to put crumbs...

I think my DH fits the profile that many of you have described. He 'files' important papers in the drinks cupboard, any drawer at all, the kitchen cupboards, the study floor, or a huge pile on the desk in the study. He usually irons his own shirts and then hangs them in his wardrobe 3 or 4 to a hanger! The garage is full of his stuff and like Snowdrop I can barely open the door. He puts bottles back into cupboards with their tops balanced (never screwed) on top, his clothes are totally untidy in his drawers, and he puts my things away if I dare to leave them out, and then has no idea where he has put them, and I am left to search the entire house and all his favourite hiding places to find them. He has even been known to throw brand new books in the recycling bin, which is truly amazing as he doesn't usually bother to recycle, despite me telling him he should! None the less he is extremely organised in many ways and manages various bank accounts, utility accounts (including my mother's) and a mass of other things very well and friends compliment him on his organisation!

Mine is meticulous about filing and much tidier than me. Also tidy and careful with his clothes - but doesn't colour code them like another member has mentioned!
The one thing he is not careful with is handkerchieves (he has a clean one every day as his mother taught him and likes them ironed) but uses them to mop up anything eg spills, blood or even the oil off the dipstick (yes he checks oil. water and tyres on the car every week!)

So happy to read I am not alone.
when Ever I clear any surface he comes along with his books and covers it entirely in a single layer. Vertical Piles are anathema.Tried to help him in clearing out his study by boxing everything in categories so he could sort everything out and clear some space.... and I could decorate the room for him. Two years later the boxes are still there and, of course, I am now blamed for everything that has gone astray.
Tried to convince him of the benefit of one -in-one-out system and I organised my stuff by taking the superfluous to charity shops
Christmas day was every day as the books and other ( essential for him)stuff rolled in from Amazon and he was able to be meticulous in piling up his stuff in every place I had cleared

A friend told me, many years ago, that if he'd left a tidemark and hair in the bath and gone out, the cleaning materials would be on his pillow when he got home.

I am letting out a huge sigh of relief as I read these posts! I no longer have the problem of putting something down and it "moving". It is staying where I put it. No more of DS building a tower with things on the coffee table with his feet as he sits (?) in the chair talking. No more cereal trails up the stairs. Peace at last!

How old is Minibags?

Anywhooo...

When we were living in the US, my husband did a clean-out of our file cabinet in preparation to move back here.

He threw out the folder with our passports!

15

I also am very lucky too - we both have our own studies but even better we have our own BATHROOMS! My mother lived with us in a little flat in our house now that she has gone i have taken over the bathroom -total bliss

Mines the same grannypiper so annoying.

kitty, I think I'll keep experimenting

When not out and about, my OH insists on emptying the contents of his pockets on to the mantelpiece. I would love a clear mantel with just one or two judiciously chosen, classic pieces on display. But what's the point if my classic pieces are accompanied by his keys, wallet, coin purse and sundry clutter. Grrr...

Just read that last post again and realised how very Hyacinth Bucket it sounds

15! ???

Good luck

My husband (a farmer, so lots of paperwork) has a Piling System

Is my DH lurking on Gransnet? Since my complaints up-post he has 'cleared out' the garage, would you believe? But only in a DHish sort of way, so it doesn't look much different.

GrannyIsland - love the Piling System, it's what my DH has but unfortunately his piles are horizontal.

Blinko you need to get annoyed with him about it, put a small basket/plate on the hall table for all his bits and bats.And then stand there with your rolling pin in hand.

Granny1sland love the piling system, and yes NotTooOld, DH's is horizontal as well. Maybe that's why he binned the passports!

thatbags I'd serve her sausage roll on a dustpan with a brush attached!

We think alike, lewlew! I used to leave a brush and dustpan next to her place at table. Trouble is that essentially she's a control freak when it comes to food, has been since the age of two and a half (before which she ate everything I gave her). Gradually I have left her more and more to herself with regard to eating. She writes what she wants on the family shopping list and I buy in supplies. The rest—when, how much—is up to her. Sometimes she eats with us but rarely is eating the same food.

Except that she remains healthy so I've had no need to take her to the GP about her food issues (she knows I would if necessary), I reckon she might have been diagnosed with an eating disorder by now.

The crumbs not cleared up are just her way of making sure I still know she's in control and putting crumbs I pick up from the stairs on her pillow is my way of saying "Message received".

thatbags... maybe she will grow out of her 'eating regime' in time.

Get a dog, preferably a Labrador or Springer and the crumb situation will not arise. Nor will the cold sausage roll /crisps/biscuit/sandwich/roast chicken situation and Minibags will learn to scoff her food down PDQ to stay ahead of the dog.

Are you sure that's how Minibags is interpreting your message, thatbags? If so, she's a lot more charitable than mine would have been at that age!

I don't actually care how she interprets it, ana, partly because she is, in fact, a very 'charitable' person. The worst she'd do is roll her eyes and brush the crumbs onto the floor. She knows me well and I her.

daphneb, that's exactly what the boiler man told me to do when I moaned about MrBags not wiping up spilt soup off the floor properly, except he said it in a lovely Glasgow accent: ge' a dug

Right.

.....but not a cat, they are even fussier eaters than Minibags.