February 8, 2026

                Good Sunday Morning to all. We hope everyone has a good and safe day, and that you can watch a football game. In years past we would get together with friends and family to watch a football game, nowadays we only care about the commercials. I usually turn the sound off when commercials come on, but during this football game I keep the sound on.

                Some of yesterday's events: my favorite wife got up early yesterday and by early, I mean she got up when I got up and that would be about 5:00am. Normally I have from 30 minutes to an hour to sit in the TV room with a cup of coffee before my favorite wife gets up. Yesterday morning she got out of bed and walked into the front room using a walker. Yes, I have a photo of my favorite wife and our favorite dog Tres.

                I was allowed to leave the homestead at about 6:00am to get a cup of coffee and a breakfast burrito, we shared the burrito.

                I was allowed to vacuum the floors as the dog tends to leave hair on the carpets. I vacuumed a couple areas twice.

                I decided I would go to the bank and see if I could get some money if I decided to purchase a new vehicle. When I arrived at the bank, I learned the drive through was open but not the building. Wow, I guess I can't buy anything if I can't get any money.

                I tried to call our car insurance company to discuss the possibility of a new vehicle, and I got no answer. I was sent to an answer machine that was full and could not take a message. I have decided to change insurance companies when our police becomes due again.

                After not having access to the inner parts of the bank, I decided I would go into town and get a couple of sandwiches for lunch and they were good.

                After eating I decided to get the van out and take all our personal items out of the van. The van can play CDs and DVDs. If you sit in the back of the van, you can watch a DVD on the screen that comes down from overhead. I had forgotten that we had that option. The book that came with the van is still in the glover box.

                I need to get into the safe and see if I can find the title of the van as I will need it if I purchase a new vehicle.

                I observed a neighbor running his lawn sprinklers yesterday, I assume he was making sure they were not damaged due to the freeze, I decided to do the same for our system. Our system seems to be working.  

                My favorite wife and I sat outside on the driveway yesterday afternoon. A neighbor came over and sat with us for a while and there were many conversations about family and walking for exercise.

                When we returned to the inner parts of the homestead, it was decided that I should go and get some chicken salad for supper, which I did. We also watched some of the three stooges' videos while we were eating.

                Today is Sunday: no big plans, I hope to get into the fords ole safe and attempt to fine the title to the van. I have no other plans for today so I might take a well-deserved nap.

                I am stopping for now so I will wish you a good and safe day along with hoping that you get to watch the game of the day.  

 Don the Ford

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

February 7, 2026

                We wish you a good morning and we hope you have a good day.  It is Saturday and we hope you have a pleasant day, especially if you are not working.

                I went to a car dealer yesterday with the Fords ole Grand Caravan and they told me what they would give me as a trade in. Now I need to decide if I will make the deal or not. I would need to find the title for the van and come up with the money for the deal. I should check with the insurance company too. There are still things in the van that I need to get out like a blanket, grocery bags, who knows what is in the glove box, but I know it isn't gloves. There is a device under the seat to jump start a vehicle.  See there is too much work for an ole person.

                I should just take a nap and let things wait on this ole person.

                We hope you have a good day and that we all have a safe day.

Don the Ford

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

February 6, 2026

               Good morning to you and all the other people too. We hope your day is outstanding and that we are all showing kindness to others.

                I do not need to get Alex and take him to school today, his mother will take him. Now I will still need to leave the homestead to get a cup of coffee from the star coffee place. Would you believe my favorite wife has suggested that I could stop at the burrito place and get a breakfast burrito after I get my coffee. In truth, she didn't, I did.

                Now I do have a problem with getting the burrito, my wife is still sleeping, and I will not leave the house while she is sleeping. So, me being hungry is ok and I will just wait until she is ready to get up.

I went to a car dealer yesterday driving the Grand Caravan to see what they say it is worth as a trade in. The salesperson I have talked to recently was busy with a customer, so I left. I should have made an appointment.

Leaving the first dealership, I went to another car dealer where I again looked at a vehicle. I like the vehicles at both dealers, and they have basically the same safety equipment. The salesperson at the second dealer asked a bunch of questions about the grand caravan and came up with a price if I was going to sell it to someone. He said I would get more out of selling the van than I would if I traded it in on a vehicle. When you trade a vehicle they pay you less than it is worth, then they sell it for what it is worth so they make a profit.

Leaving the second dealer I went back to the first car dealer. I did not see the salesperson, and no one came to me to see if they could help me. I then left that dealer and went to Wally World for some items. I got a couple items and some ice cream which my favorite wife had suggested I should get.

Back home that evening, I got a text from the sales manager at the first dealership wanting to know what they could do to get my business. I explained that I had been there twice hoping to get a possible value of the Grand Caravan and never got to talk with the salesperson. The sales manager wants to send someone to our house today to give us a possible value.

Well, I guess I should stop for now and see if I can get my wife out of bed as I need the burrito. We hope you have a good day and stay safe in all you do. Thank the Lord for all he does for you.

Don the Ford

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

February 5, 2026

                Good morning to you we are having a cool start to our morning. The prognosticators are saying we will have a warm week ahead of us with temps in the upper 70s. They are also saying the night temps will be well above freezing. Wow, it sounds like spring is around the corner.

Yesterday: After getting back home from dropping Alex off at school I sat around doing little or nothing. I did work on my bible study homework prior to going to get some lunch for my favorite wife and me. After lunch I decided to do some things like start the van and let it run for a while. I also took the kerosene heater and the fuel back to the shed along with a couple other items. I picked up sticks from the front yard and after all that work, I decided to water the plants in the greenhouse. That work completed, I watered the berry beds, we do need some rain in a bad way. The birds needed and received some water too.  

                Later I talked with the car dealer to get a price that they might offer for our van. They wanted to know what other people had offered me and I told them nope. If I tell you a number someone offered, you will try to beat the price by a little. I want as much as I can get and if you don't know what they offer you might offer me considerably more. They wanted to see the van, and they said it should be worth between 3K and 8K. I think 5K would be good. The ole van has never been in a wreck and has less than 40,000 miles on it.  

                News: Alex has a girlfriend. I asked if he has a selfie of hm and her and he said no. Students are not allowed to have their phone out at school, that is even before school starts or over lunch hour, the phone must be put away.

                No idea what todays events will be, we will just wait and see what happens.  

Don the Ford    

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February 4, 2026

                We want to wish you a good morning from the old Fords of Hewitt. The weather is cool but not too cold.

                Let's see what I've did today already I took Alex to school almost got him there late as I had stopped to get a cup of coffee at the star place and the line took forever to get through it just to get one little old cup of coffee. After I left the coffee place I headed over to pick up Alex. As I was driving, he called me and asked where are you, and that's when I knew that I must be almost late. But I did get him to school on time.

                I made it back home OK and this is what I did when I got home. I started this at 8:30 and I took a break and did nothing before completing this soon to be not interesting bunch of words.

                After my break was over (AKA short nap) my favorite wife said, "I want to take a shower". Well, she then got out of her chair and walked into the shower. This is the first time that she was able to step over the edge of the shower without help and get in the shower. It wasn't easy but she did it.

She took a nice hot shower and then dry it off and got her clean jammies and all on. She then walked back to her chair, yes, she uses a walker, it isn't easy, but she does it.  

 Let's see If I did anything yesterday. I went to a car dealer and talked about a car I got a price on a brand-new car that is a 25 model and a 26 model. They said if I found better prices to let them know they'd beat the price. Why don't they just beat their price up front and try to get you to buy it then.

Didn't do much of anything else yesterday, we did sit outside for a few minutes as I had come in the house when it was sunny and all I said let's go sit outside when we got outside the sun was behind the cloud and even though it wasn't too cold it was not nice so only a few minutes and then we went back in the house.

Comment on the tree being cut down at our neighbor's house. When I look out the door now, I can see down the street and it's like wow I can see everything that big old tree blocked part of my view but now I can see clearly down the street. It appears a neighbor at the end of the block has some tree trimmers down there working today.

Big plan for today I might go to George's restaurant and get lunch if my wife can come up with what she would like to have. Heck I might even go to another car dealership today and talk to them.

As you can see, I have nothing to do other than sit around and think about food and sometimes think about cars. Wait a minute I need to think about my income tax I've started them but I haven't finished them yet oh I got to work on income tax.

I hope you all have a real good day and stay safe in all you do, be nice to everybody especially old people. Pray for all your friends and even your enemies.

Don the Ford  

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

February 3. 2026

Wow, what a start to the morning. The temp outside was 60 degrees at 5:00am, so I wish you all a good morning.

I did not need to get my favorite grandson and take him to school today as his mother had the day off from work.

Nothing New here at the Ford homestead, Bible study went good last night, and I've already started working on my homework this morning. We do have the rehab lady here working with my favorite wife trying to get her body working well.

Yesterday the tree trimming people showed up at the house next door and cut down on that big old tree that was in their front yard. I took a photo about halfway through the cutting which doesn't show all the top lambs that they cut off, and another photo after it was removed from the yard.  

                The wood butchers did a good job of removing that big ole tree and they cleaned up the yard too.

                I went to the Chevy dealer and looked for a vehicle yesterday. One vehicle had so Many options and a computer screen on the dash, it had so many things going on I told myself, "There's no way I could learn how to use all that stuff". The other Vehicle I looked at was simpler, but they all cost a bunch of money.

I have a plan to go to another dealer today and see if they have anything that I might like.  I Also plan to go get us a couple hamburgers for lunch, after the lady leaves but nothing major to do today other than maybe visiting another car dealership.

Well, that's not much of A posting but that's all for today we hope you have a good day, stay safe in all you do and be nice to somebody especially old people.

Don the Ford

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

February 2, 2026

                Good morning to all the temp is a little above freezing so it is cold but not too cold.

                Yesterday morning when the Don got up both he and his wife came to the front room where they had their morning coffee (decaf) and sat around and watched a little TV. It didn't take too long for the Don to decide he wanted to go get a real cup of coffee over at the star coffee place. Before he left the homestead he started washing clothes. He removed the sheets and pillowcases from the bed and started the washing machine.

Now that he had started some work, he decided he would go to the Star Coffee Place and get a cup of real coffee. While he was out doing that, he decided he would get gas in the pickup truck. The gas only cost like $2.19 a gallon, that's pretty good and it only took about 9 gallons to fill up his tank.

                Well, let's see what the Don did today, he did go over to the cracker store for lunch and purchased a couple meals, one of the meals was free as he had quite a few points that he could use to purchase one of the meals. The food was good, later in the afternoon the dawn decided he needed to do something, so he got up and started working on his income tax for this year.

                He is using the same income tax forms that he used last year an online service.  He's got started putting things into it, answering all the questions and we'll see how it works usually we end up receiving $100 or $200 back at the end of the year.

                The Don did go into town yesterday as his favorite wife needed some batteries for some candles. He decided to go into the cheap store and see what he could do. He had a 15% discount so he saved a few dollars on the batteries that he bought for his favorite wife and he also bought a box of coffee that he could use in his Keurig coffee machine.

While I'm sitting here talking to the computer our cat Molly has decided to get up on the desk and eat some food. I have, during the cold weather, brought her food in from the garage  and put it on my desk and she comes in here and uses my desk as her eating place. If I'm sitting here, she doesn't care, she jumps up anyway if I'm in the other room she comes in and eats when she wants. She also has a litter box here in the office and one out in the garage, it seems that she uses both.

I have done my reading for the Bible yesterday and was going to do my homework, but I've got one more question I'm supposed to answer. I have not answered that question yet. I guess I'm just being lazy. Bible study is tonight so I guess I can think about that question and answer it today.

Yesterday afternoon, a little after 5:00pm I got a call from my son David saying that he was going to bring us some food for supper.  He was working on some things there at the house and he said that he might let Alex bring it over. The food was very good, and I did not need to cook.

I guess I should stop for now, we hope you have a good day and please be safe in all you do. Let's all pray for those people who are in the snow and ice.

Don the Ford

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

February 1, 2026

    It is another cold good morning here in Hewitt. Temp in the low 20s so we are wondering when spring will come. I tend to complain about the cold weather along with complaining about the hot weather. Old people are allowed to complain as they forget what they have complained about yesterday and they can complain about something different today.

Now that my favorite wife is doing some walking, she got out of her chair and walked into the kitchen then back into the front room and to the front door where she stood and looked outside for a few minutes. We are happy that she is starting to walk again. Later she needed to use the restroom, so she got out of her chair and walked to the rest room. She also walked back to the front room and got back in her chair. We are very happy that she is walking as a part of her rehab. She does use a walker to help in walking.

My favorite wife's chair is difficult for her to get up out of, it is soft and it would be better if she has something solid to push on with her hands to help get up. She has tried my ole chair, when I say ole it is basically worn out, but I keep using it. If I knew where I could get a new chair like this ole chair, and if I could afford a new chair, I might get one, maybe.

I was going to go into Waco and get some sandwiches for supper, but we found that they did not have the two for $7.50 so we did not go. I was able to get some items from the freezer and put them in the microwave for a decent meal but not homemade.

The only time I left the homestead yesterday was to get a cup of coffee. I did get a lot of items out of the van (clothes and shoes) and donated them to a friend who will give them away. I need to get someone to clean the van and make it look good so I can sell it or trade it. It has not been used for a few months, and it hasn't been cleaned inside or outside. There are people who will come to your house and clean a vehicle for money. Where will I get the money, as I understand it costs $100 or more.  

My favorite wife got out of bed this morning and was able to walk into the front room. That makes us both happy and we want her to continue walking in a safe manner.

This morning, I have done a few things like fill the washing machine with some dirty items and now they are in dryer. I sneaked off and got gas in the pickup truck and naturally I got a cup of real coffee. Now I am sitting here working on this new journal I mean post.

If you want to stop receiving these journals I mean posts, just let me know, or if someone is silly enough to want to receive these journals, I mean posts let me know.

I am out of here now, so 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.