The Hoarders Anonymous Thread Part Three...Still Sorting It Out ~ Together!

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Are you are any of the following? Can you be described as a clutterbug? Are you a hoarder, in a mess, untidy, disorganised, lazy with housework that has lead to something that you now feel unable to deal with. If you are ill and not coping with the housework. If you are emotionally attached to items for whatever reason. If you cannot just ask someone in for a cuppa at a moments notice or dread the meter reader asking for access.

Are you nodding whilst reading any of these words? If you have a combination of any or all of these things or something completely different, please join us. No one here will judge you. We have something in common and we have a common goal. We share our ideas and we share our disappointments no matter how big and our celebrations no matter how small. We cheer one another along and drag the drowners from the depths of despair.

Join us; we don't bite :) Welcome to thread number 3.

Hi all, I'm sorry the thread fell of my TIO. I third the notion to not throw out anything whilst Dw is away John it may backfire and she might go out and get more! I'm still discovering things missing that my Exh got rid of on the quiet and he hasn't lived here for almost..... 22 years! It upsets my world and has possibly contributed to my hoarding ways!

I'm still not getting much done here.

Hi all :)

No progress here. Generally doing ok considering I'm 35 weeks now, but I now have a bad throat etc which with the fibro etc is causing bigger issues. So nothing getting done.

Bed arriving in 10 days, seriously need to get our arses in gear and order a skip and a washing machine.

Might have as little as 3 weeks left.

Oh Cag :( it's so hard. I'm fighting the sore throat too and it always impacts on my ME. Put a cut (in half) onion in each room; I do find it helps. I need a fresh one as I can usually stave the soreness away with one but, mine is dry now. Sounds strange but, I do believe it helps.

In the basement, I have a workshop + storage area. I took everything out, and painted the concrete floor. Now, it's so big and empty, I hate to put everything back.

I've done some discarding, but most of this stuff, I use regularly. I guess I gotta put everything back, right.

John if it is stuff you actually use then yep, gotta put it back.

We’ve done something similar, removed built in floor to ceiling book cases that covered one wall, plus a desk unit with was also part of the whole book case structure. Today we’ve book 2 stand alone, small, book cases and 2 small filing cabinets. Now we just need to get the office stuff straight once the cabinets are put together.

So, that’s my progress report. Still no joy getting DDs to relinquish anything.

I'm a hoarder. I am currently having a major clear out in readiness for the Christmas influx.
I'm trying to do 12 months of only buying school uniform, kids shoes and no other clothes as that's my major downfall.
I was opening mail from 2016 this morning. The shame

Welcome!

Thankfully my cold didn't develop, I still got the post viral flare up though (ME etc sucks eh solo :() so feeling pretty rough regardless.

Started looking into skip hire today and then had a total meltdown because it's not going to actually be possible to get one that accepts everything, and that's if we can even have one on our property (no driveway). But it does seem we have other options like friends/relatives driving a van that we hire etc. It is frustrating as I had got this idea in my head of doing it all in one fell swoop but it looks like that isn't going to be possible. However maybe it's better that way as we can do it gradually over the next few weeks.

DH off tomorrow. I have a doctors appt but otherwise the plan is to finish our bedroom as the bed arrives on the 18th.

Welcome Medwaymumoffour ; you are in the right place!

CanadianJohn I have storage space envy! It's sadly lacking in my house :( but, I guess I'd just fill it up if I had it.

Cag I have the same problem re skips. I don't have a drive and the council won't allow one on the road outside as it's a blind bend.

I also should say that I've given the kitchen a bit of a going over and dumped loads of boxes of stuff elsewhere from it as I have the plumber coming tomorrow to fit a new stop cock. It looks better, tidier and cleaner but, I'm crap at keeping it that way.

I'm aiming to get rid of 300 things this month. That's equivalent to 5 things a week for a year which believe Mei could have easily brought in.

Almost 200 things gone from various places, it's starting to look a bit better, but not miraculous changes yet 😥

It's hard isn't it when it feels like no matter what you do it makes no difference! It does though, even if we can't see it. It's harder for us to appreciate our own efforts because we are there all the time and see it change really gradually.

Plodding along slowly with bedroom clutter this afternoon. Got rid of 3 bags of books to go to the charity shop and DH has put the small and useless cupboard outside to smash up for the tip. A few of the Caglets' toys organised slightly better/things rehomed etc. Man alive it's slow though and there is stuff all over the bed. Running out of steam very quickly today.

I have just taken some photos to see if I can see progress via them. Photos show just how bad it is too. In my mind it's not too bad, but when I see it in the photos 😭 I also did this when I had councilling and I remember feeling ashamed showing them 🙈
I can do this

Well done to everyone who has had some progress

I had the plumber in this morning; he thought he'd fractured a mains pipe which goes under the concrete floor. It was touch and go whether I'd end up having to have the floor dug up but, thank heavens it wasn't cracked! I did though have a terrible sense of panic when plumber wanted to go into the loft! I said he couldn't have access and I just wished I'd got a tidy and organised life house :( .

Anyway, I spent the afternoon sorting out my kitchen floor cupboards. The run of four wall units are falling off the wall so, they were emptied last week to take the weight off but, this is the second time I've done that. I need to get them put back to the wall - it's scary as they are about 2" away from the wall at the top!

Dd is away on school journey next week and I have to dig through all the clothing to get her bag packed and ready to go! I'm hoping that not having her here will mean I can do stuff at home.

How is everyone doing? No progress here just shattered.

I feel the same Attic I feel exhausted :(. But I am so so sick of this mess! I have to get it sorted out! It's really nice being able to walk on the floor in the kitchen again but, I can't see work top again as I have been so busy with secondary schools and school journey for Dd.

Slow progress here as knackered too. But we have got rid of more stuff so progress is definitely being made.

Long way to go though and although the house is much better than it was, it still isn't what I'd call baby-ready.

But today they've decided to induce me next week (37wks) fuuuuuuck

Just got back on this thread after a long break.

First things first, congrats Cag, how come you're getting induced? (Just being nosey, ignore me if you like).

I've been managing to keep more or less on top of the house lately which is mostly due to the fact we've moved to a better place.

We've got more room and we're slowly adding storage, but it's also the fact it's a nice, tidy flat so you can actually see the results after you've cleaned/ tidied so it's easier to motivate yourself IYKWIM.

The house we had before was a money pit managed by a HA that couldn't give a fuck and due to financial issues we never even managed to put flooring down. Add to that 2 people that aren't great at decluttering and a high needs baby and you can see the picture.

There's loads still to do, but it feels a bit more manageable now. Though I tend to cover the cleaning and DP can tidy/reorganise as he's never pleased when I do it so he's welcome to it .

Welcome back cheshire :)

Basically they reckon the placenta isn't working that well, her growth has slowed right down. I have gestational diabetes so was always going to be induced by my due date at the latest. Have managed with insulin etc though so that's a positive. Just need to think how the hell to get ready now!

Hi CC :) glad to see/hear things are going okay :) Must be nice to be sorted

My placenta was in a really bad state by the time of ELCS, nobody said it outright but it would've been an issue if I had waited (and wanted) a natural labour .

Does anyone here have good storage ideas? So basically things that have made your life easier.

How are you all? How's the sorting out going? Cag how are you doing :)?

Hi solo currently in the hospital after a day of (as yet unsuccessful) induction! :o

Nothing here. DD was ill, then I was ill and now DH is ill.

We figured our marriage issues is because we are so overstretched with work, parenthood and the attic we have no time to just be ourselves.

So I will play catch up this week. Both going to book some time off to catch up with house and eachother. DH going to quickly tidy eaves and landing when better and we going to pay to get it done, one less thing to worry about. Start focusing on eachother and the kids more.

My wife is on vacation in England, and I am doing small jobs around the house. The cutlery drawer needed repainting, so I took it out, thinking I would take it to my workshop and sand the front and repaint it with melamine paint.

I've mentioned my wfe has become a "saver", if not an actual hoarder. Would you believe there were SEVEN pairs of scissors in the drawer. SEVEN! Not to mention a whole bunch of things that I don’t recognise. Carrot peelers, or something.

Oooh! Good luck Cag .

Attic I'm glad you have worked it out. It did cross my mind (when you first said you were having problems) that you didn't sound as though you had much quality time together but, good luck with it all.

CJ they might have been for different jobs?