Ollie We have Photoshop so now we're ALL going to college. Because I STILL cannot stop reading and talking about the college admissions scam stuff, I tweeted the other day > Could someone out there help photoshop my face onto a
Ridiculous The Girl F Word A conversation between Brianne and her very young nephew, as was told to me this morning. I can't stop laughing. Nephew: My little sister has a potty mouth. Brianne: Really? Does she say swear words? Nephew: Yeah. She's been saying
Rebecca Very Mississippi Matt is leaving this week for very Mississippi to spend a month in his hometown. You might think I made a mistake by including the word "very" in
Brianne Peggy the Therapist For a while I've been wanting to write a post about my former therapist, Peggy, but I haven't gotten around to it because TV and Eating and Lazy. It all started when a few years ago Brianne barged into my
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Last week Brianne was lecturing me about love languages because she said that I need to be better at understanding how to work with people and she suggested that if
Ridiculous Diphtheria OMG I actually spelled that correctly on the first try Last month the Stranger troll said I was desperate because I shared the most recent Strangerville episode twice in one week and I'm nothing if not consistently pathetic so you should all definitely click on the below. Every time you do a
The Perfects Scary Gandalf It was Thursday morning and I was very late for work. Or as Brianne would call it, "having a typical morning." Brianne decided some time ago that I
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Every single December I have the exact same interaction with Brianne. I hand her an envelope with her name on it and tell her that I picked out something really
Airbnb Personal Assistant: Apply Now One of the reasons you shouldn't be friends with me is I will turn you into my personal assistant. Look. It's not like the job doesn't pay. It pays exceptionally well. Not money. No. It doesn't
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I woke up this morning to an angry email from Brianne demanding to know "why the hell" I hadn't shared with you all the story of
Ollie Breaking & Entering Look. I know. I should have been paying more attention. That's what a responsible person does. He pays attention to the dogs in his care. Because dogs can
Ridiculous What are you wearing? A barely-exaggerated transcript of a conversation that happened today at work: Woman: What are you wearing? Eli: Oh I see what this is! Brianne put you up to this! Listen,
Ridiculous This is Brianne I told Brianne that I was pretty sure I had pneumonia considering that the cough I inherited from winter 8 weeks ago has not only failed to die but has
Politics Episode 11: The World of Guardians We somehow made it through our first year of Strangerville. The learning curve has been steep, and will surely continue to be so. But somehow Jolyn and I have survived
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions This morning I woke up with zero puppies, which is exactly too many fewer puppies than one should have. So tonight I drove to Adam's house and made
Brianne Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself You know I'm a hypochondriac. What you don't know is that I only tend to believe I have a disease when I don't actually
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Skylar: Why did you just pour half a bag of grated cheese into that? Eli: Because it's mac & cheese. Duh. Skylar: You do realize that the box
Brianne How Do You Overcome Anxiety? [https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WUMQtJac6XY/WAcI8ABmliI/AAAAAAAAEuA/wbNluZm81uIJIKHMkNTJimvklve6uVVCACLcB/s1600/013.JPG] Oh, to be Mr. Pants.The other day I told you about my anxiety attack in the middle
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
Rebecca Wedding Picnics This weekend is Rebecca's wedding, which she purposefully planned at the exact times that I have eleventy other commitments. And because Rebecca insists on being a complication in
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Brianne: AND DON'T YOU DARE STEP OUT OF THIS OFFICE UNTIL ALL OF YOUR CLOTHES ARE PICKED UP OFF THE FLOOR!!!! Eli: What does it matter? They'
Ridiculous On Being a Mom Brianne: Why do you already have a late fee on your phone bill? Eli: Sorry, I think you have the wrong number. Brianne: You know that line doesn't
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Today Brianne told me that I was being moody again and that maybe I needed to get my hormones checked out so I foolishly started arguing with her and in
Ridiculous So I'm in Estonia First off, check out the latest and greatest from Strangerville Shorts! Episode 5 will be out next week and we think you'll love it. So I'm
Ridiculous International Driver's Permit I'm going to be doing some international traveling in places that Bob and Cathie claim are "full of terrorists." Adam and I are going together and