Just another day 02.18.2022

            I guess we can say yesterday was, "Just another day". The morning started off nice, heck I took the grand kids to school and I did not have a jacket on, the temp was in the mid-60s.

            Note; after dropping the grandees off at the schools, I did go to the Star coffee place and procured a cup of coffee, since the Ford's ole coffee maker would not make me a cup of coffee. Oddly enough, my favorite wife made a cup of her coffee, and the coffee maker worked just fine. Now you see how and ole retired senior person is being treated, no respect, no respect at all!

            Later in the day, I decide to leave the Ford's homestead and drop by the teller machine to get our weekly $5.00 stipend! 😊             since I was out of the house anyway, I decided to go to the star coffee place and get another cup of coffee. Note; this cup was free! 😊       I had enough stars for a free cup, ha-ha! 😊

            Returning home, I found that my first wife was gone, so I was able to sneak some left overs out of the refrigerator without having to beg for them. It was so good, no one watching me eat, and no one telling me, "That is enough!"

            After enjoying a free meal, I headed for the ole recliner to get a nap, but the nap would not come. What is wrong I thought? I can always drop off to sleep without any problems, but at that time I was unable to enjoy a short restful nap. It took a couple minutes for me to activate my brain, but after activation it came to me, I had just drank a cup of caffeine laced coffee, and that is why I could not get my well-deserved nap.

            I decided to read since I was awake, and there was nothing on the TV that I wanted to see. I grabbed the book I have about Revelation from the Bible. Reading Revelation without some explanations leaves me wondering. This book explains a lot of things. There will be a New Jerusalem, and when you read about the New Jerusalem you might be amazed at the size. Nope, I am not going to enlighten you on this subject, you can look it up.

            Later in the afternoon, when the effect of the coffee had left, I did get a nap! 😊

            I did get my favorite grandson from school; we always have interesting conversations as we head for home.

            The temperature in the afternoon was in the 40s and coats were needed. My favorite wife and I did go to the Cracker store for supper, and it was nice.

            Now you see, it was just another day!

Stay warm, stay safe!

Senior retired person who will have his coat on today, Don the Ford

Did I, or not 02.17.2022

            Please allow me to begin by stating, I did take the grandees to school yesterday morning. I did get them to school safely, and on time. After dropping the Alex off at his school, I decided, when I leave the school parking lot, if the traffic is light, and I can turn left without waiting I will go to the Star coffee place.

            The traffic was light and I turned left heading for the Star coffee place. Traffic is always heavy at this time of the morning, as kids are being dropped off at the schools, and we have schools everywhere. There are many more kids arriving in personal vehicles than in school buses.

            Going to the Star coffee place around 8:15 is usually good, as the drive through is most often very light. If you arrive about 9:00 or later the cars are often wrapped around the star coffee place. Yesterday, there were vehicles wrapped around the star coffee place when I arrived.

            As I was heading for home, I called my favorite wife and asked, "would you like half of a breakfast burrito?" She was enthusiastic about having something to eat, so I stopped and bought a bacon egg and cheese burrito. We can only afford one, and we share it, as we are retired and on a fixed income.

            The burrito was very good. Later in the day my first wife had gone to town and I was home alone, when it came to me, I did not remember getting my gold card back at the Star coffee place. Did I get it back or leave it there? I thought for a moment and decided to go out to the Fords ole pickup and see if it was there are not. I always leave the ole gold card in the pickup. I picked up my keys and started to go out of the house when it occurred to me, I don't remember giving the person at the window the card!

            Then I remembered, when I arrived at the star coffee place the traffic was wrapped all around the building, so I decided to just drive on by. I did not stop for a coffee, I did not give them the card, and as usual, the card is in the truck!             😊

            Let's switch topics; it is raining this morning, and after getting dressed the Tres and I went out front to see if the newspaper was there. Since it was raining, neither of us wanted to get off the porch. Tres walked back and forth on the porch before deciding to venture off the porch. He checked out a couple places that he normally likes to check the smell, then started back toward the porch. I had to tell him to get the paper a couple times, then reluctantly, he retrieved the paper and came back up on the porch. I stayed dry! 😊

            Our coffee machine is not working this morning, I have put 3 or 4 K-cups in and all have failed. I have tried everything I know to do, but to no avail. Do you know what it is like to not have your normal cup of coffee in the morning? Even someone as nice as me, gets in a bad mood when he doesn't get his coffee. I will be glad when the grand kids get here, I can go to the Star coffee place after dropping them off at school.

            Flash; if the star coffee place has wrap around traffic, I will go to the Mc hamburger place, they have coffee, but I have to pay for it with real money at the Mc.  

 

Hope you have a cup!

 

Senior ole person who is stressed out and needs his cup, Don the Ford

Mooned again 02.16.2022

            As I was taking some items out to the trash can, I was once again mooned. This time it was a full mooning!

            After the mooning, there was nothing left for me to do but get to work. Here at the Ford’s homestead, I am allowed to eat, sleep and drink, only if I do some physical labor. The labor yesterday was, “attempting to remove acorns from a portion of the jasmine where the workers who replaced our porch had pretty much devastated the plants.” There may be photos later.

            Now as an experienced raker, (the term raker means, a person who rakes) I know that raking acorns from flat bare dirt, is easy work. I also know when the raker is attempting to remove the acorns from short grass the work is somewhat more difficult. Obviously, removing acorns from the tall thick grass like we have here at the Fords homestead, is very difficult and tedious work. Raking the acorns from the jasmine vines, is next to impossible. 

            Yesterday, I was doing the almost impossible, yep, I was attempting to rake them from the jasmine vines. The area I was working on has been downtrodden by the workers, thus the leaves were no longer in this area, but the tough ole vines were still there. I was able to get three 5-gallon buckets full of these acorns and other debris. I use a small rake which makes it easier to attempt to pull through the vines.

 

            I wanted to put some cow manure along the sidewalk, but time did not allow.

            We received a scratch off contest via the mail yesterday, it was from the VW dealer. After scratching it off it showed we won $5,000. I called the phone number, and I was told I had won one of the 4 listed prizes. I was to bring the winning card to the dealership. These contests are used to get people to the dealer ship. I being gullible made my way over to the dealership, where I was told I did not win the $5,000, but I had won two lottery cards. The fellow said they had gone to get more lottery tickets; it would be a few minutes before they would have them. I got up and left, no richer than before. 

 

What a day for a daydream!

Senior retired daydreaming boy, Don the Ford

A couple photos 02.15.2022

            I don’t have many words for today, but I have a couple photos, and we all know, “one photo is worth a thousand words”. Now if that is a true statement about real people’s photos, then an ole senior retired person’s photos should be worth thirty or forty words. Let the photos follow!

            First, we see some flowers for my favorite wife, and a card from me. No, I did not send both of the flowers.

            As my favorite wife and I sat outside yesterday afternoon, I was looking at the oak tree limbs, and I was wondering if the tips of the limbs were starting to swell, possibly getting ready for the leaves to bud out.

 

            You can’t see it, but I did see it. The moon was viewed from under the corner of our house, and it was over the top of the neighbor’s house. In real life it was a very interesting site, the photo is not.

            Got to go, have a good day!

He was mooned!

Ole seniors know what it is to be mooned, Don the Ford

Early morning 02.14.2022

            We were informed that the grand kids would be here early today, they arrived at 6:40, that is a little more than an hour early. After a short discussion, we decided to go to the star coffee place for an early morning drink. Drinks in hand we headed for home, and that is when Alex twisted my arm as I was driving, forcing me to stop and buy a couple burritos. We were able to get the burritos and make it home where we enjoyed the food and drinks.

            After the eating and drinking episode, we then loaded up in the Ford's ole Chevy and headed for school. We dropped Alex off first, and he had decided to not wear a mask. This is the first time in 2 years that he has not had a mask on at school.

            It was a cool start to the Monday morning and it is supposed to get up into the 70s today. if it is that warm, an ole senior retired person has no reason to stay inside all day. I have noticed that the birds are drinking water from Tres' water bucket, that means I need to put some water in the bird bath. I am fairly sure the birds have eaten all the food I had put out Saturday, so I may venture forth today, and put out some more bird food. 

            Heck if I provide water for the birds, that means I will also need to water the plants in the ole hot house, and if I do that, I will also water all three berry beds. As one may see, there is too much work for the retired seniors, and that is why we are allowed to have more than one nap daily.

            Football show, I started to watch it then it was supper time so I ate, and after supper I was allowed to take the trash out and then wash the dishes. Completing my labor, I made my way to the Ford's ole recliner where I was able to observe the last 48 seconds of the first half. There was some commercials and I expected to see some really interesting commercials, but that did not happen. Then half time started, which provided me with a reason to stop watching! I was able to avoid the so called half time show as my wife turned the channels.

            My first wife made a meat loaf for supper last night and it was made from ground beef and deer meat. It was, and is delicious! I wonder what I will have for lunch today? 😊

            Later, I again turned the TV on and watched a little of the football show as I lay there on the Ford's ole bed. The football show was so interesting, I went to sleep without knowing who won. Maybe I am not a football enthusiast.

            Well, I guess that is it for now, may your nap be refreshing!

Listen and learn, it makes others happy!

Senior retired person who talks more then he should, Don the Ford

Sunday again 02.13.2022

            Well, it is Sunday again, so I am writing about Saturday. Saturday was a Fairley boring day, we did go to lunch at the new Hewitt restaurant, aka Rosa’s. The food was good, the service was excellent, due to the fact that we place the order, found a table, then we have to go get our food, and get our drinks. Any condiments you want, you have to get for yourself. Now you know why the service was so good, we served ourselves! Would you believe, I tipped myself 30%?

            We did go to David’s homestead, the Alex had left his sweat shirt in my ole pickup Friday, and since it is getting cold, we thought he might need it. Dave and Claire are looking to buy a new car to replace the ole Gray car, they are trying to choose between three different brands.  

            I have basically done nothing all day Saturday, I did get a nap, and then watched some ole black and white movies.

            I was looking at one of the security cameras and I saw a white line and it was on an angle. It appeared to be out at the back fence. I went outside to see what it was and I did not see anything at the fence. I again looked at the monitor for camera 5 and it was still there. It took me a while but I finally learned it was not at the fence, it was a rope tied to a tree and the rope went to an inverted V antenna. That is a ham radio antenna.

            I also had an unusual situation Saturday morning. The red metal bench in the front yard was turned over and laying on its back. I told my favorite wife and she wondered who, or how it was turned over. I went back in to the security cameras and at 9:20am there was a tremendous gust of wind, which turned the bench over on its back.

            As I am writing this, and everything above, on Saturday afternoon, the three stooges are on and the first two movies are ones they have shown very often. Now you know why I am entering data, rather than watching the TV. Maybe the next one will be something I haven’t seen lately. I just checked and there is no local news on yet. Summary of 3 stooges, 5 of the 6 shows had been shown in the last couple weeks.

            It is supposed to be in the 20s tonight and I like to see the local weather to see when I will need to turn on the heat in the hot house. The sun has been shining most of the afternoon, so the house should be very warm for a while.

            Speaking of weather, at about 11:00am we left the homestead to go to lunch, and it was sleeting. There was sleet and some rain mixed for about a half hour, then all was back to normal. On the way to lunch we stopped at what use to be the dollar store. I say use to be, as now most, if not all the items are $1.25. I needed a couple bags of mints like I keep in the Ford’s ole Chevy.

            Virus; nope we don’t have it, and we are thankful, we have received some free, N-95 masks from a couple locations. We also received our free, government supplied at home virus test kits yesterday.

            I guess that is it for Saturday, we will see if I have anything new to add, in the morning.

            It is now Sunday morning and it is cold (22 degrees). It is supposed to warm up today into the 60s, and that will be good. I have no real plans for the day, I guess I could take it easy today, finally, some rest for a retired senior person. Wait a minute, resting is all I have been doing! Why break a habit, resting isn’t that bad?

 

Have a blessed day!

 

Senior ole retired person who need sun light, aka vitamin D, Don the Ford

Dog gone 02/12/2022

            Our next-door neighbor has two dogs, one male one female, they look a lot alike except, the female is slightly bigger than the male. The male dog has in the past, escaped their yard and entered our yard, where he and Tres ran and played.

            Well, the male dog escapes their yard often, and for about a week we had not seen the male. Yesterday he reappeared in their back yard. This morning the male had escaped and was in the ditch behind our house trying to get into our yard. I had secured the gate where he use to get into our yard, so, not being able to get in, he and Tres were running along the back fence.

            Then I saw the neighbor out in his back yard, the cold wind blowing like crazy, while he was attempting to get the male dog back in his yard. I called the Tres into the house, which helped calm the male dog down, and get him back in the yard.

            And that is how my Saturday morning began!

            My Friday was filled with manure. First, I headed out to the ole work site, where I paid for and loaded my manure. I purchased 8 bags of the brown stuff. Actually, the cow manure is mixed with top soil so it is a fertile bag of dirt.

            The Don’s ole senior body was able to spread 5 of the 8 bags, all in prep for the upcoming period of growth, aka spring. The front yard will require many hours of work to get it to look the way our CEO (Donna) wants.

            I have the TV on and Buck Rogers is on. It is fun to watch, but don’t make much sense with what we know about space travel.

            I have suggested to my favorite wife, that we should attempt to have lunch at the new restaurant here in Hewitt. It is a Mexican restaurant, and it just opened a few days ago. We hope the food is good.

            Well, I am stopping for now, hope you have a good day!

Chicken fajitas good!

Senior retired person who might get lunch, Don the Ford

Wash not, be dirty 02.11.2022

            The title line is truthful. If you don't wash you will be dirty!

            We had planned on washing the pot hound Tres today, as it was predicted to get up to 77 degrees today. We washed the Tres Thursday afternoon, it was 74 degrees, here is what happened.

            I noticed a neighbor riding his electric bike so I went out to talk with him. As we talked, I learned, that he has not been feeling good, body aches and other ailments, and he was coughing some. I asked if he had the virus again, he said no. I stayed at a safe distance as we communicated.

            Now during the few minutes that we had, I noticed that the sun was shining on me, and I was very warm, to a point of being hot. I then decided to see if my favorite wife would go outside in the back 40 with me for a shower, with the warm sun on our bodies, it would be comfortable! 😊

            She agreed, as long as the shower was not for me, but for the Dog! 😐 As usual, she got her way and we washed the Tres. He seemed to like it but he likes playing with the towel after the washing more. The Tres does smell better now! 😊

            Note; the sun went behind a cloud while we were washing the pot hound.

            I did not do a lot yesterday, I did go to get gas in the Ford's ole Chevy, $3.07 per gallon. We here at the Fords homestead may need to stop driving, ole retired people can't afford these high prices. ☹

            I did get a bottle of adult beverage yesterday, the price has gone up a dollar per bottle, we can afford that!

            I did run the lawn sprinklers yesterday, the grass said thank you! Ok it didn't say it out loud, but I knew it was thankful!

            I didn't get to pick the Alex up after school yesterday, that kind of messed up my normal schedule. To get back on a normal schedule, my present spouse and I did go to the cracker store for supper and it was very good. The young lady who was our server, was a new employee. She was very pleasant and would you believe, I tipped her, "A whole quarter!"

            It seems as if they have raised the price of some of the food at the cracker store, we may have to stop going there weekly, maybe we can afford it monthly.

            Today, I get to go to the ole past employer to pick up some more manure. Yes, it is in bags this time! Since I will be in the area, I might stop by the star coffee place and get a cup.

            I aske my present spouse if she was planning something special to eat this Sunday, as there is a football show on TV. My favorite wife just gave me the look! You know the look, it says without words, "You must be crazy"! I wasn't planning on watching the Football show, but I would have like some special snacks.

 

Enjoy the warm day!

 

Senior ole person who may get some vitamin "D" today, Don the Ford