reply to yikes

You sound mighty defensive. You stated that your house looks fine from the street, well that's great and you also say there are a few things laying around the INSIDE of your house. Well who cares what the inside of your house looks like. Nobody here, I can assure you.

I'm done

I am not at all defensive. I came on this board originally to state that sometimes a little clutter is not always so bad (in reply to the original poster). I stated that sometimes people just are trying to enjoy life and not be a slave to house and yard, and I was accused of being a lazy slob and teaching my children to be lazy slobs. And you think I am defensive? NO WONDER! Look to the plank in your own eye before you worry about the speck in your neighbors.

Are you really done ?

I don't think the original poster singled anyone out for being a slob, but if you think you fit in that catagory, then you probably are.

TO PERFECT

The snow will be coming soon and you wont have to see anything in other peoples yards.