Bob and Cathie Nephew Tonight I was in a restaurant with my entire family. My family never seems very big to me until we decide to gather in a public place. Then it feels like an entire nation of people. And also I think we usually look like
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I'm losing it. Attempting to be diligent since I have missed the last THREE weeks of trash pickup, I just hauled my garbage and recycling bins out the
Ollie SNL 40th On Sunday night I watched all eleventy million hours of SNL's 40th anniversary celebration. I'm not an SNL fanatic. I probably catch about 5% of each season. I find most of the sketches two times longer than they should be
Ollie The Dog Park Matt went out of town this weekend so before he even walked out the door, I was cradling Ollie in my arms like a baby, walking to my car, and
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions You guys. Valentine's Day. It's not that I don't love that I'm Cathie's "NUMBER ONE VALENTINE XOXOXOXOXOXOXO" again.
Tinder The 25 Unspoken Rules of Tinder 1. The amount of matches you have directly correlates with your value as a human being. For some people, matches shall serve no other purpose. 2. If a match is made, the less attractive person shall be responsible for commencing communication. 3. If you
Ridiculous Bob & Cathie's Opinions Bob: Son, why did you cut your hair like that? Cathie: Are you acting out because of depression? Eli: Why do you guys always assume I'm depressed? Cathie: Because of your life. Bob: And because you always seem to be acting out.
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I left the office tonight and realized that it was 60 degrees outside even though it's February and I'm supposed to be miserable because that'
Ollie The Wind Beneath My Wings This thing keeps happening where Matt shows up and does all of this complicated and probably dangerous work in my house with minimal effort and only half his attention and
Ollie Conversations With Emrie I mentioned last week that my niece Emrie was coming to my house for a sleepover. This is the niece who was formerly AKA "The Niece Who Hates Me,
Annie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I'm so nervous. 24 hours from now the Niece Who Hates Me is coming to my house for a sleepover. I'm going to spend the entire
Ridiculous My Garage I keep finding this weird stuff in my house because it was built sometime right after cavemen developed the first tool. Ok, so it's not quite that old.
Ollie Up On A Soapbox This weekend I dragged Matt and Ollie across the great state of Utah to help me collect 100,000 new things for my home improvement projects. Matt has become my general contractor who I have do at least ten new projects in my house
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions My five-year-old niece Emrie, formerly known as "the niece who hates me," called me tonight to ask if she can come sleep over at my house. Our relationship
Tinder Is Jon Really A Common Name? I'm not totally sure whether what the kids are calling "the Tinder" is still a popular thing among the kids. I know it was a year
EMBARRASSING Prison Recently I went to prison. I realize that it's a little bit misleading to not include the article "the" before prison. Because when you put the word "the" in there, it means that you were just visiting. Probably
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Grateful it's Friday around here. It was a long and hard week for me. I almost entered the Witness Protection Program on Tuesday just to get out of
Ridiculous Homeowner Responsibility One of the most difficult things about being a first-time homeowner is suddenly taking on a thousand new responsibilities that I've never had to deal with before or, in some cases, had even contemplated. A lot of these are simple, but not
Palau A Big Day for Hannah Rose I met Hannah Rose three years ago. We both ran in the same 5k and took first and second place. (This was not a very competitive race, but we usually
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
