We had a busy weekend at Casa Canuck. Lots of finish work on the basement and what would a Saturday be without huddling under a canopy in the rain for a pumpkin festival? It wasn't just
any pumpkin festival but the place where The Obsession began last year.
As if we needed even more publicity, our city's paper ran a picture of us on Thursday of Jamie's big win last year so we were like mini-celebrities among the pumpkin
geeks growers.
Only this time, it wasn't about Jamie. He didn't bother to enter because 1) The Great Pumpkin outweighed all of the entries by at least 400 pounds 2) Their scale isn't big enough. 3) It's kind of hard to lift.
We bought some hot chocolate from the Boy Scout stand and the woman selling it to us raved about the entries but then proclaimed, "But those are nothing. You should see this pumpkin that is on display on some guy's driveway."
Imagine Jamie's delight to confirm he was that guy.
My father-in-law took third place with a 183-pounder and Haddie's 83-pound pumpkin also took third in the children's division (because yes, it
is a family affair). She wasn't all that invested in the competition due to the inclement weather but perked up when she realized she won a gift card to her beloved McDonald's.
And thus begins Her Obsession.
A cute little family won the adult division with a 300-pounder. I walked up to the wife to warn her that this was how The Obsession started for my husband last year. She was even the spitting image of me: curly blonde hair, pumpkin-obsessed husband, with two small children.
Except she was smiling.
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Saturday night, we went with four other couples to see
Les Miserables. I have the CD but have never seen it performed and was blown away. Whenever I see such a production, I often envision my life on stage.
And then I remember that I can't sing, dance or act.
Don't get me wrong: my voice doesn't shatter glass and I don't sound too badly.
Until you take the earplugs out.
And so I turn to you. More than anything, I wish I could sing. What talent do you wish you had?
And pumpkin grower extraordinaire is not one of the choices.
We had a busy weekend at Casa Canuck. Lots of finish work on the basement and what would a Saturday be without huddling under a canopy in the rain for a pumpkin festival? It wasn't just any pumpkin festival but the place where The Obsession began last year.
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You know when you are driving in your car, or you're home alone...and you just turn on music that you can sing your lungs out to, like no one is watching...thats what these songs are. completely sing-able tunes.
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I wish I could be able to do some craft. I am a living hazard when it comes to any kind of craft.
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I wish I could .... play the piano, know how to use photoshop, be good at decorating my house
write blog posts half as good as you, and dance like my son!
I'm with you Amber. I want to have a voice like the angels or at least like those in the Mormon Tab. I saw that some guy somewhere grew a 1500 pounder and I couldn't help but think of you. Poor girl.
We went to the festival too, but we walked quickly past all those crazy "pumpkin people" - there was a little too much excitement about the gourds... :-)
Bummer - maybe we would have met in real like. (It actually occurred to me that perhaps you would be there, but then I figured these pumpkins weren't big enough to draw the famous out on such a dreary day.
I wish I could plan an instrument. (Well, more than just Chopsticks...)
I would have to say play the piano. I am thinking that when one of my kids gets old enough for lessons I will join in and take them too. I don't plan on telling anyone at church that I know how to play though. I don't want to get stuck forever in a piano playing calling.
I wish I was one of those people that could speak like 6-8 languages:
Spanish, French, Italian, Farsi, Arabic, Mandarin, English, and Sign language. It would the U.N. in my head.
Talent, hmmmm? Athletic and/or outdoorsy skills. I just am not a good physical person. I use to complain when my family went on hikes. I wish I could go back and love those times.... shoulda, coulda, woulda! Glad I can go back to TRY to be more outdoorsy with two boys!
I am so happy for you that you got to see Les Mis!!! Dancing is what I wish this body of mine was born to do - alas, I'm so un-co it's not funny.
Me, I wish I could sing too and creative in an artsy way. My son loves to draw. He finds it relaxing and is constantly asking for help drawing certain things. It's not a talent that I have at all.
oh my! Hadley is to die for CUTE! love her!
Sounds like a fun pumpkin fest and how cool that lady saw the beast in your driveway. What did you do with it, by-the-way?
oh yeah, and I wish I was a good singer. I'm very average at best... I wish I had a stage voice.
Piano is what I wished I could accomplish. My parents tried- but alas, I couldn't stand to practice. I actually can sing, but can't in front of anyone but my own children and husband. Can't decide if I wish I could perform in public or not. My Mom is a perinnial Young Womens' leader- and she used to make me sing- until I actually broke out in hives during one such horrible experience and my dad took pity on me.
Absolutely adaorable pic of your daughter by the way!
I can sing, but I've always wanted to dance.
I do. When nobody's looking.
One talent I've lost is the ability to shred/grate zucchini at the speed of light. I used to be sooo good at my job when we made choco/zucc bread. But I am AWESOME at omelets, finally! Even my picky kids love my omelets, and me too! Guess it took me 30+ years to learn to like them and make them! (And I can SO hear you singing "Hello, Lovely Ladies!" like in '96-'97 you used to greet us that way all the time.....great memories. Do you feel old yet, too?
Aw, I can't be a pumpkin grower? Darn.
I'm surprised the pumpkin festival didn't make Jamie like the festival king or the emcee or something. That's great Hadley won!
I have always wished I could paint. I have tried. Other people in my family paint. I cannot.
i've always wished i could sing. but it seems as though the older i get, the worse my voice gets.
i wish i was a better cook and hostess.
I wish I was a completely amazing dancer. I think I'd pick that talent if I could pick any! Singing, like on Broadway, would be awesome too. I LOVE Les Miserables! It's the most wonderful live show and I'm so glad you got to see it!
^^awh^^
you cracked me up on twitter. thanks :)
Hadley is adorable! And I'm uber jealous you got to see Les Mis. Someday I'll drag that man of mine...
And I would love to be able to sing. I missed that gene. My brothers got it. Boo hiss.
Happy day!
Oh, the expression on Haddie's face is priceless! Hahaha. So cute. But yeah, it sounds like you're stuck with pumpkin-growers for LIFE!
As for a talent, well, I love to sing. And sing. And after a bajillion voice lessons and choral auditions and years and years of professional training and practice, the talent that I wish I had? Was that I could sing BETTER.
Awww shucks but I really want to grow big pumpkins. Oh well...
But seriously? I too wish I could sing. I have zero musical talent.
My husband took me to see Les Mis a few years ago when we lived in Portland. I loved it!
Love all your stories about the pumpkin--too funny. That little Hadley is so precious--love that look on her face.
I wasn't around when they gave out the ability to sing, and I will be pretty bitter if it doesn't come when I get to the other side.
Les Miserables is by far my favorite production. It is AMAZING.
Seriously, more pumpkin talk? Will you make that thing into a pie already? (I kid, I kid. you know that, right?)
I wish I had the ability to calm people. You know the type of person who always seems to be able to walk into a room of stressed or angry or upset people and can not only stay calm but calm everybody else, too. Oh how useful that talent would be as a mother.
I also wish I was good at potty training. Because I'm so not. Potty training is such a nightmare at our house!
I wish I was more athletic and a better writer. I really do. I wish I could finish a novel already, dang it!
I have musical abilities, and I love them, but it's funny --I think I'd rather be a novelist. Who could play the piano. The singing part isn't as important to me, but obviously, the piano part is! ;)
I love that they knew about your pumpkin in the driveway! You are so famous!
P.S. I love Les Miserables. How fun!
I wish I could dance. Because then I could BE that girl on stage.
By hubby didn't love Les Mis. We went to see it this summer and it was fantastic, but he said "it's too depressing and too much singing" Whatever!
P.S. we should be neighbors and best friends. :)
I edited the soup recipe instructions just a tad on my post- just thought I would let you know-
Now your family will always be known as "the family with that huge pumpkin in the driveway."
That was a really fun post.
I would love to be a really good ballroom dancer.
You know that phrase, Jack of all trades, master of none, that is me. I can do a little bit of lots of things... I just wish I could be good at one of them.
I've yet to see Les Mis, it's on my wish list. Maybe one of these years I'll get it!!
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