Exact Words Iced Tea

A refreshing beverage for a sunny summer afternoon. Alice's version of what my Aunt Jane used to call "sun tea" and make on her patio in Arizona. Black tea leaves and water sit outside in a glass pitcher until it sufficiently darkens, then strain and add sugar (Splenda in my case) and lemon. Probably works better in AZ or Florida, but we had just enough Michigan sun to do the trick today.

Episode Note: "Greg Gets Grounded" Bad boy Greg's defiant teenage moment comes when he is disallowed from using the family car after Bobby rats him out on some reckless driving. Going by the exact words of the punishment, Greg finds a loophole and borrows the car of a friend in order to buy concert tickets, even though he knows full well what his parents meant. Meanwhile, Peter and Bobby are training frogs for a frog jumping contest. Right. Anyway, Mike and Carol are furious when they discover he drove, but Greg points out that he followed their directive exactly: "No driving the family car."  It's true, they didn't say he couldn't drive other people's cars, although that was their intent - and so the say what you mean, mean what you say lesson begins. They let Greg off of his harsh 10 day punishment, but hold him to his exact words, putting him through the wringer at home. The night of the rock concert and Greg's big date with Rachel arrives, only to be ruined by the fact that he previously promised to take his brothers to the jumping contest. Holding him to his exact words, Mike and Carol force him to cancel his plans. Greg gets Rachel to agree to a drive-in movie afterwards which turns disastrous when the frogs escape from the backseat and wreak havoc with Rachel, her popcorn and their pizza. His lesson learned, Greg is scared straight. Literally.