It’s no secret that I am an obsessive compulsive with respects to cleaning and/or organizing. I’ve written about it before. Words like chemical solutions, industrial disinfectants, sanitization, deodorizing, and neutralizing are just a few adjectives that can make my heart skip a beat. Seriously ya’ll. It’s a sickness. I know. And, I am pretty sure most people do not share my undying love for all things, all the time, sparkly.
If there is ever a monumental cleaning/organizing task at hand?
I’m ‘The Girl’ you want to call upon.
And here’s why.
In our house we have this one particular closet, which we call ‘The Medicine Closet’. Whenever anyone is sick, that closet gets pilfered and raided. And not everyone puts things back where they belong. In fact, as of late, the closet has become such a disaster it’s impossible to find what you’re looking for.
I finally decided to take matters into my own hands. I was determined to tackle the ‘Situation’. To be perfectly honest, I did NOT simply do this out of the kindness of my heart, or to be a good daughter. Nope. I ONLY decided to do this – because this level of messiness literally made me twitchy. I broke out in cold-sweats any time I had to go in that closet to grab something I needed.
Lets take a look.
Shall we?
I mean really, ya’ll.
How are you supposed to find anything in here?
WTF.
Yep.
Total. Nightmare.
And…
This crime-scene-of-a-closet would most likely explain why my father had such a hard time trying to locate a band-aid, that day a few years back, when he practically bled to death.
So you see, I really had no choice but to roll up my sleeves, blast my iPod, and dive in.
* First, I took EVERYTHING out of the closet.
* Then, I separated all of the items by type of product, until there were massive piles of crap all over my mother’s bedroom floor.
* Next, I disposed of all expired products and half-used, or leaky, damaged products.
And then, my OCD kicked into overdrive.
I had to put everything back in the closet, labeled neatly, and in boxes/containers. Therefore when are you looking for something, it’s no longer a scavenger hunt.
The whole process probably took at least three hours from start to finish.
And it was TOTALLY worth my time and effort!
Here is the end result…
Amazing right?
Let’s take a closer look.
Yes?
Ah yes.
Success.
And that my friends, is precisely why – you put the person with OCD – in charge of organizing a closet.
* So tell me people, do you have a crazy closet? And how bad do you let it get before taking corrective action?
Ah yes, the EPPIPEN is ESSENTAIL. And, it MUST be readily accessible!
I will be keeping tabs on my closet to make sure it never gets THAT crazy
ever again!
HA! You and MO crack me up!!
Ahahahahahahahhahah!
I kept going back to the closet all day looking at my work!
HA!
OH DAMMIT!
YES!!!!!!! I’m on my way!
I love things that are freshly organized !
Yes, yes I WILL marry you!
Well, let’s not get carried away!
🙂
It’s a GOOD thing!
I bet I would die of a heart attack!
But then I would come back to life – just to clean it!
Dammit!
I’ll be in Minnesota in June! I’ll clean your house when I get there!
Oh, now that’s funny!
🙂
DIVA? OMG! Are you back to blogging??!!!!
Holy cow! That was a crazy closet. i got twitchy looking at it too. Nice work cleaning it up! How long did it take ya?
Wow, that’s fantastic!! Any chance you’d be up for helping me pack for my move in June? I’ll pay you…
You should become a professional organizer, Mereb. I have a friend who does it. That way you could truly get paid for what you love to do!!
I have a WAY crazy closet… or two, or three. I’ll tell you how long it takes for me to take action when I finally do it. OK, I actually have. On all of them. But everyone who lives in this FREAKING HOUSE messes them up!!! ARGGHHHH!!!!!!! 🙂
Your “private” cloud cracked me up!
Only about three hours! Totally worth it!
For real? For real?
I aim to please!
I have a built in cupboard that has one crazy bottom section with lots of books, magazines & stuff that I need to sort out. I also have a steel cupboard with two sections filled with books, old magazines, lots of cds and tons of my old cassettes. And it’s filled with dust – no idea how this much dust can get into a closed cupboard. As I will be moving soon, I need to clear up most of this stuff and sell the shit I do not need.
So, when can you come on down to give me a hand?
That closet looks like my out of control pantry. What day works well for you?
Of course! I’d be happy to help!
ANY TIME. ANY DAY!
🙂
I really need your help.. all my cupboards look like your before shot.
I guess I don’t mind tidying and sorting really, it’s just the lazy lot I live with who mess it all up in no time it doesn’t feel worth the effort 🙁
I’ll be happy to help, Lady!
I am IN LOVE with your closet. Excellent job! I also enjoy the things-that-are-travel-sized basket and the cloud over the *private*-feminine-care basket.
Yay! Thanks Cardio Girl!
Wow, well done!!!! We have a closet that gets stuff thrown into it…though 3/4 of it is organized and neatly labeled.. we just don’t have enough room, thus why we are house hunting 🙂
Good luck, I really hope you and Mike find the house of your dreams!!
i would have thrown all that **** away in the closet. don’t ask me to clean out a closet or nothing. i tell people what they DON’T need, never mind it’s theirs. if they have 2 of them, well peace out to one of them. lol.
having said, i need you to come over because i have been so busy that this house has gone to pots. it’s a dump. needs to be cleaned bad, i mean torn the heck down and rebuilt. i may get on it next week. i’m on vaka, but i’ll also be busy enjoying my vaka, you smell me?
Girl, you’re on vacation next week?
Maybe I will come over, and help you clean the closet!
And have some cocktails together.
Yes?
Sorry that this comment is going to be short. I need to go buy airplane tickets for you right now before someone else snatches you up! Get out of my way people!
Sorry that this comment is going to be short. I need to go buy airplane tickets for you right now before someone else snatches you up! Get out of my way people!
Ahahahahhahahahaha!
OCD isn’t about liking things clean. OCD is a mental disorder. A person with actual, true OCD would NOT like cleaning things – they would be tormented each time they did it.