An impossible aspiration or OCD?

I would certainly have gone for the Peter Egan character!

I could never understand what Anne (Penelope Wilton) saw in her irritating twit of a husband (Richard Briers)... Whatever they had had in Kidderminster must have been pretty spectacular...

A lovely series, with a brilliant core cast: Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor and Geraldine Newman in addition to the above.

Annie; Ever Decreasing Circles is one of those comedies that never got the recognition it deserved imo [but then I do have a soft spot for Peter Egan .

thatbags agreeing with the fact the military one makes good sence but have you any idea why my 2 x DSs can have their military stuff packed neatly like this but when they get home on leave their room used to resemble a war zone !!

Being naturally tidy has it's advantages. A expected viewing today on the house, but this was closely followed with a phone call from another agent saying "we're 2 mins away - can we view?" . They are out in the garden now.........fingers crossed again....

Liked the previous viewer who said - "Your're a bit arty, aren't you".
Enjoyed that!

When my sister wants a document, she has to search through a dozen different places. I keep all mine in chronological order in separate cardboard folders in a plastic crate. This has proved to be very useful, when HMRC made a pig's ear of my assessment and I was able to send them copies of all the relevant documents.
I find that being tidy frees up my time for the important activities, such as reading, walking and surfing!

If I feel perhaps I should be far more organised I remember Martin from 'Ever Decreasing Circles'.

Sorry, Annieb. I do keep cutlery in a drawer. Where do you keep it?

My late uncle had the best organised shed ever - when he died this made it so easy to clear out! Which makes me think - it's time I got myself organised.

If you walk through the door of my house you'd think it had been ransacked. However, open any drawer or cupboard and they're immaculate [my thought always being that it's no point looking tidy on the outside if it isn't on the inside]. I've been to immaculate houses where they open a cupboard and things fall out. However, I spend so much time tidiying things that no one can see [and re arranging them on a regular basis] that I can never remember where I've put anything . I'll open a drawer and first thought is 'my, how tidy' and second thought is 'I didn't know I owned that' or 'I wondered where that had gone'. I think, if I had a log burner I would have a woodpile like that and my raison d'etre would be keeping it looking tidy [wouldn't dare have a fire so would probably use gas central heating instead].

As long as the kitchen surfaces are clear the drawers can do their own thing. Mind you since OH retired even the surfaces don't go my way. I am lucky if I am allowed in the kitchen at all and he is a messy worker!

The idea is to keep thing in one place so you know exactly how to find it!

In my opinion there is no point in my keeping things too tidy as I then have to spend ages trying to find whatever it was I tidied away.

My SIL in NZ has been a seaman since he left school and it shows! His garage is immaculate - luckily, my daughter is also very neat and between the two of them the house is always spick and span so there is absolutely nothing for me to do when I stay with them, except sit in the sun on the swinging seat - but I do feed the hens.
My employer in Monaco, although used to having staff to clean the house, was also extremely tidy and he, too, had been in the navy. He told me that if any possession was found out of place, it was put in the 'gash bag' and it cost one shilling to get it back - a good inducement to be tidy, as the wage was just over a pound a week.

I try too. My top kitchen drawer has the cutlery in the right compartments. The one under that has kitchen implements, wooden spoons etc. The one under that has foil and cling film packets, freezer bags and instruction leaflets. The one under that has the pizza trays and table mats. The one under that is deeper and holds bigger implements and.....torches and batteries and everything else that won't fit in.
That drawer is very near the floor and when I'm feeling lazy or can't be bothered everything gets muddled up.
As long as the top drawer is reasonable I can tell myself that all the others are.

But I caught a glimpse inside my neighbour's garage last week and I was . Everything in neat rows, all tools hanging in size order, nothing out of place and a floor you could eat your dinner off. Goodness knows what he thinks of our place.

I loved the colours of the waste "landscape" and the Golf just reminded me of the too many times we have taken things to bits (e.g. to locate a "funny noise") and been unable to put them together again.
I'm with thatbags with kitchen drawers where I can usually put my hand on exactly what I need but no one else can see the "method" in my apparent muddle.

I do try. I have little islands of order amongst the chaos. I sometimes get carried away organising a small pocket of my life and I find I can then ignore the general mayhem

Greatnan, I live in a small bungalow but it does nothing to help me be organised , I have three sisters and two daughters who 'have a place for everything ' when asked where something is in my home I can say in all honest my reply will end with 'somewhere' such as ' in a drawer somewhere'

Once when my youngest brother was visiting, I asked him to pass me a certain utensil from the kitchen utensils drawer (different from the cutlery drawer). He opened the drawer and laughed aloud at the guddle.

Strangely enough, on the whole the most used items tend to be at the front and the least used items at the back. Organisation sufficient unto the need

My cutlery drawer is a shambles. All are on their own compartment, but it's the addition of things like garlic press, skewers, potato peelers etc that make it untidy?

I love the stacked wood. Makes me realise why we haven't got a woodburner.

Anniebach, not only do I keep my cutlery in the tray, but I have to have all the items in their own compartment. I don't want to have to waste time looking for a knife in a jumble of other things.

I don't actually fold my jumpers a la Benetton but in a tiny flat you have to be neat as every inch of storage has to be used efficiently. It would be impossible for an untidy person to cook a meal in my corner kitchen! Just as Anno and When!
I really enjoy organising things and when I visit my sister she very kindly lets me clear out her two sheds and take all her accumulated rubbish to the tip. We are both happy!

annodomini, do tell me you don't keep cutlery in a cutlery drawer please, I wouldn't feel quite so alone in the world

I have just looked round my room and it would give any of these organisers a heart attack. Can anyone explain the bottle opener in the sauna?