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So, since my grandma has passed away, my family has been trying to take all of the stuff out of her house, so the bank doesn't take it when they take the house (reverse mortgages: a pain). Even though most of her stuff had been somewhat sorted, and we had already had one pretty successful garage sale, LOTS of random items remained.

Like 100+ sets of salt and pepper shakers.

Because my family is the closest to where my grandparents used to live, and my grandpa lives with us (and because my mom did most of the cleaning) most of my grandmother's eccentric things wound up here. Now, our house, already too full to begin with, is crammed with detritus. Shelves, chairs, tables, the floor - they're all covered. We eliminated many things, but $975 in yard sale money and four+ donation truckloads later, we still have a huge mess. It's bad enough that not only is my room the cleanest in the house, but when I moved in, my father came and admired how neat my room was.

And I'm not that neat. Or anything close to it.

I also think that the boxes and boxes piling up are starting to affect my family. It's bad enough that my uncle comes over everyday and makes comments about how badly we need to clean our house, but it's worse because my father can't function with disorder. This means that he gets twitchy and becomes an unintentional grouch. My parents don't feel like they can have friends over, so they don't hang out with people outside their normally scheduled lives, which doesn't help any emotional stress they're having. Now, normally I would suggest going through everything and eliminating the unnecessary, but I doubt that anyone has a forklift that big.

At least my grandma's house is empty now.