Overwhelming Mess

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@HazySue (39264)

Gouverneur, New York

February 2, 2018 8:22am CST

Lately I have been spending a majority of my time picking up, throwing out, and rearranging stuff. On no, not my stuff, it is where it should be. I am cleaning up stuff that my mother left behind in my other house she was living in. I hate to say this but she and her friend that was living with her filled the house with things. I finally have the bedrooms, living, room, bathrooms, and kitchen shoveled out. Unfortunately a lot of the things that were in these rooms are resting comfortably in the garage. It's a good thing it is so big. It is an overwhelming mess but at least we now have it contained in a couple of areas. Someday, hopefully in the near future we will be able to put the house up for sale. If it wasn't a mixture of antiques, old crystal, and this type of things along with packet of sugar, salt, and so forth, it would have ben finished by now. Oh well, we will be having a huge yard sale along with having more antique deals come it and see what we have. This too will pass. Have you run across an overwhelming job that makes you want to throw up your hands and walk away? Hope everyone out there has a wonderful day.

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@rebelann (111124)

• El Paso, Texas

2 Feb 18

Oh yes, I went through this at mom's house in 2016, she passed away the day before Thanksgiving in 2015 and when we finally got together to check out her abode it was overwhelming. She had been buying chest of drawers as needed because she wouldn't throw anything away. She kept junk mail, newspapers, magazines, fabric pieces, nails, bolts ... ok, I think you get the picture, right? .... what's really bad is no one noticed there were mice and roaches in those vacated back rooms of her house, I was too busy caring for her after I retired to notice. Watt a mess.

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@rebelann (111124)

• El Paso, Texas

4 Feb 18

I hate those things and I'm not too fond of meece either @HazySue funny though cuz I think they're so cute when they run the documentaries on them but boy what a mess they leave behind.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

4 Feb 18

It sounds pretty much like my situation. Any little piece of paper, used napkin, anything you can imagine ended up blocking the pathwayws through the how. We had the problem with the colonies of roaches.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

5 Feb 18

@rebelann they are cute as long as I see them on TV but to see them in person, no, then they aren't so cute.

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@JudyEv (325584)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Feb 18

We've just had a clearing sale of my brother's engines and tools. We've already managed to clean out the house but that was a bit of a nightmare too. Now my sister and I are going to have a garage sale (yard sale) as she hopes to move soon too.

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@JudyEv (325584)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Feb 18

@HazySue Actually it was the local Lions Club who did most of the work. And yes, I'll come and help.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

5 Feb 18

@JudyEv All right

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

4 Feb 18

It is nice of you to help your family members with the garage sales and such. It is a tremendous amount of work. Want to come over here to the US and help me?

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@snowy22315 (169841)

• United States

18 Feb 18

My shed is kind of like that..things just seem to have accumulated in there. Then the former roommate who lived here put alot of stuff in there he had apparently been carrying around for years. Now in addition, to my junk, and stuff my ex put in there..his stuff is there..I hate it so much. I have made a little progress in there however, It will be very nice Tuesday and Weds so maybe I can work in there.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

19 Feb 18

Good luck with cleaning out the shed. Things just seem to multiply like bunnies.

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@sallypup (57809)

• Centralia, Washington

2 Feb 18

My Mom has always had more cute "stuff" than house. At one point I think she just started tossing stuff cause hey what to do with it? Part of it came from all the kids giving her little figurines and such and her not wanting to hurt anyone's feelings. I kind of dread it if we move. I have been tossing and giving away and yet I don't know. I need to do more that's for sure.

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@sallypup (57809)

• Centralia, Washington

4 Feb 18

@HazySue I'm noticing that houses that we can afford IF we move are going to be a bit smaller so we might be selling or giving away some furniture.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

5 Feb 18

@sallypup I find that smaller can be better. There is less to clean and take care of.

@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

4 Feb 18

Moving back into a smaller house has given me the opportunity to realize just how much junk I have accumulated. I have been busily getting rid of it along with my mothers things.

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@just4him (305853)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

2 Feb 18

Oh my! You have a huge job ahead of you. I'm glad you got it out of the house, but with it sitting you the garage, you still need to deal with it. I hope the yard sale and antique people can help take it off your hands.

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@just4him (305853)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

4 Feb 18

@HazySue I hope most of it goes to good homes and you don't need to do a lot of carting.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

5 Feb 18

@just4him I hope so too.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

4 Feb 18

The antique people have helped some plus we donated a lot of items. When we have the yard sale the rest of the items will be gone even if they don't go in the yard da=sale they will be carted away.

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

2 Feb 18

I still have things that I am not using anymore but I am still keeping them. I don't know when I will be able to arrange them or throw them.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

4 Feb 18

I have a few things, not many at all, that I can't seem to let go of.

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@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

5 Feb 18

@HazySue I see, maybe you can check it which things can still be in use.

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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)

• United States

2 Feb 18

I live in a hoarding house, though we can get through the house comfortably... It (hoarding) runs in my blood so it feels as if I am constantly battling myself to NOT keep things I really don't need. I am sorry you have had to deal with cleaning up so many things. I am sure it is an emotional strain as much as it is a physical one.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

4 Feb 18

It is. I feel sometimes that I am looking at personal things and just don't know what to do with them. They may mean nothing to me but they certainly must have meant something to her.

@marlina (154166)

• Canada

2 Feb 18

Good luck with the rest of the work.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

4 Feb 18

Thanks, it will be done eventually. Actually I just want to get it over with as soon as possible.

@Marilynda1225 (79645)

• United States

2 Feb 18

Yup it was a disaster cleaning out my moms house when she couldn't live alone anymore. It seemed to take forever and she saved everything under the sun

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

4 Feb 18

I guess a lot of us end up shoveling out the houses of our loved ones for one reason or another.

@DianneN (246525)

• United States

2 Feb 18

I'm so sorry. That must be such an overwhelming task to do. Yes, we went through the exact same thing when my father decided to sell the house he built after my mother passed away, and to his home when he passed away. It was sad and grueling.

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

4 Feb 18

It is. It is also exhausting. I wish that people understood that if they do not clean out their own homes that it will fall to their loved ones. It's a hard thing to do, go through their things, after you love someone you love.

@Morleyhunt (21737)

• Canada

2 Feb 18

Packing to move is giving me this feeling. Last week I heard on the radio a way to simplify... The five second rule....make a decision in 5 seconds...than stand by your decision...generally our first reaction is the correct action....but we start to second guess.....

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

4 Feb 18

That is great advice. I also go by the saying "When in doubt, throw it out".

@andriaperry (116860)

• Anniston, Alabama

2 Feb 18

I cannot tell you how many estates I have cleared and cleaned out, some doing the accounting for probate court. It is a HUGE job!

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@HazySue (39264)

• Gouverneur, New York

4 Feb 18

Wow, you really take on the work. I can't image doing more than the one house.