The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Goofyernmost]

One that serves food. Oh, o.k. I guess you want details. It's a really nice restaurant by the side of the ocean, about a half hour from where we live. They have the traditional turkey dinner, but you can also order off their extensive menu. Most likely, I'll get either a surf and turf combo, or some sort of fish entree. Sometimes I like shrimp cocktail for an appetizer, too. Then, I'll probably get some pie for dessert, or chocolate cake, or both, or ice cream, too. Way too many decisions--but I love these types of decisions!! It is Thanksgiving after all !!!!

The year before I moved down here I went out for Thanksgiving Dinner at a semi-fancy hotel in town with my Sister. I believe it was $50 dollars per person. It was probably the worst meal I ever had. For one thing, the Turkey was just Deli loaf turkey. All of 5 thin slices draped over some equally godawful dressing, dried up veggies and a thimble full of cranberry sauce. I had a tough time feeling overly thankful as I left.

 

[betty rose]

Thanksgiving day and Black Friday is forecast for the 70's (partly cloudy or partly clear depending on your viewpoint) with a 20% chance of precipitation. It has been my experience around here that means, no rain in the forecast.

Thanksgiving day and Black Friday is forecast for the 70's (partly cloudy or partly clear depending on your viewpoint) with a 20% chance of precipitation. It has been my experience around here that means, no rain in the forecast.

We are going to be sunny and in the 50's. I'll take it!

 

[Figgy1]

I thought I remember you posting a long time ago about having one of those (as in you purchased one)...?

I have a really old one that uses cartridges and can't connect to a computer or internet. It came with a couple of cartridges but additional ones cost a small fortune each. It also only does paper and light card stock. I'm not complaining because it was free but I want one of the new high tech models

 

[StarWarsGirl]

@Gabe1 Did you catch the Tonight Show last night? They had on Luke, Paris, and Kirk (well, the actors who play them anyway...)

 

[Cesar R M]

The year before I moved down here I went out for Thanksgiving Dinner at a semi-fancy hotel in town with my Sister. I believe it was $50 dollars per person. It was probably the worst meal I ever had. For one thing, the Turkey was just Deli loaf turkey. All of 5 thin slices draped over some equally godawful dressing, dried up veggies and a thimble full of cranberry sauce. I had a tough time feeling overly thankful as I left.

perhaps you should have thanked god that it was over XD

 

[Cesar R M]

@Gabe1 Did you catch the Tonight Show last night? They had on Luke, Paris, and Kirk (well, the actors who play them anyway...)

of the original series? or the new movies?

 

[Princess Leia]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I assembled 6 for these for thanksgiving. I forgot to say the turkey had one too many margarita's. View attachment 176142

That's adorable!

 

[Songbird76]

Hey! Hi! Good to hear from you again!

Not to worry about me and reunions. With 43 first cousins I can be discerning. My Mom came from a family of 12 kids, so I had plenty of Aunts and Uncles to choose between. All of the cousins live all over the country now and I am now down to two uncles and two aunts that live on. Still I have more relatives that I am close to than most have total, like 'em or not. My Dad's family was smaller, he was one of 3 and only his brother had two sons, one of those cousins only had one DD. Unless she decides to carry on the family name the ancestors of the family name will end with my two cousins on that side of my family. Still I learned so much from that Gran, she was an awesome woman who was just a teen when she immigrated here from Ireland, worked in a sweatshop and built an American Dream life. I have so much family in my life I just really don't feel I am at a loss for not having reunions or huge family gatherings. It just was never a 'thing' in my family-My kids as adults now lack any desire for these events either, they always dreaded them when they were young too.

Well, it's good you don't feel like you have missed out. My husband's family is huge like that...his parents both came from families with like...10-12 children, so we also have the 40 first cousins thing. We're not close with all of them, but we have a good time when we get together. I didn't even know I HAD cousins on my dad's side until I was a teenager. That was a shocker to me because we always went to my aunt's house for Thanksgiving and none of her kids nor my uncle's kids were ever there, and my dad didn't really talk to his siblings other than at Thanksgiving, so I just didn't know they had kids...my dad was more than 10 years younger than his siblings and he was over 40 when my brother and I came along, so all the cousins were grown up and had their own families by that time. Crazy! We had a reunion just before I came over here and it was so nice to get to see everyone, some I had never met and others who I hadn't seen other than at my uncle's funeral. So strange.

 

[Songbird76]

Welcome back I've missed you and hope everything on your side of the pond is great! xoxo

Thanks!! It's nice to be back...I missed everyone here, too! We're good...just really busy. DS is struggling at school with social/emotional issues. His schoolwork is awesome, but he's still being bullied, he has no one to play with at recess, and he keeps having outbursts, so we are setting up some testing in the next few weeks to see if we can pinpoint the problem. I'm working a few nights a week most weeks and I'm probably switching choirs. So lots of up in the air stuff which I don't deal well with, being a planner. But it's nice to be back, and hopefully I'll have more time to keep up.

 

[Songbird76]

Parent Trap is the best. One summer I watched that movie everyday, it drove my mom
Crazy.

Which version? Original or Li Lo? I love the original, but I can't find it anywhere online.

 

[Songbird76]

@Gabe1 Did you catch the Tonight Show last night? They had on Luke, Paris, and Kirk (well, the actors who play them anyway...)

I just watched it on youtube!! Only 2 more days!!! I can't wait! So are they doing all 4 episodes at once or do I have to wait for a week for each new episode?

 

[MOXOMUMD]

For as long as I can remember, I've been watching that wonderful parade every Thanksgiving morning on TV. I look forward to it every year!

Me too. I know a lot of people skip the musicals in the beginning but we don't.

 

[Figgy1]

Happy Thanksgiving one and all! Just remember the most important thing save a turkey and eat more tofu Just kidding sort of, have a safe and joyous holiday

 

[MOXOMUMD]

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Happy Thanksgiving one and all! Just remember the most important thing save a turkey and eat more tofu Just kidding sort of, have a safe and joyous holiday

You too!

 

[StarWarsGirl]

of the original series? or the new movies?

It's the same cast, but for promoting the Netflix series.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I just watched it on youtube!! Only 2 more days!!! I can't wait! So are they doing all 4 episodes at once or do I have to wait for a week for each new episode?

Netflix always releases all at once.

 

[Spectro shire]

@FutureCEO , wasn't it your aunt that had the special plate with a turkey on it that she dragged out for the holidays? I seem to recall you couldn't stand it!

Yes. Thankfully we are going over to my other aunt/uncle this year and so she doesn't have a say in the decor.

 

[MinnieM123]

The year before I moved down here I went out for Thanksgiving Dinner at a semi-fancy hotel in town with my Sister. I believe it was $50 dollars per person. It was probably the worst meal I ever had. For one thing, the Turkey was just Deli loaf turkey. All of 5 thin slices draped over some equally godawful dressing, dried up veggies and a thimble full of cranberry sauce. I had a tough time feeling overly thankful as I left.

I'm sorry to hear that your dinner was lousey. I'm happy to say that in our experience (we've been going out on Thanksgiving now for at least 10 years), we have had outstanding food--whether we've gone to buffets--or a nice, sit-down dinner like where we're going tomorrow.

 

[MinnieM123]

Yes. Thankfully we are going over to my other aunt/uncle this year and so she doesn't have a say in the decor.

Whew! I was worried about you experiencing the ugly turkey platter trauma two years in a row!