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Across the Fence: Do you like to organize? |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 10:08:38 AM
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I love it!! I love being able to find things quickly and knowing I just have what I need and can pass other things along. I spent the morning organizing the stuff in the garage. Unfortunately, hubby is a bit of a disorganized person, so I have to help him out. People think I am crazy, wasting time organizing but I look at 2 hours spent organizing saves me hours later on and I am not tripping over things nor being wasteful. I can't believe I was able to fill the back of the truck AGAIN to donate stuff. Unbelievable!!!
Heather
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harmonyfarm
True Blue Farmgirl
785 Posts
Debbie
Southeastern
Ohio
USA
785 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 10:25:47 AM
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I love it too, Heather! I have a twin brother and I swear I was organizing things for us in the womb! People think I'm "anal retentive" but I love it that everything is where I need it, when I need it!
Debbie
"If you can't find the time to do it right...how will you find the time to do it over" |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 10:29:59 AM
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Seriously, my clothes are style or color coordinated and all my shoes must point out forward. I am a VIRGO and grew up with very little, so I take very good care of what I do have. It drives me nuts to walk into a house and see things just neglected.
Heather
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
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luvnlife
True Blue Farmgirl
82 Posts
Michele
Quincy
WA
USA
82 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 11:49:34 AM
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Is being organized a "Virgo" thing? If so, then that explains ALOT, since I am one. Yes, the closet is color and like coordinated and if the house is disorganized then my brain is too. I function best when order surrounds me. Way to go to the rest of the organized women out there!
Family life is the source of the greatest human happiness. This happiness is the simplest and least costly kind, and it cannot be purchased with money~Havighurst Farmgirl Sister #306 :) www.trooperchelly.blogspot.com |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 12:11:47 PM
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Michele, it does make me wonder about the Virgo thing. I can't function either in clutter. We just FINALLY unpacked the last box and I swear I haven't been sleeping because of the mess in the house.
Heather
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 12:13:01 PM
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Alee, I would love to come help you out. I am pretty tough though on clutter and getting rid of things. : )
Heather
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
1277 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 1:55:05 PM
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I love it myself. And I'll do it, just as soon as I can find my mind -- to wrap it around all that clutter. Either that, or the trash can!
from the hearts of paradise... |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
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Claude09647
True Blue Farmgirl
761 Posts
Claudia
Our Dairy Farm
Pennsylvania
USA
761 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 3:19:02 PM
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OH i love to! It drives me up the wall when i cant find something! If i organize everything i always know where everything is... Except for that saying..."I'll put it here so i wont forget where i put it.. then later on forget where you put it!"
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." |
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palmettogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
571 Posts
sue
camden
south carolina
USA
571 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 3:33:58 PM
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i like to be organized too....it gives me such a calming affect! my husband's family THINKS they are organized, but they just kind of toss things in an appropriate area! but i have to tell you....several years ago i thought that i'd "help" hubby and organize his tools, etc., so...i took all of his tools and layed them out in the driveway intending to organize and put them away...then i thought, i'll clean them, he'll be so grateful.....well, don't wash tools with dish soap and then hose them down and just let them dry.....They RUST!! |
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Beverly Gill
True Blue Farmgirl
1114 Posts
Beverly
Marlborough
USA
1114 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 3:52:27 PM
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oh Sue thats so funny---
I like to stay organized...in other words decluttered. I really like to stay on top of that as in the states the home we have is small for 4 people. And as I get older I realize I can not stand clutter....I can not even think straight in it---I really can not. I am much happier with less.. I really am........when you really really think about it----do we need all these clothes? If someone really wants to save as far as $$$....there are so many tricks to buying basics and then just alternating them....saves $$$ saves space. But you can still look great because you can wear so many different combinations.
Oh sorry to go off like that....guess I am a fanatic to decluttering.
Beverly P.S. If anyone wants any help as far as compulsive hoarding e-mail me----I got some CEUs for my nursing license in this area...not that I am an expert but the study I took was very enlightening. |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 4:17:04 PM
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Well, I feel really out of place after reading the postings! I am so NOT organized. I have five other sisters who are all very organized. Not me!!!!!!! Now my hubby is super organized to the point that it drives me up the wall. I eventually find things I'm looking for. No organization skills here. But, I'm a good listener! Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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pinkroses
True Blue Farmgirl
2350 Posts
Sheila
Virginia
USA
2350 Posts |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2009 : 9:52:54 PM
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I am organized to the point of being obsessive. My car has to be completely clean and the trunk and glove box neat and organized. I color-coded our files (yellow for cars, red for credit cards, blue for medical records, etc.) I clean out and reorganize my purse everyday, and people at work make fun of me for my neat desk. I'm an administrative assistant, though, so my obsession with organization pays off in my career! (At least I'm not as bad as my dad - he separates his quarters by state, date they were admitted to the Union, and all the heads have to be facing to the right!)
Jessie Mae Farmgirl Sisterhood #134 |
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palmettogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
571 Posts
sue
camden
south carolina
USA
571 Posts |
Posted - Jul 22 2009 : 06:50:02 AM
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hey there! i worked at a bank years ago....and to this day, when i count $$ (and put it in my wallet), it's "chins to the right!" ha,ha! sounds like we could start a compulsive disorder group....:) but i still go back to l. we can find anything and everything, even in the dark, in minutes! you can't beat that! |
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harmonyfarm
True Blue Farmgirl
785 Posts
Debbie
Southeastern
Ohio
USA
785 Posts |
Posted - Jul 22 2009 : 06:59:40 AM
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No one that I know is organized. They come into my home and say...You're SOOOOO organized...like it's a disease or something. I always grew up with "A place for everything and everything in it's place." Sorry, but it looks better and it feels better to me to be like that. I always wanted to start a businees organizing spaces for people. But after you leave, how long does it take until they are disorganized again? It's a condition of the heart, just like being a farmgirl.....
Debbie
"If you can't find the time to do it right...how will you find the time to do it over" |
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