baymule
Garden Master
I have pack rat tendencies. My DH is an all out hoarder. He was 10 years old before he saw electricity and running water. Being brought up poor, he wants to keep everything. I finally forced him to clean out his closet in preparation for moving. I pried his clutching fingers off FORTYSEVEN pairs of pants, some of which were so small, he couldn't pull them up. We've been married 19 years and I'd never seen him wear them. Shirts, we lowered the number by about a hundred.
When we had a furniture store, he packed the 8,000 square feet of back room with all kinds of crap. When we closed, what he couldn't live without filled 3 storage units. Two years later I got him down to 1 storage unit and from there to a purchased portable building. He is SOOOO much better than he used to be.
I fight the "I'll need it someday" syndrome. Its hard to get rid of something useful. Our garage at the old house was stacked with used roofing tin, lumber and assorted junk. But good junk! Haha! Now we're using my collection to build fences and barns. Then I'll do a sweep and cleanup.
House wise, @journey11 we could be sisters! I HATE, LOATHE AND DESPISE KNICK KNACKS. If I have to put it somewhere or dust it, I don't want it. I don't collect ceramics, I don't "theme" decorate with cutsey crap. My sister came to help hang pictures and decorate this house. Maybe I can enlist her help in convincing DH to get rid of that stack of ugly pictures he has. LOL
Ha! And I'm going to build my husband a huge closet organizer........ so he can get more stuff.
I have instructed my kids NOT to buy me collectibles for birthdays or Christmas. I love Tractor Supply gift cards. Or if nothing else, they can get me a grocery store gift card. I can go shop, cook and eat it and flush it down the toilet.
When we had a furniture store, he packed the 8,000 square feet of back room with all kinds of crap. When we closed, what he couldn't live without filled 3 storage units. Two years later I got him down to 1 storage unit and from there to a purchased portable building. He is SOOOO much better than he used to be.
I fight the "I'll need it someday" syndrome. Its hard to get rid of something useful. Our garage at the old house was stacked with used roofing tin, lumber and assorted junk. But good junk! Haha! Now we're using my collection to build fences and barns. Then I'll do a sweep and cleanup.
House wise, @journey11 we could be sisters! I HATE, LOATHE AND DESPISE KNICK KNACKS. If I have to put it somewhere or dust it, I don't want it. I don't collect ceramics, I don't "theme" decorate with cutsey crap. My sister came to help hang pictures and decorate this house. Maybe I can enlist her help in convincing DH to get rid of that stack of ugly pictures he has. LOL
Ha! And I'm going to build my husband a huge closet organizer........ so he can get more stuff.
I have instructed my kids NOT to buy me collectibles for birthdays or Christmas. I love Tractor Supply gift cards. Or if nothing else, they can get me a grocery store gift card. I can go shop, cook and eat it and flush it down the toilet.