January 21, 2026

Good morning to you and that other person too. By good I mean, the temperature last night went all the way down to about 54 degrees here in Hewitt Texas and the night before it was cold outside. Starting Friday, the temp is supposed to drop below freezing and stay that way until Sunday sometime. Warm one day and cold the next, how do we ole people adjust to the change.  

I had decided to see if I had two gas cans full of gas in the shed, and I did not. I took the empty can and headed to the gas station. but on the way I stopped at the hair stylists, aka ole persons barber, and I now have my hair shortened. In the olden days my mom would give me a dollar and tell me to get my hair cut. I would walk to the barber shop alone as it was only about three blocks away from where we lived. I am sure at some point one of my parents took me to the barber, but I don't remember ever being taken. By the way, a hair cut for a senior person is now 19 dollars and they expect a tip too.

Monday, I went to the hair cut place and sat there for about 30 minutes thinking I was in line for the next stylists. I then learned that some people who came in after me had checked in online and they got to get the hair cut before me. Once I understood that, I got up and left. Yesterday (Tuesday) there was no one ahead of me.

Different topic: When I was out back getting the gas can from the shed, I decided to check in the greenhouse to see if there are any new blooms coming on the Christmas cactus, and I have a photo.

                I hope we get through the coming freezing weather without any problems in the green house, and all the blooms on the cactus open for a photo.

I was attempting to keep my favorite wife from starving yesterday I decided to cook some chili. Now this is not Texas chili, it is Missouri chili, that means "it has beans in it". Texas chili does not have beans in it. With the cool weather I thought a hot bowl of chili would be good. Yes, I asked my favorite wife about the ingredients.

The chili turned out to be very good. We always have a peanut butter sandwich with chili. I think I learned to have a peanut butter sandwich with chili when I was in grade school with would have been about 70 years ago.

What happened or happens today, not a lot. I did not need to take Alex to school this morning, his mother is off work and took him. When we got up and after getting my favorite wife in her chair, I did vacuum the floors and straightened up the bed. After providing my favorite wife with some breakfast cereal I asked if she wanted a cup of decaf coffee, to which she responded yes.

I then told my favorite wife that I was going to get a cup of coffee from the star coffee place, and I would be back in a few minutes. To be honest with you, I think it is odd that I want a cup of expensive coffee and that I drive a couple miles one way to get the cup. I do usually get the cup when I am on my way to get Alex, and then when I am not getting him I still want the cup. Habits influence us daily.

Back from the coffee place with my cup of coffee in hand, I walked into the front room where my favorite wife was sitting. The first thing I noticed was, "I had not made a cup of decaf for her before I left." I felt bad and immediately made her the cup of decaf. Ole people "me" get distracted easily.  

I will say, after having a cup of coffee from the Star coffee place I am more awake as caffeine energizes me.

Well, I will stop for now and see if I can do something such as get the mail from the mailbox. We hope you have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

January 20, 2026

                We are having a cold good morning and we are not looking forward to the coming winter weather. Patrick and Karla are supposed to come to our home this weekend as their anniversary is the 21^st, and Patrick's birthday is the 28^th.  Well, the weather people are predicting freezing rain and sleet this weekend, with temperatures down in the 20s, so I assume they will probably not want to drive on roads that might have ice on them.

                With the bad weather probably coming, I need to go to the shed and see if the gas cans are full and maybe bring the kerosene heater with some fuel to the garage in case we have a loss of power during the freezing rain. Darn it, I will need to go outside in the cold.

                I did get Alex to school this morning on time and in a safe mode this morning. On Tuesdays he wears his military uniform (ROTC) and he always looks good in the uniform.

                 I need to put some of our pain cream on my knee, as my knee is hurting today. Well, I guess I should stop and get started doing something, we hope you have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

January 19,2026

                Well, we are having another cold good morning, it is 33 degrees as I create this soon to be boring word document.

                Let us see what happened yesterday. The day started out cold about 27° outside, and that afternoon I looked at my thermometers, and it was 95° in the greenhouse. Yes, the greenhouse warms up when the sun shines on it and the heater doesn't have to run.

                I did go out to the greenhouse and check on the Christmas cactus as one of my good friends suggested and there are going to be many blooms on it if nothing bad happens to it. I had provided a photo of 1 bloom on the Christmas cactus but the tips of a lot of the leaves are red meaning they're going to bloom.

                Yesterday morning I wanted a cup of coffee from the star coffee place, so I came up with a plan to get a cup. I made a list of a few things that we needed from the store, and I went to the store to purchase the items that I needed and then I went over and got the cup of coffee and headed home. I would note that at the store at 7:30 in the morning there was almost nobody there, the people that were in the aisles were stocking the shelves, so I had a building to myself almost.

                An exciting day for me here at the Ford homestead I was able to vacuum the floor which I do most of the time anyway, I did wash 2 loads of clothes and dry them.

My wife had commented that our dog did not smell good, and she suggested that we spray him with some of that spray and rub it in that helps take the odor away. I being the fine husband that I am, did exactly as she wanted, I sprayed the dog and rubbed it in and then he wanted to go out back, so I let him out back for a while. With all that spray on him the first thing he did Outback was to lay on the ground roll over and over in the leaves and dead grass.

A little later when he came in the house and laid down on the floor the carpet was again needing to be vacuumed because it had grass pieces on it. There's never no rest for an old senior person and a vacuum cleaner.

My favorite wife has been wanting to take a shower for a while, but she's not been able to. Since she got home from the hospital, she has been using a washcloth to wash her body as it is difficult to get in and out of the shower. Well, Saturday we did a practice run to see if we could get in and out of the shower and yesterday morning I took some time and thought about it and came up with a plan. My favorite wife and I went in where the shower is and were able to take her thoughts and my thoughts and make one plan. Yes, she was able to get in the shower, take a shower, rinse off, dry off, get back out of the shower all safe and sound. We are both very happy now that we know that we can get her in and out of the shower safely.

Sunday afternoon a good friend brought us some food for our supper. He brought Smoked Ribs, Beans and a Rum Cake. Now I am here to tell you the ribs were excellent, they had a sweet sauce on them and there was a lot of good spicy meat. The beans were very good with some spice in them also. When I finished eating the ribs I had to wash up as I had the sauce on my hands and face.  

My wife also said the Food was very good and she was glad that we had food that was cooked and not something I made in the microwave. We were both full after eating so we had to wait for about an hour before we got some of the Rum Cake. Now we have had the Rum Cake before, and you can't beat the Rum Cake.

There was also a card with the food, and it had a reference to the bible, "Jeremiah 30:17". You can look it up if you like, it was a reference to healing of wounds.  

                We are thankful for all our neighbors and friends; we appreciate their kindness and prayers.   

Today being Monday, it is a holiday and my grandson does not go to school today. That means I'll have to come up with another reason to go get a cup of coffee from the Star coffee place this morning if I decide to do that.

My last thought and then I will do nothing: I did trim my beard, and it looks and feels good. Photo to follow. If I was to feel lucky today I might go and get my hair cut.

                Wow, I show you a photo of the reduced amount of hair on my face and all you can see in the photo is the cowboy hat hanging on the wall.

Right now, we have no big plans for the day, we will see what happens.

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

Don the Ford

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

January 18, 2026

                It is a cold good morning here in Hewitt.  

                I went out to the greenhouse yesterday morning a couple times to adjust the heater. I needed it to come on when it was getting cold but going off when it is warm enough. I have moved the device that shows the temperature from four different thermometers. One is in the greenhouse, one is on the back patio, one is in the garage. The device also shows the temperature where it is setting. Photo of the device.

                                                        

                I can look at the screen and easily know what the temperatures are. The dog in the background with the broken glasses was a gift to me at Christmas, so he gets to stay on the table next to my chair.  The heater in the greenhouse is working, it is in the low 50s inside while it is about 27 outside, we assume the plants are ok.

                I went into Waco yesterday and bought a tarp and some rubber gloves. The tarp is camouflage in color and will be used to cover the riding mower. The rubber gloves make it easier to put the pain cream on my knee, my favorite wife's knee and her backside.

                It was way too cold to sit outside yesterday so we had a boring day inside the homestead. Speaking of homestead, I did send a check to the tax people, and I hope it doesn't bounce. The city should not be able to tax us ole retired people.

                I went to the chicken salad store yesterday and got some chicken salad for our lunch. We had Pizza available for supper, yes it was a frozen pizza and all I had to do was read the instructions, preheat the oven and insert the pizza. Well, I needed to remove it from the oven and cut it into pieces. Yep, there is always a lot of work for us ole people.

                Today, Sunday, we are told that we will have some ribs for our supper. A good neighbor and friend will be smoking the ribs, and they will bring us some for supper. Wow, we will not starve today because there are good people who are willing to help ole people.

                I guess I should stop and allow you to rest after all this information. We hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

January 17, 2026

                It seems as if we are starting another morning here in Hewitt Texas, and with that in mind we will wish you a good morning.

Events performed yesterday: these events are not in any particular order. I took an electric heater to the greenhouse. I want to be ready for some very cold weather that the weather people have said is coming. I have the heater set to come on if it gets cold inside the greenhouse and I have a small light that will be on when the heater is on, which lets me know it is working.

                I have been out to the greenhouse twice this morning in the cold air. I am attempting to adjust the heater to come on and shut oof at the correct temperatures. While in the greenhouse this morning I observed a couple flowers blooming. The Christmas cactus is blooming and the bougainvillea.

Another thing that I was able to accomplish yesterday was to get some groceries early in the morning. When you go early there are not many shoppers, but there are a bunch of people stocking the shelves. I did get a couple filters for the furnace, and I have now installed said filter in the furnace.  

I got a call from a good friend who is going to be smoking some ribs and will give us some, Sunday afternoon. It is nice to have good neighbors who are also good friends. We will attempt to compensate them for the ribs.

Yesterday, my favorite wife got into a wheelchair, and she removed and put away some Christmas items. She wants to do a bunch of things, but they are not easy to do when in a wheelchair.  

I will not have our yard man here today as they are going to visit family members near Dallas Texas. Heck, it will probably be too cold for me to be outside working. You know old people don't like it to be too hot or too cold.

I have been considering what to do with my beard. I am not sure if I want the entire beard and if I want to have part of it removed. My favorite said go to the barber and let them trim it. I have decided that when I go back to the barber, I will not let the fellow cut my hair again. The last time I was there the male barber cut my hair, and he did not do as good as the female barbers.   

I did not do any vehicle shopping yesterday. I need to get started on this and decide on a vehicle that we like and then start negotiating. I do want to get the van cleaned and then either sell it or trade it. 

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

Don the Ford

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

January 16, 2025

                It is Friday again and we are having a good morning here in Hewitt, but it is cold. Tomorrow it is going to be even colder so I may need to put the heater in the green house in place of the heat lamps. The heater moves the warm air around better as it has a fan.

                Yesterday's events, if there were any… I picked up some debris from the front and back yards including some dog Poopa-Loopa. I did go into town to look at SUVs, one dealer when I pulled in there was no parking place in front of the building, so I parked on the used car lot. I looked at a couple SUVs, but no salesperson came out to talk with me. Since they ignored me, I left and went to another dealer.

                The other dealer was very busy, but they had plenty of salespeople. One met me as I departed my pickup and he showed me a couple vehicles. I liked one of his vehicles but I am still looking for the best choice for me and my favorite wife.  Will keep looking and hopefully find one that fits our needs.

                Today being Friday, I will not need to take Alex to school. I would like to get him over here this weekend to do some work in the back 40. There are still some leaves in the front yard, and we could work on them too.

                I do need to go to the store today as we need a few things in an effort to keep us from starving. I think we have almost $11.00 to spend for food.

                I need to get in the front room and get my favorite wife to do her rehab exercises, so with that in mind I guess I should stop for now and get started. We hope you have a nice and safe day.

                Don the Ford

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

January 15, 2026

                Good morning to you all, we have a nice start to the day here in Hewitt. I took Alex to school and got him there on time. Our cleaning lady has called in sick today, and we are happy when anyone who is sick stays away from ole people, aka us.

I went to the Chevy dealership and looked at a vehicle yesterday, and I have a photo. We are just looking and hoping to find something we like then we will attempt to negotiate the price. Negotiation of the price can be fun or a big problem. I do want to get a comfortable vehicle that we both can enjoy.

After leaving the car dealer I stopped at the sandwich shop and got two sandwiches for me and my favorite wife. We did not starve, we had lunch.  

On the way home I drove buy the Booze store where I use to purchase my booze. The booze store is closed; the windows and doors on the booze store are covered with plywood, we know they had a fire a couple months ago. I haven't purchased a bottle in about 3 months. Where will I find the bottle when I need it?

I did water the plants in the green house yesterday afternoon and the wind was blowing like crazy.

It was freezing last night, and we did have the heat lamps on trying to keep the greenhouse warm.

Our friends across the street had all their flower beds reworked yesterday with blocks that are cemented together. It looks very nice.

Another friend brought us supper from the chicken place yesterday afternoon and the food was very good. Wow, I don't need to cook. Everyone knows I can't cook except with the microwave; you know, TV dinners. It is good to have nice friends. Our friend has said he will be smoking some ribs this weekend and he will bring us some, that sounds good!

I hope I can have the opportunity to go to another dealership or two today.

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

Don the Ford

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

January 14, 2026

    Good morning to you and that other person too.   

                I did not post anything yesterday as I seemed to be doing too much, you know several nap times. We did have the rehab lady here yesterday to help My favorite wife with her recovery. I did head over to the Coffee place while on my way to take Alex to school yesterday when I saw a very neat sunrise. I stopped and took a photo, yes, the photo is just for you. This photo was taken a little before 8:00am.

 

                 I should have noted, I was running a little late on the way to get Alex and the line at the coffee place was also moving slowly. The coffee I ordered was supposed to have cream but not sweet cream. The cup they sold me had sweet cream in it and they asked me to taste it and if I did not like it, they would make another coffee for me. I did not have time to wait so I took it, but I would not take another one, sweet coffee be bad

Now I. also have a photo which isn't as exciting as the sun rise and I was able to take it from our backyard. You guessed it, the photo is of a sunset through the trees in the neighbors' backyard. 

                 Different subject: I took our pot hound to the vet, and they gave him medicine for his hurt leg. They do not want him to be outside running along the fence and aggravating his hurt leg.  It will be a little difficult, but we will do our best to keep him quiet.

                Another topic: my favorite wife has applied a jell that was given to us, yes free stuff be good, to the areas that hurt due to the sciatic nerve. She has said it has helped as a lot of the pain is gone. I like the fact that we will try it a few more times and then if it continues to work, we will purchase more.

                Today is Wednesday and I really need to get started looking for a new vehicle. I look at everyone's small SUVs as I drive around, but I need to go to a couple of dealers and see what they have available that a poor person might afford. I believe I could afford up to $100 per month as payment. It has been a long time since we had a monthly vehicle payment. Wow, if I were to go into town to look at a few vehicles, I might also be able to get something for lunch.  

                Different note: I did get Alex to school on time and in a safe mode, also I did not go to the coffee place to get a cup this morning before taking him to school. It might be that poor people can't afford to have a cup every day.

                Well I guess I should stop for now, we hope everyone has a good day and that we also stay safe in all we do.

Don the Ford

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

January 12, 2026

                This is our son David's birthday, I think he will be 21years old again. We want to wish David a happy birthday and you, a good morning.

                Yesterday morning, we got up as usual and my favorite wife did her rehab exercises first thing. When she completed the workout, which I helped with, I crawled onto the Fords ole recliner and went to sleep for about 30 minutes. For some reason, even though I get plenty of sleep at night, I almost always want to take a nap atabout 8:30. Usually after the nap I go into the ole office and do my bible study homework. I checked the homework, and I still have two days of homework to do even though we have been on break for the last two weeks. I need to finish the homework. Our next class is tonight.

What did the Don and his favorite wife have for lunch yesterday? The Don did not go to the Cracker store to get lunch even though he had enough points for a free meal. Lunch yesterday was leftovers from the day before supper. Ole poor people have to eat leftovers or have nothing at all.

                The Don did remove the door to one of the bathrooms. The door has now been placed on the back patio. Removing the door allows my favorite wife to access the toilet. She has been using a portable potty which works but the regular toilet is more comfortable. We did practice going into the room and accessing the toilet in a safe manner.

                We sat outside yesterday afternoon and most if the time we were out there my favorite wife was on the phone with her niece. Her niece has had a knee replacement and is going through the same type of rehab and pains as my favorite wife. By the way, both my favorite wife and her niece are named "Donna".

                We have both used the free pain relief cream that a good friend gave us (over the counter medication) and it is helping with the pain. I guess we will need to order some.  

                We got food from Dave for supper, and it was good. There may be enough for my lunch today.

                I need to get going and get Alex off to school this morning…

                I am back and I did get him to school on time and in a safe manner. I guess I should stop for now, we hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

January 11, 2026

                It is a cold morning with a temperature of 37 degrees. The question is, can a cold morning be a good morning? Heck, I don't know, ask someone who knows.

                Let's approach another question that I have. You seem to be an intelligent person so I feel as if I can trust you to provide a reasonable answer to my question.

                The question is; if you were in a drive through, lets say at a Star coffee place, and when you get up to the location to place your order you say, "I want a medium coffee with cream," and then the voice who took the order says, "is that you Don"? Does that mean I am going to the Star coffee place too often?

                Today is Sunday and we have no big plans for today. Our son Dave has said he will be bringing some cheese enchilada to us. He makes good food, he learned some of his cooking ability from his mother, that is my favorite wife.

                Let's review yesterday very quickly. I had planned on having Alex over and do some yard work, but when I walked outside yesterday morning, I changed my mind. It was very cold and the wind was blowing. The leaves that I wanted to get removed from the yard were mostly gone and I did not want to be outside working in the cold weather.

                I did go to the dollar store and get a small frame, and we put a small drawing in it that one of the neighbors' grandkids had made for us. The girl who made the drawing has made us other drawings and paintings and she is a good young artist, about 11 years old.

                I checked my bible study homework, and I have not completed it. The next class is tomorrow (Monday evening) so I guess I should start studying. I don't like leaving my wife at home alone, especially at night. She can't get around the house without some help, like going to the door if someone comes to the door. When I go to class I will be gone about 75 minutes, I don't need to stay for the lecture after class as I can watch in on the computer the next day.

                A good neighbor brought us an Essential Oil Balm which is for pain. I have tried it on my knee, and it has reduced the pain in my knee. We plan to try in on other aches and pains.  

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

Don the Ford

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

January 10, 2026

    Yesterday I went out to the back yard and put water in the bird's bath since we haven't had any rain in quite a while. As I was putting the water in the bath, I felt a couple drops of rain on my head. The birds were evidently waiting for a bath. Later, when I looked at the bird bath there were several birds flopping around in the bath. A few minutes later when I was back in the house it started to rain. It rained for about 30 seconds and then stopped.

It was cloudy and cool all day yesterday, so the day was just a boring day. We did not go outside to sit and enjoy the afternoon due to the cool and cloudy weather. We did have my favorite wife in a wheelchair, and we went through the house looking at things. I now have a couple of projects for today. We went out into the garage and looked around but did not come up with projects.

I will need to use the Fords ole van to take Tres to the vet next week as he has been limping and I don't think he could jump up on to the back seat of the Ford's ole Chevy.

I did notice a couple small flower blooms and took a photo just for you.

I have a knee that is hurting for some reason. Now I assume it is due to the number of times I have gotten down on my knee while helping my favorite wife. I decided to take a walk down the street and see if some movement would help my knee. A friend was in his yard, so we talked. I learned that his wife had an operation on her knee. After some discussion I continued my short walk. I don't think the walking helped. I guess I will need to get down on the other knee when helping my favorite wife.   

I am supposed to get Alex to come over here this morning and do some yard work. There are some leaves that still need to be removed if it isn't too windy.

Well, I will stop for now and wish you a good and safe day.

Don the Ford

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

January 9, 2026

    Good Friday morning to one and all, even though I have not had a cup of coffee from the star coffee place. Yes, I had to make my own coffee, but I still think it's a good morning.

Now I have said it is a good morning even though I am having aches and pains. As my wife has this bad knee now my knee is starting to hurt. My wife is having sciatic pain in her back and now my back is starting to hurt. Am I copying my wife's injuries, aches and pains, I don't think so.

Every time I get down to help her with something I get down on my right knee and then I have to get back up. Being an old person that is not easy on my knee or my back. Often the things that I do to help my wife require me to bend over a lot and that has an effect on my back.

As I'm sitting here dictating to the computer, yes, I am not typing with my fingers I am using my mouth to dictate to the computer, I have my back massager on and it's running up and down my back massaging my back and heating it up which seems to be helping.

My wife has had her breakfast and has a cup of decaf coffee with a cookie as I am sitting here in this lonely office all by myself trying to provide information to you.

What we did yesterday: we went to the doctor, and this doctor was one of those that is evaluating your mental capacity. All the time my favorite wife was in recovery at the hospital they were talking to her each day to see how she was doing mentally. After yesterday's test it seems that she is doing much better.

And in the previous statement I noted the words, "my favorite wife". Yesterday I asked my favorite wife if I was her favorite husband and she just gave me the look. I again said am I not your favorite husband, is there someone else who is your favorite husband she gave me the look again. Finally, she commented and said, "I've put up with you for 56 years that should be enough." I thought about it and thought, "Yep that's enough", then I went on my way.

Big plans for today, "do nothing and take it easy, while helping my wife with her exercises. Well, I guess that's it for now we will say we hope you have a good day and for all of us to stay safe in all we do.

Don the Ford

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

January 8, 2026

                We are staring a Nice good morning here in Hewitt TX. I took Alex to school successfully and returned home and took a short nap now I'm sitting here at the computer with nothing in mind to write.

                Looking at yesterday, not a lot happened. I had decided I would go out and water the plants in the hot house even though it was not Friday as they were talking about the possibility of rain on Friday. Thinking that it might be raining Friday, I did not want to get out in it so I went out early and when I opened the so-called hot house, I observed that one of the panels had been pushed out of the roof. In other words, it was open and had I not fixed it then when it turns cold this weekend my plants might have frozen.

I have no idea how this happened unless something had fallen out of the tree and hit it like maybe a squirrel because it was pushed in to the building. I was able to secure it back and put it back in place and hopefully it does not fall out again.

I also removed the Poopa-Loopa from the backyard yesterday and after that my wife and I did sit outside in the warm sunlight. While we were setting out a friend came over and set out with us for a while, this friend did bring a pie for our enjoyment. Then a little later a second friend showed up, and we had some very nice conversations.

Some of the conversations we had were biblical and even though I was unable to answer the questions it was very interesting that we got to discuss the topics.

                After our friends left my favorite wife and I had supper, it wasn't anything special items made in the microwave.

Today's big plans are we must go to a doctor this afternoon for a visit and that's it for the day. We do have David's vehicle, and he has our pickup truck. I do need to get out and do some shopping and see if I can find a vehicle that my wife can get in and out of while she's still having problems with her leg.

Well, I guess that's it for now I will stop and see if there's anything I need to do we hope you have a real good day and stay safe and all you do.

Don the Ford

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

January 7, 2026

                We hope you are having a good morning; it is good and warm here in Hewitt. We tied a record high for the day yesterday; it was 84 degrees and the previous high of 84 was I believe in 1956.

We had a day with the doctors yesterday; my favorite wife was having a lot of pain from the sciatic nerve and even in the leg and knee that had been injured in the fall which occurred while they were at a nursing home making donations. They did some x-rays and scans, and they said things looked good. They also helped her with the constipation she had.

On the way home from the doctor's office yesterday we stopped at The Georges' restaurant and purchased some catfish for lunch. We also got their broccoli salad, and it is very good.

We were able to sit outside for a while yesterday afternoon as it was very warm (84) and the neighborhood was very quiet.

I do not need to take Alex to school today, but I do need to go to the grocery store to get a couple of items. I am not good at shopping, but I am learning.

I did go to the Star coffee shop to get a cup of real coffee and then I stopped at the Burrito manufacture and got a breakfast burrito which I did shared with my favorite wife, it was good! As I was in line waiting to get the morning breakfast, I observed a drone flying over. This was the first time I had seen one before the sun had come up and it had red lights on it similar to what an airplane would have.

Well, I guess I will say that's it for now and wish you a very nice and safe day.

Don the Ford

Donald Ford 

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

January 6, 2025

                We would like to wish each of you a good afternoon.

                Today: I did not take Alex to school this morning; Christmas break is over so school is back in secession.

Alex now has a learners permit for driving and he can drive with his mother.

Yesterday: My favorite wife and I went to the doctor, and they did x-rays and showed us that things are looking good, but were not finished. She is healing but the bones being old are weak so she will go back in 6 weeks for another checkup. 

After the checkup we went to the urgent care doctor. We sat there for almost two hours waiting to be seen. The Doctor said we need over the counter items to fix the problem, which is constipation. She gave us the names of the items and where to get them.

On the way home we stopped at the chicken salad place and purchased two lunches to take home. The food was good and we had some leftovers for supper.

Later in the afternoon I went to the store and purchased the over-the-counter item by name, and I now know there is another item with the same name that I should have gotten. I did not go back for the other version today.  

We sat outside for a while yesterday afternoon and it was nice. The neighborhood was very quiet. I did get a photo of a cloud that to me looks like a feather.

We received another device that I ordered, and it will help get up from the toilet. When we have something solid to hold on to, we can get up and down much easier and when we have a leg that does not function as well as it should, all help is appreciated. No photo to follow.

I guess I should 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.

January 4, 2026

                It is a cool good morning here in Hewitt, my thermometer is showing 40 degrees outside.

                It was not extra warm yesterday, but we did sit outside on our chair and the wheelchair, the sun helped but it was also breezy on the driveway yesterday.

Not a lot happened yesterday I did get my real camera out and I am charging the batteries. I wanted to get a photo of the moon the other night, but the cell phone does not take good photos. Now the big deal is, will I keep the batteries charged or will this just be something I do not do, and forget to do later.  

Today's big plan, we don't have a big plan. I hope we can find something to eat for lunch, I assume I can use my gift card at the Cracker store. There are some leaves that could be raked up in the front yard, but that would mean this ole person would need to work.

I will stop for now and then do nothing for a while, we hope you have a good day and that everyone stays safe in all the do.

Don the Ford

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