A lot of it is that I tend to usually sit in the same place on the couch, so if I'm paying bills or something, then the stack of bills piles up there, and then I'm bad at following through at putting them in the recycling when I get up. I tried putting a small garbage can right there, but I kept accidentally kicking it over, and then all the stuff would spill. Plus, if I'm reading a book or using my iPad or something, my instinct when I'm done with it is to put it on the floor, so stuff just piles up there. Looking at it now (which was the area he was looking and gesturing at), I've got a few books, a bunch of random papers, several medicine bottles, a couple socks, a pair of sandals, two small Amazon boxes (the size that hold a couple paperbacks) and their bubble-wrap, assorted pens and pencils, and a couple of plastic bags that some clothes that I ordered online came it. Nearly all of that is actual garbage -- I can probably clean it up in 20 minutes if I sit down to do it.
Oh, and two wrist braces, one thumb brace, and two ankle braces. And an umbrella, a couple of TENS pads, a coloring book, and a package of colored pencils.
I don't let anyone see it, although Hil, you probably glimpsed it when you came over for the GISHWHES photos last year, so if you saw it, you know what I mean
I think I saw it a little bit, but it didn't seem that bad.
Ah, you didn't get a full glimpse of the Hoarders horror, then. Really, it's bad. Like, can only walk 3 or 4 feet into the room before the piles (and the desk on its side [no, I have NO idea]) prevent any further incursion.
Cleaning up a bit, I just found a piece of hard candy under some of the papers. It doesn't seem to have attracted anything, though the wrapper was a bit unwrapped. So, there are definitely not ants here, at the very least.
In a complete shift, it looks like Kelly's bf is going to officially propose next week. Kelly's best friend is coming to visit for a week with her fiance. They will be staying at my house, she is my second daughter. Anyway, he wants Kelly to be able to celebrate with Vicki and S.
They were originally going to wait until they could afford a "classic" engagement ring. I'll admit, I'm the one who gave them the idea of going non-traditional. Look at other stones. Simpler options. If, down the line, they want to upgrade, then maybe different rings for her wedding set or have it be an anniversary thing.
Sooooooo...he ordered a ring with an aquamarine stone and "white sapphires" aka not-diamonds but with the look of them. Her birthstone is aquamarine and his is diamond - so I think it is a pretty choice for them.
Our house is like islands of clean and messy. I'm always running out of time to get everything done so it's a craps shoot what happens to be clean at any one time. I try to keep the most public areas clean enough that the kids feel they can have people over. I did all the work for dinner tonight last night so I'll have time to clean the kitchen while it's cooking.
Gud, that is absolutely me most of the time - the downstairs may be presentable - but my room and my office...oy.
I've got family room, living room, dining room, one bathroom, and about half the master bedroom okay. The kitchen is messy, but not scary. My kids rooms are kinda terrible and my wife's office area is kinda catastrophic. However, I don't clean those areas. The garage is kinda terrible, but the new car can park in it and one can get to mostly everything so it's on the back-burner.
Last Saturday was "help Suzi get the garage back to where I can walk through it" day. We organized a bunch but then pulled out a bunch that needs to go out on the next "extra trash" day which isn't for about 3 weeks...so it is still a mess.
Sounds like a lot of good work though.
