Are you a Pack-Rat or Do You Like to Clean out often?

hi, Ithink. i am in between i am a pack-rat and sort of obsessive-compulsive about wanting to get everything in our house in order. it drives me crazy when things are not arranged or in their proper places -- and how can i maintain that when there are so many things i keep? and my husband is also a pack-rat with the same "someday" line LOL! have a great day!

Well, I know what I am, the hard thing is to change. I am a pack-rat hermit. I love to keep the house dark. Little light, curtains closed. Pack my treasures all over the house. I am starting to get to much. I know this because I have to walk around somethings. My thing is I want to buy, to sell it and make money. But I never get around to the sell it part. The buy it I have down to a fine art. I have skills. Garage sale ppl give me stuff free just to leave. Because, I will pick slowly thru everything and ask a million questions. They get tired of answering me and just say oh, take it it's free. I say thank you and leave. I know that is a bad thing to do but I can't seem to stop. So, here i sit in my cave of wonders. The Pack-Rat Hermit. Will I be buried alive?

I hate to say it but I have packrat tendencies...I get it from my Mom and grandma. I do fight it though as much as I can. I tend to save things but then I hit a point when I go on a spring cleaning thing and just about everything goes. [b]~~IN SEARCH OF PEACE WITHIN~~ **AGAINST THE STORMS, I WILL STAND STRONG** [/b]

I gotta say I am in the middle. I will go yard-saling and say oh hun I gotta have this or oh that is so pretty. And after a while of me getting to much stuff I start tossing the stuff or turning back around and sale the stuff. Now on the other hand my hubby is pretty much a pack rat. Our bedroom closet is full of stuff. He even has cloths from like 6 grade. He is 24 now I mean come on how long do you have to keep the cloths and he always tells me that is sentalmental or hey I like that wrestler or that is a good band. I'm always saying hun throw them out and go buy new ones to replace them. He always says no. He even has a box of stuff that I will not mention because of some young people being on here. The thing is that he does not do anything with the stuff so I always ask him please get rid of it cause I'm not in to that kind of stuff. He always says no that they are sentalmental. I swear he drives me nuts. So one day I was going through stuff and he of course was at work so I started tossing the cloths from the 6 grade out. So far "knock on wood" he has not noticed. LOL

I really loveto clean and I mean everyday,After I wake up the first thing I would do is get a broom and a rag to clean the house then go prepare my breakfast abd after that I would go and clean the dishes it has been a habit of mine that after I have eaten I will always clean thedishes and not wait another minute.Hope you liked my response and have a nice day.

Pack Rat and my husband hates it! He is the opposite and I hate it! He is always throwing things away I want to save! But I am very clean and organized and he isn't so go figure!

In between...I have spurts where I do get alot cleaned out then there are times I try and just can't justify getting rid of something I MIGHT use....is seems like when I do get rid of something I usually need it the next week!

By nature I am a Pack-Rat and so is my hubby. Not a good combination. But sometimes I say "I must clean this out" and I will work dilligently for awhile. However, I keep seeing things and thinking, "but what if we need it later". And of course, books are very hard to toss out.