Diane, good to hear from you. I've been thinking about you. Glad you have someone to help you with the car.

Do whatever you need to while you heal. Sending you much love.

Hello everyone. OUCH tooth hurts, been taking advil, he did say it may hurt for 2 days, he was right. Last night could not fall asleep due to pain, at least it was cooler today so was able to be outside and play with rocks. Taking car in tomorrow for airbag replacement. A friend is picking me up at dealer. Not going to work on house until pain is gone. Hope you are doing well today

Hello, happy-hoarders? I didnt know whether to post this here, or in the 'dreams about hoarding' thread, but since my nightmare wasnt about hoarding...here it is. My recent ex text me from a new phone number. That night i had horrible nightmares about trying to get away from he & his new girlfriend's place. I didnt have my car or my phone. It was like i was in a river trying to walk upstream, but could not get away. I woke up several times & went back to sleep & the same nightmare continued. I still have a very creepy dream hangover from it. It does not add up.
Also,i had a scare with my Mom cuz she was suppose to have knee surgery & at her age, 82, being put under a general anesthetic is very dangerous. I cried all day but was afraid to be the 'paranoid & skeptical of society' family member that ive always been, but i finally contacted my sister & amazingly, she was aware of the dangers & theyre using a local anesthetic....id never been that scared of losing my Mom...ive just been a wreck since these things...my place seems so overwhelming & horrid when i feel down.....one nice beam of light is the womens drum circle i helped start was great this time! Im pleased about that!

Good morning everyone--checking in and so glad to hear from you, Diane.

Have a wonderful day, everyone, I'm getting ready for the office.
xoxo

Good evening all. Thanks for the root canal support. He was worried he would not be able to find canal because it was buried under bridge and lots of metal----we prayed, and after 1&1/2 hours he said it was cleaned out and had temporary fill done, go back in 3 weeks, and if it survives, will have permanently finished. fingers crossed.
Then I went to rock ladies house and showed her a rock art idea I made yesterday, she was enthusiastic and offered some suggestions to what I showed her, need to have a fun project.
Love the indoor plus challenge. I have plenty of things to report on when I finish doing them, things that bug me but I dislike and don't do. Fun having partners in challenges.

Indoor challenge Plus! It's a GO!

Okay--I have lots of gross areas to choose from. One thing that I noticed really helped me with the Indoor Challenge was the sense of accomplishment I felt. I had a hard time predicting/listing my wants and meeting them. So for me, I will tackle Indoor Challenge Plus as I do it--rather than choosing today what I will tackle in the future. And then I'll post. As with any challenge, each person can define it his/her own way.

Love it! Indoor Challenge Plus!

For today, my regular Indoor Challenge
Garbage out incl'g cat box
Laundry, folded and put away
Dishes done-/nice clean sink in AM.

Goodnight everyone! Although I doubt I'll sleep, I had several iced teas at dinner/went out with a friend. But I needed the caffeine because I needed to work a few hours once I got home.

HUMMMM, thinking caps on!

My first suggestion...

Something you dread, something "yucky", something hard, something spooky, something gross???
Finally tackling that mystery closet or box?

Come on folks, post your challenge ideas. 😀

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
Hi Diane 🙂 with the sore mouth (((hugs)))
Hi Everybody 🙂

Glad you were able to work outside last night, Tilliie! Thinking of Diane!!

I would love a challenge for August! Any ideas? The Indor Chalkenge has allowed me to maintain my dishes, laundry folded and put away, vacuuming and sweeping. I've fallen down on bathroom and dusting (among other things). So I need another indoor challenge but maybe with a twist (or a punch)? Any ideas of how to word it?

Need all the help I can get. I need to gain ground.

Happy August 1st. 🙂

Very quiet and cool here this morning.
Enjoying it while I drink my tea.
Last evening it was so nice outside that I actually weeded about one square foot of my flower/herb garden area as the sun was setting.
Going to do the usual tidying up today and then work in the kitchen making up some of the food I just bought.

Anybody have any big plans or goals for this month? 😉

HI 🙂

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
Thanks for the drive by. 😀

Hi Diane 🙂
You will be in my thoughts all day tomorrow.
Consider it like I'm there with you, holding your hand.
(((HUGS)))
YEA!!! For clean sheets!
Saturday I killed two large wasp nests in the carport hoard. So scary spraying them when there are so many wasps all ready to kill me.
I understand your reluctance to waste a day getting the defective airbag replaced with a new defective airbag.
This needs further investigation. I'd call the place and ask them what they know about these new airbags they are installing.
Get as much sleep as you can tonight.
Try to eat a little something before your appointment, it's important.
Take care. (((HUGS)))

Good night everybody 🙂

Good luck tomorrow Diane!
Thanks for the kind words, Tillie.
Sorry t hear about the rain, Hope.

Just a drive by. Will write more tomorrow!

Hello all. Tillie you did great already today, and having fun too!
I got up early and did 2 loads laundry, hung out, already dry and put away, still too hot for me to be out for long. Worked on shed more, just had my smoothie. I will have clean sheets on bed tonight, has not happened for a few weeks. Also have to shower when finish getting dirty in shed. Took one wasp nest down first thing this morning, then just saw a bigger one, they are active now so will wait until tomorrow am. Speaking of, tomorrow is root canal, lucky me. At least today I found some pretty rocks buried under junk in shed. Love hearing about your beads Tillie.
Wednesday is my day to have faulty air bag replaced, but on news they said new ones, are only short term fix, so do I want to go to town and figure out what to do for 4 hours while they put a flawed replacement bag in? I think it is on passenger side, never have passengers, if I do they can ride in back seat!!

Happy last day of July 2016 🙂

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
Sounds like you & BF have good, solid relationship. 🙂
Yes, I am always doing stuff today so I won't have to do it tomorrow. LOL 😀

Hi mshope2012 🙂
Sorry the sale got rained out, but
WAY TO GO!!!! that the stuff is out of your space!!! 😀
GREAT thinking and planning on not buying supplies!
Using up all that we already have in our houses is called
"Shopping At Home"
and we greatly encourage doing that. 😀

Well, went grocery shopping and was back home by 10am. YEA! Me 😀
I did not buy any cakes, cookies, candies, chips, ice cream or pastries, I am so proud of myself. ;D
The air quality in this valley reminds me of Los Angeles today.
Not smog but smoke from all the lightning caused wild fires around here.
Got my groceries put away and am now wondering what to do with the rest of the day.
Still too hot for me to do gardening/weeding.
Have run out of gemstone beads to string but made an online order for more yesterday.
Should be here by Wednesday.
Making a beaded curtain for the doorway of my pantry, it's more than half finished. ;D
Not even noon here yet, maybe I will fix some lunch and watch some Netflix.

TTYS 🙂

Morning,

The garage sale was a bust. It was nice just long enough for us to drag out some stuff. We really started to sell and then it poured. Luckily, my brother put all the leftover bins in his garage. He is having a friend pick it up to resell it. Hmm, this friend might eventually come, or not, but at least that stuff is out of my house.

Tillie, I'm debating whether to go to the store or not. I probably won't because I woke up feeling exhausted. Sad, isn't it.

Tatoulia,

I also live alone, but my sister and her kids often overnight here. I have never seen anyone who uses more towels and makes a bigger mess than my sister. She claims that I don't have enough towels. I think I am just going to stack five towels in the br and say, "That's it." She baths her kids and just leaves a wake of things all over the place. Some of my towels are so old. Those old ones can go to the shelter.

I'm starting to get nervous for school. One day I will probably just disappear when school starts and not reappear until next June. It's funny, but I have all this time during the school and then no time during the school year. I'm thinking of how to scale back this year and not need to be super teacher at all times. I usually "let myself" spend a huge amount of money on school supplies and order from a few favorite companies with the it's tax deductible argument. Nope, this year I am not buying anything. (Well, except hand sanitizer.) My hoard of pens and pencils is vast. I would be ashamed to show anyone my prize box or stickers. I'm using what I have this year. I have no need to "buy more." It feels good!

I hope everyone has a good day!

Good morning/almost noon here!

Glad to hear from everyone. Yesterday didn't get much done. After time with family member, hit a little time with BF, then went to see mom for a bit and then home. Cooler here but still needed AC to sleep.

Today is grey:not rainy. we could use rain so I wish we'd get a storm or two. Will take mom to grocery store and that's likely it for me. Would like to spend some time with BF but he's being very quiet like he's upset and a few years ago I resolved not to push him--I finally learned that if he needs to sort through something, let him do it his way and on his timetable.

Need to get done things done around the house and do some work-work. To get a few hours in today would make a big difference on my tomorrow. Isn't that true for so much of what we do?

So, what are you doing today?

Hi 🙂

Hi Tess 🙂
YEA!!!! for your cool weather! 😀

Hi Diane 🙂
My lack of activity is showing too. Soon as it's cooler we will both work it off. 😉
As a kid I learned something important about rock hounding.
Some rocks are keepers and some/most are called "leaverites"
as in "leave er right there". ;P

Today has been so much better. Only 102 and cooling off already by 5pm.
Predicted highs the rest of the week are all under 100 degrees with cool nights.
Thinking of grocery shopping tomorrow morning.

WAY TO GO!!!
Everybody for any and everything you have done during this heat wave! (((hugs)))

Hello gals
I went out early and watered things in the yard. Decided to get rocks out of a shed that I dug up in the yard 2 years ago, rocks were in containers, was surprised to see rocks were not as great as I thought. Got too hot so did not finish cleaning out shed.
I have gained weight eating too much and doing too little.
Knowing my tendency to sort and organize things too much, I hope to be able to just put rocks in a heap if I think they are poo rocks, and put good rocks in a separate pile and only keep really good rocks in containers. Not spend days sorting.
So nice to hear from you.
Just paid bills, now need to go through stack of things that were magnetized to flat surfaces, junk mail, maps, articles etc. Watched a movie, and just sat, no energy in the heat. Common problem for us cool lovers

Thanks Tatoulia! I had a dalliance. Love it! Haha! I just wish he would stop texting me. He wants to go out for drinks later. I don't think so!!! I feel so much better today gotta keep the momentum going. Good luck with your visit today. You do a lot for your family. That's such an honorable thing. You don't see enough of that these days.

It's not hot today. Hallelujah!! I actually wish I had worn a long sleeve shirt today. My plans today include an hour or so of work, a hair appointment, lunch out, some shopping for necessities and a drop off at the Salvation Army if the rain stops. I wanted to work on my business plan today, but since the heat broke, I think I'll take advantage and get some deep cleaning done. Hope you're all having a cooler day!

Good Morning Everybody 🙂

Hi mshope2012 🙂
I always give anything pet related to the animal shelter.
My cats are weird and some things none of them ever use or play with so I give the homeless pets a chance to enjoy them. 😀

WAY TO GO! for sorting out and labeling your bins! 😀

Hi Diane 🙂
So happy you went and met that nice lady! 😀
Even though I don't have that same drive to do extreme bargain hunting, I do understand. (((hugs)))
I love a great find at a ridiculously low price too. My attitude though is if I happen to just stumble upon it, great!. But I don't worry about what I may be missing when I am not out hunting for treasures.
Please rest up and stay cool this weekend. I don't want you overly exhausted when you have your dental work done.
(((HUGS)))

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
TY 😀
Knowing you is such a pleasure. (((hugs)))
You are doing WONDERFUL with your towel system! 😀
Wishing you tons of luck today! (((HUGS)))
WAY TO GO! being prepared to just cool down and relax when you come home . 🙂

Hi Tess 🙂
WAY TO GO! for tackling your clutter magnets and laundry.
Yes it is too hot to do much right now but great that you can do somethings. 🙂

Well, this record breaking hot spell is finally coming to an end.
After today we should be almost back to normal temps for this time of year!!! 😀
Last evening big black storm clouds rolled in.
Lots of thunder and a sprinkling of rain, YEA!!!!
Marty (the cat) and I stood out in the yard and enjoyed getting wet. 😀
We're running very low on provisions here but I refuse to go out until it's not so darn hot.
Maybe this week I will get to the grocery store.
Today I will just do the usual daily stuff.

TTYS 😀

Good morning. Going to go see a mentally ill family member who's having a breakdown. Wish me luck.

Just changed the sheets on my bed. This way if I come home drained I can out on AC and relax.

Wishing you all a wonderful day.

Thanks for the kind words. Just venting about all of that made me feel a little better. I promised to come back with a less depressing post. So, here it is. Lol! After my last post, I picked up my clutter magnet areas, tossed a load in the wash, and started putting away clean clothes. But it's just too hot. Instead, I decided to go out and pick up something for dinner and then I went to Barnes and Noble. I've been wanting to generate a second income. I found a couple books that I think will help guide me perfectly. While it's too hot to work around the house, I'm going to focus on that. I hope everybody is keeping cool tonight!

Diane!!!!! Yay to hear from you. Drink lots of water and yes, yes YES how I know and love the thrill of the hunt!

Tess--don't beat yourself up in this thing at all--a little dalliance and perhaps a dream or two--won't hurt anyone AND it allowed you an outlet and the freedom to discuss your hoarding situation. Now back to reality -- yes it's sad to give up whatever dream or dialogue was going through your mind, and it's OK.

Hope, I live alone and have a boyfriend. I have four bath towels, all white, good quality. I have four or six white hand towels, two bath mats and multiple face cloths. I really cleaned and cleared out my linen closet a year or two ago. Got rid of the embroidered Christmas towels, the old towels that I was keeping for Justin Case (to plagiarize Tillie), other towels, towels in case guests come over, etcetera. Now I have what I need. Four bath towels are plenty for BF and myself. I have my own washer and dryer so there's never a dirty towel in the house. If I have a house guest, I buy towels on sale for the guest and then promptly donate. YES on the animal shelter--the animals will be so pleased.

Tillie--I am so pleased to have you in my life. Thank you for cheering me on and for opening my eyes to things I might not see on my own.

Happy evening, everyone. I only got home from work about 1/2 hour ago--have showered and fed miss kitty and now I need to feed myself.

Hello ladies, thanks for posting inspite of the heat, broken hearts, yarn, dirt, and what you are thinking. It is 5pm and still 99degrees, just saps my energy, and Tillie your weather would kill me. I had to go get Rx refill today, so darn hot. Yesterday went with a rock friend to visit a widow in another town. Her husband was a wonderful man, and an expert in the rock world, finding rocks, cutting polishing etc. Friend and I bought a bunch of petrified wood she still had, she already sold most of his rocks and all of his equipment. This hoarder wanted to go back today and buy more rocks, thank goodness it is miserably hot and I am still recovering from the heat yesterday being out picking up rocks in the sun/heat. Widow is so wonderful, and I had her laughing her self silly, so was a great time. ,I had the same feeling I had at thrift stores, I know if I keep looking I will find special things other people missed, it is like an addictive feeling that drives me to keep going even though it is not good for me in so many ways!! I know some of you can relate to the feeling of being driven to keep going, like nothing else matters. Will it ever end? Feeling driven to find the bargain? ouch, got home and was dehydrated, overheated etc.
So good to get online and read your posts, and feel less alone in the drama of hoarding

Hi all,

I got a lot done so far. Weirdly, I went through some of my yarn today. I even knitted a little to see if I remembered how. I guess you don't forget. I dragged those plastic bins in and out and even started to label the keep bins with "Easter", "Christmas" and "Pictures." I don't know why I never did that before. I might actually be able to find something. Hope everyone is staying cool.

To Tillie,
Thanks so much. I never considered taking all the linens, blankets, and towels to our local shelter. My mom would also love that because her dog is very picky. He has a variety of beds and toys that he doesn't use. Now that I think about it, we have a box of new dog leashes and collars. Again, one of those things too good to throw away, but perfect to donate!

To Tess,

I hear you on the married man. Sadly, I've been there. I thought he was divorced. The whole thing ended and I swore off men completely. You're in my thoughts and prayers. Stay strong.

To Tatoulia,

Thanks! The garage sale is tomorrow. I am almost done getting stuff ready. True confession. I did take a few little things "back." Your post reminded me of the five "burn" boxes I keep meaning to burn. I should just break down and buy a shredder.

Hi Tess 🙂
I would not judge you,
just give you a big (((HUG)))

Be kind to yourself 🙂

Good Morning Everybody 🙂

Hi CriticalMass 🙂
WAY TO GO!!! with your yarn sorting project plans! 😀
Good luck that the cats cooperate and don't try to "help" you. 😉

Hi Tatoulia 🙂
You are doing FANTASTIC! with your indoor challenges! 😀
Happy you are not stressing and are keeping cool. (((hugs)))

Hi mshope2012 🙂
WAY TO GO!!!
You have really been doing so much! 😀

One thing I do to keep my linens under control is I regularly sort through them and donate what I don't need to the local animal shelter.
It makes it very easy to let go knowing they will be used to benefit all the animals.
Most all shelters gladly accept towels, sheets, blankets, quilts, rugs, rags and so much more, especially in wintertime.

Hi Diane 🙂
How you holding up? 🙂

The killer heat wave is predicted to start letting up soon.
There were lots of lightning caused wild fires started last evening.
Went out last night and watered the trees and bushes. It was still hot all night long. 🙁
Tossed & turned and didn't get much sleep.
This morning isn't very cool like it had been.
The cats all look like melted candles, dripped all over the house. ;D
About all I plan to do today is wash some dishes, scoop litter boxes and keep the kitty water bowls filled.

TTYS 🙂

Hi friends! I just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing. Mshope, you had an awesome day! Way to go!!!

My week has been the least productive I've had in awhile. I cleaned on Tuesday. That's pretty much it. It's just been so darn hot. I've also been struggling emotionally a bit this week. Long story short, I managed to fall for a married man. Please don't judge..NOTHING has happened. I would never allow it to go too far, but over the months he has definitely managed to get around the wall I built. He has become someone I can talk to about anything. He even knows a little about my hoarding (though I don't think he realizes how bad my house was). This week something he said really opened my eyes to our situation. I've spent the last couple days just hating myself for it. I've managed to break my own heart. I say I did it to myself because I knew immediately to stay away from that situation. Slowly it moved from polite responses to confidant. In addition to nursing a self inflicted broken heart...or maybe because I'm nursing a broken heart, the little unfair, disrespectful things people do have really been weighing in me. I wish I could be more assertive. I'm so painfully shy and I hate it. Especially at my age. I just haven't had the strength do deal with it all and work on my project here. TGIF! Maybe I'll accomplish something this weekend. I could really use all the prayers and good wishes you guys have to spare today. Sorry to be such a downer. My next post will be much more positive. I swear 🙂

Checking in on everyone--Diane check in when you can.

Good work getting ready for the garage sale, ms hope.

Indoor challenge
Shredded papers
Vacuumed (did I already report that?)
Garbage together for tomorrow pickup.

Good night--

Hi all,

Had a pretty big start today. I was loading up my car with all my excess books to drive over to my mom's for the "big" garage sale. However, after about ten minutes, it started pouring. It is still raining! So I instead worked on clothes. I put about a hundred shirts on one of those wardrobe bars. I have three huge boxes of shorts and pants. Then, I started thinking, "Something smells weird..." An hour or so later, I started to suspect that a poor furry creature bit it somewhere in the garage. I finished that quickly, came inside and hit my sock and underwear drawer. I tossed all of my spare socks and old stuff. As usual, I still have too much.

I then worked on this really big, deep closet in my little bathroom. I stuffed it full of extra towels and blanks which freed some more space in my other closets. It is embarrassing how much storage space I do have. I really wonder how many towels other people have. I think I have thirty towels. These are second or third hand towels or even some I bought when I when off to college over 20 years ago.

I went through a little bit of my art stuff. I even found a bunch of my knitting stuff. I am a terrible knitter, but I like to do it. I only knit scarves and tend to knit big holes in them. Hmm, the last time I knitted was years ago...Decisions, decisions.

Thanks for reading!

Hey there Tillie! Didn't see your post earlier! Have a wonderful, calm and peaceful day. Netflix and chill!!