My daughter is in the learning stage, age 19 and renting a house with 4 other friends as they attend university. Last time I was up it looked like a tornado hit, but she tells me they all took a couple of hours to clean the other day in preparation for the holidays. The family of one of the roommates was coming to dinner on Thursday. My daughter and her boyfriend (one of her roommates in this house, they met last year when they were each in different housing) were down here for Thanksgiving this year. We don't see her nearly as often as last year since she has a job up there now, so it is a treat when she comes home for a day or two. She and her brother get along well, and she has invited him up (he's 15) to a party at their house during the holiday break. (They are about 45 minutes north of us.) He should enjoy that, and she'll enjoy watching him beat (she hopes) her friends at Guitar Hero. I think she wants to show off her little brother. All of these students are all nerdy enough to enjoy the games and accept that a younger kid can beat the pants off of them. :-D

SRS