Yes, she was a packrat
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Who you callin' a *POOF*?
I love that. And Jesus is above the sink supervising.
That mess is just learned helplesness. It takes WORK to be that disorganized.
THROW IT OUT. It's like taking a good dump; you'll feel better.
I truly do not get the connection between excess "stuff" and the false sense that it brings emotional security. Too much stuff brings about guilt and hygiene and sanitation issues.
I had a barren great-aunt. I honestly thought she was trying to fill her empty womb with stuff. There was a path from the door to the bed to the toilet to the stove. She was definitely a "surface-abuser" ever opne space had to be filled,a nd pronto! We never could not get the aunt to stop putting flammable materials and liquids (i.e. acetone- better known as nail-polish remover) on an old gas stove with pilot lights.
Hi Heather, Hi Carol. So odd. I was thinking of you both and *POOF* there you are!
I love that. And Jesus is above the sink supervising.
That mess is just learned helplesness. It takes WORK to be that disorganized.
THROW IT OUT. It's like taking a good dump; you'll feel better.
I truly do not get the connection between excess "stuff" and the false sense that it brings emotional security. Too much stuff brings about guilt and hygiene and sanitation issues.
I had a barren great-aunt. I honestly thought she was trying to fill her empty womb with stuff. There was a path from the door to the bed to the toilet to the stove. She was definitely a "surface-abuser" ever opne space had to be filled,a nd pronto! We never could not get the aunt to stop putting flammable materials and liquids (i.e. acetone- better known as nail-polish remover) on an old gas stove with pilot lights.
Hi Heather, Hi Carol. So odd. I was thinking of you both and *POOF* there you are!
EVOLVE damn-it EVOLVE and see past the urge.........
FEH! Stockbrokers are SO RIGHT when they say FEAR AND GREED are tremendous motivators.
FEH! Stockbrokers are SO RIGHT when they say FEAR AND GREED are tremendous motivators.
mickeyd
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Those are the coolest slippers I've ever seen.
They look like LIVE Easter bunnies. Who wouldn't love to have them ;'D
They look like LIVE Easter bunnies. Who wouldn't love to have them ;'D
And on a final note....
I haven't been around at all because I have been working my XXX off so I could buy a home. I have looked at over 50 properties since coming back from Omaha. This is the 3rd house I have had a contract on since January. I am getting a deal on it. An unbelieveable deal. TRUST ME....It WILL NOT look like this when I get done w/her. It's an awesome house with so much hidden potential. Closing is set for April 18th if all goes well with inspections, appraisal, etc.......
Heather:
YES! It went on the market 03/10 at about 2 pm. My REA & I were there at 5 pm. We wrote up an offer the next day. The listing agent told my friend before she showed it to me: *ahem*-- It doesn't show well...LMAO, THAT was the understatement of the year!!!!!. When she walked in first, she said: Carol...OMG....don't look at the S&iT all over the place....get a vision. Well I did get my "vision" and this house had EVERYTHING I wanted. It's a 3/2/2 all brick w/patio. Good bones.
I knew right then it was "the one". I wanted something that needed work. Well I got my work cut out for me. LOL
Steve: I haven't forgotten about you guys either. Just been soooo busy. (Except for today, boss is gone and I'm goofing off) Been too busy lately, and will be even more so when I start working on the house and (hopefully) move in by the end of April. There is alot to do....at least they got the trash out, the rest is paint, tile, hardwoods & "sweat equity".
And alot of bleach, (not for mold, for disinfecting the place)
YAY! Kiss my (_Y_) goodbye: Hitler, trailer parks, and Pasadena,TX!
Take care everyone. Stay well and safe!
Carol
I haven't been around at all because I have been working my XXX off so I could buy a home. I have looked at over 50 properties since coming back from Omaha. This is the 3rd house I have had a contract on since January. I am getting a deal on it. An unbelieveable deal. TRUST ME....It WILL NOT look like this when I get done w/her. It's an awesome house with so much hidden potential. Closing is set for April 18th if all goes well with inspections, appraisal, etc.......
Heather:
YES! It went on the market 03/10 at about 2 pm. My REA & I were there at 5 pm. We wrote up an offer the next day. The listing agent told my friend before she showed it to me: *ahem*-- It doesn't show well...LMAO, THAT was the understatement of the year!!!!!. When she walked in first, she said: Carol...OMG....don't look at the S&iT all over the place....get a vision. Well I did get my "vision" and this house had EVERYTHING I wanted. It's a 3/2/2 all brick w/patio. Good bones.
I knew right then it was "the one". I wanted something that needed work. Well I got my work cut out for me. LOL
Steve: I haven't forgotten about you guys either. Just been soooo busy. (Except for today, boss is gone and I'm goofing off) Been too busy lately, and will be even more so when I start working on the house and (hopefully) move in by the end of April. There is alot to do....at least they got the trash out, the rest is paint, tile, hardwoods & "sweat equity".
And alot of bleach, (not for mold, for disinfecting the place)
YAY! Kiss my (_Y_) goodbye: Hitler, trailer parks, and Pasadena,TX!
Take care everyone. Stay well and safe!
Carol
Hey, Carol! Big congrats on your purchase!!
There is a HG double gas oven on the other side.
Luckily the HG shows up as tan on my monitor! LOL
R U sure it's not the oven above behind door #1 and the broiler below, behind door #2? which is the usual configuration with older gas non-pyrolytic (non self-cleaning) wall ovens. Actually I don't think I have ever seen a double gas self-cleaner for the wall.
A true gas double wall-oven (with 2 ovens that both bake and broil) would be quite rare and a collectors' item. IIRC they were badged Modern Maid /Caloric / Tappan.
Welcome fellow HOMO-wner to the fold! LOL
Luckily the HG shows up as tan on my monitor! LOL
R U sure it's not the oven above behind door #1 and the broiler below, behind door #2? which is the usual configuration with older gas non-pyrolytic (non self-cleaning) wall ovens. Actually I don't think I have ever seen a double gas self-cleaner for the wall.
A true gas double wall-oven (with 2 ovens that both bake and broil) would be quite rare and a collectors' item. IIRC they were badged Modern Maid /Caloric / Tappan.
Welcome fellow HOMO-wner to the fold! LOL
andyelectrolux
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HA!
All that clutter, and to think at some point she paid $$$$ for that Fairfax vacuum. Wonder where she thought she could use it. Anyway, congratulations on your purchase Carol!!
All that clutter, and to think at some point she paid $$$$ for that Fairfax vacuum. Wonder where she thought she could use it. Anyway, congratulations on your purchase Carol!!
~Actually I don't think I have ever seen a double gas self-cleaner for the wall.
OOOPSE no; the true double gas models WERE self-cleaning. This is possible because the oven and the boiler were in the same cavity.
Single gas wall-ovens had the broiler migrate to the oven cavity. The lower compartment then became a storage drawer.
OOOPSE no; the true double gas models WERE self-cleaning. This is possible because the oven and the boiler were in the same cavity.
Single gas wall-ovens had the broiler migrate to the oven cavity. The lower compartment then became a storage drawer.
I remember seeing a double oven gas self cleaning Modern Maid or Amana at the local Best Buy for literally years...it was about 5 yrs ago during one of their periodic flirtations with built-in appliances. Couldn't tell if it was a returned special order or what, but it sat on that floor for a long time...reduced in price $50 every 4 months or so...finally sold for $600 or so...it was a $1500 unit at the time.
Good Golly, Miss Molly
I'm not quite as bad as that, but I think or rather suspect that clutter is something a lot of collectors have to deal with. What to acquire, what to keep, what to shed. Weighty matters.
In any case, I'm in the middle of another de-cluttering. No washers are expected to depart in this phase, but I am shedding obsolete computer instruction manuals, software, etc...
Mostly it's just a matter of consolidating loose clutter into tightly packed clutter... lol...
I'm not quite as bad as that, but I think or rather suspect that clutter is something a lot of collectors have to deal with. What to acquire, what to keep, what to shed. Weighty matters.
In any case, I'm in the middle of another de-cluttering. No washers are expected to depart in this phase, but I am shedding obsolete computer instruction manuals, software, etc...
Mostly it's just a matter of consolidating loose clutter into tightly packed clutter... lol...
Packrat on Oprah
Coincidentally on Oprah there was a 2 part show (yesterday and the day before) about a woman who had a major packrat problem. She and her husband lived in a 3400 sq. ft home and there was stuff everywhere in every room. She was a compulsive buyer. It took over 100 people 3 weeks to sort and clean everything out of the house. The stuff was either thrown out or sold. The stuff that was sold ended up occupying a 10,000 sq. foot warehouse. She had 300 pairs of shoes and 300 handbags not to mention everything else she had purchased over the years.
Gary
Coincidentally on Oprah there was a 2 part show (yesterday and the day before) about a woman who had a major packrat problem. She and her husband lived in a 3400 sq. ft home and there was stuff everywhere in every room. She was a compulsive buyer. It took over 100 people 3 weeks to sort and clean everything out of the house. The stuff was either thrown out or sold. The stuff that was sold ended up occupying a 10,000 sq. foot warehouse. She had 300 pairs of shoes and 300 handbags not to mention everything else she had purchased over the years.
Gary
Reality check in Aisle 1, please.
BUT YOU YOURSELF SPENT IT, DEAR!
Saw that. Wasn't it Two x 10k square feet?
Why doesn't the spouse say "GET HELP NOW OR ELSE?"
When she was told what the proceeds of the huge "Tag-sale" were she was amazed.
BUT YOU YOURSELF SPENT IT, DEAR!
Saw that. Wasn't it Two x 10k square feet?
Why doesn't the spouse say "GET HELP NOW OR ELSE?"
When she was told what the proceeds of the huge "Tag-sale" were she was amazed.
