The Great Hoard Bust Of The New Year
This was Casey yesterday. I found him nearly sliding down behind the couch pillow, belly up, fast asleep. He woke up when I got out the camera. And now I am here, sick on the couch again.
It is time to be getting ready to go home to California for Christmas. This has always been a bit of a stressful vacation because of my mom’s illness. But it’s been getting worse, so this year my older sister is coming out for the second time this year (and the second time in a decade) so us sisters can all help mom get rid of stuff.
You may remember our first hoard-busting trip last summer. Now it is time to continue the journey.
I need to be doing laundry and packing, but after spending the past two days grading papers, I feel I deserve one casual relaxation day before I go to California to meet my sisters at my mother’s house and deal with Part Two of the Hoard-Bust-a-Thon.
But first a couple pictures of my kitchen for me to look at while I’m away.
I need to get up off my bum and get some stuff done. My flight leaves tomorrow afternoon and I’d like to be finished packing tonight so I can spend the morning with my husband before I go.
I’ll do my best to post while I’m there. I’d really like to post more about the actual process of dealing with a family member who is trying to recover from compulsive hoarding, but unless you are on A & E’s Hoarders, which I KNOW you all have seen by now (how odd that something that made me self-conscious and different my whole life, became a TV show the very same year I discovered that there was a real name and therapy for it!) it can be very difficult to betray someone’s privacy. While going out there and helping mom is MY life and something I’d very much like to blog about in detail, it is HER house and HER stuff, and I have to be respectful of her right to not have photos of it posted all over the internet.
So, argh!
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Tags: Compulsive Hoarding, Family Secrets, Hoarding, Hoarding Recovery, Holidays
Categories:
Clutter Busting, Hoarding Recovery
Joyful!? I intended for this part of the title to come off as ironic to those who know me well. I’m highly particular and resistant to change in most things. I switch my socks back and forth several times every single morning before I’m satisfied with their fit.
As for the Housewife part, I’m hopeless, just hopeless when it comes to keeping house. So the tagline which follows the title is quite apt: Domestic Bliss, Eventually. I hope to live up to this manifesto as I post to this blog in the days ahead. I suffer from Chronic Disorganization Syndrome, so this should be interesting.
December 25th, 2009 at 5:09 am
I saw clips of that show online and cringed! Good luck to you - I know it has to be difficult for both of you.
January 3rd, 2010 at 10:49 pm
Thanks, Storm, I appreciate the encouragement. It was a tough but rewarding two weeks. I've just returned home to my husband and dog and am working on my lesson plans for teaching tomorrow. I will definitely blog about some of the process that we went through cleaning out my the storage units, I'm just figuring out the best way to do it without infringing on my mother's right to privacy.