March 9, 2026

            We hope you are having a good morning, all is good here at the Ford Homestead.

            Let's take a look at yesterday: my favorite wife was able to talk me into going to the cracker store for breakfast and it was good. The rest of the day was kind of a do nothing day for me, I removed some small twigs from the front yard, and we did sit outside for a while and I observed about 7 drones flying over making deliveries. I did comment several times about the time change.

            Speaking of the time change, I think it has me messed up as I have no ambition this morning. I woke up earlier than usual and I did lay there in bed awake thinking about things. It is 10:30 as I am just starting on this unexciting note.

            Back to yesterday, we received our supper last night from David. While they were cooking their supper, they made a little more and he and Alex brough the food over to us. That is very nice as I did not need to attempt to microwave anything for my favorite wife. The food was good.

            Today we need to go to the doctor it is my favorite wife's annual checkup.

            The yards need to be mowed and trimmed, and we might get Alex over here one day this week to do the yard work.

            I have a couple of photos for your review. While outside I noticed some things in the sky. The first is "X marks the spot". I am not sure what the second means.

            I guess I should stop for now and get ready to take my favorite wife to the doctor. 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 8, 2026

                Good morning to you, and some of those others too.

                We had a good day yesterday, even though we did not go to lunch with Dave and family. It was time to leave the house and head for the restaurant when the rain seemed to increase. The wind was blowing hard and the rain was pouring so it was decided that we would stay dry and that meant we would not go to lunch. Our lunch was leftovers from the night before. Wow, poor ole people had leftovers, they did not have to go hungry.

                Early in the afternoon Dave and the family came to our house and they brough Alex's birthday cake with them. We may not have had a fresh lunch, but we did have a very good birthday cake. I have a couple of photos of the birthday young man.

    We see Alex lighting the candles on his cake and later he was required to blow them out. He is a good-looking young man.

                We got to sit around and talk about many topics, and we enjoyed having visitation and new conversations.   

                Today I have no real plans, I do not know if my favorite wife will force me to take her out for lunch today. The time change has occurred, and it seems to get my attention all too often. Every time I look at the clock, I think it is an hour earlier than yesterday.

                Ok, I will stop for now and 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 7, 2026

Good morning to you and that other person too. It has not started raining even though they have talked about rain for about a week now.

Yesterday: I did not need to take Alex to school so I did not go to get a real cup of coffee, so I stayed at home and I tried to work on my blog. I was having one of those days, you know, when everything seemed to be a little off our not working at all. I did finally get the post done but I did  not do a good job of it.

                Later in the morning I decided to go to the post office and mail the IRS check. Before heading to the Post Office, I did go to the Star coffee place for a cup of real coffee. I took the letter (aka Check) to the post office and sent it in a manner that I will know it safely arrived at the IRS. I have been wondering why I had to pay so much money this year as we had basically the same income as last year. I took the time yesterday to review both this years and last year's Tax forms. I learned that for some reason they withheld about $3,000 less in taxes from our income this year when compared to last year. Now I know why I had to pay more tax this year.

                I did go to the vehicle dealership to get my check, but they did not have it so I wasted my time driving there. They apologized and I told them I did not want to come back, and they will send it to me.

I did stop at the bank on the way home as I had a zip lock bag my favorite wife had given me with some change in it. They put the change in a machine that separates it and counts it. There was a little over $30 in the bag.  

At home my favorite wife and I sat outside, and the neighbor boy came over on his scooter. He likes to slide the back tire on our driveway. I have a photo of his scooter.   

                It was a nice afternoon, but our only visitor was the 6-year-old boy and his scooter from next door. We always enjoy visits from friends and it gives My favorite wife someone to talk with other than me.

Today: we are supposed to have lunch with Alex and family to celebrate his BD. We are hoping it will not rain at lunchtime so we can get to the restaurant without getting soaked.

                The yards need to be mowed but the rain and birthday party will keep us occupied.

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

The time change is this weekend, don't forget.

 Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

March 6, 2026

                Good morning to all, we have not yet received any of the predicted rain here at the homestead.

Yesterday; I did go to the dealer where we purchased the Ford's new Chevy and I asked where our check was. Without a lot of explanation, they owe us $97.45. They checked in the office and said it would be ready today. Leaving the dealership I did get a couple sandwiches and took them home for our lunch.

                We sat outside for a while yesterday afternoon and the neighborhood was not only quiet, but it also seemed dead. There was no traffic and no usual sounds. I was watching some birds flying as a group thinking how the birds that fly in groups seem to be doing everything at the same time. It is as if they are connected to one brain and they all turn at the same time. There isn't one leader, it is as if they are all of the same mind.

We decided to go out for supper, and the supper was good. When we returned home the neighbor boy was in our driveway on his electric bike. He came to us when we pulled into the drive and asked if we would be sitting outside and we said we would. He likes to slide the back wheel of his bike locking up his brakes on our driveway, and he wanted to use our mower, photo to follow.

Today, I plan to mail the check to the IRS, and I hope to go into Waco and get our check from the dealer. I will stop at our bank and cash the check from the dealer and while I am there, I will give them a bag of change that my favorite wife has and they will give me paper money for the change.

                I guess I should stop for now and either take a shower or take a nap. 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 6, 2026

                Good morning to all, we have not yet received any of the predicted rain here at the homestead.

Yesterday; I did go to the dealer where we purchased the Ford's new Chevy and I asked where our check was. Without a lot of explanation, they owe us $97.45. They checked in the office and said it would be ready today. Leaving the dealership I did get a couple sandwiches and took them home for our lunch.

                We sat outside for a while yesterday afternoon and the neighborhood was not only quiet, but it also seemed dead. There was no traffic and no usual sounds. I was watching some birds flying as a group thinking how the birds that fly in groups seem to be doing everything at the same time. It is as if they are connected to one brain and they all turn at the same time. There isn't one leader, it is as if they are all of the same mind.

We decided to go out for supper, and the supper was good. When we returned home the neighbor boy was in our driveway on his electric bike. He came to us when we pulled into the drive and asked if we would be sitting outside and we said we would. He likes to slide the back wheel of his bike locking up his brakes on our driveway, and he wanted to use our mower, photo to follow.

Today, I plan to mail the check to the IRS, and I hope to go into Waco and get our check from the dealer. I will stop at our bank and cash the check from the dealer and while I am there, I will give them a bag of change that my favorite wife has and they will give me paper money for the change.

                I guess I should stop for now and either take a shower or take a nap. 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 4, 2026

Good morning to all and happy birthday to our favorite grandson Alex, he is 16 today.

                Yesterday I did take the Ford's new Chevy to the repair shop to get an estimate on what it would cost to fix it. They said they would look at it and decide later how they would proceed. I don't think they plan to tell me what it will cost, but I do need to pay the deductible. they sent me some forms to give them permission to work on it. I'm supposed to take it back in on Tuesday next week and they will start working on it.

                My one big plan for today is to attempt to sing happy birthday to Alex when I pick him up to take him to school just in a few minutes so I need to stop right now and go get Alex take him to school and I hopefully will return and finish this later.

                I am now back and I have effectively taken Alex to school safely and yes, I was the first one to sang happy birthday to him.

                As I got out of the Fords old Chevy this morning after dropping Alex off at school I remembered something that happened recently. The top of my head was hurting when I brushed my hair or if I just put my hand up there and felt of it. I thought, "why does the top of my head hurt". Something must be wrong with the bones inside my head. This morning when I got out of the Fords old Chevy, I almost hit my head on the bird house that hangs right there beside where I park the Fords old Chevy. I remembered hitting my head several times on that bird house. Now I remember why my head hurts I need to duck or else move that bird house.

How about another story about the Don? Yesterday after dropping the Alex off at school the Don came home and jumped into his ole recliner. The Don had a cup of real coffee and was drinking from the cup as he reclined in the chair. The problem with drinking coffee in that ole chair is, the Don fell asleep with the cup of coffee in his hand. The Don was then awakened by the feeling of something wet on his leg. Yep, he went to sleep and then spilt the coffee on his leg. What a waste of coffee.              

                Well, I don't have any big plans for the day, so I guess I will stop for now and wait for the rain to come. We are supposed to get rain over the next several days.

                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 3, 2926

                Good morning to all.

                A short note as to what we did yesterday. I did get a cup of coffee before taking Alex to school. Back at home I rested for a while before we headed out to the doctor's office. At the doctor's office they drew blood in prep for my favorite wife's upcoming visit next week.

Leaving the doctor's office we had decided to go to George's restaurant for a nice breakfast. We had ham and cheese omelets and they were good.

                Leaving the restaurant, we went to the cheap store, and we went through the store reviewing their inventory. We purchased a package of batteries that my favorite wife uses to keep all her battery powered candles lit. Back at home we were happy to kick back and do nothing for a while.

                My favorite wife did go through some things to straighten up a few things in the homestead. She can get around and do certain things, but she still has the pain in her knee.

                My favorite wife and I were happy to get out and do some things other than stay at home.

                I did review my notes for the Bible study yesterday in prep for the meeting last night. We have the week off next week as it is spring break, yep, we get a break when the school gets a break.

                I did get Alex to school on time and in a safe mode as he was also wearing his Marine uniform as he is in ROTC. Tomorrow is his birthday and he will be 16, he is trying to decide where he wants to have his birthday lunch.

                Well, I need to quit and get ready to go to the body shop, not for my body but for the Fords new Chevy. We are supposed to get a price on the repair to the dent in the tail gate.

                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 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