Church Singing in Palau Last week I posted about my upcoming plans for my life, which are a very big deal. And I was so excited to share with you what was going on and what’s up next for Stranger. And you guys were all like, “ok.
The Siblings Pictures & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend, Strangers. I just got back from an overnight adventure on a beautiful island nearby called "Carp Island." It was wonderful, except for the parts that sort
The Siblings This is a Very Small Island A Conversation at a Bar During Lunch Yesterday Daniel: What are we doing tonight? Eli: Well Mark invited us over to his place for ice cream so we'll be going to that. Daniel: Sweet. And . . . is that my shirt? Eli: Huh? Oh
Palau The Next Big Adventure I'm finally ready to share with you my big announcement of late. I'M PREGANT! I kid. I can't be pregnant. Because I had my tubes tied. I've talked a little bit this year about my anxiety
Church German Lighthouse On Saturday the long awaited Mormon Youth Conference occurred. Last week I asked you all for some ideas [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/07/youth-conference.html] for what to do
The Siblings Sneezing My sister Krishelle graced the land of Palau with her presence last night. Daniel and I picked her up at the airport after dark and then both simultaneously spoke at 700 words per minute on the entire drive back to our place, explaining every
Palau Pictures & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend, Strangers. It's an especially happy one for me. The prodigal son, Daniel, has returned. And what's more, my sister, Krishelle, will be arriving in
Ridiculous What the People Want to Know This is basically the laziest post of all time. I know this. It's been a busy week. There was tv to be watched. I was googling something earlier
Daniel Traipsing Tonight Daniel finally returns from what is most definitely the longest business trip of all time. He left on this thing almost FOUR weeks ago. And when he gets back tonight, I'm going to drive him home from the airport, handcuff him
Church Youth Conference This coming Saturday is the dreaded "Youth Conference" with the church kids that we've been planning for a few months. And when I say "planning for a few months," I mean "knowing that it's coming
Ridiculous Squalor As it turns out, I'm kind of a slob. I've never really known this because I've never lived alone before and my consideration of others is apparently a greater motivator of my actions than my laziness so I
Palau Pictures & Weekly Distractions Happy Independence Day, Strangers. I hope you all had a good one without me. Thanks for the invite to your parties, by the way. Sorry I couldn't make
Ridiculous Life is in Session! I've been meaning to write this post for a long time but just haven't gotten around to it because LAZINESS. As you might remember, if you
Daniel Ham & Cheese I am now on week three of forced alone time and I have started to snap. Not, like, Westside Story dance snapping. I mean like "going crazy" snapping. Maybe I didn't need to clarify that. But this whole story turns
Grandma Instant Messaging with Connie Connie: Hi! How have you been? Eli: Great! Just about to head out to the beach! How are you? Connie: Wonderful. Wish you were in town this weekend. We could
Book Pictures & Weekly Distractions After yesterday's post [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/06/book-writing-update.html] about the book writing, many of you sent me such helpful information regarding finding a literary agent
Ridiculous Book Writing Update I may have mentioned at some point here that I'm not exactly "in the know" on what the kids are calling "technology." Pretty much every medium of social media scares and confuses me. And what's worse,
Ridiculous Daniel's Departure I wrote yesterday [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/06/a-huge-surprise.html] about how Daniel is now a week and a half into a three week trip to the U.S., leaving my poor pathetic self alone with Leotrix. He only had a couple of
Videos A Huge Surprise So remember last week when I wrote the most vague post about all time [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/06/a-post-about-nothing.html] and complained that I have all sorts of things that I wanted to tell you but that I couldn't tell
Ridiculous Forrest Gump Palau obviously doesn't get The Price is Right because it totally does not help control the pet population. As you can imagine, the over-abundance of "pets" is not exactly my favorite aspect of Palau living. It probably doesn't
Bob and Cathie Pictures & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend, Strangers. We've got a great set of pictures and distractions for you this week. Enjoy, and stay safe. Beware of Leotrix riding on the back of
Ridiculous The Inescapable Leotrix Ever since Leotrix entered my life, I have existed in a state of constant nightmare. This is where you are having a nightmare but instead of it being a nightmare
Palau Thank You, Please Come Again. So I'm sitting here at my computer, avoiding productivity at all costs because, DUH, I LIVE ON A TROPICAL ISLAND. And I'm feeling a little like Jabba the Hutt physically and I don't know why. I mean, it
Emails Emails With A Polygamist One Stranger, Sarah, started getting spammed via email by an obnoxious man looking for extra wives. A google search of this guy revealed that he has gone to great lengths
Ridiculous A Post About Nothing First of all, it's a Father's Day miracle! Dean received enough votes to make it to Ironman Kona. His family is bouncing off of the walls with excitement. Thank you all so much for voting and caring. You've
