Lest you think pumpkin season is over, I’m here to tell you it’s never over. Last month, Jamie had a holiday party with his buddies from the Rocky Mountain Giant Vegetable Growers Group.
It’s not uncommon to see him sorting through his extensive pumpkin seed collection because he gets year-round seed requests from all over the world.
He recently had some packages from Amazon delivered. I didn’t bother to query about the first but when the second one arrived, I asked:
“What’s in the packages?”
“You should know better than to ask me that this time of year.”
“Oh really? I thought we weren’t getting each other gifts because we’re saving for Maui.”
Busted. He had purchased new grow lights and a seedling heat mat.
Nope, you can’t make this stuff up.
A curious phenomenon regularly occurs in our house: dishes go missing. It took me a while to realize what was going on and it started when my cookie sheets disappeared for a month. I don’t know about you but a month without baking cookies due to missing cookware is equal to grand larceny.
Where were they? I eventually discovered he had been using them to dry out his seeds in the storage room.
A few months ago, I had commented to him:
“I wonder what happened to all of our small dessert plates? We only have one left. Do you think the kids did something with them?”
“Probably.”
Then, the other day I discovered this in my kitchen sink: my good dishes had mysteriously returned, covered in dirt.
I didn’t ask, he didn’t tell. Sometimes it’s just better not to know.
I'm a Canadian-born mom of two, former Denver Post columnist, family travel writer, editor of MileHighMamas.com and 9News contributor. Expert on all things Utah, Denver, family and travel. Lover of laughter and life. Happily married to a man obsessed with growing The Great Pumpkin. 