Family Support

So my mother calls this afternoon and we talk about random topics, like the kids' colds and Saturday's Race For The Cure. Then she says "oh, don't quote me on this but...."

"Your brother says you spend too much time on the computer."

Me: "Well, I surf a lot when I'm nursing."

Mama: "Yes, he said that, but he said you need to be making money."

Me: "What makes him think we need money?"

Mama: "Well not make money, but do something productive. So I have some accounts you could help me with."

This is a line my mother tries at least once a month. She keeps all her accounts on paper, and periodically she says she needs someone to help. The thing is, I've done it. I put everything in both Excel and Quicken at one time. She never updated it. And let's not even get into the fact that she doesn't pay, which would be fine except that she promises to pay. But I don't even mention these things.

Me: "Well, I really only have one hand free, so I really can only do things which take one hand. Which is why I surf."

Mama: "Oh. OK."

I think she could tell I was annoyed.

But my real question is, why is my brother dogging me to my mother?

Updated: I asked my brother what I'd done to him and he said "Plenty. Why?" I said "What did you do that made Mama call me and say she heard I was on the computer all the time and I could do her accounts?" He said "Nothing. If I said anything, it was that you should help me with my work" (he's a web designer). Then he said "Good luck getting paid." Clearly we all have this problem with Mama.