Who knew?

My mother is one crazy person, even without knowing it. Some of the things she does is so bizarre to me.

And I am NOT normal. :)

She lost her condo a couple of years ago that set off this sequence of events I still scratch my head at.

I just say to myself that she is going through a mid-life crisis. Some just have to go through their own thing.

She goes back and forth from Mexico (long story short her husband [not my dad] got deported) and she goes there to see him for months at a time. Essentially she does not have a permanent home here in the U.S.

Most recently she was going back to Mexico after spending Easter here with some family. My little sister came into my room with a huge samurai sword. I was like "what the hell is that for?" she said that my mom bought 3 of them at a yard sale for 5 bucks. WTF? Really? How weird is that?
Why does my mom buy things that are seriously unnecessary?

I just have to laugh because its crazy.

Then something else hit me.

Saturday night was spent at home because we had no sitter and it was nice to finally relax.
While browsing through the channels I come upon a show that I have seen before, Hoarding: Buried Alive.
A marathon was on. I ended up watching like 3 in a row before Derek was sick of it and had me change the channel. haha

While watching Hoarders I realized that someone in my family is a hoarder all though not as extreme as the ones on TV.....

My mom.

In her condo I remember she had boxes of things in her hallway and behind the couch. I mean they were things that one did not use everyday. She used to make crafts and still had things from when I was like 12.

She gives an excuse for buying stuff and keeping them for so long.

Apparently she has a store when she goes to Mexico and sells her "things" there.

I don't buy it, I'm sure she still has a storage full of shit that she has yet to part with. I hear the excuses the lazy extreme hoarders come up with for not tossing their prized possessions.
Get rid of that shit! Unless your the kind that wants to die in a  landfill alone.
Who knew that I would find the same qualities in hoarders as my mother? Damn!

It is a good show to watch then go through your home to toss out all of the crap that you don't want or need. So thanks Hoarders I now have a cleaner home thanks to you.