HOARDERS

Those that know me well, know that HOARDER doesn't even touch the type of person I am. In fact, I will admit my biggest struggle is OCPD. I'm proud to be a person that struggles with OCPD--I personally like order and routine as part of my lifestyle (and function best in that type of environment). I don't struggle with every single level of OCPD, but if I'm going to be challenged by something, I would rather it be this than hoarding. I did, however, have some hoarder moments on Monday afternoon. We got new carpet in our living room and bedroom on Tuesday which meant we had to remove everything from both of those rooms Monday evening. We had stacks of stuff all over our house. It didn't make me uncomfortable in the least because I knew the end result (NEW CARPET) would be so worth the disorder of the house.

The kids had so much fun running around the empty living room and decided to stack all the pillows (couch cushions and all) in the middle of the floor to make a fort, wrestling arena, dance area, you name it =). Matt started tackling them in this picture which they always LOVE.

And, here are our new carpets. Okay, so I know you have no idea how they looked prior, but they were nasty. In fact, I'm no decorator, but most of our house needed updating when we moved in a few years ago. Everything in the house was white--white tile in the bathroom, white linoleum in the kitchen, white walls and worst of all white carpet. I've painted almost every wall, had the kitchen linoleum replaced immediately (kids + white kitchen = major disaster), we layed hardwood floors in the great room and hall, and now new carpet in two rooms. I'm itching to replace the carpets in the kids' rooms also but didn't want to do four floors at once. I know my mental limits =). Plus, I'm not sure if it's a good idea to replace them right now simply because of sickness, spills, etc. But, my desire might get the best of me--the new carpet looks and smells great. Come tax time, we may have to do theirs also =)!!!