Mississippi Mud Pie

Did you know today was a National Pie Day? A few days ago I asked Joe what kind of pie he wanted, and he mentioned a mud pie. I must say it turned out very good. But then, what could have gone wrong with chocolate and enough cream?! Yummy. 
Also, today was a snow day... not that it mattered for us. Got about 10 inches of snow. At least it didn't get super cold. The below picture was from this Sunday, before the storm, when we strolled in the neighborhood. It was 40 degrees, and Joe got a bit warm. See how he is wishing to be in Hawaii?

Sunday Rituals

It got warm, above the freezing point, and then got COLD again. Yesterday's high was around 5, and it dipped down to -10 last night. So when the bright sun was shining and the temperature got above 10 this afternoon, it was time to put on layers of clothes and go for a little walk. As we hoped, we were greeted by deer. A quite a few of them in the sun.

The snow covered trail was pretty, though the wind was piercing on the face once out in the open areas. 

Of course, we had our alternative motive afterwards.... Good beer at Blackrocks on early Sunday afternoon. This could be addictive (a walk included). 

On another subject, the day after tonkatsu (breaded pork cutlet) dinner, Joe got to take a bento lunch to work. It is definitely more exciting than our normal PBJ sandwiches. Hopefully I can make more bento lunch in this new year.

New Year

Happy New Year, everyone! It's been frigid with temperatures mostly in single digits and blowing snow. And we both got a bit of Christmas gift of colds from Joe's family, so we stayed home and relaxed for New Year's. We finished our 2017 with a sukiyaki dinner-- to carry Kayo's family tradition in Japan.
We started the year 2018 with sushi rolls made with the trout we'd caught and cooked. 

We really hope we could go outside and play in the snow soon.