No she didn't panic. She was here for six weeks from the time we started until the time we finished.

TLC also provided a T just to help sort out any problems I might have about letting stuff go. I told him she was not listening to me and was bulldozing through the house without regard to what I wanted. He talked to her and after that she sat down for a half hour and she asked what I imagined in each of the rooms. I thought we were getting somewhere but as soon as the talk finished she went back to doing things her way.

I think she thought that I was not capable of making decisions and needed her to be my mommy or something.

I have a very wide hallway and at one end we have a chest. The organizer decided to move the chest to the entry room for some reason. I don't know why. She didn't ask, she just moved it and she damaged one of the feet in the process. I was really mad. That chest had been in the hallway for 23 years and that is where I wanted it so my son and I moved it back there the same day she moved it out of the hallway.

I can't find some of my things I want. For example, I don't think she knew how to cook much. I have a meat thermometer and I h̶a̶v̶e̶ had a candy thermometer. They have totally different uses. I ALWAYS kept the candy thermometer in the drawer below the silverware. After she organized my house it was gone. I can't make fudge without it. I have a $300 large heavy duty Kitchen Aid mixer and I also h̶a̶v̶e̶ had a $20 hand held mixer. Different mixers for different jobs. I also always kept the hand held in the same drawer for years. After the organizer - the small mixer is gone as well as some other things like my electric knife. I h̶a̶v̶e̶ had a recipe book that held 3X5 cards in it with hand written recipes; my favorite recipes. It is presumably somewhere in a cardboard box or closet. I am mad. I want to make some of those things and that is the only place I kept those recipes. Nope, I really don't think she cooks.

I could go on. My son has some missing items too. We both regret doing the show but we thought we would get help that would make things better. Indeed the clutter is less but we don't know where a lot of our stuff is post-organizer.

Edit to add: You asked how much work I did. My son and I worked in our bedrooms alone. We helped pick up obvious trash and discard it and we helped with some of the cleaning like washing dishes. I asked the organizer to not touch any of my model horses because she would not know the difference between a $40 horse and a $2500 horse so I did all the sorting, moving and packing of the model horses.