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Are 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.

6 comments    treasure collectors collector
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Decorating 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.

38 comments    decorating recycle tires
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Help! 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...

12 comments    engineers quiet spouse
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Pack 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...

10 comments    home car cars
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Facebook'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...

131 comments    online games farmville farm town
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10 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...

4 comments    useful clutter reuse
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CampingChair

I am a pack-rat. I guess I have an affection for not throwing out old stuff especially camping chairs. I keep everything. My wife HATES it.But I do have my moments... For instance, We love to go camping...

0 comments    wife camping stool
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How 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...

24 comments    advice family how to
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A How To: Making Money with Craigslist

Follow this pack-rats journey from converting trash to treasure using Craigslist. Make extra money selling things you have around your home. She has even sold World War 2 radios!

64 comments    money finance income
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Hoarding 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

17 comments    clutter hoarding hoarders
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