Then it was out to dinner. An Italian restaurant a few blocks away that friends got us a gift certificate for. It was good food-salmon for me and sea bass for Kate. The sea bass was filleted for Kate. They came with the cooked fish on a dish. Skin and all. "Would you like us to fillet this for you?" Adds the the ambiance, you see. And the cost. I wonder if anyone ever says, "No thanks. I'll dig the fish meat out of the skin and pick out the bones, myself. Just lower the price some, would you?" I doubt it. You would think they would notice a trend here: "Hey! No one ever says they don't want it filleted, so let's just stop asking."
Even though the moon was out last night we got snow here. Even though it was a clear sky. The snowflakes fell in the form of two snowflake ornaments from our friends in Pennsylvania -Bruce and Marty. They'll hang from our tree this year. We're getting it today. The tree. From a parking lot. They don't grow there. They likely grow somewhere else and get to the lot somehow. Walk maybe. But once they're there at the lot the Kiwanis folks get this good idea each year of taking advantage of that crazy, random happenstance and they sell the trees! For a profit. For a good cause.
Kate (left) with Bruce & Marty
So we'll have a Christmas tree this year. From God know where. Somewhere far away. And we'll put snowflakes on it from dear friends. Also somewhere far away.
