Well, after getting our house "guests" out of our hair, the true feelings come out.
Seems as though my wife was told that I was a lazy bastard for not asking them if they needed help moving. There's a lot more to it than that, but the sticky point was that I was scum for not offering to help. Kind of not sure how to take that considering I was the only one working in a house of 4 adults AND I was working midnight shift and often was up for 24 hours at a time. They've got it in their head that they did more for us while they were living here RENT/UTILITY FREE then we did for them.

Well, all I can say is good riddance. Don't need ya anyway. Oh, and if you don't get the rest of your shit out of our garage by tomorrow, you can find it at the end of the driveway. Good luck.

Finally, FINALLY, the wife and I "lost" our house "guests". Just shy of 7 months, and we now have the place to ourselves. It was getting stupid. Both parents aren't able to work, one has heart troubles and the other back. The 14 yo daughter was becoming a bit too much of an adult and overstepping her bounds and being mouthy. And all of them seemed to lose track of who's house it was and their role in it. Food is a good example. I like certain things, and when I purchase them, I expect them to be MINE. They didn't respect that. So much in fact, that when they left (and no one was watching them...) they actually took a whole package of something I had just bought to get me through a week's worth of breakfasts. And the hassle of just having them here....One night I went to get my dinner (one of the few times they cooked it) and he was in the kitchen. Well, I grab a plate, and start towards the stove top, when he steps in front of me to grab something I was...

Seriously, I don't know why, but I do. I mean today I learn that someone at my station was "let go" (fired) because of a bad 20 month review. Granted, I don't know what specifically this guy did, or what transpired to get this guy in this position, but it worries me. I mean, I didn't exactly get off to a roaring start, and I'm not exactly the best at any one thing at this job. I do show up on time, everyday, haven't called in sick, look clean, and make a sincere attempt to learn and perform this job. But I still have to wonder, what will happen at my 20 month review?

Something else that bothers me is that some of the guys gossip like teenage girls. "This guy's a shitbag, that guy is lazy, that guy is...." It's like the only person at the whole damn place that knows it all is the guy talking to you. I just keep my mouth shut and try to avoid doing stupid stuff. This only ties in because when people talk, your reputation can precede...

Or I should say, it found me somehow. When I owned my own business, I had all the tools and room to "tinker", and I always managed to find time to follow that passion. Lately, I haven't been able too. I have the tools, the room, and I kept what I could for raw materials for my tinkering, but time, lack of funds, and just plain old mental exhaustion kept me out of the workshop.

Until lately. For whatever reason, I've just been all kinds of inspired, and the brain has been in design overdrive for the past week. I won't say what it is that I'm aiming for, but let's just say that I've been quite inspired by the whole "steampunk" genre. Granted, I won't be dressing up in victorian clothes and top hats, but I am certainly all a-pitter about building some really cool stuff.

It's just nice to dust off the old brain cells that knows about all the different machining and woodworking stuff, and exercise it a little bit. It'll be a while,...

1) If you drink/eat down a bottle/carton/glass/etc of *whatever* and there's only a tiny bit left, just FINISH IT OFF instead of putting it back in the fridge.

2) If you find something fuzzy/stale/inedible in a bag/tupperware/box in the fridge, THROW IT OUT.

3) If you find a trash can full of trash, close the bag and TAKE IT OUT. And put ANOTHER FUCKIN' BAG IN IT!!!

4) And, while we're on trash, for the fuckin' 10th goddam time, if the trash barrel isn't out on the street on Sunday and Wednesday evenings, TAKE IT DOWN. (Of course, because it's under YOUR window, I'll be happy to take it down when I get home at 3 a.m. as a *gentle* reminder that you forgot.)

5) If the dishwasher is FULL and HAS NOT been run, pick up the dishwashing soap, put it in the little compartment for it in the dishwasher, and hit the "RUN" button.

6) If the dishwasher is FULL and HAS been run, then kindly put all the clean...