Essays Good Morning Did U Floss? By Rebbie Brassfield [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/author/rebbie/] Like every idiot who moves to California, I had not considered the fact that I would never be able to settle
Skylar Playdate Skylar woke up this morning at negative one thousand o'clock so he could wander the house complaining that he's "already bored." I married a
Essays The Long Road Back: A 1965 Mormon Film About Chastity. I Think. By reader request (I don’t remember who. Sorry.), I’ve decided to take a deep dive into a 1965 Mormon film called “The Long Road Back.” We begin with
Travel The East Side of the Big Island It seems like there was a time—decades, maybe?—where every sitcom on TV ran a handful of Hawaiian-themed episodes. I know The Brady Bunch did this. The Saved By
Travel The Big Island It was a Christmas miracle that we made it to Hawaii without drama. Well, apart from my unrelenting nagging. Skylar told me that our tropical vacation is probably only going
Skylar Bed Sheets I'm currently married to someone who has an actual addiction to buying sheets. This is not something I am capable of comprehending. Before I met Skylar-what's-his-name,
Skylar Covid Testing Skylar has one more big test next week because Hell is eternal, and then he supposedly has a couple of weeks off. That man has been verging on a nervous
House Yard Hoarders We may have an actual problem at this point. It started out slowly. My mother handed me a plow my great grandpa used for the entire second half of the
Skylar Masters Skylar supposedly finished his third year of medical school last week. You wouldn't know it by watching his actions since then, which have consisted entirely of basically the
Skylar A Horrific Birthday Surprise That Was Fine I told you a while ago that my dragon slayer started torturing me around February with birthday threats. Skylar's track record on birthday surprises: they are the most
Ridiculous Customer Service In These Unprecedented Times LISTEN. LISTEN TO ME. I know I am Karen with a capital K right now. I know I'm the worst version of a Jerry Seinfeld boomer (how is
Essays A Flushed Toilet There was a yellow split-level house just on the next street over where Sandy Parker lived. She had a boy my age named Paul Parker. Paul Parker’s large round
Emily Michigan A few years ago my friend Emily bought a cabin in Michigan. Emily grew up in Michigan and now she lives in Salt Lake City down the street from my
Skylar Covid Vaccine The granola vaccine lady with spiky hair told me yesterday afternoon that with my second Covid shot I may experience "some symptoms." I, of course, waved her away
Skylar Think . . . Cold. Skylar of Sugarhouse, my lawfully wedded something or other, the man who vowed in front of all the spirits of the universe to never harm me in any way and
EMBARRASSING I'm So Brave To Share This I'm finally ready to tell you the full story of the thing that happened to me two years ago just behind my house. I had just gotten home
Skylar Cracked Pot Our neighbor, Lynne, has decided to move and we are not pleased about this. We've developed a co-dependent relationship with Lynne over the years and it's
Strangerville What brings you in today? Emily: What brings you in today? Eli: I need to open a bank account for my new business. Emily: Congratulations! What's it called? Eli: Strangerville. Emily: Ok, I&
Wedding My Trashy Self Is In A Wedding Magazine I literally almost laughed myself into a coma several months ago when someone reached out to me and Skylar and said they wanted to put us in a wedding magazine.
Essays My Elderly Parents Got Covid And It Was Terrifying When we entered These Unprecedented Times due to the Covid pandemic, my immediate thought was "my parents better not catch this thing." It occupied much of my brain
Trees When I bought my house in the Year of Your Lord XXKIV, there were exactly zero trees anywhere on the property. I was confused by this because my house was
Duncan Adoption Anniversary One thing they don't warn you when you choose to be gay and get a very gay dog is you will suddenly be required to spend a lot
Grandma Grandma's Knitting Needles We visited my parents on Saturday night to bring them dinner as they (hopefully) wrap up their attention-seeking brushes with covid death. We've been texting them every day
Essays Measure of a Man: A Recap of a 1962 BYU Film About BEER Ever since I started recapping bad old Mormon movies people have been telling me I “must” check out Measure of a Man. It appears to be a 1962 film produced
Nostalgia Sleep Last Thursday I stayed at my parents' house so I could babysit my mother. She said it was unnecessary, and I think she was probably right, but with dad
