Tackle It Tuesday: Sports Equipment Organizer

• As part of my efforts to organize and declutter, I am participating in Tackle It Tuesday at 5 Minutes for Mom. The idea is to choose a project and post before and after pictures.
  
  So here it is: proof positive that simply buying a cool organization tool does not guarantee ongoing organization success.
  
  
  

Before

After

Tackle It Tuesday is great motivation. I've had to look at that dusty, cluttered sports organizer every time I pull in and out of the garage. Today I finally did something about it. And here's what was accomplished:

• Junky, inflatable promotional give-away beach balls are in the trash,
• A basketball, baseball Hit-Away, and outgrown rollerblades and soccer cleats are ready to be donated on Friday.
• A tin flower vase is back where it belongs in my pantry.
• Two tablecloths that my mom gave me are now in my dining room buffet (and I found some never-used rolls of wallpaper border there that I added to the donation box).
• The ping pong table net is in a bag with our never-used ping pong table that my brother and sister in law have agreed to take off our hands.
• Muddy tennis shoes have been washed and are now sitting in the sun drying.
• I watered my pots of mums while I had the hose out cleaning off the organizer.

And the whole thing took only 30 minutes. I'm loving Tackle It Tuesday!