This is the latest thing I have watched on youtube.
There are 3 episodes.

Brittian's biggest hoarders

Karl, glad to hear you made progress AND had a good time!

I'm out of canned cat food again, so need to go soon. Also need to set up a doctor's appointment so I can get someone new to prescribe my meds since the other doctor has left the area.

The follow-up social event also went well, though one guest had a longer traffic delay than expected. The visible rooms were still adequately clean, so no additional work required there. I'll need to get back to work on the remaining rooms now.

Great reading all of your posts.
Some heavy rain yesterday and today and no problems yet. It took all weekend to barricade the steep back yard to prevent another mudslide flood, so far so good.
Worked on bedroom past 2 mornings, some was fun, some was torture, but kept at it. Washed all blankets and towels Molly peed on today. Have been keeping dishes done, helped when billie talked about her clean up. Tomorrow I go to a small little town that I enjoy,, with a friend I enjoy, for work. Thursday is a really long day. Have actually enjoyed the grey weather, got more done inside.
I still am having trouble letting go of clothes and fabric. Way too many of both. This winter it will be so much fun sewing and crafting now that i know where things are, for the most part.
Called and made appt. with doctor, have a suspicious skin growth that is getting bigger, will see her Monday.
Thanks for the prayers Dianne. Looking forward to updates on moving into storage unit. What size did you get? I had one years ago and it was $75 a month, painful to pay to store stuff that we don't have room for. Since you can afford it, it might be just what you need to finally feel refreshed and energized to go through a box at a time until it is all gone. Hugs

Oh Tillie, thank you!!

That is VERY encouraging to hear!!!

I watched a program on youtube where the people's items were all removed from the home all except the very basics.
The people then cleaned their home and did some repairs.
After one month the people were taken to a big warehouse where all their stuff has been being stored.
There they are helped to sort through it all.
After living in their clean empty homes for one whole month, their thinking, emotions and other issues that had them frozen in place were all changed.
They had a different and better outlook about their stuff.
They liked the clean & clear home now and were able to let a whole lot of the excess stuff go.
O.K. there was one woman who still had way too much stuff but most of the people did a FANTASTIC job letting lots & lots of stuff go.

The video was removed from youtube but if I can find it again I will post the link here. ;D

Good for you with the clothes Tillie. Consequences of his actions.....

I haven't heard from insurance so maybe I will get a break.

Hi 😉
We slept in today, was nice 🙂
Cats have all been fed now.
Need to scoop litter boxes, sweep floor near the box, put down fresh water & fill kibble bowls.
Cold front moving in. Will be lots of high winds blowing dust & sand. Snow in the higher elevations.
Want to do some sewing with my new sewing maching and hoping Scooter (the kitten) will allow me to without attacking and hanging from the fabric like he always does with anything like that.

Why I don't have a clothes dryer.
This house is very small.
There is room for a washer in the bathroom so that's where it is since it would freeze outside in the winter.
The garage is HUGE and a clothes dryer could be installed in there, no problem.
I have been given two clothes dryers over the years. Nice new ones. One was a gas model and the other was electric.
HE would never allow me to install either one in the garage. Would take away a small amount of space from his hoard.
He gave them away.
To reward him for doing this, in the winter I put clothes drying racks filled with his wet clothes in his bedroom. Balance them up on his piles of assorted stuff and hang lots of his wet clothes over the closet doorway.
Takes about 3 days for it to dry in there.
He hates it! ;D

Good morning 🙂

Hi MayMay 🙂
Was WWZ any good?

Hi Karl 🙂
WTG! 😀
Have fun with your company today!

Hi Dianne 🙂
Happy your back was better yesterday and that it was a beautiful day at the beach. 😀
My biggest worry about the storage unit....
Once there is clear open space in the home please work very very hard not to allow it to fill up.
Make "No Clutter Zones" and defend them every day.
Take a mental inventory of what you have and find contentment in knowing that you have all you need and a whole heck of a lot of what you really, truely want. 😀

Having a hard time getting going today. Insomnia, headaches. Yesterday I went to beach to clean up from weekend people. In the off season now that will be my job instead of summer maids. It was a stunning day, my back was pretty good.

It's noon. Laura did morning animals chores. I'm going to do some deeper cleaning with them. Washing, refilling litter boxes. Brushing, trimming nails. Then get some more stuff together for storage.

There were six of us, total. Leftovers were less than expected. Tomorrow I'm having a couple other friends over.

Hi everybody! 😀

Today I went to work; and took Snuggles, Matt, and Cory with me. Then when we got home, we watched "World War Z" on pay per view. 🙂

Thanks Roxie! 🙂

WAY TO GO Karl! 😀

Hi Tillie! 😀

Got all my cleaning tasks completed.
Easy to do since the house is so tiny and I have all but his bedroom totally decluttered and I just keep his door shut.
Resting up and rewarding myself with a little computer time. 😀
Keep up all your great efforts and some day your house cleaning will be easy too. ;D

Good Monday morning 🙂

YEA! Karl 😀
WAY TO GO!
Happy the chat challenges went so very well! 😀
Have fun with your company. 😉

Hi Roxie 🙂

This morning I have two wash loads drying on the line.
This will be the warmest day of this week and soon it will be very hard to get heavier laundry dry on the clothes line.
Wish I had a clothes dryer for the winter months but that is another sore spot in my life.

Cats have all been fed.
Planning to clean the bathroom, sweep floors & porches, wash the floors & vacuum the carpet, dust, eat lunch then shower & shampoo my hair.

Busy day. 😀

We had a couple of buddy cleanup sessions at the end of the Sunday chat. During the first one, I cleaned the bathroom sink and half the floor. During the second one, I loaded and started the dishwasher, and cleaned half of the kitchen floor. I expect those are both dry by now, so I can move stuff across each room and do the other half before going to bed.

I also need to get some groceries for tomorrow's event. I'll do that first, right now.

I was up at something like 4 am, fed cats and noodled around. I lay down for a few hours nap at noon. Feeling better. For the first time since summer I was actually chilly, so I napped under a blanket. Love that feeling.

Hugs all around.

Today I did all the cat related tasks.
Then got out flour & yeast & a bunch of other ingredients and made myself 3 loaves of my favorite bread.
Ate 1/4 of one loaf fresh out of the oven all warm.
Washed dishes & cleaned up the kitchen.
The other 2 loaves of bread are in the freezer till I need them.

Yes I read it awhile ago along with every other hoard book on Amazon I could find.

It's kind of interesting that I was aware I had a problem back in the 80's when I bought all the books I could find on housekeeping. There were some great reads and ideas. Back then it was called clutter, being a pack rat and organizing a family.

Hi Dianne 🙂
WAY TO GO! asking for some help from your family. 😀
Have you read "Buried In Treasures"?
Please read it. It can help you with your thoughts, feelings and emotions about your possessions.
(((hugs)))

Yesterday I broke down and rented a storage unit. The idea of paying money to store my junk was always something I thought I'd never do.

Happy Autumn everyone!

Roxie, if you want something simpler, you might consider Esperanto. It's estimated to be 4-5 times easier to learn than a typical national language, and a free call to 1-800-ESPERANTO will get you an information packet that includes the first lesson of a free postal course.

Tillie, can you put your foot down and insist that he has to accomplish certain chores each day before he's allowed to play computer games?

I had three social events this week that I ended up not going to, but I did finally get out of the house on Saturday. I'll get some cleaning done yet tonight so that I'll have progress to report for the Sunday online chat session.

Today I went to work. Then after I got home from work, I washed my bedding. And right now I just finished giving Snuggles, Cory, and Matt all baths. So now I have 3 clean dogs and a nice clean bed to sleep in. Yay! 😀

O.K.
This morning I was feeding the cats, scooping litter boxes, filling water & kibble bowls, washing dishes, watering all things in the yard, washing & hanging out 6 loads of his laundry, taking out the trash, monitoring the burn barrel as it burned, sweeping & tidying up around here all the while he sat at the computer.
So....
I quit biting my tongue and spoke up. 😀
He has been slowly walking around outside, pretending to do some work.
I told him to get out there and gather up all his trash. Fill all trash cans full.
Maybe by sundown he will have accomplished something.
;D

Good morning 🙂
The interwebs can be quite a sticky place to waste time.
So many interesting items to read.
It is so easy to develope an internet addiction.
I limit my online time so I don't end up spending 24 hours a day here.
I use online time as a reward for getting up and experiencing RL (real life).
I never play any games on my computer because by watching my hoarder I can see how very very addictive they can be.
It is mind numbing and there is some sort of brain chemical release when playing them that works in the brain pleasure centers.
And that is what is addictive, just the same way as crack cocaine works.

My ToDos for today...
Laundry
Dishes
Watering outside
Trying to kick start my hoarder

Enjoy today!
This is the very last day of Summer 🙁

Hi Karl 🙂
Your LLs seem to be reasonable and patient people.
Can you ask for an extension?
An other two weeks?
Tell them that other things and life in general have slowed you down.
Let them know that you have made some progress but haven't finished the job yet.
(((HUGS)))

Karl, I'm sorry you're depressed too. I don't sleep well either and surfing has become my daily addiction.

Whatever works.

(((Karl))) I am sorry you are depressed and feeling out of it. I can relate. But please do a 10 minute chore today, okay? Let us know what you can manage.

I was up late on Thursday, mostly Web surfing. Friday I was lying in bed, not fully rested but not asleep either, when I heard the chime of my computer calendar, so I got up. It turned out to be for the unofficial Friday chat session, but I couldn't get the connection to work, so I gave up on that.

All of Friday likewise wasted in Web surfing. One week left until the Doomsday inspection.

Yes, I'm depressed.

Thanks Tillie. 🙂

WAY TO GO!!!
Dianne and Roxie 😀
You both are doing GREAT!