I was looking around the other day and the dust bunnies have gone wild. I am busy, I spent 8 hours yesterday preparing for one class today and then woke up before dawn to read for the other one; but geez, I really need to get after this place......
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What kind of housekeeper are you?
- Thread starter Lucille
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LakesideBoas
Herpaholic
My dust bunnies have names... 
reptilemama
Member
I'm working full time, and when I get home, I *really* don't feel like doing even more work! My cages get cleaned, and I do the laundry and dishes when they pile up, but my house is in dire need of a good scrubbing. I'm trying to build cages in my living room, since I don't have a garage, so there is stuff piled everywhere. It's getting to the point where I'm planning on taking a couple days off next month just so I can get caught up!
dragonflyreptiles
New member
Well I am a pack rat, that is my worst problem, I can't throw out anything. I have a couple of years of feeder boxes, old cages that will probably never be used again and way too much JUNK
We aren't naked but the clothes are piled up pretty bad, I do manage to get the dishes in the dishwasher but the sink stays full til the clean ones are used, I rarely put them up lol
Its been hard since my dad was put out of work on disability, he has had 2 surgeries, 1 on the vertebra in the spine and a vertebra was replaced in his neck. They wanted to do more to the mid back area but they finally decided it would be a temporary fix and that leaving it would not be that bad. So with running to help him all day with little things, the normal errands for the kids, reptile care and just keeping up with feeding everyone, my time is short.
If I would learn to throw some stuff out I would have less clutter but then I might need something I threw out lol
I will say no dust bunnies here though, my 5 year old has asthma and dust is one of the things that triggers him so I have to keep everything really dust free but its all still cluttered. Having a full basement helps a ton, I tend to throw boxes down the steps and put them in the side room when I go down to wash clothes lol
We aren't naked but the clothes are piled up pretty bad, I do manage to get the dishes in the dishwasher but the sink stays full til the clean ones are used, I rarely put them up lol
Its been hard since my dad was put out of work on disability, he has had 2 surgeries, 1 on the vertebra in the spine and a vertebra was replaced in his neck. They wanted to do more to the mid back area but they finally decided it would be a temporary fix and that leaving it would not be that bad. So with running to help him all day with little things, the normal errands for the kids, reptile care and just keeping up with feeding everyone, my time is short.
If I would learn to throw some stuff out I would have less clutter but then I might need something I threw out lol
I will say no dust bunnies here though, my 5 year old has asthma and dust is one of the things that triggers him so I have to keep everything really dust free but its all still cluttered. Having a full basement helps a ton, I tend to throw boxes down the steps and put them in the side room when I go down to wash clothes lol
reptilemama
Member
I moved from a 3 bedroom home with a 2 car garage and a large basement to a single wide mobile home. Talk about cutting out the clutter! The one good thing I can say about this house is that it broken me of my pack rat habits. I used to keep everything, but now I just don't have the space, so I occasionally clean out the closets and get rid of anything I haven't used since the last clean-out. It's tough sometimes, but when I end up with an organized closet that I can actually walk into, it makes it all worth it!
dragonflyreptiles
New member
I need to do the closets for sure, I haev everything both of my children ever had on and Cody willbe 6 in Dec and EMily will be 3 in July so I have. tons of stuff that will honestly never be worn again. Then for mine, well I have clothes still from high school that I know I will never fit into again and just can;t throw them out. I have thought about calling the rescue mission for a pick up and just go hog wild on the hosue and get everything out that I don't need but my pack ratness keeps stopping me from making the call.
Id hate to have to move to anything smaller, my house is old and is acutally smaller than a single wide. I have 600 sq feet in the living area of the house and my friends 15 year old single wide has 1200, I do have the basement to help hide crap but even with it I only have 1000 sq ft lol
Id hate to have to move to anything smaller, my house is old and is acutally smaller than a single wide. I have 600 sq feet in the living area of the house and my friends 15 year old single wide has 1200, I do have the basement to help hide crap but even with it I only have 1000 sq ft lol
I also have a tiny older house but go on cleaning rampages and throw stuff out, I am definitely not a pack rat (except for kids pix and stuff like that of course).
However, I do recognize the universal rule that about 2 days after you clean out the garage and throw out 12 trash bags full of useless stuff, you will end up needing some small part you threw out for a repair and have to go buy it at the hardware store.
And let's not forget the universal hardware store rule while we are at it, every repair takes at LEAST three trips to the hardware store before you have everything and it is the correct item and size....
However, I do recognize the universal rule that about 2 days after you clean out the garage and throw out 12 trash bags full of useless stuff, you will end up needing some small part you threw out for a repair and have to go buy it at the hardware store.
And let's not forget the universal hardware store rule while we are at it, every repair takes at LEAST three trips to the hardware store before you have everything and it is the correct item and size....
dragonflyreptiles
New member
I am thinking that I need to go on a RAMPAGE and fast lol
There is so so much stuff here that has no use or at least hs not had a use for several years, Im just so pack ratted that I have a really hard time with throwing stuff out.
But the day will come and hopefully very soon!
There is so so much stuff here that has no use or at least hs not had a use for several years, Im just so pack ratted that I have a really hard time with throwing stuff out.
But the day will come and hopefully very soon!
Yeah... I used to be a total clean-freak when I moved in six years ago. But back then there wasn't really anything in the house to make a mess. I wouldn't exactly consider myself a pack-rat, because I hate useless crap lying around, and usually have no problem getting rid of it (there's a Goodwill only 1/2 mile away). Once the remodeling started though, all hell broke loose and there's absolutely NO method to the madness. Nothing is filthy or disgusting, it's just that it's all out of place and stacked randomly around the house. I regret getting such a large house because I tend to fill it up.
I'm really beginning to seriously consider Lucille's shopping cart idea from the fauna auction. BELIEVE ME, as soon as I get some of it a little more organized, you're going to see a bunch of it on the fauna fund and in the classifieds (most of it's animal-related stuff... go figure
)
I've found that having things well organized really makes a difference in how comfortable I feel around home. When I can't open my dishwasher because there are two 150 gallon aquariums in my kitchen, I tend to get a little irritable...lol. Tool boxes and hardware tubs in front of the bay window make it a little hard to keep the plants hydrated too.
I'm really beginning to seriously consider Lucille's shopping cart idea from the fauna auction. BELIEVE ME, as soon as I get some of it a little more organized, you're going to see a bunch of it on the fauna fund and in the classifieds (most of it's animal-related stuff... go figure
)I've found that having things well organized really makes a difference in how comfortable I feel around home. When I can't open my dishwasher because there are two 150 gallon aquariums in my kitchen, I tend to get a little irritable...lol. Tool boxes and hardware tubs in front of the bay window make it a little hard to keep the plants hydrated too.
reptilemama
Member
You should see my living room right now, Paul. There's an old stereo cabinet that I've gutted and turned into a cage, waiting for a door. There's another tileboard cage that's waiting to be siliconed, have a whole cut for lights, and for a door, an 80 gallon tank that I'm not using but can't stand to get rid of, building materials for more cages, and an old coffee table that I thought about turning into a cage but is now just the repository for every tool I've ever used on these cages. Half my living room is taken up by all this stuff! I have *got* to get these done! I'm planning on finishing the stereo cabinet today, and if I don't get them done sooner, I am taking a couple vacation days in July so I can get all this out of my living room!
lucille said:I can't visualize the aquariums and dishwasher, we must have pix; please: we promise we will not divulge this pic when you are rich and famous......
lol... is that under oath?
I'll post a pic when I get the camera out of the car. (My youngest brother just had his graduation yesterday.) He had asked me if he could have his 'party' over here at my house... I told him his guests might expect to be able to sit on the furniture! Although, now that I think about it, I suppose I could have conned a few of his friends to help move that zillion-pound fish tank out of the kitchen...
Shannon, I know how you feel. I have "projects" all over the house. It's not that I get bored with them or anything like that, it's just that I always have a few different ones in the works, and I usually get to a point when I need to comtemplate my next move on whatever I'm working on, just so it turns out well. (It once took me 3-4 weeks to finish building a desk for the studio computer... although it just recently turned into an incubator table
)Here you go...
I don't think cameras appreciate being left in hot cars. Anyway, here's pic you asked for Lucille. Aside from the dishwasher not opening all the way, It's kinda hard to stand at the sink. At least I don't have to brush my teeth there anymore, though. For 2 years the bathroom faucet didn't work. I had bought a new faucet but lost the receipt before I found out that it was the wrong size. When the dog's trying to access her food & water, we sorta argue over space...lol.
I actually have two of these tanks, the other one has the built in overflows and a 40 gal. wet/dry underneath. I want to sell the one with overflows, but I'm kinda thinking of keeping the one in the pic for an albino RES that Chris at TSE has on his site . (had my eye on that for a while now... 
). First I have to finish painting the office so that I can move the computer back there and then move the table that's in front of the window to where the computer is now so that I can put the tank where I want it. Kinda like a rubix cube. I'm glad I put felt feet on the bottom of the aquarium stands before I set them up... it makes it so much easier to slide them around (if you have space to slide them to).
I don't think cameras appreciate being left in hot cars. Anyway, here's pic you asked for Lucille. Aside from the dishwasher not opening all the way, It's kinda hard to stand at the sink. At least I don't have to brush my teeth there anymore, though. For 2 years the bathroom faucet didn't work. I had bought a new faucet but lost the receipt before I found out that it was the wrong size. When the dog's trying to access her food & water, we sorta argue over space...lol.
I actually have two of these tanks, the other one has the built in overflows and a 40 gal. wet/dry underneath. I want to sell the one with overflows, but I'm kinda thinking of keeping the one in the pic for an albino RES that Chris at TSE has on his site
. (had my eye on that for a while now... ). First I have to finish painting the office so that I can move the computer back there and then move the table that's in front of the window to where the computer is now so that I can put the tank where I want it. Kinda like a rubix cube. I'm glad I put felt feet on the bottom of the aquarium stands before I set them up... it makes it so much easier to slide them around (if you have space to slide them to).Attachments
dragonflyreptiles
New member
Well I decided today that I am hopeless, I went to my parents so the kids could go swimming this afternoon and when we went in my mom asked me to go to the dining room to see all the stuff she boxed up for the salvation army and I think I took more than half, now some was stuff that I can maybe use or did possibly could need but I DIDN'T NEED any of it.
So I decided I am hopeless lol
So I decided I am hopeless lol
LakesideBoas
Herpaholic
Paul you are bad!!
There are no used glasses or other dirty dishes in that sink and you could probably eat off that floor...it's just not right!
On the flip side, my dust bunnies don't have names...I haven't found them all yet--LOL!
Just bought this place and am moving all the reps to a basement room once it's waterproofed and finished. Right now they're all upstairs in my livingroom, diningroom and bathroom---No Joke, I have a Boa in a rack in my bathroom! (Freaks out visitors...I just LOVE it!) "What's in that really nice terrarium?"..."A Boa."..."You mean a SNAKE??? AHHHHhhh!"...Sound of music at my house!
There are no used glasses or other dirty dishes in that sink and you could probably eat off that floor...it's just not right!
On the flip side, my dust bunnies don't have names...I haven't found them all yet--LOL!
Just bought this place and am moving all the reps to a basement room once it's waterproofed and finished. Right now they're all upstairs in my livingroom, diningroom and bathroom---No Joke, I have a Boa in a rack in my bathroom! (Freaks out visitors...I just LOVE it!) "What's in that really nice terrarium?"..."A Boa."..."You mean a SNAKE??? AHHHHhhh!"...Sound of music at my house!
Paul that is AMAZINGLY clean, but I would not have decorated quite that way, lol. Wendy, you are not hopeless, I buy stuff at yard sales and so on and bring it home...(just learn to let all that stuff that you don't use LEAVE once or twice a year). Maggie, I do believe you are a true herper if you have snakes living in the bathroom, lol.....
LakesideBoas
Herpaholic
Y'know you're a true herper if...
you have 52 pillowcases and...two sets of sheets!
you have 52 pillowcases and...two sets of sheets!
reptilemama
Member
LOL Maggie you're not the only one with boas in the bathroom.... I just took in a rescue and it's in a rubbermaid in my bathtub.... it's the only place left to quarantine! All my snakes are in my bedroom, the living room is out because my best friend won't come over if the snakes are anywhere she can see them, and my son's room is out of the question- way too messy! I need a bigger house!
LakesideBoas
Herpaholic
The funny thing is...
I see nothing wrong with having a rack in my bathroom. I have this goofy, little room, about 5 X 6, off my main bathroom, that is supposed to be some kind of "changing room" or something...the perfect thing for a nice rack or a quarantine room. You can't use it for anything else--lol!
It also has this cool closet that is not worth anything more than storing hand sanitizer, paper towels and toilet paper in as it's not big enough for normal use! (Can't hang clothes in it as it's too narrow to hold a hangar!!) I'm going to put my Leos in there when the Boas are all down stairs.
And Yes, I DO have abround 50 or so pillowcases and only two sets of sheets!
I see nothing wrong with having a rack in my bathroom. I have this goofy, little room, about 5 X 6, off my main bathroom, that is supposed to be some kind of "changing room" or something...the perfect thing for a nice rack or a quarantine room. You can't use it for anything else--lol!
It also has this cool closet that is not worth anything more than storing hand sanitizer, paper towels and toilet paper in as it's not big enough for normal use! (Can't hang clothes in it as it's too narrow to hold a hangar!!) I'm going to put my Leos in there when the Boas are all down stairs.
And Yes, I DO have abround 50 or so pillowcases and only two sets of sheets!
LakesideBoas said:There are no used glasses or other dirty dishes in that sink and you could probably eat off that floor...it's just not right!
I can't get at 1/2 the dishes because they're in cabinets BEHIND the fish tank. I wanted to throw something in the oven the other day, and had to crawl through the tank stand just to get at a pan in the cabinets on the other side.
I don't think I've even opened my silverware drawer in three weeks...
As far as eating off the floor, well that's not too far from the truth since the other tank's current position prohibits me from getting anywhere near my kitchen table.