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

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