Matt Episode 1: The World of Love Jolyn and I are ecstatic to make the biggest announcement on Stranger since Tami. No, we aren't getting married. We don't think the world is ready
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Matt thinks he has Ebola and I've been very insensitive about it each and every time he calls or texts to provide me unsolicited updates. I've
Ridiculous Visiting Sam I'm visiting Sam in Boulder this weekend. Well, that's a lie. He lives in a place called "Broomfield." I don't know why I put quotation marks around that word. It looks like I don't
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&
Ollie Adam's Bare Hands Recently my friend Adam, who is the most talented human being who has ever lived in the history of all living AND I'M INCLUDING EVEN THE BAND HANSON
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I mentioned on FB last week that, realizing I was going to be in Madison Wisconsin, I simply had to try to stalk Dean Strang. So obviously I emailed him
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions My office is a disaster right now. As a form of public shaming, Brianne will often take pictures of the mess when I've stepped out for a moment
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Last night Matt went night skiing, WHICH SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. I had Mr. Pants (aka rat dog hashtag grooming disasters hashtag pray for Ollie). Apparently it was a blizzard in
Ollie When Things Break Ring ring. Bob & Cathie: Hello? Eli: How do you guys always answer the phone at exactly the same time? Cathie: Years of practice. Eli: I need help. Desperately. Cathie:
Ollie Christmas Sweaters Recently I told you about how I went to IKEA [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2015/11/ikea-is-where-happiness-goes-to-die.html] even though it is the worst place in the history of all
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Matt texted me yesterday and told me that Stranger "looks like Microsoft 1995" and that this was unacceptable and I should be ashamed of myself and shouldn'
The Siblings Not Far from the Tree Recently I was in the car with Matt and Wade. I was ranting about how my mother will reluctantly agree to allow me to bring something to a family dinner
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions You guys. Mr. Pants is coming to sleep over at my house starting tonight for the WHOLE weekend! He is so excited and has been texting me all day. We
Ollie IKEA is Where Happiness Goes to Die I’ve mentioned to you before that the stairway to my basement is basically one of those caves from The Descent. To get through it, you have to lie upside-down at a 45 degree angle, suck in your stomach, and have someone slowly lower
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I'm about to get on a red eye flight to NYC (prayers be with me). Matt has spent his evening wandering the valley with me collecting IKEA furniture
Emma Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions [Please come to The Porch this Saturday night in SLC. Jolyn promises to give a 25-second hug to anyone who wants one. Find info here [http://www.utahporch.org/events/
Wade Jodi Last week was John Michael's birthday so we decided to throw him a Halloween-themed birthday party at my house because I refuse to treat any of my 30-something-year-old
Wade Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend, one and all. I'm lying on the floor. Eating candy. And now, your Pictures and Distractions: [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ek7IRV_CuT0/ViACnzwJqnI/AAAAAAAAC_Y/
Ollie Let Them Eat Cake On Friday night I went to Matt's house. I like going there because WHAT IF MR. OLLIE PANTS, but also because, as a southern gentleman, Matt always inexplicably
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Rebecca texted me at some ungodly hour this morning to inform me that she can't leave to go back to Washington DC until she sees me. So I
Wade Birthing a Mattress I've basically been sleeping on one of those Flintstone beds for the past few years. Just a very uncomfortable slab of bumpy rock. Except, worse even. If I so much as contemplate rolling over in it, the mattress squeaks so loudly that
Ollie Pictures from my Phone and Weekly Distractions Rebecca is in town. I know this because she stormed into my house today, rearranged everything in it, told me every possible fact about her life, and then left in
Ollie Roll-top Desk It was Labor Day on Monday so Matt, Ollie, and I decided we should labor. We made a stop at Home Depot, where all 7 billion of Earth's
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions This week I ventured off to Cleveland. Before doing so Bob and Cathie informed me that I would certainly die. I didn't take this very seriously because they
Ironman Water Heater I went for a run this weekend even though I made a solemn promise to all of you and to the universe that after Ironman Boulder I would never exercise again. But as it turns out, my body be doing crazy things lately. I
