How Anal Are You About Your Home?

[sparky95]

Are you a fussy little hausfrau, or a absolute slob? Maybe somewhere in between? Come on,'fess up! I'm fairly tidy, but if the bath isn't cleaned this week I don't lose sleep.....

 

[Croynan]

I don't think that even the Health Department Would Inspect My Place. They would probably just declare it A Hazardous Waste Zone and be done with it.

A combination of two things clutter and avoidance. Things are supposed to disappear magically, or so they told me in Neverland.

eM.

 

[treanir]

It's reasonably clean, but untidy. At least it seems untidy to the untrained eye. There actually is a place for everything and everything is in its place. It's just that those places are everywhere...

 

[Ramindra]

I have to admit to being totally anal! Little things really add up...like the openings of all my shirts must face to the left, and the open side of the coathanger must face the back of the closet. I spend more than enough time trying to fold fitted bottom sheets so they finish up the same size and shape as the top sheet.

Sheets are washed on Wednesday mornings, unless there has been a bout of passion which dictates another wash, tiled floors are swept every day and mopped on Saturdays, carpets are vacuumed on Sunday mornings, laundry is ironed the day of washing, and there is no way I could go to bed without washing the dishes. Books are shelved by subject then by size, and CDs are immediately returned to their case and stored after playing.

I could go on but I think you get the picture.....

 

[alister9669]

I sometimes wonder if I don't have OCD. I hate having anything in the house out of place. Little things like a window blind that's not straight drives me nuts!

I voted that Martha is my role model. I've learned more from her than I did from my mom.

 

[Christopher123]

I'm the most picky about the kitchen and the bathroom. If I see one little spot of mildew growing in my shower, I'm running to get the mildew spray. I freak out over that stuff. And the kitchen has to be clean, too. Hate dirty dishes and dirty floors and dirty counters. I'm also weird about organzing my refrigerator. I don't mean I have everything in alphabetical order (I'm not quite that bad) but everything has its place. And I go through it every couple of days to pitch out stuff that hasn't been eaten. I like a neat freezer as well.

But my bedroom is the complete opposite. I've got jeans and shoes and stuff lying around on the floor. I don't mind occasional messes, I just don't like dirt and filth.

 

[CountryJohn]

Mostly neat and tidy. Don't function too well amongst clutter and mess. Dirty bathrooms and floors annoy me the most.

 

[KennyD]

OMG .. Look in the dictionary under "ANAL" , and there is my picture . I have a place for everything and I want everything in its place. My shirts are hung by style, then by color .. All 1,000 plus DVDs are alphabetized as are my few hundred CD's , Everything on the Computer desk as well as the Business Desk must have its own spot , all of my towels and cloths (Bath and Kitchen) must match , NO dust on coffee or end tables etc .. yeah ..I'm kinda a mental mess ....

 

[herenthere]

My partner and I carry on the memory of the "Odd Couple"

Me tidy, tidy tidy.....him...a big sweet slob!!!

and I would not change it!!

 

[winterknight]

Everywhere except my own personal living/working space, I'm really fussy about.

Within those areas, I'm a complete slob.

 

[RationalLunacy]

My house is cleaner than my yard.

Who wants a blow job in exchange for raking leaves?

 

[BoSoxFanVa]

I'm also a clean and neat freak. I organize everything in my closet by item, then color. All shirts and pants must face the same way.

I don't know where I picked this habit up, but I iron everything. After every laundry load, I'll iron almost everything..even my jeans.

I think I need a life.

 

[nakedboy]

Quote from Ramindra: I have to admit to being totally anal! Little things really add up...like the openings of all my shirts must face to the left, and the open side of the coathanger must face the back of the closet. I spend more than enough time trying to fold fitted bottom sheets so they finish up the same size and shape as the top sheet.

Sheets are washed on Wednesday mornings, unless there has been a bout of passion which dictates another wash, tiled floors are swept every day and mopped on Saturdays, carpets are vacuumed on Sunday mornings, laundry is ironed the day of washing, and there is no way I could go to bed without washing the dishes. Books are shelved by subject then by size, and CDs are immediately returned to their case and stored after playing.

I could go on but I think you get the picture.....



Can you come over on Tuesday's?

 

[Orlandude]

I am no "Harriet Homemaker" but I do like everything in its place. I guess, for the most part, my house has that "lived in" look. Growing up, my mother was totally anal about the house. We were not even allowed to sit in the living room. That was for guests. I vowed that I would never run my house like that and I don't...and when she visits, she complains. Oh well. I won't put up with grunge but you might find that the coffee table needs a dust rag taken to it.

 

[Riverrick]

Clean and tidy, but things get out of place easily and I may take a day or so to get it back where it belongs.

Kitchen usually with a few dishes in the sink, mail on the counter. Otherwise clean. Bedroom - the bed is made and the mess is in the closet for the most part. But when I get undressed at night, clothes go flying everywhere!

 

[MidnightPrism]

Martha Stewart is awesome

 

[levenshulme31]

OK I admit, I'm pretty much a total slob as far as housework goes. Clothes get washed no problem, ironing however, I have a problem with. Although at least the fact that I tend to iron things about 5 seconds before I wear them means they are nice and toasty when it's cold.

I am constantly amazed by the way stuff and detritus just accumulates around the place, and when I do have a clean-up blitz it's invarioubly back to the same messiness within a couple of days.

I call it 'acceptable levels of squalor'.

I think its a kickback against my Mum's bordeline obsessive tidiness (to the point where you might take a plate out of a cupboard to put a sandwich on and it would be put away before you have chance to use it) which drove me nuts on occasion. (Apparently nothing in yesterday's newspaper could possibly be of interest so it must need binning. (grrr)

Remember, once a thing has fallen to the floor it can't fall anywhere else.

 

[Leidian]

I was raised in an immaculately clean house. I have been damaged by it and prefer to keep one as well. However, I currently have roommates so I have given up on the whole house being clean. My room is almost always tidy, though. The mess threshold for my personal space is pretty low.

 

[trawler69]

Well I voted at least I have no Rats because I live on a boat and last week it sprang a leak. The saying goes "Rats abandon a sinking ship" so I should be alright.

 

[Swellegant]

I'm a complete and utter slob, I hate cleaning... but I cannot abide bad smells, so my house is cleaner than it would be otherwise. If I walk into a room and smell anything other than a scented candle, I clean it. Or if I have people coming over. But that's just about it.