Clutter
It drives me batty. Horizontal surfaces become an apparent breeding ground for an assortment of things that really just don’t need to be there. My entertainment center is littered with stuff that just needed to be out of the toddlers’ reach. An empty box, all natural leave-in conditioner, two remote controls, the coconut oil that gets slathered on baby bums, keys, stuff.
On top of the gun safe we can find an empty diaper bag, a camera case, too many hats and dust bunnies. On the chest freezer in the kitchen I see oranges, grapefruits, tangelos, two overripe bananas, some junk mail, baby sign language cards, and two sweet potatoes. On the kitchen counter GOOD GRIEF there’s too much to mention.
I seriously hate it. I went on a cleaning binge a few days ago and now have a beautiful, clean, organized space under my bathroom sink. Part of me blames the clutter on having children (it wasn’t always like this), part of me blames the lack of closet/organizational space in this house, part of me blames my husband, and part of me knows that I’ve started accepting the clutter.
It has to stop. It makes me crazy, it clutters up my life. I need it to be cleaner and better organized. I’m about to go on a de-cluttering rampage.
We don’t need all this stuff.
I feel the same way. Moving is a great excuse to de-clutter! I’m hoping having more space/storage will help.
I totally get putting everything out of the tots reach! My house is like yours, stuff every horazontal space.
I hear you! My husband and I argue about this on occasion. I hate hate hate clutter. He hates that I just drop things where ever there’s space when I first get home and sometimes don’t get to sorting it out for days. I don’t mind temporary clutter; I DO mind mindless STUFF just sitting around. I was raised in a household of marginal hoarders. Every time I visit my parents and grandparents the hallways have gotten narrower, the number of a available rooms fewer. I don’t get attached to things. My husband disagrees to an extent. He thinks we could squeeze another couch into our tiny house, and he was disappointed with me when I donated dozens of my books and got rid of one of our many bookshelves. I like big openness, my husband likes furniture that we rarely use. Sigh…
I. Feel. You!!!
As a daughter of a cleaning “OCD” lady I must say I learned from the best!!
Clutter/things out place has actually made me see red.
I go on donate purges too. Right now the back of my car is filled with toys, Christmas decor and adult clothes to donate!
Clutter drives me bonkers as well. I go on a de-cluttering spree a few times a year. My 4 kids and I live in a 3 bedroom apt so space is limited and there is so much CRAP hidden. I figure if it’s been packed up since we moved in here then we don’t need it LOL