My Final Thursday Thirteen - #9

Thirteen Ways Holly is obsessive (aka: thirteen ways I am a freak) 1... I always have to make sure that when I tear off some toilet paper, that the tear is completely even along the perforated line. If it is torn in a messy way, I must fix it the roll before leaving the bathroom. Not just at home, anywhere. 2... While at least my kids don’t wear matching clothes - more often than I care to admit, I do color coordinate them. 3... When I used to (many, many, many moons ago) have my house cleaned by a service, the VERY first thing I did when I got home was go through the entire house and re-adjust things to be in their proper place. 4... The thing I hate about having our carpets cleaned, is that I am afraid the furniture may not end up back in the exact right spots afterwards. 5... I cannot leave the house without the beds being made, no matter how much of a hurry we’re in. 6... I must clean up every single toy in the living room every night after the kids are in bed. I also ensure the kid’s bedroom’s are picked up before they go to bed. C’mon now, everyone say it with me: “Neat Freak”! (not to be confused with clean freak, mind you…) 7... When I am selling something on Ebay, I check the status of my auction(s) constantly. 8... Mini-blinds must be perfectly aligned, each and every slat, in my house. 9... I cannot drink water from a kitchen or bathroom tap. It must come from the refrigerator water dispenser, and must have ice in it. Otherwise I won’t drink it. 10... I must cut up my salads into itty-bitty little pieces - so I can get a bit of everything in each bite – before I will eat them. 11... I do not like the way raw chicken looks. It’s just gross. Therefore, when I prepare it at home, I must first cut every piece of fat, and cut out every broken blood vessel before cooking it. Firedaddy says I throw away half of it (and I buy only boneless *reasts to begin with). I do realize other people and restaurants don’t do this and yes…. I still eat chicken prepared by others. It only bothers me if I was the one preparing it. I guess it is a case of what you don’t know (see) wont’ hurt you… 12... Once I begin a project, like say a decorating one? It is all I can think about until it is complete. And I pester everyone else asking for their opinions non-stop. 13... I cannot visit other’s blogs that I haven’t been to in awhile without going all the way back to the last entry I read and reading everything single thing I missed. I also cannot visit a blog for the first time without going back and reading some (or all, depending on how long the blog has been around) history. And then commenting, even on really old stuff. None of this is good for time management, or for getting to bed by a decent time. As my title states, this is my final Thursday Thirteen. I'm a bit sad, as it's been a lot of fun, a creative way to ramble, and I've met a number of great bloggers I might not have stumbled upon otherwise. But all good things must come to an end, right? My reason is first and foremost, because our wonderful hostess and T13 founder, Leanne, is ending her long run of hosting it. It has become a lot of work for her, and these types of things should not be work, they should be fun and a bit spontaneous, so I completely understand. Thank you for starting such a phenomenon, Leanne! And secondly, it was actually a bit of a relief for me that she threw in the towel, because honestly it has become difficult for me to keep up with it... I was considering ending my run anyway. It was not just doing my own lists weekly that was hard to keep up with, but also reading all the T13’s that I’ve linked to, within a day or two. In fact, last week's T13 I didn't finish all my reading until last night. And it bothered me. So… I will be visiting all of your blogs, just not necessarily only on Thursdays! Course, what this also means is that I must find a way to schedule my blogroll reading like Running2Ks did. This blogging thing has turned so huge for me, but in a GOOD way… I just can't let it take over my life. Which as you can see by my list above, I have a tendency to let happen. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)