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.

December 24, 2025

                It is Christmas Eve and we want to wish you a good morning and happy day. We had another warm day yesterday and we set another record high 82 degrees, the ole record was set back in 1964. We did get a few things done here at the Homestead.

                Let's see if we can review what happened yesterday. I decided early in the morning to go to the Star coffee place for a cup, and on the way back home I stopped at the burrito place and got a breakfast burrito which I cut in half and shared with my favorite wife. I was able to get a short nap before the lady arrived to go through the exercises with my favorite wife.

                We did not do much after the workout other than watch TV, until a friend came and visited for a while. My favorite wife received a gift and some homemade fudge, and it is good! Our friend who has recently retired also gave my favorite wife a cushion that is made for people with sciatic nerve pain. This friend had two of the cushions so the one she had at work was given to my favorite wife. When my favorite wife sat on it, she said it actually felt good and took away pain.

                My favorite wife used the machine that she puts her feet on, and it moves her feet, legs and hips. This helps her not to get stiff and keeps the joints moving as she is sitting on her chair.

                We decide that the Tres needed to be washed so I got my favorite grandson Alex, to come over and help me wash the dog. After the wash job we went to the front yard and again cleaned the leaves out of the yard. As you see in the photo there were again many leaves on the yard.

        The yard once again looks good, after Alex finished using the mower to vacuum it, and I do have a photo.

                The wind would gust and blow the leaves all around. The neighbor's yards are full of those leaves, but we can't do anything about that. Most of the leaves from our trees have fallen. I did see an unusual plant while we were working, I assume it is a weed, and I have a photo.

                I went to the drive through to get some food for supper, and we both enjoyed our supper.

                Today being Christmas Eve our families are supposed to come to our house. We have for many years had snacks to eat and we would open presents on Christmas Eve, we plan to continue that. Then on Christmas Day we would all again be together for a meal and conversations. This year the families will provide the food and do all the cooking as my favorite wife is incapacitated.

I guess I should stop for now, we hope you have a good day and stay safe in all you do. Keep your friends and family in your prayers.

Don the Ford

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

December 23, 2025

                Good morning to all, we had a warm day yesterday. My favorite wife and I both sat outside yesterday, we went out about 1:00pm and stayed out there for almost 2 hours. The neighborhood was quiet and very few vehicles drove by. We did hear some crows off in the distance, but we did not see them. We set a record high for the day; it was 79 degrees yesterday.

Speaking of birds, I have noticed that in the back 40, under some of the bird houses, there is a lot of debris that I believe came from the bird houses. I assume a bird is cleaning the house out and then building new nests.   

I assume you have heard about drones delivering items from Amazon. Well, there is an Amazon distribution center in Waco, and they are using drones to deliver some items. We occasionally see or hear a drone fly over while we are sitting outside. Yesterday a neighbor told me that he had received an item that was delivered by drone and he wanted to know if my security cameras would have captured the delivery. I checked my cameras but the area where the drone flew and dropped the package was in an area at their house where my security cameras can't see. I have wanted to see one of these deliveries.

 I did go to a store to buy items; I found most of the items I wanted but I did not get the decaf coffee which I had purchased there in the past. Its name is Eight O'clock, and it is coffee which my favorite wife likes. There were other items I did not find.

            The yard is now covered with leaves again, and the street is also practically covered on our side. A neighbor across the street was able to remove the leaves from his curb, but I have the feeling the wind will bring him more leaves.

           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.