Monday, January 30, 2012

It turns out that "I AM the SOCK MONSTER!"

Back when I was working full time, I hated the idea of sending my daughter to daycare.  Don't get me wrong, the daycare center we used was nice but there was just something missing.  It was me.  So after months of debating and listing the pros & cons, I left my career in the Direct Mail/Print industry to be a Stay-At-Home Mom.  Or SAHM for short.

Let me first say that I have never been a "Domestic Goddess".  I get by with as little housecleaning as I possibly can...you know "spot cleaning"...AND that ugly 7-letter word "L-A-U-N-D-R-Y".  I've always dreamed of having a cleaning service come in and do all the ugly stuff, bathrooms & such.  But living on one salary...it just isn't in the budget.

So, where was I...  Oh right...I AM the SOCK MONSTER!

Am I the only one who has one of these?    I call it the "Sock Basket".  If you don't have socks in your drawer, you check the "Sock Basket". 

This is why I HATE Socks!  Yes, they keep your feet warm but each and every time I enter the laundry room I see this UGLY basket.  It calls out to me "Hey you!  Shouldn't you be folding me sometime soon?"  "What kind of mother are you?"  "Put down that cup of de-lish coffee and sort me!"

That leads me up to my daughter's sock drawer.  When you have a basket that looks like that, you have a drawer that looks like this!





No child should have a drawer like this...





But the good news is...Last night I was surfing on my new favorite site - Pinterest.  And I found something that will help me get rid of the "Sock Basket" FOREVER!


THE MESH BAG!

Why didn't I think of this before?  This is GENIUS!  Each person in the "fam" keeps a Mesh Bag on the back of their door.  When they take their socks off at the end of the day, they simply put them in their mesh bag INSTEAD of their hamper!  When it gets full, the entire bag gets thrown into the wash and VIOLA!  NO MORE "SOCK BASKET"!  No more sorting..   No more snide comments coming from the "Sock Basket".

So, take THAT, you stupid "Sock Basket".  If my kids were to read this, I'd be getting in trouble for using the "Stupid" word.... But they are not....so, STUPID "Sock Basket!  Be gone with you!

I'd like to send a "Thank you" to  "I'm a Lazy Mom" for coming up with such an awesome idea and spreading the word about it on her site.  And thank you to Pinterest. for allowing us the ability to get the word out about a simple solution for a monster of a problem.
Posted by Amybeeee at 10:12 AM
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5 comments:

  1. StaceyJanuary 30, 2012 at 10:38 AM

    Woohooooo! Another mom's sanity restored! Now go see how I saved the world from this horrible epidemic... http://www.imalazymom.com/2011/11/lazy-mom-tip-59.html. :)

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  2. BarbJanuary 31, 2012 at 4:08 PM

    Love this idea! Sometime I have a hard time remembering who gets which type of socks for my 4 youngest ones. Trust me it does get confusing. :) I think I already have a few of these bags in stock. Just need to give them to the kids.

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  3. UnknownFebruary 2, 2012 at 7:57 PM

    I wear the first pair I find, usually a pair that doesn't match. When questioned I always say I have another pair at home just like it! My son and husband have all black and white socks and my daughter is into tights. So the only sock culprit would be me.

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  4. CarrieFebruary 5, 2012 at 2:31 PM

    When I first moved in with my now-husband, he had tons of those bags and called the sock bags. I told them they were bra bags. Guess we were both right, HA!

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  5. StephFebruary 6, 2012 at 11:14 AM

    I am sock monster too! I have a basket and everything. AND I have a mesh bag, I just don't use it. I better put start putting it to good use instead of just collecting dust!

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