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Lynda wrote:

Now, Robin, we need to clear one thing up here.  There is no such thing as
too many books and pictures <g>

And I'm sure your mother uses the VIP filing system -- VeryImportantPiles
<g>

Lynda

Hehe. You trying being a packrat who is oacking to move across the Atlantic! I juts can't throw anything out!
I think I'll need my own container ship for all my junk.
The computer is, of course, going as hand lugguge :)

Shyrley

Kathy B Cauley

I am a VIP filer.
I also believe there is nothing wrong with being a pack rat as long as
you are an organized pack rat. (of course thats me.)
Kathy in TX.


On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 23:29:54 -0800 "Lynda" <lurine@...> writes:
> Now, Robin, we need to clear one thing up here. There is no such
> thing as
> too many books and pictures <g>
>
> And I'm sure your mother uses the VIP filing system --
> VeryImportantPiles
> <g>
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "DiamondAir" <diamondair@...>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 9:16 PM
> Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: Laundry Is Fun
>
>
> > > From: "Bobbie" <insomniaaks@...>
> > > Hi, I'm Bobbie, and I'm a packrat.
> > > No, there isn't a cure. Sorry. <g>
> >
> > Well, there's hope. I used to be a packrat, and we have a fairly
> junk-free
> > house now. The only thing I still have too many of is pictures and
> books,
> > but everything else is under control. My hubby is a neat freak who
> has won
> > me over slowly but surely and weaned me off of my packrat ways. I
> come
> from
> > a long line of packrats though. We just spent the weekend at my
> mom's
> house
> > (ugh!) and this cracked me up: she said to my son "Don't step on
> that pile
> > of magazines. Do you just stand all over the magazines at your own
> house?"
> > In my mind I'm thinking "No mom, because we don't HAVE piles of
> magazines
> > all over our house", honestly, the word "childproofing" means
> nothing to
> > her, she has piles of stuff everywhere and I have a 16 month old -
> ack!.
> My
> > grandma's house is worse. She can no longer use one of her
> bathrooms
> because
> > it is full of stuff, and hasn't eaten a meal on her dining room
> table in
> at
> > least 15 years, it's been buried in stuff. She just has little
> pathways
> > through everything, piles of old newspapers, magazines, sheet
> music, etc..
> > We don't go over there anymore. My niece (age 6) said the funniest
> thing
> the
> > last time we were there, she said "If there was an earthquake when
> we were
> > all visiting Grandma M's house, we'd all die of paper cuts"
> >
> > In any case, there's hope. I listened to a talk radio show on my
> way back
> > from my mom's house. It had the author of "Clutter's Last Stand"
> on as the
> > guest. He just wrote a new book called something like "Lose 200
> pounds
> this
> > weekend" (meaning 200 pounds of stuff) and he had a bunch of great
> tips
> for
> > de-cluttering, if anyone's interested...
> >
> > Blue Skies!
> > -Robin-
> > Mom to Mackenzie (8/28/96) "This is a great life!"
> > and Asa (10/5/99) Who walks backwards
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> >
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> From: Kathy B Cauley <kbcauley@...>
> I am a VIP filer.
> I also believe there is nothing wrong with being a pack rat as long as
> you are an organized pack rat. (of course thats me.)


Yes, that's my mom's belief too <sigh>. Not to say anything about your
situation, since I don't know what it is. But I know with my mom it affects
her daily life in a negative way but she is blind to it. It also affects
people around her. We would visit much more often if her house wasn't such a
mess. It's just too hard with the kids to be at her house, so mostly I just
have her visit here. She's always moving around piles of stuff to find
things that she has misplaced, and she spends an inordinate amount of time
just dealing with her *stuff*, time which could be spent doing other things
she wants to do (which she claims she never has time for). If I want to cook
dinner at her house, I first have to clear off enough counter space to do
so. What a pain!
As a child, I hated growing up in our messy house. I was embarassed to bring
my friends over. I hated the fact that we had to do the 5-hour cleanup drill
whenever important company or relatives came over (which often consisted of
trying to find places to stuff those Very Important Piles). Of course, you
can go way too far in the other direction too. A friend of mine growing up
lived in a house with all-white carpeting and white furniture. Her mom put
plastic over the carpets and furniture whenever the kids were in the rooms,
and there were certain rooms that were off-limits to the kids. I think
that's a bit freaky on the other end of the spectrum!

Blue Skies!
-Robin-
Mom to Mackenzie (8/28/96) "This is a great life!"
and Asa (10/5/99) Who walks backwards
http://www.geocities.com/the_clevengers Flying Clevenger Family

Kathy B Cauley

Robin,
It's so good to read your posts.
I am a pack rat but not toooooo bad.
I do clean out every now and then and make a donation to the Salvation
Army.
I also have most everything labeled (ok maybe a little too much)
but i also find that it helps me find things or for my kids to find
things in a hurry.
Kathy in Tx.
(forever cleaning and organizing, or so it seems, after the move)
>
> Yes, that's my mom's belief too <sigh>. Not to say anything about
> your
> situation, since I don't know what it is. But I know with my mom it
> affects
> her daily life in a negative way but she is blind to it. It also
> affects
> people around her. We would visit much more often if her house
> wasn't such a
> mess. It's just too hard with the kids to be at her house, so mostly
> I just
> have her visit here. She's always moving around piles of stuff to
> find
> things that she has misplaced, and she spends an inordinate amount
> of time
> just dealing with her *stuff*, time which could be spent doing other
> things
> she wants to do (which she claims she never has time for). If I want
> to cook
> dinner at her house, I first have to clear off enough counter space
> to do
> so. What a pain!
> As a child, I hated growing up in our messy house. I was embarassed
> to bring
> my friends over. I hated the fact that we had to do the 5-hour
> cleanup drill
> whenever important company or relatives came over (which often
> consisted of
> trying to find places to stuff those Very Important Piles). Of
> course, you
> can go way too far in the other direction too. A friend of mine
> growing up
> lived in a house with all-white carpeting and white furniture. Her
> mom put
> plastic over the carpets and furniture whenever the kids were in the
> rooms,
> and there were certain rooms that were off-limits to the kids. I
> think
> that's a bit freaky on the other end of the spectrum!
>
> Blue Skies!
> -Robin-
> Mom to Mackenzie (8/28/96) "This is a great life!"
> and Asa (10/5/99) Who walks backwards
> http://www.geocities.com/the_clevengers Flying Clevenger Family
>
>
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