Rule #20

Rule #20: It's not food if it arrived through the window of your car will be incredibly easy for us. We rarely eat fast food aside from a yearly (or so) trip to Burgerville to get pumpkin milkshakes, sweet potato fries, spicy black bean garden burgers or their sweet walla walla onion rings! I still hold the claim to fame that I have never eaten at a McDonalds (Yes, I am that girl, and yes, my mother is so proud!). Although, when I was daydreaming about making it to this rule as we were driving a few days ago, I stated to Ryan, "I can't wait for this rule because I will be able to eat anything....and the first thing I want to eat is a DQ cookie dough blizzard!" Ryan was like, "Dear, that is the one thing you will not be able to eat it." Damn, my dreams were dashed. Store bought ice cream will have to suffice for the heat wave.

Last week's rule (#19) Ryan hated. Note to Margot: we ended up agreeing with you and decided that wine could not be considered as being made in a plant, but we decided against big cheese companies, which equally killed him. Also, we could not drink beer because apparently our friend who works at Deschutes informed us that the place where their beer is brewed is called "The Plant."

This week we anticipate eating a lot of salads because our food bin arrived with HUGE heads (yes, plural) of lettuce. Also, who wants to cook in this heat???? Another thing I just realized, thanks to a visit with Ryan's dad and step-mom, is that we have not been making enough/any smoothies for breakfast. A perfect alternative to hot oatmeal when you are trying to stay cool on a summer morning. Ryan's dad even puts ground up walnuts in his smoothie concoction!