Pumpkin Dreamin' & Hives!!

"Wouldn't it be cool to put in a pumpkin patch next door?' HAHAH

This is exactly what I am envisioning ~ The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

 But we know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about growing pumpkins.......

We are just a couple of Wanna Be's liven' in a dream world of our kids having this amazing farm life BUT with the luxuries of tankless hot water heaters.... Lord, Can't we just have it all??

Surely if we talk to enough smart people and Google enough, we can make this happen- right??? The Indians figured it out and shared with the Pilgrims, and they didn't have West Feed Mill right down the road to go talk to every time a question arose. (This is me below pretending I'm a cool farm girl just toting my goat around.)

We were lucky enough to have some already somewhat cleared land next door that my parents owned. There was a huge pile of tree debris on it, but that was no biggie....until the HIVES came... But more on that in a minute.
  So, Brent (the dad and my hubby in this blog) went to work trying to burn that pile down some more.

See that big pile on Fire over there?

It was taken up good growing room for our pumpkins and needed to go. The kids and I got out there with him and threw a bunch of sticks and roots in that smoldering pile.
  And then I noticed my wrists started to itch a little that night......

And the next morning, my freaking body was covered in a swollen rash...Ugggggggg MISERABLE
I made a 6 am visit to the After Hours clinic who told me I was covered in hives and was having an allergic reaction to something. "You sure this isn't poison ivy?" I asked. She said "No"

 I didn't remember seeing any 3 leafed plants around, but I had to ask. I was still wondering if Brent accidentally burned some. (Threw in a nice clip art poison ivy plant for reference.)  They gave me a shot and some steroids and sent me home.
   Brent kept on working diligently in the "patch" and by the next night, I was covered again and then my lips started to swell. SH#T!
  It was midnight and I was panicking. Im freaking out wondering if my throat is next!!! I drove myself to the ER (Brent stayed home with kids and my Mom met me there). The ER doc said "You are having an allergic reaction to something" No Joke!!! You should of seen my back....

I now know what my lips would look like if I ever got them injected. Too bad they couldn't of swelled up evenly!!!.......and yes- I do wear glasses on the weekend. They gave me 3 shots and doped me up on Benadryl. Now I know I hadn't eaten anything different.  And No, my detergent was still the same ole Tide Free & Clear. The only thing that was new in my life was that darn pumpkin patch.......and did I mention that poor P (our 5 year old son) also got Hives a couple of days later??? Mess with me all you want,  but don't mess with my kids!!!!........ I hated that pumpkin patch already.
  I glared at it all weekend from our living room window and literally did not set foot on it for 2 weeks.....


To be continued...maybe.