how many days 'til houseguest start to smell? Not so many....

[chickensducks&agoose]

We have houseguests right now... they are building a platform in our field, and are going to erect a small yurt there for the summer. They're nice, hippy-folk, and I am glad to have some adults nearby to help out.. especially with animal stuff when we go visit family out of state.. anyway, until they finish the platform, they're staying in our guest room.. and they have a baby. She's good, really quiet.. but I just went in there to grab some paper towels out of the closet (in the guest room) and found a WET cloth diaper on my CARPET.... and another one laid over my DRESSER... HOLY mackeral... I got a garbage bag, and laid it open on top of the dresser and put both diapers in that, to keep my stuff dry, but What kind of people think that it's remotely okay to leave a pee-soaked cloth on a nice wall to wall carpet, especially when you're a guest?!?! and they drank one of my sodas... I haven't talked to them yet... I'm waiting until my ears quit steaming...

 

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

Can something have happened that made them run out in the middle of things?? Like baby was screaming and mom didn't have an extra hand??

Dunno, just trying to think why they would do that..... but gonna live in a yurt?? Different standards of living?

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

One I might understand, but 2? I think is is just different standards of living, but I never thought I might be a snob... I've been trying to keep things real cleaned up.. I admire people who live in yurts... apparently though, I don't want to live with them... I'm giving them another week before I get cranky out loud. I did pick up both diapers though, and explained to the mom that "Gee, I poked my head in 'your' room to get some printer paper, and saw these wet diapers on the floor. If you need garbage bags to keep the wet ones in, they're under the sink. But I really don't think putting them on the carpet is a good idea.. because it's just gross."

I hope she gets the message!

and OH, my carpet!!! Gonna have to rent a carpet shampoo thing after they get OUT!

 

[gritsar]

I so know what you're up against. As much help as DSD is to me right now, she's also extra work. She knows I like my house a certain way, but when it's just her and the GS here, she leaves food out and dirty dishes and then apologizes for it later - when I'm on my way home from the hospial; instead of taking care of it.

Hope that the mom takes your comments to heart (and not in the wrong way) and that they are out of your hair soon.

 

[Shared Acres]

Well, last Feb. my aunt was using drugs and in an abusive relationship, she ran away, we took her in, thinking she might go into rehab after a couple of days and she'd only be here for 2 weeks maybe. Well rehab ended up being an out facility and more then a year later, she JUST bought a plane ticket and is leaving...

If we go in her room, we are likely to find empty bottles, take out containers, clothes everywhere (even though there is an empty dresser in there and a closet), etc. We don't smoke and that room now smells like a smoker even though she smokes outside.

I don't even want to tell you about the bathroom!

I'm hoping to encourage her to scrub it all down before she leaves on Wed!

 

[chickeypoo]

Don't put cloth diapers in a bag! lol. it'll smell worse... mold mildew on pee diaper.. nasty. offer a clean bucket

that's what i use. a clean cat litter bucket. i use cloth diapers too so i know. i have linoleum in my bedroom so i can put a cloth diaper on the floor and not worry bout it soaking inot anything. and i have forgotten it till the next nap time or bedtime and then ill have my oldest DD to pick it up and toss into the bucket.

i am sorry that they are not *clean* houseguests.. that can be irritating. my sis in law had her brother and his wife and child stay till they found a house.. he was awful. .adn this was his own sisters house! they both were awful. fill the washer. leave and leave their clothes in there.. and when they came back.. still left them in there. my sis in law finally took the clothes out and put in a basket... and he asked why she didn't put them in the dryer and she said cuz she wasn't his maid or his mom. and he got mad at her. he could do it himself.. he's a big boy. and they would never do dishes or clean up after themselves after eating.

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

I don't think they should stuff diapers in the bag, I used cloth for all 3 of my kids, but I would NEVER have left a wet diaper (well, better than a icky dirty one!) on a carpet... certainly not someone else's carpet... I thought if she wanted to leave them laying around, at least put plastic underneath, so they don't ruin my carpet. I am apparently not good with houseguests... I'm a vegetarian, and there is a big pot of dried hamburger/macaroni and cheese all mixed together, and NOT washed out on top of my stove... hello? gross.

 

[chickeypoo]

yeah.. that would NOT work for me. i don't like others invading my space lol. it's hard enough with the kids haha. i'm not vegetarian but that doesn't even sound good to me lol. id never leave a diaper on someone else's floor.. disposables or cloth. that is nasty. no matter if we were houseguests and spending time there. i would also have brought my own bucket... or "wet bag" to put my dirty ones in.. not left them for someone else to clean up. how long have they been there and how much longer will they be? oh.. and drinking my soda is a no no... unless they ask

 

[Cindiloohoo]

I wonder how some people do it! My brother stayed here for a few weeks and didn't put his dishes up, didn't serve himself, didn't offer to help out with ANYTHING and had my youngest running to get him a glass of tea! He stayed in DD's room ATER her bedtime on the computer(desk top) which heated up her room and made it hard to get to sleep KNOWING she had school the next day!! When confronted he got really stupid and had the audacity to curse me....he was on the next flight out...almost LITERALLY with a size 9 foot in his tail

It's IMPOSSIBLE to live with people with different or no standards. Do yourself a favor and make it a short visit.

 

[redux]

Not that it's any of my business but how did these people manage to get in your house?