A Year of Change

Big accident on I-70 by the tunnel yesterday. Over 70 cars involved and about 20 people injured. Wasn’t a lot of snow, must have been some black ice. Looks like a little more snow on Friday. We’re in Denver tomorrow so that’s good. This year, you wouldn’t expect to get much snow in April, especially the back half, but it is typically a snowy month.

Ty’s working today. Jag’s looking for an apartment, and Lori is helping out a bunch. I must have seen 50 texts go back and forth yesterday of potential places. It’s not easy to find something affordable. We might have to subsidize the place for a year or so until he makes more money.

6am now. Lori has a little warning light on her car dashboard but it says ok to drive. The dealer said that sometimes comes on and to park the car and lock it for an hour or so and then it should go away. We’ll see if the warning light is still on this morning.

Tax Day today. Had to send out around $30k to the government. They’re the worst investment I’ve ever made in my life. We have to pay them the most, and we get back the least. Lots of people, especially retirees, are leaving the State. People vote with their wallets, yet the democrat politicians just can’t figure that out. Name me one problem the government has ever solved. Bet you can’t. They think the more money you throw at something, the better chance of fixing it. Turns out the more money you throw at something, the more fraud and corruption there is. That’s the byproduct of our tax dollars, nice.

6:10am now, time to move and groove. Have a great day, GB

Stepping up my workout regimen to twice a day. Doing an hour plus of weights in the morning and then another hour of cardio in the afternoon. I need to make sure I work in some rest days as when you go heavy, you have to allow more time for recovery.

Ty golfed in the morning and then went up valley and hit the gym later in the day. I made broccoli, chicken and rice for dinner, but somehow burned the rice.

We had a little rain last night and it’s a little cloudy right now. We have a dusting of snow way up high on top of the mountains. I think we’re getting more of the same on Friday.

Lots going on at work, time to get to the gym. Have a great Tuesday and God Bless.

Well, looks like we owe $3500 to the Feds. I was hoping for a refund, but $3500 isn’t bad. We overpaid Colorado by $6000 but still need to pay estimated taxes to them, not sure why. Wish we had a flat tax. That won’t happen though, as then the politicians can’t come into office broke and be worth $20 million in a couple of years.

Ty’s off today, I’m headed to the gym and Lori works in Vail. Jag is still trying to get scheduled for his big test. He looked for an apartment most of the weekend.

The loser Swalwell has dropped out of the Governors race in California but isn’t resigning from Congress. Guess it’s ok to sexually assault multiple women and still be in Congress but not be a Governor. Go figure.

Mixed weather this week. Looks like a little rain, maybe even some light snow. We’ll see.

Time to go, God Bless.

I think I can put the snow shovels away for the year. Being mid-April, we should be done. But the way things work, if I do, it’ll probably snow!

Yesterday, DU won its 11th National Hockey Championship! They were playing Wisconsin who was leading after the second period. Pretty amazing. Last day of the regular season for basketball and then the playoffs start Tuesday. About 12 days until the NFL draft, so lots going on.

The boys are well. Ty’s sleeping and went to some party in Vail last night, after his concert at 4. It was the after party for the band.

Should be 75 degrees in Denver meaning the low 70’s up here. I’d like to get some purging done today.

That’s it, time to go. Have a great day and God Bless.

Jag’s trying to get his SEC test scheduled and the guy who schedules it is pretty flakey and now he’s two weeks out. Jag might fly to Denver to take it as they’re booked up in Chicago. Ava is headed to California for a couple weeks. Jag is looking for apartments and wants to join a gym. He’s been waiting until he’s done studying. His Company decided to start doing quarterly bonuses which is huge for him. First one will be in July. The numbers are mind boggling. Jag just wrapped up a $140 million dollar deal with the State of Rhode Island, and they’re co-managing a $2.3 million dollar deal next week. We’ve been talking to him this morning.

We’re headed to the gym in a few minutes. Ty’s off today and went to some after party last night. Then we’ll do some things around the house.

Have a great Saturday and God Bless.

This morning at 8:30 the cleaners come. That’s earlier than normal but ok as then they’ll be gone by 11. Lori has PT at noon.

After our quick trip to Denver, we were home doing things around the house. We were literally in Denver for maybe 30 minutes total. Couldn’t have been much longer as the whole trip, including driving time, was 4 and a half hours. That’s about how long it should take to drive to Cherry Creek and back, but in Lori’s car, you make it much faster.

We had a little bit of rain yesterday, not much, but anything is good. Looks like the 50’s and 60’s for the next week or so.

Time to clean so the cleaners can clean! That makes sense right! Have a great day, God Bless.

Yesterday the weather service said next winter could be another warm and dry one like this one. That’s not good. Hope they’re wrong.

The Supreme Court shot down another Colorado Democrat law that is unconstitutional. Colorado now leads the Country as the State with the worst record on free speech. Every time they lose a court battle, they double down with another illegal law. The news this morning said our worthless, criminal Governor is losing popularity with voters. I think the only ones who like him these days are trans people and the extreme left. Yesterday he signed a law where educators and basically anyone in health care, can request that anyone’s guns be taken away! They don’t have to be a judge or have any proof, they can just say this person is a threat. Unbelievable. Polymarket says there’s a 93% chance Bennett becomes Governor. That alone should make anyone sick to their stomach, and for sure means we’re leaving the State.

Ty works at 10. He was off today but picked up a shift from 10 until 2. Lori and I might run down to Denver to pick up her new gold chain to replace the one on her anniversary necklace.

Rockies and Nuggets won! Wow. Hopefully they both can keep it going. I have more faith in the Nuggets than the Rockies, but in sports, you never know. That’s it, have a great day, God Bless.

Well, so far this year, the Rockies have won two of the four series they’ve played! You might think, who are the Rockies or why is this a big deal. The Rockies are our consistently bad baseball team, year after year. Last year we didn’t win a series against any team until June! I know baseball isn’t a big thing for anyone, but this is a big deal if you’re a Colorado baseball fan. Go Rockies!

Ty’s off to work already and we’ll head to the gym soon. Dr. B is on his way to a conference in Miami this morning, so Lori is working from home. I was in and out of Denver by 10:30. After having a few benign bumps on my head froze by Libby, I had a quick haircut before heading home. I was back in the Valley by 12:30.

There was a fire in Boulder last night. It’ll probably be a bad year for fires with it being so dry. We could use a good soaker or two. Get ready for higher water prices and restrictions.

Looks like Trump has pretty much wiped out all of Iran’s military and the regime. They agreed to a two week cease fire and opened the Strait of Hormuz. The market futures are up over 1000 points this morning. Only in America would you have politicians and people (Dems and liberals) who side with a regime that kills women for showing their hair over the President. Iran has killed over 30,000 of its own people, just this year, for peacefully protesting or questioning their government. Every Democrat or anyone who sides with an enemy of America should be impeached.

Dixie’s birthday today. Lori sure misses her. She was a good old gal. RIP.

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

I’m off to Denver early this morning for two quick appointments and should be home a little after noon.

Ty landed at 2:30 and then went to the gym. He was glad to be home, I guess a lot of the guys up there are real partiers. He had fun though.

The Managing Director at Jag’s office and the VP, took him out to dinner last night. This was a big deal and they love him. Wouldn’t be surprised if he gets a promotion and raise anytime.

It’s Dr. B’s birthday today and Lori ordered up some tattoo’s that are his picture, too funny. All the girls will wear Dr. B tattoo’s today!

That’s it, 70 degrees up here yesterday, nice. Time to go, God Bless.

Yesterday Lori and I went to our friend Mark’s church. He’s catholic so it was a little strange, almost cult like. Still, it was good to go to church on Easter as you always get something from the message. I can’t remember the last time I went to church, but I do pray every day and try to follow the teachings of the bible. So does lovely Lori, who looked beautiful yesterday, as always.

First full week of April, lots going on. Ty gets home tonight and has had a great time. Jagger and Ava had her cousins in town over the weekend and are back at work. I think Jagger is taking the big SEC test this week. Lori is working hard and received the approval for her new research program which should be a money maker for her. She put the whole thing together herself. After the site visit last Monday, she received the approval late last week. She’s pretty amazing at the things she just does, without any formal training or past experience.

Today I’m hiring the second member of my new national account team. Kim is a recently divorced single mom of two boys, I think 7 and 8 years old. She’s a firecracker and can hang with any of the good old boys in Texas and around the Country. Her largest account is Costco, which is a top target for me nationwide. So now I have two new women on board! Both she and Kate will make a good team and have worked together on accounts in the past, which was a big part of why I’m hiring her.

Subsequently, later this week I’m either changing the pay of two of my long-term employees to straight commission, or flat out letting them go. This has been a long time coming and I don’t take it lightly, but as I’ve said in earlier posts, tough times call for tough decisions. I need to get over to Italy too, maybe late May or early June. I was going to take the kids, but I think Lori and I will just go.

I think we’re going to Chicago for Lori’s birthday. Should be nice weather by then. All the snow from our big snowstorm that brought a foot of snow last Friday, is all gone! It was 68 up here yesterday! We needed the water though, so no complaints.

Time to head to the gym, take care, be well and God Bless.