October 2, 2026

          We got some rain again yesterday, so it is another good morning.

            I have not yet been outside this morning so I can’t say how much water is in the rain gage, but yesterday afternoon when I last checked the gage it had 1.75 inches in it. ½ inch was received on Wednesday and 1.25 inches receive yesterday.

            I did go out to the front porch early in the afternoon as I thought it would be a good day to read and enjoy the light rain. There were two problems. First the breeze was sending a mist on me and the book, second, I became sleepy due to the quiet time, and the light rain was too relaxing. I went back in and hopped onto the ole recliner.

My favorite wife and I sat out on the front porch yesterday afternoon and enjoyed the light rain. There were no drones flying as it was raining, there was no traffic either. We did discuss some of the bible study homework I had yesterday. Time together without a lot of things happening is good.

Today I may go to the store as my favorite wife has a couple things that she wants, and I need to defrag the coffee maker, so I need to go to the store also.

I guess that is it for now, we will keep you in our prayers and we hope everyone has a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Donnie the Ford

October 1, 2026

                Here we are on the first day of October and we seem to be starting a day with possible rain, so we wish everyone a good morning.

                Speaking of rain, my old rain gage had one half inch of rain in it yesterday when I got home from rehab. Yes, it rained while I was working out and I did not get to enjoy it.

                I did not need to take Alex to school today as his parents are off work and they will take him. Alex went to take his driver license test yesterday, he passed the written part and had all the necessary paperwork, but they would not do the driving part as they said there was lightening in the area and that is unsafe to take the driving part of the test. He is going back next Tuesday for the driving part of the test.  

                Today’s plans, I should go to the store for a couple grocery items.

                Yesterday’s dental appointment went well; it was just a cleaning.

                My favorite wife allowed me to take her to town yesterday after my rehab experience. She was able to find and purchase a new purse, and we looked in a couple stores for a skirt but did not find one. We went to the eyeglasses place and I ordered a couple pair of glasses. On the way home we stopped at the George restaurant where we had supper.

                We did set outside as usual yesterday afternoon with the main topic from the bible, “Judging others”. If you take a moment and consider what is judging others, you might find that you have or might judge others.

                Ok, I pray that we will have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. We will keep you in our prayers.

                Donnie the Ford

September 30, 2026

                This is the last day of this month, and it is supposed to rain. That all being true, I will wish you a happy good morning.

                Big events from yesterday, we did go into Waco and had a sandwich for lunch, we did visit a store where we purchased a few vegetables, and then we went to a big store where my favorite wife looked for a purse. She did get a new blouse but did not find the purse.

                Today’s possible events; take Alex to school, go to the dentist’s this morning, go to rehab after lunch and then go back into Waco where I might purchase some new glasses and my favorite wife can look for a new purse and a new skirt. I should go the grocery store as there are a couple things I need, but will I have the time?

                Well, I need to go brush my teeth again and head over to the dentist.

                We pray that we all have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

                                Donnie the Ford

September 29, 2026

                The morning has started off well, I did get Alex to school on time, and we wish you a good morning.

                Rehab yesterday went well; I did go to Bible study an hour early yesterday afternoon as each class had some food to eat and we had time to talk about things. The bible study lecture and class were good.

                Today we have no real plans, we might go into Waco and visit the hardware store.

                We are supposed to start getting rain tomorrow evening and they are predicting a lot of heavy rain. We hope there will be no flooding and that no one gets hurt in a storm or flooding.

                Alex is scheduled to take his driver’s test tomorrow; we hope the rain holds off until after the driver’s test. Alex is wearing his ROTC dress uniform at school today, as I understand it, all the group leaders wear the dress uniform.

                I need to take a break before I start my bible study homework, so have a blessed day and stay safe in all you do. You are in our prayers.

                Donnie the Ford

September 28, 2026

                Good morning to you on this Monday morning.

                Allow me to explain what we did yesterday, which was nice and relaxing. We did go to lunch, and we did need to wait to get seated and that was not relaxing. We did go about 30 minutes later than usual but it did not help us get seated any earlier, we will not do that again.

                We returned home and at about 2:00pm we went to the front porch and sat. Setting outside gets us away from the TV and we have more direct conversations. Now I should note that I took my book from Charlie Kirk and I read it a large portion of the time that we sat out. I am not a good reader and I have never been. If I read slowly and stay focused I do well, but if I hurry, I miss read words and these words are usually the smaller words which can make the meaning of a sentence completely wrong.

                The Weather was hot but not too hot and there were breezes most of the time. Very little traffic and there were not a lot of drones flying over. One of our discussions was about the book I am reading. The main subject of the book is the Sabbath and why it is not only religious it is also good for one’s mental and physical health. There are many topics in this book, and I do find it very interesting.

                I did get Alex to school on time today; he does go to take his driving test this Wednesday and then if he passes, he should be driving himself to school.

                I do go to rehab today and we do have bible study this evening. There is a fellowship this evening and that means we need to be there an hour early to have some pizza and some social time with the group.

                I guess I should stop now, we hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. As usual, we will keep you in our prayers.

                Donnie the Ford

September 27, 2026

                Good morning

                It is “Sunday” and I wonder why they named it “Sunday”. Was it because the sun started shining that day, so it was named Sun Day.

                Speaking of the sun, there was a full moon last night and it was known as “the harvest moon”. My favorite wife and I did set outside and observed the rise of “the harvest moon”. We do not usually watch the moon rise, so the evening was doing something we don’t normally do.

                My favorite wife allowed me to take her out for lunch yesterday. The food and service were good, and we enjoyed the time together.

                Alex did get the yard mowed and trimmed, not everything needed to be mowed or trimmed due to the drought. I removed some of the dead from the number 2 berry bed but there is still much more to remove. Yes, I did have some blood on my arm from the stickers.

                 As we sat outside yesterday afternoon the weather was good, the temp was comfortable, we did not need to run the big ole fan as there was a breeze most of the time. We both noticed that the neighborhood was even quieter than usual with only a bird or two chirping. There were almost no vehicles driving on the street and a couple did walk down and back up the street pushing their baby carriage.

                No big plans for Sun Day other than we will likely go to the cracker store for lunch. I may wait and go about 30 minutes later than usual in an effort to mis part of the crowd. We have noticed that about 30 minutes after we are seated the number of people in the building seems to be less. Less people might mean we get a quicker table, so I might go a little later.

                Again, we say, we hope you have a blessed and safe day, and we will keep you in our prayers.     

                Donnie the Ford

September 26, 2026

                We made it to another Saturday morning and we want to say, “good morning to you”!

                What did the Ole Fords do yesterday? Well, we did go to the store to get a couple items that my favorite wife wanted and then we returned home where we ate our leftovers from Thursday nights meal at the restaurant.  

                After a short rest period, you know I need a rests period after each meal, I then went to the store to get a few grocery type items. Items procured I returned home where I attempted to do my daily bible study. This was one of those days that I did not seem to have all the answers. I then decided to read from the Charlie Kerk book, I am a little more than halfway through it. I usually sit down to read and then something interrupts my reading, you know, like I need to vacuum the floor…

                Later we sat outside with a friend, and it was a nice afternoon. Heck, the temp was nice enough and there was a breeze, so we did not need the big ole fan blowing air on us. It seemed as if we were watching the sky yesterday and there were some odd clouds and a trail from a jet flyover left a trail. Not either of the photos are as good as what we saw in the sky.

  

                The jet trail at first looked like a rocket launch then it kept getting wider and it was looking like a road as it got wider in the sky. You need to be there to really enjoy yesterday’s sky.

                We did learn from our friend who has been coming over most Friday afternoons that she will no longer come over on Friday to sit outside with us. It seems as if it is difficult for her to drive over here due to all the traffic, you know, people getting off from work and school being out that time of day. She has decided to come over on Saturday afternoon as there is less traffic.  

                I have asked Alex to come over and do some yard work today so I will need to go get him. There is some mowing and trimming of the grass and the big job is removing dead from the # 2 berry bed.

                Well, I guess that is it for now, we pray for a blessed day for all and that we stay safe in all we do. We will keep you in our prayers.

                Donnie the Ford

September 25, 2026

                It is still dark as I wish you a good morning and our lawn sprinkler is running. They say we have a much better chance of rain next week.

                 Have now returned from taking Alex to school and the sun is coming up.

                Yesterday I was able to water the three berry beds yesterday morning, they look bad and need a good rain to help them live. Watering helps, but we need the rain.

I did get to the rehab yesterday afternoon and all went well.

We went out to supper with our neighbors from down the street, supper was good conversations were nice after eating we returned home with some leftovers which I put in the refrigerator. We then headed over to the school for the concert. The music was good and we enjoyed it. We were able to make it home safe and sound after the concert.

                Today's possible events, I might go to the store for a few groceries, I might take my favorite wife to the store for a couple items that she needs. I should have leftover food for lunch today.

                If it were to be cloudy later today, I might attempt to start removing the dead vines for the number 2 berry bed. If not, I might be able to talk Alex into doing the work on Saturday.

                We hope you have a blessed day and that we all stay safe in all we do. We will keep you in our prayers.

                Don the Ford