Try as I might to avoid it, sometimes I have to go upstairs in our barn.
This usually forces me to emit a heavy sigh over the husband’s new acquisitions.
You know, the ones he snuck in there without me noticing.
While I was pleasantly surprised to see he’d done a little organizing (read – shoved everything to the sides) and the floor was visible this time….
And also delighted to see a small section of crap had been put on a shelf.
A shelf!
(What? You don’t collect dusty old water stained cardboard boxes half full of rusty rivets and tacks…
Why ever not?)
A groan did escape me when I saw more bed frames….
And old rusty pesticide sprayers…
As well as whatever the hell this is in front of the vintage cabbage slicers.
I’m thinking I should make him use that in the baby barn to level out the dirt floor.
You know, as penance for bringing the damn thing home in the first place.
I wish I knew.
And if you’re thinking to yourself, geesh River, that didn’t look so bad…. let me point your eye downstairs where it looks like this:
And this:
And this:
Enough said.
River's world..... 
At least the wood is inside out of the elements …unlike my pile of lumber. 😦
Maybe you are taking it easy, maybe you aren’t, but “that’s” NOT really all that bad.
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That’s the indoor pile of lumber. We have a forest of it under the barn as well.
And if you think it’s “not really all that bad”? Remind me not to spend the night at your house!
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Gosh, he might qualify for the show Hoarders.
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No might about it…
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I’m too busy drooling over a 2-story barn with sweet wood floors. All that stuff falls under the category of “Potential” for me. Sorry, I doubt that this was the response you expected.
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Or wanted… but you’re a man. It seems to be genetic.
😉
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We go to agricultural fairs, and I come so close to buying stuff like that. I’ve had things in the garage for years that I ended up tossing. I just don’t have the space.
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We didn’t either… that’s why he built the barn, after he filled the garage, the cellar and the shed.
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Yeah…I’d have to start by moving to Maine 🙁
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Come on up!
😉
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I can understand collecting things, to a point. I don’t understand collecting rusty pesticide sprayers. Yuck!
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They’re old. That qualifies them as treasure in his book…
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The barn looks great! He did a good job of cleaning and/or shoving things to the side.
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He excels at shoving.
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Hahaha! Thanks for encouraging me to remain single!
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No problem. Stop by anytime you feel the urge…
😉
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Wow, you have your very own antique business-to-be. My husband would be so jealous. (And trust me, our garage doesn’t look much better.)
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If only. He’ll never sell any…
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He has some eclectic finds. 🙂 Best to just turn around and back away…
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I know. But the interior of the barn has become a train wreck….you know you shouldn’t, but you can’t look away!
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“the ones he snuck in there without me” You didn’t see a bed post?!?!
PS He hoards junk like you hoard photos and videos so stop picking on him!!
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The barn isn’t visible from inside our house, so as long as I don’t see him pull into the alternate driveway? He’s safe to unload. And yes, I may hoard photos, but they don’t take up nearly as much room!!
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Rivergirl…your posts just make me laugh out loud. I was sympathetic to your husband until I saw the other pics…I feel your pain. But the wood, everywhere is to die for.
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Thanks. I try to laugh as well…but sometimes? It’s just too hard.
And yes, that’s the worst part. The barn is awesome! When you can actually walk through it and see it.
🙄
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All I can do is point to my garage and say, “Let he who is without crap cast the first stone.”
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And that would be me!
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I can see hubby building another barn in your future….and then another,,,.and another….and another….
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Don’t even joke about that…!
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Hmmmm. Not sure what to say.
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No worries. Neither do I.
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Except… to say…. You are brave to enter the barn….
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It’s probably good that he doesn’t collect big rocks. Mona
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At least I could build another wall with those!
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So what date and time does YOUR episode of ‘Hoarders’ air?
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I’ll let you know.
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Thanks. I appreciate that….
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That’s it! I’m building a barn so it can have an attic. Kudo’s to Mr River!
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It’s more like an airplane hangar… but okay.
Just be careful what you wish for. I was looking forward to lots of extra space and look what happened.
😉
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True. The more ya got the more there is to clean!
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Or shove, as the case may be.
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Yup! 🤣🤣🤣
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You are a very, very, very patient and kind woman. 🙂 I can only imagine the horrifying residues still inside those antique pesticide sprayers. I would drive them out to a tire fire somewhere and toss them in and never look back!
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It’s tempting, believe me.
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