Matt Bookends (Audio version above, shared on this week's episode of Strangerville.) By Eli McCann My great grandpa Hinkle built his own house. People sometimes talk about someone they know
Louie Vegas With Puppies Over the years I've had friends tell me that once you start having kids, everything takes ten times longer. No outing is uncomplicated. No activity can ever truly
Matt Upgrade Matt got married this weekend. We were disappointed with this because we had fully planned to have him live in our basement one day and be "oh that'
Ollie A Reunion I texted Matt to let him know we were in St. George, which is about two hours from Las Vegas, where he rudely moved earlier this year, taking my sweet
Skylar A Horrific Birthday Surprise That Was Fine I told you a while ago that my dragon slayer started torturing me around February with birthday threats. Skylar's track record on birthday surprises: they are the most
Ollie We Are Very Angry With Matt Matt has decided to move away from us, which is absolutely a hate crime and an act of terror. He sprung the news on us a few months ago. "
Ridiculous A Good Finder My husband, the man who vowed before God to love and worship and support and never criticize and always agree and suffer in silence for me, attacked me out of
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions We are so very overdue for a Pictures & Distractions post and I have some fun stuff to share with you. So here it is. [https://1.bp.blogspot.com/
Ridiculous Eternal Vine My parents have this Jumanji vine consuming a whole side of their house. They planted it back before the war when they were young and dumb and so full of
Medical School Rotations Skylar started his "rotations" this week, which as I understand it roughly translates to "wander around a hospital trying to look busy so no one asks you
Ollie Indogpendence Day Yesterday was Independence Day (happy birthday, America. Sorry your party sucked.) Normally we throw a Fourth of July party where all of our friends come over and lick their hands
House Our Mountain Vineyard My husband has decided to turn our backyard into a vineyard. I found out about this when I overheard him asking Matt if he could borrow several power tools, which
Ridiculous Twilight: A Comprehensive Review A couple weeks ago I finally sat myself down and watched me a Twilight and friends, I am so confused. I did it so we could record this episode of
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Hi I just took Duncan outside and he didn't want to walk in the snow so he just stood on the patio for five minutes so I walked
Ollie Our Snowy Graveyard Last week we went to Vancouver Washington for Thanksgiving. Skylar grew up there and all of his family still lives in Vancouver or across the river in Portland so the
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Apparently Bozo the Clown died. Matt just told me and then scolded me for asking who that is. Which reminds me, I called Skylar "the ol' battleaxe"
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I haven't done Pictures & Distractions since before the war so here you go. I know you've been praying for this. You know mamma doesn'
Ridiculous Flu Shot Last week Matt texted me. "I guess you don't even care that I'm DYING." He does this from time to time. Not the dying
Emily Photos of People Having an Authentic Time at my Wedding I'm going to give you a bunch of details about the wedding with some actual wedding photos, etc. in the coming days. But for now, I want to
Ollie Homohood of the Traveling T-Shirt I got in trouble tonight. We went to Matt's house to pick up Duncan because he and Ollie have been on a 7-day back-and-forth sleepover date. We pass
Ridiculous Mean Girls Someone taught Matt how to use the internet so now he's employed one of them what-the-kids-are-calling "apps" to turn all of us into women. Snapchat? I
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions We're babysitting Mr. Ollie Pants this week because Matt is in "Miss'ippi." What this means is I've got a very judgmental dog
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I do this plug from time to time because I'm needy and I like attention and compliments: apparently the internet gods treat you differently when you receive positive
Ridiculous Matt's Stairwell [Strangerville Live is THIS FRIDAY. Please get your tickets [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/strangerville-live-tickets-55260600945], if you haven't already!] I think I may be the victim of the
Ollie Pictures & Distractions I haven't done Pictures & Distractions in a while and I don't know if any of you care but I miss it and I'm
