My wife came up this great
idea to take our son to an apple
orchard.
Naturally I
thought of the place to go.
A place where I
and
about
thirty people used to ride our horse's
to
.When I was 16 I had a horse named Conchella(I
don't know
what it
means.
The people I bought the horse from were
kinda
strange.
They liked to party,so they threw
some letters in a hat and got drunk.
Later that
night
they pulled the letters out of the hat.
They put
them
together and that was the name they came up with
for the horse
Anyway every fall a bunch of people
would ride their horses to Deihls Apple Orchid in
Milford.
They had everthing you could want at
an orchid.
Pumpkin pie,honey,fall decorations
along with carmelapples,blueberries and all sorts of
good stuff.
Now like I said this is the place
I thought to go.
There are places alot closer to
home but I wanted to share some fond memories with my
wife and make some new ones.
Well memories we have all right,not very
fond but memories just the same.
We left about 9:00
am and I always know a short cut.
No matter where
we are going I always know a shortcut.
Burn the
map and throw away the compass Jim knows a
shortcut.Well a half hour trip took us almost two
hours.
(Any body out
there need directions. I know a shortcut)
So we
pull up to the orchid and the first to hit me was the
stench road apples(Horse manure to you city
folk)
The second
thing to hit me was the ground.
Upon stepping out
of the van I proceded to step into the pile that was
causing the stench.
Fell right onto my
kiester(Rearend
to you city folk)
Luckily the ground that I
abruptly
met was clean.
After looking around to see if anything
had
changed in 17 years
.We set out to find the
hay
ride.
Now a hay ride is supposed to bring back
happy
childhood memories.
Not a middle aged man's
hay
fever.
Well at least there was plenty enough
hay
for
my sore rearend(Thats kiester to you country
folks)
Well in 17 years the place had not changed
all
that much.
Including the bathroom door that
sticks.
You
would think that after a couple dozens times of
locking yourself in a bathroom that you would
finally
learn.
Well you might ,but evidently I
have'nt.
Nor
the
embarrassment that goes along with it.
Now the juice is just as good as I
remember
and the sweet smells of carmel made me feel like
I
was six years old and at the county fair.
I bought some honey and a pumpkin.The only
problem is,don't pick up a ten pound pumpkin when
you
still have honey on your fingers.
Because sure
enough
trying to grasp a pumpkin with slippery fingers
is
like trying to stop a car on ice.
It can not
be
done.
My foot found out the hard the way.
I
do
believe
the swelling has gone a little.
Well at least my son had fun.
He
laughed so
hard when I fell,I thought the little guy would
come
undone.
All he could say was"Daddy fall down
like
clown"
It is so nice to be able to make your
children
laugh.(Painfull too)
My wife had to drive home as I laid down
in
the
backseat.
Trying to comfort my foot and
hiney(Thats
rearend to all you folk)
Oddly enough with my wife driving.
We
made
it
home in about a half hour.
Go
figure.
Well now we are home.
Time to
carve
out
the
pumpkin
and make some pumpkin seeds.
I will let you
know
if
I
burn down the house,That is if I don't cut off my
fingers carving the pumpkin.
Time to enjoy a beautifull Michigan fall.
Well as you can tell my fingers are intact.(By no small miracle either).Well maybe you can't tell because as I proofread this I do see some mistakes. The pumpkin seeds went pretty good though I had a heck of time trying to turn off all the smoke alarms.
Getting back to the carving.I decided to do it on the floor with newspaper underneath to protect the carpet.Just like when I was kid.My son at least managed to keep it confined to the living room and kitchen.OH and the hallway with part of the bedroom.But really it was not that bad.Trust me on this ok ?( I know a short cut)lol.
Windex glass cleaner works great for pumpkin in your carpet.But do not use Murphys oil soap on the floor.This along with pumpkin makes for something more slippery than ice.Just when my hiney( thats rearend for you city folks.) was starting to feel better too.
It only took my wife a couple hours to clean up(The carpet that is)I won't tell you about how long it took for the rest.I do believe though that she got at least a good half hour nap before she had to go to work the next day.(Just kidding)
I think my, no I know my dinners are going to be ALOT more expensive for a long to come.
Kids are so cute with pumpkin all over them.My little boy standing there with a big ole grin from ear to ear.He had so much pumpkin on him.You could have swore he was the largest walking carrot in the world.
He did not however like bath time.Dried caked on pumpkin is really hard to remove from a childs hair.Oh well he was do for a haircut anyway.He actualy looks like a little marine drill sargeant(Is this correct) now (Really it is not that bad)
Well time to go,my beautifull wife and I are going out to eat dinner.She said something about taking out a loan from the bank before dinner.I wonder what she meant by that?????????We are running a little late so I'll have to take a short cut to restuarant(Darn is that right?
The mess was really not that bad and I pretty much cleaned up the house.Tyler's hair was fine except for one small part and that grew back.Things just seem worse when they happen or maybe it was that bad????????
Have a great fall and enjoy the Autumn rainbows
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