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.

January 31, 2026

                Yes, it is a cool good morning here in Hewitt Texas. We are looking at another day of doing little and wanting to do more after your nap.

                Let's see how this day starts off, Saturday the 31^st, it's the last day of the month. Wow, tomorrow we're going into a new month already? We did get up and do our normal things this morning, you know some cereal for breakfast, a cup of decaf coffee for each of us. I set around a little while then I decided I would try to clean my ole body up by taking a shower, which was nice. I even shaved and that felt good.

Then I said goodbye to my favorite wife! Why did I say goodbye, because I was leaving her. I went over to the Star Coffee Place to get me a cup of real coffee. The cup of coffee I had gotten there yesterday was terrible, so I told them that it was bad, thanking they might give me a free cup. The coffee yesterday was as if they had put three times as much cream in it as they did coffee. They said oh, we'll put less cream in it then. Did I get a free one, no, why don't they give free ones when they screw up?

                I am back at home sitting here in front of the computer entering data by voice and not by hand, I do have the cup of coffee and it tastes good today. I just turned on the printer as I wanted to try to print something after while and it started printing without me doing anything other than turning it on.

Yesterday I had received some information online, actually it was tax information, and I thought I'll try to print that even though I already had received it in the mail. I entered it in and told the printer to print, and it said you have an error and it wouldn't do anything. I tried to print another page, and nothing would print so I said the heck with it and shut everything down. When I turned the printer on this morning, and it prints, I don't understand it, not at all. I'm hoping I'll be able to print the homework I do for Bible study, if not I won't have anything to take the Bible study because I do it on the computer and then print it.

                Allow me to review in my mind if I did anything yesterday; we did have a friend come over and visit for a while; she brought a couple cans of chili beans for us. I had told her earlier that I'd gone to the store and could not find chili beans, I found all kinds of chili with beans in it, but I just wanted the chili beans. Well, she found some and brought a couple cans for us.

                After she left, I headed into town I went to the cheap store because I had a 15% off coupon and I was hoping they would have a battery powered vacuum like I use here at the house. They had a couple but not like what I use so I did not buy one. Then I decided I would go to the booze shop and get me a bottle of adult beverage. I thought about it and this is the first time I have bought an adult beverage since October and how do I know that, because my wife hurt her leg in the beginning of November and I had bought my last bottle before she ever hurt her leg. The store that I normally bought my adult beverage from had burnt, so I had to go to another store.

After getting the adult beverage I headed over to a food store where I went and purchased 2 frozen pizzas. They are good, they don't cost a lot but they taste good, I also got some buns from my favorite wife.

On the way home after All that shopping I decided to stop at the chicken salad place and get us both a chicken salad for supper. I also bought a package of cookies from the chicken salad place which cost too much ($5.00 for six cookies) but they are good. I made it home safe and sound, we had chicken salad for supper.

Well, I guess that's it for now, I'm going to try to stop and go do nothing, maybe today maybe I might go look at another vehicle, let's see how the day goes. We hope you have a good day and stay safe in all you do, keep all your friends and neighbors in your prayers.

Don the Ford

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

January 30, 2026

                We come to you with a good morning from the Fords of Hewitt Texas. We had a good day yesterday with some warm sunny weather.

                I was able to water the flowers in the green house. I have a couple photos, and I have noticed that something is getting in the pots and digging in them. I assume it is either mice or rats that probably live under the floor of the green house. One of the plants appears to being eaten by the intruder. 

          

Our dog Tres was barking out near the fence at the ditch and when I looked out back to see what he was barking at, I noticed the shadow of a large bird crossing the yard. I walked out back to see what was flying over and it was a buzzard. I went to the fence to see what Tres was barking at and there was a buzzard sitting on the fence. It flew away as soon as I walked up and that is when I saw something dead laying in the ditch. I could not see what it is, but I have a photo of the dead body.

A friend dropped by yesterday afternoon and visited for a while and as usual the conversations seemed to be all about doctors and health concerns. After the friend left a person from the rehab came by, he was doing an interview with my favorite wife, he was determining if she needed to continue rehab. After a bunch of questions he explained that she should be walking using a walker several times daily. He then asks my favorite wife to get up and take a few steps. He explained that it might hurt and if it hurt to much stop. She took a few steps and he then asked her to walk over to the fireplace and then back to the chair, which she did without any problems. He suggested that she should get out of the chair every hour and walk around the house some. He also suggested that I stay close when she is walking.

Well, I guess I should get ready to go get Alex and take him to school. Yesterday I got a cup of real coffee from the star coffee place before I picked him up, wow, back to normal things to do.

I should attempt to stop now and let you get on with your day, please have a good day and stay safe in all you do as you are being nice to others.

   Don the Ford

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

January 29, 2026

Good morning, it's above freezing this morning and we are happy. I did get Alex to school on time and safely. I have a photo from this morning as Tres, and I went to the front yard I noticed the beautiful sun rise. The sun rise was prettier in real life than it is on the photo.

                 Yesterday's events: I did get to go to the store, and I bought a lot of things. I did not find any chili beans as I wanted 4 cans. There was a place in one aisle and its sign said Chili. They had various cans of chili, but I wanted Chili beans not chili, I can make the chili if I have the ingredients. Since I did not find the beans, I also did not get any ground beef.  My favorite wife said I should have got the ground beef so we could have used it to make other food items. Wow, I guess I will get to go to the store again. I noticed that a lot of shelves were almost empty. I guess everyone is shopping and maybe not all the employees are coming to work.

                I went to George's restaurant yesterday afternoon to get a couple items for supper. I got the orders to go after sitting there for about 20 minutes. I should call the order in and then I would not need to wait as long if I called them in.

                Yesterday morning when I went to the store the side streets were partially clear and partly covered with ice. I did not have any problems driving but I did drive carefully. Yesterday afternoon when I went for supper most of the side streets were clear. I was careful this morning when I went to get Alex, there were very few areas with ice on the streets and most of the streets will be clear.

Wow, I did get a real cup of coffee from the star coffee company this morning before picking up Alex.    

                We were supposed to get 7 pieces of mail and one small package yesterday. The mail man left one letter, and it wasn't important. Where are the rest of our mail and the package? Today we are supposed to get 8 pieces of mail and one small package, we will see if they deliver or not.

                The trash people did not pick up any trash yesterday; our trash cart has been on the curb for four days now and they have not come by. A good friend called the city and learned that the trash pickup will not be until next Monday, but they will be picking up the recycling items today. They normally get the recycle on Wednesday.

                I guess I should take the kerosene heater and fuel back to the shed, but we have another cold front coming in a couple days so maybe I will wait.

                I need to get a new vehicle to replace the van, I need to get busy with this. The van needs to be cleaned and all the items inside it removed and donated. For some reason I think about this but do not get to work on it. If I start talking to a dealer about price, I need to have the van available as a trade in. The van is in good condition with only a couple of small problems, no mechanical problems and it only has 40,000 miles on it. Yep, I guess I am just lazy, or maybe my favorite wife needs to stay on me to not sit around.

                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.

January 28, 2026

                Good morning to everyone, we hope you all have heat and electricity in your homes. Please be careful if you need to drive in the cold and icy weather. I have a photo of some of the sleet blocks that I had cleaned from the walk.

                 Speaking of driving in cold icy weather, I will need to do that today. I will be taking Alex to school this morning, but they are starting school 2 hours later than usual. I will attempt to leave the homestead a little early and drive on the slick roads at a very slow and safe speed. I have four reasons to drive today.

One is to get Alex to school safely and on time.

Two is to get me a cup of coffee from the Star coffee place.

Three is to go to the store to get some groceries.  

Four is to go to the drug store and get a prescription for my favorite wife, which this year cost twice as much as it did last year. I will ask why?

New notice: I just learned that our schools have changed their minds and instead of starting late, they are not having school today.

 

Yesterday we did very little, it was cold outside, so I did not want to go outside. We had leftover chili for lunch, and it was as good being a leftover as it was when it was first cooked. Yes, I know how to make chili and that is about all I can cook other than things in the microwave. 

Bible study yesterday was not the kind I like. I am not a good student, and I like questions that are easy and do not require me to be intelligent to answer them. A lot of the class are good at providing clear informative answers.

The trash is still sitting in the curb; they did not collect trash for the last two days. The mail person has not come by for the last two days; I guess they are on vacation.

I guess I should stop entering data and start the truck to get it warmed up before I head out to get three of the four reasons for driving.

 We hope you have a good day, and that we all stay safe in all we do. Keep those people who are without power in your prayers.

Don the Ford

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

January 27, 2026

      We are still having a cold start to the day, and the streets are still covered with frozen sleet. We still want to wish you a good morning.  

                Yesterday I did get outside and work my poor ole body to a point of exhaustion. What was it I did yesterday in the cold weather, I cleaned the walk so I could get to the mailbox, even though the mail person did not deliver any mail. The sleet was frozen and about one inch thick on the walk. I broke the sleet and then pushed it off the walk. I do have evidence of the work, aka a photo.

                This morning the walk has ice on it at the area where the roof dripped water yesterday. About 5 feet of the walk has ice and the rest is still clear.

                I bundled up yesterday and made it through the cold air without any problems. I did not go anywhere even though I needed to get out of the house and go to the drug store. We called the drug store yesterday a couple times and they never answered, so we assumed they were closed. We will try to call them again today.

We were going to do bible study from home last night on the computer. I checked in but for some reason the program was not working. I could see the others as they came on but when someone spoke, I could hear a couple words and then the screen would stop. I tried to say something, but it was as if they could not hear me, as others would talk over me and I was not muted. After a short time, I just disconnected. I will start next week's homework today.

 I hope they get some of these streets cleared today, I haven't seen anyone drive on our street. We did sit the trash cans out yesterday, but the trash truck did not come by and get the trash. We did have a lot of sun yesterday and that helped the green house to stay warm all day. The plants need to be watered in the greenhouse, but I can't until the freeze leaves.

Ok, I will stop for now. We hope you have a good warm and safe day, and that you should be nice to at least one person. Keep all your friends in your prayers.

Don the Ford  

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