tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post3600872555340193811..comments2024-03-28T03:35:52.176-04:00Comments on Love That Max : Now you'll never want to visit meEllen Seidmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01433429847255621203noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-12465445592103212872013-05-31T14:21:03.398-04:002013-05-31T14:21:03.398-04:00Boshi do the silly bandz come in blue or green?Boshi do the silly bandz come in blue or green?tharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06178926420365797564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-35917319969236972652010-10-30T12:10:50.495-04:002010-10-30T12:10:50.495-04:00I'm a neat freak...OCD is what my friends call...I'm a neat freak...OCD is what my friends call it...I don't know. The thing is that I don't do it for other people. My hubby and kids would much rather live "less clean"...but me, it's my release. It is the one thing that I can control. I have always been neat but after my daughter's diagnosis, it became obsessive. I'm ok with it. It doesn't change my life style or hinder my life at all...but I don't go to bed until it's all done. <br /><br />I do though enjoy going to my friend's homes who aren't so neat...It is freeing...so I would definitely come and visit!Just another momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02472524139862251439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-61255762526467138402010-10-30T08:20:12.054-04:002010-10-30T08:20:12.054-04:00I would like to be neat, clean and live in a place...I would like to be neat, clean and live in a place that looks like a magazine...but that is not happening--life gets in the way too much. My mother does better (and good thing because we're in her house for the time being), but she fails "Clutter." Way too much of it! Oh well, it's "homey."Felicianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-14067761638927938782010-10-29T20:52:12.579-04:002010-10-29T20:52:12.579-04:00I'm a hopelessly organized neatnik who actuall...I'm a hopelessly organized neatnik who actually doesn't mind having a little dust around. Being a single woman still living home with my parents and a slob of a college-aged sister, you learn to adapt... ^_^Sabrina Steylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10502908654294596013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-32126420743317299932010-10-29T20:09:55.824-04:002010-10-29T20:09:55.824-04:00I used to be neurotically focused on clean..and I ...I used to be neurotically focused on clean..and I was going to school and working part time...and one day my shoe stuck to something sticky on the kitchen floor- I left my shoe and kept on doing what I was doing.<br /><br />It was a huge turning point for me!<br /><br />lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-70792143124489045652010-10-29T12:03:55.371-04:002010-10-29T12:03:55.371-04:00My house is pretty terrible in terms of neatness, ...My house is pretty terrible in terms of neatness, but I clean it when people come over.Carlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04339009817767489076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-2661307223066372142010-10-29T10:54:34.143-04:002010-10-29T10:54:34.143-04:00We pick up because we have a power wheelchair user...We pick up because we have a power wheelchair user in the house. The floor are always dirty but we do mop/steam vacuum frequently. Just lots of foot/wheel traffic at our house. Winter time just makes it worse.GreenGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07442064771348479307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-60295976749058526632010-10-29T10:40:55.250-04:002010-10-29T10:40:55.250-04:00Books everywhere. Everywhere. And I hate leaning,...Books everywhere. Everywhere. And I hate leaning, and especially clearing up. We have a concept in Judaism that you can't give a servant/worker "pointless work", where you do something over and over again and it never gets finshed (example- emptying one barrel into another bucket by bucket and then doing the reverse). That's what housework feels like to me. <br /><br />Also, I'm bad at training the kids to pick up after themselves. And any inate cleanliness any of them had has been destroyed by E.'s tendedncy to come into their rooms and destroy them.<br /><br />I used to not care about the mess- I was often too crazed to notice it. But now, I'd actually like it to be clean.Staying Afloathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06228636990839399469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-91738542252942160892010-10-29T10:02:08.312-04:002010-10-29T10:02:08.312-04:00I'm pretty anti-clutter. I like for most thin...I'm pretty anti-clutter. I like for most things to "put into their places". Clean, though? Well, let's just say that the cobwebs hanging from ceiling were probably hanging there long before the Halloween season.... :)Looking Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00622397350942965771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-27738139324894868712010-10-29T09:45:52.132-04:002010-10-29T09:45:52.132-04:00Looks like I'm hardly alone here! Angie, House...Looks like I'm hardly alone here! Angie, House Cleaning Anonymous made me laugh. And, really, there's no shame in saying that a neat and clean house is one of your pleasures. I may be more about neat than I am about clean, but I still love it when my house is in good shape--like I said, I need it for peace of mind. Even more so when Max was little, and everything felt out of control.Ellen Seidmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433429847255621203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-67353741978751683002010-10-29T09:33:48.363-04:002010-10-29T09:33:48.363-04:00I'm ashamed to say that a neat/clean house is ...I'm ashamed to say that a neat/clean house is one of my greatest pleasures. I feel much calmer and relaxed when everything is in its right place, the toilet is clean, dishes are put away and the floors are free of dog hair and dust. I don't keep my house clean for others, there's just something inside of me that loves cleanliness in my OWN home (I could care less how my friends keep their homes and it would never affect me visiting them). But this need for clean makes me feel guilty sometimes because I want to spend as much time with Ruby as possible and I feel so conflicted when the house is a mess. I truly WISH that I didn't even care if my house was messy. Maybe I need House Cleaning Anonymous or something?! More power to those of you who don't have the same compulsions as me! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-85418795289563789192010-10-29T09:27:36.930-04:002010-10-29T09:27:36.930-04:00Honestly, my house isn't clean at the moment. ...Honestly, my house isn't clean at the moment. There are action figures strewn from one end to the other, someone's breakfast plates on the table, magazines surrounding a living room chair, and the bathroom could definitely use a good scrubbing. As much as I'd love to have a spotless house, the only way it will happen is if I sent Monkey and Daddy to live in a doghouse in the backyard. Like you, I'd rather spend my time with my family than scrubbing toilets on a daily basis.Johttp://mymonkeypaws.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-52933318489895722902010-10-29T09:04:09.609-04:002010-10-29T09:04:09.609-04:00My husband is like your dad, but he's slowly r...My husband is like your dad, but he's slowly realizing that being able to find things without combing through piles of clutter is a Good Thing. It's still not great but so much better than when we first got married. Also, I have a cleaning woman come over once a week. It's expensive but I'm willing to make the sacrifice for my sanity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-87660013390395942222010-10-29T08:28:20.819-04:002010-10-29T08:28:20.819-04:00Me? I'd really, REALLY like my house to be spa...Me? I'd really, REALLY like my house to be sparkly clean. But that doesn't translate into reality. I used to get down on myself about this... but then I realized that there is a finite amount of time in the day and that we are all making choices on how to spend that time...and if I spent my time cleaning my house instead of playing with my kids and doing things that fill me up a bit (blogging, for example), then I'd end up be a grumpy mama with grumpy kids living in a super clean house. And who wants that? I'd rather be a (mostly) happy mama with (mostly) happy kids in a (mostly) clean house.Beccahttp://www.liveoutloudwithme.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-82290026794371400152010-10-29T08:26:42.746-04:002010-10-29T08:26:42.746-04:00"wouldn't dusting be a nice occupational ..."wouldn't dusting be a nice occupational therapy exercise?" Yes. ;) <br /><br />And dusting is not likely a goal on an IEP. ;)<br /><br />Like you, Ellen, my housekeeping habits have spanned a developmental progression from neat-single-person to someone who measures the value of how time is spent more than how the house looks. But, I find the benefit of exercise in vacuuming and yard work - now in 'middle' age. BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-73255637801333359222010-10-29T08:04:37.681-04:002010-10-29T08:04:37.681-04:00I have described my decorating style as autistic e...I have described my decorating style as autistic eclectic because of my five year old son. It makes it easier to dust because we don't have many things on display, but it doesn't mean that I actually do it.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00109875815749585734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-72390647427345509752010-10-29T07:15:33.194-04:002010-10-29T07:15:33.194-04:00I have that throw everything away thing, too!! My ...I have that throw everything away thing, too!! My MIL has a closet of hotel soaps, too! She's a, er, "pack woman." I always fill up at least two bags of trash with each visit out there. It feels so good!!<br /><br />As for my own house, we are pretty clutter free. I straighten up often but I'm not great at the big bad "dirty" work. Laundry, now that's my thing!!Dani Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14784014166868984046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-86799641647327650172010-10-29T06:35:18.493-04:002010-10-29T06:35:18.493-04:00my dear mother accused me of starting to look like...my dear mother accused me of starting to look like "one of those houses on Hoarding: buried alive". She just doesn't understand that we have 5 people in a tiny house, and I just don't have any place to PUT anything...and I also have a husband and 3 kids who just drop stuff and leave it until I put it away :(<br /><br />I am NOT a neat person. My carpet gets vacuumed like once every 2 weeks, I have hard water stains in my toilet ( I did get 75% of them off), and 2 cushions of my sectional are covered in crochet stuff.<br /><br />a few years ago when I worked in a nursing home, I joked that I was going to bring home ( on a day pass) one of the Alzheimer's patients who had a cleaning fetish, and turn her loose on my house...sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751389029725410849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-33595308416836574992010-10-29T01:29:11.479-04:002010-10-29T01:29:11.479-04:00Clean house? Ha! My favorite phrase for when the t...Clean house? Ha! My favorite phrase for when the therapists come is, watch out, my home is lived in.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong. I have the ability to clean. Its just that I would rather spend my time doing other things. So if anyone wants to clean my house, let me know, haha.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03368993044586213847noreply@blogger.com