The Siblings What Happens on Thanksgiving Stays on Thanksgiving Last week was Thanksgiving. Cathie forced the children to dress up as Pilgrims and Indians. And then she made Bob wear this all through dinner. But she took her turn,
Shea Throat Chlamydia Ring Ring Val: Hello? Eli: DID YOU KNOW THERE'S SUCH A THING AS THROAT CHLAMYDIA?! Val: . . . Eli? Eli: I feel so gross right now! You have to help
Ridiculous Travel Texts from Cathie Bob and Cathie went out of town on Sunday for a week-long trip. They called each of their children before they left to let us all know that they were going to take Cathie's cell phone just in case we needed to
Ridiculous The Many Lives of O2 I have a plant named O2. I know I've mentioned him before. Usually when I've mentioned him it's because I'm comparing myself to all of my peers who practically have grandchildren by now and I want
Ridiculous Cologne Recently I was informed by a multitude of individuals that apparently "smelling good" is not a thing I'm good at. I'm good at a lot of things. I know the Heimlich maneuver. I can quote word-for-word the entirety
Videos The Car Accident Videos Jolyn Metro has used technology from 1974 to provide us video proof on what the kids are calling "the Youtubes" that we recently visited The Porch. At Stranger, we only go in reverse when it comes to technology so this time we
Bob and Cathie Bob & Cathie I was at Bob and Cathie's house the other day and they threw a photo album in front of me of a trip they took not too long
The Siblings Axel Remember last week when I was worried that I maybe had skin cancer? With my particular kind of skin (cough--FRECKLES--cough--hash tag, searchingforacure), skin cancer runs in the family and is,
Ridiculous Skin Cancer On Saturday I called Bob and Cathie, who always seem to answer every phone call together and on speaker phone. Cathie: Hello, so-- Eli: I HAVE CANCER! Cathie: I'
Ridiculous Text Conversations to Remember I was recently looking through my phone and I remembered that I had saved some of my favorite text conversations over the last couple of years with the intention of eventually sharing them with you. Here are some of them: ***** [Coordinating for a blind
Ridiculous Coming Up for Air I know what you're thinking. Eli, you have been the flakiest person of all time this week! Also, you are the most attractive person we've ever seen and we know for a fact that Paul Simon wants to be your
Ridiculous Man's Best Friend Since I'm living alone now I'm having to adjust to the quiet of my apartment. It's strange, and I don't like it much. I want my home to be full of life. I like feeling like
Bob and Cathie Twice Up the Barrel Asian Tour As the time in Palau winds down more and more, I'm finding that things are just sort of falling into place. There's still much to do. Every time I remember that I somehow need to find a place to live
The Siblings Daniel is Driving me CRAZY. Have you ever lived with another person under the same roof? You have? Well this post is probably for you! Daniel is driving me CRAZY. And I think this is one of those things where I turned a blind eye to a lot of
Ridiculous Sea Turtles On Saturday I went diving with some friends. I would probably be permanently done with diving by now if it wasn't for the sea turtles. This is because there are animals that live ALL OVER in the ocean. And I really think
Church Talking About Sex, Part II On Monday I told you about the horribly awkward conversation [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/07/talking-about-sex.html] I suddenly found myself in with the teenage boys at church on Sunday. Last night I saw the boys again. You know how they always say
Bob and Cathie Pictures & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend, Strangers. We've got a great set of pictures and distractions for you this week. Enjoy, and stay safe. Beware of Leotrix riding on the back of
Bob and Cathie Pictures & Weekly Distractions Happy Father's Day weekend, Strangers. Special shout out to Bob. Remember when I was ten and you exchanged five days of being grounded for getting to watch me
Ridiculous Video Rental In the immediate days before moving to Palau, my life was utter chaos. My belongings were spread to and fro across the face of the Earth and I had shipped twenty or so boxes to the equatorial Pacific without really knowing exactly what I
The Siblings Last Minute Notice Last week amid all of the Leotrix drama [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/05/nothing-worse-than-this-has-ever.html] Daniel informed me that he had invited some people over for dinner for the next day. Daniel: Oh, by the way, last Sunday I told some people to
Ridiculous Birthday Marathon The photo above is how I always want to remember Daniel, long after he has died from food poisoning or from sticking his hand into a blender or something equally
Daniel Pictures & Weekly Distractions Heading into the weekend here in the land of coconuts, a good 16 or so hours ahead of most of you. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms.
The Siblings Journey Back to a Dot Last night I made it back to the land of coconuts. Daniel picked me up at the airport at 8:15, drenched completely in sweat, just like he was when he dropped me off at the same spot over two weeks ago. After 34
Ridiculous The DMV On Monday I went to the DMV to renew my license and to register my U.S. car. Rather, I was taken to the DMV by Bob. My parent and guardian. Bob was kind enough to take time out of his schedule to drive
Ridiculous Stuff Cathie Has Said Prayers and best wishes go out from Stranger to all those affected in the Boston Marathon disaster today. Not to repeat myself, but in case you missed it, tickets for Thursday's show at The Porch are available here [http://utahporch.org/curses-april-18]
