One would think that with only two sports (soccer and basketball) played by the Furber kids, it would be easy to keep track of the sports equipment. It's not. I see pretty pictures like this and can't relate at all.
I just stare longingly and think "I want that." But after a weekend with five soccer games, one basketball tryout, a few tears from athletes looking for their socks, shin guards, the right color jersey, etc. and one emergency trip to Safeway for stretchy headbands, we're all ready to cope.
My Dad is the subject matter expert on organization in our family, but he's not much of an athlete (although he does have an interest in this topic: we are storing his basketball shorts and shoes in our messy sports closet so he can play with Jack when he visits). So we turned to Real Simple magazine, our second richest source of information, and found some good advice for the mudroom, closet and garage in an article entitled
Organizing Your Sports Equipment
: Storage solutions for your space―whether it's cramped, cavernous, or in between.So far we've read the article and we're feeling optimistic, but we have a few questions:
- What if your children only play sports with equipment that rolls away when you put it in its designated spot?
- Color coding is a very nice idea, but what if all the clothing for both daughters is all exactly the same color?
- What if you come home from a soccer game with a ball labeled "Ashley" and you don't have a child named Ashley?
- What if you only have about 2 1/2 minutes between games -- is it OK to fling your equipment in all directions while changing, in the hopes that you can find it all later?
Mercifully, next weekend is Labor Day, so no games or practices. That will give us plenty of time to forget how stressed we were this weekend and put off organizing for another season.
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I read SZ's blog early this morning and was "taken aback" by her description of my athletic skills or lack of shall we say. I spent the day pondering the matter. First tho, we must clear something up. It tis her mother who has the organization skills, I am ok at it, but no one can hold a candle to SZ's mom when it comes to organizing. Now on to my athletic skills. I am quite good, perhaps some would even consider me masterful at: marbles; dominoes; fishing; Wii bowling; and water napping. All of these require unique skillsets, stamina, and focus. Even Olympians would have trouble with these strenuous activities. The master of all organization has to be Yogi Berra who once asked his team to line up alphabetically by hat size. Now figure that one out.
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