Giving Up A Losing Battle
When it comes to laundry, nothing is more annoying than the lone sock (or two or three) at the end of the pile of clean clothes.
I used to fear those lone socks. I used to not know what to do with them and let myself get consumed with finding their missing partners.
Then one day I snapped. I gave up the battle. I tossed all those miscreant socks into bag and tucked it into a corner of my bedroom.
Now when I come across a few loners in my laundry basket, I figure it's just more to add to the bag. Nothing to stress over!
Every so often, I'll feel overly ambitious and dump the bag to see if I can put any new socks together. And wouldn't you know, I usually get at least a half dozen or so matches. Then I just toss the remaining offenders back into the bag and forget about them until the next time I'm bit by the bug of over-ambition.
Letting those loner socks stew in their own misfortune really works for me!
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9 comments:
I have a basket just like this. Every so often if a lone sock has been around for a long time I either cut it up for a cleaning rag or just pitch it. I think you are winning the battle - you have taken control!
When I was in high school and used to babysit, the families I would babysit for would make me match the socks after the kids went to bed. Just a thought in case you want to delegate the chore all together.
I have started to use these socks to clean. Dusting is a good way to use them. I usually then just pitch them.
This is a great idea! I currently have a lone sock sitting on top of my dryer, hoping that its mate whill show up!
I have an orphan sock bin too. I've found that it really helps me stay sane.
That is a great idea. I imagine with a house full of kids pulling off socks left & right you get missing ones more often. I am usually able to find mine by the end of the loads because they just get mixed up between loads but are found at the end.
That's what ours become.. rags.
You know this has been going on since they invented dryers... don't know where they go..
Yep. I do the same thing. But, my basket sits on the dryer. Don't have a particular reason. That's just where it is.
I agree, having a designated location for lone socks is the way to go! I line-dry all my laundry in my basement, so I just have one end of one line designated as the sock singles' bar. When I get to the end of hanging a load and I haven't found a match for a sock, I take it over there, and if its mate isn't hanging there then it gets to hang out with the other singles.
When I decide that a sock is lost for good, then its mate (or a sock with a hole in it) is good for cleaning because I can put it over my hand and then just scrub or dust with my fingers, instead of having to hang on to a rag.
A sock is good protection for a glass jar or bottle if you're transporting it and it might bang against something.
Making sock puppets is fun, too!
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