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The Sock Basket

January 11, 2016 by Lynn Driver

The Sock Basket by Riggstown Road for Busy Mom's Helper

Moms encounter all kinds of little dilemmas every day, and sometimes the simplest solutions are the best solutions- like this laundry room Sock Basket.

The Sock Basket by Riggstown Road for Busy Mom's Helper

It’s that time again, when everyone is making resolutions for the new year, and getting organized is usually pretty high on everybody’s list- including mine!  I’m Lynn, here from Riggstown Road to share one of my all-time-favorite (and simplest) tips with you: the sock basket, and two ways to use it.

In my house, there are 6 people, who each have two feet, and that means that in winter we use a dozen socks a day.  Now, they don’t take up all that much space in the laundry, but what does happen in the laundry is…they get lost.  More specifically, it’s usually one sock out of a pair that gets lost.  It is one of the great mysteries of life how two matching socks go into the laundry hamper, but only one comes out of the dryer.  :/  That leaves us with a collection of single socks, which we either cram into a drawer where they get lost and take up space, or we toss them in the trash- only to find their match a day or week later.

So, I decided to start saving all those random socks in one place, and it’s so handy.

The Sock Basket by Riggstown Road for Busy Mom's Helper

Here is alternative #1: Keep a basket or bucket in your laundry room, labeled “socks.”  It doesn’t have to be cute, but it helps. 😉  When laundry is being folded & put away, and there are several random socks in the stack, (because there always are…) just toss them into the sock basket and once a week or so, look through the basket and match up any pairs.  When the mates reappear, you’ll be glad you didn’t trash those random singles.  If you’re family is like mine, there always seems to be a sock shortage!

And here is option #2:  When you empty the dryer, keep all the socks in a basket saved especially for socks.  Let your little ones match them up.  It’s a great skill for preschoolers to practice and/or a perfect chore to assign to your school-aged kiddos, because busy moms need good helpers!  Then they can deliver all the socks they’ve matched up to their owners, and leave all the rest right in the sock basket ’til next time.

The Sock Basket by Riggstown Road for Busy Mom's Helper

When a sock shortage occurs, you can direct the kids to the sock basket.  Maybe they will find the one they need!  If not, they will at least find socks!

Bonus: The sock basket comes in handy when the kids want to make sock puppets or doll clothes, and when mom needs a really good dust cloth.

If you recognized the chalkboard pennant label on my basket, I borrowed it from the EASY CHALKBOARD BANNER you can find in this post:

Chalkboard Banner

Be sure to check out all the great organization tips here at Busy Mom’s Helper!

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Filed Under: Organization & Cleaning, Parenting Tagged With: contributor post, Decor, Organization, Riggstown Road

Free Printable 2016 Planner Half-Sized Version

August 3, 2016 by Kelly Dedeaux

Free Printable 2015-2016 Planner / New Half-Sized Version / by Busy Mom's Helper

Are y’all ready for some super exciting news? We (finally) were able to make another version of our fabulous 2015-2016 Planner for you! Many of you requested it come in a smaller size – so after much trial and error on our part to get it sized down and easily printable, I’m thrilled to share it with you today! So without further ado – our Free Printable 2016 Planner Half-Sized Version!

Check out our newest planner HERE for 2016-2017, or just 2017!

Free Printable 2015-2016 Planner / New Half-Sized Version / by Busy Mom's Helper

A few VERY IMPORTANT things about this – PAY ATTENTION!!!

  • It is designed so it can be printed BACK AND FRONT, saving you paper. However, to set it up like this it looks VERY out of order – because it is for normal printing. BUT – when you print it back to front onto 8.5×11 size paper, it will be facing exactly how it should for you to bind it down the middle into the perfect planner/booklet!
  • We found that on home printers, there are margins that come up, no matter what we tried to change. So I highly recommend taking it to a professional printer like Staples or somewhere and having them print it without margins. If you DO want to print it at home, be sure to set it to FIT instead of ACTUAL SIZE/100% or some will get cut off due to margin stuff. Then just trim off the white around the edges and staple/bind as desired!
  • I know this may not be the EXACT size you were wanting, specifically. I received MANY requests for all sorts of custom, smaller sized – I’m very very sorry, but as much as I’d love to make everyone happy, it’s just not realistic. This one version took several days of work and frustration – and I’m giving it to you for FREE. So please forgive if it’s not 100% perfect.

Free Printable 2015-2016 Planner / New Half-Sized Version / by Busy Mom's Helper

Download Here – AFTER reading the above IMPORTANT Notes, please! 

Still just want the full 8.5×11 size planner? Grab it HERE!

Other printables to help you get organized!

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Back to School Printable Checklists / by Busy Mom's Helper #backtobgosh #bgoshjeanius

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Filed Under: Organization & Cleaning, Printable, Time Management Tagged With: Calendar, new year, Organization, planner

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