House Painting When I moved into my house in Year Of Our Lord XIIBV, one of the first things I noticed was that all the walls were beige, which I didn'
The Beehive Change Ok nobody panic but I changed some stuff. I know. I know. We're not supposed to change things. Change is not a thing we handle. There's
Essays We're Coming To The Beehive State. Come On! This piece was originally published by The Beehive [thebeehive.com]. I sat on the grass near Brigham Young’s grave as a bologna sandwich that had been prepared by a
Skylar The Urge To Be Happy I'm sitting at my kitchen table. The fire is going. Duncan is perched in front of the front door staring out at a snow storm. Skylar is in
knitting Every Damn Day Skylar's latest rotation is in dermatology, which I've been looking forward to because of a baseless but immovable assumption that it would give him access to
Social Distancing Halloween In These Unprecedented Times Despite These Unprecedented Times Of Uncertainty We're All In This Together And It Came To Pass, I decided we'd still try to celebrate Halloween. We simply
Ridiculous Tickling Texts On Tuesday morning I woke up to something of a surprising email. I get quite a handful of emails to the Stranger account. Most of them are from you people
Medical School Physical Exam I heard it before I saw it. It was coming from the next room over. A one-sided medical based conversation by my exhausted spouse who has been working graveyard shifts
knitting I made this with my man hands. I embarked on my third sweater project in early July. I was determined to knit one Skylar would actually wear. Skylar is not a good liar. I don't
Ridiculous A Pretty Serious Dispute I need you to solve a debate that is make or break for my marriage. Skylar, who is wrong, thinks it's rude when I'm working or
The Beehive Spooooooky Meg is essentially a gay man on paper. I don't mean that she's a gay man on top of paper; I just mean that if you
Essays The Mink Creek Ghost: A Probably True But Hopefully Not True Story This piece was originally published by The Beehive [thebeehive.com]. When I first met my husband in 2015, he was living in another state. We did the long distance thing
Ridiculous Best In The Business During These Unprecedented Times Of Uncertainty, I have run around 200 miles per month. I've mentioned this to you before. My conversion into Forrest Gump was a result
Ridiculous The Great Flood Skylar left at illegal o'clock this morning for affairs so he wasn't around when I discovered The Great Flood in our front yard. He's
Ridiculous Baby Clothes Cashier: These little t-shirts are cute! Who are they for? Me: Oh, uh . . . my . . . uh . . . my baby. They're for my baby. Cashier: Boy or girl? Me: Boy. Cashier:
Pictures from my phone Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Mamma's tired but here are some pictures and a few quick distractions for your perusal. I don't want no bunny banana frog ok no way. [https:
Essays When You're a Virgin And Your Job Is To Sell Sex This piece was originally published by The Beehive [thebeehive.com]. I was not the only Mormon who worked at TBWA/Chiat/Day in the year 2011. Just the only one
Skylar Anniversary Tomorrow is my and Skylar's one-year wedding anniversary what how is that possible you look so young STOP IT YOU GUYS. What a wild first year of marriage
Ridiculous Only In Utah! Skylar said it was "hot" and he was "sweaty" so that's why it was a good idea for him to take his shirt off and go sit on the furniture. I told him this wasn't my
Essays Classic Skating: Puberty On Wheels I was eight years old when I was first introduced to Classic Skating. A neighborhood mom had called my mom to let her know they’d be celebrating her son’s birthday over roller skates and outdated rock music in the local roller rink.
The Perfects Dead Rat Our greatest neighborhood allies are the Perfects next door. When I bought this house in The Year of Our Lord Eleventy Hundred, I was too intimidated to talk to them
Teaching Teacher's Pet I'm a few weeks into this new semester with my First Amendment class at the law school down the street and reader, let me tell you: teaching a
Medical School Pediatrics Skylar found out his newest rotation would be in pediatrics and this freaked him out. I was honestly surprised that he was so nervous to do this rotation. If you
Emily When It's Easier To Laugh Than Cry We received an alert or several that a sly wind from the east was coming in. Apparently the air from wherever was about to cross over from Colorado and Wyoming
Ridiculous Red Vines On Saturday I started getting notifications to my phone about my Instacart order. This was curious, since I had, in fact, not placed an Instacart order. I had forgotten that
