Ridiculous Pioneer Day Marathon Yesterday was Pioneer Day and Tami's birthday so obviously Tami and I did our favorite activity--the one that brought about her existence--and ran the Pioneer Day marathon. A
Herminda Medical School If you've been reading Stranger for a while, these might be your general impressions about the people of Stranger: Bob and Cathie: Hippies who don't want
Ridiculous Cathie with a C My mother, Cathie with a C Whittle McCann (her full legal name), was a force to be reckoned with from the years 1978 to 2004 during which she was legally
Ridiculous Broken Windows I have two giant windows at the front of my house. The larger one is five feet tall and nine feet wide. Just one, giant, single pane. It basically covers
Ridiculous Weirdest Birthday Party Ever It was my birthday last week ("oh em gee eli no way you look so young you never age!" stop it you guys). I was informed by friends
Ollie Duncan's First Haircut Mr. Duncan Doodle was starting to look like a homeless dog because of his scraggly hair. I was terrified to take him to get a haircut because let me remind
EMBARRASSING I Cleaned Out My Car Yesterday I got up and I said to myself I said "Eli. You look great today. And you're finally going to clean out your car." I&
Ridiculous Beethoven So I'm sitting on the couch at Matt's house editing Meg's hilarious Bachelor recap [http://www.tvjelly.com/2017/03/01/the-bachelor-s-21-wk-9-i-guess/] and Matt
Bob and Cathie Episode 12: A Year in Review If you can believe it, Jolyn and I have somehow lived a full year since we launched Strangerville. Take that, our parents. Ok, truthfully, our parents never expressed doubt that
The Perfects A Friendly Reminder to Make Some Spare Keys We all get to agree that 2016 was a weird year. I say "was" even though it isn't actually over yet. I'm confident in
Rebecca Airbnb I'm having some sort of midlife crisis recently, one that I don't have the stamina to try to explain right now. It's causing me
The Siblings A Special TV Surprise It was Survivor night, so the usual crew gathered in my home. I flipped on the TV. There we were, minding our own business, like good Christians/Jews/Muslims/Americans/
Ridiculous The Lost Journal Series: Part XII It's been a full year since we heard from young Eli. And so today I give you the next edition of The Lost Journal Series. February 23, 1995 (10 years old): The goverment has a lot of responsibilty and it is importent
Ollie This Might Be My Last Post This might be my last post because I am so so sick. Like, exorcist girl during the the swine flu year at a daycare sick. I don't even
Wade Halloween Costumes I love Halloween like a fat kid loves cake. And when I was a child I was actually pretty creative when it came to Halloween costumes. I got this gene
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Yesterday I came home from work and there was enough wedding picnic crap in my house to host all of the wedding picnics Rebecca will ever have in her entire
The Siblings Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Yesterday someone accused me of "making up" the phrase "the squeaky wheel gets the grease/oil" and this was a pretty intelligent person and it caught
Ridiculous Hot Yoga, Take 2 Remember how I went to hot yoga two years ago [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2014/01/hot-yoga.html] and I told you that I sweated so much that when class
Ridiculous Pinkeye Monday Ring ring Cathie: How's my baby boy!? Eli: Still in his 30s, Cathie. I'm kind of freaking out. I think I got pinkeye and I wonder if I need to go to the emergency room. Cathie: And what were
Bob and Cathie Episode 4: The World of Mothers Exciting news! I have pink eye! Wait. That's not what I wanted to tell you. I mean, I did want to tell you that. But the really exciting
Ironman 2016 Ironman St. George 70.3 You guys. You guys. You guys. You know this is serious because I never say "you guys" three times. I don't even say that more than
The Siblings Bob and Cathie Need Each Other Recently Bob and Cathie flew to Washington DC. The capital of the United States of God Bless America. They had a layover in Denver. And for reasons unknown to their
Ridiculous Return of the Ants I lived a nightmare recently. You guys. ANTS. Some of you are old enough to remember that this isn't my first foray into ant-tastrophe. Daniel and I participated in World War III with the creatures in Palau three years ago [https://www.
Ridiculous Troop Beverly Hills is One of the Most Important Films of Our Time If you're one of my 7 disappointed Twitter followers, you may have seen me what-the-kids-are-calling "tweet" this recently: You likely wondered what prompted me to express
Ridiculous Behind the Scenes You know how I can't technology? Remember how that's a thing? It's like one of the cornerstones upon which It Just Gets Stranger was