October 20, 2024

            It is a dark good morning, yep, the sun isn’t up yet, so the darkness is here. I do believe the sun will be up in a few minutes, “all things are possible to him who believes”.

            We made it to Sunday again, and as usual, we here at the Ford homestead have no real plans for the day. I think we might go to the cracker store for breakfast but other than that no real plans.

            We did our normal routine yesterday going into Waco for lunch and the lady at the sandwich shop wanted to know where our grandson Alex was. We explained that the yard did not need to be mowed so he was home resting. We went to the cheap store; we did not purchase anything from the cheap store even though we had a 15% off coupon. The out of the ordinary thing we did yesterday was, we did stop at the booze emporium for a bottle of adult beverage. 

            A friend who normally comes over on Friday afternoon and sits with us, came over yesterday afternoon. We did get into a big bible discussion, heck I even got my bible and brought it outside to provide correct information.

            Different thought: I often hear people on the TV say the word, “important”, but they often pronounce it as, “impordent”. I often hear the word with a “d” instead of a “t”, maybe it is just me but I do hear it very often.  

            Yep, you are correct, that was not an interesting comment but I wanted to say it and I am the author of these uninteresting postings, so I will write what I want.

            I guess that is it for now, we hope you have a good day, and that you stay safe in all you due, along with being nice to at least one person. 

Uninteresting?

Senior ole person who is ready for bacon and eggs for breakfast, Don the Ford

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

October 19, 2024

            I would like to wish you a good morning but, instead, I will present you with a very good morning! Well, we are back to Saturday again and hopefully on a somewhat normal schedule.

            Yesterday was a fairly good day, the leftovers I had for lunch and supper were still good. We did get to wash the dog yesterday and I did water the black berries. Everything is so dry, and everything needs a good rain.

Odd subject: the crows are making an unusual amount of noise, it sounds as if they are having a riot outside, and I can’t see any of them on the security video. I wonder if a hawk has come into the area, or if it is a dispute between two flocks of crows. The noise went on for several minutes.

Our plans for the day are the normal Saturday schedule with the exception I might stop at the booze emporium to see if I can procure a bottle or two. In other words, our Saturday may be a normal ole person’s boring day.

Different subject: I had previously commented in another posting about how I get easily distracted when doing most anything. I was again distracted yesterday when I was attempting to do my homework for the bible study class. Our cat Molly has always been able to open the door to the office if it isn’t securely shut. Yesterday as I was sitting here at the Ford’s ole desk, there was a scratching sound and then the door came part way open, yep it was Molly. Now opening the door was not a big distraction but what followed was. I have a photo which is worth 1002 words.

             Now don’t try to tell me that is not a distraction.

            Ok, lets swap themes: my favorite wife and I did sit out yesterday afternoon, the weather was outstanding with a temp of about 80. A friend from down the street stopped by and we all had some good conversations. After about 30 minutes she headed for home and the neighbors from across the street came over, with their grandson and his daughter, Paisley. Now Paisley is a live wire, and she is a very smart young girl. She will convers with ole adults and she will tell you what she thinks. Our time with them was very interesting and fun.

            Well, I guess I should stop for now and see if I can rest up after all this data entering. We hope everyone has a good day filled with family and or friends, and as always be safe in all we do.

Normal Sat all day schedule.

Senior ole person explains, sat all day is a diversion of Saturday, Don the Ford

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

October 18, 2024

            It is another cool good morning here in the great town of Hewitt. It is said that we will get to a high of 80 today, I guess that is still fall weather for us in Texas.

            In just a few minutes I will leave the homestead and go to the Burrito emporium and attempt to purchase a couple burritos. Arriving back at home I will attempt to cut the burritos in half. I get half of one and my favorite wife gets half of one. The other two halves go to Alex and Gabi when I pick them up to go to school. Yep, they will need to eat theirs while I am driving.

            Ok I am back and have the two burritos, I cut them in half, and I have eaten my half, my favorite wife has her half, the other two haves are wrapped and ready to go.

            Let us move to yesterday’s events: I did attempt to rake a path through the front yard to see how many acorns I could retrieve. This path was about two feet wide and at least 30 feet long. I raked them to the street. I then got the leaf blower and blew away the dead grass. There was another small pile in the street that I had raked a week ago. I put both piles together and have a photo.

            Either I am not good at raking, but I am good, or there aren’t as many acorns on the ground yet. There are three oak trees in the front yard and the middle tree still has small acorns on it. I would like it if we did not get any acorns off these trees.

            During the raking process I had visitors from both homes across the street from us. We discussed the recent 2-week vacation that the first neighbor took. He and his wife got on a ship and went to Hawaii, and the second neighbor commented on the fact that he and his wife had gone to Hawaii in the past also, then the first neighbor noted that this was their second trip to Hawaii. Now me and my wife have not even been outside of the state of Texas together for probably 8 years. Rich retired people can go on all those nice trips and ole retired people on a fixed income get to stay at home.  

            Changing the topic, we did go out to supper yesterday afternoon and the food and service was very good. After supper I stopped by Daves house and dropped off a couple shirts for Alex. Both shirts have the name FORD on them and Alex likes caps and shirts that has Ford on them. He had one of them on when I took them to school this morning.

            Back at home yesterday afternoon we did sit outside for a while, it was cool but not cold, and we enjoyed the neighbors’ grandkids visiting. The boy is the youngest and he is learning how to ride a bike and the girl who is a little older was being a big sister to the boy, you know annoying him. They were both afraid of Tres.

            I need to get going to get our grandkids off to school.

            I am back and I gave them their half a burrito with hot sauce, and this hot sauce is hot! I did get them to school on time and in a safe mode. 

            Well, I guess I should rest for a while before I start my daily reading and homework, we hope you all have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

Plan not, do not.

Senior ole person who hasn’t been to Hawaii or out of the state lately, Don the Ford

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

October 17, 2024

            Well, we have started another day and as the Tres and I was outside this morning reviewing the front yard, Tres pointed out that the full moon appeared larger than usual, and it did. Tres also wanted me to wish you a good morning. I should note that the air temp was 46 this morning, yes, a cool start to the day. Tomorrow we will be back in the 80s.

            I have started this a little later than usual, so I will need to stop at some point and go get Alex for school. today is Thursday and we usually have football games on Thursday, but not today, so we get to go out for supper this evening. No other plans for today, and I will explain why in the next few statements.

            Yesterday’s events: since the weather was cool yesterday, I decided to go to the hot house and clear out some stuff, organize what is there, and sweep the floor all in prep for the cool weather that might come in few weeks. In front of the hot house there was a limb hanging down and it would rub my ole head, so I decide to cut it down before working on the hot house. I went to the shed and got the pole saw and cut the small limb down, then I cut another and another…

            At some point I stopped the cutting of the limbs, and I completed the work on the hot house. Did I say that I also trimmed some low hanging limbs from the live oak tree, well I did. I have a photo as a review of my work. The trailer was empty before I started on the hot house.

             Attention deficit disorder is often used to explain why kids do not stay focused or don’t pay attention. I have always been a person who goes to do one thing and then gets distracted and does something else. So, cleaning and organizing the hot house ended with a trailer load of limbs. 

I did put the big cooler that was used during the refrigerator work back in the shed yesterday and I have a photo which is not interesting, but you might want to know that the big ole cooler is under and behind the items you see in this photo.

            No one asked but I have used everything in that shed in the past except for the two kerosene heaters, which I bought a couple years ago. My son Dave did use one of them. Yes, there is a security light on the shed and two security cameras covers the shed.

            We did sit outside yesterday, and it was cool outside. How do I know it was cool; the following photo will provide the necessary image of my favorite cool person.

            I assume a hot cup of coffee might have been better than the cold water she had.

            OK, that will be it for now, please have a good day, stay busy and also stay safe.

Easily distracted.

Senior ole person who may start to do something, but do something else, Don the Ford

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

October 16, 2024

            It is cool and yet a good morning here in Hewitt. This morning the temp is reported to be in the high 50s, that is after yesterday's high temp of 100 degrees. We had to have the big ole fan on as we sat outside yesterday afternoon.

            I want to start this morning with a photo which I took yesterday when I was going to get Alex. This photo I found interesting.

            Sun was coming up, should I have taken a photo when I was driving?

            Allow me to discuss the work on the refrigerator yesterday. We did everything we needed to do, we were able to get the ice cleared out and the inside of the freezer box cleaned and dried. We also were able to put everything back into the refrigerator and in the freezer. The lady did come and get the items we had to remove from the freezer in the garage. Everything went well yesterday, and I will need to put the big cooler and the fan back in the shed today, ole peoples work never ends.

            No plans for the day other than taking Alex to school and stopping at the teller machine. With a predicted high today of 72 degrees, should I have a long-sleeved shirt on, and should I have jeans instead of shorts? Wow, so many decisions for an ole person to make. 

            I have another photo, and it is of a blooming Boggabilla. These have been doing good even in the extreme heat. 

            Well, I need to stop and get started to Alex's house. We hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

Alert driver? 😐

Senior ole person who hopes for a restful and safe day for all, Don the Ford

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

October 15, 2024

We hope you are having a good morning, and ours seems to be looking good. I will splain later, Lucy.

Did the Don do anything yesterday: well, he did take advantage of the cool morning air and put the new tarp on the riding mower. Finishing that project, I decided to water the remaining potted plants that were not watered the day before. Obviously, since I had the hose in hand I watered the berry beds.

Completing those “strenuous tasks”, we decide to do what the repairman told us to do, and that is defrost the freezer portion of the refrigerator. Defrost meant there was a hunk of ice on the back of the unit, not just frost. Now to do this we were told it would take about 12 hours with the freezer open and the doors of the refrigerator should not be opened, keeping the items in the refrigerator cool.

We needed to move the frozen items from the freezer, to the freezer in the garage. The garage freezer was full due to us allowing a friend to put some items in our freezer as hers was full. We called her and told her that we needed her to get her items as we now need the room.

I went to the shed and moved several items around which enabled me to get to the Ford’s ole cooler, and I placed it in the garage. I moved her items into the cooler. She was supposed to come yesterday to get them she did not, her items are still in the cooler. I also recovered a fan from the shed to be placed at the open freezer to help warm and remove the ice and dry the area. 

We moved the items from the indoor freezer to the freezer in the garage. We also moved any items that we thought we would need today from the refrigerator in the house to the fridge in the garage.

Different subject: I did review the questions and answers for the bible study and I read the notes for last night’s bible study, which we are supposed to do that after the lecture. The notes are a lot like the lecture. I did not have supper last night and I did not get an adult beverage, maybe I will get both tonight.

Today: This morning, we unplugged the refrigerator and opened the freezer drawer, place the fan blowing into the unit and now we are waiting.

There wasn’t as much ice in the freezer unit as we were led to believe, and most of the ice has now fell off. I believe we will be finished with the project in about half the time the maintenance person told us.

I did get Alex to school safe and on time. Well you know all about us now so I will say have a good day and be safe in all you do.

Ice removal. 

Senior person who is defrosting today even though it may be 97 today, Don the Ford

 

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

October 14, 2024

            We had a good day yesterday and we hope we all have a good morning along with another good day, but we hope it is a little cooler today than yesterday. We learned this morning that the high yesterday was a record setter, 104 degrees. It was the hottest day ever on record for October. Today's high is said to be mid 80s, and later this week we are expected to cool down to the 50s at night and high 70s to low 80 in the day.

            Yesterday in review: we did very little yesterday, after I completed my daily reading and homework, my favorite wife and I decided to go to the cracker store for lunch. The wait was about 25 minutes to be seated and it seemed that long between the time we ordered to the time we were served. Food eaten my favorite wife shopped a little while, which turned into a conversation with someone she knew. 

            Leaving the cracker store we decided to go to the cheap store and review their inventory. We purchased one thing that cost about $2.00 and then we headed to the Harbor store. At the Harbor store I purchased a tarp which will be use to cover the ole riding mower.

            Arriving back at home a friend had dropped off a couple tubs that can be used for acorns as we collect them. Then another friend arrived at our homestead and he updates us on some of the Plumeria plants we have and how to get them ready for winter.

            Next, we washed the pot hound Tres, and then I watered the flowers out back of the house, I guess I should water those near the driveway and out in the front of the house this morning.

            Sitting outside yesterday, I looked at the kind of smart phone and it indicated that it was 101 while we were sitting there. It felt hot but I did not believe the 101 until this morning when the weather guy said it was 104 yesterday.

            Today's plan: I have no real plans for today, we will wait and see what happens.

Record high? 😐

Senior ole person who wished he could, but may not be able too, Don the Ford

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

October 13, 2024

            Today is the 13^th, but not Friday the 13^th. We want to wish everyone a good day.

            Let’s see what happened yesterday: we picked Alex up Saturday morning about 11:00 when he had finished the ROTC training. They were preparing for the upcoming Homecoming for Mid Way High School. We then headed into Waco for a quick lunch at the sandwich shop. Food ate, we headed for home where we turned Alex loose getting ready to mow.

            I headed out back to pick up the Poopa-Loopa when I remembered, we needed to dig up a black berry before the mowing started. Alex got the shovel and I got the flower pot to put the berry in. Alex dug the berry plant up and potted it. I then finished the Poopa-Loopa pick up as Alex checked the riding mower.

            Alex was mowing the back 40 as I decided to pull some weeds from a rose bush. I went to the ole hot house to get a flower pot and as I removed the pot from the wooden bench there was a swarm of wasps, and yes one of them stung me above my left eye. I did get the wasp spray and sprayed the nest killing many of the wasps. When I was pulling the weeds from the rose bush, I was on my knees again.

            Back yard completed Alex went to the front yard and mowed and trimmed it. Alex does good work and you only have to tell him how to do something one time. The mowing complete he procured the leaf blower and cleared the neighbors drive and along the street.

            All that done, I dropped Alex off at home, I needed a nap.  Later in the afternoon we were able to sit outside for a while watching the neighbor ladies as they were trimming a tree and cutting up the trimmings into small easy to handle pieces, then piling them up. I did take a photo of the Boggabilla’s as we were sitting outside yesterday.

            These flowers are blooming all the time, and it may be due to the amount of BS, aka fertilizer, where we sit every afternoon.

            Well, I guess that is it for now, I hope we all have a good Sunday and please stay safe in all we do.

Yard work supervisor.

Senior ole person who got the yard mowed and did little work, Don the Ford

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