September 5,2025

                Good morning to you, you are my favorite person and I want you to have a good day.

                Let us see what yesterday's events were: I was able to get Alex to school on time, I was able to get myself a cup of coffee from the Star Coffee place. I did make it back home OK, and I did take a short nap. Getting up from my nap I got ready to go to the bank where we had some papers notarized and then we headed back for home where I dropped my dear wife off then I went down to a different insurance place and tried to get a price on some insurance.

                Later in the day I decided I would go down to the license Bureau and get the city sticker for my wife's van and see if I could get some handicapped license plates. If my favorite wife had gone with me, she would have some handicap license plates but since she didn't go and I did not have her driver's license number at all she did not get the handicapped license plates. We did get the sticker for the car but not the plates. They said we could come back in four days with the paperwork filled out with her information on it and get the handicapped license plates. We'll see if I want to do that or not.             

                Later in the afternoon my favorite wife and I went to the Georges restaurant for supper, also known as date night. The food was good the service was a little slow because they had a lot of people there. Returning home from supper we sat outside for an hour and a half and did nothing. No friends stopped by, very few people drove by that we knew that we could wave at. We saw a bird at the bird house. It's the first time we've seen a bird there in about a month.

                I decided I would come in and work on this a little bit which will make it easier in the morning when I get up, I don't have to hustle so much.

                New topic: I would like you to think about this just for a moment or two. Why do people cross their legs? If you watch anybody male or female as they sit down, they will usually cross their legs. I do it and you probably do too, but the question is why do people cross their legs? I have thought about that, and I don't know why. I know why women cross their legs different than men, assuming they have a dress on, so you don't see their rear end but why do both men and women when they sit down cross their legs? If you come up with that answer let me know, I'd like to know what it is.

                Well, I need to get going and get Alex over to school. When I went to get him yesterday, I called him 7 times on the phone, and he did not answer. I got to his house, I went to the back door and knocked on the door, he did not answer. At that point I started to worry, I was walking around to the front door but as I walked past the window to his bedroom I stopped and beat on the window to his bedroom several times. That is when I received a call from Alex saying I was asleep. I asked, "Are you ready to go" and he said he was, he just fell back to sleep after he got ready to go to school, so he came on out and we got him to school on time no problem.

                I asked him if he could come over and work on Saturday morning and he said it kind of depends, because he's applied at a restaurant and he might need to go in and talk to them. I guess he wants a job there and does not want to work for me. OK, it's not a problem, we'll work that out.

                I do want to experiment on a problem: a problem with the plastic for the hot house to see if I can cut it with a saw, so that is part of my plan for today. There is a rose Bush out there that I need to replant. I'm not sure exactly where I want to put it but I do need to replant it. I guess we'll just kind of play it by ear and see what happens today.

Leg crosser Don the Ford

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

September 4, 2025

                I would like to say good morning to you, I think we will be having a hot afternoon even though this morning is a cool 69 degrees.

                Yesterday's events: I really did not do a lot, I got the boy to school on time and safe and sound, I did go check into insurance and get some more prices on different car and home insurance. I did go to the shed and check a few tools that I had used the other day as I had found in the palm of my right hand a brown stain. This stain came from using a tool the other day when I was messing around out there with the so-called hothouse. I have a brown stain in my hand that I've tried to wash out with soap that doesn't help. I used alcohol that doesn't help, it's going to have to be worn out it is really in there. I found the tool that I had used that had a brown wooden handle on it and that is where I must have got the stain, It is the only tool that I use that had a brown wooden handle. That tool had not been used in years, and I assume that the stain that made it brown was on the outside of the handle when I picked it up and as I used it, it absorbed into my hand. This morning the stain looks a little less dark so I assume it will wear off in a few days.

                My wife and I sat outside yesterday afternoon. It was another nice quiet evening of waving at a few people as they drove by on their way home.

                Today's possible events: I may check with another insurance carrier for prices I do need to go to our bank and get some papers notarized I will need to pick up my weekly stipend I might go down to the license Bureau and see about getting my wife's sticker for her van. If I go to get the sticker for the van, I will take her license plates with me and see if I can get some handicapped license plates for her van. That way she won't have to use the hanger on the mirror all the time.

                I have a photo of a blooming flower which I like and I'm going to post it here.

                I am going to stop for now and try to get ready to go get Alex and take him to school we hope you all have a good day, stay safe and all you do.

Photographer Don the Ford

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

September 3, 2025

                I would like to wish you a good morning, but it is late afternoon on Tuesday. As I have started working on this article it is 6:40 PM on Tuesday so I don't know if it's a good morning or not, but we hope you have a good morning and a better day.

                So why did I start out Telling you it was a good afternoon. Well, my wife had suggested to me that I should do something tomorrow morning that I haven't done in probably a year. What is it that I haven't done in a long time? It is, "go to the food place and get Bacon egg and cheese breakfast burritos". Now I will need to go early to get the burritos and then get back home in time to be able to go get Alex and take him to school. Why do I want to go so early? Because of the school traffic, after I drop Alex off, it is terrible traffic. I would not have time to do this posting in the morning, so I am doing it in the afternoon.

                So, what did I do yesterday: well, I didn't do a lot, I did go to the skin doctor, and they removed all the stitches that were in my nose. I'm not sure how many but I'm pretty sure it was around 10 stitches. The nurse that removed them did it very well with no pain at all. They do want me to come back later in about 3 weeks and that way they can work on smoothing out the sides of my nose, so they look the same, although I think they look OK now.

 I went out back and attempted to replace the one panel on the roof of the so-called hot house. I got the new piece of plastic that I had bought and cut the end off to make it the right length. Then tried to install it without removing 1/4 inch off the side. I did get it installed but it was so tight that the clamps that hold it in would not fit so I knew I had to take it out and still remove 1/4 inch off the side. As I attempted to remove it, I broke it, which made me feel terrible, and I put everything away and came to the house.

                Later I thought I'm still going to go ahead and cut 1/4 inch off the side of that and I'm going to take that small piece that broke off and attempt to super glue it back in place and go ahead and use that piece of plastic.

                Yesterday's event we did sit outside for a while and enjoyed a quiet afternoon. It wasn't too awful hot we did have the big fan running, there was very few people who drove by so we didn't get to wave at that many people. The neighborhood was very quiet and even the birds quietened down, about the only thing making noise are the squirrels.

                Well today Wednesday I will try to get the boy to school on time and safely after I have hopefully gotten the burritos this morning and I might go check on insurance for the house and the cars since they are very expensive and coming due.

                Wow, ole people never get to rest we've always got something we must do. I'm going to try to stop for now. We hope you have a very good day and that you stay safe in all you do.

Workaholic, Don the Ford

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

September 2, 2025

               It is a good morning even though the sun is not up yet.

                Yesterday's events: Yesterday was a holiday so I drove over to the star coffee place for a cup of coffee. Back at home I did very little since it was a holiday I wasn't supposed to work. I got a couple naps during the day. Sitting there in a chair with nothing to do, nothing to watch on TV, I decided to go out in the front yard and pick up debris.

I don't think I informed you that we received a little over 1.5 inches of rain and there was no water standing in the yard. The rain was appreciated.

I noticed that the squirrels have been eating or trying to eat our pecans. Under the pecan tree and on the driveway, I picked up at least 20 pecans still in the shell still in the green cover that the squirrels had dropped when they were trying to eat them. I have come to a decision that I will cut down the small pecan tree since we did not get any pecans from it last year, and it appears we're not going to get any this year. I will cut it down I will not allow the squirrels to have pecans and us not get any.

                My favorite wife and I sat outside for a while yesterday afternoon, it wasn't as hot as usual. We had the big fan set up, but it wasn't running since we had a light breeze. The neighborhood was very quiet I assumed due to the holiday; nobody was driving by our house. My favorite wife suggested that I go over to the chicken place and get us some chicken for supper which I did, and it was good.

                Today's events: as usual school is back in session, I will attempt to get Alex to school safely and on time I will get myself a cup of coffee and then come back to the house and get myself ready to go to the skin doctor to get the stitches removed. I don't really have any other big plans than that, so today might be a boring do-nothing day. I do need to attempt to cut that sheet of clear plastic and see if I can install it on the hot house. There are a couple flowers that need to be repotted but that would be a lot of work.

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

Squirrels…  Don the Ford

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

September 1, 2025

We have a nice start to this good morning. We hope your day will be really nice and stay safe in all we do on this Labor Day.

Speaking Of Labor Day, I sneaked out of the house this morning and went over to the Star coffee place and got a cup of coffee. To the young man at the window I said, "you're supposed to be off today this is Labor Day", and he said, "I'm getting paid extra to be here".

Let's review yesterday: my favorite wife and I did go out to lunch where we were surprised when some friends asked us to sit with them. We had some very lively conversations, and they paid for the food so yes, our lunch was free.

After eating lunch my wife and I started for home and that's when we decided that we would go to the cheap store just to see if there was anything we needed. We found nothing at the cheap store and then went home and rested.

Yes, I did take a short nap when I woke up, I thought, "you got to do something", so I went out on the front porch and set. As I was sitting there, I noticed our neighbor was on his knees in his front yard pulling weeds. It came to me that since the sun was behind the clouds and it was a little cooler today maybe I should go into the backyard and trim some blackberries. I did go out back and not only did I trim the blackberries but in the number one BlackBerry bed I pulled the weeds out of it, yes that was a bunch of work.

Once I finished pulling the weeds I was hot and sweaty. My shirt was wet from sweat and actually it was drizzling rain a couple times while I was out there so maybe some of it was due to the rain.

My wife and I sat on the front porch for a while after I had worked my ole body and I tried to cool down, we did nothing but watch the neighborhood, which was very quiet. After a while I decided maybe I ought to get on into the house to get a shower and see what I can find to eat for supper.

Supper completed I headed for the ole bed and attempted to watch some TV.

Today's plans: it is Labor Day, and I will attempt to not labor all day.

We hope you have a good day and that everyone stays safe in all we do.

Bush trimmer, Don the Ford

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

August 30, 2025

                It seems like a good morning here in Hewitt, I haven't had to do any work so that makes it a better morning.

                Yesterday's events: Mostly normal things occurred yesterday, no hard work to do, I went to the store and purchased a piece of clear plastic 2 foot by 4 foot and brought it home and found out that it was a little too big for what I needed. It is about 1/4 inch too wide and about three- and three-quarter inches too long. Now I'm pretty sure I can take the three- and three-quarter inches off the bottom fairly easy without breaking the big sheet of plastic but taking the quarter inch off the side is going to be very difficult but I, being almost a magician, might be able to do it.

                It was hot yesterday afternoon, and my favorite wife and I sat outside. Our friend who normally comes over on Friday could not come as she has been exposed to the covid virus and was told to be confined for about a week.

                Looking forward to today's events: Our yard man Alex has agreed to come over and mow the yards this morning I will pick him up about 8:30 and we'll go get a cup of coffee and then come back to the house and he'll get started working about 9:00. Work completed we will probably go into Waco to the lunch shop and get a couple sandwiches for lunch and then all things working properly we will take Alex back home.

                Different topic: as usual I have found another item that I did not even know I had. I am not sure when I purchased this item or why I purchased the item but as I happened to look in a drawer here at my desk, I saw a pink colored wire and I thought "what is that" so I took it out and looked at it. It appeared to me to be a light. I connected it to my computer, and it is a light. I don't know why I would have that, but I do. Yes, I have a photograph.

                There is no telling what a person might find if they took the time to go through each drawer and all the cabinets and stuff here in this so-called office area. There is lots of items and old items. Many years ago, when the GPS was just getting started, I purchased a portable GPS to use on my motorcycle, and I still have it. Does it work, I don't know.

                Well, I guess I'll call it quits for now and start getting ready to go get the yard man we hope you have an excellent day, and you stay safe and all you do and that everyone is nice to you.

Finder of lost items or odd items

 Don the Ford

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

August 29, 2025

We hope you are having a good morning and starting a good day.

Did I do anything yesterday? No, I did not do much of anything. I did work with the computer trying to remember how to download the questions for the bible study. I have the book with all the notes and questions but when I hand write or print the answers, I often have a problem reading them when we are in the class. When I download the questions, I can type the answers and then I can read them in the classroom.

            At Bible study in the past, we would go to the big meeting room and here the announcements, then we would go to our classroom for our discussions. After the discussions we would go again to the large meeting room for the lecture. This year we go to the small classroom have our group meeting them we will go to the large meeting room for the lecture.

            I did not do much of any kind of work outside yesterday. I pulled the few weeds out of the Jasmine that I had missed the day before and other than that, that was about all I did outside yesterday. My wife and I did go out for supper last night and that's usually the food was good, and the service was good. Back home we decided we set out for a little while it was 100° Yep that's hot, I had the big fan on which provided us with a pretty good breeze. We did not have any visitors come by and talk with us yesterday we just had to sit there and think of things and talk about ourselves.

            I need to get going in a little while to go get Alex and try to get him off to school and in that process, I will probably pick up another cup of coffee. Maybe this one will also be free? My big plan for today is to go over to the hardware store and see if I can get a piece of 2 by 4-foot clear plastic. If so, I'm going to try to replace one of the pieces of the very old hot house roof.

            I found an old map in the garage it's from 2002 and it covers the United States and Mexico. I used to use that map when we traveled, that's before the GPS became available. A map that's over 23 years old maybe I should keep it. It may be worth money in the future.

            Well, I will stop now and get my body ready to go get Alex and take him to school. We hope you all have a real good day, a safe day, and be nice to everyone you're around, especially us old people.

Don the Ford

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

August 28, 2025

                It is a good morning here in Hewitt, but not where those kids were shot. Some people be crazy.

                They have activated the national guards in DC to help reduce the crime in the city. Many years ago, I was in the National Guard, and I look at this from the point of view of being in the National Guard. Each one of those national guard soldiers has jobs, not just military but jobs, and I wonder how their employers are doing while they are there at the city on duty away from their normal work.

When I was in the National Guard a lot of what we trained for was riot control due to the Vietnam War and the protests that were going on.

Topic change: Yesterday I pulled weeds from the Jasmin beds; I did miss some and may need to review that work today. After crawling on the ground through the Jasmin I took a shower to get rid of any chiggers.

We sat outside for a while and the hummingbirds were back. I have a photo of the Hummingbird that has been addressing our flowers as we set out on the front porch, photo to follow.

I also have a photo of some flowers that are blooming. This plant has a bunch of blooms at the same time on one stem, and I thought it was interesting.

Today's plans: I need to make some copies of a document that I had notarized, if I can remember how to use the printer. Different topic: We hope to have supper out this evening.

I need to get going and get my morning coffee from the Star Coffee place, I mean, I need to get going and get Alex and take him to school.

I am back, I did take Alex to school and on time, I did get a cup of coffee, it was free. I ordered a small cup, and they made a medium cup, the lady said we got the order wrong, so it is free.

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

Free stuff be good, Don the Ford

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