{"id":15611,"date":"2014-03-03T21:36:50","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T05:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=15611"},"modified":"2014-03-03T22:00:35","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T06:00:35","slug":"spring-cleaning-and-hoarding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/spring-cleaning-and-hoarding\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Cleaning and Hoarding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/perfhom.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some people think of spring as an opportunity to zealously clean the clutter, while others get pangs in the stomach, become anxious and start to retreat . \u00a0For those who feel overwhelmed by the\u00a0prospects of getting rid of material possessions during\u00a0spring cleaning, it may be time to ask yourself if you&#8217;re a hoarder.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0A&amp;E\u00a0TV show, &#8220;Hoarders&#8221;, offers an introduction to the phenomenon, though it can really turn one&#8217;s stomach, especially if you&#8217;re munching on food while watching. The show includes situations a &#8220;normal&#8221; person would never imagine&#8211;going on the floor when the toilet quit working, not knowing where your pet cat disappeared to (dead in the attic,) and seeing disgusting bugs have a run on the kitchen where old food rots &amp; decays until it finally dries up or is eaten by bugs. Only 2%-5% of the American population reaches this level of living conditions, while the rest of us fall into categories ranging from neat-freaks to borderline &#8220;need help&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Recently a Newport Beach teacher was arrested at his home in Santa Ana for animal endangerment, and although none of his neighbors knew he was a hoarder, his house contained over 500 snakes, rats, mice and rodents, alive and dead. Definitely extreme&#8211;and sad. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/health\/hoarding.html\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning signs that you may be a hoarder:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Outside clutter contains items you&#8217;d normally find indoors<\/li>\n<li>Comments from family members that your stuff prohibits normal activities such as eating at a dinner table, or accessing passageways through the house<\/li>\n<li>Light structural damage, unsightly, unpainted cars and clutter on the property<\/li>\n<li>Light infestation of bed bugs, lice, fleas, cockroaches, ants, silverfish, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Clutter obstructing functions of key living areas<\/li>\n<li>At least one room not being used for intended purpose, e.g., items stored in shower, limited bed access or space<\/li>\n<li>Dirty laundry scattered throughout the house<\/li>\n<li>Evidence of non-maintained sanitation conditions such as food preparation surfaces heavily soiled, dirty dishes, dirty toilets, visible mildew in bathroom or kitchen<\/li>\n<li>Odors obvious and irritating<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Evidence of inappropriate animal control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people think of spring as an opportunity to zealously clean the clutter, while others get pangs in the stomach, become anxious and start to retreat . \u00a0For those who feel overwhelmed by the\u00a0prospects of getting rid of material possessions during\u00a0spring cleaning, it may be time to ask yourself if you&#8217;re a hoarder. The\u00a0A&amp;E\u00a0TV show, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15611"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}