The parentals finally left on their vacation and I have the house all to myself. Originally they want to leave in early August, but things kept coming up, most importantly the family van not getting through the MOT. Some repairs and part replacements were needed, but the car repair place was way overbooked so it took them some time to get the ( Read more... )

Parentals are back from their vacation, arriving a day earlier than planned. Hence they came home to a very messy house and were not pleased at all. But it's kind of their fault, if they had at least called to say that their plans had changed, I would have cleaned the worst of the mess ( Read more... )

The chaos is getting more persistent and Sis and I are about ready to kill each other. We already had a shouting match this morning, over what I'm not even sure. Somehow it seems to be my fault that she forgot her wallet and had me sent it to the wrong address. Plus, as it was me who had the dubious pleasure of chasing after it via phone and email ( Read more... )

I must be very wicked indeed in order to be this much in demand for fixing all sorts of things...

maybe it's all those internet activities of mineSo I was trying to start my experiment report, when Bro called to ask if he could tumble-dry his jeans (yes, he called all the way from the US just for that!). Then Sis called really for no reason at all ( Read more... )

I think my strategy to get Sis to clean up after herself is not working. I was trying to force her into doing it but simply refusing to do it all myself, but after fours days with no one doing any dishes or cleaning the kitchen in any way, Sis still hadn't moved a finger to help and I was starting to fear that there soon would more than flies ( Read more... )