Hoarders

[IrishLake]

I saw an episode the other day that reminded me of my MiL. She's a saint of a woman, but she's a borderline hoarder, my FiL too. They're able to limit it to certain areas of the house though, or the barn. For example, they had an old fridge finally die. Instead of just having it properly disposed of, they moved it out to their barn, and now use it as a paint storage cabinet. WTF? They never stored paint before, but now that they "can," they do. The area around their downstairs desk is overflowing with paperwork, and MiL buys things whenever its on sale and then puts it in a plastic bin in their guest bedroom. There are about 8 bins full of toiletries, medicines, beauty products, etc. I went in there one time this past summer to get a toothbrush, and there was a Crest tooth whitening set. She had to have bought it 10 years ago, because it expired in 2006. Same thing for a bottle of Tums, expired in 2008, and a giant bottle of motrin expired in 2006. They have 3 giant freezers and 2 working fridges on their property. There is food in those freezers that is more than 5 years old. I got a block of colby cheese out of there last summer, only when it thawed and I cut it up, it tasted of something awful. Thankfully the living room and kitchen are mostly clear except for a bit of clutter. But the other stuff, especially old stuff... it's just a hoard.