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The neat and tidy ....or ....the let it fall and walk over it, hmmm makes life so interesting as you go from place to place ,
I know when I worked for the NZR new zealand railways , I was in charge of repaires to all house,s good sheds and all buildings with in 80 miles . so I saw it all .
Some house,s you could eat off the floor was just spotless, and an other you climbed over ..... just to get inside ,
Myself I,m quite fussy and tidy from age 10 on yes I worked in places that were pure muck and others were so clean , on a Friday I made sure every thing was left clean and tidy for start on monday morning building sites or were ever the job was ,
Well it was good tradesman practice , so I just did it ,
At home Jos and I we had our three children lost our 4th one two lads and one girl and yes they played with their toys and at the time for their sleep it was every thing away though in one large house we had a sun room and that was left for them and toys stayed there ,
Jos was very house proud and keeped up with it most times and yes I helped as well as doing other jobs around the house and while redoing the house and new rooms I built plus sheds and redid the roof , one comment is about a storm we had and the day before we had the new Kitchen under repairs all nice and clean and in the morning it was a total mess wet dust and muck.. so I said to Jos just leave it and I,ll clean it all up , I never expected Jos to clean up after myself Jos had enough with other detail ,
Oh and by the Way Jos was / and she is Lovely >.... Jocelyn ....we... were... to gether for 35 years and have known each other for 42 years ,and we still get on so well even though we are not to gether,
Just in case some may wonder about myself so you know just because I was born different it also gave me oppotunitys to work in the mens domain ,and I enjoyed my building work .
...noeleena...
The neat and tidy ....or ....the let it fall and walk over it, hmmm makes life so interesting as you go from place to place ,
I know when I worked for the NZR new zealand railways , I was in charge of repaires to all house,s good sheds and all buildings with in 80 miles . so I saw it all .
Some house,s you could eat off the floor was just spotless, and an other you climbed over ..... just to get inside ,
Myself I,m quite fussy and tidy from age 10 on yes I worked in places that were pure muck and others were so clean , on a Friday I made sure every thing was left clean and tidy for start on monday morning building sites or were ever the job was ,
Well it was good tradesman practice , so I just did it ,
At home Jos and I we had our three children lost our 4th one two lads and one girl and yes they played with their toys and at the time for their sleep it was every thing away though in one large house we had a sun room and that was left for them and toys stayed there ,
Jos was very house proud and keeped up with it most times and yes I helped as well as doing other jobs around the house and while redoing the house and new rooms I built plus sheds and redid the roof , one comment is about a storm we had and the day before we had the new Kitchen under repairs all nice and clean and in the morning it was a total mess wet dust and muck.. so I said to Jos just leave it and I,ll clean it all up , I never expected Jos to clean up after myself Jos had enough with other detail ,
Oh and by the Way Jos was / and she is Lovely >.... Jocelyn ....we... were... to gether for 35 years and have known each other for 42 years ,and we still get on so well even though we are not to gether,
Just in case some may wonder about myself so you know just because I was born different it also gave me oppotunitys to work in the mens domain ,and I enjoyed my building work .
...noeleena...
C
My sister and brother in law recently visited unexpectedly for the first time since I have this apartment. I had just cleaned it all up luckily. So I said: I'm so happy that I don't have a normal house anymore, but this tiny apartment. It's much easier to clean up. Was talking to my sister, brother in law just sat there quietly. All of a sudden he bursts out laughing. Hypothetically speaking you mean? he says. He couldn't stop laughing.
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yeah...well, I'm not a routine kind of person but it all gets done in the end
I like to mix things up....we talk about our day and how we'll do things...but I guess if someone wants strict perimeters, then that's fine...but I don't believe everyone has to do things a certain way...I would find that far too regimentated
but you know, if that is your thing....who am I ?
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my husband and I have very different backgrounds...we have adjusted to each other...he was more strict and I was and still am (haha) whatever la de dah...relax...be more spontaneous and make things fun...so he decided my side was better LOL!
In fact, he bought me a watch and the face has all the numbers mixed up and some have fallen to the bottom and it says WHATEVER
None taken. I'm not trying to change anyone. I just communicate what works best for me. I've found that a routine helps to clear out my head of all the things that need to be done. If I have unfinished things they cloud my brain and my emotional health suffers. If my stuff is done I can actually enjoy my free time because then, it is really free.
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I don't think there is anything wrong with a hoarders house as long as everyone living in that house finds nothing wrong with it either. Or, if they do, there's a reason it looks like that.
Somewhere in our house are two old a/c window units, an old humidifier, and an old exercise machine. (The exercise machine has become where I hang my overalls to dry, so I'm hard pressed to want that to go. lol) They're still in our house because we don't have the strength to get them out, and the guy willing to get them out (and an old grill in the backyard) wanted us to pay way-too-much money to simply put them out on the sidewalk. We ended up spending the day ripping that old grill up and carrying it out ourselves, but we can't rip up old a/c's or dehumidifiers, so they're still in our house.
Ends up the guy was right about something though. Someone did trash-pick that rusty, torn-to-pieces pile of metal that used to be our grill. Had we known, we probably would have let the guy take the rest out, knowing someone would trash-pick them too.
Our house is past cobweb stage in some spots. (Yes, there is past-cobweb-stage.) We have always maintained "we'll get done what we can get done, and not worry about the rest." Two of us disabled. We couldn't do it all. Now one of us disabled at home while the other is just starting rehab. The house is worse, because of all things I have to deal with, dust is the least of the problems. I've dusted something here and there as needed. I even vacuumed three times in the last five months.
I'm proud of myself. (Now if I can just talk myself into causing more pain by getting down on my hands and knees to clean that blasted tub!)
Somewhere in our house are two old a/c window units, an old humidifier, and an old exercise machine. (The exercise machine has become where I hang my overalls to dry, so I'm hard pressed to want that to go. lol) They're still in our house because we don't have the strength to get them out, and the guy willing to get them out (and an old grill in the backyard) wanted us to pay way-too-much money to simply put them out on the sidewalk. We ended up spending the day ripping that old grill up and carrying it out ourselves, but we can't rip up old a/c's or dehumidifiers, so they're still in our house.
Ends up the guy was right about something though. Someone did trash-pick that rusty, torn-to-pieces pile of metal that used to be our grill. Had we known, we probably would have let the guy take the rest out, knowing someone would trash-pick them too.
Our house is past cobweb stage in some spots. (Yes, there is past-cobweb-stage.) We have always maintained "we'll get done what we can get done, and not worry about the rest." Two of us disabled. We couldn't do it all. Now one of us disabled at home while the other is just starting rehab. The house is worse, because of all things I have to deal with, dust is the least of the problems. I've dusted something here and there as needed. I even vacuumed three times in the last five months.
I'm proud of myself. (Now if I can just talk myself into causing more pain by getting down on my hands and knees to clean that blasted tub!)
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goodness, our children used to fill the whole living room with Playmobile and Lego villages and beg us not to take them down at night.
so after they went to bed Mark would make some comment about Toys-R-Us having exploded in there () as we carefully stepped through the kids' creations. and they would play with them for days...
now, our youngest is 21, the house is always tidy, and we find we miss the mess more than we could have imagined.
so after they went to bed Mark would make some comment about Toys-R-Us having exploded in there (
) as we carefully stepped through the kids' creations. and they would play with them for days... now, our youngest is 21, the house is always tidy, and we find we miss the mess more than we could have imagined.
Ya...probably. Connection is about shared experiences. Pretty tough to do that when you're sleeping. She never got out of the funk that resulted from her first failed marriage. One thing that I noticed about her family tho was that they were all like that. There was no real joy....it was just buy people crap to show them that you love them and send them on their way. My sense of humor and adventure was judged with a critical eye.
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I put up the Christmas tree on the radiator behind his sofa. He has CFS, so when he has to lie down he really HAS to lie down. Because of that, whenever I put up the Christmas tree, I tried to have as few decorations on his sofa as possible, and I didn't dare move his sofa out of the way.
Last Christmas he wasn't home, but I knew he wouldn't want me to give up Christmas, so I put the tree up. And then I moved the sofa. Underneath?
1 Sock! (Ha! Apparently it's not always the dryer that eats them.)
1 comb. (So that's where the comb that goes with the hair cutting machine went.)
Enough vitamins and mineral pills to fill a bottle. (Aha! So, I'm not the only one who drops pills and can't find them. I never saw him drop any!)
Enough dust to fill two dust pans before I got to the point I could vacuum.
I'm now thinking, "How bad is it under the corner part of the sectional? I haven't pulled that out in years. lol
Somewhere along the way, mice found the sock, so it's useless. And the comb? There aren't enough ways to clean it ever to trust using it again. BUT, I cleaned them both and have saved them so he can have the same laugh I had after pulling out the sofa. lol
Last Christmas he wasn't home, but I knew he wouldn't want me to give up Christmas, so I put the tree up. And then I moved the sofa. Underneath?
1 Sock! (Ha! Apparently it's not always the dryer that eats them.)
1 comb. (So that's where the comb that goes with the hair cutting machine went.)
Enough vitamins and mineral pills to fill a bottle. (Aha! So, I'm not the only one who drops pills and can't find them. I never saw him drop any!)
Enough dust to fill two dust pans before I got to the point I could vacuum.
I'm now thinking, "How bad is it under the corner part of the sectional? I haven't pulled that out in years. lol
Somewhere along the way, mice found the sock, so it's useless. And the comb? There aren't enough ways to clean it ever to trust using it again. BUT, I cleaned them both and have saved them so he can have the same laugh I had after pulling out the sofa. lol
C
yeah...well, I'm not a routine kind of person but it all gets done in the end
I like to mix things up....we talk about our day and how we'll do things...but I guess if someone wants strict perimeters, then that's fine...but I don't believe everyone has to do things a certain way...I would find that far too regimentated
but you know, if that is your thing....who am I ?
I like to mix things up....we talk about our day and how we'll do things...but I guess if someone wants strict perimeters, then that's fine...but I don't believe everyone has to do things a certain way...I would find that far too regimentated
but you know, if that is your thing....who am I ?
Demanding guys have absolutely no idea how much work it is and I was pregnant too and depressed and nuts and I had a job.