopefully, that will be the end of our Montana dental adventure!

What a quick but memorable trip. We saw some beautiful country, explored some possibilities, and definitely have a lot to think about.

Have a great day and God bless!

We should land in Montana around 1:30 this afternoon. Then we’re heading straight to the property to walk it and make sure it’s what we want. We’re pretty sure we’ll buy it either way as we’re sure we’ll always, worst case, be able to get our money out of it. They’re not making anymore land! If for some reason we don’t end up building, I’m pretty sure we can flip it for at least $100k profit within a year, maybe more. The plan though, is to build, but that won’t start until next Spring at the earliest. We’ll know more in 24 hours.

Yesterday I stopped at Ty’s for lunch and met a lawyer from Florida who took Ty golfing a few weeks ago. Everyone loves our kid as he’s such a kind, good human. I sent Ty with a few bottles of wine to work today for Rick, the attorney.

We’re back tomorrow morning at 8am so it’s a quick trip. Time to get moving as we fly out of Denver at 11am. Hope everyone is doing well, take care and God Bless.

Well, the wacko lady in Wisconsin, that had a reported 22-point lead, and wanted to abolish Thanksgiving, who was running for Governor, lost. She only lost by 3000 plus votes or so, so socialism is still alive. This woman was against everything. She couldn’t tolerate being around white people (she’s Korean), even though her husband is white and son is half white. She said “whites” make her uncomfortable, yet she still garnered 300,000 votes! WTF! She was also against Christmas, 4th of July, Halloween, and just about any and everything else normal to anyone who grew up in America. Some say they wish she would have won as she’d be easier to beat in a general election, but I’m glad she lost. You never know what will happen in any election, so good riddance.

Same thing in Minnesota on the other side, Mike, “the pillow guy” Lindell also lost. Thank God. There are so many people nationwide with zero experience running for office, or who are already in office, that it’s no wonder the Country is so messed up. There should be basic qualifications required to run for office. At minimum, some kind of litmus test, like have you read the Constitution? I don’t know, we’re in so much trouble.

Ty’s off to work, Lori’s getting ready and I have another big call at 9am. Yesterday was non-stop phone calls and meetings. Pretty wild stuff going on at work. Can’t talk about it, but big changes are coming, and all for the best.

Looks like cooler temps and rain are headed our way. Bring it on. Time to get moving. Have a great day, God Bless.

Seems like we are in a race to get set up to retire before the World gets any crazier. Our loose goal is sometime next year with a desired goal of January 2028. Even writing that sounds surreal. The way things have changed in the Country over the past 5 years, anything can happen in the next 16 months.

As parents, your first duty is to take care of your kids. We’re trying to support both boys best we can to make sure they’re on a good path towards independence, financial security and a good life. Jag is of course doing well but still needs a little help now and then. That should change in January when he gets a much-deserved raise. Ty, for his part, is at least now saving money and looking at his finances in a different way. Then there’s us, we’ve cut 90% of all discretionary spending meaning no big trips, hardly ever eating out and no new major purchases. If anything, we’re selling some stuff. Different times call for a different approach. So, the race is on! Like Ricky Bobby says, if you’re not first, you’re last!

Ty’s off today and he and some buddies are going tubing down the river. It’s so low it’ll be a slow ride. Then he works I think tomorrow through Sunday. Lori is at the office today and I have conference calls starting at 9am my time.

Yesterday I spent a lot of time dealing with the aftermath of letting Kristin, my 20 year plus employee, go last Friday. It was 100% the right thing to do, but still a big deal. When anyone loses their job, it’s a big deal.

6:36am now, time to get moving. Have a great day! Oh, Costco is full of Halloween stuff! Christmas stuff will be coming soon! God Bless.

Our day, or should I say Lori’s day, starts off by feeding apples to the little fawns that show up in the morning, and at night. There are three of them now. They are pretty cute. The birds don’t like them as the mom eats the bird seed out of the bird feeders. The little guys can’t reach the feeders. They bounce around like Bambi. When the bunnies are out it looks like the movie.

Ty is off today and hung out with some guy’s last night. I think he was home around midnight. Lori is in Vail and I have calls starting at 10. I need to make a couple quick ones before then too. I’ll do those in the truck on the way to the gym.

It’ll be a much cooler week up here with rain starting Thursday and lasting through Sunday. Could be the end of the hot days of summer if we’re lucky. That’s it for the day, enjoy and God Bless.

Yesterday Lori had her nails done and this morning at 10, she’s getting her hair done! Looking good! I’m running over to Marty’s to use his heat gun to remove some double-sided tape from a decorative piece of metal trim on one of our outside windows that fell off due to the heat. It’s really strong and you can’t even get it off with Goo Off or a regular blow dryer. We’ll put it back on later in the day when it cools off. Lori is going to Glenwood as that’s where April, her hairdresser, lives. We should both be home around noon.

Lots going on. I’m sort of over it and would like to just take a few weeks off. We are flying up to Montana Thursday and back Friday so I’ll basically try not to do too much work Thursday through Sunday. Still, not really a vacation.

It won’t be long until it’s Labor Day and then the weather should start changing. Not sure where we’re hunting this year as with the Dems now in charge of the former Department of Wildlife (they abolished it and put it under the Parks Dept. run by a bunch of liberals who have never held a rifle or hunted in their life), tags are really hard to get and we didn’t draw any this year in Colorado. We decided we didn’t want to spend the big bucks this year to go out of State and took our chances on drawing tags. None of us were successful, of course. Colorado not only wants to take everyone’s guns, they also want to outlaw hunting. To show you how crazy they are, they recently said forest service workers and rangers can’t use chain saws to remove dead or fallen trees out in the wilderness, because it might disturb hikers or some animals! They now have to use hand saws only. You can’t make this crap up anymore. It’s beyond insane. Hope we can get out of Commirado soon.

Ty’s already off to work. He’s putting in the hours. Lori had me drive her around yesterday afternoon looking for someone’s lost dog she saw on the way home from getting her nails done. We didn’t find it, but she’s glad we at least looked.

Looks like a rainy weekend coming up! About time. Have a great day and get ready for the week. That’s all, God Bless.

Ty’s off to work here at 6:30am this morning. I need to post a picture of him as he looks like some fitness or bodybuilder model. The kid is 6’4″ and full of solid muscle. He also has those six pack abs most dream about their whole life. It’s nothing short of miraculous how he’s transformed himself in about six months. I’ve been telling Jagger to go join a gym, and that we’ll pay for it, as he’s been too busy to work out since he started work. There are so many benefits to regular exercise. Not just physically but mentally too. In fact, many doctors say the mental benefits outweigh the physical benefits. I’ll try to get some pictures up tomorrow.

Hot down in Denver today. Looks like it’ll be over 100 degrees. Smokey down there too. Glad we’re up here. We’ll head out to the gym in a bit and then need to go to the hardware store and Costco.

Glad it’s the weekend. It was a brutal week. Glad it’s behind me. Have a great Saturday and God Bless. Tom, read on…scary stuff.

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Lori and I were talking this morning and not really hearing each other too well. She said we’re going to be those old people that go “ehh”. She then corrected herself and said, oh wait, we already are. The big thing about aging is not your chronological age but your biological age. Luckily right now, tests and markers say I’m 59 in biological age. I have an advanced program that gives me over 100 markers or tests from my bloodwork rather than the 20 or so you get when you go to the doctor. The standard blood test your doctor runs every year or so, doesn’t test for some of the most important things it should to measure things you should know about. You see, the standard test looks for things that have already gone wrong with you, while the more advanced tests catch things before they go wrong with you so you can make changes to prevent things from getting messed up. There is a reason that really wealthy people and guys like the President tend to live longer. It’s because their doctors are looking for things before they happen, not catching them after the fact. There are tons of companies out there that do so called “Executive Physicals”. Some of these are thousands of dollars, and of course your insurance company doesn’t cover them. For us, we’ll continue doing what we can and try to stay healthy and active. We both take certain supplements and are on the advanced biological age program. Still, you can do everything in the World and get run over by a truck or struck by lightening any given day. Tommy always says, when it’s your time, it’s your time.

Ty left before we woke up to go to the gym before he works at 7. He must have left at 5am or earlier. We’ll head out soon. The cleaners come today. At 4 this afternoon, I have a call with a 24 year employee we’re letting go. Josh and I texted her last night asking for a call this afternoon, but she knows it’s coming. She’s texted multiple times asking what’s up and things like, am I getting fired? I feel bad for her but I need to look at things like if I was starting the company today, would I hire this person. Sadly, the answer is no. Tough times call for tough decisions. Still, it’ll be brutal. We can’t do it until 4 as Josh is busy today up until then. I’ve been preparing for this for a few months and have everything covered transition wise, but on a personal level, I feel bad for her. It is what it is though.

Jag is doing well. So is Lori. It’s nice and cool up here and not too smokey. We’re excited about Montana. We’re flying up next Thursday morning. Time to get moving as it’s 7am now, God Bless.