Ridiculous A Little Musical A little while back I got connected with Mindy Gledhill on what the kids are calling "The Twitter." For those who don't know, Mindy is this really great musician (check
Ridiculous Customer Service In These Unprecedented Times LISTEN. LISTEN TO ME. I know I am Karen with a capital K right now. I know I'm the worst version of a Jerry Seinfeld boomer (how is that man
Strangerville What brings you in today? Emily: What brings you in today? Eli: I need to open a bank account for my new business. Emily: Congratulations! What's it called? Eli: Strangerville. Emily: Ok, I'll just need
Skylar The Holy First Church of Saint Peloton I learned about Peloton a couple years ago, probably from Meg. She told me at that time that the most supportive friend in her life was an exceptionally gay Peloton
Ridiculous Just In Case Cookies A few weeks ago @gimmeplants on Twitter posted a picture of an absolute abomination called "Just In Case Cookies." We talked about it on Strangerville last week. If you haven't
Medical School An Impossible Way To Live My husband, who art in heaven, hallowed be his name, decided to become an absolute terrorist two nights ago. Look. He's stressed and exhausted and exhausted and stressed and I
Ridiculous Dishes "Did you have company in here today?" Skylar was asking it sarcastically, and I knew that was the case, so I guess that's why I responded "just my handful of
Ridiculous Companionship Inventory When Skylar and I got married my mother—the woman who birthed me into this world—the being from whom my body emerged through a process she has since called
Ridiculous Strangerhood of the Traveling Snuggie, Part 3 First off, I wrote a piece about what it feels like to close the chapter on 2020. It was incredibly cathartic to write this, in a way I hadn't really
Ridiculous Hedgy A couple years ago my friend Anna got Duncan a little stuffed animal hedgehog. She called it "Hedgy" and this quickly became Duncan's very favorite toy. My little man was
Ridiculous I am married to a deeply weird person. Just a few days ago Skylar and I decorated gingerbread cookies. With sweat at my brow, I mixed and rolled the dough and then I carefully baked them with love.
Ridiculous Good Ice Cream Look. You know me. You've been reading this site since you were mumble mumble years old. Since back before the war. Since the days of Blockbuster and Myspace. You used
Ridiculous A Good Finder A couple years ago I found this film about dating and marriage produced by BYU in 1956 and I talked about it on Strangerville when I did the four-part series
Ridiculous Frosty For the past several years, Sky and I have basically been the only house on the street to put up Christmas lights. We're frustrated about this because if you go
Ridiculous How Not To Buy A Phone Skylar has been begging me to get a new phone since before the war. I don't know how long it's been since I've upgraded, but apparently "too long," or so
Social Distancing Halloween In These Unprecedented Times Despite These Unprecedented Times Of Uncertainty We're All In This Together And It Came To Pass, I decided we'd still try to celebrate Halloween. We simply must. It's part of
Ridiculous Tickling Texts On Tuesday morning I woke up to something of a surprising email. I get quite a handful of emails to the Stranger account. Most of them are from you people
Medical School Physical Exam I heard it before I saw it. It was coming from the next room over. A one-sided medical based conversation by my exhausted spouse who has been working graveyard shifts
Ridiculous A Pretty Serious Dispute I need you to solve a debate that is make or break for my marriage. Skylar, who is wrong, thinks it's rude when I'm working or writing and he starts
Ridiculous Best In The Business During These Unprecedented Times Of Uncertainty, I have run around 200 miles per month. I've mentioned this to you before. My conversion into Forrest Gump was a result of two
Ridiculous The Great Flood Skylar left at illegal o'clock this morning for affairs so he wasn't around when I discovered The Great Flood in our front yard. He's in pediatrics now, which is apparently
Ridiculous Baby Clothes Cashier: These little t-shirts are cute! Who are they for? Me: Oh, uh . . . my . . . uh . . . my baby. They're for my baby. Cashier: Boy or girl? Me: Boy. Cashier: Wonderful! And
Ridiculous Only In Utah! Skylar said it was "hot" and he was "sweaty" so that's why it was a good idea for him to take his shirt off and go sit on the furniture. I told him this wasn't my preferred choice for him, but he laughed it
The Perfects Dead Rat Our greatest neighborhood allies are the Perfects next door. When I bought this house in The Year of Our Lord Eleventy Hundred, I was too intimidated to talk to them
Medical School Pediatrics Skylar found out his newest rotation would be in pediatrics and this freaked him out. I was honestly surprised that he was so nervous to do this rotation. If you
