July 30, 2025 • 9 mins
Tiff's going back to help her dad clean out his garage, what random things do your parents refuse to throw away?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're waking up with fifth in the morning. Kiss one
seven one. All right, So my dad's missing, Good morning,
Good morning, and I am getting on an airplane tomorrow
to go and find him. In Massachusetts. We're gonna be
talking about your most unvaluable treasures that are in your house.
(00:26):
This happens to be the first time that you are
catching tiff in the morning. If you didn't know this.
I'm originally from Massachusetts. My dad lives there, and he
is seventy six years old. Grew up part of the
boomer generation where their parents never threw a single thing away.
And I am going back for my second round of
(00:46):
cleaning out my dad's house. Now, if you remember this
from last year, right around this time, it was closer
to Labor Day. Last year, I went back to mass
for three days and cleaned out my dad's ranch house.
And it was h elll hell hell hell hell hell
in the sense that it was just like, oh my god,
this is so overwhelming, the amount of cleaning, the amount
(01:07):
of dust, the amount of collection, the amount of trips
to the donation store. Easy in the sense that my
dad knew it needed to be done. And I really
feel for those that have parents kind of like mine,
who are hoarder hoarder hoarders that will not throw anything away.
And when I say my dad is missing, I mean
(01:28):
he is buried somewhere. I bet in that garage. And
I say that with a bit of levity. I have
since spoken to my dad. But if you can put
yourself into like an imaginary state. So my dad has
a house, two bedroom branch. We cleaned out the first
floor of that last summer. Second phase of this tiered
plan I have in my head is to clean out
(01:49):
his garage. My dad is a car guy, a parts guy,
a collector of things. So the garage is not the
one that you've got attached to the house. It is
one that you build. It's it's the size of a barn.
You could technically have a wedding most like, like probably
a seventy five person wedding in my dad's garage. It's
(02:11):
got three bays, and it's got cars in there and
who knows what else. And I'm telling you you, when
he opens up the garage doors, you can't walk into it.
So when I say my dad's missing, he I mean
he could walk in that garage and I could never
see him.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Again.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Hell, you may not hear from me again after I
go home and clean that place out. I'm looking forward
to it because you know, if you've been a part
of the Tiff in the Morning journey. Over the last
couple of years, I've been very transparent about getting my
dad's estate in affairs in order. He's in good health,
but he's older. He's seventy six, so he had to
get things organized there on like the legal front. And
(02:53):
I also really want the house to be cleaned out
and the garage to be cleaned out one so that
he can function there and enjoy two when and you know,
when the time comes, I don't want to deal with
this stuff if you're not around, because that part or
that tool, or that master that or craft that or
car this, I don't know what it's worth. It's going
(03:14):
in the garbage. And I'm pretty ruthless. My sister is nice,
she's very ginger with him. She'll like really hold his
hand and I come in there and I'm like, it's
going in the garbage. Try and fight me. I work
out seven days a week. You can't, you know. I'm
pretty ruthless, and I've got some top tips. By the way,
I mean, this is not the first time I've done this,
(03:36):
so I post a good amount about it on social media.
If you haven't connected with me at the TIF two
F's Potter like the Wizard. I don't know what I'm
getting myself into, but I know I have three or
four days worth of work ahead of me. And he
just is collected. Everyone. Every parent's got their thing that
they hang on to. My dad loves cardboard boxes, magazines, newspapers,
(03:58):
and bills from two thousand and one and everything I
pull out. He's like, well, we gotta shred it. I'm like, Dad,
shred it. Gen Z is not going gen Z is
a little busy and preoccupied. They're not gonna go through
the landfill to look up your electric bill from twenty
and eleven. We're throwing it in the garbage. Let it go.
He's like, we gotta burn it. I'm like, burn what,
(04:19):
Let's burn the building down.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
I could go on about this topic for days. Sarah
at least poked her head in here and I said,
to your parents' horders, She said, yeah, but they have
a really hard time throwing things away in the fridge,
Like they've got diet cokes from twenty and nineteen. What
is it that you're hanging on too? If you want to,
you know, out yourself on the show, there's no better
place to do it. Or what are your parents hanging
on to? Is it trinkets? Is it? I had a
(04:44):
girl call me one time and say that her mom
had these baskets that she hung on to at this
basket maker in Ohio and she had about forty seven baskets,
beanie babies? What is it? Trinkets? Cars, newspapers five win three, seven, four, nine,
one oh seven one, or talk back with Tiff. Oh,
that was such a good song. Good morning. You're waking
up with Tiff in the morning on Kiss one O
(05:04):
seven one. We're in the midst of talking about the
most unvaluable treasures, most likely in your parents' house if
they're hoarders. Good morning, you're on the air. I just
wanted to call in and let you know. So.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
I actually had a neighbor who had collected things over
you know, years, so to speak. And that person ended
up suddenly dying and they found her in the home.
But you know, it was several days and they they
(05:37):
had to maneuver around to be able to get her
removed from the home, and it was it was just
such a sight. I mean, it was just horrible, so
sad to see all of all of.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
The things in.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Her home and you know, and whatnot.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
It just it was, yeah, well, what's your name? What
name are you calling me a neighborhood?
Speaker 2 (06:02):
You call me from Crystal and from Verona.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Well, thank you so much for the call, Crystal. I
really appreciate you.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Absolutely, we have so many phone calls. I'm trying to
get to as many as i can. Good morning, Thank
you for calling.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Hey, I have a hoarder mother in law, and my
poor wife has been begging her to clean out that out.
There's four bedrooms that can't even go in. All she
does try to figure out every weekend, how can I
go down there? Don't come down, don't come down.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
It's wild.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
Your comment was therapy.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Thank you? I did. Oh well, I'm glad that it
helped you. I did have to go to therapy a
little bit for it yesterday, just to kind of prepare
me for the weekend. I just I don't get it.
So it's really hard. I don't know you. I mean,
it seems like you're going through the same thing, so
I don't know if you have advice or tips for
us or not, but it's the I can't see how
(06:57):
anyone would want to live that way. So I'm trying
to to meet my dad where he is, essentially, but
it just seems like it's so I would never want
to do that, never want to live like that.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Yeah, I think it's empathy. You're doing the right thing.
You got to put yourself and just say like, it's
so hard for them to get rid of this stuff.
It's like part of their identity, you know. So you're
doing the right thing. You just got to do it
with tenderness.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Well, thank you. What's your name? What neighborhood you calling
me from?
Speaker 3 (07:22):
I'm Tom. I'm from port Right.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Thanks for the call, Tom. I'm still curious about your
most unvalued treasures at home or at your parents' house?
What do your parents love to hang on to?
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Five?
Speaker 1 (07:34):
One, three, seven, four, nine, one oh seven one? Good morning?
What are your most unvalued treasures that are at your
house or your parents' house? If you have a hoarder parent,
you most likely will have a deep understanding of what
I'm about to get myself involved with this weekend. Hi,
good morning, you have some you're on the air.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
Yeah, Actually, my grandma pass the way if she was
a hoarder. We went through and just threw everything in
the garbage.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
And now you see all of the Facebook posts about old.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Toys, oh god, and all of those old toys that
are worth money. We probably threw multiples of away, including
like the first Barbie Oh god. I recommend, like.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
When she's gone through all the stuff, you know, maybe
hold on to.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Some of the stuff that look like jump.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Okay, it sounds like, oh, it sounds like I don't
have to be doing math while throwing all this in
a dump, Sir. My dad is such a collector. He's
a car person, so I don't. I don't. It's really magazines, boxes,
books and things like that. His car stuff will hang
on to, but clothes, t shirts, Christmas decorations, there's so
many random things. Thank you so much for the call
(08:50):
and for your insight. I appreciate you more than you know.
If you are just walking into the conversation for maybe
the first time this morning, excuse me, I had mentioned
I'm flying back to Massachusetts this weekend to help my
dad Phase two of cleaning out his garage. His toys
I want to say toys, I mean cars and things
of that nature. If you're a visual person, you gotta
lock in with me on social because I try to
(09:11):
post as much as I can when I'm there, so
you have some insight at the tip to F's potter
like the Wizard. All right, coming up in three minutes.
Three things you need to know to get your day started.
In sensing
You're waking up with fifth in the morning. Kiss one
seven one. All right, So my dad's missing, Good morning,
Good morning, and I am getting on an airplane tomorrow
to go and find him. In Massachusetts. We're gonna be
talking about your most unvaluable treasures that are in your house.
(00:26):
This happens to be the first time that you are
catching tiff in the morning. If you didn't know this.
I'm originally from Massachusetts. My dad lives there, and he
is seventy six years old. Grew up part of the
boomer generation where their parents never threw a single thing away.
And I am going back for my second round of
(00:46):
cleaning out my dad's house. Now, if you remember this
from last year, right around this time, it was closer
to Labor Day. Last year, I went back to mass
for three days and cleaned out my dad's ranch house.
And it was h elll hell hell hell hell hell
in the sense that it was just like, oh my god,
this is so overwhelming, the amount of cleaning, the amount
(01:07):
of dust, the amount of collection, the amount of trips
to the donation store. Easy in the sense that my
dad knew it needed to be done. And I really
feel for those that have parents kind of like mine,
who are hoarder hoarder hoarders that will not throw anything away.
And when I say my dad is missing, I mean
(01:28):
he is buried somewhere. I bet in that garage. And
I say that with a bit of levity. I have
since spoken to my dad. But if you can put
yourself into like an imaginary state. So my dad has
a house, two bedroom branch. We cleaned out the first
floor of that last summer. Second phase of this tiered
plan I have in my head is to clean out
(01:49):
his garage. My dad is a car guy, a parts guy,
a collector of things. So the garage is not the
one that you've got attached to the house. It is
one that you build. It's it's the size of a barn.
You could technically have a wedding most like, like probably
a seventy five person wedding in my dad's garage. It's
(02:11):
got three bays, and it's got cars in there and
who knows what else. And I'm telling you you, when
he opens up the garage doors, you can't walk into it.
So when I say my dad's missing, he I mean
he could walk in that garage and I could never
see him.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Again.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Hell, you may not hear from me again after I
go home and clean that place out. I'm looking forward
to it because you know, if you've been a part
of the Tiff in the Morning journey. Over the last
couple of years, I've been very transparent about getting my
dad's estate in affairs in order. He's in good health,
but he's older. He's seventy six, so he had to
get things organized there on like the legal front. And
(02:53):
I also really want the house to be cleaned out
and the garage to be cleaned out one so that
he can function there and enjoy two when and you know,
when the time comes, I don't want to deal with
this stuff if you're not around, because that part or
that tool, or that master that or craft that or
car this, I don't know what it's worth. It's going
(03:14):
in the garbage. And I'm pretty ruthless. My sister is nice,
she's very ginger with him. She'll like really hold his
hand and I come in there and I'm like, it's
going in the garbage. Try and fight me. I work
out seven days a week. You can't, you know. I'm
pretty ruthless, and I've got some top tips. By the way,
I mean, this is not the first time I've done this,
(03:36):
so I post a good amount about it on social media.
If you haven't connected with me at the TIF two
F's Potter like the Wizard. I don't know what I'm
getting myself into, but I know I have three or
four days worth of work ahead of me. And he
just is collected. Everyone. Every parent's got their thing that
they hang on to. My dad loves cardboard boxes, magazines, newspapers,
(03:58):
and bills from two thousand and one and everything I
pull out. He's like, well, we gotta shred it. I'm like, Dad,
shred it. Gen Z is not going gen Z is
a little busy and preoccupied. They're not gonna go through
the landfill to look up your electric bill from twenty
and eleven. We're throwing it in the garbage. Let it go.
He's like, we gotta burn it. I'm like, burn what,
(04:19):
Let's burn the building down.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
I could go on about this topic for days. Sarah
at least poked her head in here and I said,
to your parents' horders, She said, yeah, but they have
a really hard time throwing things away in the fridge,
Like they've got diet cokes from twenty and nineteen. What
is it that you're hanging on too? If you want to,
you know, out yourself on the show, there's no better
place to do it. Or what are your parents hanging
on to? Is it trinkets? Is it? I had a
(04:44):
girl call me one time and say that her mom
had these baskets that she hung on to at this
basket maker in Ohio and she had about forty seven baskets,
beanie babies? What is it? Trinkets? Cars, newspapers five win three, seven, four, nine,
one oh seven one, or talk back with Tiff. Oh,
that was such a good song. Good morning. You're waking
up with Tiff in the morning on Kiss one O
(05:04):
seven one. We're in the midst of talking about the
most unvaluable treasures, most likely in your parents' house if
they're hoarders. Good morning, you're on the air. I just
wanted to call in and let you know. So.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
I actually had a neighbor who had collected things over
you know, years, so to speak. And that person ended
up suddenly dying and they found her in the home.
But you know, it was several days and they they
(05:37):
had to maneuver around to be able to get her
removed from the home, and it was it was just
such a sight. I mean, it was just horrible, so
sad to see all of all of.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
The things in.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Her home and you know, and whatnot.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
It just it was, yeah, well, what's your name? What
name are you calling me a neighborhood?
Speaker 2 (06:02):
You call me from Crystal and from Verona.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Well, thank you so much for the call, Crystal. I
really appreciate you.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Absolutely, we have so many phone calls. I'm trying to
get to as many as i can. Good morning, Thank
you for calling.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Hey, I have a hoarder mother in law, and my
poor wife has been begging her to clean out that out.
There's four bedrooms that can't even go in. All she
does try to figure out every weekend, how can I
go down there? Don't come down, don't come down.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
It's wild.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
Your comment was therapy.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Thank you? I did. Oh well, I'm glad that it
helped you. I did have to go to therapy a
little bit for it yesterday, just to kind of prepare
me for the weekend. I just I don't get it.
So it's really hard. I don't know you. I mean,
it seems like you're going through the same thing, so
I don't know if you have advice or tips for
us or not, but it's the I can't see how
(06:57):
anyone would want to live that way. So I'm trying
to to meet my dad where he is, essentially, but
it just seems like it's so I would never want
to do that, never want to live like that.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Yeah, I think it's empathy. You're doing the right thing.
You got to put yourself and just say like, it's
so hard for them to get rid of this stuff.
It's like part of their identity, you know. So you're
doing the right thing. You just got to do it
with tenderness.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Well, thank you. What's your name? What neighborhood you calling
me from?
Speaker 3 (07:22):
I'm Tom. I'm from port Right.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Thanks for the call, Tom. I'm still curious about your
most unvalued treasures at home or at your parents' house?
What do your parents love to hang on to?
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Five?
Speaker 1 (07:34):
One, three, seven, four, nine, one oh seven one? Good morning?
What are your most unvalued treasures that are at your
house or your parents' house? If you have a hoarder parent,
you most likely will have a deep understanding of what
I'm about to get myself involved with this weekend. Hi,
good morning, you have some you're on the air.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
Yeah, Actually, my grandma pass the way if she was
a hoarder. We went through and just threw everything in
the garbage.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
And now you see all of the Facebook posts about old.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Toys, oh god, and all of those old toys that
are worth money. We probably threw multiples of away, including
like the first Barbie Oh god. I recommend, like.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
When she's gone through all the stuff, you know, maybe
hold on to.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Some of the stuff that look like jump.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Okay, it sounds like, oh, it sounds like I don't
have to be doing math while throwing all this in
a dump, Sir. My dad is such a collector. He's
a car person, so I don't. I don't. It's really magazines, boxes,
books and things like that. His car stuff will hang
on to, but clothes, t shirts, Christmas decorations, there's so
many random things. Thank you so much for the call
(08:50):
and for your insight. I appreciate you more than you know.
If you are just walking into the conversation for maybe
the first time this morning, excuse me, I had mentioned
I'm flying back to Massachusetts this weekend to help my
dad Phase two of cleaning out his garage. His toys
I want to say toys, I mean cars and things
of that nature. If you're a visual person, you gotta
lock in with me on social because I try to
(09:11):
post as much as I can when I'm there, so
you have some insight at the tip to F's potter
like the Wizard. All right, coming up in three minutes.
Three things you need to know to get your day started.
In sensing
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