Happy New Year!

Well, kind of...

School is back in session, so it is a happy new year!  Just a different kind of happy new year.  Now that school is back in session, my days are filling up fast!  So fast that this week, after today, I probably won't see the inside of my house before 8 PM most days.  Sad Face.

Yesterday was Meal Prep Sunday!  A co-worker came over and we prepped SIX crock pot meals for the month of September.  I ended up with ten meals because three of the recipes I divided into two bags each.  When I sat down to meal plan for September I felt like I had TOO MANY options!  That never happens!  It is quite glorious!

It took us about three hours to prep the meals.  We had each chosen three recipes to share with eacher other.  We each did our own shopping, though we did share a few ingredients.  After I sent a text that said, If you buy apple juice, I'll get all the spices.  :)

Here's what we made--  Chicken Broccoli Alfredo, BBQ Chicken with Veggies, Taco Chicken, Stuffed Peppers, Pineapple Pork, and Sweet & Sour Chicken.  Obviously there is a chicken theme.  All meals were put in gallon sized freezer bags and stuck in the freezer.  I'm pretty excited to reap the benefits of this endeavor.

I wish I had thought to take a picture of our table full of ingredients and while we were preparing the meals.  Next time.

**I thought I had all the recipes on my Pinterest Board but now I can only find the link to the one.  Sorry.

And, because blogs need pictures...here's one totally unrelated to this post.  My two favorites with whom I share my house.  

Happy Labor Day!

My favorite, quick recipe

I like when I can make something that both Ryan and I like that lasts a few meals.  One thing  I recently found is a recipe for Turkey Chili.  It's fabulous!  It's got some kick to it and it takes about 15 minutes to throw it together.

Today Ryan when back to work after being off for the holidays.  Since we got back from NE on Monday night, had a NYE gathering on Tuesday night and when to Ryan's parents yesterday, I haven't had time to really get some food made for his lunches.  Well, after making waffles this morning, Ryan came down and asked what we had for lunch.  I told him just go to the Prairie Dog today and that I would have stuff for him for lunch tomorrow.  As I was looking at the recipe for meatloaf (his favorite), I realized that I could throw this chili together while he ate breakfast and he would have some lunch.  So I did.  Kind of.  I didn't have the beans, but I had everything else for him. I cooked the turkey, mixed everything together and put it in a bowl for him for lunch.  

I'm working really hard on saving this year.  One way I know we can save more is to eat out less.  I set that as a goal for myself and then on January 2nd I was telling my husband to go eat out for lunch.  Face plant!  This recipe is definitely one of my go to recipes and I will be stocking up on the ingredients for it so we can make it regularly.

I made this recipe card to share with you, my dear blogger friends.  The actual recipe is pinned on my Yummy board on Pinterest, and came from AllRecipes.com .  If you follow the link, it will take you to the original.  The only thing that I've changed from the original is that I do not use the olive oil.

Goodbye 2013...Hello 2014!

Last year in January I set a bunch of goals...sadly I didn't accomplish many of them.  But, I sure thought about them a lot.  :)  Even though I didn't accomplish many of my goals, some great things happened in 2013.  I meant to blog about those great things yesterday, but I forgot.  So here they are, in no particular order.

My brother and his wife became parents and I now I have a beautiful niece.  Little Miss is my favorite thing about going to Nebraska!  She has beautiful sparkling blue eyes and a wonderful disposition.  I am grateful that every time I come home, her momma lets me watch Little Miss at least once while I'm home.

We went to Hawaii!  I made a goal a loooooooooooooong time ago to visit 50 states before I turned 40.  I honestly didn't think I would ever make it to Hawaii or Alaska.  However, we made it to Hawaii and it was beautiful.  We went to Kaui with great friends and got to be with them when they found out they were going to be parents.  Little M was officially made theirs through adoption on December 28th!

On our way to Hawaii we were able to spend a day in Seattle.  Checking Washington off of our list of places to visit.  It was a long day, arriving in Seattle around 9 AM and then departing the next morning for Hawaii.

I got a tattoo.  I've been talking about it for years.  I never thought I would actually do it.  I was with the right people at the right time, and the weekend of Thanksgiving I got my tattoo.  I love it!  I thought I would only get one tattoo, but soon after it healed, I started thinking about my second tattoo.  We'll see if I ever get it.

I attended my sixth National Youth Gathering and checked Texas off of my list of states to visit.  I met some more great people and we had a great time in San Antonio.

I'm sure there were many other great things of 2013, but they slip my mind right now.  Here's to many great things in 2014!

Denver Girls Night Out

About a month ago, some friends from work and I went out for a fun night in Denver.  We had purchased a Groupon for Manis and Martinis in September and decided that it was time to use it.

We met first for dinner before heading to the Beauty Bar.  I don't remember where we ate, but burgers were consumed. :)

The Beauty Bar opens at 7 PM and only does manis until 10 PM.  We headed there right at 7 to be sure that we could get our manis.  Now, if you are looking for all the bells and whistles of a manicure, then the Beauty Bar is not for you.  If you are looking for a quick polish change with a little shaping while you drink your Martini, then head on over.

The four of us got our nails painted and enjoyed a couple of drinks.  The Beauty Bar reminded me of a scene from the movie Grease.  It was decorated with glittery walls and 50s sort of decor.  If my nails hadn't been wet, I would have taken a couple of pictures.

After our manis were dry we headed for dessert at the D Bar.

The D Bar is owned by Keegan Gerhard and Lisa Bailey.  Keegan Gerhard has been featured on the Food Network many times.  It's a tiny little restaurant and every time I have been there, there has been a wait to get in.

The two times I had been there before, I thought that we had just stood in line waiting, so that's what we did this night.  However, after about 15 minutes and telling people they had to stand and wait and that there was no list, I learned that there was indeed a list.  Oops.  I don't know if that's a new thing, or if I just never knew we had put our name on a list when I had been at the D Bar before.  Oh, well, now I know.

As we were waiting to get in, my neighbor came out with a group of her friends.  The D Bar is a great way to spend a girls night. :)

I Heart eMeals!

I also heart e-mails, which is what most people think I'm saying when I talk about eMeals.

So let me tell you about eMeals, so that you too can heart them!




I had heard about emeals about a year ago when a friend/co-worker sent me a Groupon about it.  I looked at it and thought, no, don't be stupid!  You can look up recipes online and you have a few cookbooks.  So I passed it up.

Then, in May or June Colleen was telling me how a friend of theirs was using emeals and how it was a great tool for them.  They own a business and have two small children, so emeals was making their meal planning and prepping a breeze.  Colleen mentioned that she was going to try it.  Then I saw the Groupon was available again.  So I sent her the Groupon link and she bought it.

I still wasn't sold.

After Ryan and Colleen had been using it for about a month I asked how she liked it.  I was at her house and she showed me the plan.  Holy easy batman!  Every week they would email her a plan of 7 meals AND A GROCERY LIST.  Along the right of the grocery list was the list of staples she would need.  It was pretty awesome.  Then she let me copy a recipe or two...I was sold!

But I had to do two things, first wait for another Groupon and second, convince my Ryan.  The second was the harder.

I Googled "eMeals Groupon" frequently while trying to convince Ryan.  I was hoping to get the same deal Colleen had got.  One year of dinners for $29!  A steal really!  Then a miracle happened!  Groupon was giving your an instant $10 off if you spent over $30 on a Groupon AND eMeals had a Groupon that was $39 and included dinners AND lunches for the year!  I was double sold.  Lunches and dinners for a year for $29!?!  How could I not?  I did it!

We've been using it about two weeks now and I love it  When the menu comes to my inbox I print it off.  I go through it and see if there is anything that I know we won't eat.  If so, I cross it off and cross off any of the grocery items related only to that meal.  Then I check my staples to make sure I have them all.  I also check my meat supply.  I buy a lot of chicken and pork chops when it's on sale, so I did have a pretty decent supply in my freezer.

We (I) chose the clean eating plan.  This past week for 14 meals I paid $100 in groceries.  Since returning from NE we have eaten out once, on Saturday, at the Movie Tavern.  If we ate out more than three times a week for dinner, we'd easily spend $100!  So getting 14 meals for both of us for $100 a week is pretty awesome!

Tonight as we were eating Chipotle Chicken Potatoes, I asked Ryan if he was willing to admit that eMeals was an okay investment.  His response, "I still don't know what it does that a cookbook can't do." So I told him he could pick, plan, and shop for the meals next week out of a cookbook.  The ease of having it all emailed and ready to go is worth it in my book.  Especially once school starts back up and I'm driving 45 minutes each way every day!  To come home and not have to think about what to make will be awesome!

New menus come on Wednesdays, so I would like to be able to go to the store on Friday nights.  Doing that allows the weekend to prep anything that needs prepped.  This week I prepped a few meals and had them in the fridge with sticky notes on them.  Ryan was able to finish up the process when he got home and dinner was ready!  That's fabulous!



**eMeals did not pay me to promote them, all of my opinions are my own based on my own experiences.  If you click one of the eMeals pictures in this post you will be taken to my eMeals referral page and I can receive a 25% referral commission.

San Antonio

At the end of June we headed to San Antonio for the LCMS National Youth Gathering!  This was the sixth gathering that I have attended and Ryan's second.  I volunteered as a CLB.

Being in SA was nice and different.  Most of my gathering experiences have been in Orlando or New Orleans.  My first one was in Atlanta.  I was glad to go somewhere different AND somewhere I had never been!

We arrived two days before the kids did.  I had two days of training before the gathering started.  I served in an Information Booth which was a lot of fun.  It was probably one of the best jobs I've had at the gathering.

We frequented the River Walk for meals and saw the Alamo.

We were so busy we really didn't get any good pictures taken.  We took a few here and there on the phones, but nothing fabulous.

Happiness Happens Here

Today I invite you to click on over to Colleen's blog.  On the first day we were in Hawaii she and Ryan got some pretty great news.  Check it out.  But then come back...

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Welcome back!  Okay, I think we're at Thursday.  We woke up around 6 AM, damn roosters, once again. 

 

Today we were going to head to another beach in the morning and then on to an ATV tour of an old Sugar Plantation.  This was recommended to us by Nicole and Tony who have traveled to Kauai quite a bit.  We headed out excited.  Colleen had told us if we wanted to drive we had to bring our driver's licence.  Ryan and I were both excited to drive!  

Once we got there Ryan and I stayed at the car slathering him with sunscreen.  When we got over the ATVs only Ryan and Ryan were driving.  I was pretty bummed by this, because being a passenger seemed like a boring thing.  We talked to the kind people at Kipu Ranch and they worked it out so that Ryan and I could have our own ATV and Ryan and Colleen had their own.  Happy dance!

We were given helmets and handkerchiefs.  I also took goggles.  The trails were pretty dry and full of the famous Hawaiian Red Dirt.  We had AWESOME guides, and I wish I could remember their names.  They showed us how to safely drive the ATVs and stopped to tell us some Hawaiian history throughout the tour.  Halfway through our tour we stopped and they had snacks, macadamia nuts, cookies, and water or juice.  

Stole this picture from Colleen so you could see how dirty one got as they drove/ride

 Along the way we learned about different movies and TV shows that had been shot on the ranch.  We got to see the famous rope swing from Indiana Jones and were given the opportunity to swing on the rope and drop into the river if we want.

Now, this next part is a bit embarrassing, so I want you to remember one thing as you read/laugh.

I was the first one to volunteer to swing on the rope. 

There was also a boy, who had Aspergers, or something, who also wanted to go, so I let him go first.  It was my turn.  I was taken back to my rope swing days at Camp Luther and super excited to drop in the river.  (I had wore my swimsuit in preparation for getting wet this time.)  Well, let's just say that my upper arm strength is lacking.  I fell in the river alright, just not out away from the bank like I was supposed to.  I dropped in the water almost immediately.  I think everyone on the bank was a bit shocked because they didn't know I planned on dropping into the water.  It was pretty great.

Ryan Oakes also went in and dropped into the water.   I decided to go a second time, and thought I'd climb up a rock putting me up higher so I could grab the rope better and swing out farther.  Fail.  I scrapped my foot on the bank and dropped WAY earlier than I planned and came up coughing and sputtering.  Ryan, Ryan, and Colleen looked in shock, saw I was okay and then busted out laughing.  Punks!  But remember...

I volunteered to go first!

And my Ryan and Colleen didn't even try it.  So embarrassing or not, it was also fun.  And Ryan and I got to sport these amazing water shoes for the whole adventure.  I'll let you guess who's leg belongs to who... (hint: One of us tans, and the other one stays a pretty alabaster.)  ;)

The ATV adventure was Ryan's highlight of the trip.  Really, when it was compared to cookie tossing took the gold immediately.  I had fun when I drove and the scenery was pretty awesome too!

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A couple of things I forgot in earlier posts...

First, when we were on the sunset cruise, we saw dolphins in the water next to our boat  I was lucky enough to get this picture of one diving back into the water.  It was tough to capture them because you weren't ever sure where they would come up.  Once I got this picture, I stopped worrying about getting the picture and just enjoyed watching them.

Second, at the Smith Family Luau it was mating season.  We saw LOTS of boy peacocks strutting their stuff  for the ladies.

Cruisin'

The second full day we were in Hawaii we were scheduled for a sunset cruise on the South side of the island.  We had to be at Captain Andy's at 3 PM, which mean leaving our condo around 1:30 PM.

We bummed around at the condo all morning and truly enjoyed relaxing.  After getting ready we packed up and headed down south.

Our cruise would be taking us along the Na Pali Coast.  Taking a cruise was the best option to see the Na Pali Coast for us.  Other options included hiking in and taking a helicopter ride.  So a nice sunset cruise seemed like a good plan.

When we got on the cruise I was a bit perturbed because they kept saying "You will get wet on this trip." I did not sign up to get wet.  I was wearing a cute maxi dress I had bought specifically for the cruise.  I had bought Ryan and polo that complimented my dress nicely and I had high hopes of beautiful pictures of us as the sun was setting.  Getting wet was not an option!

Well as it turns out, taking beautiful pictures of Ryan and I wasn't an option either...here's the only picture of Ryan I got.

And I have none of me on the cruise.  I think Colleen has a few, but she hasn't sent them to me yet.  Why you ask? Well, let me tell you...

We set out along the coast for about two hours.  The wind was blowing in our hair and getting wet was minimum.  At the end of our two hours, the waters got extremely choppy.  I was a bit worried about Ryan before getting on the boat because it seems that if there is one bee in a room of 10,000 people it will sting him.  He seemed to be doing okay, but as the water got more choppy he got more green.  The water finally calmed down a bit and the boat began to turn and they put the sails up.

The plan was to sail for a bit while dinner was served and then head back to where we started.  Well, during the turning we all took turns going to the restroom, down below, where it was REALLY rocky.  I felt like a drunk trying to use the restroom and I had only had one drink...TWO HOURS AGO.  I came up and Ryan wasn't down there waiting for me.  He was at the rail of the back of the boat.  He had gotten really nauseous and needed some more air.

Colleen and Ryan were also feeling icky.  They all were a little green.  Dinner came around and my Ryan declined it because he wasn't sure he could keep it do  What I ate was pretty good.

It rained a bit while we were out and about, and we saw a beautiful rainbow.  At one point we were "under" the rainbow.  It was pretty cool.

After the rain we were joined by a doctor and a nurse.  Whilst carrying on a conversation with them Ryan O. kindly asked me to get him a puke-bag.  A few moments later my Ryan, more urgently and not as kindly requested a puke-bag too.

So as the sunset my poor husband was tossing his cookies and missing it.  I tried to take photos and take care of him at the same time.  Ryan O. recovered quicker so I passed the camera to Colleen so she could take more pictures of the sunset.

It was truly beautiful and I felt the cruise was well worth it.  The others didn't quite have the same joy I had.

We returned to the dock and Ryan was quite happy to see solid land.  I assured him that should we ever take the cruise I really want to go on with him someday it wouldn't be the same...bigger boat...we'd plan accordingly...please don't hate the water...etc.

I had asked the crew, who by the way was amazing at caring for the seasick people, four people on our side of the boat had less than awesome sunsets, if we could get Ryan's food to take with us.  Since we had paid for dinner, I wanted him to be able to enjoy it, and he's good about eating leftovers.  I had also asked them to please put what was left of my meal in with his.  Well somehow we ended up with two complete steak and shrimp dinners.  Ryan enjoyed a steak dinner the next two nights.

So that is why there are no pictures of me from this event in this blog.  And that is why our Christmas card photo for this year will not be me in a cute, bright pink maxi dress and Ryan in a fabulous lime green polo on a boat as the sun sets...


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Edit:  Colleen informed me about a picture she took of Ryan and I!

And she had this one of her and I.

Luau!

One of the main things that I told Colleen we HAD to do in Hawaii was go to a Luau.  The first full day on the island Luau was on our schedule.  I don't remember what time we had to be there, but it was later so we decided to head to the beach first.

Ryan Oakes, Guidebook King, had read about Hideaway Beach and it was walking distance from us.  Like just across the street, and down some crazy ropes...

(photo from http://letsgokauai.com/beaches)

It was a steep hike, but well worth it.  It was a beautiful beach, perfect for snorkeling.  We only had 3 snorkeling sets, so Ryan and Colleen went out and about all day and the hubs and I shared the third set.  They were way more into it than we were.  After a few hours at the beach we headed back to the condo.  The hike up wasn't as terrible as I was anticipating it to be.

We headed to the Smith Family Garden Luau  The gardens were quite awesome.  However, I don't have as many pictures as I would have liked because I'm a big dork!  I took my battery out of my nice camera to charge it up and left it on the charger at the condo.  I had my small camera with me, but I had forgot the charger for that camera in Colorado, AND because I used my phone to navigate it was nearly dead.  So trying to conserve the battery on the phone and small camera, here are some of the pictures I did get.

Entrance

 Upon arriving we were escorted to a train which took us all around the gardens and the lady on the train told us about each area.  It was pretty neat.  We also learned that it was mating season in the gardens...

On the Train

Ryan by the pond in the Japanese Garden...I think

I wanted to take a cute picture of Ryan and I so I found a tree that looked neat.  Here's what happened next..

Photo bombed by BOTH RYANS!  Apparently no one else thought the tree would be a neat place for a photo... but I did get get a few decent pictures (before the camera died)

The Luau included pulling the pig out of the pit, eating yummy food (though I could do without poi...I'll stick with mashed potatoes thankyouverymuch!).  I tried to take some pictures of them pulling the pig out, but my little camera can't keep up with movement like my big camera can. :(

My small camera can also not handle taking pictures of dancing Hawaiians in the dark...so I have no pictures of the dancing. Boo!

We enjoyed the Luau, but I think we all agreed that the dancing/hula part was about 30 minutes too long.  An hour is a long time to sit after eating and near the end of the night.  And, as Mr. Smith told us (and Ryan G. reminded us frequently) Hawaiians don't eat get full, they eat to sleep, we were tired.

Kauai, Day 1

Up and at them early in the morning!  We made it to our flight with no problems and headed to San Diego.  The Seattle to San Diego flight wasn't bad at all.  Switched planes and then headed on one of the longest flights ever!  Just when you think you can't sit anymore...you have to sit more. 

We landed in Kauai, the airport is about the size of the Omaha airport, so it didn't take long to get our bag and head to the rental car place.  We had rented the car with our flights.  Ryan and Colleen weren't landing for about two hours, so we grabbed our car and headed to K-Mart.

Ryan had worn his Adidas sandals, well it turns out the little nubs on the bottom of them aren't really massaging and he was walking like an old man.  And he was puffy from the long flight. :P  Our task at K-Mart was to find him cheap flip flops that were comfy for the rest of our trip.  He picked out a bright green pair which were not going to match when we were dressing up, so I made him buy an all black pair too that weren't quite as comfy as the green ones but more comfy than the Adidas ones.

We also went to a grocery store to buy some stuff for breakfast...18 eggs, 20 waffles, 10 yogurts, syrup.  We also grabbed some chips and salsa and Dr. Pepper.  Then back to the airport (5 minutes away) to get Ryan and Colleen.

After picking them up, we headed to Costco so they could get a few things, and then on to Princeville to find our condo.

We stayed at a VRBO in Princeville, located near the St. Regis Resort in Princeville.  The condo was pretty awesome. Two bedrooms downstairs.  Ryan and Colleen had the master room with their own bathroom, and Ryan and I had the guest room.  We used the main bathroom.  Both rooms had doors that went outside to a deck.  Upstairs there was a kitchen, half bath, living room, and another deck. 

Kitchen

Living Room

Living Room, another view

Bottom of the Stairs

Our Bathroom

Ryan & Colleen's Room

The view from the decks were pretty great.  We could see a Golf Course, Hanalei Bay, and the Mountains!  A short walk across the street had us looking at a beautiful view of the ocean.

Because of flying all day, we didn't do much on our first day.  We headed into Hanalei Bay to find some dinner.  We ended up at Bubba's Burger where Colleen ordered a chili dog...  My Ryan had a teriyaki burger, which was different.  I'm still not sure how I feel about it but he loved it

I Only Have 19 State Left to VIsit and 9 Years to do it!

The past week I knocked TWO states off of my list!  My goal is to visit all 50 states before I turn 40.  I counted tonight...I have 19 states left.  I'm 31.  Can I do it?  I sure hope so.  That will be another blog...

On to this blog...how I got two states in one trip.  Around Christmas Colleen asked me if we wanted to go to Hawaii with her and Ryan, she had found a great deal on condo in Kauai and it all seemed like a good deal.  So naturally, I said yes.  (Well after I talked to my Ryan).

I booked our flights for a reasonable price in March.  We were going to fly Denver to Seattle to San Diego to Kauai.  The problem I realized was that we landed in Seattle at 8 PM and didn't fly out again until 6 AM.  So I called the airline about changing the flights.  I could...for $350!!!  Yeah right!  The wonderful lady at Alaskan Airlines however did tell me that they have something called Same Day Confirmed and that I could call 6 hours before any flight and if there are open seats I can change my flight to those seats for $25 per person.  Now that is a price I can handle.  She gave me the times of all the flights for the day we were leaving.

At midnight I woke up and tried to check to see if we could change our flights.  It wasn't working or something.  So at 3 AM I woke up and tried again.  I could get us on the 9:30 AM flight!  Woot!  We had already booked a hotel for the night on Priceline for about $80.  I woke Ryan up at 6 AM so we could pack and head out.  We decided just to park our car at the airport because it's easier to have our own car than asking people to come and get us.  And we had a coupon for $5 a day, another sweet deal.  We parked and got on our plane with time to spare.  

On the flight to Seattle.

 While flying we saw some pretty amazing views of the mountains in Washington.  The guy who was sitting next to us was nice enough to snap a few pictures with my camera for me.

Once we landed in Seattle we headed to the hotel shuttles.  We had chosen an airport hotel with a 24 hour shuttle so we could get to the airport without any problem.  We were hoping for decent public transportation to get us around Seattle, but honestly, I hadn't really looked anything up before leaving.  :S 

The hotel it turns out was walking distance.  We waited longer for the shuttle than it actually took to get to the hotel.  We were checking in WAY early, so we figured our room wouldn't be ready, but it was.  We put our stuff in our room, put on our tennis shoes (& it was cool enough that Ryan actually put pants on!)  and headed to the front desk to see if there was easy public transportation.  There was!  Just had to walk...back to the airport.

We headed to the downtown area to go to the Pike Place Market.  One of the two things I knew we had to check out in Seattle.  We stopped first at Q'doba for lunch. 

I thought the market was pretty neat.  It smelled of fish!  Blech!  But it also smelled of flowers too.  So it balanced out...kind of. 

The crabs in the containers were alive an walking around.  The King Salmon, not so alive.  Fish is so gross.  Dead with eyes open.  Served in a manner that it still looks like it's alive.  I can't handle it.  I will eat salmon once in a while.  I can't cook it though.  I buy it and make Ryan cook it, then I only eat half of my piece.  I'm trying...it's not working.

Anyway, back to Seattle.  We walked around the market and took in the sights of it.  I enjoyed it.  Ryan later told me he could have done without the market.

After we decided we were done at the market, we wanted to head to the Space Needle.  We looked at our map and learned it was about a mile from where we were.  We walked it.  It was a pretty nice, shady walk.

And the Space Needle peaked out at us from behind some trees.  Ryan had already told me we weren't paying to go up in the needle, so I didn't ask.  Though I'm not sure that I needed to.  We went up in the Empire State Building in NYC, but that was Ryan's idea, and it was amazing, but I LOVE NYC.  I liked Seattle, but it isn't even close to NYC in my heart.  :) 

 So instead we walked around it.  There was a neat glass museum next to the Needle too, but we didn't want to pay to go in.  We had to get on a Metro Rail for about 2 minutes to get to the Light Rail station.  The Light Rail then took us to the airport and we headed back to the hotel.  We had a 6 AM flight out to San Diego, so we needed to head to the airport by 4:30 AM.  Thankfully it wasn't far.  We stopped for dinner at the hotel restaurant.  We weren't really hungry, but wanted a little substance, so we split a sandwich.

Next up...Day 1 in Kauai.