Adventures in House Sitting Part 4: Chastising David

Hypothetically speaking, if you have a lovely friend house sitting for you, and you say to them: “Hey, lovely lady who is house sitting for us. We’re going camping until Sunday. We may stay later, but if so we’ll let you know.” Would you follow this up with a: A) Call every day with a [...]

Adventures in House Sitting Part 3: The Cats

My goals this week have been passive ones. Don’t burn the house down and don’t kill the cats. I’ve had those two scares about the former, but fortunately no close calls (yet) about the latter. They are interesting beasts, these cats. Pickle is stripes of orange, and Kate told me I wouldn’t see much of [...]

Adventures in House Sitting Part 2: Day Time Oddities

Spending time alone in other people’s houses is weird. I used to do it quite a bit as a teenager for Ingrid. Not only did I babysit for her, I would clean her house a few times a week and look after the cats when she went away. I remember the first time she got [...]

Adventures in House Sitting Part 1: The Worry Sets In

Kate and David are off camping in this massive truck/camper thing with their children, and I’m in their house while they’re gone. I don’t know if you’ve spent much time alone in other people’s houses. They always tell you the most important things they think you’ll need to know. The variety both in the depth [...]