Ridiculous A New Flaw I've been having this really weird problem lately so I texted Sam about it because he's an orthodontist so I insist on going to him for
The Perfects Time to Update my Resume Are you guys sitting down? I need you to be sitting down for this. I have a really serious and shocking thing to say at you. I'm very
Ridiculous Growth Spurts Bob and Cathie think I'm still growing. I'm not joking about this. They legitimately think I'm still growing. Tonight, after Easter dinner and birthday cake for my niece Emrie who wouldn't acknowledge me but didn'
The Perfects Snow Angels This has been a snowy winter for us good folks of Salt Lake City. And I've actually been pretty happy about this even though snow is Satan's pollen. Or insecticide. Or feces. I'm not sure which analogy to
Ridiculous Stealing I don't know exactly where or when I picked up this habit but some time ago I started eating unpurchased food in grocery stores. Look. It's not stealing. It's not like I eat it, hide the wrappers, and
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Matt thinks he has Ebola and I've been very insensitive about it each and every time he calls or texts to provide me unsolicited updates. I've
Ridiculous Visiting Sam I'm visiting Sam in Boulder this weekend. Well, that's a lie. He lives in a place called "Broomfield." I don't know why I put quotation marks around that word. It looks like I don't
Grandma Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distraction So you may have noticed that the banner on the top of Stranger has changed. And if you haven't noticed, you should probably get some sleep. Because it&
Ridiculous Because Sleeping. Last night I got an email just as I was about to get ready for bed from someone at the office asking me to do some relatively time-consuming work by 9:30 AM the next morning. This meant that I basically had 12 hours
Ridiculous Wisconsin This weekend I went to Madison Wisconsin because cheese. You guys. Did you know that Wisconsin is known for cheese? This is the best possible thing to be known for.
Bob and Cathie Hostage Bob and Cathie sounded relatively threatening when they demanded that I consume Netflix's Making a Murderer, like all the rest of America has obsessively done in the last
Ollie When Things Break Ring ring. Bob & Cathie: Hello? Eli: How do you guys always answer the phone at exactly the same time? Cathie: Years of practice. Eli: I need help. Desperately. Cathie:
Ridiculous Christmas Concerts Every December my family goes to some kind of Christmas concert together. We all look forward to it greatly, even if the concerts sometimes turn out to be terrible. Actually, attending phenomenally-bad musical productions is my family's absolute favorite thing to do
The Perfects Snowmageddon You guys. The worst thing that can ever happen happened today. Snowmageddon hit Salt Lake City. WHERE I LIVE. Bob woke me up this morning with his routine phone call
Emma Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions The other day I wrote about how I'm basically Oprah now [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2015/12/paparazzi.html] because I was on the news. I shared the
Ridiculous Paparazzi You guys, I had my five seconds of fame yesterday. I was wandering down Main Street, minding my business, politely singing Jenny From The Block quietly and to myself, when
Ridiculous When Cathie Gets Bored Bob and Cathie came to my house on Saturday to dump a bag of Christmas decorations on me. Cathie knows that if she doesn't engage in this annual ritual, very little to no Christmas decorating will happen in my home. And Cathie
Ridiculous Bob & Cathie Tonight I stopped by Bob and Cathie's house for dinner. They had placed some leftover rolls in the oven to warm them up. I walked into the kitchen
The Siblings Not Far from the Tree Recently I was in the car with Matt and Wade. I was ranting about how my mother will reluctantly agree to allow me to bring something to a family dinner
Bob and Cathie Filling the Cup Last year I told you about a service opportunity [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2014/10/giving-back.html] linked to The World Food Program wherein my family participated in a challenge proposed by Pioneers of Peace [http://pioneersofpeace.org/] (FB link here [https://www.facebook.
The Perfects Trick or Treat This Halloween was my very first ever Halloween as a homeowner and I cannot possibly overstate how excited I was about this. But I'll try. Remember when you
Ridiculous The Porch, Fear Excuse me. But I guess I'M A TECHNOLOGY GENIUS! Because I just basically technologied all over the entire Internet to bring you today's post. A while back the three most recent Youtube videos of my stories on The Porch were
Grandma Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions This has been one of the strangest weeks in Stranger history. And I'm including (you know what's coming) the time that all of the angry moms
Ridiculous WE ARE ALL FAMILY So the other day I posted that thing about my family reunion and how my grandma wanted to go clubbin' with me and I made a passing joke that
Wade Birthing a Mattress I've basically been sleeping on one of those Flintstone beds for the past few years. Just a very uncomfortable slab of bumpy rock. Except, worse even. If I so much as contemplate rolling over in it, the mattress squeaks so loudly that
