Habits, Compulsions and Obsessions

The ClubHouse: General Discussions - Jan -Apr. 2001: February: Habits, Compulsions and Obsessions
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Moondance

Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 05:23 pm Click here to edit this post

Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate

Home Depot or any hardware store... still looking for that man who has more power tools than I have:)

Best Buy... I love gadgets

Karuuna

Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 05:49 pm Click here to edit this post

I love books, like many of you. I have bookshelves in every room of my house, including the bathroom.

I also love people who love to organize. So you're all welcome to come visit. Actually my best friend came for two weeks last summer and the first thing she did was rearrange the freezer. Then just about everything else in the house. I didn't quite understand the need to unload the dishwasher before the dishes were dry. She moved them out of the dishwasher and stacked them all over the counters. She did keep apologizing, but I found it all amusing, even when I couldn't find half my things!

My weirdest obsessions: I have an overwhelming need to have every light in the house on, even during the day. Our local electric company knows me by name. And I hate closed doors, they drive me crazy.

And I'm a geek. I want every new electronic device that comes out. More power, more speed. I did the multimedia for the conference today, and everyone was quite amused that I brought along a bag of all kinds of electrical cords and connectors, many of them still in the original wrapping, "just in case I needed them".

Noslonna

Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 06:07 pm Click here to edit this post

I must have my soft cuddly quilt and my feather pillow or I really can't have a good sleep. I have a suitcase just for blankie and pillow on travels. I have sincerely tried sleeping well with other coverings and head gear but I think I need my old faithful soft cotten comforter and perfect downy elevation.

Moondance

Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 06:16 pm Click here to edit this post

Oh Nos... so glad someone else travels with their pillow! I can't sleep without mine!

Merlin

Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 06:22 pm Click here to edit this post

Did someone mention power tools? Should I mention that Home Depot calls me when they need something for their inventory?

Mishamisha

Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 06:25 pm Click here to edit this post

Are you implying that some people don't bring
their pillows when they travel

Noslonna

Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 06:26 pm Click here to edit this post

I love my Black and Decker drill. It really does wonderful holes in nuts for Christmas wreaths.

Moondance

Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 08:22 pm Click here to edit this post

I didn't know Misha... my ex said I was obessive/compulsive because I would bring my pillow over for sleep overs... he had me convinced that I was the only one that did this:)... so glad to know that I'm not alone!

Merlin ... love a man that Home Depot loves!... A place where they know me by name!

Misslibra

Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 10:42 pm Click here to edit this post

And Moon, Merlin said he also had a powertool over there that would bring a Mule to it's knees. Not sure where he purchase that tool from though. LOL

I had a passion for making dolls, but I have not made anymore dolls since I got my computer. But when I was making the dolls I also went crazy buying stuff for doll making, needles to say I'm over here stuck with a lot of stuff I no longer use. But in the back of my mind I'm thinking one day I'll start making dolls again, but who knows when. I packed all that stuff away for a rainy day.

Glass

Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 11:39 pm Click here to edit this post

As a little girl, I remember drooling over the pens and paper goods at the corner drug store. I still love all office supplies. I want to be organized (love those boxes, bins, dividers) but find that I just have more stuff to keep track of and put somewhere.

I HATE running out of anything - copy paper, toilet paper, anything! I have backup reserves of everything. I am ALWAYS prepared for any emergency or situation (can you say control freak?). My suitcases weigh a ton because I pack for every contingency (and yes I bring my own feather pillow).

I also love gadgets! If you can plug it in I have one. From kitchen tools to shop tools. Being a jeweler and glass artist I have a bunch of specialized hand tools. My brother in law counted over 28 different kinds of pliers in my studio.

My husband and I have different accounts at Home Depot (which is a half mile from our house). Although he can do anything around the house, he is too slow for me. To avoid squabbles and nagging, I learned how to do basic stuff (plumbing, wiring, etc.) myself. I have NO patience at all. It must be done now - not tomorrow. When my friends want anything done, they call me and my trusty cordless drill to the rescue.

Maybe we could just trade our compulsive hobby supplies that we have stored in closets and under beds. Then we would all have new ones and it wouldn't cost us anything.

Maire

Sunday, February 25, 2001 - 02:09 am Click here to edit this post

Ok, I've been reading this thread since its inception yesterday, and have to say there are a lot people with common habits, compulsions, and obsessions, myself included, here on this board. Although I find "office supplies" nice, I certainly don't obsess over them like you all seem to. LOL! I will have to say, that I found commonalities with most of you.

I have used a feather pillow to sleep on since I was just a wee little thing, like around 5 or 6, so needless to say, though I will anyway, I cannot sleep at all without my feather pillow! I take it everywhere I go.

Chocolate is an addiction/compulsion. Thank God I found some sugarless, semi-sweet chocolate chips! I was recently diagnosed with having diabetes, and I honestly don't know how I could have survived without my chocolate. My other food addiction is peanut butter. That is my comfort food. No other kind of food will ever take its place.

Crafts/Arts Addictions: Ok, A long time ago, I learned how to oil paint. That was an obsession that lasted a long time. Then, about 4 years ago, I got really into beads. Not the seed beads, but the larger, glass ones. I made earrings, necklaces, bracelets, ankle bracelets for days and months, and it went on for 2 years. Then I saw I had so much inventory, that I decided to sell my stuff. I set up a display at my beautician's shop for over a year, and made a little money, plus sold at Christmas bazaars. Then one day, I was done. After that, I started painting on rocks. I got a little wild with some of them. (If you want to see, just click on my name and you can use the link to my art gallery). I painted and painted for about a year, then just stopped.

Then, I got so addicted to my computer: downloading games and solitaire games and playing, playing, playing all day and all night! Then I found paint programs! Oh boy! I painted and painted the hours away, and I think the greatest attraction to the computer art was quick satisfaction, and if I didn't like something, "click" and "poof" it was gone, only to be done all over again!

My new addiction/compulsion? This board, of course! It's my "home page". And Chat! I used to be scared going into chat! (I know, I can be a chicken.) Now I love it, and if I miss a night, I feel lost.

Habits: I have a habit of sitting with one of my legs under me, alternating as one goes to sleep. I have a habit of leaving cupboard doors open in the kitchen. Can't think of any others right now.

My latest obsession though, is listening to my new Dido CD. I love every song, and listen to it every night about 6 times through. Haven't got sick of it yet either!

Gail

Sunday, February 25, 2001 - 05:56 am Click here to edit this post

Maire - you would drive me crazy as I have to close cupboard doors in the kitchen. :)

Digilady

Sunday, February 25, 2001 - 10:13 am Click here to edit this post

Horses! Have to have them, ride them, be near them. Ever since I was tiny.

Add me to the pillow folks... I too travel with.

I seem to have lost a few compulsions lately - total change of life will do that to ya.

Norwican

Monday, February 26, 2001 - 07:39 am Click here to edit this post

I am truly a freak . I must have painted toe nails at all times even though no one but me and my family see them. Fingernails no, wedding ring on not necessarily, hair combed hopefully... but if my toe nails are not painted I will come to a dead stop and quickly paint them before I walk out of the door.

I also eat weird. I think I said this in another thread a long time ago... but I have to eat one thing at a time (sandwiches are the one exception)... for example, tuna casserole. I will eat all the tuna first, then the celery, etc. I pick all the pepperoni off the pizza, I eat the frosting off cake first... you get the picture.

Twiggyish

Monday, February 26, 2001 - 11:45 am Click here to edit this post

A lot of us are frosting pickers, Nor..lol

Glass

Monday, February 26, 2001 - 01:55 pm Click here to edit this post

Nor.. My husband (a grown man) does not like his food to touch. I serve the meat/main dish on a plate and the veggies in a small bowl. Hey, it makes him happy!

Ocean_Islands

Monday, February 26, 2001 - 04:59 pm Click here to edit this post

What's the difference between a man and a grown man?

Soeur

Monday, February 26, 2001 - 05:05 pm Click here to edit this post

<um> Ocean....are you in the right thread?

Twiggyish

Monday, February 26, 2001 - 07:15 pm Click here to edit this post

OI, is that a trick question? Are you really asking us?

Gail

Monday, February 26, 2001 - 07:19 pm Click here to edit this post

I think Ocean is referring to Glass's post where she says her husband (a grown man). When you think about it, it is actually kind of funny. :)

Soeur

Monday, February 26, 2001 - 07:31 pm Click here to edit this post

but what does Glass' hubby do in restaurants?

Gail

Monday, February 26, 2001 - 07:37 pm Click here to edit this post

Good one Soeur!! Bet he give the dishwashers at restaurants a little extra to do. :)

Soeur

Monday, February 26, 2001 - 07:47 pm Click here to edit this post

People's quirks are what make them interesting My friend absently wraps a strand of hair around her ear when she is preoccupied. So the hair near her ears is all curly. My pillow travels with me.

Glass

Monday, February 26, 2001 - 09:54 pm Click here to edit this post

Lately with hubby it's been "do you want fries with that order". I'll have to pay more attention the next time we go out for a real meal. I actually don't remember what he does - suffers in silence maybe?

Who was it that said the only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys (and the contents of their bottles)?

Gail

Tuesday, February 27, 2001 - 02:45 am Click here to edit this post

I can see it now . . Glass will be hitting hubby up to go out for a real meal somewhere so we can all find out. Glass . . .maybe you can go to Country Buffet or something?

Gail

Tuesday, February 27, 2001 - 03:15 am Click here to edit this post

Okay . . I have one that will beat all of these, hands down!

I had a boyfriend for 6 years who absolutely would not take a shit in a public restroom or a bathroom at anyone else's house except ours. No way, no how! We would be out having a nice time somewhere and after a time, he would say, "I need to go home and use the bathroom" For some reason, he didn't want to sit his ass down on a toilet that was not his. (I had no real sympathy for this since as a woman, I have had to plop my fanny down on some pretty bad seats because nothing else was available)

The one rule I thought was odd was if you were at a hotel having dinner, he couldn't use their toilet but if he was staying at the hotel, the toilet in the room was okay to use.

On the flip side of this . . no matter where we went, he just had to go to the bathroom to take a piss within 15-20 minutes of getting there. It didn't matter if he used the bathroom before he left the house or not.

Digilady

Tuesday, February 27, 2001 - 08:44 am Click here to edit this post

6 YEARS?!?

You have the patience of Job, Gail. BWHAHAhahahah jeeeez.

OK back atcha. Back in my, erm, wilder days (read: early 70s) I had this really BRIEF fling with this, erm, eccentric guy.

First time we were actually gonna do the nasty arrives. I'm on the bed, and this guy vanishes into the closet for a short while.

He pounces out, buck naked, swinging a rubber chicken by the neck.

All I could to say was "And what do you think you're going to do with that?"

"Beat you with it."

Which explains my booking down a street in Nashville, starkers, clothing in one hand, rooting for the keys with the other...

Gail

Tuesday, February 27, 2001 - 09:13 am Click here to edit this post

Are you sure he wasn't choking that chicken?

Twiggyish

Tuesday, February 27, 2001 - 09:41 am Click here to edit this post

Gail, I wonder what he did if he had dia.. oh never mind, not going there..lol

Norwican

Tuesday, February 27, 2001 - 01:14 pm Click here to edit this post

LOL... Gail and Digi I think it's a toss-up between you two.

Norwican

Wednesday, February 28, 2001 - 10:28 am Click here to edit this post

I was just reminded by a co-worker of an annoying habit I have.

At the end of a telephone conversation I always say buh-bye rather than goodbye or bye or whatever.

It apparently is contagious because I have been informed that other staff members have been overheard using this phrase. I have also been advised that if I cannot find a way to stop this madness that I will be forced to keep my office door closed as to not infect any more people.