i was just minding my own business....

i was on my bike inside on the trainer last night, flipping through from time to time and seeing what was on the tv. i had it on (two very worthy contenders) "America's got Talent" and "Clean House: the messiest home in America" See, it was even 4th of July, USA theme based. anyway,
i was flipping back and forth, because i thought that neither was so good that they would hold my attention for more than 2 minutes at a time.

i ended up seeing one of the more disturbing shows that i've seen last night. there was a woman and her daughter that were on the show of Clean House. the daughter had written in, basically saying in a nutshell that she had lived her whole life in a filthy, cluttered home and she was done living this way. she had, in fact, moved out of her home, only to have to move in a few years later, because she had "spent all her money"

Clean house came to the rescue, by claiming them the "messiest house in america" for the year and got to work. if you are unfamiliar with the show, they take a home, make a huge garage sale, then redo the home. at some point, they typically have a "moment" where it is realized that the reason why they "gave up" is because aunt prissy died and it made them just not care anymore about anything, so they decided (um, o.k.) to live in filth. no, all kidding aside, it usually does point out the psychology behind what they are doing, and hopefully get them to find other ways to deal with their problems (read: neurosis), so that they can break the cycle.

problem: this quite overweight woman didn't think she had one...a problem, that is. she continually refused to admit that the fact that she had no working water in her home, or that she had no visible wall space because things were piled so high, could possibly be out of the realm of what "normal" people do. She had over 200 jackets, most with tags on, that she said were all old. After many issues (the daughter stomping off and peeling out in a car when the host of the show was trying to talk to her, and then saying that she did nothing wrong), they actually made it to the reveal day, where they were showing them their "new" working house. It was nice...i mean, really nice. The cast spent $100,000 fixing the house, that was filled with rats, molding things from the washer flooding the space (the owner decided to let things sit in there til the water dried out...then left the items in the space).

the homeowner, during the reveal was moved almost to tears. it was amazing. but then she realized that some box with her purses was gone. she freaked....and left.

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