There was a time I would never have left a dirty house when I went on vacation. And I could not abode being sick in a dirty house. However, I no longer have the will to live, since I have been sick with what Gary now calls the “Feral Boar Flu” for five weeks now.
This is our life.
I come home from the grocery with paper towels. I ask Gary if wants me to put them in the linen closet
He moans, “Oh anywhere.”
I open my hand and they drop on the dog’s pillow.
Later when Gary sees the dog can’t use the pillow, he wings the paper towels in the general direction of the linen closet. I kick them out of the way.
That’s where everything is now. Everything bought at the store, brought home from vacation, we just let gravity take care of it. Another week and we’ll be like that hoarder with the roll of bathroom tissue by his bed (the single scariest shot in that show).
9 responses to “How Hoarding Starts”
FIGHT IT ELLEN!! FIGHT!! DO NOT QUIET INTO THE GENTLE NIGHT!!!
and dayum. single tp roll next to the bed. I just might throw the hell up if’n i ever what that show. ick.
My goodness, I’m glad that germs can’t travel across the web: it seems all you guys over there are prostrate with vicious lurgies. You have my sympathy and all, but good grief, it’s only autumn yet. I think you need a cleansing snap freeze.
And, paper towels in the linen cupboard? They’re PAPER towels, not paper TOWELS. Into the kitchen with them!
OMG, Hoarders! The cat hoarder! The food hoarder! Arrrggghhh!!!
Please just don’t throw your trash and dirty clothes on the floor.Please take the trash out.
That show! OMG. I watched it for about five minutes one night and was depressed for hours. I’m kind of mystified as to why it’s on TV.
That show … well, it makes me want to start throwing things out. NOW.
Hey, what’s with the boxes all of a sudden? And can I change mine please for one that’s SYMMETRICAL? I’m going all squirly here.
Also, it looks like a spider. One of those horrendous, bulbous-bodied Australian ones that can kill you deader than dead. It’s creeping me out, Queen!
Mrs Hall – Can’t fight it. It’s part of the swine flu. OH AND THIS IS THE SWINE FLU, make no mistake.Big Dot – But, see, the dog pee is all through the house, not just in the kitchen. So the linen closet is more convenient.Melissa – Yes! the crazy delusional hoarders! My favorites!.75 – Trash is out. Dirty clothes are currently on the floor though.Magpie – it’s there to make non-hoarders feel blessed. Sue – Me too.Big Dot – thanks for asking, I never knew why those graphics showed up. It’s to segregate typepad profile users from non-typepad profile users. You can go to https://www.typepad.com/secure/services/signin?to=%2Fprofile%2Feditand sign in with typepad. google, whatever, adn identify yourself with a photo. I tried to hack in as you and make a giant spider but I couldn’t.