December 9, 2025

                We have another cold, good morning here in Hewitt, we hope your day is starting with warmth.

                Yesterday was kind of another day of same things with nothing exciting happening. My favorite wife thought we had some straw that we could put in the manger, but I went and looked and found nothing. Later my favorite wife got in her wheelchair, and I took her out to the garage, and she did not find the straw.

                I decided to see if I could buy some straw, so I went to Wally World, and they did not have any straw. Then, after stopping at the Star coffee place and purchasing a cup I headed into Waco to the Hobby store, and they had some straw. They had about 6 or 8 check-outs and the lines were very long, it seemed as if everyone was there shopping.

                Heading home I stopped and purchased a gallon of unsweet tea for my favorite wife. Back at home I put some straw in the manger, and I think it looks better now.

                We had sandwiches for supper, and the meat was left over from the food Dave and Alex brought to us Sunday.

                I decided to not go to Bible study last night as I do not want to leave my wife home alone at night. I will leave her alone for a while during daytime but not at night. If there was an emergency she would not be able to do much, maybe she could move around a little in the wheelchair but that isn't easy on the carpet. I have been doing my bible study homework, and I would like to go to the meetings. As I have stated before, I can see the lecture on the computer the next day.

                I need to get Alex and take him to school this morning and the person from rehab is supposed to be here about 11:00am.

I have a photo showing that the trees in the front yard are starting to turn color.

                Well, I guess I should stop for now. May we all have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Don the Ford

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

December 8, 2025

                We wish you a good morning and hope it is warm wherever you are. It is 33 degrees according to the Alexa, and that is too cold.

                Yesterday was also a cold day and my favorite wife and I did nothing, literally nothing. We sat here in the house hoping to find something interesting on the TV and we found nothing.

Now I did at lunch time go to the cracker store and purchased two meals for us, and that place was full of people. If we had gone there planning on eating inside, we would have had to wait 30 minutes or more to be seated.

                Yesterday evening Dave and Alex came over with food for our supper, and it was good. We had pork chops with green beans, mashed potatoes and gravy along with some very nice rolls. I now have some leftovers for lunch today.

                We have no plans for today; I did not need to take Alex to school so I am just sitting here in front of this ole laptop computer wondering what I might do. We need some straw for the manger, and my favorite wife believes there may be some in a box in the garage. I will probably move the van out of the garage and see if I can find the box. If not, I might need to drive in to Waco and purchase some straw.   

                We have bible study this evening and I am considering going to the class but not staying for the lecture. I can see the lecture the next day on my computer, if they send me the address. I do not like to leave My favorite wife alone as she can not answer the door if someone comes to the door, but our Dog Tres can let anyone who comes to the door know he is there guarding my favorite wife.

                I have made a cup of home-brewed coffee, and it is rather strong, and I will take it to the ole recliner and see if I can get some rest after all this strenuous data entry (aka Nap).

                We hope you all have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

                                                                Thank you!

  Don the Ford

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

December 7, 2025

            We want to wish you a good morning this Sunday from us here in Hewitt, Texas. I hope to post a photo in this post.

            What did The Don do yesterday, nothing much. During the day he was allowed to wash some clothes which are mostly his as his favorite wife has been wearing mostly PJs (aka Pajamas). During that time, he was allowed to go and purchase some food from a drive-through restaurant. After eating The Don was allowed to remove the items from the washer and put them in the dryer.

The Don asked his favorite wife if she wanted to go outside and sit in the sun as he was going to work on the manger. While she was sitting there and he was working, a friend dropped by and visited his favorite wife, as he attempted to work. The neighbor kids came over and visited for a while. There were a bunch of questions as to what I was doing and why I was doing it, by the kids.

It took longer than I had expected, but I got most of the manger done. We still need some straw to put in and around the manger. I had a couple photos taken after the lights came on.

            I was able to get everything put away and push my favorite wife's wheelchair back into the house. We did receive food for our supper from Dave and family yesterday evening, and it was good! 

            Well, I guess I should stop and wish you a good day and pray that you all stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

December 6, 2025

                Good morning to all even though mine started out good but suddenly went to not so good. I had done my morning duties and was heading to the ole desk in the so-called office area. I had a glass of milk in hand and a breakfast sandwich in the microwave. I placed the glass of milk on the desk and then knocked it over. Milk was on the desk and on the floor and it took some time to clean it up. I now know that my computer mouse had milk inside it. The computer was safe, and I am now using it. This must mean I am going to have a day filled with interesting events.

                Yesterday I ventured out to the shed and after moving items out I was able to get a few Christmas decorations that go in the manger seen. Photo of the shed and items that needed to be moved to get to the back.

                I did put the manger together and I was assuming that Alex would be here today to help put up a few decorations, but he is not. He had something he needed to attend and I think it had to do with ROTC.

                I guess if anything gets done today it will be me alone doing it.

                I need to get a cup of coffee, not from the Star coffee place and see if there is anything my favorite wife wants me to do.

                We hope you all have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford    

May to day be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow.

December 5, 2025

                Again, we wish you a good morning. I do not need to take Alex to school this morning as his friend is going to pick him up on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I get him on Tuesday and Thursday. I need to ask him how he is doing in the ROTC target practice.

It was cold here again yesterday and I needed to get outside and water the flowers in the hot house but without any sun it would be cold and wet.

                The cleaning lady came to our house and has been cleaning each room. Also, the lady from health care (aka rehab) came to our house and showed us some of the exercises my favorite wife will need to be doing in order to recover.

                Lunch time came and the cleaning lady had brough her lunch and she started eating. I decided to go to the chicken salad place to get our lunch. After eating we were talking with the cleaning lady and we noted that we were from Missouri, so she asked what part of Missouri, and we said Cape. She was surprised and she said she was also from Cape. We talked about Missouri for a while then she got back to work. She did a really good job and will be back in 2 weeks.

                I did get outside and watered the flowers in the hot house. I had just started watering when I received a call from a neighbor who had some Chili for our supper. I stopped watering and headed into the house to receive free Texas style chili. Texas chili does not have beans in it. There were also some muffins, and supper was all good.

                No big plans for today I may go to get some groceries today and if it isn't too cold I might go to the shed and see if I can find some things.

                There will not be many Christmas presents here at the Ford house this year, we bought the gifts from Gabi's list, and we have not received any list for anyone else, so we will give money, and they can get what they want. I do need to go to the bank to check on a couple things next week, maybe I can get some money to use for gifts.

                I do have a photo of the Christmas tree that is in the Ford's ole homestead.

                Well, I think I will stop for now, we hope you have a good day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Don the Ford

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

December 3, 2025

                This may be a good morning, and I hope it is better than yesterday morning, which was good but odd. Now I have your attention, I will attempt to explain what was odd about yesterday morning. It had nothing to do with getting Alex to school, but I do have a comment about Alex. Alex is in ROTC, and he got a promotion yesterday. He is now a Sargent in intelligence. In ROTC they have ranks and jobs, so Alex is Sargent Ford in the intelligence area.

                Now let's get back to the odd morning; my favorite wife had an appointment at the doctor, so we loaded her up in the car that we had borrowed from David. We arrived at the doctor's office and my favorite wife got onto the wheelchair, and I pushed her inside. At the check-in we learned that the appointment was for today (Wednesday) not yesterday (Tuesday). Yep, I read the appointment day wrong. If it had not been for my favorite wife getting in and out of the wheelchair several times it would have been funny.

                Today I do not need to take Alex to school, he has a ride with a friend, but tomorrow he needs to be at school an hour early,

Big plan for today, we do need to go back to the doctor this morning. Also, today may be recycling day as I see some recycle bins are being placed by the curb, my recycling bin is full.

Well, I will stop for now, we hope you have a good day and please be safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

December 2, 2025

                It is a cold good morning here at the ford homestead. It was 31 degrees according to Ford's ole temp gage. We are supposed to warm up to the 50s today with a lot of sun lite.

                I was able to take Alex to school on time this morning and I learned that he will be promoted today in his ROTC class. I think he will be a Sargent. He will need to be at school earlier than usual this Thursday, as he has some shooting practice. They use BB guns in their rifle range.

Taking him earlier makes it difficult for me as I must be here to get my favorite wife out of bed each morning. I will need to leave the house no later than 7:00am to get him to school by 7:30am.

Well, I missed bible study last night even though I had completed the homework. My focus was on getting supper for my wife and making sure she was comfortable, when I remembered that it was Monday and the meeting.

I guess I should stop now as we need to get dressed for the doctor's appointment which is this morning. We hope you all have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

May to day be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow.

December 1, 2025

                We are having another cool and rainy good morning. I did get Alex to school on time.

                As you should know my favorite wife has a broken leg and now, we have another leg problem. Yep, the Tres has hurt his back leg. We are not sure what happened, but he started limping a little yesterday and now he is limping a lot.

                Doing nothing if you are not hurt can be fun and restful, being hurt and doing nothing is aggravating and no fun at all. My favorite wife goes to her doctor tomorrow I guess for a review of all that has happened.  

                Plans for today are to possibly get some containers out of the closet and see if they have Christmas tree decorations in them. We have the tree up but no decorations just the lights that come with the tree.

                The cleaning lady is supposed to be here at noon to clean the house. My favorite wife is not happy about having someone other than her or me to clean the house. We will see how this goes.

                That is it for now, we hope you have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

May to day be better than your best day, but not as good as tomorrow.