Re: Re: SCD - Am I Imagining This?

[Guest guest]

At 05:18 PM 6/29/2010, you wrote:

Now there's something that I'm

good at, getting rid of stuff! I should be a professional declutterer. I

kind of drive my parents crazy sometimes ;-).

Maybe I should invite you down for a week of decluttering.... although

truth to tell, it would be more likely to take a month or more!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

At 01:45 AM 6/30/2010, you wrote:

*starts packing bags*

PJ & Marilyn, I'm on my way ;-). I've actually been itching to

re-declutter my own household. And re-inventory. Yes, I have a list of

everything I own...everything. But I don't have pictures (insurance

purposes), so that's where I need to start. Can you tell I barely keep my

OCD in check?

LOL! How do you feel about inventorying somewhere around 12,000

books?

Or trying to pry me away from the kitchen and the computer to de-clutter?

(Hey, I'm proud of myself. There are rumors that there might be a desk

under the paper and stuff. I've gotten rid of three large trash cans full

of old catalogs and things this week....)

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

At 01:50 AM 6/30/2010, you wrote:

I downloaded it while it was

available. It is quite handy to be able to do a quick search on something

instead of paging through the book. I bet a lot of people would be

interested if it was officially made into an e-book.

Likewise, and I think people WOULD be interested in an e-copy.

Since I've bought a copy of each edition since 2001, I'm not too worried

about not covering the cost of my information.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

At 01:53 AM 7/2/2010, you wrote:

Marilyn, I know you're going to

doubt my sanity, but I would have a grand time inventorying,

categorizing, and alphabetizing your 12,000 books :-). Maybe I should

have been a librarian?

Did I mention that I also have several dog-sitting references? Violet the

dachshund would vouch that I do a great job of laying on the couch

watching tv, with dogs piled on/around me ;-).

But at least you're making progress! They say to tackle one drawer a day,

or to set aside 20 or 30 minutes a day to declutter. Before you know it,

things are looking great! Then you'll have room to buy more book and more

kitchen gadgets...

Actually, prior to Hurricane Katrina, a friend who was out of work was

exchanging inventory services for room and board. Unfortunately, Katrina

put and end to that, and what we've added since....

I'm sure the Dachshund Duo and the Babble Beagle would love an extra pair

of hands to pay attention to them.

I periodically make progress... but there's so MUCH that I get bored and

then go off and do something I enjoy, like writing or cooking. I came

across catalogs from 06 on my desk....

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

At 07:19 AM 7/2/2010, you wrote:

Now if I would just follow her

advice...

I'm not awake enough first thing in the morning to get

dressed....

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

At 02:54 PM 6/30/2010, you wrote:

Gosh, Holly,

Would you like to just come visit each of us for a week? I am sure

we'd all love a live-in declutterer for awhile!

I'm afraid it would take even Holly a month to get my house decluttered

-- because a bunch of the clutter isn't tossable!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

At 06:26 PM 7/16/2010, you wrote:

I'm also a great organizer ;-).

A place for everything, and everything in it's place. All of my books,

games, CDs, etc. are arranged alphabetically too!

The only problem is, pets don't believe in organization. I get my bird's

house/gym all cleaned up and her toys all put away, and she comes in and

trashes the place in 10 minutes (papers shredded, toys tossed, food

flung). I get all of the dogs toys put away in his basket, and 10 minutes

later, the basket is empty and toys are in every room of the house (even

the bathroom). They're worse then kids!

Lol! Bibliophiles are even worse than pets.

I tend to haul out books for research and they pile up and up and up on

my desk. Like the time I had just gotten a new shipment of books from

Rocky Mountain books. Harry came in, and saw one of the new ones placed

precariously on top of the stack, ready Precipitate All On the Floor, and

collapsed into his chair laughing. The title of the new book?

Avalanche Safety.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

At 01:41 AM 7/18/2010, you wrote:

I think 3 dogs (one of them an

insane youngster) AND a bibliophile would give me a full time job just in

putting things away. There would be no time left for decluttering

;-).

TWO bibliophiles. Harry proposed by suggesting that we merge our

libraries.

Up until Katrina, I had a really nice Guatemalan lady, Zoila, who came

every Friday and decluttered and cleaned. She would gather up everything

that wasn't where it should be, pile it on the dining table and tell me,

" You. Sit. Sort. I clean. I do not sort. Throw away! " and then

about every hour, she would come buy and empty the trash can next to me,

and if I was getting distracted, she would scold me.

I miss Zoila! (She had a second floor apartment... and four feet of water

in the apartment. Her daughter kidnapped her and took her off to live in

Washington, DC).

A weekly decluttering made a difference... I love to cook and write, but

I hate to clean! Just no patience for it. Zoila hated to cook, but loved

to clean. It was a good partnership.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

At 02:45 PM 7/18/2010, you wrote:

Zoila sounds like a real gem,

indeed! My mother and I used to have one of these: Opal. She was a

true professional in her approach to cleaning and would do anything at

all you wanted her to. Alas, she was my mother's age and, like

Mama, long gone. There will never be another Opal just as I suspect you

are having trouble finding another Zoila. But we can

dream!

Absolutely we can dream. I miss Zoila -- she was a member of the

family. I used to pick her up in the morning, and Harry would drive

her home at night... and usually take her by the grocery store on the way

so that she did not have to carry her weekly groceries by hand from the

store to her apartment.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle