Ollie The Neuter Clinic The other day Matt asked me if I had any time this week to take Ollie back to the spay and neuter clinic to get him checked out. His unmentionable
Rebecca Rebecca Paints the Floor Ring ring. Eli: Respecta! This is the stage name I have chosen for Rebecca. Rebecca: Eli. I'm trying to get a hold of Matt to ask him some important home repair questions. But he isn't answering. Eli: Well you can
Ridiculous Fifth Grade Notebook After her last visit to my home, at the end of which Cathie ominously announced to all within earshot that she would expect me to clear out all of my
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy New Year, one and all. Because the magic of the season made us lose track of reality, like it always does (see this [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/01/
Ironman 2014 Each year when I sit down to write the New Year wrap-up post, I begin the process by reviewing what I wrote the year before. It gets me in the mood to reflect. And it's always fascinating to me to review the
Rebecca My Driveway I think my house was initially built with horse and buggy in mind. At least, that's the only way I can explain the driveway. It's exceedingly narrow, and I don't really know why because there is definitely room
Daniel The Top Ten Most Viewed Stranger Posts, 2014 Every time I get on Facebook right now there are a thousand posts that are like "check out Amy's year!" and then you can click on it and scroll through a thousand pictures to see what Amy ate in 2014.
Rebecca Half a Carload My friend Burke is possibly the greatest human being of our generation. A couple of weeks ago we were talking about how I needed to move for the eleventy millionth time in the last ten years and how much I was dreading the task.
Ollie Eli's House So it's getting late and I just finished the three-hour AMAZING Survivor finale. Did anyone watch it? I know it's not 1998 anymore, but some of
Movie Review 10 Things I Learn from "It's a Wonderful Life" 1. Flirting should be funny. One of my favorite lines from the movie is when ol' what's-her-name (the blonde bombshell) is walking down the sidewalk and George
Ollie Rebecca's Near Murder Rebecca was babysitting Ollie at her house on Friday, so I texted her to see how things were going. I logged away in my mind that I needed to try
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I'm in my mostly vacant house, having spent the afternoon and much of the evening here taking care of installations and bids for various projects. It's
Ridiculous Six Chairs Eli: Hi. I would like to buy this table and six of these chairs. Lady: Great! Let me make sure we have enough in stock. Eli: No problem. Lady: Let's see . . . hmmmm . . . well we only have four of those chairs. Eli: Ok.
House How to Become a Grownup Megan texted me and told me to show up at some address on Monday at 4:00. I didn't really know what would be happening but that was more or less par for the course in this process. Buying a home is
Ridiculous The First Doctor's Appointment Remember how eleventy years ago I told you that I had set up an appointment to see a REAL doctor [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2014/09/eli-finds-regular-doctor.html]because my friend at work told me that you aren't a grownup until you
Emma Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy Friday, one and all. Tonight I saw Rebecca and her sister hauling her bed out of my home. Now it's quiet. TOO quiet. I have a feeling
Rebecca Rebecca's Shopping Cart Tonight I came home from work to find a shopping cart in my apartment. Not the most ridiculous thing I've come home to. Not by a long shot. But still, I didn't really have time to deal with complication today.
The Siblings Food Assignments It's not a secret that in my family I am not trusted with bringing even remotely complicated food assignments to family functions. It's also no secret that I'm very sensitive about this. Usually, Cathie will send out some
Ridiculous Halloween, 1995 I should be 100% way too embarrassed to share this photo with you. But I just can't help it. It is too horrifically glorious to keep it all
Ridiculous Buying a House = Complicated I don't know where this month is going. I expected it to be a pretty quiet one and foolishly thought that my job was going to be peaceful and simple. It was not. It was a jealous mistress. NOT THAT I KNOW
Nostalgia November Regrets We're in that really weird time of year right now where the days are short and the dark nights feel disorientingly long. I never can quite get used to the time at which it gets dark in Salt Lake City. Night after
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions You might have heard that there's a puppy named Ollie that is an exception to my be-afraid-of-all-animals rule. You might have also heard that Ollie lived with me
Ollie Five Little Pumpkins Ollie just left me and I'm not pleased. Matt showed up like a thief in the night to take him away. Rebecca and I knew our time with Ollie was winding down, and so we snuggled with him and said our goodbyes.
Ridiculous How To Win Cats and Influence Felines If you are reading this it’s because you’ve seen the light. You know that the destiny for you is one full of fur-balls, felines, and Fancy Feast. You’
Ollie Parenthood I had it on my calendar for a couple of weeks. If I wasn't so lazy, I would have made a paper chain to count down the days.
