A Year of Change

Who knew, well, James knew. He texted early this morning from somewhere in Europe. Not sure where as he’s moving around from city to city, almost every day for a new show. Anyhow, good to know! Might have to have a smoke today!

Lori made carrot cake last night for today to go along with her out of this World meatloaf! It’s all in the sauce or whatever she puts on top. Last night she told me she caramelizes the onions before making it. Marty loves it and says it’s his favorite meal of all time and Melanie is still in Canada taking care of her grandkid so Lori said she’d make meatloaf and carrot cake for us today.

Ty wanted to climb a fourteener today. I told him how he’d need crampons and stuff and that’s it a much bigger deal than he thinks. He was going to go alone! I stopped that right away. He was pretty tired from the concert the night before and is still sleeping. When he wakes up I’ll tell him to go hike up Beaver Creek or Vail Mountain. If he doesn’t go, maybe we’ll go over to the range and do some shooting.

Another beautiful morning outside with bright blue skies and lots of sun. Should be warming up later this week. This late start to the warmer weather has been great. It could be in the high 80’s or 90’s by now so this is perfect.

I have a dentist appointment tomorrow morning to get my teeth cleaned. I’ve been on the cancellation list for a while so when they called me Friday, I grabbed it.

6:35am now, that’s it, time to get moving. Have a great last day of May! You’ve made it through another month, congratulations and God Bless.

Ty made it to the stadium around 5 or so for the Morgan Wallen concert. Soon after he called and said “dad, we’re kind of far from the stage, can I go to the box office and see if we can upgrade to the floor”? I never heard of such a thing but Lori looked at me and shook her head yes. I told him to call me when he got there and let me know how much it cost as no way we were paying thousands of dollars to move. I didn’t think there would be any way you could “upgrade” your tickets mid show. Surprisingly, apparently you can! So for a few hundred bucks he moved down to the floor about 15 feet from the stage. He offered to pay half when he gets paid, but I’m sure we’ll end up paying for it. Glad he had a great time as it was his big Christmas present.

It’s a really nice morning up here with the sun and bright blue sky. We’ll head out to the gym as soon as I’m finished with the post. Afterwards we’ll clean up around the house and Lori wants to plant some flowers. Looks like a nice weekend. Enjoy the day, God Bless

Lori has her first big day of her research program today. This is a milestone in the medical field, and Lori was the one who put it all together. Wouldn’t be surprised if she ends up on the cover of some medical journal! She had a little hiccup with the contract last night, at the last minute, (of course, right?) but worked it all out with the hospitals lawyer before we went to bed. She’s going to the hospital at 8 this morning to meet the research people and see the patient before surgery. Great job honey!

Jag hurt his wrist in a pickup basketball game when some guy pushed him from behind. Jag obviously was schooling him in ball. I think he fell and braced himself with his wrist which is how he hurt it. We’ll be flying to Chicago a week from today. Ty is off to Denver for the Morgan Wallen concert tonight. I think it starts at 6. He said he might drive up after the show. You can do that when you don’t drink!

Last workday of the month for me. I have a call with the designer this morning at 8:30 as I’m changing the Company logo and image. It’s long overdue.

That’s it, time for coffee and to get moving. Have a great day, God Bless.

Our Cabo San Lucas trip at the end of June might be back on. I booked flights yesterday but the JW Marriott, where the conference is, is sold out. They recommended a hotel next door, called Secrets. When we looked it up, it’s an adult only, all inclusive place. Being named “Secrets”, we thought, hmm, this sounds different. Anyhow, we’re trying to get into the Marriott and Lori is checking with the research people if they have a block of rooms set aside.

Yesterday, at Ty’s insistence, I bought a Garmin Fenix 8 Pro watch like his. It not only tells you the time and a bunch of other stuff, but measures your sleep, your steps, your body clock, your O2 of oxygen, and more. I’m still learning it but he’s excited as he wanted us to share data. You can make calls and get emails on it too, but I turned that off. This morning it says I had 8 hours and 23 minutes of good sleep and broke it down into deep sleep (REM), light sleep and being awake. My body clock is at 96%. Interesting.

Ty’s off to work today and then to the Morgan Wallen concert tomorrow in Denver at Mile High. We bought him tickets for Christmas. They’re now going for $3000 a piece! He and his buddy are going.

Lori and I are headed to the gym. We’re late this morning as it’s 7:20am now. Time to get moving, have a great day and God Bless.

I know summer doesn’t officially start until June 21st, but when June rolls around, it’s pretty much recognized as summer. School is out and the crowds are back! The weather warms up too, although we’re loving this late Spring with on and off showers. The scary thing is in 90 days, it’ll be Labor Day and Fall will be right around the corner. Time flies.

Ty’s off to work and Lori is in the shower. I’m headed to the gym and then have a few calls to make this morning. I’d like to make a run to the dump but will probably do that tomorrow.

Ty was off early and did a remarkable job cleaning his room. I asked him why he just doesn’t keep it clean all the time, and he looked at me puzzled and said, “I don’t know, it just gets away from me”! Too funny, another Tyism. Reminds me of when he was little, maybe 6 or 7, and he came home from school and declared, and I quote, “from this day forward, I want to be known as Butt Saggington”! We’ll never forget that and still don’t know where he came up with that one. After he cleaned his room, he ran up valley to buy himself a new Garmin Smartwatch. I have one that’s probably 8 or 10 years old and he wants me to get one like his. Technology has come a long way!

That’s it, time to get moving, have a good Wednesday and stay safe, God Bless.

Last night we decided to postpone our trip to Chicago for a week or so. There were a couple reasons. One, it’s a short week for Jag and Lori, with yesterday being a holiday. They both have a lot of work and it would be hard for Jag to take Friday off and Lori has her first surgery involving her new research study this Friday. Two, the couch and furniture Lori was trying to have delivered, is not available this week. She’s still looking for the right couch. I’m good either way, but I told Lori this morning, I feel like I’m jet lagged from our Montana trip. She said, that’s how she feels too! Of course, we’re not jet lagged, as it was a short trip, but you get what I mean.

Yesterday Lori had her hair done and Ty played in a scramble after work at Vail Golf Course. He was home around 8pm. I took it easy around the house and caught up on a little work. Ty works this morning and so do Lori and I.

Still hard to believe that all the Dems are running anti-Trump ads saying how they’ll be the one to fix Colorado. What none of them mention is that the Dems have been in charge of Colorado for years controlling all three branches of the government! Guess they think nobody will notice or remember. They probably will win as a lot of people don’t have much common sense these days. I can’t believe how progressives are winning in parts of the Country. The alure of free stuff and not having to work for it, is a powerful drug. Problem is, it’s not true, they’re all just empty promises. Just look at the socialist or communist in New York City. We’re in big trouble as a Country, but it shouldn’t be a surprise as all civilizations eventually fall. We’re coming up on our 250th anniversary which is the average age of when most empires throughout history collapse. Get ready!

That’s it, have a good short week. Be well, stay safe and God Bless.

Thanks to all those that served. Special thanks to those that died for our freedom. These days, it seems people take freedom for granted. Flashback 80 years, and it wasn’t a given. How times have changed.

Yesterday Ty and Scott went for a hike. They geared up but still weren’t expecting the snow up high that they ran into. There were some summer storms over the high peaks, but they were up and down in good time and missed them. Check it out,

Pretty cool up there. The lake was still frozen of course, and as you can see, afternoon clouds were rolling in. After the boys made it home and ate some ribs, Scott headed out for Denver and Ty went to the gym.

Meanwhile Lori and I cleaned out half of the garage and she posted some things we want to get rid of. I put the ribs on around 8am and Marty came over around 3 and we had a nice meal. Lori and I went to pick up her hanging baskets from the nursery down in Dotsero. They’re big and beautiful. We cleaned up around the house too.

Av’s lost. Guess Tom was right when he said winning the Presidents Cup, (most wins in a season or something like that), is a curse as no one who won that ever won the Stanley Cup. Without a miraculous comeback of winning four games in a row, we’re done.

It’s pretty outside this morning. Lori is getting her hair done in Glenwood at 11. Looks like some rain this week. Should be 80 this weekend. Jag and the guys spent another night in Indianapolis and will be driving the two or three hours back to Chicago today. Not sure when the guys fly home, probably this afternoon. They had a really fun time.

Ty’s off to work and we’re headed to the gym. Have a great Memorial Day and thank a veteran.

God Bless.

The guys are in Indianapolis for the big race today! Not sure where they’re staying but they drove down yesterday. I told Jag to make sure the four of them emulate the movie Fandango, rather than the Hangover! They’re all good guys though, so no worries, just my joke.

Back here at home, we’re cooking up a bunch of racks of baby back ribs. Marty is coming over and all of us, Lori too, are going shooting at the range this morning. Scott is still here with us until tomorrow. Yesterday the boys went for a bike ride, then to the gym and then into Vail last night. Not sure when they made it home but it wasn’t too late as I saw Ty’s truck around 12:30am when I turned off the lights.

Lori and I were driving back from the gym yesterday and said to each other that if we flew in here to look at property, we’d say no way. Of course that’s just from the street view of some of the places you see. Point is, there are areas in every place that need to be updated. There’s a lot of mish mash in every town. We still can’t get over how green and lush it was up in Montana. I forgot to mention how many drive up coffee shops were all over the place! That’s a big plus, right!

We booked our boutique hotel in Chicago for next week. We fly out this Thursday and are back around 6pm Saturday night. Lori found a couch for Jag yesterday and I think it’ll be delivered Friday. He’s taking the day off.

So sick of the political ads. The worst one says, “Trump put kids in cages and they died”! Unbelievable, that was Obama, wow. There’s another one with Ron Reagan, former estranged liberal nutcase son of Ronald Reagan, saying join this anti-religion and atheist foundation. He closes the ad saying, and this is a quote, “I’m ready to burn in hell”! Unbelievable. I wouldn’t throw that out into the Universe if I was him. Might just come true. Crazy times these days. All the more reason to get to a red State.

That’s it, time to get working on prepping the ribs. Have a great Sunday, God Bless.

Fun trip, quick, but productive. It’s amazing how much you can get done in 25 hours. That’s how long we were on the ground in Montana. We love the area and now have a good grasp on the whole area between Whitefish and Bigfork, which is where we want to be. As I said yesterday, it’s so green and lush up there. Here, we’re literally in the high country, where there, you’re in this incredible valley that stretches hundreds of miles and is full of lakes, rivers and mountains. It’s pretty amazing, plus it’s way more humid that Colorado. Even in only 24 hours, your skin feels better compared to here at home. We’re checking out a few other pieces of land we previewed. We’ll find something, just needs to be the perfect place. On the plane, I signed the docs to void the Buy/Sell contract and so did the seller so we get our earnest money back. Should get it back Tuesday when the banks open. More to come.

Jag and the guys are off this morning to the Indy 500! Ty’s buddy from elementary school, Scott, came up last night. They’re going mountain biking today, along with Caden who is coming up this morning. Lori is supposed to get her hair done today but might go tomorrow. She goes to Glenwood.

Should be a nice three day weekend. 6:45am now and we’re off to the gym. Here’s a few pics of a lot we like and one of the homes we can build. Have a great weekend, God Bless.

Look how green it is!

We made it to the airport with an hour to spare before our flight. The flight up was uneventful and easy. Glacier International Airport is small and chill. Within ten minutes of deplaning, we had our rental car and were off to see the lot. We made it there in about 15 minutes. We walked around and it’s a great lot with great dirt. The only issue was, we could hear trucks on the highway a mile and a half or so away. So, being decisive and making swift decisions, we called our realtor and told him, we’re out on this lot. The rest of the day was spent searching for our replacement new future home site. We’ve narrowed it down to two or three, which are actually better, and a little bit less expensive. Once we drove around and became familiar with the area, it was easier to narrow our search. It’s hard to do it off of a computer, unless you know the area. So, in the end, all good.

Whitefish is beautiful! The lakes are amazing and everything is so green up here. It was 70 degrees yesterday and will be just as warm today. There’s so much water up here compared to Colorado. It’s like we live in a brown high desert of sage brush and dirt. Here it’s lush and fuller of life. The valley is like an oasis in the middle of a couple of majestic mountain ranges. It’s one of the most beautiful places there is.

Today we’re driving around to see a couple more areas. We’re focusing on the north side of the valley up by Whitefish as that’s the best area.

Jag’s buddies flew in last night around 10. They all stayed at Jag’s on-air mattresses. Ty is taking care of Harley.

Our flight is at 2:30 this afternoon so time to go so we can continue the tour. Have a great Friday, more to come on whichever land we go with. When we get things all done, everyone is invited up and you’re going to love it. Easy flight from Denver too, about an hour and 35 minutes.

Take care and God Bless.