April 24, 2026

    Good morning, it seems to be starting off nice here in Hewitt and I did get Alex to school safe and on time. A group from the school orchestra are going to Fort Worth today and spending the night, they will be learning more about music and Alex is going. That means we will not have our yard man here on Saturday, darn it.  

                There was a news thing on the TV about people being injured in crosswalks and that the vehicle drivers should pay more attention when near crosswalks. I do agree with that comment, we as drivers should always be attentive, but, the person walking should also pay more attention! I have observed people in the crosswalks never looking to see if the vehicle is coming, they seem to assume the person driving will stop.

                People driving need to watch for and stop for pedestrians in crosswalks, people walking in the crosswalks need to look for vehicles and assume they do not see them. Be safe in all we do.

                My favorite wife and I sat outside yesterday and the birds in the bird houses were very active. There are 7 bird houses hanging on our car port and there were a couple birds fighting over one of the houses. There are babies in a couple houses.  

My knee is feeling better and I can walk a lot better but there is some pain, the prayers from friends and the medicine is working. I need to go to the grocery store today and get a couple items like ice cream, so my favorite wife doesn’t starve.

That’s it for now, have a good day and stay safe in all you do, and pray for others.

Don the Ford  

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

NARBNL

April 23, 2026

                Good morning

I woke up with hurting in my right knee yesterday morning. The pain was there when I stood up, when I sat down there was no pain. It got worse as the morning progressed. I tried to use a cane to help me walk and it did not help very much.

We went to rehab and I used the cane to get into and out of the building but once we were back at home, I got the spare walker, and it made a difference in my ability to walk. I called the doctor’s office, and they were able to get me an appointment yesterday afternoon. Using the walker, I was able to get around at the doctor’s office. They checked me over and said they think there is a Bakers Cyst on the back of my right knee. They took x-rays and gave me a prescription. If the prescription doesn’t take care of the pain they will consider a Steroid shot to my knee. They also say I have osteoarthritis in the right knee.

I was still allowed to wash the clothes, and there was a bunch of them. Another house cleaning was vacuuming the floor in the front room several times as Tres is sheading a lot of hair.

We are both using walkers to get around in the house. My knee is felling better but not back to normal yet.

We sat outside yesterday afternoon, and I got a photo of a bird feeding its babies.

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

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

April 22, 2026

It is a good foggy morning in Hewitt.

                Yesterday was another normal do-everything day and at the same time a do-nothing day. Everything is the housework and paying bills and doing nothing is the things I normally do. I drove into Waco in the afternoon to the cheap store to see if they had a short HDMI wire, but they did not have one. They use to have a lot of computer type accessories but not anymore. They had something I wished I had purchased but I didn’t. It was a set of two lights that you hang around your neck which I could have used right now as I am entering info on this computer. I need a little more light to see the keyboard when I am in the ole recliner. I did order the cable on line and it should be here tomorrow.  

                We have a rehab for my favorite wife this morning and I think it should be for me as the back of my knee is hurting like crazy this morning.

                I need to wash the dirty clothes today, wow that will be fun. I have no idea when we will be able to mow again, all the rain makes everything grow and the wet grass makes it difficult to mow.

                Well, I have nothing else to tell you, we hope you have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

April 21, 2026

                It is a rainy good morning here in Texas. This rain is like what I refer to as Missouri rain, slow and all-day long rain.

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

What? You want more information. We didn’t do anything yesterday, at least I do not remember doing anything. My favorite wife did go to the rehab, we did not go out to lunch, we were at home doing little.

                One thing which did occur was interesting to me. I wanted to find the title to the Fords ole Chevy. I could not find the title to the Fords ole van when we were getting rid of it, so I wondered if I would find the title to the Ford’s ole Chevy. As I was going to the safe, I looked down and there was a penny on the floor, and it was heads up. Many years ago, when we were first married, any time we found a penny heads up something good would happen. The penny heads up gave me confidence that I would find the title.

                It took a couple of tries to get the safe open and I started looking through the paperwork. We do not have money or valuable stored in the safe but there are a bunch of papers even some ole tax forms. Let me make this a little shorter, I found the title to the fords ole van and I found the title to the fords ole chevy. As you can now see, when you find a penny heads up it can mean good luck, “if you believe”.  

                Now I will wish you another 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

April 20, 2026

We are having a cool good morning here in Hewitt.

We here at the Fords homestead did very little yesterday. Were we able to have lunch at the cracker store, heck we were even able to get a handicap parking space at the store. The food was good and the service was also good.

Leaving cracker store we drove to the gas station and purchased 7 gallons of fuel for the Fords new chevy. Do any of you remember in the olden days when a gas station was called a service station. In those days they would put the gas in your vehicle for you, yes, you did not need to get out of your vehicle, and they would clean your windshield. I also remember gas at 30 cents per gallon.

Back at home we did very little, I did finish my bible study homework, and we did sit outside later in the afternoon. Our son Dave brought us some homemade Chicken Pot Pie which is much appreciated.

Today, we took Alex to school safely and on time and my favorite wife has a rehab today. I have no other plans currently; I might wash the clothes but that is a lot of work for an ole person.

Thanks for reading these comments, we hope you have a good day and that we all stay safe in all we do. Love your neighbor as yourself.    

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

April 19, 2026

Good morning, the sun is shining but it is cool outside this Sunday morning.

                Well Saturday seemed like Sunday to me, and all day I kept reminding myself that it is Saturday. This Saturday was unusual as we did not leave the house at all, not even for a sandwich for lunch as our yard man Alex did not come over and we usually take him into town for lunch on Saturday.

                It had been cool all Saturday and it even became cooler in the afternoon. We did get some rain about 5:00pm. Speaking of cool weather, I decided to attempt to create some chili for myself and my favorite wife due to the cool weather. This time the chili was good, maybe not as good as if my favorite wife would have made it, but it was good enough for both of our meals.   

I did work on my Bible study and got some of it done. I also set around doing nothing and taking a nap or two. My favorite wife received two packages yesterday, one from Patrick and Karla, the other something she had ordered. I did not get anything.

Plans for Sunday are most likely having lunch at the cracker store and then who knows. 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

April 18, 2026

                We have a good morning starting here in Hewitt and we are supposed to have a cool rainy day.

                I did almost nothing yesterday: I did get a photo of the sun as I was heading to the coffee shop yesterday.

                Yes, the sun was behind a cloud.

I decide to try to do my bible study one more time as I was having a problem. I had read the bible verses and then could not answer the questions. I was about to give up when I discovered I was reading from Micah when I should have been reading from Malachi. Yep, I am not that good at studying.      

                Later I did get the new mower out and trimmed the front yard using the grass catcher. Basically, I was just clipping the top of the grass to see how the mower worked with the grass catcher.

                We had some good friends drop by yesterday and we talked about many things and we enjoyed the visit.  Later in the afternoon as we sat outside another friend came over and visited us.

                Well, the yards are all mowed and ready for the rain that is supposed to be here today. I should stop for now and let you have some time for yourself. Have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

April 17, 2026

                We are starting with a good morning here at the Ford’s house, we hope your morning is also good.

                Due to all the comments, I received from yesterday’s post, I have learned that short posts with less information are not needed.      There were no comments about small posts.  

                I will comment on some of the things I did yesterday other than taking Alex to school. Speaking of Alex, he will be going to a ROTC competition tomorrow. No, I do not know what the competition is, but I am sure it is something physical.

                Yesterday I decided to start the new item I had purchased (aka mower) and see how it mows. I started mowing around a flower bed and then alone the fence then around everything in the back yard. It took about 35 minutes to do all that trimming. I then decided to get on the riding mower and mow the rest of the yard. The grass was very tall and still a little wet, the clippings were piling up everywhere. I also mowed over some of the areas a second time attempting to mulch them, but they are still there. When the grass is that tall you have piles of clippings. There are some areas that need to be trimmed with the string trimmer but that can wait.

                While I was mowing, the neighbor’s yard was being mowed by a 6 year old boy. He was using an electric mower, and he was about as tall as the handles of the mower, he was actually doing a good job. The electric mower was self-propelled and would stop as soon as he let go of the handle.

                After all that work, I decided to change the oil in the riding mower, so I set it up draining the oil and I went into the house. I needed to get an oil filter for the mower, so I went to the store and spent too much money on the filter ($14.00). I installed the oil filter and almost 2 quarts of oil. Now this mower has new oil, new oil filter, and a new battery but the mower is old. Wow it is like an ole senior citizen who has some new clothes on.

                My favorite wife and I went to the restaurant for our supper on date night last night. Food was good and when we returned home, we did sit outside for a while.

                Today, we have rehabilitation this morning and there are no other plans for the day. I might get the new mower and mow the front yard with the bagger just to see how that works. The front yard does not need to be mowed but I can consider that as a learning experience.  

                I will attempt to stop for now, we hope you have a very good day and stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL