Good morning 🙂

I am all caught up on the household daily chores.
In a little while I will be taking my grocery list to the store.
Really hate going out in public but sometimes it is necessary. 🙁

The weather here is at that stage where the early mornings are cold enough to turn on the Edenpur space heater and afternoons are hot enough you still need the evaporative cooler on.

This also means that you need both winter clothes and summer clothes during the days.
Oh well! 😉

Have a great day everybody. 🙂

MayMay,

Now you made me blush 🙂

I still want to see some pictures of you and your dogs. Now get in that closet for the new weekend task!

Hey Tillie and Cory. 😀

Ok, the next time I take Cory and Matt for a walk I'll bring someone else along with me so that they can take a picture of me walking them while I'm wearing my hoodie. 😀

Cory,
Both Cory and Matt are twins so they both look alike. Cory wears a red collar and Matt wears a blue collar so that people can tell them apart. 🙂

But I will admit Cory, that I did start having a crush on YOU before I started having a crush on Matt. I've had a crush on YOU for a little over a year now and I've had a crush on Matt for about 6 or 7 months now. I didn't really start having a crush on Matt until after you guys did that podcast together earlier this year. Now I love both of you guys equally. 😉

By the way, when I was wearing my hoodie and walking Cory and Matt today I got honked at like 10 times and some guy screamed out his window at me and told me that he was a hoarder. lol.

ROTFLMAO 😀

Yes, that is a must see for sure. And please, whether true or not, tell us that the better looking dog is Cory so I can rub it in Matts face!

MayMay,
You really MUST get a picture of you in your hoodie walking Cory & Matt! 😀

I just walked outside and realized that it is 57 degrees outside. YAY! Fall is finally here! I'm going to go put on my STERI-CLEAN hoodie and take Cory and Matt for a walk. 🙂

Sorry for the dealy in posting this, but AWESOME JOB BONNIE!!!
Yes, there may be more to do but each time you are getting closer. It may take one, two, or 20 more days like that but you will get there, and you just proved to yourself you CAN do it. Keep up the great work and be sure to send me a photo of you in the seatshirt. It just might end up on my FB page or the 1-800-HOARDERS.com website 🙂

Good morning 🙂

Friday again already! Where did the week go?

My To-Do list today...
make grocery shopping list
dust & polish furniture
run the vacuum
wash my light weight summer blanket & put it away till next summer. 🙁
fix the bathroom window in my doll house (it keeps falling out) lol 😀
Yes, I have a sweet tiny doll house with real working lights

I have been searching for things to keep me occupied this winter when I won't have any gardens to tend to.
So far I have a bag of crochet cotton to make dish cloths with and 3 jigsaw puzzles with dragon scenes.

Have a great day everybody! 🙂

Thanks Tillie. 😀

MayMay,

Enjoy wearing your hoodie! 😀

YEA! Bonnie 😀 WTG!

Thanks, the new stuff really makes a nice change in there.

What I like about summer is that I can wear my dresses and sandals every day but here in winter I have to wear jeans, socks and shoes or freeze.

Have a good night's rest. 🙂

Tillie - thanks for the encouragement!!!

I for one say good riddance to summer! It was waaayyy too hot for me this summer. I think the only thing I did was sweat!

Congrats on the new stuff - I bet it looks awesome!.

Today I worked 9 and a 1/2 hours. Then, I stopped at the grocery store and returned $3.65 worth of water bottles. When I got home I cleared off my nightstand and wiped down the top and shelf. I also cleared a little more of the floor by by bed.

Now I am taking a shower and going to bed!!!!

I can't wait until it gets cold. I've always liked winter but I'm really excited about this winter because this winter I get to wear my STERI-CLEAN hoodie that I bought from Cory Chalmers' other website 1-800-HOARDERS.com. So far I've only worn it like 3 times because right after I got it mother nature decided to deliver us a super early spring. I don't plan on doing that much today besides going to work. 🙂

Good morning 🙂

It got cold over night! 🙁
Summer is almost gone. Dreading another 7 or 8 months of being shut up in the house with the windows and doors always closed.

This summer I bought some new towels, washcloths, bathmat, shower curtain and kept them stored till yesterday. Now the bathroom looks all fresh and new. 😀

The old stuff is now out of the house and gone. 🙂

My To-Do list for today...
Wash cat blankets
Pull dead-ish plants from garden
Make Dexter ( my outside feral cat that I can't touch) a safe & warm bed.
Bring in the tote with my only decorations, (Halloween) 🙂
Declutter my patio table. He has piled it high with stuff because it is a flat surface. 🙁
Decide why we have 3 upright vacuum cleaners and see if he will let at least one of them go.

Just generally looking around here getting ready for winter. The usual weather has always been that we get our first blizzard by October 31st.

Everybody have a great day today. 🙂

BIG WTG! Bonnie!!! 😀

Look at all you did do and know that you can do the rest.
Little by little really adds up and makes a huge difference.

Celebrate all your victories over the clutter. 🙂

But wait - there's more - I vacuumed - yes, you read that right I vacuumed the part of the hallway that is outside my bedroom door. Put in a load of wash - kind of had to - had nothing to wear to work tomorrow. Total for the day - One black trash bag and 3 white kitchen bags outside to be put out for trash pick up on Friday. If I could do 1/4 of what I did today I would be happy.

Ok so today was one of the most productive day I have had in a long time. I gathered up all the trash in the bathroom, some of the trash in the kitchen, paid my current bills and put them with the other bills - still a work in progress but usually i would just put them on the floor or in a box - at least now they are all together. I almost cleared the way from the door to my bed a space about 6 feet by 3 feet. But,as much as I did, it depresses me to see all I still have to do and have doubts as to whether I can do it.

Good morning 🙂

Today I have no real plans but will do stuff like
pull some weeds
sort & straighten out my pantry and some cupboards
look through some drawers

I am in one of my "moods"
I want to toss stuff! The only things that I can toss are my own things.
Decided that the silverware I received as a wedding gift in 1972 will be donated.
Some depression era dishes can go too along with some fancy antique china serving dishes.
We never have company, guests or family get togethers here and these things are no longer needed. And quite frankly I am tired of taking care of them. ;p

My favorite charity thrift shop will appreciate this donation. 😀

Nate does not want to inherit these things (I asked him) or I would give them to him now. 😀
I am keeping my Grandmother's china and silverware because I use this stuff every day.

Have a great day everybody! 😀

Hi MayMay! I do not think Debra "hated" the house; but rather, the "disappointment" (statement) was really a "shift" in thinking, something that we like to see happen in therapy. Debra's declaration of, "I am always *disappointed" just bubbled out of her and she broke down.

Dr. Green did miracles with Debra! 🙂

*Disappointed: The clean house & freshly painted walls, did not give Debra the expected "high" she was hoping for; the "high" that shopping gives her. Shopping (buying stuff) is Debra's addiction and she literally lived for that albeit short "high" "buying stuff" gives her.

There is a deleted scene on the A & E Hoarders site where Dr. Green helps reunite Debra with her husband and children. Joy is the only word I can come up with after watching that scene.

Hey Bonnie & Tillie. 🙂

I thought last night's episode of "HOARDERS" was pretty good. 🙂 I felt so bad for Dorothy though, because she did such an amazing and beautiful job at getting the house ready, and the lady absolutely hated it. 🙁 I loved that Matt tried to spend the night in the house. I thought that was really brave. 🙂 When they showed him in the house at night I kind of felt like I was watching a really gross episode of "Ghost Adventures." lol. 🙂

Sorry to hear about your headache Bonnie. 🙁 I hope you feel better. 🙂

(((hugs)))

I havent really seen many episodes of hoarders because it just made me feel worse about my own situation. I do know that if I were Matt I would not have stayed in that house either!!!

Today I made my bed - and that is it. I have had a headache all day and cant seem to shake it. I am feeling very, very guilty because there is lots I want to do but cant because my head hurts. I will try taking more Advil and hope for the best. I want to work on paperwork - if nothing else I want to pay my current bills.

Good morning Bonnie & MayMay (((hugs)))

This morning I have been reading on the A&E messageboard. I love to read the doctor's, organizer's and extreme cleaner's posts.
Such a wealth of wonderful information to be had for free and they are such nice people too. 😉

I did not like last night's episode.
I did like the clients and their families and the work done.
The staging and editing and sound track rubbed me wrong.
Matt whimped out and didn't stay all night in the house. LOL 😀
I really dread whenever I must step outside into the carport, side yard or garage here at night. Even my big Maglight flashlight isn't powerful enough to help much.
What did you think about the HOARDERS episode?
I really liked the way the homes looked at the end.

My To-Do list today...
I watered everything
Maybe later I will take a nap. I stayed up till after 11:00pm last night to watch the new HOARDERS online.
Have pleanty of taco fixins ready in the fridge so supper is going to be easy. 😀
Will clean up the kitchen after I mess it up
Took care of the cat issues. Clean bowls, fresh water, lots of food & scooped out the litter boxes.

Have a Great day!

Thanks Bonnie. 🙂
(((Hugs)))

MayMay

I am so sorry to hear about your neighbor. Dont worry about doing anything today. Allow yourself to grieve. Let us know how you are doing.

Hugs.

I just woke up. I don't plan on doing that much today. I just found out that my neighbor died last night; so right now I'm just really sad. 🙁

WTG! Bonnie! 😀

You are pretty amazing yourself! 😉

Bottles are gathered and in bags to be returned to grocery store. I also changed my sheets. Tillie you are amazing!!! Good job!!! Hope to see you all on chat after hoarders.

Swiping this off my Facebook wall:

"Never feel shame for trying and failing for he who has never failed is he who has never tried."
~Og Mandino

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So ready for the new season of Hoarders, tonight!!

Tillie, tacos sound like an awesome dinner choice. Yum! 😀