Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday Ken and I decided to head to the pumpkin patch. For those of you that are not familiar with the pumpkin patch, it is located on a farm known as the Chesterfield Berry Farm. This place has a LOT of pumpkins to choose from. You jump on a wagon filled with hay seats and a tractor pulls you out to where the pumpkin patch is. You are then released from the wagon to go WILD looking for a pumpkin that fits your liking. Ken noticed that the pumpkins had grown right on top of the mounds, stem up and detached from their vines just for us (Now those are some smart pumpkins). Seriously though, can you just imagine how much work that would be to arrange all the pumpkins like this? Somebody's back HAS to be hurting!!!

It just so happens that after looking and looking, searching mound to mound that I found two "perfect" pumpkins "perfectly" sized. Actually, Ken found one and I found the other so I won't take ALL the credit. However, now I have an idea of just how Pamela Anderson must feel every day. (I know...I'm bad) I just felt lucky that I found these especially since it is so close to Halloween?





After that, Ken tried some of the BBQ (I am not a big fan of BBQ so I passed on this part of the visit) They also had hot dogs (not a fan of the hot dog either) that you could roast yourself over a big firepit. The BEST thing about that firepit was that it heated up my backside nice and toasty warm. (Hey here is a BIG surprise....I was cold...lol) But don't worry, I didn't go without. They also sold nachos there. I was thinking...oh could this be real? They actually have JUNK food? So I stood in line, hoping to get some tasty nachos instead of that gross BBQ or hot dog (can you tell I REALLY don't like those two?). They ended up being the kind of nachos that you can get from a gas station but without the chili. Thank goodness I thought to pack a few crackers in my coat. :)
The pumpkin patch normally has a store that is filled with all types of jams that you could imagine but I think we were too late in the season to get any as the shelves were pretty bare. Like what you would see in Old Mother Hubbard's Cupboard. The patch also has an 8 acre corn maze. EIGHT acres? If I walked that in my high heel boots, they would have to send a search team in to find me. The pumpkin patch is great for kids and even though we didn't have any with us, we still had a good time.


The rest of my day was spent switching out my winter/summer clothes. You know you have too many clothes when this task takes you three hours to complete and you still didn't have time to do the shoes. I decided that it was a good time to clean out the clothes that I haven't worn in ..... a year.... yeah a year (that is my story and I am sticking to it). You know the clothes I am talking about (especially the ladies). Those are the clothes that you hope that you will one day fit back into so you keep holding on to them from year to year but then you finally have to face the truth that it is just not going to happen. So, I have bagged them up and am going to take them to the Goodwill where hopefully someone won't think they are too outdated. Or maybe by now the style is back in. I am happy to say that I have minimized the number of articles in my closet and now you can actually walk into it and see what is hanging on the hanger. Whew!

I think I will end this by saying..... WHO SAID FALL WAS NICE WEATHER?? lol It is FREEZING!! brrrrrr