Palau Pictures & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend, Strangers. It's an especially happy one for me. The prodigal son, Daniel, has returned. And what's more, my sister, Krishelle, will be arriving in
Ridiculous What the People Want to Know This is basically the laziest post of all time. I know this. It's been a busy week. There was tv to be watched. I was googling something earlier
Daniel Traipsing Tonight Daniel finally returns from what is most definitely the longest business trip of all time. He left on this thing almost FOUR weeks ago. And when he gets back tonight, I'm going to drive him home from the airport, handcuff him
Church Youth Conference This coming Saturday is the dreaded "Youth Conference" with the church kids that we've been planning for a few months. And when I say "planning for a few months," I mean "knowing that it's coming
Ridiculous Squalor As it turns out, I'm kind of a slob. I've never really known this because I've never lived alone before and my consideration of others is apparently a greater motivator of my actions than my laziness so I
Palau Pictures & Weekly Distractions Happy Independence Day, Strangers. I hope you all had a good one without me. Thanks for the invite to your parties, by the way. Sorry I couldn't make
Ridiculous Life is in Session! I've been meaning to write this post for a long time but just haven't gotten around to it because LAZINESS. As you might remember, if you
Daniel Ham & Cheese I am now on week three of forced alone time and I have started to snap. Not, like, Westside Story dance snapping. I mean like "going crazy" snapping. Maybe I didn't need to clarify that. But this whole story turns
Book Pictures & Weekly Distractions After yesterday's post [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/06/book-writing-update.html] about the book writing, many of you sent me such helpful information regarding finding a literary agent
Ridiculous Book Writing Update I may have mentioned at some point here that I'm not exactly "in the know" on what the kids are calling "technology." Pretty much every medium of social media scares and confuses me. And what's worse,
Ridiculous Daniel's Departure I wrote yesterday [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/06/a-huge-surprise.html] about how Daniel is now a week and a half into a three week trip to the U.S., leaving my poor pathetic self alone with Leotrix. He only had a couple of
Videos A Huge Surprise So remember last week when I wrote the most vague post about all time [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/06/a-post-about-nothing.html] and complained that I have all sorts of things that I wanted to tell you but that I couldn't tell
Ridiculous Forrest Gump Palau obviously doesn't get The Price is Right because it totally does not help control the pet population. As you can imagine, the over-abundance of "pets" is not exactly my favorite aspect of Palau living. It probably doesn't
Bob and Cathie Pictures & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend, Strangers. We've got a great set of pictures and distractions for you this week. Enjoy, and stay safe. Beware of Leotrix riding on the back of
Palau Thank You, Please Come Again. So I'm sitting here at my computer, avoiding productivity at all costs because, DUH, I LIVE ON A TROPICAL ISLAND. And I'm feeling a little like Jabba the Hutt physically and I don't know why. I mean, it
Bob and Cathie Pictures & Weekly Distractions Happy Father's Day weekend, Strangers. Special shout out to Bob. Remember when I was ten and you exchanged five days of being grounded for getting to watch me
Ridiculous The Joys of Island Living The other day I was running some errands during lunch and I happened upon Daniel, who was also out and about. He told me he wanted to slip into a small clothing store nearby to get some shorts and since I don't
Ridiculous The Precipice of Innovation [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tK7tE4aTvbY/UbfKwY9zWKI/AAAAAAAADds/Ts6FCe7eFOU/s1600/DSCN0660.JPG] The next wave of technology. This week I am doing a REALLY important video conference with people in
Ridiculous Sex, STDs, and Hieroglyphics On Friday just after lunch I was walking down the main road in Palau with Daniel. Actually, I should say, we were walking down THE road in Palau. There's a piece of the road "downtown" that is the frequent location
Palau Pictures & Weekly Distractions I saw Leotrix last night! I need everyone on high alert! And NO, this is NOT one of those things where I "see" Leotrix everywhere. I saw the
Ridiculous The World's Largest Cat A little while back I posted the link for you all to vote for Dean Bullock to get a spot in the world championship Ironman race. Dean has terminal cancer and has a dream to compete in the Ironman in Kona. His family posted
Ridiculous Video Rental In the immediate days before moving to Palau, my life was utter chaos. My belongings were spread to and fro across the face of the Earth and I had shipped twenty or so boxes to the equatorial Pacific without really knowing exactly what I
Ridiculous Deviled Eggs On Friday I had a conversation with Daniel about deviled eggs. A Conversation with Daniel about Deviled Eggs Eli: Um . . . why are there . . . [counting] . . . SIXTY deviled eggs in the refrigerator!? Daniel: For an afternoon snack. Eli: For whom?! Are we hosting a town hall
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
Palau The Best and Worst of Palau Family, friends, and Strangers have frequently emailed and asked me about what I have liked and haven't liked about living in the equatorial Pacific. The answer to those
