Anal tendencies

I know that everyone has some anal tendencies, but the question is, do you admit to them? I have those tendencies and I'm the first to admit it. Call it my cry for help or just simple excuses for my oddities, whatever you'd like. But I'm going to lay it all out for the whole world to see.

~I have a certain way that I like my bath towels folded. I fold them in half, then half again, then thirds. Andy was kind enough to fold the laundry the other day and as I put the towels away, I found myself cringing as his towels didn't line up with mine--he'd folded into quarters. BUT, I was quite proud of myself for NOT refolding them (I've been known to do that in the past, but I'm learning that even if it's not done my way, at least I didn't have to do it!)

~My girls have never liked a sippy cup with fancy lids, spouts, valves, etc. They like a plain plastic cup with a snap-on lid and no valve. Yes, they get messy without the no-leak valve, but they are cheap and they work as a plain cup once lids are a thing of the past. Anyway, you can buy these cups in packs of 4 at Wal-Mart for a buck-fifty, all the same color. We have yellow, red, purple and orange (I do daycare, too, remember) When I put the clean cups away I cannot have 2 purples or 2 oranges touching one another. I will go out of my way to make that not happen and if it has to happen, I find an excuse to use a cup right away to remedy the situation.

~Along the lines of the above confession, our every day dishes are solid colored stoneware in 5 colors. I have 2 plates and 2 bowls each in cranberry, blue, maise, olive and orange. I cannot have them stacked together with the same colors touching. And in my plate stack, it's even worse. I have to have at least 2 other colors between same colors (blue, olive, orange, blue, etc.)

~I coordinate all the closets in the house. The girls' closets, as well as mine & Andy's, are coordinated in colors and styles of clothing-short sleeved, 3/4 length, long sleeved, dresses, dress pants...whites, yellows, oranges, reds, pinks, purples, greens, blues, blacks.

~I always hang the clothes the same way. The clothes "face" to the right when you are looking at the rack from straight on.

~The toilet paper roll must always roll from the front, not the back, of the roll. I have been known to change that, too.

~I really dislike when houses have random window placement (or worse, huge blank spots without windows) and it doesn't look uniform from the outside. You can imagine the discussions this has brought up with Andy being a carpenter and all.

~I like the look of things being off-centered, but never in my own house. I can see something that I like at another location and think it's great, but when duplicated in my own house I HATE that it's not all symetrical.

Okay, so now that you all think that I'm deserving of a bed at the local "inn" for a few weeks accompanied with some fancy "cocktails," I challenge you. Post a comment with some of your own anal tendencies...please...I need to feel normal. (and yes, I know exactly where my qualities come from)