tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4842966978191388621.post3857406132782702681..comments2022-10-12T23:25:30.053-06:00Comments on Elaine's Wonderful World: My Dirty Little Secret!Elainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896721595243003272noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4842966978191388621.post-28151841487134609702012-05-15T12:00:49.092-06:002012-05-15T12:00:49.092-06:00Oh-oh...I'm afraid we're partners in crime...Oh-oh...I'm afraid we're partners in crime. When Hoarders came on TV I watched it with intense interest, and after a few months I "confessed" my worry to my husband--that I, too, was a hoarder in disguise. My house is neat, my cabinets are neat, we have no aisles in our house to weasel through, but I pointed out my need--yes, NEED--for mugs, for example. I NEED to have enough mugs (all matching of course) to invite the neighborhood over for coffee, several times, using different sets. It's freaky scary, but he has not denied my claim since... Your previous two posts, especially the PT one, made me laugh out loud. Thanks for visiting my WaterColor post. :) ~ZuniZuni, Chickadee Home Nesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702101709062226692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4842966978191388621.post-71694511726387860362012-04-19T12:58:27.899-06:002012-04-19T12:58:27.899-06:00Thanks for sharing and I do hope you feel better s...Thanks for sharing and I do hope you feel better soon. I really don't hoard things. When I tire of them, I pass them on to the kids or Goodwill. Somehow, we always end up with cardboard boxes. My husband or I flatten them out and haul them to the dump for recycling. Imagine, if we all kept everything, we would need storage yards. I find it rewarding to de-hoard....good fresh feeling.Linda @ Life and Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00210490476537882296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4842966978191388621.post-17074132457406806572012-02-24T09:02:56.118-07:002012-02-24T09:02:56.118-07:00Still laughing...thanks for a good beginning to my...Still laughing...thanks for a good beginning to my day. Cherry KayEntertaining Womenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04456283511422693637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4842966978191388621.post-49821807313836277642012-02-22T16:49:59.694-07:002012-02-22T16:49:59.694-07:00Well I always enjoy your humor and I still see som...Well I always enjoy your humor and I still see some here, but I understand your plight! I've been on a mission to rid myself of the "maybe I'll use that someday" stuff. Last weekend I went to town on a bunch of my stuff in the basement...my husband gleefully carried it away, loaded up his van and sped off with it before Goodwill closed their doors for the day! LOL... he claims they were delighted with my goods and thanked him and me for them!! Unfortunately there is still a bunch of stuff to go thru! Candles!! ugh... me too! I found more down there and I had organized the ones upstairs and didn't even know those were there! I could mark off a football field!!<br />I'm glad I'm not the only one that buys things thinking maybe I'll use it, but somehow don't! I'm cutting back on that or at least I tell myself I am!! I do have a good policy on clothing though...if I haven't used it for at lest 2 years I get rid of it! I convinced myself that if I ever lost weight I'd want something new anyway, so I'm not keeping that old stuff anymore! No more guilt! I promise you when you let them go you will forget about them and feel better for it! I have thee large garbage bags with bubble wrap, peanuts and paper for wrapping. I had enough boxes to build a house, but we broke it down last fall and took it to a recyling bin. I have a sister who is a borderline hoarder, and no one wants to go to her house anymore! Although I doubt you are a real hoarder- remember to keep a white flag handy!! :-)Liz@ HomeandGardeningWithLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470612105590699955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4842966978191388621.post-57331479269980821332012-02-21T21:56:50.520-07:002012-02-21T21:56:50.520-07:00I could have written this. I would add to it, the...I could have written this. I would add to it, the mounds of real estate paperwork and files that come home and get set down to be dealt with later, but later never quite comes because a client calls and needs something now. Meanwhile the stacks of magazines about wonderful things I will someday read and the books on the shelves (3 deep in many cases) of books already read but I might want to read again if I ever get a chance to take a deep breathe and relax continue to accumulate (all on their own, I swear). The items that I find in resale shops that will be "perfect" to stage the homes I list (then are never quite right unless I go get something to add to them) - Oh yes, I could so easily have written this - by the way, my husband has set down a new rule - if the stack on the kitchen table reaches the window sill, he has the right to throw it all away (so some how those stacks that get close get moved to another room to "protect them" until I have time to sort through them. Someday, when I'm no longer a Realtor, when I have a few minutes to myself and I don't disappear into one of those magazines I've been saving to readDale, Over a Cup of Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133656177348789990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4842966978191388621.post-77004382862517130142012-02-21T20:21:51.783-07:002012-02-21T20:21:51.783-07:00I might have an answer.......
Maybe you could sta...I might have an answer.......<br /><br />Maybe you could start collecting (hoarding?) addresses of friends, colleagues and enemies. Then you could find things you've saved (hoarded) that might go well in a home that your friends, colleagues and enemies actually live in.<br /><br />Then you could wrap that particular item up in bubble wrap, place it in a cardboard box (you have some of these if I recall) put the address on it and ship it to a F, C or E.Bob Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602264860548225248noreply@blogger.com