I remember the first time I recognized I had a special association with colors. I think I was about eight years old and I had a tremendous desire, while cleaning my closet, to organize all my clothes by color. When I had completed the task at hand, I realized that the only thing I needed....was validation from the Queen of Clean! I quickly scoured the house to look for my Mom and whisked her away to my room so she could marvel at my madness! She immediately commented about the cleanliness of my closet and then further validated how lovely it was that I had organized everything by color and sleeve length. ....And the sweaters, they were folded as well or better than those done with a "FlipFold"...ahem...if you don't know what a FlipFold is...well, it's time you learned...it's great for letting the kids have fun while folding the laundry and your edges are crisp and clean!
Where did I get this love of all things organized and orderly...you may ask? As my sister Angie mentioned in her blog post entitled, "Fifty and Other "F" Words" my Mom once wrote a story in which she clearly stated that her worst nightmare would be to pass away and be ETERNALLY encased in a glass coffee table only to look up and see water rings left from beverage cups and fingermarks that could never be cleaned...All I can say is...."Like Mother, like daughter!" So if you are one of those who may stay up tonight because that darn Green M&M is STILL mixed in with the Robin Blue M&M's...I have one thought that may help you to Obsess about something else: If "OCD" represents those who are in need of all things organized and in a specific order...wouldn't it have made more sense to put the acronym in alphabetical order...like say..."CDO"???? If you'd like to share any of your "CDO" stories...please email us at nutshellstories@gmail.com...I'll be AWAKE...Heaven's knows I'm not sleeping after that REVELATION!
Where did I get this love of all things organized and orderly...you may ask? As my sister Angie mentioned in her blog post entitled, "Fifty and Other "F" Words" my Mom once wrote a story in which she clearly stated that her worst nightmare would be to pass away and be ETERNALLY encased in a glass coffee table only to look up and see water rings left from beverage cups and fingermarks that could never be cleaned...All I can say is...."Like Mother, like daughter!" So if you are one of those who may stay up tonight because that darn Green M&M is STILL mixed in with the Robin Blue M&M's...I have one thought that may help you to Obsess about something else: If "OCD" represents those who are in need of all things organized and in a specific order...wouldn't it have made more sense to put the acronym in alphabetical order...like say..."CDO"???? If you'd like to share any of your "CDO" stories...please email us at nutshellstories@gmail.com...I'll be AWAKE...Heaven's knows I'm not sleeping after that REVELATION!
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