February 27, 2025

            Hello and good morning to one and all. I am getting a late start to this posting as I slept in this morning. Nice! I have already dropped the kids off at school and have arrived back at home all rested and almost awake.

            Let’s see if the Don did anything yesterday; it seems as if he was able to get the string trimer from the shed and clear out all the growth except for the rose bushes from the back flower bed. This bed is about 6 feet wide and 20 feet long. There are plants the grow in the bed that get about 8 inches tall and spread everywhere. I cut them off at ground level and they will come back when spring arrives.

            Finishing the cutting of the plants I procured the leaf blower and blew all the cutting and leaves out of the bed. To accomplish the removal of the debris I went through the bed several times and the back 40 now has all the debris on it.

            When my favorite wife arrived home from shopping, and we unloaded the groceries from the van, I positioned the Ford’s ole Chevy in the drive way for a wash job. The truck had a bunch of droppings on it and it took some effort on this ole person’s part to get it clean. It does look nice after the wash job. The truck being clean, I decided to go to the bank and cash a check that my wife had received, in the amount of $2.23. My favorite wife had evidently over paid for a prescription and they sent her a check for $2.23. It probably cost more to send the check than what it was worth. I did pick up some clothes from the cleaners while I was out.

            Arriving back at home I presented my favorite wife with her cash. After a short rest we headed out for supper and the food along with the service was good. Arriving back at home we decided to sit outside for a while and enjoy the nice weather.

            Today I have no real plans, but I should have gotten our weekly stipend while I was at the bank yesterday but I forgot. I guess I will stop for now, we hope you have a good and safe day and try to be nice to anyone you come in contact with.

Big check, little money.

Senior ole person who needs to get started on his bible study homework, Don the Ford

May today be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow!

February 26, 2025

            Good morning at least I think it is, I was able to get out of bed and that is good for me. It is still dark outside but it isn’t cold.

The weather was very nice yesterday so we sat outside for a while. It was quiet for most of the time as we relaxed on the ole swing until the noise began. They have a rocket test site about 10 miles away and they fired off one of the rockets. If you do not live in this area, you do not know how noisy these tests are. The rocket was blasting for about half a minute. The wind was from the right direction and the sound of the blasting was crazy loud. When it stopped the train starts honking its horn as it came through town, yep more noise trying to keep us ole people from relaxing. When the train stopped making noise, then a low flying plane with a loud motor flew over. I guess ole people never get a break.

 

Outside work yesterday: I did get the string trimmer out and trimmed the blocks around the Jasmin beds yesterday. We still have plenty of weeds that need to be trimmed in the back 40 and some other work for our yard man Alex.

 

I did install three of the scrap wood bird houses yesterday, two in one tree and one in the other tree. I just tried to count the number of bird houses we have hanging in trees and elsewhere, elsewhere is the front porch, and I came up with 16 that I know, of if my ole brain is still working.

 

Different topic: I have been going through some ole files looking for things I have written. Some are stories and some are just thoughts I had. When I find them, I have been printing them and putting them in folders. I am at times amazed at what I see, (did I write that) but I do enjoy reading things I have written.

 

Well today I am back on schedule for getting the grandkids to school in a timely manner and hopefully safe. I have no big plans for the day, we will see how the day goes. The weather being warm I may be allowed to go outside and make a mess.

 

            I guess I should stop for now, we hope you have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

 

Noise at rest time.

Senior ole noise maker who will try to be nice to someone today, Don the Ford

May today be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow!

February 25, 2025

            We wish you a good morning and it is a good morning here at the Ford Homestead. It is a sunny good morning and I do not need to get the grandkids to school today, so I get to stay home and do nothing.

            I did allow the lawn sprinklers to run this morning, as the lawn and everything needs the water. They predict the rain and then it doesn't come so I intercede with the lawn sprinklers. Why do I have to do everything?

            I have thought about attempting to get one of the string trimmers out of the shed today and do some trimming in the front yard. I plan on leaving the ditch to our yard man Alex.

            If I venture forth from the homestead today, I could take a few clothes to the cleaners. I need to get some air filters for the furnace but that seems like too much work for an ole senior person. The Ford's ole Chevy needs to be washed as it has a bunch of droppings on it. Again, too much work for and ole person.

            No one asked, but the bible study class last night was interesting and the discussions were very lively.

            Our weather is getting nice and warm again, I wonder if winter is over or is this just a break for us ole people to enjoy.

            I got a letter to renew my driver's license yesterday and I can do it on line. Wow, nice, I don't need to go to the license office and wait in line. As I understand it, you need an appointment to get the license at the office.

            Well, I guess I will take a break for now, we hope you have a good day and as always stay safe in all you do.

Do some work? 😐

Senior ole person who should do some work, but will he? Don the Ford

May today be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow!

February 24, 2025

            We hope you have a good morning and a good day. I have an eye doctor appointment this morning so as soon as I drop the grandkids off at school, I must head to the doctor’s office. If the traffic is like normal, and with the fog we have, I may have a problem getting there on time.

            Let’s see what happened yesterday; we did get to go out for lunch, and it was very good. Back at home I rested for a while allowing the food to settle down before heading outside and working my ole body to a point of exhaustion, or maybe I wasn’t exhausted maybe I was just having fun. I did take a few things from the garage back to the shed, attempting to make some room in the garage.

            I did put the piece of plywood on the cart and used it as a table to paint some of the roofs on the bird houses. No, they are not all put together yet, but the roofs are put together and I did paint them. Photo of the cart and how it serves as a table.

            I also swept the garage out and it looks a little better.

            We did receive the two 45-pound cartons (barbell weights) and I did use the two-wheeler to move them from the front porch to the garage. I was surprised that they delivered them on Sunday. 

            My wife sat outside in the warm sun lite while I was working in the garage, and I did sit outside with her after I finished the painting. The temp was in the upper 60s, and the sky was clear, it was a nice day.

            I did run a test of the sprinkler system with each system running for one minute, and they all seem to be working, so I assume the freezing weather did not damage them.

            For today; as I said earlier, I need to go to the eye doctor for my check up as soon as I drop the kids off at school. I need to work on one of the black berry beds and if the weather is good, I might begin that process. The process would be to expand the number 3 bed about 4 feet.

            Photo of the moon taken this morning when Tres and I went out to the front yard, it was a little foggy. A new moon above the streetlight.

             We do have bible study tonight, so I need to make sure I have my homework completed.

            Well, I guess that is it for now, we hope you have a good day and be safe in all you do.

Scrap wood bird house painter.

Senior ole person who don’t like the eye dilation at the eye doctor, Don the Ford

May today be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow!

February 23, 2025

            Good morning to all, it is cool with temps in the 40s and we did not get the rain that had been predicted. I may run a test of the lawn sprinklers this afternoon (one minute per area) to see if they are all still working and if I don’t see any problems, I might let the sprinklers run a normal amount of time after the test. 

            Yesterday’s events; Went to Waco for a sandwich and the lady placed our order as usual, without asking us what we wanted. After eating and talking with the lady for a while we went to the cheap store where I purchased some weed and grass killer. The container has two one-gallon bottles in it, that might be enough for the fence along the ditch.

Back at home I decided to water the plants in the greenhouse, but before I started that I watered the black berry beds. We were supposed to get some rain yesterday afternoon but it had not arrived and I was not sure it would come, so I watered the berry beds. That finished I watered the flowers in the hot house, and I kept the water off the electrical wires.

I did get the two-wheeler from the shed and took it to the garage as I have ordered a present for Alex’s birthday and it weighs 90 pounds. The present is two 45-pound weights for his barbell set and I will use the two-wheeler to move them from the front porch when they arrive.

There was a piece of plywood in the hot house and I moved it to the garage. I found some hinges that I may use on the plywood for the folding table top that I hope to make.

I did pickup sticks and some Poopa-Loopa from the back and front yard. All that work done I went into the house where I had a piece of cherry cheese cake, and it was very good.

Today’s events; we will likely go to the cracker store for lunch and it is supposed to be warm enough this afternoon, that an ole senior person can go outside for a while without freezing.

We have two carts in the Fords ole garage and I have now learned that the plywood that I had intended to use to make a table top for the one cart, has been used in the past as a table top for the other cart, and it still fits on the other cart.

Well, I guess that is all for now, we hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

Weather is better.

Senior ole person who hopes to get outside for a while today, Don the Ford

May today be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow!

February 22, 2025

            Good morning, it is Saturday and the cold weather is still hanging around. No, it isn’t as cold as it was (TV said it is 30 and my gage shows 33 degrees) and we are supposed to get up to the mid-40s today.

            I do need to water the plants in the hot house and I will attempt to do that this afternoon when the temp is in the mid-40s. It is supposed to be raining this afternoon which will not help me with the watering but it will help the ground to get over this very cold weather we have experienced. I will need to be careful when watering and not get water on the electrical wires.

            I did come up with a plan to make a table that will sit on top of a cart we have in the garage. The table will be two feet by four feet and it will fold in the middle, for easy storage. Being on the cart it can be moved easily to any work area, and it will be the right height for working while standing. If I put this plan into action, I will provide photos. For that one person who remembers that I had said I was going to make a foot stool for the office, well I haven’t worked on it much, but it is still in my plans.

            Different topic: the other day I had some time as it was too cold to go outside so I reviewed some of the things I had written. Sometimes I start a story and do not finish them, others I finish. I think I might go through these ole stories and after reading them, I might print them just in case someone might want to read one of them. One story is about the beginning of time and how God knows everything, another is about time travel, and there are others.

            I am assuming we will venture into town today for lunch at the sandwich store and as usual we will likely go to the cheap store. Last week we went to the cheap store and picked up a couple items, but when we saw the line at checkout, we decided that we did not need anything. I guess lots of people like cheap things.

            I have not commented on the subject of adult beverages lately. Now if you have been reading the past postings you might remember we had an adult beverage that was not any good and I poured it out. I have not had an adult beverage here at the homestead during happy hour since February 2, 2025. Since then when the weather was warm and we sat outside I was drinking water, and when I am inside, I have water instead of an adult beverage. I heard of people taking a month off from adult beverages so I decided to do the same. I thought to myself do I just like the adult beverage, or, am I addicted. Well, I would say I like the adult beverage as I have not really had any big desire to have a drink. I remember when I was addicted to tobacco (nicotine) now that is an addiction and difficult to get away from. It had been 20 years since I stop the tobacco use, and I am happy I did. Yes, I will probably purchase another bottle of adult beverage for the happy hour when we can again sit outside in the heat and enjoy the afternoon.

            Well, I guess I have taken too much of your time so I will stop for now, we hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

Not addicted – nice!

Senior ole person who has things to do and don’t want to do them, Don the Ford

May today be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow!

February 21, 2025

            It is again cold in Hewitt Texas and we do wish you a good morning.

            I do have a couple projects that need to be done but that is outside work and I will not be outside working, if I can help it. If it ever warms up again, I will get the Alex over here to help me remove weeds from the ditch and other places.

            I need to get the grand kids to school this morning along with Gabi’s boyfriend. They said the water has frozen in the house where he lives, so he spent the night at Dave and Claires house.

            I don’t have any more info to provide so I will wish you a good day and ask you to be safe in all you do. 

Will it warm up?

Senior ole person who will be happy when the cold is gone, Don the Ford

May today be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow!

February 20, 2025

            Wow, it is another cold morning here in Hewitt. It is 16 degrees at this time and that is too cold for me. Allow me to wish you a good morning even though it is too cold outside.

            What did the Don do yesterday, not a lot but it seemed like a lot. I did get the kids to school safely and on time even in the cold weather. Then I went to the dentists for a cleaning and they decided to have me come back in a couple weeks so they can make more money, aka a filling. Then my favorite wife and I went to the foot doctor and he recommended another foot doctor, so we have another appointment in a couple weeks.

On the way home I stopped at the Star coffee place to get a cup and I said to the lady at the window, let’s make this one hot, the last one was not hot. She brought me a cup and asked me to try it and see if it was hot, it was not hot but it was warm. She then offered me a different type of coffee and it was hot. The different type was hot, but not as good tasting as the regular coffee. She did not charge me for that cup.

Then we returned home and I was trying to rest before time to go out for supper, when I got a call from Dave asking if I could get Alex from school. when we picked Alex up at school, we asked him if he wanted us to take him home or did he want to go out to supper with us, he didn’t even think about it and he responded he would go out to supper with us. Supper was good and then we dropped Alex off at his house.

Today, nothing doing except taking the kids to school and staying in out of the cold. We hope you have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

Normal schedule today.

Senior old person who needs to warm up the ford’s ole chevy, Don the Ford

May today be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow!