The Perfects Mr. Pham's Patio Project I told you a little while ago about how I hired Mr. Pham [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2018/04/mr-pham.html] to do whatever the hell he wants with my
Ridiculous Mr. Pham Please enjoy this week's Strangerville Live, and today's story: My neighbor Lynne's landscaping could be in a magazine. Every flower and bush is perfectly
The Perfects Grass Seed and Drug Cartels My street is on a hill, which is a problem for three reasons: 1. Sliding past my driveway on icy days and having to circle the block multiple times to
The Perfects Many Hands Make Light Work Last week I wrote a post [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2018/02/every-single-recipe-blog-post-ever.html] complaining about how cooking blogs make you scroll through 5,000 words of nonsense just to
Ridiculous TruGreen, The Mob I'm pretty sure I got a call from the mob today. Like, The Mob. A few years ago I called TruGreen, the lawn care company, and asked them if I could pay one million dollars every five weeks to have them come
Ridiculous Laminate Flooring Comes Straight From Hell Part III A reminder, if you haven't done so already, to check out the story we produced this week about Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick and her two double-lung transplants. It'
Ridiculous Shoe Molding I finished putting the new laminate floors into my office and bedroom a few weeks ago and subsequently vowed to never do a day of work again in my life.
The Perfects Laminate Flooring Comes Straight From Hell, Part II Before you read about today's drama, let me remind you SINCE YOU ALREADY FORGOT HOW COULD YOU that Strangerville Live is somehow already next. freaking. week. I don&
Ridiculous Laminate Flooring Comes Straight From Hell There's this room in my house that you have to walk through to get to my bedroom and I have no idea how any of the prior owners
House Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Duncan has been going through this phase since he was born where he likes to get up in the middle of the night, jump off of the bed, and then
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
The Perfects The Neighbor's Tree One quick word on Strangerville Live: I did what the kids are calling "the social medias" and made an actual Facebook event page [https://www.facebook.com/events/
The Siblings Condo Clothes Last weekend I decided to convert my body into a senior citizen. I did this the best way I know how: eleventy hundred hours of yard work. Y'all.
Ridiculous Why I May Never Call The Gas Company Again I opened a cupboard in the basement and smelled gas and my friends and family all told me that I needed to call the mayor himself to get this resolved
House Today or Tomorrow or Soon A couple of weeks ago we announced that we were going to do a raffle and gift a 1+1=furrrever Snuggie to one lucky person who was kind enough
Ollie Tim the Contractor When I bought my house two years ago one of the first things I noticed about it was that the seller was, shall we say, a bit generous with a
Ollie How To Get A Southern Gentleman To Work For You For Free I received an automated voice message, an email, and two texts last week telling me that this chair I ordered at a store in Salt Lake City, which would be
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Salt Lake City is snowmaggedon lately. E'ry day there is another 97 feet of snow that I have to go out and shovel off of my driveway. And
The Perfects Repurposing a Cupboard Door A couple of weeks ago I got home from the office after a particularly stressful day amid a particularly stressful week/month/year. The weather was nice so I decided
Ollie And Then I Met Ruth As I mentioned to you recently, I've been engaged in a new quest to meet all of my neighbors and become the most popular person on the block,
Ollie Broome Bungalow Recently Matt bought a new house. And when I say "new," I mean "super old and disgusting." I swear to you he was purposefully looking for
Ridiculous Is Adele Real? Remember how Adam came and tore out my entire concrete pond [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2016/03/thank-you-for-being-friend.html] while I was out of town and then I nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize (decision pending) and had 30 stars named after him?
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
The Perfects Thank You For Being A Friend! A quick note before we get into today's story: A huge thanks to the hundreds of you who have joined us over at Imzy so far. It has
Ollie The World's Ugliest Fireplace My house is 90 years old. It is older than your grandma. Unless your grandma is older than 90. In which case, I'm sorry I lied. And disrespected
