u/domino_427

Cleaning house after parents died. Now I have a deadline, September. Yikes!

Dumpster Day 1... I've been thinking I was crazy getting a dumpster... it's so so expensive. But trying to declutter with one bin picked up every week is driving me nuts.

those pictures/frames were just two handfuls. Two handfuls that wouldn't be easy to bag and put in my bin. omg so much easier to just fill a 30g bin and dump it, no worries bout broken glass, no bags that tear.

Keeping a few, parents and grandparents were both artists, not to mention all the empty frames and canvases. And I have stacks and stacks and stacks. Forgive the cardboard, my recycle bin is full and I'm just so tired (Florida hot). So many pictures. Dad's elementary school report cards! Every single magazine the man had ever owned.

There was a corner (no before photo) full of bankers boxes... maybe 6x4x5. 11 were full of books, and serendipity had my book guy ready to get more! he's already come over and more books are going to better homes. Bright blue carpet under those boxes there for 15+yrs. Had to stop looking in the book boxes cause I wanted to grab and look...

Awesome neighbor helped, and this community. we can do it!

now i'm goin to get comfy and not move for a week. sigh. nah I'll do more tomorrow. with before pics.

I hope posting these pictures encourage others. i like sharing, and I know seeing all your posts help me.

Today hired two organizers and spent 3killer hours in the florida heat of my garage. moved here in 1986 at 9yrs old. can't remember parents ever using the garage for a car.

bunch of junk stacked above our heads to start. found some brand new stuff. now i have so many empty containers, threw a lot of broken ones away, more books books books, found more baseball cards (kept) and my degree (trashed). More quilts and bears made by my mom to remember what she was like before dementia. did have a few boxes to keep, but also several marked to sell/donate. so many old computer parts and cables lol. four cd/tape players. few snes games, my nintendo dsxl i thought had been stolen. some pics from when i went to DC in high school (pics of me next to a beautiful reflecting pool before [redacted]).

still a ton of work to do. but it's been almost a year since dad died, and it means so much to see some progress in the house.

fyi dumpster bag not worth it. cost $30 and $100 to pick it up... I could probably put all this in the bins in 6-8 weeks... slow, but I thought it would hold more. I still have more trash!

ETA: oh I forgot to include the dumpster bag picture. well that's fun. idk how to add it now, but imagine it's FULL lol

Love this sub. Found lots to sell, idk how many trash bags. Also started on garage

The book dude was here.

we moved here in 1986 when I was a kid. this is just one wall of books... so many books. gotta get ready for construction to fix some important things in the house. I didn't even do anything... but it brought up a lot of memories. mom was so different than dad, poor trailer trash vs rich and well traveled... but they both shared a love of reading.

book dude is a miracle... my hands hurt just thinking about having to move things. he'll make sure they find good homes.

eta: plus a pic of my favorite childhood book <3

It's nice to know I'm not alone, and to read all the encouragement yall give each other.

Inherited hoarder house after 10+ yrs of caregiving last year. This table has been pushed against the wall and piled high since before I moved back home, probly 15yrs. Got 4 visitors coming today to discuss some repairs. Finished with 3hrs to spare. I think 4 trash bags.

ETA: I've never had so many encouraging comments before <3 I was pretty down cause the stupid meeting was cancelled lol. Now I gotta get more before and after pics! Means more work, but hey. I'll get to post again lol :)

ETA2: Hey thanks for the rewards! Don't think I've ever gotten any before. means i gotta go clear some more junk!

sorry. it's 6am, can't sleep and I'm thoroughly entertained

Have you been walking around Circle of Friends with 99% trash for 4hrs?

Have you completed the True Cleaner challenge with 99% trash?

Have you crawled around every inch of the first floor for 2hrs pressing q again... and again... and again... and again...

Have you tried to pick up those feathers several times, hoping they're like the oranges that you can clean up, yet not once glanced up at the proper angle?

Were you two seconds from abandoning the mission and crying in a corner... again?

Is this the only achievement you have left?

Do I have the solution for you, absolutely FREE!!

I found it, an arrow upstairs on the first floor by the red door.

Glad I could help.

No, this isn't about me.

Not at all.

Hello :)

Perforated my eardrum April 21 (foreign object + stupidity). Hospital said 'close follow up with ENT', which is mid June. Fun. The ear is so complicated, I don't really know what I'm lookin at.

How do you think it's healing? The white stuff on the right is new, probably normal but idk. 48f, diabetes almost controlled, ozempic, no other pmh

I do see a primary doctor (not mine) Monday because that's the soonest I could get in. I was given the burning evil eardrops at the hospital and one bottle of normal antibiotic drops which I completed. They pretty much stopped hurting by the end, though I could still feel it drip inside.

Keeping it dry. Can't hear bubbles or whistling when I blow my nose anymore. I can hear a little bit now, and tinnitus is not always agonizing as it used to be 24/7. No fever, I still think I feel drainage but rare, no foul smell, pain only occasionally.

First undated pic is May 1, the rest are dated ,and newest is today. Look good? Bad? Don't wait for ENT appointment?

thanks for any feedback :)