November 9, 2025

                Let's see if it is another good morning, it is cool and windy outside this morning and the sun isn't up yet, but we are still wishing you a good morning and a good day.

                Well, we were in the hospital yesterday and we had a couple of visitors. I should note, a visitor who came Friday brought some very nice flowers.

                My favorite wife will be staying here at the hospital for a while; they will be doing rehab trying to get her back to normal body functions and improve her strength.

                I did get away from the hospital for a couple hours yesterday to do some things at the homestead. There were two friends who stayed with my favorite wife while I went to the house. Not being at home during most of the day right now and half of the night means nothing gets done. Heck Tres the dog is wondering what we are doing.

I was able to water the flowers in the hot house, and I shut the door getting ready for the upcoming winter weather. I checked the heat lamp and made sure it would work. They have said we will be close to freezing in a day or so.

                I vacuumed the floor in the house, not the hot house but the real house. I did write some checks for some bills that needed to be paid, which my favorite wife usually does. I got a couple things that my favorite wife wanted me to bring to the hospital, and I got the computer to bring with me to the hospital. Bringing the computer allows me to work on this post while my favorite wife is sleeping.

                We have had calls from many friends, some of them we have not talked with in a long time, you know real friends from the past. We do appreciate prayer from everyone. We are expecting Patrick and Karla to come up and visit today.

                I guess that is all for now, please pray for Donna's recovery. We hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

November 8 2025

                It is a good morning here in the hospital, my favorite wife is eating her breakfast, which consists of fruit and apple juice. The doctor was here, and he said things look good, we will be here for a couple more days, and maybe longer. Longer if we get her to take the rehab.   

                For that one person who doesn't know, we are in the Scott and White Hospital and my favorite wife has broken her leg and has had surgery which they said was a success.

                What happened: My favorite wife and a friend had gone to a rest home with a bunch of stuffed animals which they were donating. The nursing home was excited to get them. Donna and Nellie were walking down a hall when one of Donna's shoes stuck to the floor as she was attempting to take a step. As her foot pulled out of the shoe it kept her from taking a step, she tripped and fell on her right knee. Broken femur and knee cap. She was transported by ambulance to the hospital. Now we are praying for a quick recovery.

                We have had several friends and family come to visit and we have had many calls from friends; we are thankful for all our friends!

                I will attempt to change the topic and show you a photo of a bush that I have seen, and it reminds me of a mummy from Egypt.

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

Don the Ford          

 

November 6, 2025

            Good morning to all and we hope you have a good day.

            Yesterday was a do-nothing day, I did get Alex to school on time and my favorite wife, and I went to the mechanic shop, we both needed to know where it was as it had moved since the last time we used it. I did my bible study homework, and I did sit outside on the front porch with a cup of coffee and enjoy the afternoon.

            Later in the day my favorite wife and I had discussions about Christmas decorations, I may go to the shed today and see if I can find the ones we were talking about without needing to move too much stuff.

            The weather was warm, so we washed the dog in the back 40. He seemed to like it and he smells much better now. I have a photo of Tres before his bath.

            A friend did come over yesterday afternoon, and we all sat outside discussing many things including a couple bible topics. As usual, most of the topics were about family and things from our past.

            Today I need to take Alex to school and then take the truck to the mechanic, my favorite wife will pick me up from the mechanic. Then later in the afternoon, hopefully I will have the truck back, I will need to go to the skin doctor for a checkup. Assuming I have any money left after all that, we might be able to go out for a date night (aka supper).

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

Don the Ford

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

November 5, 2025

            We are starting a good morning here in Hewitt and we hope you are also.

            Yesterday I ordered some items that will be Christmas gifts and this morning one of the cartons was lying on the front porch. That was an overnight delivery.

            I am sitting here attempting to think of anything that I may have done yesterday other than sitting on the front porch with a cup of homemade coffee and enjoying the nice weather. I often think about things that are in the bible during these restful periods. One thought from yesterday was, "the Tree of Life". Why was there a tree of life in The Garden of Eden and why would there be one in New Jerusalem.

            I can see that you are thinking what is the Don going to come up with as a reason for the tree of Life. Let's see where I go with this, at this time I do not have a reason for the Tree of life, but I might come up with one. I know that some have never heard of the tree of life as they have never been to church or have not read the bible. I will not attempt to explain to those who have no knowledge of the bible about the Tree of Life, and I will not attempt to explain about the Tree of Knowledge.

            My intent is to ask the question, "why was there a Tree of Life in the garden of Eden". As I understand it, there were all types of plants and trees in the Garden of Eden, and they were all available to Adam and he was to cultivate and take care of the plants. Adam was not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge, if he did, he would surely die.

            I wonder if the idea was that Adam would eat from the tree of life and live forever in the garden.

            If you were to eat from the tree of life one time, would you live forever, or do you need to eat from the tree on a regular basis. Do you age when you eat from the Tree of Life or stay the same age for ever.

Some people in the Old Testament lived for hundreds of years. Example, Methuselah lived for 969 years, and Noah lived 950 years. Were these people who lived extremely long lives allowed to eat from the tree of life? Evidently the fruit from the tree of life was able to keep all diseases and illness away from the person.

If at some point in their life they would no longer be given the fruit from the tree, would their bodies begin to show their actual age and then they would die?

The tree would provide 12 kinds of fruit and have fruit each month. That would point to the fact that there is only one season for the entire year where the Tree would grow.  

In another part of the bible there is a statement that the leaves on the tree of life are said to be for the healing of the nations. (Genesis 3:22 -24      Revelations 2 and 22)

Well as you can see, I have not answered my question as to "why was the tree of Life there". I will just stop for now and wish you a good day and hope that we all stay safe in all we do.

Don the Ford

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

November 4, 2025

                It is a good morning again here in Hewit and we hope you are having a good morning also.

                Yesterday's events: I was able to get Alex to school safely and on time and after I returned home and took it easy for a while, I headed out to the car dealership where I was astonished. Now I had called the dealership and had an appointment for 10:30 yesterday, and I arrived a couple minutes early. I walked inside and said my name and I had an appointment. He looked in the computer and he said "you do" and then he asked "has anybody talked to you about the amount of time it's going to take to fix this", and I said "no", and he said "it would take five days or more to fix your car, he noted that they were very busy". I said no my car's not staying here for 5 days or more and I turned and walked away.

                If it was going to take that long to do something, why would they not have told me when they made the appointment. Why did I have an appointment to show up and leave my car for five or more days? That is stupid!

                I returned home and after a while I called a local mechanic and told him what my problem was, he said that his wife's vehicle, which is one year newer than mine, had the same problem, and he replaced the screen in it. He said they would get the price and give me a call and tell me what it cost.

                The rest of the day I kind of took it easy waiting for time to go to Bible study I did read the notes ahead of time which basically is cheating, you're not supposed to read the notes until after the lecture. Personally, I find the notes very interesting, but the lecture is not.

                Today's events: other than getting Alex off to school hopefully on time and safely I have no real big plans for the day we'll just have to see how things go.

                Well, that was a short post and since it was short I will just stop for now. We hope you have a very good day and stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

November 3, 2025

            Good morning to you as we see the sun coming up. The time change means it is brighter outside earlier in the morning.

            I have a couple comments from yesterday and some photos. Allow me to start off with a photo of something that I made. No, it is not a bird house that comes later. This item, like many items I have made, comes from left over wood. It has been a bunch of years since I made this set of dominos.

            In the photo we see the set of dominos and the wood box that I had made probably 15 years ago. I have a couple out of the box so you can see there are two layers in the box. This is a one-of-a-kind item, handmade by Don the Ford and probably worth thousands of dollars, or not. An item like this is something you make for the fun of it, as it takes time and effort.

            Yesterday we went to the cracker store for lunch and upon returning home I did very little as my favorite wife went through a bunch of clothes that she no longer wears. As for me, after a rest period and that rest period was not a nap as I was not sleepy, I then decided to go to the garage and put together the rest of the bird houses.

Speaking of bird houses, we have a couple hanging on the car port that were in the pecan tree that we cut down. These houses have nest in them and there have been birds using them, I assume they are getting ready for winter.

I did get the other 5 bird houses put together and I think there are now 9 bird houses hanging on the carport, photo to follow.

            Yesterday afternoon we were able to sit outside as the weather was very nice. The neighbor's grandkids came over and the girl had made a drawing for us. She had it wrapped in a plastic bag, and it was tape shut. I have a photo. 

I asked if it was a school project and she said no she did it at home and she did it for both of us. I think she is going to be an artist. Jaelyn is her name, and I guess she is 10 years old. Her and her little brother come over and visit with us sometimes as we sit outside.

Different subject, I did get a photo of what was almost a full moon coming up.

            I know everyone has seen the moon but I find it interesting when they are in the sky while the sun is still in the sky.

            Today I need to take the truck to the dealer for some repair. We do have bible study this evening and other than that no big plans. I will stop for now, we hope you have a good day and please stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

November 2, 2025

            The time has now changed back an hour, and I will be thinking about the time change all day. Even with the time change we want to wish you a good morning.

            Yesterday's small events described for you. Basically, we did nothing yesterday so this will be a short comment. I will start out with a comment, "Saturday was seeming to be Sunday all day long". The fact that we had Alex over doing yard work on Friday when he normally works for us on Saturday was one reason.

I did get my bible study homework completed and I truly wish I was a better student. I have never been a good student, but I do like our bible study classes.

My favorite wife and I went out to lunch at the usual location and after lunch we drove to the Harbor store as I had a 25% off coupon. I need a new tarp to cover the Ford's ole riding lawnmower. They did not have a tarp the size and color I wanted, as a matter of fact they had very few tarps.

Leaving the no tarp store we then stopped by the booze store where I purchased a bottle of adult beverage. Then we went to the cheap store where my favorite wife purchased a couple items and then we headed home. Back at home I went into the rest mode for a while (aka took a nap).

Once the rest period was over, I decided to make a cup of coffee, Tres and I went to the front porch where we sat in the cool air drinking hot coffee. It was too cool and there was a lite breeze so as soon as the coffee was finished, we went into the garage.

I decided to work on the bird houses as I need the area where the pieces were stored. I did need to saw a little piece off a couple of the boards, and I did drill the holes for the front door and the dowel that the birds stand on. The one hole for the front door was messed up a little, but I don't think the birds will mind. I put one house together and I might put more together today. Usually, I don't have any problems giving them away.

After I became tired of working on the bird houses, ole people get tired easily, we decided to sit outside for a little while even though it was cool. I got the chairs ready on the driveway, and we both walked out there when it started to sprinkle. Not knowing if it was going to rain a lot or just these little sprinkles, we decided to go to the front porch. It sprinkled for a while but nothing of any amount.

There is a fellow and his family who have been living at a friend's house down the street from us and every time he goes by, he will roll his window down and wave at us and we return the wave. Well, he and his wife and kids are moving out. Who will we have to wave at now, wow a friend leaves the neighborhood. You don't think it was something that I said, do you?  

As for today, even though the time has changed we may still go to the cracker store for lunch.

Well as you can see yesterday was not a very busy day. I will stop for now, we hope you have a very good day and stay safe in all you do.

Don the Ford

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

November 1, 2025

                We are starting over today; it is the first day of the month and now you understand starting over. I wish you a good morning on the first day of the month.

                I am sitting here with a banana in hand and in my mouth as I start this day. Bananas are good for ole people as we do not need to waste a lot of energy chewing on them. I will attempt to enlighten you as to yesterday's events, if my memory provides me with necessary information.

                I did get my favorite grandson and bring him to our homestead to help with some yard work. First, we started moving the flowers that are in pots to the ole hot house. There were between 15 and 20 pots that were moved and all were heavy. I do have a photo of some of the flowers in the hot house.

                Then we move the plumerias into the garage. They take up too much room wherever you place them. We have one very large plant (moon plant) that did not get moved. It is too large for the hot house and there is no room in the garage.

                After all the pots were moved Alex mowed the front yard. As I see it, he was vacuuming it as it had not grown very much. He was able to get the leaves off the front yard, and it looks very nice. The leaves will be turning soon, and they will be falling.  

                We did not receive any trick or treaters here at the ford house, we did shut the door and window blinds early and we assume that kept them away.

                Today's plan: if we stay on a Saturday schedule, we will have lunch out and do very little the rest of the day. I might put some bird houses together as the parts that are in the garage do take up some room, and we don't have much room. Wow, another exciting senior person day.

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

Don the Ford

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