January 11, 2025

            It is freezing outside (26) and we are inside, so we wish you a good morning. Saturday means I don’t take the kids to school. I guess we are on the Saturday schedule, you know, things that should be done, but are not done. The decorations are still in the garage, and need to be boxed up, but it has been cold and we don’t want to go into the garage while it is cold. We are missing out on our sitting outside due to the cold weather.

            Friday, I did drive my favorite wife into Waco where she did some shopping, we picked up the cookie for David’s birthday and I will attempt to provide a photo.

            We are planning on lunch to celebrate Daves birthday, I am not sure where he will want to go for lunch.

            The cold weather should warm up later today to about 50 degrees and the sun is supposed to be shining. That should make it warm enough in the hot house for me to water the plants. When Tres and I went out to the front yard we could see that all the houses in the neighborhood had frost on their roofs. I just looked at the security camera monitor and the sun is starting to shine.

            I wish I had something to talk about but I don’t so I will say have a good day, be safe in all you do, think positive thoughts.

Lunch where?

Senior ole person who is ready for the warm sun lite, Don the Ford

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

January 10, 2025

            Is it a good morning? Yes, it is, it is not below freezing outside and the roads are not slick, so yes, it is a Good Morning! Oh, I should say my sister in Missouri sent a text saying it was snowing this morning. Another weather-related item, we have 1.25 inches of rain water in the Ford’s ole free rain gage.

            What kind of day did we have yesterday, he asked. Well, it started out ok, I got the kids to school on time and safely, there was no bad winter weather at that time. I returned home and did very little except watch TV and they were showing the same stuff over and over. It is really bad what has happened to those people in California who lost their houses in the fires, but I get tired of seeing the same stuff over and over. It is like seeing the political crap over and over. I know what you are going to say, “then don’t watch it!” You are correct, but there is nothing that I want to see on TV, and very little for an ole person to do, so I sit there and get irritated.

            A totally different subject: Two power drops yesterday 113V and then 115V. I was sitting here at the Ford’s ole computer and the lights blinked, the battery backup system made a sound which caught my detention I mean attention. The power dropped to 113 volts, then back up to 121 volts, then it dropped again to 115 volts, then back up to 121 volts. I thought, well here it comes, “a power outage”, but luckily the power stayed on.  

            Subject swap: I did take my favorite wife to the store as she needed to get something and then to the pharmacist to get a prescription. It got me out of the house for a while. We did decide to go out to supper even though it was raining. We agreed that if we did not get a parking space close to the front door we would just drive on back home as we did not want to be walking in the heavy rain. Well, we did get a parking space at the front door, it seems that no one wanted to get out in the bad weather to eat supper.

The lady who is a waitress there, talks with us every time we go, came up to us and said, “I did not expect to see you here tonight with all the bad weather”. We told her we were going to not stop if we did not get a parking space near the door. Then she asked, “do you want the usual drinks”, to which we responded, “yes please”. There were very few people there when we arrive and when we left.

            Since it was cold and wet outside, we left Tres inside the house while we were gone. I did turn the radio on so he had some voices to hear while we were gone.

            Today is Friday and I have no plans for the day. I may ask my favorite wife if she will let me drive her around town today, that would get me out of the house for a while. Our youngest son will be 50 years old this Saturday, so we will be going out to lunch to celebrate.

            Well, I need to get going and take the kids to school.

I am back and they got there on time and safe. There did not seem to be as many students as usual going to school today, were they late or staying home because of the old wet weather? 

I guess I should stop and then get started doing something, so I will say have a good day, be nice to at least one person and try to stay safe in all you do.

Ice no, snow no, rain yes!

Senior ole person who is happy it is not icy outside, Don the Ford

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

January 9, 2025

            Good morning again, I have gotten up later than usual for the last couple days and it throws my schedule off. I do get my breakfast sandwich eaten, but I did not get to do much toward the soon to be uninteresting posting. I have already taken the grand kids to school. We have not yet received any of the winter weather and it is above freezing this morning.

            Yesterday’s uninteresting events; drove my favorite wife to two stores so she could purchase some groceries. She only met one friend this time while in the store shopping. Leaving the first store I stopped at the gas station and purchased some gas for the truck.

            Heading for the second store I first stopped at the Coffee shop for a cup, the drive through was almost empty, then I stopped at the cleaners and dropped off some items to be cleaned.

Arriving at the large parking lot for the groceries I told my favorite wife that we would get a parking space near the door of the store. My prediction was correct, there was a handicapped space very close to the entrance. I stayed in the vehicle and watched all the people going and coming to the store. I was able to enjoy the cup of coffee while I waited for my favorite wife’s return.

On our drive to the homestead, we stopped at the Chicken place and purchased some chicken for lunch. Back at home we ate our lunch and after a short nap I proceeded out into the cold back 40 to the warm ole hot house, where I learned that I did not need to water the plants as they still had some damp dirt in the pots.

            Work completed I decide to start the Fords ole van in an effort to charge the battery as the van has not been driven for several days and it is still sitting outside. I also added some windshield washer liquid to the van.

              It was later in the afternoon before I sat down and read the bible. It was too cold to sit outside again yesterday.

 

            This morning as I was taking the grand kids to school there was a few drops of rain on the windshield but not enough to use the wipers. If it stays above freezing all day we should only have rain and not any ice.

 

Stay indoors today!

Senior ole person who needs to get back on schedule, Don the Ford

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

January 8, 2025

Good morning to you all, I am getting a late start as I have just returned from dropping the grandkids off at school. I did get up a little late and I guess I was not in a hurry getting dressed.

            I am trying to think if I did anything yesterday, and it doesn’t seem as if I did. Oh, I did go out to the shed and get the kerosene heater along with a two-gallon jug of kerosene. I have two heaters the one you will see in the photo is the small heater, the other is about twice as large.

            Now one might wonder why I brought the heater to the house, since our furnace is working properly. They have been talking about winter type weather, aka snow, freezing rain, sleet and regular rain, for the next couple days. If we get the winter weather we could be without power, and no power means no heat. I keep the heater in the original carton in the shed and when I removed it, I found it had half a tank of fuel.

            Not having seen the heater in quite a while, I decided to see if I knew how to light it. It doesn’t take long for the heater to provide a lot of heat. We hope the winter weather isn’t too bad and that everyone keeps their power on.

            Today I need to get gas in the Ford’s ole Chevy, I need to drop some clothes off at the cleaners. My favorite wife will be going to get groceries today, she may allow me to take her and even help her, maybe not.

            I might need to water the plants in the hot house, I think I did it last week on Thursday, and I try to water once a week. Tomorrow being Thursday and the most likely day for bad weather and or rain all day, maybe I should try to water today.

            Well, I need to stop for now, please have a good day and try to be safe in all you do, as you are being positive about many things, even the weather!

Heater ready.

Senior ole person has a new shirt on today, yep, a Christmas present, Don the Ford

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

January 7, 2025

            It is another cold morning and I have to go outside in the cold to get the grandkids off to school. Yesterday was the coldest day we have had this entire year, and I do not like cold weather. Photo of the frozen water.   (this year is 7 days long)

 

            Both the cat and dog water were frozen yesterday, the coldest day this year!

Cold or not, I will still wish you a good morning and a good day.

            What did the Donald do yesterday? Well, he did get the hair on his head trimmed and he was able to procure a cup of coffee from the Star coffee place. Back at home he did his daily reading of the bible, but he did not do any homework for his bible study class. When he had completed the reading his favorite wife allowed him to take her shopping with him.

The Don needed some antifreeze for the Ford’s ole Chevy and some windshield washer liquid. We needed a couple other things so we went to the Wally world. We found all but one item so we headed into Waco as we wanted to see the new E-bike store. On the way we stopped at the Harbor store and I purchased a box of vinyl gloves.

I tried to find a way to down town Waco on some roads that I was not familiar with, where the e-bike shop is located. We drove around but did not find the shop, I did not know the actual name of the shop, and I did not know the address.

We started back to our home and on the way, we stopped at the sandwich shop and got a couple sandwiches and drinks to go. The sandwiches were for supper and the drinks were for the trip home.

Different topic; while I am sitting here at the desk, I can see that a couple of the cameras have some spider webs around them. It is easy to see them when the cameras are in night mode, during the day I can’t see them. I have been watching the temperature in the hot house trying to see where it will level off at. I would like it to stay in the mid to upper 40s, even though the outside temp will likely be in about 27 degrees.

When Tres and I went out to the front yard this morning it was cold. I did get a photo of some interesting clouds pre sunrise, which I will present to you.

            While I was looking into the sky, I saw some lights moving over head. These lights I am sure were from a plane but there was no sound of a plane, and it went in a straight line, I can see how people would think it was a drone, I could see the lights but not the plane. 

Well, I guess I will stop and go get the grandkids and take them to school, we hope you have a very good day and please stay safe in all you do.

Senior ole person who needs his big coat today, and a hat, Don the Ford

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

January 6, 2025

            Cold morning to you, I guess it is good, even though it is too cold to do anything. It is 24 degrees outside, and it is "the coldest day of the year!" Think about that comment for a minute.

            Yesterday, we went to the cracker store for lunch and that is about it. My favorite wife worked all day at removing a bunch of our granddaughter stuffed bears from a closet and then placing Christmas decorations in the closet. I have a photo of the bears and other things on the bed. These items consist of Care Bears, Cabage Patch Dolls and My Little Pony's.

I sat around watching TV most of the day.

I did cover the back faucet and that was a real problem. On the faucet I had a device that would allow me to connect up to 4 hoses at the same time. Well, it has been there since last winter and it did not want to come off the faucet, even when I used a pair of pliers. I used some WD-40 and after a while and some straining, I did get it off.

There was a fairly large limb down in the back 40, due to the very heavy wind we are having, so I did move it over by the trailer. I have noticed the wind is blowing the leaves from one person's yard to another person's yard, many of our leaves have left, and many have arrived.

Different topic: the grandkids start school again on Tuesday so I will be taking them to school again, that means I have one more day off, then I will be back on a daily schedule again.

I need to get my hair cut if I can find enough money. When I was a "children" a haircut cost $1.00, now the hair cut cost $20.00, but seniors get a discount, and it is only $17.00.

It was too windy and cool to sit outside yesterday, so I watch mor TV. ☹

Well, I have nothing else to present, so we wish you a good day and hope everyone stays safe in all we do.  

Too cold for me.

Senior ole person who doesn't like the cold weather and… Don the Ford

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

January 5, 2025

            Good warm morning to everyone, yes, even you get a good morning. As I stated it is warm outside but the prediction is for very cold weather starting this afternoon and going on during the week.

            What we did yesterday; I picked Alex up about 9:00am and we went to the coffee place for a cup, then we headed to the Fords' Homestead. Arriving back at home Alex went to the shed and got the ladder and brought it to the house where he removed the lights from along the roof and then around all the flower beds.

Once the lights had been removed and marked, (they were marked so we would know which one to put up first, second and third, next year), we dismantled the manger. Now I took it apart and there were 4 pieces, "top, back and two sides". We then used battery powered drills to remove the screws. I should note the screws were mostly ole screws that had been used before, and many of the heads were stripped, making it very difficult to remove the screws. We put the usable wood on the ole wagon, and the unusable wood int the trash can. Alex did use the hand saw to cut a couple boards into smaller pieces for the trash can.

Work completed we put the tools away, washed up and then headed into Waco for lunch. the prices of the sandwiches have changed but the sandwiches were good. We did stop at the cheap store but did not purchase anything, then we dropped Alex off at home.

We were on the way to our house when we received a call from Dave asking if we could pick them up at the tire store. They had found that one of their tires had a problem so they decided to replace the tires on their vehicle. We drove back in to Waco and picked Dave and Claire up from the tire shop, and took them home.

Back at my home I took a well-deserved nap.

About 3:30 Dave called and wanted me to take them back into Waco to the tire shop to get their vehicle. I drove them back into Waco to the tire shop and dropped them off and I returned to my home.

As you can see, yesterday was another nothing to do day.

Today's plans: cover the water faucet out back, maybe go to lunch, take a nap or two, sit around and complain about nothing being on TV.

Well, we hope you have an interesting and fun day, please be nice to old people and that other person, you know who I am referring too, then be safe in all you do.

Cold coming. ☹

Senior ole person who don't like the cold weather, Don the Ford

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

January 4, 2025

            We are having a good Saturday morning here at the Homestead, we hope you all are too. Saturday is a day of rest for us here at the Ford’s homestead, so we will get our yard man Alex to come over and do some work for us. We have some Christmas lights that we will allow him to remove from the house and yard, we want to allow him to take the manger apart. Some of the boards on the ole manger may be used to create some bird houses. If there is any time left, we may allow him to remove some leaves from the front yard.

            My favorite wife and I did sit outside with a friend yesterday afternoon, the weather was nice until the sun started going down, then it cooled down.

            I assume that Alex will need a drink from the Star coffee company when I go to pick him up this morning, and we will likely take him out to lunch with us after the work is completed.

            Different topic: I started going through some of the things I had written in years past and I found several that are interesting. There is one that is titled “Hell on Earth”. I read through it, and I got to the third day, and I learned the story was not complete. The story is a fiction story, but it could be a real event and if so, we would all agree that hell was on earth. Before you ask, it is not a bible story.

            Other thoughts: have you ever thought about feeling lonely, well I have a photo of what I think might be considered as lonely.

 

            Now if might be difficult to see, but there is a black bird on the top limb of that tree and he / she is all alone, aka lonely.

            Well, I guess that is it for now, we hope you have an interesting and fun day, please stay safe in all you do.

Saturday workload.

Senior ole person who needs to go get the yard man Alex, Don the Ford

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