January 1, 2026

                Wow, we made it through another year. I have been around for 78 new year events. As I am writing this it is still December 31, 2025, about 6:30pm. I have had two adult beverages this afternoon and I have cooked a Pizza which we enjoyed for our supper.

                I have a bag of black-eyed peas to cook for New Year's Day. These peas should be eaten for good luck in 2026, but we do not have any pork to put in the peas so there will not be any nice flavor.

                We went to the doctor yesterday and did not find anything new. They have asked her to restart a ole prescription.

After the doctor's visit we went to the Star Coffee Place and we ordered two coffees, one medium and one small. The small cup turned out to be hot chocolate, not decaf coffee. We have ordered a small transfer chair. It should be small enough to get through the bathroom door which will help my favorite wife to have access to it. It was recommended and will work like a wheelchair. They say it is not as heavy as a wheelchair and it can be placed easily in a vehicle.  We hope this provides the needed easy access through the house.

                Back at home we had lunch and rested for a while then later we went outside and enjoyed the nice warm weather. The neighborhood was kind of noisy as people were driving up and down the street and there were some people mowing. We did not see any drones while outside.

                Back in the house a friend dropped by and visited for a while. We did not stay up until midnight just to see the new year arrive as we use to do in the olden days.

Last night there were fireworks going off close enough that we could hear them. These fireworks started just after dark. Tres does not like fireworks, so he was not a happy camper. I activated Alexa to make sounds of rain (aka white noise) to help drown out some of the firework's noise.

                This morning, we went through the exercises that my favorite wife needs to do, and I went to the Star coffee place and procured a cup of real coffee. Going to the star coffee place to get a cup helps me to relax for a few minutes.

                I guess I should stop and wish you a Happy New Year. We hope you have the best year of your life.

Don the Ford

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

December 31, 2025

                This is the last day of this year, so we wish you a happy new year. My sister Wilda was born on December 31, many years ago. Can you imagine having a birthday celebration with Christmas and the New Year's celebration at the same time you were born.   All that said, we wish you a good morning and a happy day.

                We had another cool weather day yesterday and the sun was shining so the greenhouse was very warm in the 90s.

                I sneaked away from the homestead for a few minutes yesterday to get a cup of coffee. We did have a visit from a rehab lady yesterday morning reviewing how my favorite wife is doing, and we got some suggestions to improve her recovery.

                The only work I did was to pick up sticks from the front yard as I was tired of doing nothing in the house. When it is cold outside, we stay inside and that means very little to do. It is supposed to warm up in a day or two and then I might do some outside work.

                My favorite wife has a doctor's appointment today so we have traded vehicles with Dave so I can get my favorite wife to the doctor's office. We have doctors' appointments on the 5th and the 6th of January. Maybe I should buy a new smaller vehicle so I can transport my favorite wife and not need to borrow a car.

                Thinking about doctor's appointments, the flu is now spreading again, and I think we should be wearing masks again and staying away from others as much as possible.

                I went to the Chicken Salad store to get our supper. We both like their salad and we do not need to cook anything or wash any dishes after eating the Chicken salad.  

                If you have any adult beverages this evening, stay home and enjoy them, do not drive after drinking!

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

Donald Ford

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

December 30, 2025

The temp outside is freezing at this time and even though it is cold outside, we are still wishing you a good morning. We hope you have warm and pleasant day.

                Today's plans: wow, nothing to say here.

                Yesterday's activities: I went to the store for a few items, but I could not find the decaf coffee that I wanted (Eight O'clock decaf). The decaf coffee I bought is strong and my favorite wife don't like it .

The cleaning lady did come to the homestead, and we are clean, well, the house is now clean, maybe I still need to be cleaned.

                Later yesterday afternoon I was allowed to take the ornaments off the Christmas tree and put them away, then I dismantle the tree and put it out in the garage. The tree consists of three parts, and all those parts are in the Fords ole Dodge van which is in the garage. The van has several things inside it as it is not being used since my favorite wife can't drive.  I have considered trading the van and getting a small SUV which would be easier for my wife to get in and out while having this broken leg. The ole van is 12 years old and it only has about 35,000 miles on it.

                I am tired of entering data so I will stop for now and wish you a good safe day.

 Don the Ford

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

December 29, 2025

                It is a cold winter morning here in Hewitt Texas, we now believe winter has finally come. 36 degrees is what Alexa is presenting and our personal thermometer indicates 38 degrees.

Even though it is near freezing we want to wish you a good morning and a better day.

                Nothing new to report here at the Homestead, we did sit outside yesterday, and there were two drones flying over. I did get a short video, and I will try to post in this article.

                 I do need to go to the store today and get a couple items, I guess I should have a list of items, other than that nothing planned to do.

If memory serves me, and it often does not, the cleaning lady is supposed to be here today bit she hasn't called to say she is or is not coming.

Wow that is short even for me. 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.

December 28, 2025

            We seem to be having another good warm morning, and tonight we are supposed to start cooling down. We are supposed to have winter for a couple of days then back to warm weather.

            I brought the laptop to the fords ole recliner this morning and started this post and that is when I learned that I was sleepy. After a short time, I decided to just put the computer down and take a nap. I dozed off and when I woke up, I was still sleepy. I then remembered that I had not had coffee with some caffeine in it. So half-awake, I decided to go to the coffee place and get a cup of strong coffee. I did get the coffee, and I did return home and I am attempting to create this article.

Yesterday morning started with a cup of coffee from the star coffee place, and I also purchased a breakfast burrito which I shared with my favorite wife.  

         Back home after eating the burrito and a short rest I was allowed to start washing clothes. I had 3 loads of things to wash and dry, and I was able to complete the task without damaging anything.

In an effort to recover from the Christmas events I have moved a couple items back into their normal locations, these items were moved so we could get a wheelchair to the table. Speaking of the table I was also allowed to remove the leaf and place it under a bed.

I had leftovers for lunch yesterday, and speaking of lunch what will we do today. Will I be allowed to go to the Cracker store and get lunch or will we just starve. We haven't discussed that topic yet and we do have some gift cards for the cracker store. I think my favorite wife might allow me to go to the cracker store. Then we must make decisions as to what we might want to eat. Wow, ole people always need to make decisions.    

     Yesterday afternoon we sat outside in 79° temperature, enjoying the quiet afternoon. It did seem to be unusually quiet until our neighbor drove by and our dog Tres started barking. Tres barks every time this pick up goes by, occasionally this pickup has a couple small dogs that bark at our dog Tres, and of course Tres has to bark back.

 I did not see any Drones fly over yesterday.

            I did look up and saw half a moon above the tree, so I thought I would get a photo for my enjoyment.

            Well, I guess the coffee has worked as I am still awake. I have noticed that the TV is on and I am not watching the TV, but I am hearing what is going on. Wow, I can do two things at once?

            I guess I should stop and see if I can find something that I want to do or possibly need to do. There are many things that need to be done if I could just get into the mood. We hope you all have a good day and that everyone stays safe in all we do.

Don the Ford

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

December 27, 2025

 Yesterday morning I headed out to the store to get some vitamins for my favorite wife and some breakfast sandwiches for myself. While I was out, I did get a cup of coffee from the star coffee place. One of my Christmas presents was a gift card for the Star coffee place which made it easy for me to have a real cup and not worry about where I would get the funding. We also got gift cards for the Cracker store.

I was able to work on some of the bible study homework yesterday morning before I headed outside to water the plants in the greenhouse. Actually, I watered the black berry beds before going to the greenhouse. Before going outside, I checked the temp outside and in the green house. It was 83 degrees when I headed outside and it was 106 in the greenhouse, so I did not hurry to get inside the greenhouse.

I did observe a pink rose as I was watering, so I got a photo just for you.

                While I was outside watering I observed several Drones flying over, I assume they were delivering items from Amazon. I saw one Drone go over very slowly and it stopped a couple houses away. The drone then went down out of sight. A few seconds later it came back up and then headed back to where it came from. I did not get a photo or video, but I did see 7 drones flying over.

                I did get inside the hot green house (100 plus degrees) and water the flowers. I was sweating while inside the house. There are flowers blooming in the green house and I do have a photo.

                I decided to attempt to remove the Poopa-Loopa from the back 40 and during this removal process I found some mushrooms.

Now I am not sure if these are good or bad mushrooms, so I did not touch them.

Later in the afternoon we decided to sit outside as it was very warm. I have a photo of a Buzzard that was sitting on the ole ham radio antenna.

                We did not have any friends to drop by yesterday afternoon, so it was a very quiet neighborhood.

                We did get some gift cards to several places but not to the Georges restaurant and that is where I went to get carryout yesterday evening, so I had to pay with my own money. We are thankful for all the gifts we received and one of them is the Peppermint candy that I get every year, big thank you for the peppermints.

                This morning: I have already left the homestead, and I purchased a cup of coffee from the Star coffee place and I also purchased a breakfast burrito which I shared with my favorite wife. I need to get going as I do have things to do such as washing some clothes.

Well, I should stop for now and wish you a good day and hope 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 26, 2025

                Good morning from us here in Hewitt to you all, we hope your day is very pleasant and filled with friends and happiness.

                Yesterday was supposed to have been Christmas but it sure did not seem like Christmas. Yes, we had the family here with lots of good food and pleasant conversations. The weather just did not seem like Christmas, as it was very warm. Another part of this is that there was really no presents under the tree to be opened since my wife couldn't do any shopping this year and I am not a good shopper. We did give money instead of presents so that each person could go buy their own present.

                In the afternoon when family had left friends came over and we all sat outside on the driveway talking about this and that. Again, the weather was warm enough that we could set outside and that just does not seem like Christmas Day.

Today's events do nothing other than go to the store and get some vitamin C which my wife takes daily and that's about it I have no other big plans for the day.

                Looking at the security camera, I see the swing near the driveway swinging back and forth. There's nobody in it but if you look really close, I can see Molly, the cat has jumped up in it and when she jumps in the swing naturally swings back and forth.

Speaking of Molly, she seems to like to go to the Manger scene and scratch on the Manger and then she likes to jump up on top of it and stand there and look around like is there anybody coming, or am I boss of this area. Molly is kind of an oddball cat.

                Well, I guess that's about it for now I will stop and go get started we hope you have an excellent 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.

December 25, 2025

        Merry Christmas

            It is finally here, that day that some of you have been excited about while others were saying, I have too much to do or I forgot...

            We here at the Ford's homestead have had a very nice Christmas eve and are looking forward to an excellent Christmas day. The snacks proceeding the Tamales were very good and the Tamales were excellent. There are Cookies and Fudge and other sweet treats. There will be even more good food today.

            Yes, the family was here yesterday and will be here today.

            Gabi's fiancé Brice had decorated the car with Christmas lights and I have a photo,

            I think it can be seen from a mile away.

            Well, I need to get a cup of coffee and start doing nothing.

            We hope you have a good Christmas day and that we all not only stay safe in all we do but remember the original meaning of Christmas.

Don the Ford

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