tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post7994083424557800658..comments2024-03-16T08:02:22.097-06:00Comments on think.stew: A Hoarding Lesson (No cats were harmed.)DB Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15484034493143850659noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-13956080964809074212011-02-13T08:51:32.663-07:002011-02-13T08:51:32.663-07:00Boy...this sounds like my sons room. Of course, w...Boy...this sounds like my sons room. Of course, we've had him cleaning it...what he doesn't realize is that in a few months we are sending him (and his sisters) away for a week.<br /><br />During that week *I* am taking over. Every single thing is getting moved out of this house (including the stuff in his room). Only things that are NEEDED will be brought back in. We're even renting a dumpster.<br /><br />Hoarders are us. (Hubby & I are guilty too). Truthfully we aren't HUGE hoarders (moderate, certainly) but considering the teeny tiny size of the house we live in...we might as well be as bad as the people on the show...our house doesn't have any room for any amount of hoarding.Sarah Casshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03299866797067130767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-58276344230175155092011-02-12T17:21:05.510-07:002011-02-12T17:21:05.510-07:00I can totally relate, having spent a few hours at ...I can totally relate, having spent a few hours at my mom's today, cleaning out her attic in preparation for new insulation (Thank You, Stimulus Money!) We must have dug out 42 women's hats, all of which were "keepers." Ugh. (Oh, and not a penny was found in the attic, unless you count the Monopoly money.)Mrs4444https://www.blogger.com/profile/06426176094895489541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-7540138864281629192011-02-12T07:22:57.942-07:002011-02-12T07:22:57.942-07:00You must have read my blog because you were "...You must have read my blog because you were "shocked". Just like those darn 20 year olds.Mrs. Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04547957015150000116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-66736083457409937442011-01-31T18:45:53.984-07:002011-01-31T18:45:53.984-07:00@Chelle I look forward to your story and I also ad...@Chelle I look forward to your story and I also admire your pluckiness. <br />I really do feel for hoarders and anyone else struggling with anxiety. I am a very anxious person sometimes. And my Dad was a hoarder but it was outside the house (mostly). He grew up very, very poor and I think this provoked his behavior. Sad kids become sad adults and so I don't blame him at all. My son though...he's just a pack-rat.<br />And your stove story made me smile. Ditto my wife because of her mom.DB Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484034493143850659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-15938150463013717852011-01-30T23:06:15.332-07:002011-01-30T23:06:15.332-07:00UMG. Horaders fascinate me. I love hoarders... w...UMG. Horaders fascinate me. I love hoarders... well shows about them. They make me need to clean my house. <br /><br />I cleaned a hoarder's house once. I can't blog about it or reveal who it was on the internet. But it's something I've done. A real, true hoarder.<br /> <br />It was the weirdest experience ever. Hoarders like to keep their stuff, it's not just the shows making them seem like it. You have to be fighty to win that battle. <br /><br />I'll regale you with that story this summer when we're back in town.<br /><br />Not that I'm particularly organized, but I really do try. Somewhere in the back of my head, my mother's voice tells me to pull my stove out once a month. I can't function until I listen.Chellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10808458305839625350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-81019827086778972932011-01-30T17:13:34.950-07:002011-01-30T17:13:34.950-07:00@LoC Thanks for understanding.
@AC Oops. Inadverte...@LoC Thanks for understanding.<br />@AC Oops. Inadvertent non-comment. Are you a secret hoarder who thinks he's just a collector? 1-888-delusional. <br />@alittlesprite I like to wave a garbage bag like a matador too.<br />@Alistair Just gonny no! *clap*<br />@Michael Yes you do bro.<br />@Missy Not at all. I think that's why the show is so popular. It makes me feel superior for a while too and then I shake my own neurotic head.DB Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484034493143850659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-55867745837203647962011-01-30T16:35:54.942-07:002011-01-30T16:35:54.942-07:00I love to watch Hoarders! I feel so organized and ...I love to watch Hoarders! I feel so organized and my house seems so clean! I am a bad person, aren't I?Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13032317917976482505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-24375638569794612822011-01-30T14:34:15.196-07:002011-01-30T14:34:15.196-07:00THIS is what I have to look forward to!? You'r...THIS is what I have to look forward to!? You're right: long lost brothers.michael.offworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06288740006736803513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-60205818269923618012011-01-30T09:11:19.993-07:002011-01-30T09:11:19.993-07:00What. Didn't he say "Gonny no dae that&qu...What. Didn't he say "Gonny no dae that"?<br /><br />Kids......they'll never learn.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-29315534787226222052011-01-30T05:10:06.272-07:002011-01-30T05:10:06.272-07:00My son is a hoarder. It's mainly empty boxes a...My son is a hoarder. It's mainly empty boxes and stuff he's constructed. He has to clean his room every weekend. Every now and then I go balistic in there and start throwing crap out. He has to help or I threaten to throw everything in the bin.Alittlespritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16993327218382325674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-45784694565405518972011-01-30T01:11:30.918-07:002011-01-30T01:11:30.918-07:00Ahem.
Not feeling it?Ahem.<br />Not feeling it?Antares Cryptoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197876328401157462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-10843442882539288862011-01-30T00:49:39.155-07:002011-01-30T00:49:39.155-07:00I understand. My mother was too.I understand. My mother was too.Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506141014376919585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-35890483783714501002011-01-30T00:21:48.632-07:002011-01-30T00:21:48.632-07:00@UD My parents were hoarders too. But I just stole...@UD My parents were hoarders too. But I just stole their gas.<br />@Wendy So there's hope for my teens? Thank you for saying that. And of course you should steal your grandkids blind (and then buy them ice cream with the money).<br />@TR Sometimes stuff just has to be done. <br />@LoC Strangely, that would bring my joy. Seriously. I could tidy homes for a living. It's because my parents were hoarders and very messy.<br />@Kev D Yes. That childhood rule must never change.<br />@DP I think your charity lesson is quite smart actually. I hadn't thought of that. I will now.DB Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484034493143850659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-90984003327021887252011-01-29T22:29:10.803-07:002011-01-29T22:29:10.803-07:00Nice parenting technique! I especially relate to p...Nice parenting technique! I especially relate to pocketing the money. Our sons learned quickly that change or paper money left in pockets that made it into the laundry would be put into a jar and given to charity.<br /><br />I think they would have learned the lesson faster if we'd simply kept it to use for ourselves and flaunted it in front of them.The Defiant Marshmallowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17679459676978114160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-2238915165072420982011-01-29T22:05:24.952-07:002011-01-29T22:05:24.952-07:00You need to also remind him that the finder is the...You need to also remind him that the finder is the keeper, and that the loser, is in fact, the weeper.Kev D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13557162668726460610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-12753904364013179892011-01-29T19:53:41.523-07:002011-01-29T19:53:41.523-07:00The distinction between hoarding and collecting? M...The distinction between hoarding and collecting? More rooms and organizational skills.<br /><br />Hope this helps.Antares Cryptoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197876328401157462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-39489833219985672632011-01-29T19:51:15.438-07:002011-01-29T19:51:15.438-07:00You would be paid in the joy you would receive for...You would be paid in the joy you would receive for getting things in order and spreading neatness throughout the land.Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506141014376919585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-35616361105992744252011-01-29T18:30:55.917-07:002011-01-29T18:30:55.917-07:00Hilarious post man. I bet that's exactly what ...Hilarious post man. I bet that's exactly what you wanted to be doing with your Saturday.trileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430221429400448628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-46243561563630053472011-01-29T17:37:17.139-07:002011-01-29T17:37:17.139-07:00I laughed....on many levels.
I sooo remember my te...I laughed....on many levels.<br />I sooo remember my teens and their havoc wreaked bedrooms.<br />My daughter was the worst with cloths all over.....but since she has grown up and now has a house of her own, she is boarderline Martha Stewart.<br /><br />is the concept the same if I find laying around coins in my grandkids rooms. They don't seem to understand the VALUE of a quarter.wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13619293936418976914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-10214115782401833502011-01-29T17:18:38.994-07:002011-01-29T17:18:38.994-07:00I used to be the one to steal the change my parent...I used to be the one to steal the change my parents left lying around. They never really noticed the missing change and stray bills either as they were hoarders in their own right.Underground Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01938245775118347460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-7599968352197942922011-01-29T16:54:03.260-07:002011-01-29T16:54:03.260-07:00@DSWS Not yet. Probably in my daughter's bedro...@DSWS Not yet. Probably in my daughter's bedroom though.<br />@AP I am glad that you too keep everything from the washing machine. I call those tips.<br />@LoC Clever. How much would you pay me?<br />@Spot I only told him this time because it was a "teachable moment." I'm back to regular parental thievery now. And yes, thank you for the grinput.DB Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484034493143850659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-2595099555792366962011-01-29T16:12:14.829-07:002011-01-29T16:12:14.829-07:00Wait?! I'm supposed to tell them when I steal ...Wait?! I'm supposed to tell them when I steal their change (and any other small items worth pocketing)? Damn. Now you tell me. All those missed lessons...<br /><br />Very amusing post. Hope I gave you some grinput.<br /><br />♥SpotSpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12761441168024967277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-4567440920769035722011-01-29T15:56:35.315-07:002011-01-29T15:56:35.315-07:00My aprtment is available for cleaning if it will m...My aprtment is available for cleaning if it will make you feel better.Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506141014376919585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-19911279435172830582011-01-29T15:47:38.521-07:002011-01-29T15:47:38.521-07:00It's also great parenting fun to find wadded u...It's also great parenting fun to find wadded up dollar bills when I wash and dry my kids' pants. Not only do I get to keep the loot, it's nice, clean, and dry. Plus, it smells like Bounce!<br />Sweet!Al Penwasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052950809151897315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2982689682328012818.post-74541928790130763282011-01-29T15:46:15.189-07:002011-01-29T15:46:15.189-07:00Did you find layers of dirty dishes with petrified...Did you find layers of dirty dishes with petrified food on them? That's always a good one.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.com