I hate change. I get something the way I like it and there it stays, forever! Except for plants. I move them all the time....but don't mess with my furniture!!
The other day DH rearranged my kitchen drawers...I'm trying really hard to not have a panic attack...they've been the same since I moved here in '92!
How do you all feel about change?
Do you like change?
I prefer paper money.^_^
Seriously, I do like change. Not a status quo person.
I never change much either.... remodel well we are still doing that... once a room is done.. will stay that way for a long long time
I live for change...change my hair style, change clothes style, rearrange furniture. I love redecorating the house for the different holidays. Keeps things fresh and exciting.
I like the change of seasons but dont rearrange the kitchen drawers, takes too much time away from gardening to find the shredder an etc.
No change for me
i prefer some change in my work life
I do not like going to a new grocery store and wasting time trying to find everything
My my in-laws come to dinner it is always hide and seek with our kitchen utensils my MIL puts away - tease her about it all the time - wish she would just ask where things go - can be annoying/maddening when you really need something right away
yard is always in constant change
Randy likes to hide kitchen stuff on me all the time... I know what that's like
Now in-laws are a different story. A change of address is very good for that.
no my in-laws are great - my MIL can be a bit ditsy which results in a lot of laughs - people do things different ways we leave butter out on the counter, easier to spread - they put it in the refrig - guess where i find it after they leave - i need a chisel to cut it for my english muffin
LOL @ Victor!
Maybe I get set in my ways...when Mom first came her and started rearranging my gardens it was all I could do not to freak out...I really can't handle change...when an ex BF decided to paint one of my bedrooms without asking me that was the end of him in a hurry!
I think I like to change gardens . . . but no one would ever describe me as a "trendy" person. I am too frugal to spend my money making someone else rich . . .
You must since you said it twice!
ya think... ya think?
I don't mind change. I like to be the one in control of it, though.
I like to secretly replace the coffee. Remember that commercial?
I like change. When everything is same ole, same ole, life seems tedious. The kitchen drawers, however, can remain the same.
I find I need change to keep me going, otherwise I get bored.
I find the same ole, same ole comforting. Like I'm still in familiar, cozy territory. Everything's where I like it to be, where I'm comfortable with it being there...then I am most comfortable.
Kitchen drawers can stay the same but I did just switch around my pantry so I could reach my tea bags easier.
And spouses??
I did just tell him he needs to change the shape of his goatee.
if you don't mind decapitation.
spouses can hang around until they p*** me off, then they're out...and them knowing that really helps keep them in line!
"I don't mind change. I like to be the one in control of it, though."
Absolutely!
Some things are off limits - rearranging the kitchen drawers is a great example. I analyze work flow & access before the initial arrangement.
Furniture - LOL! That can happen frequently. However, I orient the spaces towards the woodstove/fireplace in Winter; the gardens for Spring/Summer.
Since I'm the one performing the task, I make the decisions!
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I love change. I thrive on change. I bought this house KNOWING ABSOLUTELY that I'd be tired of it within 5 years and I'd want something else, so I got an interest only 7 year variable loan. My plants had better just cope, because I'll move them around shortly.
Hey, in reading this thread, I'm realizing that the control freaks like change but want to control the process. Who here is a control freak? *Raises hand really high*. I like to control the changes that I want to have happen. Although I've become pretty good at rolling with things (read "making lemonade out of lemons").
Who's a control freak? RAISE YOUR HAND!!
Hee hee.
::::::putting hands behind back:::::
Randy is great at organizing everything...cabinets and such
I like to walk up the down staircase - just to shake things up.
ok
OMG talk about change, I have had my share through out my life, starting with leaving my country at a young age! No it is not fun!
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Because of my son Justin, our life has to have repetition/ structure or he reacts emotionally. Long day trips are fun, you can even spend a night or 2 away but not much more than that. I've never taken him on a trip longer than a few days. He needs the familar surroundings of his bedroom, his toys, animals, the smell and sounds of our house. Stays in the hospital lasting more than 3 days becomes VERY stressful!
I'd guess because of this I too don't care for drastic change, subtle change is OK.
My younger guy is like that to a degree. He was a preemie and has had some developmental delay issues. He prefers rigidity, predictability and structure. I represent the opposite of that!
Control freak here!! I'm not particularly organized and I am definitely horrible at sticking to a routine. Everyday is different. However, I like being boss and I make sure I'm on top of the pecking order around here. In someone else's house, I am very good at following orders and respecting boundaries.
talking about changing spouses . . . I am convinced my DH never considered trading me in 'cause I told him once if he ever wanted a divorce he would get the kids (the kids were being particularly difficult that day . . . heeheehee).
Am I a control freak - only over my own stuff - like I hate having things misplaced in the kitchen or when people use my things and don't bring them back. On the other hand, I firmly believe that teenage bedrooms have doors so you can close them and hide the mess. (I have a sister-in-law who won't let her kids sit on the beds once they are made - her house is spotless, but even she admits she is nuts!)
Okay, so I don't redecorate 'cause I love our antiques, and we don't move very much - well actually we moved in 1977 twice, in 1982, and in 2002. Probably will stay where we are for another 20 years - or until I win the lottery.
I do like to change my gardens, my hair, and I dislike eating the same stuff over and over again.
HA, Seandor, that's great! I totally agree about the door. When my daughter was a teen, I just gulped hard and closed the door. Unfortunately, she was grown and gone when I moved from my condo to my house, and all her "stuff" was still there. Now it's in my basement, unpacked. It'll be a few more years before she's really out of school and hopefully settled, so it'll come with me to my next house I'm sure. I'd give anything right now to be in my "forever" house, but I've learned what I like and don't like by living in this house, so that's something. Like, I'm incredibley territorial, so no more trash neighbors with loud voices and pickup trucks. Next house will have acreage and privacy!!
I'm with you there, drum. More space!!!!!!!!!!!
for more plants.
I like familiarity, but some change is good.