Its almost as if we were living under patriarchy.

Wow, that’s pretty gross.

Pegi fucking Young died and I missed it? How the fuck did that happen? That’s heart-breaking. I saw her live in concert some 10+ years ago, still with Neil Young and Crazy Horse back then, and I own two of her albums.

What I always wonder is who’s CLEANING this place? I presume most of them have weekly cleaners, but all I ever picture in a McMansion is me endlessly dusting, vacumning, etc.

The problem with mudrooms and breezeways is that they are “stack it out there” MAGNETS. We have a balcony on our apartment and the only thing it is ever used for is junk storage until we book the rubbish haulers to come take it away. I long to have magical powers that would turn that wasted space into an actual room…

This month, my goal is to purge/clean the apartment (we do it every year; after the holidays the place is beat to shit) and then buy all new underwear and bras, so it’s a bit of a cycle. However, nice new underthings and unstuffed dresser drawers will indeed spark joy!

What always throws me on the house hunting shows is just how much space everyone wants and how the house prices are SO different down south compared to the NY Metro area (where I am). When a childless couple wants 5 bedrooms, 8 baths, a pool, a granite kitchen and a veranda for $325K, all I can think is that they…

Your dream sounds like my nightmare in which I come home after the purge, suddenly photographically remember everything I’ve ever had and search for all of it endlessly while losing my whole entire shit.

My parents actually offered to do this for my hoarder aunt. But hoarding is a mental illness so she wouldn’t agree.

That’s the spirit! Somewhere to ditch the outdoor shoes and hang up the coats! I would also accept an enclosed breezeway between the garage and the house, if I had a garage.

I found myself yelling at this show like I do during House Hunters. I yelled at the older lady with WAY too many clothes. She was keeping things that were ugly and didn’t seem to fit. Then the guy with ALL the shoes? No. “Throw those shoes away! They are rotting in the box! Do not keep that rusted mailbox! What is…

I Marie Condo’d three years back or so, and it made a huge improvement in my life.  Honestly, I think I got rid of at least half of everything I owned, probably more.  And now I follow a basic rule of one thing in, one thing out.  Works beautifully for me.  That said, this show, it’s just so bloody boring, and I say…

The shoe struck me as a What Not to Wear for one’s home. Positive talk, some tidying, and nothing too radical. I found Marie Kondo to be so sweet and inquisitive - she doesn’t kick the door in saying “My way or the highway.”

Excuse me, Megan, but I live in rural New England, where most driveways are unpaved and mud season lasts well into June. I DO need a mudroom in the home of my dreams.

Clean House (not sure if that still aires) used to be a somewhat kind show on HGTV.

I noticed a few women on the show seemed to feel internalized pressure to do it all when they have a husband and kids who can pick up some of the slack. I’m glad Kondo always made a point to put different family members in charge of their own projects and spaces to lift some of that burden.

That fucking guy! He also kept referring back to when they were married and she was “hot.” My inner bitch did enjoy her calling him “babe,” because it came off so passive aggressive.

Yes!!!! That made me so mad. Lady has a part-time job and takes care of the house and two toddlers and he’s griping about her outsourcing laundry? Fuck off with that nonsense.

I love how the husband criticized his wife for paying for laundry service when he's obviously not doing any of the housework or child care.

I only watched the first episode, but the couple featured drove me insane. Marie is pretty charming though!