Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy Friday, all. Tomorrow night (Saturday) we'll be at The Porch here in Salt Lake City. The show starts at 9:00 PM (DON'T WORRY! IT&
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions We are now on day eight or so of Jolyn Metro's "I'm just going to stay tonight" visit. Today I asked her what her
The Siblings Muv-ver's Day I have a gigantic extended Mormon family. I remember when I saw that movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" ten or so years ago and there was this scene where the protagonist tells her boyfriend, as if to brace him for something
Ridiculous Pictures From My Phone & Weekly Distractions Daniel flew into Salt Land last night. This morning I ventured off to the office, of course making sure he had food and that all of the child locks and
The Siblings At Least Learn the Words if You're Going to Sing It. The other day I got a phone call from my three-year-old niece, AKA "The Child Who Hates Me." [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/09/the-child-who-hates-me.html] Our rocky relationship hasn't improved much during the course of her almost four-year life.
Church Palau Meets Salt Lake City Last week my worlds collided. And it was really strange. One of the boys from Palau, whom I got to know very well working with the church kids for one
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions It's the middle of the night and I'm sitting here in my office because I suddenly seem to have a million things to do in my
Pictures from my phone Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Today is my baby sister Micalyne's 60-somethingth birthday. For some reason she's always stuck at age 16 in my mind. Which makes her story a really
Mexico 2013 I just read the 2012 wrap-up post. I read about how it was my best year. About how our past can be an asset or a liability depending on how we use it. About how if we are living the right way, the best
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,
Snapchat The Snapchats Yesterday: Woman on the News: Up next, we're going to talk about text bombing and how it might be hurting your child. Eli: What on Earth is "
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend, Strangers. I hope you all have a nice one. My 10-year-old niece called me late last night to remind me that I said she could come stay with
Ridiculous The Child Who Hates Me One of the greatest parts about being back in the United States of God Bless America (the full legal name) is that I have been able to see all of
Church Conversations with the Church Kids Throughout my year in Palau I have had many enlightening conversations with the Palauan teenagers at church. I've written them down as they've happened with the intention of sharing some of them with you one day. Below is a sampling
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
Ridiculous A Conversation About High School An Insightful Conversation on High School Island Life with Two Palauan Girls I Gave a Ride Home Last Night from a Church Youth Activity Palauan Girl 1: Brother Eli? Did you know that in Japan you have to be looking at the clock all
Church Pictures & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend, Strangers. It's rainy today in the land of coconuts. Actually, it has pretty much been raining non-stop for about three weeks. I haven't minded
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
Church German Lighthouse On Saturday the long awaited Mormon Youth Conference occurred. Last week I asked you all for some ideas [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/07/youth-conference.html] for what to do
Church Pictures & Weekly Distractions We have made it to another weekend and it has started off nicely for me. Today is a holiday in Palau and to celebrate, I ran a 10K sponsored by
Church Pictures & Weekly Distractions The great and terrible week has come to a close. Leotrix is probably off somewhere eating the rat poison left out for him and becoming stronger in the process. The
Pictures from my phone Pictures & Weekly Distractions We've reached the end of my first week back in the land of coconuts. It's been a nice one, and my jet-lag is slowly wearing off
Ridiculous Emailing Kaylee Yesterday I got the following email from my very dramatic 9-year-old niece Kaylee, the oldest daughter of my sister, Krisanda: Dear Eli, This is Kaylee. We put our for sale
Church Cat Pee! Everywhere! We had the kids last night, just like every Wednesday. Note: I like referring to our Wednesday night church activities with the teenagers this way because it sounds like a joint-custody situation. And it also gives me an inside peek at what it would
Church Working in the Garden Last Saturday I experienced 4 hours of back-breaking labor in the garden behind the church. The Mormon church building in Palau sits on a beautiful piece of land that overlooks