"Thoughts from The Donald" : 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.