Clutter and hoarding - help!

chardonnay_2

i posted some tips on the first page of this thread but have to say i am by no means perfect. i come from a family of hoarders as does my fiance. however having moved 5 times in the last 6 years i can say we both have too much clutter and are doing our beat to get rid of some and stop anymore building up. i think you notice it more when you move and the same stuff is still boxed up after x amount of years but you can't get rid. hopefully before we move again we will have got rid of some of this clutter

Murtle

if only I could get off this site, my place would be like a palace......

savvy

Murtle wrote:

if only I could get off this site, my place would be like a palace......

LMAO!!!! Ditto to that Murtle!

Sofa_Sogood

Murtle wrote:

if only I could get off this site, my place would be like a palace......

Same here Murtle

I've just tried to read the site without logging in ... had to log in again. I only joined because of free tokens and stuff I didn't need, (which I don't enrol for anymore - apart from sim cards for the kids) but my house has gone to pot

But I've swapped two sims and a wristband in exchange for some ironing. Only thing is: they've got the sims and wristband and our clothes are still crinkled

Kids grrr

Great site, shame about the housework thing. I might take Quentin Crisp's approach towards it all. It's only dust and after 4 years it doesn't matter.

Apparently

Sheel

Sofa_Sogood wrote:

Great site, shame about the housework thing. I might take Quentin Crisp's approach towards it all. It's only dust and after 4 years it doesn't matter.

That's definitely my approach as I maintain a bit of dust never harmed anyone. That's my excuse and i'm bl00dy well sticking to it

On the clutter and hoarding front i've tried to be ruthless recently and have got rid of quite a lot of treas.. er... junk , not all though , but we've just got a larger garage and had the loft done so that i've more places to hide er... store my stuff :cool:

Savvy_Sue

Sofa_Sogood wrote:

Great site, shame about the housework thing. I might take Quentin Crisp's approach towards it all. It's only dust and after 4 years it doesn't matter.

Apparently

I think what he said was that it didn't get any worse after 4 years. I suspect I can vouch for that.

Sofa_Sogood

Sheel? We had a garage and now we don't. Can you imagine what it's like? :rolleyes: I hate dust but it looks like i'ts here to stay (I blame this site btw)



And Savvy_Sue? I daren't wait that long lol. But isn't it ironic that when everything's clean and tidy (and dust-free :j ) no-one visits?



It's true though isn't it? lol

Edinburghlass_2

Well, where do I start.....

No garage but a garden hut that is full, so when its full everything piles up in the hall. Now the plan was to do a carboot so DD gathers her stuff in said hall, which I might add is small, and I plan to clear the hut and finally get the Christmas decorations back in the attic.

Have a couple of days away, DD insists that the three guinea pigs, one hamster and one of the three cats have to go along...

Come back and the two large guinea pig cages are left in what space is in the hall. I get up Tuesday morning after DD has left for school (7.30) trip over the two large guinea pig cages, don't know how I didn't see them as they are large, fall flat on my face and break my wrist.......

Now the car boot can't be done, Christmas deccies are still piled up in my bedroom and no chance of getting into the loft. The guinea pig cages are now back where they belong and a space has been created in the hall and I have learned to use a mouse with my left hand and with a lot of exerising can even use my right fingers for typing again :rotfl:

but I still have all my rubbish

Sofa_Sogood

With all that going on Edinburgh_Lass .....:eek:



I'd have Christmas early

Savvy_Sue

Oh dear Edinburgh Lass, if I lived nearer I'd offer to come and do a joint car boot with you! (except my boot's tiny so we wouldn't get much of your stuff in it!)

I'm hoping to sort out some boxes of jumble for the Scouts while I'm off work this week. Start in the porch and work my way in ...

Sofa - no-one really visits anyway, only the boys' friends and they don't care! I'm worried people might come when I get home from hospital though!