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87How to Clean a Cluttered House: Clutter Cleaning Tips for Pack Rats
I'm a pack rat. I collect things, I store things, and above all, I save things. What if I need that for a costume one day? What if I want to give that to my kid (who isn't born) one day? I can't give that away; there are so many memories attached to...
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84Pack Rats
Pack rates come in two varieties – two legged and four legged. The two legged variety is very common and is found all over the country and beyond. This human species of pack rat looks and acts like other human beings with the exception...
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85Facebook's Best Online Game- FarmVille Tips and Tricks
FarmVille online game tips and tricks. How to level-up quickly. Make the most of ribbons, surveys and neighbors. Get the best gifts and grow the right crops. Everything for success in the...
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83Help! I Married An Engineer
Engineers are renowned for their smarts. English majors are renowned for their discourse. When the two marry, it’s like a union between a cat and a dog—polar opposites. My electrical engineer husband lived up to the genius reputation—he was...
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82Hoarding of Clutter Bugs - The Hoarder
If you live long enough, most of us know one, love one, loved one, or have at least heard about one or more. Thanks to a popular television series, "Clean House" here in America, we get to see some very fine examples of clutter bugs. We even get to see those nominated for the "messiest house in America." Being voyeuristic is apparently part of the American psyche. While the show is very entertaining and even pokes fun at hoarding, the behavior can be a symptom of a serious problem. Individuals
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78Decorating With Junk: An Illustrated Guide
A masterful guide on how to use your accumulated junk and turn it into a work of art. Article has an emphasis on southern junk art.
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77Are You A Collector Or A Hoarder?
Having a collection of things is a good wholesome hobby but sometimes people get carried away and it takes over their entire home. There are four different types of collectors: Collector, Extreme Collector, Pack Rat and Hoarder.
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75Unsafe Cumpulsive Hoarding Epidemic After Many Families Lose Loved Ones to Trash: How To Do Hoarder House Cleaning
I was recently asked by one of my friends to help him clean out his mother's entire house. She has been Hoarding for over 30 years. After the death of her husband (1984?) she stopped throwing things out and constantly bought everything that was on sale...
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7510 Things We Just Can't Get Rid Of
When I separated from my husband several years ago and moved out, he told me I could have "everything but the furniture." It just so happened that "everything" included boxes upon boxes of stuff (read - junk) that we had been moving from house to...
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71Pack Rat? Hoarder? Hunter and Gatherer? Collector? Accumulator?
I am certainly at least one of the above, probably a few of the above, and on a good day, I would suspect, all of the above. Collecting, saving, hoarding, hunting and gathering can be fun, relaxing,...
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