November 6, 2024

            Good morning and it is over, the presidential race is over. I was hoping it would reduce the ads and commercials about politics, but I doubt that it will. 

            I went to get breakfast burritos this morning and they are good. I will take one to Alex when I go get him to go to school.

            Well, it is cool enough to have the furnace on, that is it is 46 degrees outside. I guess I should flip the switch from air conditioning to furnace, but there will be a smell of some dust when the furnace heats up. Ok it is on and we smell the dust.

            I did install a new light to provide light on the flagpole and flag at night and it worked. Yes, I have a couple photos for “my” enjoyment.

            First photo in the day light so you can see the light and the flag, second photo at sunset and you can see the moon in the lower right side, and the third at night and the light illuminates the flag properly. The light was still on this morning at 5:00am.

            I just got back from dropping Alex and Gabi off at school. Alex’s last football game for this year is this afternoon, I guess I should get tickets.

I would like to talk about the word Assume again. Now I learned years ago that when we “assume”, we make and ass out of you and me, “Ass-u-me”

People in cross walks and people who are not in cross walks should not assume that the driver of any vehicle has seen them, and is going to stop. Vehicle drivers can easily be distracted and the person who assumes they have been seen, can be ran over. Even if you are in a cross walk look both ways and be sure the driver sees you.

Well, I guess I should stop for now, we hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do, also be nice to those people who voted for the candidates that lost.

Flagpole light installer.

Senior ole person who needs to do a couple things but don’t want to, Don the Ford

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

 

 

 

November 5, 2024

            Good morning to all, we did get some rain last night and I thought we might have received a lot more them we did. listening to the wind and rain during the night I assumed we had more than an inch but when I checked the ole free rain gage this morning, we only receive ¾ inch. Now ¾ inch is better than nothing. I would like to see a couple days of slow easy rain to help get the ground and all the plants back to normal.

            Yesterday was a little odd for us, we, being my wife and I, decided to go into Waco and see if we could find some masa. Now masa is what is used in making tamales. My favorite wife wanted the premixed masa but the store where she use to get it did not have it, so we decided to find a Mexican store to see if they had it.

            I drove to a location where I thought they had a Mexican store but there was not a store there. I then decided to drive down Waco Drive and we found a large Mexican store. We went in and I asked the lady at the cash register if they had masa. She did not speak English. She called another lady over and this lady spoke both English and Spanish. They pointed out the masa and it was what my favorite wife wanted. We got three packages and paid for them. Each package cost $4.50 and the lady put them in sacks. I picked up the sack and we headed for home.

On the way home we decided to stop at the chicken place and get some chicken to take home with us for lunch. When we arrived at home, I learned that there were only 2 packages of masa in the sack, we left the third package at the store. After eating my lunch, I went back into Waco to get the third package of masa. I walked into the store and they were busy, evidently, they also serve lunch in the store as there was several people entering and leaving but not carrying bags of groceries. When the lady had a break from the cash register, she looked at me and pointed at the bag which I had left there with one package of masa in it, I picked it up and headed for home.   

Back at home I did very little for the rest of the day. My favorite wife and I did sit out on the front porch for a while enjoying the breezy weather and at some point, I needed to get ready for bible study. Now they were predicting the possibility of some severe storms and I did not want to go if there was going to be severe storms. I did get ready and I headed out. A couple blocks from the house I learned I did not have my drink with me and since we were to have pizza prior to the start of the study I needed to take my drink. I turned the old Ford’s Chevy around and went home to get the drink. Then I again head out to the church. I arrived at the church and it was raining. Now were I park is near the door where we come out after the meeting, but we cannot go in through that door as it is an emergency exit. I would need to walk to the main door which was not close to where I park and I thought, “I will get wet in this rain’. I stay there a few minutes and then decide to head for home.

Back at home I found something to eat for supper and that was my day.

Today I again have no real plans to do anything, it is supposed to clear off this afternoon so I might go out and pick up any sticks that may have fallen out of the trees due to the heavy winds.

I did again get up early this morning as I have not yet adapted to the time change. I do need to get the Alex and take him to school this morning. I did learn that the freshmen have their last foot ball game this week and it will be on Wednesday instead of Thursday.

Today is voting day, we hope the right person gets in as president.

Have a good day, stay safe in all you do, and as always be nice to ole people.

President?

Senior ole person who don’t need to get going, Don the Ford

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

November 4, 2024

            It is morning and the clouds are here but the morning light comes earlier now that the time has changed. I want to wish you a good morning even though mine has started out with a sting. Now the sting came from a wasp as I was pushing one of my favorite wife’s big flowers into the garage. I don’t know where he came from, but he did sting me on my neck. I think I will survive.

            We have the prediction of rain starting about 10:00 this morning and slowing in the afternoon, then more rain in a more serious threat of storms starting about 5:00 this afternoon. Yep, the heavy rain and possible storms may arrive a little before time for me to head out to bible study. If the storms seem severe, I will stay at home.

            Now what happened yesterday: we went to the Cracker store for breakfast yesterday and the place was packed. Now we did not need to wait to get a table, but most of the tables were taken. Food and services were good, shopping after eating not good, too many people in the store.

            At checkout I was behind a young lady, she may have been 7 years old, she had two bags of candy in one hand and some paper money in the other hand. She had $8.00 and the price with tax came to $8.64. She laid the candy and money down and went looking for a parent to get more money. I pulled some change out of my pocket and gave the clerk 64 cents. The young lady came back with more money in her hand and the clerk pointed at me and said, “he paid the change for you”. The young lady looked at me very surprised, and said, “thank you”. 

            Yesterday afternoon I needed something to do so I decided to attempt to remove some more acorns from the front yard. We have had some light rain, and the wind had been blowing so I thought I might get several acorns. I have a photo of the acorns I have been able to remove.

            While I was attempting to remove acorns a friend from down the street stopped and asked if I could put a new turn signal light bulb in for her, I said I would try. She pulled into the driveway and we raised the hood. My hand was too big to fit in between the battery and the lights. After a few minutes of trying our neighbor Steve came over and he tried. Steves hand was smaller than mine and he was able to get the bulb holder out but when he tried to put the new bulb in, he found that the holder was broken. The lady went back to the auto parts to see if they had a bulb holder, they did not. She will need to go to the dealer for the part.

            We did sit outside for quite a while yesterday afternoon. The time change has messed up our schedules. Remember if you haven’t voted you will need to vote tomorrow. Speaking of tomorrow, I have to take the cat to the vet tomorrow and she is laying here on the desk watching me enter data into the ole computer.

            Well, I will stop for now, we hope you have a good and safe day.

Vote tomorrow.

Senior ole person who is glad he has early voted, Don the Ford

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

November 3, 2024

            I hope it is a good morning for you, even though the time has changed. I woke up according to the day lite saving time, and I am sure it will take a week or more for me to adjust to the regular time. When Tres and I went out front this morning we noticed that it was lighter than we are use to. Enough about the time change let’s talk about something else.

            Let’s see if anything happened yesterday. We did go into town for our usual lunch sandwich, and we did go to the Mexican store looking for some item that my wife needs in order to make tamales. We were able to get the corn shucks but not the masa. We then went to the cheap store, and we purchased a water pan for the Tres and a couple bottles of vanilla.

            Back at home we relaxed for a while then I did my homework for Bible study. The homework completed I decided that I needed to get up and move around for a while, so I went outside and removed some acorns. I have a couple photos to present to you, showing how I have been removing the acorns and how difficult it is to see the acorns in the grass.

            The first photo is of the roller and there is an acorn in front of the roller ready to be rolled in. The second photo is of grass, and I see about 5 acorns in the photo. Picking up the acorns gets me out of the ole recliner and keeps me moving, even though it is slow movement.

            A friend stopped by and she brought some taco soup for me to try. We had been talking the other day about tamale soup that my favorite wife makes, and our friend noted that she makes taco soup. I had the soup for supper, and it was good, it was similar to chili in looks, but it had a different taste.

            My wife called a Hispanic friend about the masa, and she suggested a location where we could get some in Waco.

            We were getting ready to go outside when my favorite wife found that one of the drains on the kitchen sink was leaking. I had to get down on the floor and check things out. The plastic pipe that connected to the drain was loose. There was a plastic container that my favorite wife keeps cleaning supplies in, directly under the loose pipe. The container was about ¾ full of water.

I, having worked for a plumber in the olden days went right to work. It only took a few minutes to get everything out from under the sink, make sure everything was dry, put the pipe back into the drain and secure it in place. I took the plastic container with the cleaning supplies in it outside where I wipe them off with an ole towel and let them air dry while we were sitting outside.

            During our time outside my favorite wife received a call from another Hispanic friend and I think they must have talked for about an hour. I find it interesting how and ole senior lady, aka my favorite wife, can remember names and things that have happened in years past and talk about them with another senior person, but goes in the house and can’t find her glasses. Long term memory verses short term memory.

            Anyway, that is it for now, we hope you have a good day and if you can, be nice to someone. Oh, I almost forgot, also please be safe in all you do.  

Acorn roller.

Senior ole person who would, if he could, but he can’t, Don the Ford

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

November 2, 2024

            I hope we all have a good morning, mine seems to be starting out that way. Remember to set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed tonight. I just started by changing the time on the little clock that is here in the office. The clock in the garage will not be change, as I did not change it to day lite saving time, so it has been on regular time all summer. 

            Yesterday I once again ventured out to the front yard and removed a few acorns. I was again looking for any acorns I could see, and using the pecan roller, picking them up. I was working in lines from the street to the flower beds and then turning and heading back to the street. At one point and acorn fell about 3 feet in front of me and I retrieved it, then a few seconds later one fell beside me. I thought, is the tree helping me by dropping them where I can see them, or is the tree attempting to threaten me, wanting me to leave its acorns alone.

I was also able to do a little trimming of a couple bushes yesterday, one I had previously trimmed, and my favorite wife suggested it was not trimmed enough, the other just needed to be cut back some.

I also swept the garage floor after my favorite wife popped into her van and went into town. She was looking for the needed supplies to make tamales. She usually makes the tamales at the beginning of November. So far, she has been unable to get all the needed items as the store where she has purchased them in the past did not have everything. We may go to one of the Mexican stores today to see if they have the needed items.   

I did my daily reading of the bible and also did my homework for bible study. Upon completion I decided to leave the Fords Homestead in order to procure some chicken tenders and fries for my lunch. Back at home the tenders and fries were very good. Upon completion of eating my lunch I did head to the Ford’s ole recliner for a short nap.

Later in the afternoon my favorite wife and I did sit outside with a friend and enjoy the nice weather which by the way, was cool. As usual we had some interesting conversations about the bible. Our pot hound Tres was taking a nap after barking at the neighbor’s truck when he drove by.

            Well, I guess that is it for now, we hope you have a very good day, stay safe in all you do and have positive thoughts, you know, “all things are possible if only you believe”. Positive thoughts and believing are basically the same.

Comfortable nap.

Senior ole person who likes comfortable naps too, Don the Ford

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

November 1, 2024

            We are starting a new month today and we are only a few days from the election. Most of the people I know have already voted and I am very tired of the so-called news talking about the candidates, heck even the local news is about candidates. Half of the commercials are also about politics, and everyone knows I don't like commercials. When commercials come on either on the radio or TV I turn the sound off. I hope we get the right person for president.

            I guess I should offer you a good morning and hope we all have a good day. We did get a little rain yesterday and we have had a small sprinkle this morning, we are looking forward to more rain in the coming days.

            We had a lot of wind over the past few days and the hangers for two of our Bougainvillea that were hanging on shepherd hooks have broken. The plants did not fall to the ground but they were hanging sideways. Also, my favorite wife's big moon plant and the heavy homemade wooden stand also blew over. That is the second time that had blown over this year.

            Today is Friday and I do not need to get the kids and take them to school. For some reason the school is not in session today so I guess I will save some money as I don't need to purchase breakfast burritos this morning. Wow, I will have my hole schedule for the day thrown out of kilter by not taking Alex to school. Schedules are important to ole people as being on schedule helps ole people to know what day it is and what they are to do.

            Halloween is over, as far as I know, we did not have one kid come to the door last night. Now we did shut everything down yesterday afternoon, we did sit outside but we did not sit in our usual locations, we sat on the back patio. Sitting out back is not as interesting as sitting out on the driveway. When we sit on the driveway, we talk about anything and anyone we see who goes by while we are out there. It usually takes me 30 minutes to complete one adult beverage, sitting out back the adult beverage went down much quicker since we did not have as much to discuss.       What is the difference between a patio and a porch.

            One thing I need to do today is find a way to get rid of a wasp that seems to be wanting to use a security camera for a wasp nest. This wasp is in front of the camera most of the day. I have sprayed around the camera but to no avail. I don't want to spray the wasp while he or she is on the camera as I will need to clean the camera after spraying it. Cleaning the camera means standing on a stool or short ladder, and being an ole person I don't want to fall.

            I guess I will vacate this key board and take a break from all this thinking, maybe I can get some un-needed rest this morning. We hope you have a good day, stay safe in all you do, and try to be nice to at least one person today.

Politics. ☹

Senior ole person who still would like a burrito for breakfast, Don the Ford

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

October 31, 2024

            It is Halloween and it is raining, we hope it continues to rain but they say it will stop in about an hour, oh, I should say good morning to all.

            We are not supposed to get much rain from this cold front, but they say the next front in a few days will likely bring more rain. We did get a little less than ½ inch of rain, that helps but we need more.

            Yesterday: I did remove a few more acorns from the front yard, I used the roller and got several acorns. I was attempting to get the acorns I could see, not raking for those under the grass. The roller works well, and it is much easier than raking. Maybe this rain will wash the leaves down the street away from the curb in front of the house. Maybe I should go down to the end of the cul-de-sac and see how many acorns end up there after the rain. 

            I just returned from taking the grandkids to school. I learned that they do not have school tomorrow, I don’t know why. Alex will be going out of town for the freshmen football game this afternoon so he will miss out on Halloween. Gabi and her boyfriend plan to go tricker treating, I think they are a little to old for that.

            I do have a photo of a flower that is blooming, I don’t think this flower knows it is supposed to be fall.

            We usually go out on Thursday afternoon / evening for supper, but since it is Halloween, we will go out for breakfast this morning and stay home this evening.

            The rain makes it to wet for ole people to get outside and work, so I guess I will just stay inside and take several naps today.

            We hope you have a good day; stay productive in all you do and please be safe. 

Blooming!

Senior ole person who could use some breakfast right now, Don the Ford

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

October 30, 2024

            We are one day away from, “the October event”, aka Halloween. In the olden days we use to hand out candy to the tricker treaters, and in the olden days there were many kids in our neighborhood ringing our door bell. As time passed and the kids grew up, we would still hand out candy but it got to a place where the doorbell would ring, and we would look at each other asking who was going to the door this time. We finally decided to shut the door, turn off the porch light, shut the blinds and not answer the door.

            Oh, I should say, good morning to one and all.

            Yesterday events well-defined; there were few events yesterday other than normal daily activities. I did at one point go out to the front yard and look for acorns. I raked another area and came up with very few acorns. I did find a few in the grass out near the street, these acorns were visible to the naked eye, and I used a roller to pick them up. Ther seems to be a lot of acorns still in the trees. The wind was, and is, blowing hard and that might bring some of them down.

            Speaking of the wind, it blew over a couple flower pots last night. These pots were not blown over yesterday when we were sitting outside, but they were this morning. It would be nice if the wind would stop and the rain would start. We have low chances of rain for the next week, maybe we will start toward breaking the drought.

            I need to get the Alex to school this morning, not sure if Gabi will be riding with us, and I need to go to the teller machine for the weekly stipend. Alex has a freshmen football game on Halloween, and it is an out-of-town game. The destination of the game is a long drive so we will not be going.

            Well, I need to stop and get going, we hope you have a wonderful day and please stay safe in all you do.

Nothing doing.

Senior ole person who has things that he needs to do, but… Don the Ford

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