EMBARRASSING When Your Brain Turns Off As you are aware, Skylar is a smart person. Like, I think he might actually be a genius [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2017/07/medical-school.html]. Sometimes I think that
Ollie Eleven Eleven We know Duncan was born sometime around the beginning of November, but we don't know the exact date. I explained to him recently that his biological mother didn&
Ridiculous Two Adults Came To My Door So the other day I posted that thing about how I ain't much for book learnin' and I told you how I'm trying to read
Ridiculous It's A Classic! When I was in high school I read nearly zero books and I've been feeling guilty about this for mumble mumble cough years. So guilty that if I
The Siblings Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I have a work thing this week in Chicago, or as Bob and Cathie like to call it "DON'T GET MURDERED." I'm staying with
Airbnb Personal Assistant: Apply Now One of the reasons you shouldn't be friends with me is I will turn you into my personal assistant. Look. It's not like the job doesn't pay. It pays exceptionally well. Not money. No. It doesn't
Ridiculous Escape Room Jolyn's birthday is next week so we decided to have a birthday thing for her. Skylar found what the kids are calling an Escape Room and signed up
Grandma Christine I have this monthly ritual with G-Mac. I go pick her up and drive her to my parents' house where we have dinner and gossip about all of the
Bob and Cathie The World of Spooks For a long time I have thought about how TV shows from our childhood (I'm assuming every single one of you is exactly my age) are so different
Podcast Episodes Episode 21: The World of Spooks This time in Strangerville, four stories about exaggerated fear. College kids cause a stir in their small town. A child remembers a gas station encounter much more colorfully than his father. A bunch of 80s and 90s kids discuss a traumatizing episode of a
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I woke up this morning to an angry email from Brianne demanding to know "why the hell" I hadn't shared with you all the story of
Ridiculous Candy From Strangers I got home from work around 5:30 and it was nice out so Duncan and I went for our evening walk. We like to go to the college campus
Emily The Worst Movie Ever Made So last night Anna, Emily, Skylar, and I decided that since it was one of the final "good" weekends of the year in Salt Lake City, we would
Lynn Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Tonight Lynne called me to see if I wanted to walk over to a city council debate between a few of the candidates in our area. I wasn't
Ridiculous A Celestial Being to Brighten Your Day Last week I stopped by Adam's house largely because of the celestial being who lives there. I'm not talking about Teddy, who is still to this
Ridiculous Lantern Festival About a month ago my neighbor, Lynne, texted me and asked whether I wanted to go to something called "lantern festival" with her. I said yes because the
Emma Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions You guys! Look! I Pictured and Distracted! I almost forgot how to do this! The last time we had one of these posts they hadn't even invented electricity
Airbnb Return of the DoTerra I really thought my essential oils deal was going to be a two-part series. I should have known better when I entitled the last post on the topic "Essential
Ridiculous Yearbooks Last week I posted about Stranger's tenth birthday [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2017/09/a-decade-later.html] (OMG Eli no way how is that possible you look so young
Nostalgia A Decade Later I had been writing emails to my family members, telling them exaggerated stories about what I was up to. They were supposed to be funny. They weren't funny.
Ridiculous Shoe Molding I finished putting the new laminate floors into my office and bedroom a few weeks ago and subsequently vowed to never do a day of work again in my life.
Strangerville Live Strangerville Live III All y'all. I told you, nay whined at you, about how essential oils are ruining my life. Today you get some evidence of it. We have for you
Podcast Episodes Episode 20: The World of Strangerville Live III This time in Strangerville, the recording from our third Strangerville Live show. A puppy teaches a man in his underwear the meaning of irony. A teenager learns about consequences the hard way. A young woman accidentally becomes a kindergarten teacher. A little girl begins
Ollie Breaking & Entering Look. I know. I should have been paying more attention. That's what a responsible person does. He pays attention to the dogs in his care. Because dogs can
Strangerville Live Essential Oils Strike Back Last week I told you about my essential oils nightmare [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2017/09/essential-oils-are-killing-me.html]. All seventeen hundred ladies were scheduled to stay in my place until
