Tuesday...September 9, 2014

My earliest memory of a drive-thru restaurant was of Jack-in-the-box. They had this HUGE clown's head on top of a square box with the menu facing out, and of course there was a speaker. It was truly amazing...especially to a five year old. And that was IT as far as drive-thru restaurants go.  BUT there were still fast-food restaurants--you just had to go inside to get your food.  It was definitely worth it though, especially at Burger King because you'd get these really cool paper crowns that you could put on your head and they'd slide right down your face! It was great!

I Loved Burger King, and I LOVED Whoppers--still do to this day as a matter of fact. A Whopper Burger with cheese is the ultimate comfort food in my little black book of happy pleasures. AND if you throw in fries and a Chocolate shake...well just shoot me now! I don't usually do the fries and shake thing; the Whopper suits me just fine...

Soooo...where am I going with this exactly? Uhm...not really sure, except that I DID just finish off a What-A-Burger with cheese.  It was pretty darn good, but not quite the same as a Whopper...I read a Facebook comment from a friend of mine that stated she felt guilty when she had to "fast-food-it" for dinner for her family. I used to feel that way too, but lately I've begun to see things a little differently.

I'm not going to make you turn to the book of Ecclesiastes, but depending on your life and what's going on sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.  And for the last several months it seems my family has eaten practically nothing but fast food. And guess what...THEY ARE NOT DEAD!!! I just kind of noticed that they're still up and walking around and looking pretty happy about life in general...WHO KNEW???

So today I'm grateful for little clown heads on top of square boxes, paper crowns that slide down your face, and EIGHT cheese burgers, eight fries, and eight shakes; toss in an apple pie while you're at it!