A Fine Line Between Homicidal Mania and Donna Reed....

[celendra]

Here in the house that I share with Jason and the roomates Ted and Mary, I don't really have to pay bills. Since it's actually Jason's place, he told me that as long as I keep house and clean and such, he's content. He would rather 'have an apartment that is livable than save $200 a month'. I don't really have any problem cleaning up after Jason. I

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[darqstar]

1: Put some of your food under lock and key. I've lived with the horrible food sucking roommate and it isn't fair. If you have to, put a cabinet in your bedroom for the non perishables and lock it. They have no reason to poke in your room at all. Also, if they start asking you for a dish you've made, tell them, "Sure, I'll give you some, for five dollars. Which is a better deal than you'll get at any restaurant."

2: DO NOT go searching for dishes in their room. NEVER. If you notice you are short on clean dishes, tell them clearly you need dishes back and cleaned. Do not compliment them for washing their own dishes. If they fish for compliments, lean over, tie your shoe, then beam and say, "Lookie me! I tieded my shoe! I'm a good girl, I tie my shoe! Pretty shoe, pretty bow! I tieded my shoe!"

3: Gather up wet towels and put them on roommate's bed. "I'm sorry, I had to wash down the floors and the walls and needed to put them someplace while I did that. Did I forget?" If they are gone all day, remember to spray the

Good advice.

[celendra]

While I really don't have the room to keep food in here (not to mention the ferret's delight at oodles of boxes to open and roll around in), I think your idea of offering food for a fee is a good one. They just have this way of coming in and taking the lids off of the pots and pans I'm cooking in and poking the food, saying "Whatcha makin'??" as if they're my children and it's their snack

[anonymous]

Cute music.

Phry

[celendra]

Thanks. Now if only I could get him to be as affectionate as he is playful.

Good to hear from you, Phry. I'm curious as to how you've been.

Cel

[anonymous]

Good to see some journal entries out of you, too.

My life hasn't changed a tenth as much as yours has. Been all right, except I'm still living too slow. Always need to work on that.

Maybe we'll see updates out of you more frequently?

[celendra]

I'm getting better. Honest! *wink*

I really am trying to keep up my LJ, not just so people know I haven't fallen off the edge of the world, but also just because, looking back on previous entries, I like having a record of what I was thinking at certain stages of my life.

It's helpful.

Talk to you soon,

Cel