March 1, 2026

Good morning on this first day of March, I have prayed that you have a good day.

Alex came over to do our yard work yesterday morning and after greeting Granny he went outside and procured the fertilizer spreader from the shed and came to the front yard. He covered the front yard with fertilizer twice. The sprinklers have run today and that is good to get the fertilizer into the ground.  

After spreading the fertilizer, he then took the string trimmer and trimmed several areas of the front yard. The front yard finished he went to the back yard and tried to mulch the leaves that I had piled up in various places. The mulch did not look good, so Alex changed to vacuuming them with the walk behind mower.

Alex then got the ole riding mower started, and that is not easy as the battery is dead. He used the halo to jump start the mower. While he was mowing the back 40, I rearranged a few things in the shed.

 Alex replaced the tarp overs the riding mower. All the work finished we decided to go into Waco for a quick lunch. My favorite wife went to lunch with us as we went to Arby's for a sandwich. Lunch was good and after that we took Alex home. I should note that Alex will be 16 on March the 4^th.

Later in the day we were able to relax outside in the nice warm weather. The neighborhood was quiet except for some birds that seemed to be having a good time.

I should stop for now, we hope you all 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

February 28, 2026

                We are starting another good morning here in Hewitt, Texas. We pray that your day is filled with kindness.

                Let's see what the old senior person "Don the Ford" did yesterday, we know he did not work so he must have played games all day long.

                The first game he played was pick-up-sticks and he did that in the front yard. His second game was to clean out the garage, which included moving all the plumerias out of the garage, and some are in very heavy pots. Note: these plants have not been watered since they were placed in the garage last fall, so he also played with the water hose and watered these potted plants.

                He was having so much fun watering the potted plants he decided to water the blackberries out back and also gave the bird bath some water. He then decided he would play roll up the hose which he did and he also played the game of roll up the electrical wire that goes out to the greenhouse, oh, so much fun playing these games.

                After all the games were finished, he sat outside on the driveway for a while with his favorite wife and enjoyed the warm afternoon. A friend came over and sat with them for a while there were some lively conversations, we even discussed a Bible subject.

                After we came back into the house decided to go and get us some food from the restaurant named after my dad "George". The food was good and we then kicked back and did nothing other than watch some silly TV shows prior to going to bed.

                Wow, games be fun!

                Today I plan to get Alex over here to do some yard work.

                I am stopping 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

February 27, 2026

                Hello from me to you, it is a good morning here in Hewitt Texas. This morning is starting a lot like yesterday, that is with errors for me or things happening that were not planned.

                I got up this morning and got dressed, had a cup of coffee, watched the so-called news which right now and for the last month have been nothing more than advertisements for politicians who are running for office, which by the way is very irritating to this old person.

My favorite wife got up and after a few minutes of discussion I headed out to go get Alex to take him to school. Heading out to get Alex happened to be my first odd error today which reminds me of all the odd things that happened yesterday. Now what was that odd error this morning? I do not have to take Alex to school on Friday as his mother is off work on Fridays and she takes him to school on Friday, why can't I remember that.

                During the day yesterday I told my favorite wife that I was going to work on my Bible study homework and almost every time I said that, I did not get to work on my Bible study homework, as something else would pop up. I am not going to try to go through all the things that kept happening or distracting me from my Bible study, but I will just say it was an odd day and when I look back at it, I think of it as being kind of funny. If I didn't look at it as being funny, then I would be upset at the day, and I don't want to be upset.

                Let's get back to today, as I had got into the truck and was headed over to get Alex I then decided I will continue driving that way and I will go to the Star coffee place and get me a real coffee. I was able to procure a real cup of coffee and as I started back towards the homestead I thought, maybe you should go get a burrito for breakfast and self said I like that idea so I then turned my vehicle towards the burrito shop.

                I was able to procure a burrito this morning, and I offered to share it with my favorite wife although she had already had some cereal for breakfast and she did not want any of my burrito. The burrito was good and now I'm sitting here at my computer speaking to it trying to get the right words in for your enlightenment.

Different topic: I just looked up at the security cameras and saw what was a little bit odd, it appeared to be a lady walking down her sidewalk from her house to the street then she continued on across the street and down the street out of sight. What is odd is she appeared to have a short house coat on, and I couldn't tell if she had shoes on or not but I assumed she did. I'm not sure if it was a lady that lives there or if it was her daughter or who it was, it was somebody.

Today I need to go out in the yard and pick up some stuff, roll up the electrical card from the greenhouse and different things like that in preparation for the possibility of having our yard man Alex over here tomorrow doing some work. I've actually got several things that need to be done I don't know how much we'll be able to get done in one day. With that I am going to stop and attempt to go into the front room and do nothing for a little while.

We hope you have a good day, stay safe in all you do, be nice to old people, OK be nice to all people.

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

February 26, 2026

                It is a good foggy morning here in Hewitt, Texas.

                Yesterday in review: I did get Alex to school early for their trip. Alex noted that their orchestra scored 100. Each orchestra was rated based on their performance.

                I did go to the back yard yesterday with the battery powered string trimmer and I did remove weeds and grass away from all the things in the back 40. There are 4 flower beds, 3 berry beds, one shed and one green house that needed work. A couple of the flower beds had a bunch of dead stuff due to the freeze, so I cleared it all with the string trimmer. After the trimming I used the leaf blower and rake to get the leaves in areas together. I hope that we can mulch the leaves and see if that is ok, if not we can vacuum them up. We also need to spread the fertilizer in the yard, and we might spred the fire ant killer. The front yard could be trimmed. Too much work for ole people.

                The temp was in the upper 80s yesterday so we did sit outside and the neighborhood was quiet. We did not see any drones fly over yesterday.  

                This morning, I drove the Fords new Chevy to get Alex and take him to school. I was going to get a cup of real coffee but since I was in the Fords new Chevy, I did not have my gold card as it is in the Fords Ole Chevy. I am having a cup of homemade coffee now.

                Today I need to get to work on my bible study homework.

                I will 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

February 24, 2026

                It is a good cool morning here at The Ford's House.

                Plans for the day: take Alex to school, take Donna to the doctor and have her knee checked out. This is a scheduled visit and hopefully they say everything is healed.

                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

February 23, 2026

                We hope you are having a good morning or good day depending on when you view this posting.

                We had a normal day yesterday there were a couple exceptions. One was my favorite wife got up as early as I did and the other exception was, we went for a drive out in the country in the Fords new Chevy. I had not driven out on those roads for a couple years and in some areas, things have changed, some areas were as I remember. The drive was nice and it got us out of the house for a while. One of the things I like is the fact that the vehicle will keep you in your lane. If you are driving and get close to the center lane line, the vehicle will slightly turn the steering wheel and bring you away from the line. If you get across the line without the turn signal on it will vibrate your seat.

                I did go to the cracker store for lunch, that is a "to-go lunch", not eating there. I know their Sunday crowds are large, and we cannot depend on a handicap parking space. The food was good for lunch and there is enough left over for our supper.

                I did not need to take Alex to school today, his mother is off work and will take him. I was going to take the Fords new Chevy as Alex has not seen the Fords new Chevy, but it looks a lot like his parents' vehicle, so it might not have been interesting to him...

                I need to get in touch with the Chevy dealer and see about getting the dent on the back of the vehicle fixed. I have looked it over and it will take some time to repair the dent. The dealer added a three-year dent repair to the vehicle so we will see if this will be free. It is very irritating for me that I let the new vehicle get damaged.

                I don't have any big plans for today, I will likely need to go to the store for some groceries, I know we need several items. We hope your day is filled with fun and happiness and that you are safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

February 22, 2026

                Good Morning…

Yesterday's events explained: Well yesterday morning started off pretty much normal, I rolled out of bed a little bit after 5:00 AM and let my dog out back so he could do his business. I also fed the dog and made a hot cup of coffee. I put a couple big pieces of ice in it so it would cool down because my mouth still hurts from being burnt a week ago when I drank some super-hot coffee. I did get in the front room sat down and turned the TV on, obviously there was nothing on since it was Saturday morning. After a little while I got up, went and got dressed, and my favorite wife got out of bed and came to the front room.

                What a way to start your day, after a few minutes I decided, I was going to go to the coffee place and get another cup of real coffee. I wanted to drive the Fords new Chevy. The drive was good; I learned a few things. Back at home, there is nothing to do but sit around with the TV on waiting for Patrick and Karla to arrive.

They arrived about 11:00am. We had some nice conversations before we decided to head out to the cracker store for lunch. We all got into the Ford's new Chevy and headed over that way. My favorite wife has no trouble getting in and out of the Fords new Chevy. I now know that a person my size can sit in the back seat comfortably when I'm sitting in the front seat comfortably (Patrick was in the back seat) that means the vehicle has appropriate room for passengers.

                We placed our orders and the food was good, the young lady who served us I think was too busy because she kept forgetting things that we asked for. She did get a tip, but it wasn't a tip because of the really good work she did, it's a tip because I'm a nice person. We drove back home in a safe manner.

                We sat around and talked about things, then Patrick and I went out to the Fords new Chevy and he showed me how to do a few things that I did not know. It will take some time for me to learn how to use everything, but it drives good and that's the key.

                I did take it for a short drive last night just to see how the lights all worked, and all seemed to work as expected. The head lights went on high beam when we got on a dark street and as soon as we got close to other lights the head lights went back to low beam.  

                I messed up. When we arrived back home, I attempted to back into the garage. I took my foot off the break and gave it a little gas to get over the hump. I tried to apply the break and I missed the brake which allowed the Fords new Chevy to bump into the shelf. Yep, the Fords new Chevy has a small dent. I guess it is good that we have dent repair.

                I am use to the break and gas peddles in the Fords ole Chevy, I need to get use to the peddles in the Fords new Chevy.

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

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

February 21, 2026

                It is a cool 55 degrees here in Hewitt this very Good Morning.

                We would like to say to everyone who commented on the Fords new Chevy, thanks for the comments and we are glad you took the time to review the post.

                My favorite wife and I got into the Fords new Chevy and went for a ride. Now we did not go anywhere, we just rode around. Basically, we were attempting to learn what the new vehicle did and how to do it. We now know we can have a couple ice teas from the chicken place in the vehicle while we are riding around. Yes, we did get tea to help us enjoy the ride.

                Our ride took us to David's house. Dave and Claire came out and looked at the vehicle. They have a VW and it looks a lot like our Chevy. We did make it back home without a speeding ticket.

                I have considered the possibility of taking the Fords new Chevy out for a drive tonight. I want to see how the lights work. The headlights are supposed to be on high beam and go to low beam automatically when another vehicle is coming.

                I did go online and downloaded an owner's manual; it is over 300 pages. I assume I can learn how to use the vehicle. Basically, anyone can drive the vehicle if they know how to use the turn signals, brakes, gas and air bags.

                Different note: Patrick and Karla are coming to our house today. Our big plan for today is to enjoy some time with family.

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

NARBNL