I'm sorry, Laura. That's sad.
She's not just a blob of energy, she's also a 14-year-old hormone bomb.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - May 17, 2017 7:41:04 am PDT #11556 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
-t - May 17, 2017 8:00:14 am PDT #11557 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am afraid that I would watch Hoarders and pick up tips.
Totally understand, msbelle. You are allowed to not be the nicest inside your own head sometimes.
Looks like we have shipped an order that is supposed to go to Trinidad intermingled with an order going to Barbados. Awesome. I would volunteer to go to Barbados and help separate the orders if that becomes an option...
Fred Pete - May 17, 2017 8:02:01 am PDT #11558 of 30002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I would volunteer to go to Barbados and help separate the orders if that becomes an option...
Ask for Trinidad, accept Barbados.
Laura - May 17, 2017 8:03:19 am PDT #11559 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
My half-ass plan to deal with her is to walk to her house every morning this summer, as I have in the past, and stop in for a water break before walking back home. 1-1/2 miles each way. I've done this in the past as my morning exercise, and she is always delighted to see me. That way when I can't manage to get to the sink to get water, or a cup from the cabinets, maybe there will be an opening to offer to help organize. We can't bring it up ourselves, but I figure if I am there a lot she might say something and I can offer help. It is tricky. I wasn't there last summer so it has been a couple years.
Katerina Bee - May 17, 2017 8:15:51 am PDT #11560 of 30002
Herding cats for fun
Every hoarder I've ever known is a tireless junk defender. Like the stuff is far more valuable and important than the interfering thieves who might take some of it.
Important news flash: I don't want your stuff. I can get my own.
sj - May 17, 2017 8:24:58 am PDT #11561 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
-t is me wrt hoarders.
-t - May 17, 2017 8:28:25 am PDT #11562 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good plan, Fred Pete, I will take that under advisement.
I hope that works out, Laura.
Dana - May 17, 2017 8:28:55 am PDT #11563 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I am hardly an expert based on watching a TV show, but what the doctors on the show usually say is that the stuff has to do with control. For example, a woman's husband left her, and it was devastating, so now she gets a sense of control in her life from holding onto those things.
The really tragic ones, to me, are those with parents who did shit like literally burn their kids' stuff in front of them. The kids grow up to be adults who desperately cling to their stuff.
Connie Neil - May 17, 2017 8:31:16 am PDT #11564 of 30002
brillig
I'm trying not to own so much stuff I need extra storage, except for seasonal things and packing boxes. I have so many I can't see them, I edit the collection.
Connie Neil - May 17, 2017 8:32:59 am PDT #11565 of 30002
brillig
The really tragic ones, to me, are those with parents who did shit like literally burn their kids' stuff in front of them. The kids grow up to be adults who desperately cling to their stuff.
Hubby was raised military, they moved every couple of years, and all his stuff had to go into one packing crate. Everything else was dumped. When he stopped moving around, he didn't know how to get rid of stuff voluntarily, and he was just so happy to have a place to stay.