September 30, 2024

            We are now at the last, and tomorrow will be at the beginning, yes, I know, everyone knows what I am referring too, so I will just jump to, “Good Morning to you”!

            Yesterday’s events: we did almost nothing. We did go to the cracker store where we had breakfast, and it was good. We sat around doing nothing most of the day, and in the afternoon, we went outside to rest from all the, doing nothing the we did.

            Outside my favorite wife made a call to her niece in North Carolina to see how they were doing, and to learn about how the storms may have impacted their area. They were fine but she told us there was a lot of flooding, and some areas were impacted mildly while others were destroyed.

            The sun isn’t up yet so I have not looked that the moon plants to see if they have a bunch of blooms or not. Looking at the security cameras I see that I need to take the broom and clean off the spider webs. The webs do not affect the view from the cameras during the day, but at night when the cameras are producing their own light, I can see the webs. The webs do not stop the recording but the picture isn’t as clear.

            I went outside a few minutes ago, even though the sun isn’t up, to check the blooms, there are 4 blooms on the big plant and 2 on one of the small plants, no photos today.

            Well, I need to get ready to get Alex and take him to school, we hope you have a good and safe day, in all you do.

Almost day light.

Senior ole person who needs to do something like mow the front yard, Don the Ford

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

September 29, 2024

            We want to wish you and only you a good morning, we will wish the rest of them a good day as they do not get up early on Sunday. The weather is cool, and the day seems to be starting out just fine here in Hewitt Texas.

            Yesterday events are as follows: there were very few events, I did get Claire and take her back to the dealership about 10:30 so she could retrieve her vehicle. Returning home we went into Waco to the sandwich place for lunch. Food eaten, we headed for the cheap store where we purchased a new bed for the pot hound Tres. Returning home I took a break from all the activities, aka took a short nap, then I headed in to the so-called office and began reading from the bible. I did complete reading the bible again, so I guess today I will start over again.

I did do some bible study homework in prep for Mondays meeting. We are supposed to have pizza in our classroom before the regular meeting starts. The food is a way to get us together for some socializing prior to the meeting.

            We did get to sit outside yesterday, there was a nice breeze, and we did not need the big ole fan. We did not have company, so the conversations were not very lively.

            Today’s activities: no real plans, we may go over to the Cracker store for breakfast / lunch, but no other plans for the day. We did have some blooms on the moon plants, 4 on one and 3 on the other, photos to follow.

            I have a photo which Tres took this morning as we surveyed the front yard, and he titled it, “Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning.” Does that apply to us on the ground too? 

            Well, I guess I should stop and rest for a while, I don’t want my fingers to get too tired from entering data in to the ole computer. We hope you have a very good day, stay safe and have fun in all you do.

Tres takes good photos.

Senior ole retired person who would if he could, but he can’t, so he doesn’t, Don the Ford

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

September 28, 2024

            Good morning to you, and almost everyone else. It is almost 9:00am when I start this posting, and yes that is later than usual. Why am I starting late, no one asked, I was asked to meet Claire at the VW dealership this morning at 7:00am, as they need some repairs to the vehicle. Arriving at 7:00 I learned that they were not open yet. I waited a few minutes thinking someone was late getting to work and opening the gates.

            After some waiting, I called Dave and learned they do not open until 8:00 on Saturdays. I decided to not sit there at the gate for 45 minutes so I was able to turn around and leave, even though there were two vehicles behind me at the gate. Nothing to do I drove to the Star coffee company and got a small cup of coffee. I then pulled into the Wally world parking lot and waited.

            A few minutes before 8:00 I headed back to the dealership where I picked up Claire and we headed for her house. They said it would not take too long and Claire will call us when they are finished with her car. I did explain, if we are at the sandwich place when she called, she will just have to wait until I finish eating.

            Yesterday’s events were almost normal: my favorite wife went to town and shopped for a while and I was left at home all alone. After the tears stopped flowing, I decided to pick up sticks from the front yard. While I was “playing pickup sticks,” I spoke to a neighbor and learned that they were going on a short cruse (2 weeks) to Hawaii. He wondered if I would put his garbage container out Monday, and then put it back after it was empty, I did agree to the extra work.

            After contact with the neighbor, I then completed the “pickup sticks game”, in the front yard and proceeded to the back 40 and picked up sticks there, along with some of the Poopa-Loopa.

            I decided to check out the small generator, so I brought it from the shed and set it on one bench and I sat on the other bench, no I do not have a photo. I wanted to be sure I had removed the gas from the unit after the last time I used it. There was no gas in the tank so I turned it upside down and took the bottom off the carburetor and it was also empty. Then a pin came out of the float, and I had to put it back, which was not easy. After a couple try’s I got the pin back in and put the parts back together, I did also check the spark plug.

            That project completed, and the generator back in the shed, we washed the pot hound Tres. After a wash job, I decided that since I had the hose in my hands, why not water the flowers in pots, and two of the berry beds that were not in the direct sun. All that strenuous work completed, I staggered back into the homestead and rested for a good 15 minutes. During the rest period I did set up my chair on the driveway in preparation for our get out and do-nothing afternoon rest period.  

            We did have a friend come over, she usually comes on Friday afternoons and sits with us and we have lively discussions. Quite often the discussions are about our olden days.

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

Sandwich day.

Senior ole person who needs a nap before lunch, Don the Ford

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

September 27, 2024

            Good morning to everyone, yes, even to you. We had a good day yesterday and we are looking forward to another good day today. We did learn that the MRI showed no change from back in 2021 to the MRI taken Wednesday, that is good news.

            I did very little yesterday, I did get the hair on my head cut and I think it looks good for an ole retired person’s head. The young lady who cut my hair commented about crickets being everywhere. I remember many years ago that we had a year when there were so many crickets that they were covering the walkway to the door at DIB lunch room. If memory serves me, and it often does not serve me, we had to get a broom and sweep them away so everyone could walk in without stepping on the crickets.

            Leaving the hair butcher establishment, I noticed that there were not too many vehicles at the gas station, and seeing that my vehicle was “about half empty”, (that is the negative way to state the amount of gas in the Ford’s ole pickup), I could have made a positive comment, saying, “about half full”, but if I would have thought about it in a positive manner, I probably would not have stopped for gas. I like to not get below half a tank of gas.

            The garage door opener has two lights on it that come on when you open the door. One of the lights was out and I noticed that both lights had dead bugs in them. So, I decided to clean them and replace the one light bulb. During the cleaning process I did accidently drop a couple dead bugs on the floor, so I decide to sweep the floor. With the garage door open the wind was blowing and it was affecting my sweeping. I did get the floor swept and even if I do say so myself, the floor looked good.

            I do have some items in the garage that I need to dispose of, but deciding what to toss or give a way is sometimes difficult for us ole senior people. I keep too much stuff, aka junk. I just thought, I do have another gas-powered generator in the shed that I should check out and see if it still runs. It is in an out of sight place so I don’t think about it too often.

            We did sit outside for a while before going to the High School to hear Alex and his orchestra play a few wonder-filled tunes yesterday evening. They were very good and have improved a lot since the seventh-grade concerts. Photo of Alex.

            I got a photo of Molly while we were sitting outside for my enjoyment.

            Well, I should stop and do something productive. We hope you all have a good day, please stay safe, and thinking about being safe, please pray for those people that are, were, or will be in the storms from the hurricane.

Storms be bad.

Senior ole person who should do some work, but may not, Don the Ford.

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

September 26, 2024

            Even though it is still dark outside, we are hoping you are having a good morning. As I understand it, sun rise will be at 7:19am, and sun set today will be at 7:19pm. That don’t happen too often.

            We got through the MRI ok yesterday, and after that stressing process, we went to Georges for a relaxing breakfast. We do not know the results yet but we are staying positive and praying for good results. 

            Big plans for the day: get Alex to school safely and on time this morning. Speaking of Alex, he has a football game this evening and an orchestra concert. He has decided to do the concert.

            I need to get my hair trimmed today so I will need to drop by the teller machine and see if I can get my weekly stipend, “hair cut cost money’.

            Since my favorite wife did not get to go grocery shopping yesterday, she will venture forth today.

            This cooler weather is nice and sitting outside relaxing is even more enjoyable. It even makes reading more pleasant when sitting outside with a cool breeze blowing.

            I observed on a security camera some birds fighting at one of our bird houses. I would have understood it if it would have been spring and they were looking for a house to nest in, but it is fall. Maybe they were fighting over who gets to use the house this winter.

            I am tired of all the so-called news being about the presidential election, and about the attempted assassination of Trump. I know who I am voting for and I don’t need to hear any more talk about elections.  

            Well, I need to get going and get Alex to school, we hope your day will be filled with much joy, and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Hair removal today.

Senior ole person who still has hair in all the wrong places, Don the Ford

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

September 25, 2024

            Good morning to all, we hope your day is starting the way you like it to start. We will be taking Alex to school and then heading to the hospital for my Favorite wife’s MRI. It has been a year since her last MRI so it will be good to see improvements.

            Yesterday events: the day started as usual with nothing much to do. I did take a short nap and then popping out of the ole recliner I went to the so-called office and began reading. I do two readings most days, first is my bible reading, I am almost through the entire bible again, no I don’t know how many times I have read the entire bible, but it is probably 3 or 4 times when I finish this time. Then I do my homework which also requires reading from different parts of the bible too.

            After my reading was done, I went out back and watered the potted plants and the berry beds. That work completed I decided to pull some weeds from the Jasmin bed. That required me putting on my knee pads and getting up and down a bunch of times. That work completed I rested a little and then I took a shower.

            A little later my favorite wife and I were going outside to sit, when we herd Thunder. We decided to wait a while and let the thunder go away. After a while we went out to the front porch thinking it might rain.

I had taken my drink out to the table between the chairs on the porch when our neighbors little dog got lose and came to our front porch. This little fellow was trying to get to our pot hound Tres who was in the house looking through the glass door. They both went after each other through the glass. Our neighbor came and caught the little dog and took him home.

My favorite wife and I along with the Tres finally got out to the front porch and sat there for a while enjoying the cool breezy weather, before the rain came. We did get a fairly good short rain with 4/10 of an inch in the free rain gage. At some point after the rain and wind started, we came back into the house and had supper.

Today: if the MRI gets done quick enough, we will go to the George restaurant for breakfast, we need to be at the hospital at 8:45.

Well, I guess that is all for now, we hope you have a good day and as always, be safe in all you do.

Breakfast sounds good!

Senior ole person who needs to eat less, but not less breakfast, Don the Ford

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

September 24, 2024

            Even though it is still dark outside, we wish you a good morning. We did get a sprinkle of rain yesterday afternoon, the drops on the drive way were about 3 inches apart, but the drive way did not get wet.

            As usual, I have no big plans for today other than getting Alex to school on time and making it back home in a safe manner. There are some weeds that need to be pulled from flower beds but that would mean that I would need to do some work on my knees, and ole people have trouble getting down on the ground but more trouble in getting up from the ground.

            The weather was good yesterday, and by good, I mean, cool enough to sit out on the front porch yesterday afternoon and not be hot and perspiring.

            Our bible study went well last night and now I need to start more homework before next week’s meeting.

            I wish I had more to report but I don’t. We hope you have a good day and enjoy the short posts. Please stay safe in all you do, and enjoy the cool weather.

Nothing doing.

Senior ole person who has no plans, but will do what he is told to do, Don the Ford

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

September 23, 2024

            We want to say good morning to all, we hope that some of the rain which is off to the north west will come our way.

            We did almost nothing yesterday, we did sit outside yesterday afternoon and enjoyed some time with a couple friends.

            Today’s plans are to get Alex to football practice by 7:30 this morning, yes, they are practicing even though school is out for the day. Practice is over at 11:00, so I will pick him up from practice and get him back home. I do need to go to my past employer this morning and pay for the light bulb I got last Friday. For some reason I began talking with the manager and after talking, I left the building without paying for the bulb.

            We do have bible study tonight and that is very interesting.

            Well, I think that is about all I have for today, we hope everyone has a good and safe day.

Be happy!

Senior ole retired person who don’t have a lot planned for the day, Don the Ford

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

September 22, 2024

            It is a good morning and I will attempt to show you one of the reasons why. In the following photo you might understand that we now have the light over the garage door working again. Our yard man “Alex” climbed the ladder and installed the light bulb. This light has the same kind of orange color as the street light on the corner.

            When you review the photo, you might notice the pot hound Tres in the left side of the photo. He tries to get into every photo.

            Our yard man “Alex” also mowed and trimmed the front yard, and he mowed and trimmed the areas in the back 40 that needed attention. While he was doing that, I was working on getting the bench that holds the moon plant, (it is called moon plant because it blooms at night and the bloom goes away during the day), installed in dirt that would hole it and the moon plant in a level manner. Alex and I together placed the large potted plant on the bench.

            The photo isn’t very bright, the sun was not shining when I took this photo.

After all that work was completed and the tools put away, Alex and I washed up and cooled off for a while before we headed into town for lunch. Lunch at the sandwich shop was good and time spent with Alex was very good. After eating we went to the cheap store to review the inventory. We did not purchase anything.

We did get Alex home safe and sound with enough time for him to rest up, take a shower before heading off to go bowling with some friends. 

That is about all we did yesterday, we did sit outside for a while enjoying the time together. We hope everyone has a good Sunday, please be nice to everyone and stay safe in all you do.

“Alex” yard man and bulb installer.

Senior ole person who likes his mowed yards and the driveway light, Don the Ford

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

September 21, 2024

            I am fairly sure it will be a good day, so I will wish you a good morning.

            Here we are it is Saturday and our big plans for the day is to get the front yard mowed, and get part of the back 40 mowed. All the back 40 does not need to be mowed as part isn’t growing as fast as other parts. We plan on getting the yard man Alex over to do the mowing, and I want him to put in a light bulb in the light over the garage door. That requires a ladder and ole people should not be on ladders.

            I will pick him up at about 8:30 this morning, he chose the pick-up time as I offered either 8:30 or 9:00. I also told him that if we were going to Starbucks for a morning drink, I would need to get him at 8:30. Now you see why we are doing 8:30.

            We told him he could go with us to the sandwich shop after we finished the work or we could take him home, he chose going with us for a sandwich. Alex said he was going bowling with his friends at 3:00 today, so we need to get him home in time for the bowling.

            This is the last day of summer, fall starts tomorrow. We wish it felt like fall but it still feels like summer.

            I guess this is another of the short postings, and I can see that some of you like the short post, enjoy!

We hope you have a good day, stay safe in all you do and please try to be nice to at least one person today, it will help you as much as the person you are nice to. 

Yard “man” Alex!

Senior ole person who needs to do a few things before I go to get Alex, Don the Ford

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

September 20, 2024

            Good morning to you and that other person too; and it is a good morning for me also. Today is Friday, two days before Fall officially starts, even though it will not feel like it. This morning, I get to go pickup Alex for school about one hour earlier than usual. Alex will be finishing a test this morning, that he did not finish Wednesday, which he did not complete due to leaving early for the football game. School starts at 8:25am I need to have him there at 7:30am.

            Well, the Don did work some yesterday and he was able to accomplish the tasks at hand.

First, the Don got his tools out and prepared for the work in his outside workshop. I have a photo for your enlightenment. In the photo one can see the small work bench, the small seat for the Don, the small tiller that was ready to be worked on, the small air compressor, and the water cup in the Ford’s ole wagon. You can’t see it but the power for the compressor is being furnished by the power inverter in the shed, which is powered by a 12-volt battery, which is powered by a solar panel. If we were real people with a regular income, we might be able to have a normal shop with normal sized tools and work bench, but being on a fixed income, we can’t have all the nice things you real people have.

            At least I was mostly in the shade during this work session.

I did get the small tiller out and remove the gas from it and I cleaned it up some and I got the unused string trimmer and removed the gas from it. The work wasn’t that difficult, but I was sweating due to the very hot temperatures.

That work completed I watered the plants in pots and the #2 berry bed. The other berry beds were in the direct sun, and I try not to work in the direct sun. 

After all the tools were put away, I went into the house and cooled off for a while. After the cooling session, I cleaned up some and prepared to go out for date night, aka supper. The food was good and the service was very good. Back at home we did sit outside for a while.

Plans for today: go out to my ole workplace and pick up an item I ordered and do little or nothing the rest of the day. I do plan to have the yard man Alex over Saturday to do some mowing.

Well, you now know all about me and my plans. We hope you have a good day and are able to complete all your plans in a safe and productive manner.

Outside workshop.

Senior ole person who needs to get going and get Alex, Don the Ford

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

September 19, 2024

            Good morning to all, we hope your day is starting off well.

Today is Thursday, and since Alex played football yesterday, my favorite wife and I might get to go out for date night, aka supper, tonight.

I don’t think I did much of anything yesterday, I did go out to the front yard and consider how I would attempt to remove the acorns this year. I tried the roller for a minute and decided the grass is too thick to use the roller. I will likely use a rake and that will allow me to move a lot of the acorns into piles or to the street where I can more easily pick them up.

On another non interesting topic, I got another chigger so I have put clear fingernail polish on it. I guess the fingernail polish works and gets rid of the chigger, but dry fingernail polish on your body does not feel good.  

 We sat outside yesterday afternoon and friends from across the street came over to sit with us. We learned about their trip to Ohio and Niagara Falls and other places they went too. It is always good to have friends to drop by and visit. 

I need to keep my eye on the clock as I will need to leave in a few minutes and get Alex to school, hopefully on time and safe. I will be interested to learn how the game went yesterday. I guess I should head over to the other Ford’s homestead and get Alex now…

I made it back: Alex said they lost their game 0 to 6, and he got home at 10:00pm. He said a teacher asked him to come in early today and finish a test that he started yesterday, he had to leave early for the trip to the game yesterday, and did not complete the test yesterday. He said he had forgot about needing to be there early until about 10:00pm last night and he knew I was in bed, so he did not call me. I told him, in the future call me I wake up easily and go back to sleep fairly fast.

I did get a cup of real coffee after dropping Alex off at school this morning. The coffee was free and since my doctor suggested I stop drinking coffee, I only drank half of the cup.

I have a couple things I should attempt to do today, but as usual I might be distracted and just take a nap or two. We hope your day is fun, or at least interesting, or maybe not boring, and that you and I stay safe in all we do.

Thank You for reading this.

Senior ole person who don’t need a rest, but will take one anyway, Don the Ford

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

September 18, 2024

            Good morning, did you see the full moon, it is a little closer to the earth and it looks very large.

            Tres and I went out front as usual this morning about 6:30am, were we talked with a neighbor from across the street. Our neighbor was carrying out some recycle items and was going to move the recycle bin to the curb when he remembered that it was not recycle day. He and I did talk across the street to each other, he asked if I knew the light over the garage door was out, I said I did, and I need to get a new bulb.

We have good neighbors up and down the street, but we do not get to talk with our neighbors very often. I think we probably don’t want to be seen as a bother, so we don’t call our go to their house.

            What events happened yesterday: sitting around in the homestead doing nothing but watching the TV, got to be very boring. Yesterday I went out back and decided to remove any dead stuff from the black berries thinking, I had done this before so there should not be much to remove. I also wanted to stay out of the sun as I worked. Well, I got started and found there were more dead items than I had thought. It took a while but I got all that I could see, and I also removed two sun flower plants that had been growing in one of the beds.

            During the process I had observed some deposits of Poopa-Loopa in the yard so I decided to attempt to remove it. As I worked on the Poopa-Loopa I noticed a few sticks in the yard from the recent heavy winds, so I removed them. 

            I have had a problem with a lock so I decided to replace it with another lock that has been locked onto the chain link fence for a few years. I found it interesting that I could remember where that lock was since I have not used it for years. I unlocked it and took it to the shed where I decided to put some oil on it to help it work. During the oiling process I thought, why not try some oil on the other lock that I was having problems with. Adding oil to both locks allowed them to work much better, so the lock that had not been working easily, is now working easily, so it got to stay in service. I think the other lock is now on the bench in the shed.

The other day during the short wind storm and rain, a big flower secured to a heavy wooden homemade stool turned over. I think the heavy flower and stool had been leaning some, which made it easier for the wind to blow it over. I need to work on that today. The wind also blew over a flower pot on the driveway too. We were thankful for the rain but not so much for the wind.

            Today’s events: Alex’s football game is moved up from Thursday to today. This is an away game near Dallas and we will not be going. We like going to his games but that is a long way for an ole person to drive for a game.

            I need to get the gas out of the tiller and the bent shaft weed eater, as they will not be used for a while. I don’t like to leave gas in a motor for too long as it can clog things up. I need to try and determine how I want to approach the acorns in the grass this year, in other words, “how to get them out of the grass.” Maybe I can con the grandkids to remove the acorns.

            Well, I need to get out of here and head to Alex’s house and get him to school on time and safe. We hope you have a very good day and stay safe in all you do.

Berry bush butcher.

Senior ole person who don’t work enough and then works too much, Don the Ford

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

September 17, 2024

            I think it is a good morning, it was still dark when the Tres and I went outside at 6:00am, so I will wish you a good morning and hope the rest of the readers who do not get up early, have a good day.

            We did almost nothing yesterday which made the day seem very long. We did go to the post office with a package that they delivered on Saturday which did not have our address on it. It did have another address on it. The post office people looked at it and said it was address to us, even though we could not see the address. We asked who it was from, but there was no answer. We told them we were not opening anything that we did not know who it came from. They said they would return it to UPS if we wanted them to. We said they can send it back to whoever sent it, we don’t know what it is, and we are not opening it.

            We did go to the pet store and get some shampoo for the dog, it is supposed to help with flees, and we did give him a bath. I did go to the bible study last night and that was interesting.

            That is all for now, have a good and interesting day, and stay safe in all you do.

Hot day coming.

Senior ole person who needs to go get Alex for school, Don the Ford

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

September 16, 2024

            We would like to wish everyone a very good morning. Did you notice that I added the word “very”, to the good morning? What, you didn’t notice, then you do not need to know why it is a very good morning.

            Tres and I went out front this morning as usual to review the front yard when we noticed our neighbor across the street from us putting his trash can out, yep, it is trash day. We wished him a good morning, and he responded with it is a good morning. He noted that we got ¾ inch of rain yesterday, in the surprise rain. I said I had not checked my rain gage yet.

¾ inch of rain in the free rain gage makes it a very good morning.

I did get a photo of a rabbit in the street before the sun came up.

            I didn’t say it was a good photo.

Yesterday’s report: we did very little. We did go to the cracker store for breakfast. The food and service were good. We stopped at Wally world as my favorite wife wanted to get some batteries for her CD player. Battery bought we headed for home. Back at home I rested for a while when my wife discovered that the CD player did not use “D” batteries, it used “C” batteries. Darn it we would need to go to the store again.

This time we went to the HEB and found a parking space not too far from the door. My favorite wife went in and left me sitting in the Ford’s ole Chevy all alone while she shopped. She was able to get the “C” batteries, and we returned home, where I again reclined in the Fords ole worn out recliner attempting to sleep.

After the short nap I felt like I needed to do something other than sit there so I decided to do my daily bible reading. It was very hot outside, but I decided to go out on the front porch and read. I did take the battery powered fan and sat it up so it would blow on me, I put it in low and it felt like I was sitting in front of and electric heater blowing the heat on me. I changed the speed to high and that help some, at least I was able to endure the heat with the fan on high. I did get my daily reading completed.

Later in the day my favorite wife and I went outside to sit, even though it was very hot. we had the big fan on and that helped, as there was little breeze. We sat outside as usual for about 1.5 hours, and during that “time out period”, there were clouds that came and went. I have a photo of my wife while we were sitting outside.

            You may have noticed she was not paying any attention to me; she was looking at the phone. Did you see she has two sets of glasses on.

I checked the weather bug on the phone and there was rain in the area, but it was going around us. When it was time for us to go in, I checked the weather again and it showed rain coming. We put things away and went into the house. It was just a few minutes later when it started to rain, and as you know, we got a very good rain, “3/4” inch.

I guess that is it for now, I need to go get Alex and take him to school. We hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

¾ inch of rain, very good!

Senior ole person who got Alex to school safe and on time, Don the Ford

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

September 15, 2024

            We made it to Sunday, and I believe it is going to be a sunny day, so we wish you a good morning.

Yesterday was a normal day, we did the normal things. We went to the HEB in Waco close to the interstate and my favorite wife purchased some KT tape, which she was having trouble finding in other stores. (Yes, I called it HT tape in the previous posting.) We did go to the cheap store, and we purchased a couple items. We did sit outside yesterday afternoon even though it was hot. We quickly noticed that there was no air movement, that means there was not a breeze blowing at all. The leaves on the trees were not moving, it was dead air. We did have the big fan on and that helped by moving some air.

My favorite wife played a couple CDs as we sat outside, the music was music that reminded me of church music from the olden days. It brought back a lot of ole memories.

What are the plans for the Fords today: not much. We might go for breakfast this morning and hope to get there early enough to not need to wait in line to be seated. I also need to get outside and water the flowers that are in pots.

            I have a couple photos with one question.

            The first photo shows how much help I get when composing these postings, that is our cat Molly laying on the desk, and she wants to be petted all the time. The second photo is of the big fan, and it was running yesterday providing air for us as we sat outside. The question is, “why can we see through the fan as if there are no blades, and why doesn’t the fan appear to have a solid circle and we not be able to see through it?” At what speed would it need to be moving to appear to be a solid circle instead of fan blades.

            Ok, I will stop for now and go water the flowers in pots. We hope everyone has a good day and that everyone stays safe in all they do.

Lazy cat helper.

Senior ole person who gets little help in anything he does, Don the Ford

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

September 14, 2024

            Good morning to one and all, yes even you, we hope all have a good Saturday and a good morning. We did nothing yesterday. I did finish watering the flower pots that did not get watered yesterday afternoon due to the Football game.

            I did follow my favorite wife suggestion to tighten all the bolts on the swing. All but two needed to be tightened and the two that did not need tightening had lock nuts on them. I did get on the ground several times to get to the bolts, and now I have chiggers. Fingernail polish applied; I hope that takes care of it.

Completing that work, I went to the shed an got a ladder which I brought to the driveway. The light over the driveway has not been working properly, I put the ladder up by the light which is about 12 feet above the drive. I climbed the ladder and replaced the PE control. Pe control in my hand I climbed down.

I re-climbed the ladder and removed the light bulb. I decided to take a photo of the info on the bulb so I climbed down, and took the photo.

I then climbed the ladder again to replace the bulb and it broke, with the glass in my hand and the base in the light. I then climbed down again and got a pair of pliers to remove the base from the light.

I climbed the ladder again and removed the base from the light. Then I took the ladder back to the shed and I decided that I would not climb back up to the light again. I will ask Dave or Alex to climb back up the ladder and replace the bulb, when I get one. I am 77 years old and I do not need to be on a ladder that high.

We went outside to sit, and our friend came over, and this time she brough her bible. We had some lively discussions about Revelations, she gave me her thoughts and I gave her mine. I think we agreed toward the end of the discussion.

Well, I don’t have any big plans for today, we will likely follow our usual schedule and go into Waco for lunch, stop at the cheap store and see if we need anything, and we might go to a store and see if we can get some HT tape. My wife has been having trouble finding it, I assume they are out do to all the schools and the athletics. HT tape is for pain and athletes who have strains and other pain, they put the tape on and it relieves the pain. It works on non-athletes too.

I have a photo taken this morning when Tres and I ventured into the front yard.

           The photo shows a bright, soon to be sunny morning. We hope everyone has a good Saturday and that we all stay safe in all we do.

Clouds be bright.

Senior ole person who needs a break from the computer, Don the Ford

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

September 13, 2024

            It is Friday the 13^th, we hope that does not take away from you and I having a good morning.

Plans for today: get Alex and Gabi to school on time and safe. Back at home I might check and tighten all the bolts in the swing that we use when sitting outside.

I might get on the ole ladder and replace the PE control, that turns the light over the driveway on and off, and while I am up there see what size bulb is in the light. It is blinking so it could be the bulb or control.

I also need to finish watering the potted plants, I was watering them yesterday when my favorite wife informed me it was 4:20, and we need to get ready for the Football game, so I did not get done watering.

A few minutes ago, I looked at the clock that is on the shelf above my computer and it showed 7:15, that meant I have 15 minutes before heading over to get the kids for school. Then I looked at the Alexa that sits on my desk, and it indicated 7:35am. Surprised I grabbed my phone and looked at it and it was 7:35, I was late. I called Alex and headed for their home. I did get them to school on time and safe. (The clock on the shelf needs a battery, or is it, Friday the 13^th.)

Yesterday’s events: The freshmen game ended with a score of 14 to 8, Midway won. Alex was on the offensive line in the third quarter when midway made their first touchdown for the year. After the game we went to a local restaurant to get a late supper, we drove around the parking lot looking for a spot close to the door, we found none, after a couple times around the lot we decided to head for home. At home we sat outside enjoying each other’s company.

The neighbor’s grand kids were outside, the girl who is maybe 8 years old was trying to learn how to ride her bike. Her little brother who might be 4 years ole has a bike and it had training wheels. I went over to ask their grandmother a question as to how her husband’s bumper got damaged, when the little boy came running to me and gave me a big hug. There is nothing better than an unexpected hug.

I have a flower blooming photo, for my enjoyment.

             I thought the single yellow bloom against all the large green leaves made a good photo.

The rest of my evening was spent in bed sleeping.

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

Friday the 13^th.

Senior ole person who has a couple things to do, will he do them? Don the Ford

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