Y'all. Our housesitter lost her mind. *UPDATE*

Ha thanks. You can still get those messages back I think, not sure how but I know police could if it was necessary. I doubt they'd go all Forensic Files for two rings and a messy house but getting the messages isn't impossible.

I hope it all turns out ok, what a nightmare!

I completely disagree w/your dh.  Start a paper trail.  Someone used your car.  What if something comes back to haunt you later?  File a report!

If we lived in the same area, I’d swear we had hired the same pet/house sitter!

We had a very similar experience last summer with someone. She had a big party, left a huge mess, didn’t take our dogs out, and really ruined out trust. We were livid! I am so sorry you are having to deal with this. It’s a crappy, violating feeling.

I really hope you get your belongings back.

We will be going on vacation for about a week coming up and this is our fear. Last year we had a very trustworthy kid come and stay. This year we have an extra kid living with us, but I don't think I trust him to do it. I may put cameras up and let him know.

Wow, that is horrible! I'm glad you've decided to contact the police. How old is this person?

But did they SEE anything that will give you a better idea what was going on? Like other people going in and out, the car being driven?

Don't feel foolish.  If you trusted her 5-6 times before, why not now?

It just sucks you have to deal with so much aftermath.

Seriously, nail her.  She sucks.

I have a feeling you will be finding more things wrong or missing over the next few days. I recommend putting on some plastic gloves and going through the trash in your cans, both inside and the big containers outside the house. You would be amazed at how stupid some people might be to just toss something into the trash not thinking it will be found. Yeah, I watch a lot of crime shows, but it may give you information about the number of people staying there too from notes tossed in the trash or even something from your house that was broken and tossed.

I am sorry this happened to you and your pups. I wouldn’t let go of getting those rings back. Especially since you have it documented that she admitted having them. And since they were in your jewelry box, how did they get accidentally “swept up” with her stuff?  She had “accidentally” put her stuff in your jewelry box?  Such a stupid lie.

I had an issue with my next door neighbor’s daughter who I hired to feed the cats and deal with the litter boxes.  Knowing that litter boxes were probably gross for her to deal with, I wert out and purchased at least a dozen of those disposable boxes and told her to just pick up the whole box each day and toss it outside into the trash can that I moved to be right by the back door slider.  I thought that would be less gross than scooping boxes to her.  She would have only had to carry the used box about 5 feet to the back door.

When I came home, my cats seemed overly anxious.  All of the disposable pans were gone, which surprised me because I left double what she needed.  Then I realized there were no used pans when I went to move the trash container back to the normal spot.  There had been no trash pickup service while I was gone.  My guess is she took them to her parents house to trash them, unused, so that I wouldn’t know.

Later that evening, the house was cold so I went to light a fire in the family room.  I found that my cats had been using the ashes in the fireplace as a litter box!  They had never done such a thing before or since.  That told me she didn’t put out a fresh box daily, and probably not at all.  Poor kitties.

A few months later, this same girl was hired to feed and walk the dog across the street.  She complained that she didn’t want to walk the dog.  Her dad said, “Don’t bother.  It isn’t like the dog is going to tell them it wasn’t walked!”  I had already decided never to use this girl for anything again, and that gave me reassurance that I made the right choice.  Fine example of parenting there, dad.

I'd be sad too. You're not foolish, though. Up until this point she'd been trustworthy. There is no way you could have known she would do a complete 180. 

I had debated using one of these services when we go to Glacier National Park in August. I'll be boarding her instead, too. 

Im sad you haven't gotten your rings back yet - I hope she does the right thing with those. Losing something that meant something to me sentimentally would make me pea livid and devastated. 

What! I assumed you would say she was 17/18!

Please take pictures of the clothing then bag it up until the police have been and told you what to do with it. I doubt your daughter would want to wear her items again. What a damn shame.

Who wears someone else’s undies even if you are taking advantage of other things in their home?! That weird! Glad you’re contacting the police though, and I had hoped you’d say you did get the rings back. I’m so sorry for you about that especially ☹️