Ways I Know I'm Obsessive-Compulsive (But It's A Sliding Scale)

- the toilet paper must come over the top of the roll, not under
- the lid on the toilet must be down (whenever the toilet is not in use - I think this stems from dropping my make-up in the toilet as a teenager)
- cutlery in the dishwasher is arranged in the following manner - no more than four utensils to a compartment and they must be the same (makes it easier for putting them away)
- if I accidently drag the serated edge of a knife on the edge of a jar (to make that jittery sound), I have to scrape it twice on its smooth side (to act as a counterbalance, I guess)
- my bed sheets (1) cannot be tucked in at all (2) must be pulled snug at the bottom before climbing in (3) the sheet cannot come up higher than the duvet
- the ends of the pillows that stick out from the pillow case must face the outside of the bed. If we need to flip our pillow over to the cool side, we flip it from top to bottom, not side to side
- my plates that are different colours must be placed in the cupboard alternately (blue, yellow, blue, yellow etc.)
- as mentioned before, all products in my pantry have the English label facing out and labels on cans (that are stacked on top of each other) are lined up
- I am a hand-washing freak and I always carry my hand sanitizer with me (and yes, when I go into Safeway I use their supplied wipes near the carts to scrub down my handle - Superstore really needs to look into that!)
- I do not touch my face if my hands aren't freshly washed (unless it's an absolute emergency)
- the shirts and hangers in our closet all face the same direction (to the right)
- wearing shoes inside the house is a huge no-no (especially our work shoes)...I don't care if you forgot something on the breakfast bar and it's only two steps away and it means that you have to unlace your shoes to reach back and get it, you take your shoes off LOL (the front entrance is a whole other story...from the door to the front closet is fair game)

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This being said, there are several things I do (or don't do) that definitely take me out of the category of OCD:

- I have no problem leaving my dirty clothes on the floor overnight (hidden in the closet though)
- I can leave the counter full of dirty dishes when I go to bed
- I am not fastidious about all germs...just the ones on my hands
- I don't have to flick the light switches on and off three times (yet! LOL)


Wow. After looking at the first list, it's amazing I'm even married. And now that you think I'm a total freak, I'm going to go spend the rest of my morning lining up the toothpicks from shortest to tallest.