text:  of 14 years and 200 sits. And how much time of a year are you house-sitting or pet-sitting in someone else's house? I was doing it full-time for six years without a home of my own. Now I do it at least eight, nine times a year. I'm actually in San Diego at the moment, house-sitting and pet-sitting, looking after a dear little dog while his mom and dad went to New York. Where do you get your mail?