And That was How it Went

Note: you can read this with “effects” at the Christmas Letter Page…

The year 2019 was another one of those years, some good some bad but we all made it through, so far.  Early we made several trips to see young Hockey players and family came to visit.  The old man still gets the check… if you know what I mean.  January 2019.

We were and are still making monthly trips to Oklahoma.  Family, interests, and things that always need attention.  We had our share of snow and some out here say it was a more normal year?  I preferred the first two we were out here but, you get what you get.  At least living on the Front Range is warmer and the snow disappears rather quickly, most of the time.  I would think that if they lived out here they would learn how to drive in snow but NOOOOOOO we are filled with idiots.  Oh wait, it has been over run here with California types that don’t know about snow…

This is just one of many from that storm but it happens all the time, every snow storm, even the small ones.  They drive way too fast, not prepared, and won’t change.  I have been on I-25 headed to Denver, both lanes full with less than the “three second rule” between cars, and we are all having to go 10mph over the speed limit to keep from getting run over.

I made several winter/spring swap fest for Ham Radio and the attendance was down from previous years.  I guess everyone was out having fun somewhere else? I also had several radio related projects I worked on through the winter…

We had several more big snows and the BOMB CYCLONE through the winter.  The big one this past year was similar to the one in 1977 when we lived out here and it was about 1 months before Amy was born.  Read more Bomb Cyclone and Bomb Cyclone2. Bomb Cyclone 3.  With all that I am sure glad I got up way too early and fought my way into HomeDepot to get the New Snow Blower.  I used the heck out of that this past winter.

Later in the year I got busy and made two airplanes , as promised, for a friend in Ohio.  He wanted them to put up in his Train room…

We also had a very late May snow storm of about 18 inches but it disappeared real quick.  In June I took off and hiked to the top of Signal Butte, just to say I could… it is a short hike in distance but a good one for elevation change…

There is a trail that runs to the right and around to the top.  It is damn steep.  Was a great view from the top.  Hike to the top

I also made several old car shows… would like to have one but just can’t justify it.  But I have more pictures Automobiles and Flying Machines.

The friend I made the planes for came out.  First time we had ever met in person, although we had been in contact first by financial media (Motley Fool groups) and then Ham Radio when we both found out the other was a Ham… something like 12 years or so we have been in contact… Anyway they were on a road trip out to see their daughter in Wyoming and dropped down for a few days… Then shortly after that visit Sherrie had a few tests done and they found Cancer.  Of course it was a very rare (about 1% of all cancers – Sarcoma) in her leg.  So we spent late July and much of August in Oklahoma pushing the issues to get that out and figure out what was next.  The Cancer trip.

In August my brother couldn’t stand it anymore (they live in Houston) so they rented a house near Evergreen and spend about 5 weeks out here in the cool weather so… we had a Family Meeting, like most of our Family gatherings it consisted of FOOD… and EATING…ha!

More trips to OK and meeting up with more family and oh the first of Sept Sherrie bought a new car… We needed that cause we were racking up the miles on the old one.  The old one , although still in great shape was crossing 200K.

But October Sherrie had seen several specialist and was willing to go Chemo as they said it would “Lessen the potential return of Cancer by 10%” well she took the first Chemo and it was the last one as well because the side effect for here were not worth the small reduction numbers.  Oh and we got early snow this year 3 in October already and more in November as well as not in December.  The ski country is happy, I am not…

Of course as we move into September,  October and November we have a birthdays and Hockey.  I wasn’t at GS#3’s birthday party, although we had a little before and after.  We did make GS#2’s party.

and a Hockey game for him.  He is not as much interested in Hockey as he is in just skating… he seems to really like skating.. with all those pads on…

Just recently we did make GS#3’s Christmas play, I am still making Angels, we had a great Thanksgiving and more snow… Oh and I am practicing with the Instant Pot.  It can do Ham and Beans really good.

So that is the run down for Sherrie and I in 2019.  It was just 48 years ago we met.

In January, since the Radiation treatments will be done, we are going on a small cruise with some of her friends from school then? If I can get her out we will be gone as much as we can in-between doctor appointments.

Ryan is doing fair, still having multiple health issues but he gets to keep his son 3 or more days a week and next year GS#3 will start school so we are in for big changes there.   Amy is doing pretty good now as we think that she may have the Liver hemangioma under control for a change. She stays way too busy for us old folks with two boys, in school and both dong Hockey and multiple other activities.  Seems they are on the go all the time and she has been chief contractor for updating their house in Lakewood.  It appears they finally have the basement redone, that is pretty nice compared to what it was…

So that is the rundown for us, Hope you all have had a great year and Merry Christmas (I don’t give a damn about politically correctness and I fully believe we are going way too far in that direction as well as politics, but that is another story for another time).

WD0AJG