Happy November! Happy Thanksgiving Month!

And boy, wouldn't you love to be at the dorm for Thanksgiving Day*---being with "our girls", and Mrs. Garrett whipping up a feast that would make Martha Stewart green with envy.

Roast turkey, seasoned stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce**, homemade rolls with butter, pumpkin pie, mmmmmm...any other culinary requests for Mrs. Garrett for this Thanksgiving meal? (just don't ask for cheese dip, as we can't count on it making it to the table! haha)

And instead of stereotpyical (and boring, to me, lol) football, after dinner Nancy*** can go to the piano and accompany Molly, as Molly strums her little guitarette and shrilly belts out classic Thanksgiving carols "Jingle Bells" and "Over the River and Through the Wood" (yes, "Jingle Bells" is actually a Thanksgiving song, not a Christmas song! [I know! Isn't that fascinating??])

*(pretending for some odd reason that all the girls are in the dorm instead of with their families at home, lol---I know, a snowstorm! It could be a Thanksgiving blizzard!)

**(I don't know if I like cranberry sauce, but it's such a traditional Thanksgiving dish, lol)

***(in my fan universe I'm picturing Nancy as the pianist among the girls)

Thanksgiving with the Mother Hen Garrett and her brood at the dorm---I'm reserving a seat! :D

Save me a seat also!

Save me a seat also!

I called (and called and CALLED---Nancy had the line tied up with Roger, so it was very hard to get through!) and let them know there would definitely be 4 extra guests---me, you, Retro, and Lorimar, and they said the more the merrier! :D

Or, in this case, should I say, "the more the 'Blair'ier"? :lol: :crazy:

I called (and called and CALLED---Nancy had the line tied up with Roger, so it was very hard to get through!) and let them know there would definitely be 4 extra guests---me, you, Retro, and Lorimar, and they said the more the merrier! :D

Or, in this case, should I say, "the more the 'Blair'ier"? :lol: :crazy:

I can't wait to come! :D

I was thinking blizzard as well

I will be happy to attend if I can sit next to Blair!

I wonder who I'll be sitting next to.

I call a seat across from Cindy and Molly! :)

At first I was going to say a seat "between" them, but then I realized I want to talk to them, and it's much easier for conversation to be face-to-face than side-by-side.

I call a seat across from Sue Ann

I call Natalie!

Roast turkey, seasoned stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce**, homemade rolls with butter, pumpkin pie, mmmmmm...any other culinary requests for Mrs. Garrett for this Thanksgiving meal? (just don't ask for cheese dip, as we can't count on it making it to the table! haha)



Haha! The cheese dip! :lol:


*grabs a seat between Cindy and Sue Ann* I'm not going to try to yell across the table at a holiday this noisy! Why, there must be 10, 12 people!



We should leave space, too, for whoever else wants to join us.

And as a special Thanksgiving surprise, I have placed another script on the table in Tumpy's room. Just do the secret knock to get in... ;)

*grabs a seat between Cindy and Sue Ann* I'm not going to try to yell across the table at a holiday this noisy! Why, there must be 10, 12 people!

Haha, it won't be that bad, lol.

Mrs. Garrett is going to be at the head of the table (with her back to her housemother's room), and I'm going to be by the corner of the table to her left (with my back to the 4th wall). Cindy will be near Mrs. Garrett (where she can keep an eye on Cindy's cheese-dip-rebelling self), and Molly beside right, so that way I'm across from them for conversation. :) Blair can sit to my left.

Mr. Bradley can be at the other end of the table (the "foot" of the table? lol).


We should leave space, too, for whoever else wants to join us.

Yup, plenty of room!

I'm working on a seating chart! :lol:

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Nice! :lol:



But where is Miss Mahoney?

Nice! :lol:



But where is Miss Mahoney?

Added, along with a couple of other additions/alterations! :)

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So if I'm next to Natalie, then who else will be?

So if I'm next to Natalie, then who else will be?

You and Tootie are on either side of Natalie.

You and Tootie are on either side of Natalie.

Oh, okay.

Hey! We'll finally be able to see Roger!


Also nice that Nina's there, considering she (or someone else) seems to have lived in the dorm.

Want me to bring anything?

Maybe corn? It's not a traditional Thanksgiving without corn, which the Native Americans brought.

Plus, corn was so valued at Eastland, that they had a Corn Maiden, after all. Without corn, what will our adorable Corn Maiden eat?

Maybe corn? It's not a traditional Thanksgiving without corn, which the Native Americans brought.

Plus, corn was so valued at Eastland, that they had a Corn Maiden, after all. Without corn, what will our adorable Corn Maiden eat?

Sure. I'll make sure to get it by later on tonight.

Hey! We'll finally be able to see Roger!

Maybe...or maybe Nancy will keep him on the line and set the telephone on the table! :lol:


Also nice that Nina's there, considering she (or someone else) seems to have lived in the dorm.

I thought it only fitting Nancy should sit by Nina, since she's the one who mentioned her by name, as a fellow dorm-dweller.


Maybe corn? It's not a traditional Thanksgiving without corn, which the Native Americans brought.

Or, our educational system would have us believe. Last night I re-watched The Real Story of Thanksgiving on cable. It's fascinating what myths there are things we hold as "traditional" really weren't until recent times!

Ah, corn..."maize" :)

Maybe...or maybe Nancy will keep him on the line and set the telephone on the table! :lol:


Now, that sounds like Roger!



I thought it only fitting Nancy should sit by Nina, since she's the one who mentioned her by name, as a fellow dorm-dweller.


Yeah, Nancy seemed closer to Nina than the other girls... in that at least Nancy acknowledged Nina's existence. The other girls acted as though Nina wasn't even there! :lol:


Later on, whatever invisibility disease Nina and Roger had, Nancy got, too!



Or, our educational system would have us believe. Last night I re-watched The Real Story of Thanksgiving on cable. It's fascinating what myths there are things we hold as "traditional" really weren't until recent times!


Really? The Smithsonian (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-was-on-the-menu-at-the-first-thanksgiving-511554/) says the Indians taught the Pilgrims how to grow corn.

Hello everybody! I have the corn all set and ready to go.

Can't wait to dig in to this delicious meal, now with corn!


Sure hope there isn't an '80s sitcom blizzard that keeps us from leaving, and we all spend the night trapped together, reminiscing...! ;)

Can't wait to dig in to this delicious meal, now with corn!


Sure hope there isn't an '80s sitcom blizzard that keeps us from leaving, and we all spend the night trapped together, reminiscing...! ;)

Too bad nobody's coming to the Taylor house for Thanksgiving, and it's just me.

Oh no! Just realized that I’m late to the Thanksgiving dinner put on by the Taylors.

*rushes Mikaela out the door with plenty of leftovers*

Yeah, Nancy seemed closer to Nina than the other girls... in that at least Nancy acknowledged Nina's existence. The other girls acted as though Nina wasn't even there! :lol:

Right?? Nancy just seems "close" to Nina, simply because she's the only one who names her! :lol:


Later on, whatever invisibility disease Nina and Roger had, Nancy got, too!

Hahahaha! :lol:


Really? The Smithsonian (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-was-on-the-menu-at-the-first-thanksgiving-511554/) says the Indians taught the Pilgrims how to grow corn.

Well I mean the entire "first Thanksgiving" affair that we're all taught in school. In the documentary below, the myths about the first Thanksgiving are tackled starting at about the 8:37 mark (I love this documentary---they also made "The Real Story of Halloween", and "The Real Story of Christmas!").

"The Real Story of Thanksgiving" (The History Channel) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qacafbs7ns)

Right?? Nancy just seems "close" to Nina, simply because she's the only one who names her! :lol:


Yep!




Well I mean the entire "first Thanksgiving" affair that we're all taught in school. In the documentary below, the myths about the first Thanksgiving are tackled starting at about the 8:37 mark (I love this documentary---they also made "The Real Story of Halloween", and "The Real Story of Christmas!").

"The Real Story of Thanksgiving" (The History Channel) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qacafbs7ns)


Thanks for the link. As a history buff, I knew some of these details, but others I was not aware of.

Thanks for the link. As a history buff, I knew some of these details, but others I was not aware of.

Yes, it's fascinating---I love these holiday documentaries.

*rushes Mikaela out the door with plenty of leftovers*

Thanks Retro. Those leftovers were really delicious by the way.

Thanks Retro. Those leftovers were really delicious by the way.


So glad you enjoyed Molly's Mice Meat Pie and the Nog a la Nancy! :lol:

So glad you enjoyed Molly's Mice Meat Pie and the Nog a la Nancy! :lol:

Did you enjoy the food that Jill Taylor made?

Did you enjoy the food that Jill Taylor made?


I've seen the show! I avoided Jill's "cooking"! :lol:

I've seen the show! I avoided Jill's "cooking"! :lol:

I’ve seen the show too, but I figured that you would only have at least just a little bit of food!

So glad you enjoyed Molly's Mice Meat Pie and the Nog a la Nancy! :lol:

I was in the mood for a FOL Thanksgiving dinner Mad Lib, but this place was all but abandoned this month, lol.

So glad you enjoyed Molly's Mice Meat Pie and the Nog a la Nancy! :lol:

Was that MICE meat I ate?! :eek: I need to go, excuse me puke:

Was that MICE meat I ate?! :eek: I need to go, excuse me puke:


Ahahahahaha!!!


Woops, what a typo!

I was in the mood for a FOL Thanksgiving dinner Mad Lib, but this place was all but abandoned this month, lol.


Looks like we missed our chance for Thanksgiving Mad Libs, but now it's Christmas season...

Looks like we missed our chance for Thanksgiving Mad Libs, but now it's Christmas season...

You should start the thread back up again. Maybe I'll give that another chance.

Ahahahahaha!!!

Woops, what a typo!

Or was it? After all, they don't call it "Mystery Meat" for nothin' ;)

Or was it? After all, they don't call it "Mystery Meat" for nothin' ;)

Lol exactly

Haha! Good point, '80s!

But I sure HOPE "Cook" wasn't serving mice meat in the cafeteria... Just the thought of Sue Ann, gobbling down that plate of meat... puke:

Haha! Good point, '80s!

But I sure HOPE "Cook" wasn't serving mice meat in the cafeteria... Just the thought of Sue Ann, gobbling down that plate of meat... puke:

Thankfully she didn’t actually eat it :lol:

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Before I get to go to the dorm for Mrs. Garrett's Thanksgiving, we're going to my aunt's house (the one I posted who kinda reminds of looking a bit like Blair, lol). I'm bringing Cranberry Ginger Ale (for me, it's a "must" for the holiday season), and also a vegan pumpkin pie! No foolin'! Molly would be SO proud of me!!! :D

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Before I get to go to the dorm for Mrs. Garrett's Thanksgiving, we're going to my aunt's house (the one I posted who kinda reminds of looking a bit like Blair, lol). I'm bringing Cranberry Ginger Ale (for me, it's a "must" for the holiday season), and also a vegan pumpkin pie! No foolin'! Molly would be SO proud of me!!! :D

Are you a vegan, Eights?

Are you a vegan, Eights?

"No, but I play one on TV! :groucho " haha :p

No, I'm not "vegan", although I do try to be organic/natural about things. I buy only organic or natural household cleaners and bath/grooming products (I'm allergic to a lot of stuff in the regular kind of those things so go as "green" as I can). And I do try to buy more organic/natural foods, but I'm not a strict vegan or vegetarian. However, with meat I do tend to eat more turkey, chicken, and fish. No "mystery meat". :lol:

Ah thats cool, Mrs G in Dieting would be proud. Remember, peppers can burst with flavor! ;)

Ah thats cool, Mrs G in Dieting would be proud. Remember, peppers can burst with flavor! ;)

hahaha! :lol:

We should come out with some bumper stickers:

"HONK IF PEPPERS BURST WITH FLAVOR"

"HONK IF YOU LIKE GREEN PEPPER ON BED OF LETTUCE"

"HONK IF YOU'RE TOO BIG TO BE A BUNNY"

:lol:

hahaha! :lol:

We should come out with some bumper stickers:

"HONK IF PEPPERS BURST WITH FLAVOR"

"HONK IF YOU LIKE GREEN PEPPER ON BED OF LETTUCE"

"HONK IF YOU'RE TOO BIG TO BE A BUNNY"

:lol:
HAHA nice ones! Maybe Molly could make some cinnamon bun ones too.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Before I get to go to the dorm for Mrs. Garrett's Thanksgiving, we're going to my aunt's house (the one I posted who kinda reminds of looking a bit like Blair, lol). I'm bringing Cranberry Ginger Ale (for me, it's a "must" for the holiday season), and also a vegan pumpkin pie! No foolin'! Molly would be SO proud of me!!! :D

Need me to bring anything?

:turkey: