i am determined that dh and i will NOT clutter up the house,... i keep the
space clean as to dust/dirt and no food lays around but we are both pretty
messy, one of the bright spots in losing the house is we have a clean slate
to deal with, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> This subject did come up in another thread. I threatened Angela and said
> she must make at least a dent in her room. I have never ever been on her
> case to clean it up figuring it was her space. And she really doesn't use
> the room at all except I guess for storage. However I do expect some
> simple things to be done. Like the shoes she is not wearing to be put in
> her closet and in the shoe rack. And no food or drinks in the room.
> Exception being a bottle or cup of water and only during the time when she
> is physically cleaning it.
>
> Well... It had gotten to the point where she couldn't find two shoes that
> matched. Because of course she had not put them away. And it had reached
> what I deemed hoard like proportions.
>
> The first two things she brought out of the room were large pieces of
> cardboard off of some exercise equipment I bought her years ago. Now I am
> far from a neatnick but things like that just really get to me. In my
> mind, trash and recycling should go in the appropriate bins and
> immediately. I hate it when people just toss stuff like that aside to
> deal with it later. And then they never seem to. Deal with it later that
> is.
>
> She then started with the dresser and said pretty much everything in there
> seemed to be from the third grade. Now we do go through the room about
> yearly and clean out all of the too small clothes. But I haven't had to
> do that much in the past few years because she has pretty much been the
> same size. I do go through and urge her to get rid of anything she no
> longer wants. In terms of clothes that is.
>
> So... Instead of going to the movies like she wanted to do tomorrow, we
> are going to Value Village to get rid of a lot of stuff. I just wish she
> had done it sooner because some of that stuff could have become a possible
> Christmas present. I suppose it's still possible. I don't know how fast
> that stuff makes it to the shelf. She does have some pajama pants that I
> got her last year. I suspect she will get rid of them. They look a
> little like scrubs. I got them for her to wear to school on pajama days.
> She doesn't normally wear pajamas but nightgowns and those were not
> allowed.
>
> She will resume the cleaning after dinner which is... Now! Timer is
> going off. Garlic chicken for her with a rice and vegetable medley. I
> buy it pre-mixed. Dried veggies but still has to be cooked. Nice because
> it's less carbs. I will be having the rice with some beans mixed in and a
> bit of leftover taco meat from yesterday. Perhaps some salsa added if I
> have an open jar. I might. Seems like I opened one the other day but now
> I can't remember why.
>