4 Days From Boston. With Origami Rabbits.

7 miles in the morning.

Easter Origami.

Another long day of scoring and I figured I needed to squeeze in this post before I retire.   Cheryl's plans on running tomorrow morning before we leave for Chicago.  We are scheduled fro a late departure, so I'm not sure if I will be able to post anything....  so better to at least blog tonight.

We did the usual errands and I planted additional Origami Easter Rabbits around the local HyVee.   I contacted the lady next door to feed the cat.   Cheryl is now packing our luggage.  Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.

Cheryl's Dinner!

To continue our Boston Celebration feast,  Cheryl purchased an entire Boston Creme Cake!   Personally I wanted to get Boston Baked beans...  But beans?    Well,   You can probably guess the problem with that choice.

Personally, I love Baked Beans! The Army made the absolute BEST!  However,  I'm the ONLY person who would eat them.   And with 12 + hours on a passenger train... Beans might not be the best food to consume "pre-race".   I would not want to create any problems on a long trip in tight accommodations.

Cheryl buys  (and eats!) an entire cake!  ( J/K  I helped a little)

So Cheryl has had her eye on that huge Boston Creme Cake HyVee offers for quite some time.   She always talks herself out of the "Over Indulgence."   But today,  she cracked and brought it home.   It lasted about 20 seconds in the car before she tore into it.  Those Marathoners are VORACIOUS!

Find the Deer in this pic

Couple last things.   I took some pictures of some Wildlife over the last few days.   Never got a chance to post them.   So before they get too old,  I might as well put them here.

Find the Owl in this pic

A deer sitting next to the path and an Owl.  Owls are a challenge to see here in Iowa...so It was noteworthy.

That is all for today.   Tomorrow is travel day and perhaps we will be able to post something while on the train.  We shall see.

Christmas Log, Fish, And ,,,Pegasus

It's Christmas eve!  And I know the title of this post sounds a little strange,   but hopefully your curiosity is piqued.   You see...Cheryl did not want Christmas to end up being like thanksgiving.   That is:   Cooking a dish that is difficult and makes Ethan Grumpy in the kitchen!   So se sent away for some Christmas goodies that even I can't mess up and will still be special and fun and tasty.   Enter the Christmas LOG!  

Bûche de Noël  is the technical term.   Etsy has a really great picture of one....our pine bough  became a little disconnected in transit..so we just used the mushrooms.   By the way. .  the cakes is REALLY GOOD!   Moist and sweet despite being frozen for a week before we set it up. 
Next up:   The Pegasus.   Origami that is....I know it might be confusing to put origami in between the food,  but hear me out...  There is a reason.  Basically I tried another Pegasus with a larger piece of paper.   I think it turned out pretty good even though I liked the thicker paper a little better.



    And now on tot he main event:   The Christmas Fish!  Salmon Florentine En Croute is the real name and you can purchase one here.    It's really simple to cook up and was quite tasty!   The fish itself is four lbs.!  and serves 9 people.   So  Cheryl and I are going to have lots of leftovers for several days.  That being said,   These left overs are going to be calling to us as long as they are in the fridge.

   So there it is...We also made some Blueberry Macaron today.  Sorry,  no pics.    We made them for the folks at work and to brush our own inflated egos.   We are just that self centered.   Hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas Eve and are looking forward to Christmas day the same way we are.  Merry Christmas!