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We are doing terrible! Like you, if we slack for 1 day, our house is chaos!

I think we're winning, but for a long time we were losing.

Honestly, we go to the dump almost every weekend and take a load of crap we don't need. There's a Goodwill depot at the dump, so we donate whatever we can and get rid of the rest at the dump.

We've been working on clearing out all the boxes of stuff that we've accumulated on our basement. So, for example, this past weekend we took come old dishes, two old carpets from our university days and a broken steam mop. Love getting that stuff out of my life!

Currently we are losing, but the good news is we are moving in a few weeks so we can clear the clutter and donate stuff we don't use and only take the things we really need

We are winning. We get rid of stuff a lot, I love donating or throwing junk away. ETA: I follow the rule: If it hasn't been used in a year, it can go. DH had issues with this in the beginning but then realized, that wetsuit from when he was 11 is never going to fit and he would never use it again.

LOSING! my husband is the king of paper hoarders and doesn't throw out things like....dunkin donuts receipts!!?!?...before baby i was able to manage and organize his craploads of stuff but now that LO is here i just don't have the time nor energy to sort through all of his mail, receipts, magazines, bills, so it is just overtaking our house and driving me crazy!

Ugh, DH and I just got back from 2 separate trips after being away since Thursday and it looks like a clutter bomb exploded in our house.

The only thing that keeps it (occasionally) under control is that our cleaning lady comes every other week.

Losing! We're fixing to start packing & I already told DH we're trashing as much as we can bc I'm sick of the clutter!!

Losing, big time. We are moving soon though so we are both committed to ruthlessly getting rid of stuff we don't really need. We have bins that have not been unpacked since we moved to this apartment 3 1/2 years ago!

I think we're currently in a peace treaty state, it's not getting worse but it's not getting better either. DD just had her first birthday yesterday, it's time to cycle toys and clean things out!

We are thankfully winning, but it's pretty much 100% due to my DH's ADHD. He can't stand clutter and is constantly organizing things and throwing away. I have to monitor what he tosses because he's tried to get rid of some pretty pricey things that we actually needed before!

I think we're doing ok. Moving a few months ago helped us clean out a lot, and I just went through the kids' toys and got rid of the useless stuff. I'm itching to clean out their closets for spring /summer, but we're not quite there yet. We do have a lot of paper that needs to be sorted/cleaned out, but the rest of the house is looking pretty good.

I think we are winning but could do better. We don't have kids, though, and I can only imagine how much harder it must be with all of their toys, gear, etc!

There is a great book called "It's All Too Much" that gives great tips on helping declutter!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0743292650/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1363033631&sr=8-1&pi=SL75

Oh my goodness. This topic is the BAIN of my existence. I want to be organized but its a constant battle. As soon as you lay one thing down and don't put it in the proper spot....all hell breaks loose. I spent my ENTIRE weekend cleaning because I was out of town the weekend prior and its just....depressing. I start to think its not worth it and rebel, but then the whole house becomes atrocious. Its an unsolvable problem.

Best advice I have though is try to keep things where you use them. One thing I do is to have a basket for toys hidden in every room so that putting them away is quick and easy, but then again LO is only 7 months old....

My DH is a little bit of a hoarder as well so trying to convince him to get rid of things is always a battle, but he HAS truly gotten better over the last few years.

We definitely have a lot of stuff, but we are fairly well organized so I would call our battle a draw? Haha.

Losing! I cant wait for my mom to be settled in her new house so I can sort the mail, do our taxes, put stuff away, and clean our floor! 2 weeks ago they werent hairy!