February 18, 2026

                We are Having a bright and cheerful good morning here in Hewitt TX. I am a little late at starting this I have already got Alex to school on time and safely and have come back to the house and did nothing for a while.

                No big plans for today I could go to the store and try to get the fertilizer I need but other than that no big plans. I haven't heard from the car dealer, I think they are as hard-headed as I am. I want to pay my price, and they want me to pay their price, and both of us are hardheaded. I'm not saying that it's bad, we both need to win on this, they need to make a profit, and I need to get a good deal.

                Well, I guess that's all for today we do have some Easter Lilies blooming in the backyard and I've noticed a plant in the front yard starting to get a couple buds on it.

                We hope you have a very good day, be safe in all you do and be nice to all that you are around.

Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

February 17,2026

Well, it is a dark good morning here in Hewitt as the sun has not yet come up.

                I did get a call from the auto dealer that I've been talking to wanting to know if I wanted to buy the car and I told him that he needed to increase the price that they're willing to give me for the van. The salesman talked to the sales manager, and they offered me an additional $300 towards the price of our van, and I told them I'd think about it but, nope they're going to have to meet my price.

                I did go to the store yesterday to purchase a few items; number one, I forgot that I wanted to get Kitty litter, #2 they did not have the fertilizer that I wanted, and they did not have the Fire Ant killer that I wanted. I did get all the other items known as food items.

                My wife and I sat outside for a while yesterday it was very warm and nice the neighborhood was quiet. We enjoyed the time just sitting in the sun.

                I think I have already said that our Bible study last night was online and this time my computer worked properly for the meeting.

                Yesterday at about 4:00pm I went into the ole office hoping to watch The Five, which comes on at 4:00 local time. When I sat down at the desk I looked at the temperature readings for outside and for the green house. The greenhouse was at 105 degrees, so I ventured Out to the greenhouse and open the door allowing some of the heat to escape.

                I made a mistake yesterday afternoon and I have made this mistake before thinking at that time I would not make the same mistake again. Obviously, I have made the same mistake again and that mistake is taking ice water out of my thermos and putting it in the dog's water bowl. I have done that in the past and Tres has gone to his water bowl and drank a bunch of ice-cold water and then a minute later thrown up. Now you know why I said I was not going to do that again but being a big dummy, I did it again and yes, he went into the front room, went to the door trying to get out and threw up so I had to clean up throw up.

                Almost every afternoon lately when I come in to watch the five, I have something that drags me away from the TV. I only get to see small parts of the Five or none of it. Yesterday I had to clean up throw-up off the floor, so I missed most of the five. Old people never get a break.

                I need to get going and get Alex off to school, we hope you jave 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 16, 2026

                I would like to wish you a good morning on this holiday, it is Presidents' Day and I do not have to take Alex to school as he is out of school today. I assume that means I have a day off too.

                Today I need to go to the store and start buying some things like grocery items, but I also need some fertilizer for the yard and some fire ant killer and things like that. The yard is ready to be worked so my yard man Alex is going to have to come over and work for me or else I'll have to do the work myself.

                I have again completed my income tax forms, this is the second set of forms, and come up with the same situation, "I owe money". What I find odd is I normally would get a few $100 back each year and this year since we received a little more from social security and a few dollars more in interest, I need to pay. Ole people on a fixed income should not need to pay taxes.

                Yesterday morning at about 11:00 I decided to go to the cracker store and get some lunch. I placed my order to go and I asked, "Do I get a free cup of coffee". The young man said yes and brought me a free cup of coffee. Unfortunately, it was very hot and the first sip I took burnt the roof of my mouth and now my mouth hurts.

Back at home lunch was good and there's enough leftovers that we will have it same thing for supper. My favorite wife and I did sit outside yesterday enjoying the afternoon warmth, it was a little breezy but a very nice afternoon.

                We have no big plans for today although if everything goes right, I might go to a different Chevrolet dealer and see what they've got. I would like it if the dealer I was at the last time would call and give me the money that I'd asked for the van, and I would buy the vehicle from them. I guess we'll figure it out sooner or later.

                Our bible study will be via computer this evening. They say they are working on some electrical situations at the church. The last time they were on the computer my computer did not want to work.

                Well, I can't think of much else to say or do so I think I'll stop and say to you, I hope you have a good day, be safe and all you do and be nice to others.

                Don the Ford

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

NARBNL

February 15, 2026

                As we start this good morning the rain has stopped, and we do not know how much rain we received due to the rain gage being cracked. I assume the ole rain gage may have had some water in it during the freeze and that caused the cracks in the gage.

                Yesterday I washed some clothes, and I worked on the income tax again. We still owe the government money this year. This morning during my morning prayer it came to me that I have made a mistake on the tax form. It has to do with my favorite wife's' part D payment, I used the amount she pays this year, not last year. I will go back and make the change sometime today. It is nice to have guidance from above.

                No big plans for today, we will just see what happens. We hope you have a good day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Don the Ford

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

February 14, 2026

                Good morning form me to you all, we don't have rain, but we do have drizzle, and know, they are not the same thing. Rain Defined; you could go out to the back yard and take a shower in rain, Drizzle defined; drizzle just makes your windshield wet.

Yesterday's events: I called the car dealer, and I explained that they had said the old van was worth $5,995.00 (why didn't they say $6000.00 I don't know) and they had deducted $995.00 from the van's value due to the air conditioner not working. I showed them it worked but they did not add the $995.00 back to the value of the van.

I wanted them to add it back, but they would not. If they had added it back I would have purchased the vehicle. I did call a different dealer to see if they had the same vehicles available.  

Later in the day I called Alex and brought him over. We did wash the dog, and we attempted to remove some leaves from the jasmine beds. We did get a bunch of leaves out of the beds but not all. Alex drove the Fords Ole pickup on the way home, he is a good driver.  

My favorite wife did sit outside while Alex and I were working in the yard. Later a friend came over and brought my favorite wife a flower and some Valentine candy, photo to follow.

                 They stayed a while and after they left another friend came over and brought a pizza. We were sitting outside eating pizza. Nice weather and nice friends.

                I did get a photo of some easter lilies that are growing in the back 40.

                 Today's events: my big plan is to wash some clothes, and work on the income tax. I do need a few things from the store but I'm not sure if I will go or not.  

                Stopping now, we hope you have very good day and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Don the Ford

            NARBNL

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

February 13, 2026

                This good morning is on Friday the 13^th and we hope you have a good morning and a good day, or maybe you should stay at home and do nothing.

                The Don had a normal day yesterday, he was able to take Alex to school, and he did get a cup of coffee without paying. Yep, he had enough points to get a free cup of coffee. He was able to do his daily bible study.

                I believe I have commented on this in the past so if you have heard it before you can ignore it. On Wednesday I tried to print the unfinished income tax forms. As usual the printer had an error and would not print. I was disappointed and I was thinking I should purchase a new printer, but where will I get the funding.

                Yesterday I started the computer and I started the printer. After about one minute without any other action from me, the printer started printing what I had wanted to print the day before. Yep, the printer saves the info and after a restart, it printed.

                Yesterday afternoon I decided to go into Waco and look at the chevy SUVs again. I found the same salesman, and we went to the vehicle and looked it over again. We went through all the safety items that I wanted, and they were in this vehicle. I told him I wanted to get a price, and I had a van to trade in. They looked at the van and said it was worth $5,895.00 but the air conditioner did not work so they reduced the amount they would pay by $995.00. I said the air works and we walked out to the vehicle. The sales manager went with me. I started the vehicle and turned the air on. It started to cool down the van. The sales manager did not know how to turn it on as you must push a button. He noted he was use to vehicles with the computer screen, and not the manual units.

                The salesman said he would drive the vehicle and follow me to my house so my wife can look at it. At the house my wife looked at the vehicle, and she was able to get into the vehicle without any help. We both like the vehicle but I need a little more concession in the price. I will get the price dropped or the amount increased for the trade in, or no deal.

                This morning while laying in bed I became concerned that the vehicle might be too technical for this ole person. Example, to put it in park you push a button, I am use to a lever to go to park. Our ole chevy pickup truck has a touch screen but it is only about 8 X 10 inches in size. The new vehicle has an enormous touch screen; can I learn how to use it?

                If I call then today, I will do a couple things. I tell them what I want or need. I will ask for a $500 to $1,000 decrease in the price, and if they do, I will bring the check from the bank today and the deal will be done.

If not then we will consider their offer over the three-day weekend, Monday is Presidents' Day. The three-day weekend will give me time to check back with the other dealers that I have already visited.

                If they meet my requests and I purchase the vehicle, I will show you a photo, if not I will not show you a photo.

                School is out today so I don't need to take Alex to school. Will that mean I don't get a cup of real coffee? Nope I have already gone to the coffee store and the burrito store, and we have eaten our breakfast.

I would like to get Alex over here to the house so we could wash the Dog if the weather is warm enough. There is some yard work we could do if he comes over.

                Well, I will stop for now, we hope you have a good day and that we all stay safe in all we do. We would appreciate a prayer for us to make the correct decision on the vehicle.

Don the Ford

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

February 11, 2026

                I assume it is a good morning as I have not yet been outside to check on the weather. The temp is in the low 50s, and we did not get any rain yesterday, which means I will need to run the lawn sprinklers today and that means I will cost me money.

                Speaking of costing me money I worked in the income tax yesterday and I usually end up getting a couple hundred dollars back, this time it is different. I now assume I have made a mistake and entered something wrong somewhere as it seems as if I will be paying a couple of thousand dollars to the IRS. Our income is fixed and we have the same amount of income as in the last couple years. I will need to go back to the program and review all I have done. Ole people make mistakes.

                I do not have a plan for today; we will just see what happens. We hope you have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

February 10, 2026

                We wish you a late good morning from the Ford homestead. What do I mean by a late good morning, it is a little after 10 AM before I start this soon to be blog journal.

                The morning started out well, I woke up early let the dog out, I went and got me a cup of homemade coffee, sat around on the chair watching the so-called local news which really doesn't have any news in it. After about 15 or 20 minutes doing nothing, I got up and started my morning work.

                Morning work starts out by getting my clothes on and I try to do that in a quiet mode as my favorite wife is still in bed sleeping. When I finished getting dressed, I then went over to the bed and helped my wife wake up. Yes, she was able to use a Walker and walk into the front room and get into her old chair. We did not do the rehab exercises this morning as the lady from rehab is coming to work with her later this morning. I was able to do some vacuuming, you know getting the dog hair up off the floor, then I headed out to get Alex and take him to school.

I learned on the way to school that Alex is going to have a date with his girlfriend on Saturday. I had asked him if he could come over to the house and do some work for me and he noted that he would have a date with his girlfriend on Saturday and that his mom's birthday was on Sunday. Now Alex is off from school this Friday and next Monday so I've said if either one of those days is really warm I want him to come over and help me wash the dog and then we will get some leaves out of the flower beds. He agreed to the possibility of some work.

Returning from dropping Alex off at school, when I arrived here at the house I was tired and sleepy. For some reason when you get up a little before 5:00 AM in the morning, at 8:00 AM I am actually sleepy so I took a nap. Nap completed my favorite wife wanted to take a shower.

And now you know how my day has started I have come in here to the office and I'm now sitting at my desk talking to my computer.

Yesterday's events: yesterday I was going to purchase a vehicle I went to the bank and was able to obtain the money needed. It was still early morning so I headed into Waco where I purchased a few sandwiches and some French fries for my favorite wife and I then I came home and we enjoyed a quick lunch.

The cleaning lady showed up and started her cleaning. About 12:30 I got into Ford's old van and headed over to the car dealer. We got there and I told him that I wanted to drive the vehicle since I had not yet driven it, so he went and brought the car up to the front and when I looked at it I said no that's not the one I wanted. The one I wanted had an adjustable seat on the passenger side which could be raised and lowered, and I thought that would be good for my spouse. He said OK and he went and got the vehicle that had the adjustable seat. We went for a short drive, and it drove really well I liked the vehicle we got back to the dealer went inside and the price they had given me was on the other vehicle not the one I really wanted. I was there about an hour finally I got tired of waiting and they said Well it would cost you another $5000 for this car than the one you want, and I told him no thank you and left.

I guess I will continue looking when I have time as I do want to get an easy to get in and out of vehicle for my favorite wife.

It was warm yesterday as a matter of fact it was hot and we sat outside on the driveway for a couple hours yesterday afternoon before I went to Bible study class.

Now you know what my day was like. You know everything except when I got home from Bible study my favorite wife and I did have some ice cream to eat.

The end

I'm stopping for now we hope you have a good day be safe and all you do and try to be nice to somebody.

Don the Ford

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