Organized people are just too lazy to look for things.
Lori: I despise clutter. My house isn’t always clean, but it’s organized. Everything has a home I can beeline to. This compulsion prohibits me from displaying knick-knacks and paddywhacks. If there are more than two fridge magnets, I feel claustrophobic.
Val: I clean by shoving random’s into cupboards and closets. I lost my wedding ring for a year, only to strike gold treasure hunting in my own closet. Nine out of ten times when I can’t find something, it’s because I put it away. I’ve lost my mind, my shit, and my marbles.
Does this clutter make my butt look fat?
Lori: My closets are streamlined, color coded, and categorized by dress, casual, stay-at-home, and don’t even think of answering the door. A clean closet deters the monsters from taking up residence.
Val: I have a full closet, but can’t find anything to wear. Color coordinating bores the pants off me, and a messy closet helps hide the skeletons. I’m a sucker for sentimental value. Prom dresses from junior and senior high hang beside two wedding dresses. I’ll save that story for another day…
If you can fold a fitted sheet, you’re obviously a witch.
Lori: I feel physically and mentally lighter when I purge items from my fridge, closet, or basement. I love storage bins, baskets, shoe racks, key holders and drawer dividers. A label maker make me giddy with possibilities.
Val: I have a label maker, with no idea where it is. It paralyzes me to throw shit away. I’m emotionally attached to my sizable collection of albums, CD’s, and 8-track tapes. Items with little to no value go to my basement to die. I’d rather light a match than sift through the rubble.
Lori: I’m thankful for my Type A husband, who shares my love of an uncluttered home. Filers should not marry pilers. Martha fuckin’ Stewart has nothing on me.
Val: The house was clean, then the kids woke up. My family doesn’t close doors, drawers, or toilet seats. It’s shoveling in the middle of a snowstorm. But I’m no slob. If I know you’re coming over, the house will be spotless. Just don’t look in the closets…
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Read this over morning coffee. Laughed & related. My bedroom currently looks like, that of a 16 year old girl’s. I have a cleaning lady who comes occasionally and I’ll be tidying some today, so she doesn’t think I’m a total slob, when she comes tomorrow morning.
That’s funny! I just got a cleaning lady and spent an hour last night tidying up for this morning. Thus the reason for shoving things into closets and drawers!
Definition of Type A: The theory describes “Type A” individuals as ambitious, rigidly organized, highly status-conscious, sensitive, impatient, take on more than they can handle, want other people to get to the point, anxious, proactive, and concerned with time management. People with Type A personalities hate both delays and ambivalence.
That sounds mostly like me, but add a positive trait(s) and then you have me to a “T”
You still have good hair Captain Mac. That’s positive!
Love,
Your sister-in-law.
I’ m torn- who would I choose as a roommate? – if I had to . . .
If it’s for the master suite, choose me. Lori is available for all other options!
Val