I've been meaning to do this post since October. I know. The suspense. I was planning on Halloween, then switched to Thanksgiving. Now that harvest season is over and we have other plants in our house, let's blog about my pumpkins.
As my roommates know (and still frequently tease), I love pumpkins. At the first fall sighting, I stop and buy two; one pumpkin is for the table decor and one for outside. They are horribly overpriced in September ($.30/lb), but the fall squash only comes around once a year and I must enjoy it as long as possible. I particularly enjoy the plump, short and round versions, but above all, the stem must have some kind of personality.
Now, when I was in college, my roommates found it a little strange that I was so obsessed (as you may be right now). They decided to name my pumpkin(s) and tease me about them (did I already mention that?) Polly was the first (she was murdered early and turned to pumpkin pie) and I believe Paul was the second.
Then I got married. Bryce was kind enough to allow me to indulge further into my pumpkin obsession and I bought all sorts of small pumpkins and squash for my fall decor. I turned one year's favorite pumpkin into a floral arrangement at school (take note: pumpkins rot VERY quickly when filled with floral-food-water.)
Okay. Now on to the next strange background story:
I have terrible luck. Ask my sisters, brother and Dani: it's terrible. Once in the seventh grade I won a month's supply of Twix bars from Channel One. That's about as far as the luck-meter flies for me.
Bryce, on the other hand, has great luck. He's working on winning a Sony Bravia and Playstation 3 package right now, but no bites yet.
Among his luckiest accomplishments is his ability to find twin eggs. I don't know how or why, but he has found THREE twin eggs since we've been married. T-H-R-E-E. Trust me here, HE DOESN'T DO THE BULK OF THE EGG CRACKING. I DO. And every time it has happened, I get REALLY upset. So upset that I'm not even going to post the details. And don't ask me how many I've found because then I get more upset.
Now, the merging of these two strange stories:
I went to Smith's to buy milk one October afternoon. I was so excited to see the pumpkins even though our house was filled with all sorts of varieties. Then I saw one of those cool, round, stem-owning pumpkins and I just had to take a look. As I picked it up, it was ATTACHED TO ANOTHER PUMPKIN. It was a TWIN pumpkin. Lets just say that was one of my luckiest moments.
Another lucky moment: when the guy in line said, "Wow, I wish I had found that first."
Another lucky moment: when my husband said, "Wow, what a lucky day."
And so here I post a picture of my prized pumpkin. His name was Michael Scott, in honor of Season 2's Halloween episode. I just took the picture the other day, so it is sad that the stem ended up splitting.
But that is about as twin egg as I'm ever gonna get. So thanks, Mike, for greeting our fall festivities and giving me a little more luck in life.
9 comments:
WOW! You ARE lucky: twix bars AND a double pumpkin!?! Can you pass me some luck? I am still wondering when I will win anything (maybe if I enter more contests, my odds of being "lucky" will increase). :)
You are quite the writer, Nancy! I loved this post.
That is one SWEET pumpkin(s)!
I won that Josh Joplin Group CD once, remember that? Maybe we cursed each other with unluckiness.
Some people have pumpkins, some people have cupcakes, and some people (husbands) just stand there with confused looks on their faces.
Nan! You never told me about this lucky pumpkin! That is awesome!
I went grocery shopping at Target yesterday and purchased some OJ that had an expiration date of February 3 and I was so excited because that means that it's not that far away until you guys come out! Wahoo!
Hi Derek!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Here's where Ms. Bodily faints with exasperation at my over-use of exclamation points!!!!!!!)
Holy cow that's an awesome pumpkin. And Nan, I love your pumpkin obsession. :) Plus I kind of feel special to be mentioned in your blog. :)
Wow, seriously awesome. I love pumpkins too, but evidently not quite as much as you do. They are quite fabulous.
That's an awesome pumpkin(s)!
You didn't tell the whole story! Your roommates didn't actually kill your pumpkin Polly and turn her into pumpkin pie. We hid Polly (I think we put her in your closet), put a store bought pumpkin pie in the oven and made you think we killed her! Polly was alive and well until Christmas, I believe.
I'm pretty sure you guys have moved in the past year... so could you shoot me your current addy?
tinysteps@sbcglobal.net
Thanks,
Julianne
Okay, I have never found a twin yolked egg. And I love pumpkins SO much. As important as Christmas trees, and so round and lovely and orange. I luuuuuv them. I have to say, though, that the double one weirds me out, which is fine for October but not so good for November. We didn't even cut our pumpkins - not even one of them - for lanterns this year. We just left 'em on the porch and on the hearth till it was officially Christmas.
Oh, yeah. Much orange happiness
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