This poor schmuck has no idea what’s in store for him.
As I feared, we left the pumpkin buying off too late. Most of the pumpkins in Safeway’s makeshift patch were past due moving toward mortification. Iz climbed through the mire and found one pumpkin that didn’t seem to be mushy. Of course, it was the biggest pumpkin there.
One pumpkin. We are carving ONE pumpkin this year. Better make it good boys!
The Jack o’Lanterns are laughing. Poor guy, he’ll never see it coming.
Sadly, our plans for this holiday have gone from simple to nearly non-existent. Poor Boy Wonder was exposed on Friday to the gunk going around. (Um, don’t get me started here!) By Sunday, he was running fever and chasing his nose. We skipped Talking Tombstones and church and opted to sip hot chocolate for the afternoon.
I’m now officially on the IZ’s Amazingly Slimming Hot Chocolate Diet. Hahahaha. Ahem.
Even this guy knows the score.
The boy informed me on Saturday that his plans to be a “Spy” were simply to appease me. At this point, that’s not bad news. So, for the 5th year running, he will be something creepy. That is, if I can find his costume from last year. Uh oh.
You see a pattern, right? It’s just not my year. The boy did manage to write all his Halloween cards. Now it’s up to me to mail them before Thanksgiving.
I’m considering an Obama carving. http://yeswecarve.com/ Heh. But I have also not bought the pumkins yet. I saw some beauties at the co-op this morning, didn’t want to drag them around with me in the store and then forgot to go back for them when I reached the checkout. So, I still have to go out shopping. I know there are PLENTY around, though. Saw a tractor carting a ton of them in to the local stand again when I was on my way home. Hmm. Why didn’t I follow that tractor???
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Yeah, why didn’t you follow the tractor? Always follow the tractor. 😀 ~W
What a perfect pumpkin, though! He looks so lazy, laying there.
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He’s still lazying around. I fear he may stay in this state. ~W
I just finished carving ours — hoping to take pictures and post soon. Of course, my son got tired of the process about 15 minutes in. Which was okay, until the entire bowl of seeds when on the floor. Sigh. Last year the seeds went wonky, too. Someday we’ll actually get some seeds roasted. Someday.
Sorry your boy’s got the gunk!
~Angela 🙂
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I bet yours are a work of art! We tend to go more the traditional route around here. Although, I seriously consider buying those fake ones each year to do a more elaborate cutting. You know, so it lasts.
Hope the boy feels better soon. Halloween is hard around here too. I find it sooooo hard to get motivated! 🙂
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Well, you do it twice as a teacher. I can’t imagine! And thanks, he’s feeling better. ~W
Yeah, we’re not even really “doing” Halloween this year. The holidays (and of course that terms only applies LOOSELY when speaking of Halloween) are just too weird here with the weather. It has gotten a little crisper here of late, but still, October? Feels more like early Spring. I still need to gather something for the kids for costumes, we’ll go to a carnival at church, but as for pumpkins – we’ll leave the squishy guys to other folks. 🙂
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Yeah, its hard to get used to the warm Autumn. Your weather cues aren’t there. Of course, I’d gladly give you ours. It’s 70 degrees and sunny at home today and I’d love to be there, basking in it. ~W
I’ve got the house tastefully decorated and candy to give out. (plus some Hefs to drink and books to read in between) That is one HUGE pumpkin. Hope G. is feeling better. Mr. Stargazer has the crud as well. (claims to be “dying” but he is master whiner)
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Tasteful! I suppose, if you must. I much prefer to GRIZWALD the house. 😀 ~W
I am on strike because there are no longer any farms up here that they renewed the water rights to so they could put in housing developments instead. so HA! That’ll show them.
I miss my pumpkin seeds though.
Surely one little baking pumpkin from the health food wouldn’t be bad, eh? Maybe I’ll wait till after the holiday?
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Go buy some fake ones from JoAnn’s and carve those. 😀 ~W
Go Grizwalds, go! I *love* that movie. I think the pumpkin met its match and then died trying. Still, in the dark, I think G and I did a good job with it… 😉 Thank YOU for everything YOU did to make it a great holiday!
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Seriously? I say we go ticky-tacky for Christmas. 😀 ~W