tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14159830.post115326954437570157..comments2023-11-02T09:26:24.459-04:00Comments on JOANIE'S WORLD: What is it about 19 year old boy-menJoaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17749912043612345670noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14159830.post-1153681574775184352006-07-23T15:06:00.000-04:002006-07-23T15:06:00.000-04:00Well...based on your posts, I find that I am NOT a...Well...based on your posts, I find that I am NOT alone in my quest to keep at least the *family zones* in my house clutter free.<BR/>As far as the kid's room goes, I just shut the door! If he wants to live in a sty then that's his choice. <BR/>Thanks for all your comments!Joaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749912043612345670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14159830.post-1153675132540009702006-07-23T13:18:00.000-04:002006-07-23T13:18:00.000-04:00OH, you wrote exactly how I feel -- dealing with 1...OH, you wrote exactly how I feel -- dealing with 14yo, 16yo, nearly 20yo -- and the pig stys they call 'rooms'. Argh. I try to keep the common areas of the house free of clutter & I get annoyed with their "stuff" accumulates. <BR/><BR/>Their rooms are so full of krap, they drag everything out for ME to view. I can't stand it.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what to do with my stitching stash -- I have thought about it. I'm thinking that I have to appoint one friend to haul it all out & put it on e-bay. That way, my stitching pals can buy it & the $$ will go back to my family. <BR/><BR/>As for the things I've made, I don't thing any of them care a whit about them. Maybe after I'm dead, they will have a couple items as keepsakes. Who knows?<BR/><BR/>Hang in there ... eventually our kids will leave the nest ... right? They will leave, right???Leliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04234080378437860941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14159830.post-1153535987040041602006-07-21T22:39:00.000-04:002006-07-21T22:39:00.000-04:00Joanie I feel your pain! I'm dealing with a 20 ye...Joanie I feel your pain! I'm dealing with a 20 year old like that...well...kinda! Our dilema with him is that he just will NOT get a job. I think we're going to have to show him the door. This will be "show him the door #2". I can totally relate to needing a Calgon moment and wanting to stitch! :o)Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118796155003273506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14159830.post-1153355692002871902006-07-19T20:34:00.000-04:002006-07-19T20:34:00.000-04:00Well, I guess I can relate. My 16 years old track...Well, I guess I can relate. My 16 years old tracked tar in the house last week. Down the oak steps, across the hallway rugs, and into his bedroom. I was in such a good mood after discovering it. NOT! We still love them though, don't we?Cathy Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06393543239345670736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14159830.post-1153335382270455142006-07-19T14:56:00.000-04:002006-07-19T14:56:00.000-04:00Joanie, I'm sooooo familiar with this complaint! ...Joanie, I'm sooooo familiar with this complaint! My 21 and 15 yo sons share a bedroom and just this week got fed up, once again, with the way they (don't) care for their clothes. We had another teaching session and went thru the closet rearranging and cleaning, then hit the drawers. Argh! But then, I'm also going thru the same with 18 yo daughter. Trying to concentrate on these older ones to get into some good routines that will carry them into their own homes someday.Vonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371188658168380757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14159830.post-1153334819811694252006-07-19T14:46:00.000-04:002006-07-19T14:46:00.000-04:00Oh Joanie - I hear you loud and clear. My boy is ...Oh Joanie - I hear you loud and clear. My boy is only 2 but he has more "stuff" than I do. I'm trying to teach him to put it away rather than just doing it myself. I feel I'm in for a 20-year battle there. My husband also has a rather annoying habit of putting things away right next to where they actually belong! So close and yet so far.<BR/><BR/>Some suggestions for stash - make sure your husband knows who to give it to or put it in your will. The EGA is a great place to gift stash. My husband knows that all of my stash goes to my best friend (who's also my best stitching friend and who I know will treasure my things). Also, you can write on the backs of your framed finished works who they should go to. Of course, if you don't know anyone to leave your stash to, I will selflessly volunteer to give it a good home. :) Of course, you don't know me, but we stitchers are all friends of the heart, right?The Queen's Stitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12169962126761595822noreply@blogger.com