2018: (in 2021, just ignore first 2 lines.)
Gen3, having taken over Windfall do so with the assumption that they will be LEADING OUT on cooking and dishes. Especially dishes.
If you actually have an ACTUAL bed to sleep in, we may be counting on you to cook.
2021; Food prep defers to Martha's planning with Maureen since Martha gets a lot of joy from hosting. Martha (or a substitute cook which can be placed onto the calendar by Farg, based on survey) will enjoy getting kind offers to assist at Lake Hours, so assist with prep at will!)
The only kind of "meat" that one of our cousins eats is fish. So vegetarian options are delightful!
A schedule of meals helps cooks plan their activities, shopping that doesn't overload the fridge, and helps avoid 5 straight days of spaghetti.
We all do our own dishes after selves till dinner. We are constantly running AND EMPTYING the dishwasher. Or we all perish. It's just like that.
Really, REALLY do all your own lunch dishes!
If you married a 7 sibling or Gen3, you don't have to do dishes any night.
If you married a 7 sibling or Gen3, you MAY possibly partner with them on a dinner for all. (Feel free to spouse swap if that sounds fun.)
If you produced eaters under the age of 20 with a 7 sibling, under the idea of "one for all and all for Windfall," those eaters pitch in on dishes one night unless the parent says they'll do the duty for them. They are usually partnered outside their family to build "a cousin bond through shared misery."
If you are a 7 sibling and dragged your family into this mayhem, you likely prep one meal and might do dishes two nights
Doing dishes on a night you are not assigned does not actually give you the right skip them on your night "because you already pitched in a lot." (Ahem, Sam.) If you choose to swap duties, make it known officially on the fridge calendar. This keeps us from misunderstandings.
Dish duty starts with Lake Hour when you clean and set the table and run the dish washer. Keep ahead of the dishes! Empty the dishwasher (and reload and run it again) before bed, please, please, please.
If you are part of the late night scrooging crew, you should leave the table and counters clean and run the dishes.
All of this is stated with loving humor because of eyes that notice more need than vacationing eyes and youth may be likely to detect about making sure this is vacation and not work camp for anyone sorely in need of walking away from messes. It's a "third piece" to point your kids' or brother's eyes towards. (Don't blame the messenger!)
A system of dividing up the costs of food for the week has usually kept costs to around $10-12 per day. Label and throw your receipts for food expenses into the kitchen drawer under the phone with your name on top and someone will apply the calendar to divvy up the costs. Volunteer for this year? (Heavily recruiting Elsa whose spreadsheet proved to be GAWD one year.)
We'll have food costs for the Rufus Blow Out and the Comfort Rentals, so those calculations are up in the air and are a matter of sensitivity, beware.
Question: do we "group pay and divide up costs" for alcohol this year, or no?