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Posted by 2 Sisters 2 Cities on January 12, 2012

It’s been our first full week back since Hawaii so now that we are unpacked and no longer jet-lagged, I have been trying to focus on doing a little bit of organizing each day.

This week I tackled my junk drawer. When we first moved to our new house in October, Husband M and I each picked a kitchen drawer that would be ours for personal items (a huge luxury since our city condo definitely did not have enough storage space for this!) I had just been throwing random items in it up until this week, but I finally sorted it down to the items that I would need every week and put all the other miscellaneous items away where they belonged. I also repurposed a Crate & Barrel drawer tray to hold all the items. Behold, my new junk drawer:

While I was shopping at Target today, I stumbled across some super cute items from the brand Greenroom. I found this adorable binder for a little over $7:

In my resolutions post, I said I was going to re-use my old gray college internship binder to hold our important household papers, but how cute is this one?!? I decided it would be worth the splurge since I have been using the binder on an almost daily basis lately. There were a few other really great designs and I it was really difficult trying to pick just one (baby T was ready to jump out of the shopping cart I was taking so long!)

In this month’s Better Home and Gardens, there was an article about organizing all the papers that start to pile up every week. They recommended setting up a filing system with three sections: Do Now, Do Later, and Pending. I loved the file folders they used in their picture and here they are!

For 2012, I am also attempting to ditch the paper planner and do all my scheduling on my Apple i-Cal (using the new iCloud on my Mac and iPhone.) However, there are always instances where I need to jot something down on paper quickly. I found this little notepad for a little under $3:

Wow, these items definitely excite me way too much. I’m such a sucker for office supplies:

What organizing tips and products do you recommend for the new year?

-m

Posted by 2 Sisters 2 Cities on January 5, 2012

Photo courtesy of Creativity103 via the Creative Commons License

In year’s pasts, I have created a ton of resolutions to tackle (for an example, see here.) This year, I am trying to keep it nice and simple and focus on two goals:

1. Continue to settle in and organize our new house. I already started yesterday by organizing all our important household papers- gym schedules, trash/recycling guide, library events, stamps and address labels, coupons, manuals we refer to often, etc. I organized them into plastic sleeves and put them in an old binder from college (see you later internship binder!) Next on the list: put in shelf liners in all the kitchen and bathroom cabinets and drawers!

2. Improve and grow this blog! Stay tuned for some design overhauls, an index of all our recipes, and more posts in this upcoming year. If you have any suggestions as to how we can make the reader experience better, please share it with us by leaving a comment or emailing us at 2sisters2cities.gmail.com.

-m

Posted by 2 Sisters 2 Cities on January 25, 2011

I joined Weight Watchers again because some of the weight I originally lost was creeping back on. If you haven’t heard from the millions of commercials, Weight Watchers has changed their point system to PointsPlus. I started almost two weeks ago and I love the new plan. Food is worth more points, but you also get more points. PointsPlus are calculated with a calculator now and you input the carbohydrates, fat, fiber, and protein. On the old plan I would often go over my points 1-2 points a night, but on the new plan I haven’t gone over my plan yet. The best part is that I haven’t been hungry and I lost 4.4 lbs my first week! I know- it’s most likely water weight your first couple of weeks, but it was still great results to see and keep me going!

Fruit is now considered 0 points (within reason) on the new plan which is great for me because I love fruit. I find myself snacking on fruit now instead of pretzels and granola bars like I use to. I will let you know my progress, and hopefully I will be sharing a lot of recipes for healthy, filling foods in the next few months. If you have been thinking about joining and haven’t yet because you liked the old program, you should definitely try it out! It gave me the boost I needed to get the scale moving the other way.

Enjoy!

-K

Posted by Keelin Hollenbeck on December 31, 2009

Well unlike M’s goals, not all my goals for 2010 are fun, but that is my problem most of the time… I have too much fun! My goals are all broken down with steps and tips I need to take in order to fufill the goal. Hope my goals help you to create your own.

New Year Resolutions

1.) Make more healthy homemade lunches and dinners

Eat less processed and high sodium foods
Plan out menus before going to grocery store
Use all my new cookbooks I got for Christmas
Create my own recipes

2.) Get more fit and be healthier.

Write down everything
Go to the gym 4-5 times a week (atleast 30 minutes of aerobic)
Start running
Go to classes at my gym

3.) Save more money

Spending less money on alcohol and eating out
Try to get fixed expences like gym, cable, rent cheaper
Spend less on grocery
Buy less clothes, make-up, and accessories.

4.) Read more books

Frequent the Library
Find series that I like

5.) Join an outdoors club so I can go hiking, skiing, and do more outdoorsy things. This is hard to do on your own when living in the NYC area without a car.

6.) Think of a business plan that I can eventually start up on my own

7.) Blog !

Happy New Years Everyone!

-K