Emma Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I got a haircut today NOT THAT I EVER NEED A HAIRCUT BECAUSE MY HAIR NATURALLY GROWS TO THE PERFECT LENGTH AND THEN STOPS. Anyway, I walked the four blocks
Ironman Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more. Young Wade and I shall set sail for Boulder, dark and far too early Friday morning. Years of anticipation and preparation,
Wade Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Matthew Pants went to his home state of Mississippi (or, as he calls it, "Miss'ippi&
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Rebecca has been out of my life for two weeks now and I'M NOT PLEASED. I haven't heard much from her. But last weekend she called
Wade Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Last night I returned home from work to find Young Wade curled up in the fetal position on the couch, clammy, and possibly moments from death. He looked like someone
Wade Wake-Up Call Mr. Ollie Pants stayed at my house this weekend. This was a wonderful thing. Mr. Pants hasn't slept over for many weeks and I have had major withdrawals.
Ollie Joint Custody Woes Matt: Here Ollie! You want some!? Eli: Stop right there, sir. I've been meaning to talk to you about this. Matt: Talk to me about what? Eli: About
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Alas, we have made it to the end of the week. Somehow. And somehow, again, I just rolled into my office at 11:00 PM for a full night of
Ollie The Dog Park Matt went out of town this weekend so before he even walked out the door, I was cradling Ollie in my arms like a baby, walking to my car, and
Ollie The Wind Beneath My Wings This thing keeps happening where Matt shows up and does all of this complicated and probably dangerous work in my house with minimal effort and only half his attention and
Ollie Conversations With Emrie I mentioned last week that my niece Emrie was coming to my house for a sleepover. This is the niece who was formerly AKA "The Niece Who Hates Me,
Annie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I'm so nervous. 24 hours from now the Niece Who Hates Me is coming to my house for a sleepover. I'm going to spend the entire
Ollie Up On A Soapbox This weekend I dragged Matt and Ollie across the great state of Utah to help me collect 100,000 new things for my home improvement projects. Matt has become my general contractor who I have do at least ten new projects in my house
Ollie The Neuter Clinic The other day Matt asked me if I had any time this week to take Ollie back to the spay and neuter clinic to get him checked out. His unmentionable
Rebecca Rebecca Paints the Floor Ring ring. Eli: Respecta! This is the stage name I have chosen for Rebecca. Rebecca: Eli. I'm trying to get a hold of Matt to ask him some important home repair questions. But he isn't answering. Eli: Well you can
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy New Year, one and all. Because the magic of the season made us lose track of reality, like it always does (see this [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/01/
Ollie Eli's House So it's getting late and I just finished the three-hour AMAZING Survivor finale. Did anyone watch it? I know it's not 1998 anymore, but some of
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I'm in my mostly vacant house, having spent the afternoon and much of the evening here taking care of installations and bids for various projects. It's
Emma Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy Friday, one and all. Tonight I saw Rebecca and her sister hauling her bed out of my home. Now it's quiet. TOO quiet. I have a feeling
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions You might have heard that there's a puppy named Ollie that is an exception to my be-afraid-of-all-animals rule. You might have also heard that Ollie lived with me
Ollie Five Little Pumpkins Ollie just left me and I'm not pleased. Matt showed up like a thief in the night to take him away. Rebecca and I knew our time with Ollie was winding down, and so we snuggled with him and said our goodbyes.
Ollie Parenthood I had it on my calendar for a couple of weeks. If I wasn't so lazy, I would have made a paper chain to count down the days.
Ironman Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions By the good graces of God, Matt got very very sick this week. He asked me if I could come to his place and take Ollie for a day or
Ollie The Ollie Freeway Barf Massacre You guys. You know how I don't love animals? I mean, it's not like I hate them. It's just that I don't
Ironman Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions So the other day I wrote about how I decided to sign up for Ironman Boulder. And in that post I explained that trying to prepare for and get to
