Facebook List What Constitutes "The Midwest"? Last week I complained to y'all on the Stranger Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/itjustgetsstranger/] that Skylar keeps referring to Salt Lake City and Denver as "
Ridiculous Idaho City This weekend Skylar and I drove from Portland to Salt Lake City. In case you're not familiar with maps, that is just under 600,000 miles and it
Quinn Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions So tired. But Matt's going out of town and Adam has some crap going on so I'm having a puppy slumber part tonight and you can&
Brianne How Do You Overcome Anxiety? [https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WUMQtJac6XY/WAcI8ABmliI/AAAAAAAAEuA/wbNluZm81uIJIKHMkNTJimvklve6uVVCACLcB/s1600/013.JPG] Oh, to be Mr. Pants.The other day I told you about my anxiety attack in the middle
Ridiculous Lost Millennials So the other day I posted that thing about how Skylar orders food the wrong way [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2016/10/how-to-order-thai-food.html] and needs to be severely reprimanded
Ridiculous How to Order Thai Food Ring ring Woman: Thai restaurant, can I help you? Skylar: Yes, you can, thank you. Woman: Ok . . . how can I help you? Skylar: Well, my friend and I would like
Wade Halloween Costumes I love Halloween like a fat kid loves cake. And when I was a child I was actually pretty creative when it came to Halloween costumes. I got this gene
Ridiculous Norwegian Ridgebacks This weekend I was in Portland and I went hiking with Skylar and THE WORLD'S MOST WHINY DOG. I'm not kidding you about this dog. I
Ollie The Perfect Storm Rebecca got married on Friday and Saturday. Notice I said Friday AND Saturday. I say this, because this person who told me she just wanted to elope had a TWO-DAY
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Yesterday I came home from work and there was enough wedding picnic crap in my house to host all of the wedding picnics Rebecca will ever have in her entire
Rebecca Wedding Picnics This weekend is Rebecca's wedding, which she purposefully planned at the exact times that I have eleventy other commitments. And because Rebecca insists on being a complication in
Ridiculous The 19 Steps of Building IKEA Furniture By Skylar Westerdahl I secretly think there is a small masochistic part of everyone. A tiny desire to make our physical lives match the twisting turmoil that lies within. Or
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Brianne: AND DON'T YOU DARE STEP OUT OF THIS OFFICE UNTIL ALL OF YOUR CLOTHES ARE PICKED UP OFF THE FLOOR!!!! Eli: What does it matter? They'
Ridiculous I See Dead People. They're Everywhere. Last week I was on a cruise ship for seven days with my family. It was basically the Titanic. I can still smell the paint. It was an Alaskan cruise.
Pictures from my phone Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions My new best friend/neighbor has 100 billion potted plants in her backyard and since I'm now house sitting for her (you thought I was joking about this)
The Perfects Hi. I'm Your New Neighbor. I walked two houses down the hill to greet my neighbor, a blonde woman, age 50 or so, who rivals The Perfects in magazine-cover landscaping and lawn care. It was
Ridiculous We All Wear Masks Ring ring Skylar: Hello. Eli: Someone called you a "hotty mc hotty" in the comments of something I posted on Stranger last week. Skylar: Wait. I'm
Emma Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions How's my night going? Well after a very long day I was in the drive-through at Wendy's at 11:15 PM and I ran my car
Emma Pioneer Day Miracle We gathered aboard the raft, the five of us, unaware of the trauma that awaited us. Bats flew overhead, and the sounds of water churning on the cliffs of rocks
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I mentioned on FB last week that, realizing I was going to be in Madison Wisconsin, I simply had to try to stalk Dean Strang. So obviously I emailed him
Ridiculous Wisconsin This weekend I went to Madison Wisconsin because cheese. You guys. Did you know that Wisconsin is known for cheese? This is the best possible thing to be known for.
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I texted Rebecca yesterday to tell her that I decided not to eat gluten this week in order to prove to her that gluten allergies aren't real. She
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions You guys. Mr. Pants is coming to sleep over at my house starting tonight for the WHOLE weekend! He is so excited and has been texting me all day. We
