The Siblings Last Minute Notice Last week amid all of the Leotrix drama [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/05/nothing-worse-than-this-has-ever.html] Daniel informed me that he had invited some people over for dinner for the next day. Daniel: Oh, by the way, last Sunday I told some people to
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
Ridiculous THE WORST UPDATE EVER!!! First of all, Stranger was surprisingly in the news [http://www.ksl.com/?nid=1014&sid=25276718] today! And the first part of this article totally makes it sound
Ridiculous NOTHING WORSE THAN THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED EVER! I NEED EVERYONE'S UNDIVIDED ATTENTION WHILE I HAVE A MAJOR ONLINE FREAK OUT AND MELTDOWN IN EPIC PROPORTIONS. No. Put down that cat and turn off the tv.
Nostalgia Graduation Nuggets of Wisdom Graduation is happening across Palau right now. I got an invitation to a graduation for this coming Sunday, which I'm excited to go to because when they call the names I like to wait until the people sitting next to me cheer
Ridiculous Birthday Marathon The photo above is how I always want to remember Daniel, long after he has died from food poisoning or from sticking his hand into a blender or something equally
Palau Pictures & Weekly Distractions Dear Strangers of the world. Tomorrow (May 18th) is my birthday. I can't believe I'm turning 65 again. I know you all want to send me
Church Daniel Snaps Last night Daniel snapped at one of the teenagers. Remember last week [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/05/twenty-teenagers.html] when he got high and mighty after I went all Carrie [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XFbAINOlnY] on them? And Daniel was all
The Siblings Solomon I'm working on something for the court now that has just about ripped my brain out of my head and thrown it into a blender. You're welcome for the visual. You all know that I have a job, right? I
Ridiculous ANTS! Ants. Everywhere. And I know what you're thinking. We are NOT dirty people. And yes, I have been working out. Thanks for the kind thoughts. I'm totally blushing. Our apartment is clean! Sure we leave crumbs out all over the
Palau Trust The other day I was running home from work: my ongoing attempt to combat adult onset diabetes. In my first four or five months in Palau I gained 25 pounds. And not the good kind of 25 pounds, whatever that is. I did the
Daniel Pictures & Weekly Distractions Heading into the weekend here in the land of coconuts, a good 16 or so hours ahead of most of you. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms.
Church Twenty Teenagers Last night I had a very minor freak out in front of the church kids. It was Wednesday night, which is our night to do activities with the hormonal teenagers. And I could tell that I was ultra-irritable before we even walked into the
Daniel This is Very Strange I've been sort of tired this week. Not really sure why. Jet lag? It's been 8 or 9 days so it seems like I should be pretty over that by now. Last night I had a quiet night in. After
Ridiculous Mother Hen Monday was a holiday in Palau so we took the day to go diving with a group of friends even though there are animals under water. This is one of those peer pressure things where I'm basically FORCED to agree to go
Ridiculous The Mobile Spider When we first got to Palau, we noticed a gigantic spider perched in the center of a large web near the stairs leading to our apartment. The spider was high above even Daniel's freakishly circus-level reach. Daniel hates spiders, like any good
The Siblings Journey Back to a Dot Last night I made it back to the land of coconuts. Daniel picked me up at the airport at 8:15, drenched completely in sweat, just like he was when he dropped me off at the same spot over two weeks ago. After 34
FYI Back in the U.S. of A. I need to be quick today because I have spent 987 of the last 72 hours on planes and I am CRANKY. Ok, not really that cranky. Because I stopped sweating for the first time in 6 months. And how can you be cranky
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
Ridiculous Haircut. FOR WHICH I DID NOT GET NAKED. I went back to that place where I had the infamous body scrub [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/03/body-scrub.html] recently. I know. What the crap, Eli. How could you go back to a place where you had humiliated yourself that much? Guys.
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
The Siblings April Fools' Day Ok, first of all, some of you are SO mad that yesterday I didn't say a single thing about April Fools' Day. What the heck, Eli? How lazy can you be? You don't even deserve to be called an
Daniel Messy Room It's Monday in Palau. Easter has ended. The gigantic loaves of Ukrainian Easter bread Daniel spent 9 hours baking yesterday mostly remain in my kitchen, untouched. He says he didn't mean to make so much. But the recipe just kept
Palau Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Tonight we had a little party on the beach. Daniel has been doing an internship with the Attorney General of Palau, an American woman who has taken Daniel under her
Ironman While We're on the Topic of Embarrassing Stories Right before lunch today I got the mass text that "fresh" produce had graced the land of Palau. 12 seconds later I was walking down the street toward the grocery store at a brisk pace when the Stormtrooper zoomed by with Daniel
