The Old Folks Home

[chrisb01]

not me not yet just 9 here

Right, I forget.. I always forget when I talk to my friends in Yakima..

 

[perchie.girl]

Yep its about nineish here

 

[CapricornFarm]

12:30 here.

 

[ronott1]

Traditional ....and it went smooth.

My condolences to you and the Family

 

[pennyJo1960]

Goodnight everyone please sleep well wake well rested

 

[chrisb01]

Goodnight everyone please sleep well wake well rested

Lol, just read your VIP interview, really cool.. Good night Penny, have a tranquil night..

 

[room onthebroom]

@CapricornFarm Found this guy ready to be picked tonight. Stem all dried up. Our best guestament is that it weighs somewhere between 10 and 12 pounds. There is one larger out in my little garden that still has a bit more drying to do.

Now to process the ugly thing!

View attachment 1479109
It is a beautiful color. Like a sunset. I did some research over the weekend on how to process Red Warty Thing Squash and learned it's history. It is a heritage squash, a Hubbard crossed with a pumpkin and can be used for pumpkin pie and when the skin gets this beautiful red/orange color, the meat is particularly sweet.

Will I grow more next year. Yep. Love the rampant vines and huge beautiful leaves. Growing season was crappy this year. I'm almost afraid to see what it can do on a good year. I'll probably harvest 3 or 4 squash off my vines but good grief!

Beautiful!!!

 

[room onthebroom]

talking of spending money.....


......


2 of my kids are going on this fancy 1 week scout trip to DC....

And it turns out that ALL of the other scouts have smart phones....


and it turns out that the trip is set up as a super high learning educational thing where you go from one spot to the next... I think over 20 different spots, and check in and learn and such at each spot .... the entire time supposedly using an app that you downloaded onto your phone with a map and information and... stuff...

(kid 2 and 3, ages 17 and almost 15 are going)

kid 3 ( the almost 15 year old one ) had been lobbying for a phone.... he has been doing so much work during his free time... on his own without being asked... stacked up cords of wood, mowed and edged, fixed the mower, did maintenance on the snowmachines (his and his dad's), he has started cleaning the garage/shop ........

he has already shown good responsibility in regards to Internet usage...

I was impressed enough I was starting to cave... thinking that eh, maybe he should get a phone for his b day in Oct.

Oh, he also offered to pay for the phone, if we would do the monthly fee for sevice.

Soooooooooo

I am now wondering if I should shell out my own big bucks, and buy a new Samsung... uh... is it 9 now? They have a buy 1 get one free.... then kid 3 would get the second Samsung.

Kid 2 would get my old Samsung, an S5.

More money than if I just let kid 3 buy a phone (I think the LG40 was about 100, and that is about what he wanted to spend).

It would be nice if kid 2 could at least get a phone for the trip to DC.... but we don't have a still well functioning old one to do a pre-paid plan for a month..... unless I shelled out big bucks for the buy one get one free Samsung 9, then kid 2 could get my old S5 Samsung that still works fine.


thoughts....... thoughts ...... ?

Those are GREAT kids! Get'em both.

 

[chrisb01]

Oh great a cereal killer

 

[room onthebroom]

I'm sorry JD, Chicka & Micro, for all of the sadness & heartache you are all dealing with!