September 12, 2024

            Good morning to me and you, we should all have a good morning. My dog woke me up a half hour early this morning. When he wants to go out, I usually let him out. Sometimes he needs to go, other times he wants to check the back 40 out for something he may have heard.

            Plans for the day: after taking the Alex to school I will be allowed to go to the dermatologists, aka skin doctor. This time it is for them to look at my back to see how well it has healed after the surgery six weeks ago. I should just call them and say it is fine.

            Today is Football Day, the freshmen games will be this afternoon. To get tickets we can get them on line or we can get them at the game but they will not take cash, you must have a credit card.

Going to the game means, that my favorite wife and I will probably not get to go out for supper, aka date night, so I might ask her if she would like to go out for breakfast this morning. If we go out for breakfast, I will need to go to the teller machine for our weekly stipend, and I have some shirts that need to go to the cleaners, and I could do all that on the way to breakfast.

            Yesterday's events: I woke up with some vertigo, I was able to clear my head with some head movements the doctor had given me several years ago. I ask my favorite wife to ride with me to see what route I take, just in case one day I was unable to take Alex to school, then she could go get him.

We were surprised when we went to pick up Alex and we learned that we were also getting Gabi. She usually rides to school with her boyfriend but he was unable to get her yesterday. We did get them to school on time and safe.

Back at home I did very little, aka took a nap, then I woke up and read from the bible. I like to take a nap before reading, if I don't take the nap before reading, I have a tendency to get sleepy while reading.

After reading I had a light lunch as I was waiting on my favorite wife to get home from grocery shopping. We unloaded the groceries and then watch TV for a while. I then decided to work on my bible study home work.

We were able to sit outside on the quite afternoon yesterday, there was almost no traffic on our street. Well, I guess that is it for today, we hope all is well with you and your family, and as always, "Be safe in all you do".

Doctor visit. 😐

Senior ole person who could enjoy a breakfast, Don the Ford 

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

September 11, 2024

            Good morning to you, and to the others too. We hope your day is starting off well.

            This wasn’t a good day 23 years ago as the 911 attacks happened. I was in New York State, not New York City, that day and it was a terrible day. I have many memories of that day and the following week.

            Let’s get back to today: As usual, I have started this posting before going to get the Alex to take him to school, Gabi will be riding with us to school today. His allergies have been bothering him and he and Gabi had an appointment with the doctor yesterday. I don’t think the allergies help when he is practicing football. We did get Alex and his sister Gabi and take them to school this morning.

            What happened yesterday: I was able to talk my favorite wife into going in to Waco yesterday for a quick lunch. We went to the Deli and we should have gone to the usual sandwich place. We got a sandwich which we shared, I got a cup of soup, she got a salad and two small drinks, the price was way too high for two old people on a fixed income.

            I did get the front yard mowed; I mean manicured yesterday, and it looks fairly good. The acorns are starting to fall again, I wish they would somehow fall out into the street, it would be easier to get rid of them.

            We did not do a lot more than that, I did attempt to get to work on the bible study but did not get too far into it. We did as usual sit outside for a while, it was hotter yesterday that it has been for a few days.

            I guess I will stop for now, we hope you have a very good day, and please stay safe in all you do.

Chauffeur Don.

Senior ole person who is happy when he can do anything, Don the Ford

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

September 10, 2024

We would like to wish you a Good Morning or good afternoon which ever it is.          

Did the Don do anything yesterday other then take a nap: the Don did dig a hole for a flower in the flower bed. Now I should explain a little, there was no flower to plant in the hole that I dug, so why did the Don dig the hole, should have been the question that no one asked. I will continue attempting to explain the situation. My favorite wife had a flower that dies out, but the roots were still in the flowerpot, and there was a green color to one of the roots that could be seen, so she wanted the roots planted, to give them a second chance. I planted the roots.

I did also water the third black berry bed yesterday, if you remember, I had not watered it when I watered the other berry beds the day before, due to the fact that the sun was shining brightly on the bed.

I helped with some additional items that My favorite wife was again working on in the garage. She again put in several hours sorting, packing and making a pile to be tossed out. I helped with the tossed-out items; I was not tossed out!

I must stop for now; I will start again after returning from dropping Alex off at school. OK, I am back…

            I did go to the Bible study yesterday evening and the group was very large, they said there was 200 men there. I was able to find my group and get my new ID, our group had 15 attending yesterday evening, I think there was 2 or 3 in our group who were unable to attend. It was good to see people I had met last year. Now I need to start doing my homework again.

We did not get to sit outside yesterday due to me going to bible study.

Today's possible events: I do hope to get to mowing the front yard this afternoon. Why this afternoon someone should have asked. The lawn sprinklers ran this morning, so the grass is wet, and I do not like to mow wet grass. Also, it will be shady in the front yard after lunch, and I like to work in the shade.

Different subject: Alex plays the violin in the school orchestra, and I often refer to the violin as a fettle. My favorite wife found an item when going through things in the garage and I have a photo.

            I told Alex this morning I had gotten him a fettle, and I gave it to him. He liked it and now he has a violin and a fettle.

            Speaking of Alex, I have another photo showing his military style haircut.

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

ROTC haircut

Senior ole person who needs to do something, anything is better then nothing, Don the Ford

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

September 9, 2024

            The sun isn’t up yet but it is still a good morning. We hope your day will start off productively.

            Yesterday’s events: I did almost nothing, while my wife did work in the garage for several hours straightening up some of her items. She went through some items that she wanted to get rid of, and I helped at the end to clean up the throw away stuff. I did water the potted plants and two of the berry beds, the third bed was in the direct sun so it did not get watered, but I will attempt to water it today. A not so good photo of some flowers that are blooming.

            I did install the solar powered motion detecting light, it works, and it is bright. We did go out for lunch at the cracker store and that was good. We did get to sit outside yesterday afternoon as the weather was nice and there was a nice breeze.

            Today’s events: I need to get Alex to school safely and on time, do very little until this evening when we start Bible study again. Our bible study is made up of a large group of men and they divide the men up into groups of 15 to 20. Half of the bible study is in our groups and half is in a lecture with everyone there.

It is cool outside this morning “52” degrees. Tres goes out back every morning while I watch the so-called news. I noticed this morning he was laying on his bed instead of the cement floor. I guess the cement was too cold for him.

            I wish I had more to share but I don’t, we hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

Cool weather nice.

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

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

September 8, 2024

            It is a good Sunday morning, the pot hound Tres and I have ventured out to the front yard early this morning, and it was cool outside. It was 59 degrees and it felt very good, so we wish you all a cool good morning.

            Review of yesterday’s events: I will attempt to provide this information in a chronological order, for that one person, in other words, what happen first, second and so on.

            I finished reading from the bible about 10:30am so my favorite wife suggested we leave early. We were going to go to the Wally World pharmacy and see if we could get the Flu shot and the new covid shot. They took our info and we had to fill out a form then they gave us the shots. Yes, we got both shots, one in each arm. The lady who gave us the shots said they had received 100 of the covid shots, so we were glad we went there early.

            Shot in both arms, we headed into Waco for the lunch sandwich. I paid the lady with the exact change, she seemed to appreciate that. Lunch was good then we headed to the cheap store.

            We both looked around trying to see if there was anything we needed, or just wanted. My favorite wife found a box of decaf coffee, as I had drank the last one that morning. I don’t know why I drink the decaf coffee; it doesn’t do anything for me. We looked around and I did not find anything I could not do without. My favorite wife found a solar powered light that can be used as a motion detecting device, it is really bright, or it can come on ant night and go off in the day light. We tested it last night and we will install it as a motion detecting device. 

            Shopping over we headed for home where I played with the new light for a while then I took a well-deserved nap.

             Nap over I went to the back 40, as my favorite wife had suggested that the back 40 needed to be mowed.

Prep for mowing: Now I had removed sticks from the back 40 the day before, but with all the wind we have been having, there were more that I had to remove. Then I removed the Poopa-Loopa and rolled the water hose up. I then checked the air in the riding mowers tires and added air where needed. I checked the oil and added gas.

Mowing the back 40: I was then able to get on the mower and begin riding back and forth until the grass was mowed down.

Weed eating the back 40: I then got the four-cycle trimmer and began the trimming. This trimmer works well but if you turn it the wrong way it can burn your arm. Other than that it is a good trimmer.

I have learned that it takes about one third of my time to do each of the above categories when working in the back 40.

My old body tired, I set up for the washing of the pot hound Tres. For some reason he tried to avoid us but we finally got him washed and rinsed.

We then headed for the house where I made and adult drink and headed for the chair on the drive way, while my favorite wife headed for the swing. It was a nice afternoon once the work was completed.

Well, I guess I should stop and get ready to go to the cracker store for lunch, we hope you have a good day, and please stay safe in all you do.

Worked too hard.

Senior ole retired person who can still do some work, but not a lot, Don the Ford

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

September 7, 2024

            Tres and I went out front about 7:15 for our morning review of the yard, when we saw a lady with a couple kids walking down the street. Tres suggested that we go inside and let the lady and kids enjoy their early morning walk. That is how our morning started, we hope you have a good morning. 

            Yesterday in review: my favorite wife went to town as usual and purchased a couple more fall decorations for the yard. I stayed at home doing very little. I did carry the 5-gallon gas can out to the shed and I put some stabilizer in the gas, by the way, the 5 gallon can, only has 4 gallons of gas in it.

While in the back 40 I noticed a few sticks on the ground so I decided to remove as many as I could. Last week I had tossed a few larger sticks on the Ford’s ole Trailer, so I decided to break them up and put them in the trash container. All the sticks picked up, I should have removed the Poopa-Loopa but I went to the front yard instead and played, “Pickup Sticks”. I didn’t really play pickup sticks; I did pick up sticks from the front yard.

We did sit outside yesterday afternoon, and as usual on Friday a friend came over and sit with us. There were lively conversations about the olden days and there was some Bible discussion too.

Today is Saturday and we will likely do our usual Saturday things, lunch, cheap store. We have discussed seeing if we can get a flu shot and the new covid shot at the pharmacy today. We also need to wash the dog this afternoon, wow, no rest for the ole people.

We hope you have a good day and that everyone stays safe in all we do. Please try to be nice to, “you know who”!

Dog washer Don.

Senior ole retired person who may remove the Poopa-Loopa today, Don the Ford

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

September 6, 2024

            We think we have a good start to this good morning, but the sun isn’t up as I start writing this informative post. I will say good morning to you, but not to the others, they may not deserve a good morning.  

Yesterday’s football game: it started at 5:00 and at 5:30 we were told to leave the stands due to lightning in the area. They said we could return in 30 minutes, go to a safe place. Most of us went to our vehicles an sat there for about 20 minutes before it started raining. Now this was a very hard rain. I thought that the seats would all be wet if they were to continue the game, so after a while my favorite wife and I decided to head for home. We learned later that the game was not continued. 

When we arrived at home it was still pouring down rain. A little while later I went out to the free rain gage and it had over ¼ inch of rain in it. That was a nice short hard rain.

Our sitting outside yesterday afternoon was done at the football stadium, and the only cold drink we had was a bottle of water. I did have some nachos at the beginning of the game. Well, the only other work I did yesterday other than get Alex to school on time and safe, was to remove the old tag and put the new tag on the Ford’s ole Van. Wow, what a dull and boring day.

Wait a minute, I did do my daily reading of the bible and I also finished reading Revelations again. I have read Revelations a few times, and a couple books about revelations. We will be studying Revelations in our bible study group starting next Monday.

I need to leave and get Alex to school… I am back and resuming my informative stories.

Pillow talk: is not the topic of this next paragraph, but I will enlighten the reading public of my use of pillows. First allow me to say I do have a couple pillows on my side of the bed and when I flop on my back on the bed, I have two pillows under my back and head. They are there so I can see the TV. If I find something interesting to watch the two pillows continue to support my neck and head.

All too often I find nothing to watch so I remove the top pillow, which is the largest of the two pillows, and I relax on the one pillow for a minute or two. I have for a long time now began to remove all pillows from under my neck and head and lay flat on my back on the bed to relax my body and let everything line up. In other words, my neck isn’t bent up, it is level with my body.

Why did I tell you all that, cause I wanted to, and to inform you that I am cooler without the pillow and sometimes I sleep on my side without a pillow. Ole Don the Ford be odd!

Plans for today, I have none!

Ok, I will attempt to stop for now, we hope you have a good day, and please be nice to at least one person, while you are staying safe in all you do.

Not Pillow talk.

Senior ole person who could do something today, but may not, Don the Ford

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

September 5, 2024

            I think it will be a good morning, even though it is still dark outside. My pot hound Tres and I go out the front door each morning to allow him to research the front yard. This all started when we use to get a newspaper. Tres and I would go out, he would check the front yard out and when it was time to go back inside, he would get the newspaper and bring it into the house and place it on, or at, My favorite wife’s chair. We no longer get a newspaper but we still go outside each morning.

            This morning Molly the cat came to me as usual when we go outside, wanting to get her back rubbed. After some rubbing, she often goes across the street to the neighbor’s yard. This morning after she had crossed the street Tres began to look down the street, which caught my attention so I looked down the street. Since it was still dark, I reached for my flash light and that is when we see a cat coming up the street quickly, we assumed to fight with Molly. The light seemed to distract the other cat, and Tres was also a distraction to the cat. Well, molly came home and the other cat went back down the street. 

            Yesterday in review: after our morning breakfast with Dave, we returned home where I did little until about noon. I then decided to go into Waco and get the tag for the wife’s van. I also got gas for the truck and in the gas can for the mowers, and I purchased some stabilizer for the gas in the can. Back home I watched the TV about the killing at the school. Why would a 14-year-old boy do something like that, and how did he get the gun?

            My favorite wife and I did sit outside yesterday afternoon, the weather was good and there was a good breeze. I had leftovers for supper last night and I could not find anything on TV that I wanted to watch.

            Plans for today: do nothing after taking Alex to school, and then go to the freshmen football game at 5:00pm. They are predicting rain about that time so we might get wet at the game. Speaking of the game, we have to pay $4.00 each for tickets to get in to see the game, and we buy them on line, which adds about $2.50 as a service charge. I will see if we can buy them at the stadium and save the service charge. 

            Well, I guess I should stop for now, we hope you have a good day, and as always, please stay safe in all you do.

Freshman football.

Senior ole person who is going to the game but not out to supper, Don the Ford

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