Between my OCD-collector son, and “I-might-need-that” packrat husband, we’re one cardboard box from a Hoarders episode. The only time my home will be spectacularly clean is at my wake.
The Trifextra challenge for this weekend is to write a non-fiction submission of 33 words, which must include one of these two-word phrases: “cheap flights,” “sandwiched in” or “spectacularly clean.”
Hoarders don’t use boxes LOL! They just dump it everywhere and pile it up! :-) Great piece!
I didn’t read it as a metaphor. But I do agree that cleanliness might be overrated.
LOL! Beautifully done.
My daughter just took a very similar photo of my grandson’s cars! Love it.
One never “needs” something until one sees it! At least that’s how it goes when we try to get rid of some kiddos’ toys. This is great!
I can relate…nicely done.
you should take a picture of their clutter. would that “shame’ them into cleanliness?
i can relate. our girls’ rooms are ridiculous
ha ha ha! that was a good one :)
We are borderline hoarders in this house! I LOVE the accompanying photo. It’s perfect. Something never seems “right” to me when I see a perfectly pristine house.
Terrific picture – And I love the one cardboard box away from…Nice response, Tara.
I’m with the others on the photo – wonderful to match the words. Well done, as it made me feel a bit uncomfortable. I’m the opposite – everything goes.
Very wry and funny. Unfortunately, I seem to be two-thirds of your family!
I love that you always find a perfect image (from your own personal collection) to illustrate your posts. And I am a firm believer of less is more, yet there are some stuff that I just can’t let go (ask my mom and her basement holding my junk…)
Ha! This is wonderful (:
Love the cars. My son still has his collection… but his cars are not so well taken care of. They’re in a Rubbermaid bin.
I sometimes feel the same way. I often wonder how much stuff we’d miss if we did an extreme overhaul of every room and got rid of things we haven’t used in a year or more.