I Am Engaged!!!

Campbell House: [Scotty goes into the kitchen and gets a cookie from the cookie jar. Mary comes into the kitchen and Scotty stuffs it into his face]

Mary: I saw that, young man.

Scotty: Ma, I was starving!

Mary: You are going to ruin your dinner.

Scotty: Ma, I won’t ruin it. One cookie is not going to do anything to my appetite. Mary: You had five when you came home from school and now you had six cookies. You are not the only smart one in this house, dear.

Scotty: I’m on to you! [Goes to his room]

[Jessica comes into the kitchen]

Mary: Jessie, I’m glad that you could make it to dinner.

Jessica: Mary, I am so depressed.

Mary: What’s up?

Jessica: Corrine is moving away.

Mary: Where?

Jessica: Montana.

Mary: Oh Jessie. You know that Corrine and Dutch were not going to stick around forever since the business was going belly up.

Jessica: I know. I knew that eventually they were going to leave, but I hoped that it would not be this soon. Mary: Jess, you know that Corrine is a big girl now and married to Dutch. They are doing this so they can afford to house, clothed, and send him off to school.

Jessica: Corrine and Dutch do not want to move away, but they are doing it for the babies and Timmy. [Gasps]

Mary: What?

Jessica: I just thought of something. Timmy and Scotty are pretty close.

Mary: I know. It just hit me too. Timmy is the best friend Scotty ever had.

Jessica: They play together and they sometimes have pajama parties. Mary: I know. [Corrine enters with Timmy]

Corrine: Hey Aunt Mary.

Mary: Hi Corrine [hugs her] your mother just told me that you all are moving.

Timmy: I wish we weren’t.

Mary: Scotty’s upstairs.

[Timmy leaves the kitchen]

Corrine: Aunt Mary, I wish we weren’t either.

Mary: Then stay. Jessica: You, Dutch, and the kids can move in with me. It’s only Benson and me these days.

Corrine: Ma, Dutch and I need to start our own life, even if it means starting in Montana. Well, I got to go home and pack some more. Thank you for letting Timmy stay over tonight, Aunt Mary.

Mary: Anytime. Corrine: I figure that he and Scotty might want to spend more time together before we move away [leaves]

Jessica: So what is for dinner tonight?

Mary: Meatloaf.

Jessica: Oh, I love it! You put an egg in it!

Mary: Yes.

I cannot believe it! I sang so perfectly and yet I was criticized about my hand gestures. The thing was that it was my piano teacher and not my voice teacher and then the choir teacher who hates me had to throw in her two cents! My voice teacher said nothing at all to me.
      I am not too upset about the lecture of the gestures, but the fact that nobody told me that I was using too many before I made a fool of myself. I am fine now and I am okay, but a wee bit concern about my future as a singer.

Baby, here in the wonderful land of Southern Illinois and Eastern Missouri, it's snowing, which means school is cancelled-yay! But that also means that my recital is cancelled too   Oh well! I guess they will have to postpone it! I also see it as a blessing in disguise because I was sent home sick from work. I had a fever and stomach ache-ouch! I am feeling a whole lot better now! 

Tate House:

[Corrine just told Jessica the news]

Corrine: Ma, we will call you everyday, I swear. We’ll visit every holiday and on some weekends when we can afford it. Jessica: [sobs] Oh Corrine, I am losing everybody! First, I lost Billy, now you, Dutch.
You know I was devastated when you moved to California after you divorced Tim. Corrine: I know, but I was wrapped in grief after Dutch had chosen Eunice over me.

Jessica: I know. Corrine: But this time, I have a plan and no Swedish lady is going to mess with me.

Jessica: I hope so.

Corrine: Ma, please don’t worry about me.

Jessica: I won’t.

Corrine: I love you very much and I would not want anything to come in between us.

[Jessica hugs Corrine]

Jessica: You will always be my little girl.

Lightner House:

[Timmy is packing his bag and Corrine comes in]

Corrine: Hey kiddo, how’s the packing coming along?

Timmy: Ma, it’s coming. Corrine: I know that you are upset about moving away from Scotty.

Timmy: Boys don’t get upset.

Corrine: Then why are you stuffing your bag like a madman?

Timmy: You are making me move away from everybody. I don’t want to move away from grandma and Scotty. Corrine: I don’t want to too, but Dutch got a job offer in Montana.

Timmy: Why can’t he get one here?

Corrine: Because they are not hiring here.

Timmy: I want to stay with grandma.

Corrine: I want you to be with me. Honey, Dutch and I want to stay here too, but we need the money to pay for housing, food, clothes, and toys.

Timmy: I would give up all of my toys just to stay here.

Corrine: I know.

Timmy: If I wanted to play with something, I would just go over to Scotty’s.