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navygreenI saw my first ever episode of Hoarders two nights ago, and I'm still shell-shocked. The episode had a family in Massachusetts that was living in a tent on their lawn due to a bedbug infestation in the house. You could actually SEE the bugs crawling all over things, everything, everywhere - it was SO. DISGUSTING.
Now, the hoarding kinda disgusts me in itself. I can't understand it, and I cannot imagine living a life so cluttered. Growing up, my very best friend's mom was a hoarder, and I remember dodging through piles of stuff literally all over the house just to play. That's what this show brings to mind. I sincerely hope that Tracy's mom has changed her ways, but they moved away when I was 9, so I'll just give her the benefit of the doubt.
I'm the kind of gal who donates to Goodwill twice a month. Sure, there are always some things that I could "save for a garage sale," but I would go nuts living with the extra STUFF around that we don't need. Plus, I'm used to a military lifestyle - we've not had an attic anywhere we've lived, and I never want to be in the habit of storing something for years down the road. We keep it down to what we are actually using, and that's it.
But this house. Even after they spent the weekend cleaning out the junk, the show's staff still weren't sure if it would be salvaged enough to have the exterminator come in (in the minutes I missed at the beginning, I guess the family had called an exterminator, but he refused the job because of the grossness). They were showing these before-and-after pictures, and the mom was crying from happiness, and I was just flabbergasted. The house was still filthy, disgusting, and in my opinion, unlivable. The carpets were stained and sticky everywhere - not a clean spot visible. The walls were holed, moldy, and down to sheetrock in several places. The wood floors had dried bug and rodent crap on them, and the toilet was still green and black with ick.
But yay, the family got to move back in and sleep in their home again - whee! /sarcasm
I'm pretty sure I can't stomach ever watching that show again. I couldn't stop thinking about it as I tried to fall asleep - BLECH.
Now, the hoarding kinda disgusts me in itself. I can't understand it, and I cannot imagine living a life so cluttered. Growing up, my very best friend's mom was a hoarder, and I remember dodging through piles of stuff literally all over the house just to play. That's what this show brings to mind. I sincerely hope that Tracy's mom has changed her ways, but they moved away when I was 9, so I'll just give her the benefit of the doubt.
I'm the kind of gal who donates to Goodwill twice a month. Sure, there are always some things that I could "save for a garage sale," but I would go nuts living with the extra STUFF around that we don't need. Plus, I'm used to a military lifestyle - we've not had an attic anywhere we've lived, and I never want to be in the habit of storing something for years down the road. We keep it down to what we are actually using, and that's it.
But this house. Even after they spent the weekend cleaning out the junk, the show's staff still weren't sure if it would be salvaged enough to have the exterminator come in (in the minutes I missed at the beginning, I guess the family had called an exterminator, but he refused the job because of the grossness). They were showing these before-and-after pictures, and the mom was crying from happiness, and I was just flabbergasted. The house was still filthy, disgusting, and in my opinion, unlivable. The carpets were stained and sticky everywhere - not a clean spot visible. The walls were holed, moldy, and down to sheetrock in several places. The wood floors had dried bug and rodent crap on them, and the toilet was still green and black with ick.
But yay, the family got to move back in and sleep in their home again - whee! /sarcasm
I'm pretty sure I can't stomach ever watching that show again. I couldn't stop thinking about it as I tried to fall asleep - BLECH.
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Date: 2010-03-17 05:24 pm (UTC)I too donate regularly. I donate once a month to amvets and always have a donation pile for the salvation army. I can't stand clutter. Drives me up the wall.
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Date: 2010-03-17 05:27 pm (UTC)But OMG, why would anyone SAVE diapers of ANY kind?! Ick, ick, ICK!