Grandma G-Mac's Hospital Stay Skylar called me a couple of days ago. "So, I just overheard the name of a patient we were admitting and either there are two Darlene McCanns in town or
Grandma La Donna My great aunt La Donna called me last week to let me know she was coming into town from Palm Desert to attend my grandma's 90th birthday party. "They've asked
Grandma Grandma's Knitting Needles We visited my parents on Saturday night to bring them dinner as they (hopefully) wrap up their attention-seeking brushes with covid death. We've been texting them every day for updates
Grandma Sweet Tea and Facebook Live Momma's got a few things for you today. First, I found the two worst movies of all time. I'm serious. We can stop searching now. These cannot be topped. They
The Siblings Connie Crochet I was about 7 when I spent my first ever one-on-one quality time with grandma on my mom's side. At least, that's the first time I remember having quality one-on-one
Grandma Farm House I know this is the last thing I need in my life right now, but you guys. On Sunday Bob and Cathie drove me and Skylar and my sister Krishelle
Grandma Faceoff Tech Support Two Sundays ago Gmac called to tell me that her "Faceoff is broken," which translates to "I can't log in to Facebook." I was wondering why I hadn't seen any
Grandma Neck Flits You should know that THIS FREAKING WEEK we have our next Strangerville Live show. This is the most excited I've been for one of our events, mostly because we are
Grandma Skylar Has The Best Words Skylar is struggling with words lately, as was evidenced in a conversation I had with him a few days ago in which he actually said this: "Do you have any . . . oh . . . what's that word? What's the word I'm trying to say? Help me here.
Grandma Christine I have this monthly ritual with G-Mac. I go pick her up and drive her to my parents' house where we have dinner and gossip about all of the latest
Grandma Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions On Sunday Gmac told me she recently found a restaurant pager in her purse and she doesn't remember where it came from so she's going to carry it around and
Grandma Episode 13: The World of Courage Y'all. I'm choosing this one time in my whole life to just actually say "y'all." Because this is important. I've been saving up my once-in-a-lifetime use of that word for
The Perfects America's Spirit Animal So I just realized that last week I was supposed to announce the winner of the Strangerville Live raffle. But I didn't do it because lazy. And distracted. And also
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's very different.
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 on the Internet screamed
The Siblings Family Reunion I have like 14 family reunions every summer because I come from several incredibly active gigantic Utah Mormon families. So, I belong to eleventy different groups that plan family reunions
The Siblings Well Look What the Stork Brought My baby sister emitted human life from her womb on Thursday. This is her third child. I was ecstatic for little Lucy to come because: A. Baby sister makes sassy
Grandma Things My friend and I were sitting in a bookstore a few hours ago watching a hipster play a violin (quite well, I might add). He interrupted his own music every once in a while to give a very long explanation about how we are
Grandma Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Bob and Cathie showed up at my house tonight for another landscaping consultation. You guys. Everyone in this world needs a Bob and Cathie. No. I'm taking this a step
Mexico Grandma & Lizards Over the past several days I've been in southern California and northern Mexico, visiting family and attempting to find the seemingly ever elusive hand-made flour tortillas. Guys. I don't require
Grandma Instant Messaging with Connie Connie: Hi! How have you been? Eli: Great! Just about to head out to the beach! How are you? Connie: Wonderful. Wish you were in town this weekend. We could
The Siblings April Fools' Day Ok, first of all, some of you are SO mad that yesterday I didn't say a single thing about April Fools' Day. What the heck, Eli? How lazy can you be? You don't even deserve to be called an obnoxious jerk anymore. I have
Grandma Grandma Georgia Emails Today's edition of the Jolyn files is a very dramatic email chain she started under the Alias "Grandma Georgia" last December. I had received a number of very odd emails
Grandma Grandma's Status Updates Guys, I have the best grandmas. Sweet, giving, hysterical, interesting, etc. One of my grandmas who is in her 80s, Grandma McCann (more commonly known by her gang name, "G-Mac"
Grandma 2009 It's that time of year again when I really start thinking about what's happened in the last 12 months. How have I changed? What has made this year different? Was this year my best yet, as it always should be? 2009 was a hard