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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel for you OP.  I’m also a child of a low level hoarder.  My kids have never spent the night at grandmas house because it’s not in any condition for them to stay there - and my oldest is in highschool.  We also had lots of renovations the first few years in our house though not as dire as holes in the subfloor. I am fortunate that my DH does laundry and cook.  Are you able to get your DH to take on some daily chores?  I would phrase it as either or, like would he like laundry or cooking?  Doing dishes or general cleanup of the kitchen(wipe down counters clean floor etc)?

... be on deck with the kids on Sunday and I could do my errands without the kids.[/quote]

OP here:  Thanks for the advice and actual descriptions of the processes.  I’ll move the shredder from the library to the recycling center (near the mail).  Since DS is curious, I’ll keep it on a high shelf.  The positive advice has been helpful.  I slowed down on the buying this weekend and put multiple sale items back on the shelf.  Thanks again.

No, the apt. has not been rented; it is actually is the storage space (i.e., moving boxes are in the basement).  My parents are old and it’s hatd to get rid of tenants in DC if they don’t want to go (previous experience).  We finished renovating the previous home 6 months ago; it has been on the market.  In the “new” home, we removed the old floor and cutout the hole in the bathroom floor to replace the sub flooring before Thanksgiving.  Things have been busy since the holidays, and funds are tight.  DH lost his job last May and started working again in November.  DH probably would prefer we had fewer holiday events and spent more weekends working on the house.  I want a fun, normal Christmas whether we have money or not.  Gingerbread house making parties are actually a ton of fun and actually cost very little if you have the space.  We have awesome pics, the kids have awesome memories, and the kids are not wiser that funds are tight.

To the PPs who are rude and are at least funny—please do keep posting!  :)  You’re adding humor to the world!  Looking at you PP who posted:  If you want to get out of the hole, then you first gotta put down the shovel.  I’m going to put that on a magnet on my fridge.

As a Christian myself, I feel pretty strongly that many of these judgey PPs feel they are very “good” Christians.  Thanks for doing God’s work by putting down a mom reaching out for help and advice.  I hope your life is better than what is indicated by the bile you spread.  There I said it.  [/quote]

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