Skylar Parking Ticket Skylar called me at 9:14 this morning. "Can you give me some Bible verse about arrogance?" he asked. "Huh?" I was in the middle of
Recipes My Mother's Sweet Potato Soufflé Recipe None Of You Asked For, Which Was Rude. As some of you may be aware, we are doing another Thanksgiving soon. In my experience, these happen nearly every year. And boy do I have good news for you:
knitting First Amendment I flew into NYC on Wednesday to attend a First Amendment conference for my job. The conference ran Thursday and Friday and it included lectures and panels from some of
Strangerville The Lone Cedar Tree I've been wanting to do this story for Strangerville for like two years but I didn't get around to it until now because tv and lazy.
Skylar Trick or Treat It all started because we didn't have costumes but we had a party to go to. Skylar and I had just met a few months before and we
Recipes My Mother's Minestrone Soup Recipe None Of You Asked For, Which Was Rude I forgot this is supposed to be a cooking blog and I haven't given you a new recipe for a while. Here's my mom's
covid Smells Almost the exact moment I published my last update on Stranger last Thursday, mere seconds after I typed the words at you "I haven't lost taste or
Skylar Breakthrough Almost the moment we walked into our house on Sunday night after getting back from the Vegas wedding, a small cough erupted from the inner-most depths of my soul. We
Matt Upgrade Matt got married this weekend. We were disappointed with this because we had fully planned to have him live in our basement one day and be "oh that'
Skylar Letter to Sky I know this seems like the anniversary that will never end; I promise this is the last of this. Each year I write Skylar a letter on our anniversary (he
Duncan A Weekend Getaway "We really should bring Duncan. He hardly ever gets to take a vacation and he could use one considering how hard he works." Skylar was referring to our
Skylar "I'll Just Get Ready On The Way" Skylar climbed into the car, half naked, and said "I'll just get ready on the way." It was so casual, the way he said it. Like
Skylar And You Doubted Me I woke up to the sound of a phone ringing. Skylar was making a call at 7:30. "Bright Smile Dental. How can I help you?" "Yes—
Skylar Sunday Morning Skylar woke me up by tapping on my shoulder, like I was a stranger ahead of him in line somewhere and he needed to ask me a question. "What?
The Siblings My Sister Got Hitched The other day my sister got married, which is great and I'm so happy for her. Unfortunately I can't share photos of it? Because Skylar said
Skylar A Sweater That Is Blue. I Think. I started a sweater nearly a year ago and I meant to knit it for myself but after about six months, I started to realize that it was going to
Skylar All Hands On Deck Skylar is coming home TOMORROW, which means I desperately need everyone to come over right now and clean this house. I won't take your excuses. You need to
Skylar Mums the Word Suddenly I was at the neighborhood garden store, pushing a cart the size of a 1978 Granada around tight corners and into other customers' shins as my nervous husband
Strangerville Live We Did It. We hosted Strangerville Live Friday and Saturday night and gurlfrends, this man is tired. As it turns out, a great way to make putting on an event more exhausting is
Skylar A Long Journey I spent the weekend in Portland in an effort to catch Skylar in AFFAIRS and DRUGS and SEX SCANDAL. He claims he's there for four weeks for a
Gay Out Of The Closet I never intended for my life to be a statement. I never wished for the relationship I care most about to be a controversy or something I'd have
Ollie A Reunion I texted Matt to let him know we were in St. George, which is about two hours from Las Vegas, where he rudely moved earlier this year, taking my sweet
Skylar Mormon Grandma "You are the epitome of a Mormon grandma," Skylar said to me last night while scrolling through something on his phone. He wasn't even looking at
Skylar Shush I've married an absolute con-artist. There were signs, I guess. I can't fully claim I could have never known. While we were dating he repeatedly told
Skylar The Farmers' Market "You can't fit there!" I screamed it at Skylar when he told me he found a parking spot that would require some parallel parking that was