December 2, 2024

            Well, it is still cold in Hewitt, but it is not snowing like it is up north, so I will wish each of you a good morning and a good day.

            There were a couple friends drop by yesterday, the first lady said she was checking on us because she had not seen us at all this month, then she noted that yesterday was the first day of the month (joke). The other lady came over later and we all sat outside for a while since the afternoon weather was kind of warm.

            I do have a selfie that was taken yesterday afternoon while I was resting from all the non-workload of the day.

            You are correct, that is a handsome senior person sitting on the swing.

            We did go to the cracker store for breakfast yesterday, the food and service was good. My favorite wife is trying to get all the decorations in the house situated and or put away. We still have empty boxes and some decorations in the garage, we need to determine if we are done and if so, I need to get them back into the shed. Wow, more work for an ole senior person.

            Speaking of Christmas decorations, people use to place their Christmas trees in front of the window at the front of their house so the neighbors could see their tree, but that don’t happen too often anymore. Also, in the olden days you could purchase a Christmas tree for $3.99 at various places. Mom and Dad would go to the gas station that was located near the ole Mississippi bridge to get their tree. I saw a real tree at the grocery store the other day and the price was $180.00.

            I need to get going and get the grandkids off to school, yep school is back in session, so I am again allowed to deliver the kids each morning. I call Alex each morning about 7:25 to be sure they are awake; he did not answer this morning. I then called Gabi, and she did not answer. I again called Alex and still no answer, I then called Gabi again and this time she answered, and she sounded as if she was still in bed asleep. Alex called me after I spoke with Gabi, and he was then awake.

            I am back; and it is cold outside, they both overslept. I had the heater on in the truck and it felt good during the delivery of the grandkids. I need to get over to Daves house and pick up the tables and chairs we had taken over for the Thanksgiving meal. I might do it this afternoon if Dave gets off work on time, work schedules after holidays get kind of odd. I do have bible study tonight and that will be considered when determining whether to pick up items this afternoon or not.

            Well, I wish I had something interesting to tell you, but I don’t, so I will just say have a good day and be safe in all you do.

Bah humbug. 

Senior ole person who wants nothing for Christmas, Don the Ford

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

December 1, 2024

            A freezing good morning to one and all. As the Tres and I ventured out to the front yard this morning I noticed that there was frost on the roof of the neighbor's home. My Alexa shows the temp of 32 degrees outside right now.

            Spring has sprung, Fall has fell, winter is here and it is colder than, well it is cold.

            Our main activity for today, at least as far as I know, (my favorite wife might have a different thought), will be to go out for breakfast and then do nothing.

            Let's review yesterday; it was Saturday so we did go into Waco for lunch as usual, and we did go to the cheap store, again as usual, but we did not purchase anything at the cheap store. I did buy a bottle of adult beverage at the booze emporia.

            Back at the homestead I did get a short nap and then went out back to water the plants in the green house. Since I had the hose in my hands I decided to water the black berry beds. I was part way through watering the berries when a good friend arrived, he was here to get the acorns that I had removed from the yard. I stopped watering and went to greet him on the drive way. We loaded the containers into his truck and then we talked for a while. Have you ever noticed that when two or three men are talking, and if there is a pickup truck close by, they will each find a position around the bed of the truck and leaning against the bed of the truck they have their discussions. I think the bed of the truck allows them to look directly at the other person while talking.

While we were talking, I paused the conversation and went into the garage and started the lawn sprinklers. I don't get to see this friend very often so we had some interesting conversations. This is one of my friends who I rode motorcycles with in years past. I did finish watering the berry beds and then I came to the garage and straighten it up a little and swept some debris out.

            I did go outside and sit for a very short time before dark enjoying some calm rest time.

           Well, I guess that is it for the day, I don't have any photos to present so I will say so long, have a good day, be safe in all you do, and be nice to at least one person again today.

Nice Don the Ford. 😊

Senior ole person who needs his breakfast, Don the Ford

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

November 30, 2024

            Hello, are you there? Hello, I can’t hear you, are you there. Well, I guess I will just say good morning and hope someone is there.

            I want to start out with a photo of the sky over Hewitt taken this morning, and the sky is not on fire.

            Yesterday was another do almost nothing day, we did go into Waco to the cheap store and the one item that I wanted which they advertised was already sold when we arrived. We did get a Christmas ornament for Alex to put on his Christmas tree, it had the Marine emblem on one side and the marine song printed on the other side. We stopped at a grocery store at about 10 minutes before 9:00 and it was not open. I guess they did not have any black Friday deals. We then headed for home.

            Back at home I did very little for a while other than a nap, but when I woke up, I went to work, or maybe I just started doing some things. I did go to the shed and get the electric leaf vacuum and brought it to the garage to see if it still worked, it did. I know the leaves will be falling soon due to this cold weather we are having (34 degrees this morning). I did practice by vacuuming the leaves off the driveway.

            After my practice session I put the vacuum away and got the pecan roller and picked up some acorns. I got a fair amount, that completed I decided to remove the debris from the front yard. It doesn’t take too much wind to have debris on the front yard. As I was picking up the debris, I noticed a bunch of acorns that I missed earlier. Nope, I did not go back and start over with the acorns. 

We did sit outside for a short time yesterday; our friend came over and after a short outside time we ventured into the house. I did have a piece of raisin pie; I think I am the only one in our family who eats raisin pie.

Well, we have nothing planned for the day, my favorite wife is still working on decorating the inside of the house, and she has a few more things for the outside. I think all the electric items have been installed, and yes there are less than years past. I need to start putting all the empty cartons and not used decorations back in the shed, but that is really a lot of work.

I guess I will end this and wish you a safe and happy Saturday, the last day of the month. Wow, that means Christmas is coming.

Dandy Don the Ford. 

 Senior ole retired person who hopes everyone has a good day, Don the Ford

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

November 29, 2024

            Good morning to all, it is cold here as the temp is at 36 degrees. I believe winter is upon us.

            We hope everyone had a good thanksgiving; we enjoyed ours at Daves house. There were 13 people present and that did make it a close encounter with lots of lively conversations. I don't think the cats liked the number of people, as they all went into a bedroom and hid. The food was good and there was plenty of it. I have a photo of some of the people who were eating.

             The younger participants were in the front room and one of them, "Alex", took this photo. The food and friends were all good, the temperature outside was too cool. 

            My favorite wife and I are going into Waco this morning to see if we can get a Black Friday deal at the cheap store. If we are supposed to have it then it will be available, if not, then we save some money.

            Our son Patrick helped me get another of my two emails on my phone. Now I can receive both emails on the phone, and I like that.

            Well, I am stopping and getting ready to go into town, we hope you have a good day and stay safe in all you do.

Black Friday! 😊😐☹

Senior ole person who will attempt to drive in the traffic, Don the Ford

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

November 27, 2024

            We wish you a good morning and a happy good day! Wow, that was almost like a song, or was it.

            Today is the day before, and everyone is trying to get ready, or traveling. My favorite wife goes to get groceries on Wednesday, but I don’t know if she will go today or not. I assume the stores will be filled with shoppers, and there will be no parking spaces. If she goes, I will offer to drive her, that way she can be dropped off at the door and I can park a mile away. When she finishes shopping, she can call me and I can pick her up at the door.

            Ok, listen up, I have olden days stuff to report: my sister in Missouri sent me a text with a photo saying she has heard that they will be remodeling the old Juden School. Along with the text there is a photo of a group of kids that went to school there in 1942. Two of those kids were my sisters Wilda Ford and Shirley Ford and one of my brothers Carl Ford.

            This school has a one room basement and a single room above the basement. I went to school there in 1957 / 1958. The basement had 1^st through 4^th grades, and the upstairs had 5^th through 8^th grades. One teacher for 4 grades. The toilets were outhouses out back of the school. When I went to school there our teacher’s name was, “Mr. Hurt”. He was also a preacher. The photo was taken on the side of the school near the back, and I believe you can see the outhouse on the right side of the photo. The school got its name from the creek that was across the road in front of the school, Juden Creek.     Lots of ole memories!

            Today I have no big plans, I need to go to the teller machine and get our weekly stipend. I guess that is all I need to say for now, so please have a safe day and be nice to others.

Two room school.

Senior ole person who went to a country school, “Juden School”, Don the Ford

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

November 26, 2024

            Hello to my friends, and to those other people too. We want to wish you and those other people a good morning and safe day.

            Yesterday was a very busy day for my favorite wife, she worked on the decorations in the house most of the day, while I did very little other then get in the way. I did take some tables to Daves house in prep for the Thanksgiving meal on Thursday.

            Well, it is cool today and it was cool last night when we had the bible study meeting. It was in the 60s and I did not wear a jacket, heck I had a short-sleeved shirt on. I think I may have been the only one without a jacket. Evidently the cool weather made some people stay home or I guess they may have been traveling. We normally have 15 or more in our group, last night we had 5 in our group.

            Tomorrow we are supposed to be in the mid 80s and then back down into the 50s and 60s. I guess fall may have fell. I have no big plans for today, I might go into Waco to see if I can get a couple 45-pound bar bell weights for Alex' Christmas present. Yes, he works out at home and at school.  

            I might work on a couple decorations in the front yard today, but no big plans to work on more decorations, I think we are basically done outside the house. At some point I will be allowed to take the empty cartons and totes back to the shed, more work for a senior ole person.

            I guess that is all for today, we hope your day goes well and that everyone stays safe in all we do.

Cold weather. ☹

Senior ole person who will be happy when the decorations are done, Don the Ford

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

November 25, 2024

            It is a bright and sunny morning here in Hewitt, we wish a good morning to all.

            I started this about 8:30 it is now 11:10. My favorite wife had an appointment at the doctor this morning at 9:00 to give some blood in prep for next week’s appointment. Since we were out and about, we decided to go into Waco to get some sweet potatoes for this coming Thanksgiving meal at our son David’s house. I went into the store with my favorite wife and I found a couple one-pound summer sausages to purchase, and we purchased a pecan pie for a snack.

Leaving that store we headed for home but we stopped at the dollar store to get some mints for our dog Tres, he gets a mint every afternoon. We also purchased a small bag of candy incase either of us needs a picker upper.

Leaving the dollar store we headed to the Chicken store and got some lunch. My belly is full and I should be resting but I am entering this data.

This morning started out kind of bad for me and I had some vertigo when I got out of bed. It wasn’t debilitating but it was irritating. I was able to get on the bed and do the head movements which the doctor told me about, and after a few minutes I was able to do most anything, like take a shower.

We have just a couple more things to put outside and then I have to take all the empty boxes back to the shed. My favorite wife is making progress on the decorations inside the house.

I may be able to have a couple photos in a few days of our decorations. I guess that is it for now, have a good and safe day and be thankful for all you have.

Cool front coming.

Senior ole person who might need to wear a jacket, Don the Ford

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

November 24, 2024

            Good Sunday morning to everyone.

            Our yard man Alex came over yesterday and did some yard work for us. He did receive a Star coffee drink on the way to our homestead, and lunch at the sandwich shop after the work. Alex mowed the front yard, and I trimmed it. After the mowing and trimming, I blew and swept the leaves and debris into piles and then I picked them up. I cleaned all along the curb in front of the house. The reason I told you that; later in the day I walked out to the street to review the work we had completed, and the areas along the curb again had leaves. I guess they were being blown up and down the street.

            Alex also mowed the back 40 and we both worked together on trimming the back 40. I told him that probably the rest of the yard work for this year will likely be removal of leaves from the yard and maybe weed pulling from the berry beds.

            My favorite wife and I did work on the decorations yesterday, we are not yet done but we have made some progress, photo to follow.

            In the first photo you might think I was attempting to show you the manger scene which I was allowed to put together, but I was attempting to show you that Molly the cat had jumped on top of the manger, you need to look close to see her there. The second photo is an overall view of the progress being made on the front yard.

            Today, I am hoping for some rest, but I do know there are still some things we need to do. My favorite wife did get one of the trees in the house decorated last night, yep, she stayed up late working on the tree even after a long day of work outside.

            We may go out for lunch today, and we will work on some of the decorations, but I hope for some rest throughout the day.

Getting closer to finished. 😊

Senior ole person who is really tired from the work, Don the Ford

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