March 20, 2026

We are looking at another good warm morning here in Texas.

                We have very little to report from yesterday's events, I did move the plumerias out of the garage and place them near the swing. I did not go to the shed to get the two-wheeler to move the heavy pots but I did have a way to move them without me carrying them. You will see in the photo that I have an ole office chair that I normally use when we sit outside, and it now has an additional use.

                I did not do any weed removal from the flower beds yesterday as this ole body needed to rest from the previous day's work.

                We sat outside for a couple hours yesterday, and we observed many jets flying over. We estimate that we saw about 25 jets flying to the south and only one flying to the north. There were a few small airplanes flying around too.

                I did get to talk with the neighbors who live across the street as they were both out working in the yard. I guess everyone is starting to do their yard work.

                I did have some time to work on my bible study yesterday and it seemed to go well. I am not a good student, but I do try.

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

                Thank the Lord for his blessings even if everything is not perfect.

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

March 19, 2026

Good morning from the Ole People here at the Fords homestead.

Yesterday I did go to the Star coffee place for a cup and when I got to the window and handed them my ole Gold card the computer screen went blank, he said he would go to the other computer and evidently it had failed as he came back and returned my Gold card and gave me the cup of coffee free. I did get Alex to school safely and on time then  arriving home from dropping Alex off at school I crawled into my ole recliner with my free coffee in hand, I took a nap.

When I woke up, we decided to go to the George restaurant for breakfast. We arrived 4 minutes before they stopped serving breakfast. We were able to get breakfast, but the service was bad and the food was good except for the toast which was as hard as a cracker, and we had no butter or jelly. They did not offer to refill the coffee cup. They were having a meeting with the servers in the next room which made service non-existent. Go early if you are having breakfast.     

Back home I again took it easy for a while and then I decided to go outside and attempted to remove weeds and cleaned debris from three flower beds. I did use the knee pads, and they worked and I now have the trash can more than half full of debris, and I was tired.

I then watered the plants in the hot house and the black berry beds. While at the #3 berry bed I noticed one plant which is a thornless plant, it has about 5 blooms. I did not see any blooms on any of the other plants.  

                I noticed how dry the ground is, so I activated the lawn sprinkler system. All the outside work done I did my housework but not my bible study homework.

                My favorite wife and I sat outside yesterday afternoon and enjoyed the nice weather and quiet neighborhood. We had no friends to drop by, so our conversations were few.   

I cooked supper for my favorite wife using the microwave, and a TV dinner. I had a sandwich and soup.

Well, I need to stop and get started so I will wish you a good day and pray 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.

NARBNL

March 18, 2026

                Good almost warm morning. Well, it isn't 30 degrees this morning, so it is almost warm.

                I have a photo or two from yesterday and one was interesting to me but maybe not to you. This is of a spot on our wall that I observed this morning as I was sitting there in my old recliner. I at first thought my wife had stuck something on the wall I thought why would she do that. I got up and started to go over there and the spot disappeared. I then realized that the spot was not something stuck on the wall but was a light being reflected to the wall.

                Allow me to show you the photo please do not look at the fact that the wall has been made of paneling that was placed there many years in the past.

                The spot is like a rainbow in color and was reflected from the sunlight yesterday morning. The sun was shining on the front door and the peephole in the door that is there to see who is at the door without opening the door was projecting the light to the wall about 30 feet from the door. I had never seen anything like that before.

I Have a second photo which was taken as I was going to get a cup of coffee at the star coffee place before picking Alex up and taking him to school. The photo is of an early morning sunrise off in the distance. It was much prettier in real life than it is in the photo but I wanted to share it with you anyway.

                I picked up sticks from the front yard yesterday afternoon. I also ventured to the back 40 to see if there were any sticks there that needed to be removed and I also removed some Poopa-Loopa. Yes, I did take the fallen antenna and carry it out to the fence as it is about 20 feet long. I attached it to the fence which gets it out of my way until I decide what I want to do with it.

                I need to change the oil in the mower, and I need to get a battery for it. Wow, more work for an ole person who doesn't want to work. My favorite wife is doing more on her own now so I guess I can start doing more things outside, "darn it".

                Well, I will attempt to stop for now, please have a good day and be safe in all you do. Let us all be nice to someone today and possibly someone will be nice to us. Let's all pray for each other!

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

March 17, 2026

                We are having another good cold morning. I like the heated seats in the Fords new Chevy on these cold days. 

Let us see if anything occurred yesterday: I was able to get Alex to school on time and in a safe mode. Prior to picking him up I did get myself a cup of coffee at the star coffee shop. Back at home I took it easy before I started my morning vacuuming the floors and other housework.

Yesterday I did receive a check from the car dealer for the excess amount that we had paid back when we bought the new car. Later that morning I ventured out and went to the bank and cashed the check and after that I went to the chicken place and got us some chicken for lunch which was pretty good.

Speaking of food, our son David brought us some homemade vegetable soup for supper last night. Wow, homemade is very good!

I did take the time to clean all the leaves out of the garage that the wind had been blowing in for the last few days and then I moved the plumerias back into the garage because of the freezing weather last night. I will wait a day or so and then move them back outside hopefully spring has sprung. That one big pot weighs close to 70 pounds.

I had gone into the kitchen to get a drink of water, and I looked out the window and saw something that I had not expected to see. I believe I had noted in a previous post that I had an antenna that was about to fall and I needed to have somebody to get it down. Well, part of it came down by itself and luckily it did not hit anything other than the ground. I do have a photo of the antenna on the ground and the last part that is still up on there.

                I was concerned that it would fall on our pot hound Tres or hit the roof, but it did not. There were several little dead branches downed in the front yard due to the wind yesterday. I will wait for a warm day to remove these twigs.

                My favorite wife worked on some easter decorations yesterday which kept her busy most of last night.

I did go to Bible study last night and as always it was interesting, but it was cold going and cold coming home. It's hard to believe that Monday had a temperature was 92° which was a record high for that day, and then last night it was down to 27degrees freezing wow.

Today's events: we will attempt to stay warm as we transport Alex to school. We have no other big plans for the day.

I will attempt to stop for now, we hope you 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.

NARBNL

March 16, 2026

                Good morning on this cold and windy day.

                Yesterday's workload and rest time: I started off by removing the sheets from the bed as I was preparing to wash the clothes. I took the clothes and bed sheets to the washing machine. Yes, I divide them out by whites and then colored things. 

The washing started so I decided to go and get a cup of real coffee. Sometimes it feels good just to get out and drive around for a while. Back at home I was allowed to vacuum the floors. Floors finished I decided to read some more from my story, and since it was so windy, I stayed inside to read. I read a couple chapters, and I was very sleepy so I took a short nap.

Later in the afternoon we sat outside. the wind was blowing like crazy. We have a ham radio antenna that needs to be removed, it has an ole antenna that is flopping around in the wind and it is about 35 feet high. No way would I try to climb that thing, so I need to find someone to remove the ole antenna and tower.

This morning, I took Alex to school, and I got him there safely and it is still cold but not too windy. The cold weather that is coming tonight might affect some flowers that have bloomed.

 

                The red rose has bloomed and there are white and pink roses that have bloomed. We are not sure if we will get down to a real freeze or not tonight, so I will need to bring the plants into the garage this afternoon.

I will stop for now, we hope everyone has a good and safe day, please be nice to someone and they will be nice to you.

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

March 15, 2026

                I think it may be a good morning as the sun isn't up yet and I haven't been outside to see what the weather is like. Oddly enough, today it is supposed to be in the 80s and yet tonight it is said to be in the 30s, with winds up to 50 mph late this afternoon. I ask you, is that some odd weather or not?

                Yesterday's events recalled: as I remember it, we did not leave the homestead all day, I did sit on the front porch and read from my story, I am about halfway through it now. The main character is learning a lot…

                Every time I read this story, I am impressed that I wrote the story.

                We sat outside and a friend came over and sat with us. It seemed to me that most of the conversations were about doctors and medicines or how quiet the neighborhood was.

                As I understand it, we have no plans for today, ole people don't get to do a lot, and if they did something it would cost them money. Speaking of money, we had some points from the credit card company, and I decided to see how we could use them. I learned that we could cash them in for money, so we are supposed to get a check in the mail for the points we had.

Pray for guidance from the lord for Isreal and the United States in all they do.  

                Well, I guess I will attempt to 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.

NARBNL

March 14, 2026

It seems to be a good morning as we get ready for a very windy weekend with some up and down weather.

It happened this way yesterday: I went to get Alex our yard man and bring him to the homestead where he was able to mow and trim the yards. I should say he did a good job. Alex also spread the fire ant killer over the front and back yards. Yes, I did compensate him for the work performed. We drove in to Waco and had lunch at the sandwich shop, and we purchased some sandwiches for My favorite wife.

Back at home I did rest up and did very little. As I was doing nothing on this Friday 13^th, I received an unexpected call saying, "we have your vehicle and if you want it back bring us money".

Yes, I was surprised at receiving that call. Now the call was from the autobody shop, the call was not expected, they did have my vehicle ready for pickup, and they did want their payment.

I called my son David and asked if he could take me to get the vehicle and he did. I did pay them the deductible, and I brought the Fords new Chevy home. They did a good job repairing the vehicle, photos before and after to follow.

 

                We were happy to have the Fords new Chevy back at home as we can take my favorite wife anywhere she wants to go. We sneaked out last night for supper at the cracker store.

                Today's activities? I have no real plans, maybe it will be a rest all day with no activity day. I will stop for now and wish you a good day, we hope everyone has a safe day and that we are all nice to others.

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

March 13, 2026

                Good Friday 13^th morning to you. We hope everyone has a good day.

                Yesterday in review: I understand that you are not interested in what I did or did not do yesterday, so if I understand why do I post it? Habit is probably the reason for most of what I do.

                I did work on my bible study homework, I did get the string trimmer and trim the grass in the front yard, we did sit outside yesterday afternoon for a while. Wow, a great day of non-activity.

                Today's activities are supposed to include having our yard man Alex, mow the yards and spread the fire ant killer.

                                Now you know what I know which isn't very much. We hope you have an interesting 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.

NARBNL