The Strange Familia(r)--The Great Pumpkin

A long time ago in a land far, far away...actually it was just when my family used to live in Tooele.  For some reason we never were able to throw our pumpkins from Halloween away.  In fact, we stuck them in our apple tree in the backyard and let them rot and fertilize the tree.  We would time how long it took.  One of our particularly large pumpkins took about 2 years before it disappeared forever.

Despite our change in location, some things never change.  Here is the story of the pumpkin from this year:

Once upon a time there was a pumpkin that was purchased at Halloween.  

Why did the padre purchase this particular pumpkin?  

Well, because it was super cheap.  

Why was it so cheap?

BECAUSE IT WAS ROTTING!

So what did we do?

Place it on a rock outside with it's rotting side hidden from the world.

...and then...

it was promptly forgotten until a massive snow storm hit and the snow from it buried the pumpkin alive and half rotten.

And then the poor members of the House of Nuts could not remember if we ever threw the rotting pumpkin away or if it was still on that rock in front of the house...it was discussed, questioned but then forgotten.

Until a little bit ago when suddenly the snow melted and there was a frozen, rotting pumpkin, on a rock in front of our house.

So what did Stephie do?

Kick it.

After which it promptly collapsed.

Rotting pumpkin, if we ever remove you from that rock in front of the house,

may you rest in peace.

For more stories of my nutty family look here.