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<p>[QUOTE="FunkeysFinds, post: 16995, member: 83"]@ spirit - now that is some giving! Sorry for your pain <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie18" alt=":banhappy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I often sleep like last night in a recliner on a heating pad and then use Ms. Jiggley (that is what I call her - a vibrating ice pack) on the neck and shoulders in the morning. </p><p><br /></p><p>I grew up with clinically diagnosed hoarders as parents. Exactly like one would see on the tv shows, with the house caving in and a refusal to acknowledge there is a problem. Three stories of a house full, one two story garage full and a very large yard full. My mother (bless her soul) had many challenges and health problems and I tried with officials to get her help away from my stepfather, but she wouldn't take it. In that State, without her approval, in her failing health, they would not step-in since she was married (at least at that time, it may have changed now).</p><p><br /></p><p>I work hard not to have the same challenges my parents faced. Even in my big basement of inventory, I work hard to keep it clean. I do not dust anything as I clean everything before listing and touch-up before shipping, but I sweep the aisles (there are aisles between the bookcases) and the rest of the floor a few times weekly. Last night I vacuumed the dusty old couch down there and swept underneath.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="FunkeysFinds, post: 16995, member: 83"]@ spirit - now that is some giving! Sorry for your pain :banhappy: I often sleep like last night in a recliner on a heating pad and then use Ms. Jiggley (that is what I call her - a vibrating ice pack) on the neck and shoulders in the morning. I grew up with clinically diagnosed hoarders as parents. Exactly like one would see on the tv shows, with the house caving in and a refusal to acknowledge there is a problem. Three stories of a house full, one two story garage full and a very large yard full. My mother (bless her soul) had many challenges and health problems and I tried with officials to get her help away from my stepfather, but she wouldn't take it. In that State, without her approval, in her failing health, they would not step-in since she was married (at least at that time, it may have changed now). I work hard not to have the same challenges my parents faced. Even in my big basement of inventory, I work hard to keep it clean. I do not dust anything as I clean everything before listing and touch-up before shipping, but I sweep the aisles (there are aisles between the bookcases) and the rest of the floor a few times weekly. Last night I vacuumed the dusty old couch down there and swept underneath.[/QUOTE]
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