The March of Time

[jhetley]

As part of the continuing festivities, further members of the tribe have gathered. This includes Wife's Brother and the assorted baggage of Wife's Brother's Wife and Wife's Brother's Children. Now, I haven't actually caught on to this Uncle bit, feels rather vague and nebulous. But the last time I saw the nephew and niece, they were down about knee level.

The youngest starts college in the fall. She's dancer-thin (literally) and liable to draw considerable male attention. I'm having difficulty resetting my memories.

Everyone else is getting old, though. The outlandishly-expensive* dinner last night represented celebration of a 65th wedding anniversary. Not ours, but...

* $8.00 for a smallish creme brule** on the dessert menu? Gimme a break. The fancy Italian place two nights back, the similar item was twice the size and half the price and just as good....

** No, I'm not going to fiddle around to put the accents on that.

Comments

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Hoo. Eight smackeroos for a creme brulee (no accents here either, nobody's paying me to hassle around finding the damn things) is considered cheap around here.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

That's why I mentioned local comparison shopping with another establishment _I_ consider pricey, a night or so earlier. But then, the only reason people can call me a penny-pincher is that the US quit minting half-pennies back in the 1800s...

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

*snort*