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smirkymonkey

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72. Not really. Nothing much coming in and the little that is goes right into the fridge or

Sat Apr 18, 2020, 02:57 AM

Apr 2020

cupboards. I am constantly wiping things down with bleach spray, but running out of paper towels. Things are pretty tidy, except I usually have a housecleaner come in once a month to do floors and the heavy duty cleaning. It's about due, but I don't think it's going to happen this month so I might have to do it myself.

The only reason I don't is because I have serious back problems and after about 10 minutes of housework I am in serious pain. It will be a very slow process.

However, I don't know if my cleaner would want to come in under the circumstances and I don't know where I would go for 2 or 3 hours while she was here. She works here in the building and I tip her very well. It's a pretty easy job since I'm not very messy, but I just like to have someone do the works about once a month.

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Is anyone else experiencing Coronavirus CLUTTER? [View all] Baltimike Apr 2020 OP

My house is a mess, but it was before, and now I have no excuse The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #1

The cardboard boxes scare the hell out of me too. ooky Apr 2020 #12

plastic freaks me out...it can live there for 3 days Baltimike Apr 2020 #16

All my plastic containers get washed with soap and water and moved to the ooky Apr 2020 #26

Glad to know I'm not the only one with cardboardophobia. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #32

Oh MY.....new word....."cardboardophobia".....K and R your new word...is that similar to Stuart G Apr 2020 #38

You seem to have boxophilia, a love of boxes. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #39

Thanks for the article. Seems I'm doing the right things ooky Apr 2020 #42

We wipe them down with anti viral wipes before they come into the house eleny Apr 2020 #43

I had a bathtub full of clothes that need mending. no_hypocrisy Apr 2020 #2

that is inspiring! nt Baltimike Apr 2020 #24

I bow... eleny Apr 2020 #44

What is "clutter"? I went to the bank to get some cash& returned home & sprayed the money. Stuart G Apr 2020 #3

You can wash cash just by throwing it in soapy water and agitating it for a couple of minutes. Nay Apr 2020 #30

I have rooms of clutter and just can't find the motivation to....hey HBO & Cinemax has free weekend! Baclava Apr 2020 #4

I have collected cartoons on video tape. I have at least 500 Bugs, Daffy, Road Runner, etc. Stuart G Apr 2020 #5

I have 2 DVRs stuffed full of horror and sci-fi movies now, I'm too cheap to pay so I wait for free Baclava Apr 2020 #7

I do this. ooky Apr 2020 #28

And don't forget there's tons on YouTube eleny Apr 2020 #47

Thank YOU!!! and guess what is also available..it is closed now.."The Libary" Stuart G Apr 2020 #50

When I discovered the video section of the library it was like going to heaven eleny Apr 2020 #54

Look in the "Childrens Section"" of toons, or young adults... Stuart G Apr 2020 #57

Librarians are the salt of the earth - They get off on knowing stuff and passing it along - Aces! eleny Apr 2020 #58

Sounds like me in my house.. whathehell Apr 2020 #14

Yes. Before lockdown, we were decluttering by giving things Croney Apr 2020 #6

I put bottles that have deposit out every other week for someone to pick up who needs that $. Grasswire2 Apr 2020 #29

Those people aren't coming around now, Croney Apr 2020 #36

I think the bottle return at my Kroger must be open. Grasswire2 Apr 2020 #46

I have a giveaway pile, too, that was to be picked up by AmVets. Their pickups are Nay Apr 2020 #34

I'm rotating a 3 month pantry instead of a 1 month. alittlelark Apr 2020 #8

I can understand that. I am considering some raised beds too... Baltimike Apr 2020 #11

My cats are ecstatic that the house is cluttered with cat food. femmedem Apr 2020 #9

Oh, that too! Extra cat food and kitty liter!! nt Baltimike Apr 2020 #13

Great Picture....Thank You for posting...K and R that picture.... Stuart G Apr 2020 #22

The gray one made his DU debut on the day I found him and his littermates: femmedem Apr 2020 #74

my cat has plumped up a bit much Grasswire2 Apr 2020 #33

We're going through more treats and catnip around here, too. femmedem Apr 2020 #73

Cats are some of the nicest people around..A lot nicer than some people like Trump Stuart G Apr 2020 #75

I have an insane amount of cat food. I ordered a whole lot of it The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #35

😻 Meowmee Apr 2020 #67

I have couch clutter. Ohiogal Apr 2020 #10

I also have couch clutter, and bed clutter..(I have extra beds) table clutter..and are you ready???? Stuart G Apr 2020 #15

Oh that's funny! Ohiogal Apr 2020 #18

I am not a hoarder. KentuckyWoman Apr 2020 #17

Yes, the meals get "weird"..Oh, I am out of vitamins...But I got bagels.. Stuart G Apr 2020 #20

In Philip K. Dick's, " Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep," nilesobek Apr 2020 #19

Utterly without motivation and any excuse. House a shambles and yards too. Watching Homeland whose emmaverybo Apr 2020 #21

OHI FORGOT...WOULD YOU LIKE SOME OLD LESSON PLANS? Stuart G Apr 2020 #23

Just like you I cleaned super in the beginning marlakay Apr 2020 #25

You have just described ..."me and the computer".....and I play a game called.."solitare" Stuart G Apr 2020 #31

Shop Online...DU..Solitaire...Cook...Laundry....Shop Online....DU... Solitaire....Cook...Shop Online eleny Apr 2020 #49

Nope. You are not the only one. LisaL Apr 2020 #27

No. If anything, I've got spring cleaning fever. DinahMoeHum Apr 2020 #37

Oh, dear lord. Get a grip everyone. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #40

You let cleaners in your house?! eleny Apr 2020 #51

Yes, I do. I don't assume every single person out there is a carrier. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #62

I have been leaving a check mnhtnbb Apr 2020 #76

We were contemplating a cleaning service and then the virus came down like a hammer on the country eleny Apr 2020 #77

I never said cardboardophobia was rational. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #53

Hilarious thread. Totally Tunsie Apr 2020 #41

Just remember around 3 p.m. to change last night's jammies for tonight's eleny Apr 2020 #56

LOL - I'm a nightowl. Totally Tunsie Apr 2020 #59

Right, every 24 hours and you're golden eleny Apr 2020 #60

Exactly. Totally Tunsie Apr 2020 #63

Barbers are lickin' their chops right now. Iggo Apr 2020 #66

Some of these businesses are getting very creative b/c of COVID. Totally Tunsie Apr 2020 #70

Clutter is my way of life. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2020 #45

My water company decided they must clean and reline the corroding 6" water main right now... ARPad95 Apr 2020 #48

I wish I didn't have carpet, can't really disinfect it and don't want to use the vacuum cleaner Demonaut Apr 2020 #52

I was never that great at housecleaning, FirstLight Apr 2020 #55

Nope. I had a hysterical moment early on in the game tavernier Apr 2020 #61

The exercise goes a long way to my remaining sane. Iggo Apr 2020 #64

No. I live in the tropics with perfect weather right now. tavernier Apr 2020 #69

We were already cluttered and now it is worse Meowmee Apr 2020 #65

The opposite greenjar_01 Apr 2020 #68

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2020 #71

Not really. Nothing much coming in and the little that is goes right into the fridge or smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #72