Thurs 4 Jul

Happy Independence Day! It is such a joy to be able to just wake up naturally when your body feels like it's had enough sleep. We have decided to try going from now until Fri 12 Jul without going out to eat at all. We have a large credit card bill to pay off with most of the charges from the upcoming August vacation (airfare, several hotels with prepaid charges). We are going for one night next weekend to DePere to a little hotel I found on Living Social with a great sounding French restaurant. The voucher was only $89 and includes the room, breakfast (they said they make individual mini-quiches!), a bottle of champagne, and $25 toward dinner in the restaurant. The menu has enough lower-priced choices that we could do dinner without spending a great deal over the voucher if we choose, but even if we order full dinner entrees, we wouldn't be too pricey with the voucher. We will drive into Door County on Saturday just to spend a little time there, maybe squeeze in a short hike. We had planned to do something similar, staying at St Brendan's in Green Bay, but this voucher allows us to try a new place nearby. It is apparently in the same hotel group as St Brendan's which speaks well for it. It is called Chateau De Pere. This morning's baked goods are leftovers purloined from the Washington House Inn. Still delicious! Oh, the joy of sitting in sunshine in my chaise lounger with a cool drink, a cookie, and time to enjoy the sun and breeze! Summer at its finest. Also a perfect day for hiking. We went out just before 4 pm to do our Rib hike, then came home to a lamb roast with veggies ready in the crock pot. This has been a very good day. Food: 7:30 am Regular-size cappucino chocolate chip muffin, small strawberry scone, 1/2 grapefruit, 102 g blackberries, coffee 12:00 pm Slice 12 grain bread, 2 slices turkey, slice Jarlsberg lite, large lettuce leaf, 67 g fresh grown tomato, nectarine 12:30 pm Lime margarita sugar free drink mix, 1 snickerdoodle cookie 6:45 pm 4.3 oz lamb roast, 1/2 c potatoes, 1/2 c carrots/parsnips, 6 oz Black Bavarian ale, 6 oz skim milk, 1/2 c Stoneridge peppermint cookies & cream ice cream Exercise: 1:20-2:20 pm Coach Nicole Bootcamp workouts 3:45-5:50 pm Hiking Rib Mt plus tower