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Originally Posted by Oh Haha
...and my wife, bless her heart, is not very organized. Uggh....
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I was fairly organized until the wife's grandfather's stuff came into the garage. Her dad is also storing some things in there as well. She also does "power cleans" for play dates (we have 2 kids 1 & 3 yrs old) that translates into dump it into the garage.
I also have a 300 sq ft shop behind the house that is slowly deteriorating to a similar condition. Not to put all blame on the wife, but her crates of clothes, decorations, etc. have invaded my shop as well. They've taken up a lot of my "organization space" in the shop and as a result, I haven't been keeping stuff as organized as I used to.
My biggest problem is I have 2 kids, a wife and 2 dogs (and a father-in-law for several months) all living in a tiny 1100 sq foot house. Her side of the family has money (relative to mine) and continually bestows gifts upon the grandkids, which translates into more crap in the garage/shop. They replace/add stuff faster than I can get rid of it. To top it off, I think my daughter has a photographic memory. She'll keep asking about a toy she had from 2 years ago (keep in mind she's only 3) that I've long since gotten rid of. So purging toys has been a difficult chore. Any minute toy that is expunged, it immediately noticed by her, even if she hasn't played with it for a year.
I'm definitely at fault here, as I am an admitted pack rat. However, I used to pack rat stuff away in a more organized manner. At this point I've given up trying to keep my head above water and am just waiting for the warm darkness to encompass me.