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!