I have just spent what may be my smartest $50.00 in a long while. At least it’s the most satisfying (after the dehydrator, of course.) 120 pairs of Sock Locks! Four different colors for four different family members. My troubles are over. I have lost an inordinate amount of time sorting socks and trying to find homes for orphans….well, let’s see here. Exactly how much time have I lost – in just 1 year of sock sorting? Thankfully, I am a home school mother and so I have been brushing up on my math skills. Let’s work this out.
8 loads of laundry per week X 52 weeks = 416 loads per year
416 loads x 20 minutes sorting socks and getting frustrated = 8320 minutes
8320 hours / 60 minutes per hour = 139 hours
139 hours / 24 hours per day = 5.75 days!
Folks, that’s too much time. I’m not doing it anymore. I draw the line today. This evening I Googled “sock sorter” hoping that someone still manufactures those little plastic sock rings. Hallelujah! Yes, you can buy them in bulk. There is a truckload winging its way to my door as we speak.
It is a common fact that there is a sock monster that lives in every home. Especially when there are teenage boys afoot. It is a veritable sock sucking vortex from some unseen netherworld. I constantly buy 12 packs of socks for my son and he’s constantly telling me he doesn’t have any. I have no idea what happens to them. I’ve tried every kind of organization thing (except sock locks). We’ve bought special ones with black toes just for him. I’ve punished all socks- matched or unmatched by throwing them all out and starting over again. Hmmm, this might have contributed to the problem...I’ve even threatened to ban socks altogether- for goodness sake we live in Hawaii! No one needs socks here. All to no avail. I keep ending up with a half a basket of mismatched socks and hardly any happy pairs. So, I am hanging my hopes on you, sock locks. Please don’t let me down.
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