Ridiculous Homeowner Responsibility One of the most difficult things about being a first-time homeowner is suddenly taking on a thousand new responsibilities that I've never had to deal with before or, in some cases, had even contemplated. A lot of these are simple, but not
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
Ridiculous Fifth Grade Notebook After her last visit to my home, at the end of which Cathie ominously announced to all within earshot that she would expect me to clear out all of my
Rebecca My Driveway I think my house was initially built with horse and buggy in mind. At least, that's the only way I can explain the driveway. It's exceedingly narrow, and I don't really know why because there is definitely room
Rebecca Half a Carload My friend Burke is possibly the greatest human being of our generation. A couple of weeks ago we were talking about how I needed to move for the eleventy millionth time in the last ten years and how much I was dreading the task.
Ollie Rebecca's Near Murder Rebecca was babysitting Ollie at her house on Friday, so I texted her to see how things were going. I logged away in my mind that I needed to try
Ridiculous Six Chairs Eli: Hi. I would like to buy this table and six of these chairs. Lady: Great! Let me make sure we have enough in stock. Eli: No problem. Lady: Let's see . . . hmmmm . . . well we only have four of those chairs. Eli: Ok.
Ridiculous The First Doctor's Appointment Remember how eleventy years ago I told you that I had set up an appointment to see a REAL doctor [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2014/09/eli-finds-regular-doctor.html]because my friend at work told me that you aren't a grownup until you
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
Rebecca Rebecca's Shopping Cart Tonight I came home from work to find a shopping cart in my apartment. Not the most ridiculous thing I've come home to. Not by a long shot. But still, I didn't really have time to deal with complication today.
The Siblings Food Assignments It's not a secret that in my family I am not trusted with bringing even remotely complicated food assignments to family functions. It's also no secret that I'm very sensitive about this. Usually, Cathie will send out some
Ridiculous Halloween, 1995 I should be 100% way too embarrassed to share this photo with you. But I just can't help it. It is too horrifically glorious to keep it all
Ridiculous Buying a House = Complicated I don't know where this month is going. I expected it to be a pretty quiet one and foolishly thought that my job was going to be peaceful and simple. It was not. It was a jealous mistress. NOT THAT I KNOW
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.
Ridiculous How To Win Cats and Influence Felines If you are reading this it’s because you’ve seen the light. You know that the destiny for you is one full of fur-balls, felines, and Fancy Feast. You’
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.
Rebecca "Why do so many weird things happen in this house?" The night before Halloween I decided to try on my two costumes that I have rotated every single year since I was about 15. One of these is a hippie
The Siblings The Next Big Move Is everyone sitting down? No? A few of you are standing? Can you get into the sitting position? I'll wait. . . . [I put my hands up, they're playin' my song and the butterflies fly away . . .] Sitting now? No? Some of
Ridiculous EXPERIENCING THE GRIPS OF HELL! You guys. I found something that is worse than CAMPING. It's worse than surprise camping. Even worse than camping for more than one day. IT'S WORSE
Ironman Eli McCann: World's Leading Environmentalist You guys. I done be savin' the world up in here! Because yesterday I finally put my foot down for the environment. And America. And righteousness. Hashtag 'merica. There's this place at the food court in the building in which
Ridiculous Peer Pressure A long long time ago When the proposed date still felt so far away A conversation happened James: I know we don't know each other well but you run, so would you like to do a relay race with me in a
Ridiculous Hospital Bokhdan Happy Monday one and all. We had a great time at The Porch this weekend. It was great to see some of you there. A huge thanks to Kyle for
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Dear Salt Lake Crowd, please don't forget to join us at The Porch on Saturday night at 9:00 [http://www.utahporch.org/events/14080601/do-over-slc]. The only
Ironman Dentist Appointment Announcement: I'll be telling a story on The Porch at 9:00 on Saturday night in Salt Lake City. It's the best story from my life--one some of you have heard, but with some new details and updates that nobody
