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Re: “Don't let the bedbugs bite — or end their reign of terror”
Heh. This isn't making me feel any better about my needing to spend five nights in a strange hotel room in a strange city at the beginning of next month - I've read all the articles on how to check the room for bugs, but am still a bit anxious. To make it worse, I'm not going directly home, but stopping at a friend's new place in a new city on the way home...hate to infest her!
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Re: “The Hoarders Method of Housekeeping”
For people that want to donate their items: you can usually schedule goodwill (or similar facility) to come pickup your goods. some libraries do the same for books, movies and CDs.
Re: “The Hoarders Method of Housekeeping”
Ah ha ha ha! I just said the same thing to friends. I watched a couple of episodes and purged several rooms! Granted, the junk mail is creeping up on me again. I should probably head on over to their site again and watch a few clips or a new episode if they have one.
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Re: “Turns out strutting it on the catwalk isn't all it's cracked up to be”
Please I saw a Beautiful. Powerful. Fierce. Sexy. Confident. Woman!!! I was so proud to be your long-time reader! You wouldn't want us to put ourselves down and you better stop putting yourself down as well!
Re: “The Hoarders Method of Housekeeping”
I have begun a 10 things per week purge challenge. I need to post my purged items for this week, though. I haven't yet. It's for both my hubby and I. We both travel quite a bit and so our challenge is to get rid of 10 things each, every week that we are actually home (can't get rid of stuff if we are away from home ;-) ).
An earlier comment really hit home with the comment:
"i'll never understand how you Americans have $150 worth of stuff in your garages and leave your $40,000 vehicles in your driveways."
This is what is now going on in our garage. Silly us!
I would like to look around my home and my garage and know that we have only things that we LOVE surrounding us. And THAT is my ultimate goal.
Thanks for this article. I am going to go and post my item for this week, right now!
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Re: “The Hoarders Method of Housekeeping”
haha...I love it! I'm super organized the way it is, but after watching that show for the first time, I took every single thing out of my kitchen cabinets and washed them all out. And I started purging our attic too!
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Oops. I forgot my url:
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Re: “The Hoarders Method of Housekeeping”
By nature, I'm an organized person. After cleaning out my parent's house I vowed my house would not get in the same shape. And their house was not anything like what is shown on Hoarder's (well, the garage was pretty bad!)
The Husband and I keep a donation box in the basement and we constantly evaluate items as we open cabinets, closets, drawers, etc. If we haven't used the item in a while, into the box it goes. When the box is full, off to Goodwill it goes.
Funny, I'm working on re-organizing kitchen cabinets now. Everything is having to pass our "use" test!
I felt so sorry for the people shown in the Hoarder's episodes, I had to stop watching it. Bless their hearts.
Re: “The Hoarders Method of Housekeeping”
I've never seen that show but we do get Clean House over here and it is similar. You're right--it certainly does inspire one to clean.
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Re: “The Hoarders Method of Housekeeping”
When my grandmother died a couple of months ago, it took my parents, my uncle, my aunt and my grandfather, plus assorted other people, days and days to go through all the stuff that she had "put away" for "safe-keeping" or "just in case" or because she forgot she already had multiples. My father now says that he wants to stick to a policy of getting rid of one thing for every new thing that he buys. He just has to sell my mother on that policy. And he's trying to get me on board, too, because, "After all, Jennifer, one day it's going to be YOU who's going to have to go through all our stuff!" Ack!! I'll call Mom right away!
Jennifer
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Re: “The Hoarders Method of Housekeeping”
Ha ha, that's true- You DEFINITELY can't eat while watching Hoarders!
My friend was telling me about one episode I haven't yet seen, where they found a dead cat with a horrified expression on its face that had been crushed by stuff. EWWW.
Re: “The Hoarders Method of Housekeeping”
I feel the exact same way about Hoarders. I actually had this conversation with my husband. It also keeps me from snacking while watching it--imagining the smells...
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Re: “The Hoarders Method of Housekeeping”
I really like this post. It's interesting to think about the effect that TV has on us, too. I am a reformed minor hoarder. My husband cured me. Every once and awhile we start wondering where that card table/ratty chair/old toy went, but even then we congratulate ourselves for "over purging." I'm converted. If you haven't seen this, this is my latest obsession: Getting Things Done (organizational self help book). http://jacoblawrencenewman.blogspot.com/
Re: “The Hoarders Method of Housekeeping”
I am a hoarder in just two rooms of my house. The rest of the house? Fine. But open my bedroom door or the art studio door, and it's all over. I've tried hard to not watch Hoarders because I'm afraid of what I'll learn about myself.
proof: www.restonme.blogspot.com
Re: “The Hoarders Method of Housekeeping”
I tried flylady too, but there are only so many "LOL"s I can take in one e-mail. Flylady causes email clutter. LOL.
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Re: “The Hoarders Method of Housekeeping”
Actually, I use Hoarders as a diet program. There's definately no after dinner snacking for me while watching that show.
Re: “The Hoarders Method of Housekeeping”
I did a yard sale here ONCE. And that was it. I worked so hard to make everything presentable and had great deals- Unworn Kate Spade shoes for $2! An antique trunk for $30! NOTHING sold except random stuff like an ice cream maker and a dehumidifier. TOTALLY not worth my time.
I've eBayed stuff a few times and that works much better, except then you have to deal with a-holes who won't pay for your items after bidding on them. Goodwill really is the way to go. I'd rather make extra money doing random freelance work every so often than go through the headache of trying to sell it myself.
Re: “The Hoarders Method of Housekeeping”
There's a guy in Las Vegas that "lost" his wife to hoarding. Literally. He couldn't find her body amongst the clutter.
http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/08/28/womans…
Re: “The Hoarders Method of Housekeeping”
My husband and I stumbled upon a marathon of Hoarders one night a few weeks ago and...holy crap. In one of them, this elderly lady and her more elderly father couldn't reach the bathroom anymore, so they had been using the bathroom in plastic bags and throwing them up the stairs. I was so appalled I couldn't look away! For like the next four hours!
And I had the exact same reaction as you - once the marathon was over I went and cleaned my kitchen.
Re: “Don't let the bedbugs bite — or end their reign of terror”
I love your stories! You are such a creative writer.
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