Craft supplies - I'm a Hoarder...
Everything else - I'm a pitcher.
I'm a hoarder...big time...in every area of my life.
But I made a New Years resolution about 3 years ago to change that. I'm still working on it. It took me 30some years to collect all this stuff, it can't be changed in a year. But I have recently thrown out a TON of stuff and OMG it feels SOOOOO gooooood!
But I made a New Years resolution about 3 years ago to change that. I'm still working on it. It took me 30some years to collect all this stuff, it can't be changed in a year. But I have recently thrown out a TON of stuff and OMG it feels SOOOOO gooooood!
Somebody on here made a New Year's Resolution to use up their half-used products (hair care, skin care, etc.) before buying more. That is my new resolution, because I feel sick at all the money that I spent and most of the products were good, I just got tired of them. Also, we created a new master bathroom in our new addition, and I only moved over the stuff I was currently using, so when we cleaned out the old bathroom that is being redone for a guest bathroom, I found tons of things I had forgotten I bought! Some were brand new! Sick, sick, sick, I tell you.
I don't think that is one of the signs of Alzheimer's because my Grandma was the queen of hoarders, and she lived to be 94 and sharp as a tack the whole time. We have been cleaning out her house since April, and finding things brand new in the packages...20 years old! LOL!My mother became a hoarder in her old age. I often wonder if it was one of the very early signs of her Alzheimer's.
Laura
Don't feel bad - there are a lot of us hoarders out there! Every now and then I become a pitcher (when it accumulates!)
My dh is a hoarder. So I've turned into a pitcher. I used to hoard but with both of us doing it, something has got to go. I need organization so I've learned to pitch.
Ronny
By the sounds of that I'm definitely a pitcher. But really though I am...I like organization. If I wasn't at all sentimental I wouldn't hold on to the childhood stuff I have in a large rubbermaid container. But luckily I am a little sentimental. Or just mental.
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-Lucille Ball
I hoard stuff then get sick of it and pitch it. And it starts all over again!
Nikki
When you see me with a smile on my face, then you'll know I'm a mental case. ~ Alice Cooper
When you see me with a smile on my face, then you'll know I'm a mental case. ~ Alice Cooper
Funny that you aked this question. My dh was just saying how I pitcher ever thing out,but my scrapping stuff. He say he can't believe how much of this I keep.
So maybe I am going to be a hoarder in my old age.
So maybe I am going to be a hoarder in my old age.
I'm definitely more hoarder than pitcher. I take after my mom...and my grandma. What their homes look/looked like is what has driven me to pitch anything at all!
My dh is a saver...he saves stuff for a year or so and then goes through it and gets rid of it, which is so much better than keeping it forever. I can't touch ANYTHING of his to pitch it because his mom threw away his pen pal letters when he was a boy!
My dh is a saver...he saves stuff for a year or so and then goes through it and gets rid of it, which is so much better than keeping it forever. I can't touch ANYTHING of his to pitch it because his mom threw away his pen pal letters when he was a boy!
I'm a little bit of both. I attribute it to two things, being poor growing up- so I like to have a few extras of things on hand so we don't run out, and my dad being a pitcher- so there are a lot of things that would have been nice if we could have kept through the years, but he decided to pitch them, so they're gone forever. Since I have a daughter, every time I want to go through and purge old SB stuff, I have just been setting it aside so that when she gets a little bigger, I will have supplies that she can play with.
I HOARD EVERYTHING!!! I am a big ol' packrat and I can't seem to break the habit. I will throw away tons of stuff but then I find more stuff and I can't get rid of it...it's a horrible unending cycle!
OH standing here with my hand up in the air!! I ADMIT DH AND I BOTH ARE HOARDERS!!! (well him more than me of cource!!) We both though are big time pacrats: for instance just like 2 weeks ago i posted on my blog.. http://chickenscratchfarm.blogspot.com about all the stupid crazy things i found in our fridge!! LIKE umpteen 1/2 bottles of salad dressing, which really we both only like 2 maybe? several bottles of ketchup, one almost empty, one 1/2 empty and the other full!! WHAT is up with this stuff???
In fact i was at the grocery store this am and what did i buy you ask?? ranch dressing, 10 pkgs of alot of different snacky things, 10 pkgs of rice cakes, 10 bottles of spaghetti sauce, 10 boxes of cracker things???? WHY!! well they were 10 for $10.00 of cource~ NOW i dont have much room in my pantry and our freezerS are full!!! yepper full!! I just cant help it!! we will use this stuff up but i think i really need some help!! IS DR PHIL ON THIS BOARD??
ROFL!!!
In fact i was at the grocery store this am and what did i buy you ask?? ranch dressing, 10 pkgs of alot of different snacky things, 10 pkgs of rice cakes, 10 bottles of spaghetti sauce, 10 boxes of cracker things???? WHY!! well they were 10 for $10.00 of cource~ NOW i dont have much room in my pantry and our freezerS are full!!! yepper full!! I just cant help it!! we will use this stuff up but i think i really need some help!! IS DR PHIL ON THIS BOARD??
ROFL!!!
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LOL! You sound just like me, Laura! I get so disgusted with myself that I go overboard and throw everything away and start over again.... Then start hoarding again
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I have been a hoarder for years but want to get in the pitching mode! I can't believe how much stuff just 3 people can collect over 30 years time! My dh and ds are both big pack rats! This year I want to start getting rid of a bunch of stuff!
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Deb
Deb
I pitch things constantly! I have a bit of problem sometimes. I just wish I could learn to only buy things that I will use!!!
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i hate that i'm a hoarder. ugh. i need to clean some of the junk out of this house.
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