{"id":7872,"date":"2011-02-11T21:03:46","date_gmt":"2011-02-12T02:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/i-heart-ny\/2011\/02\/winter-organizational-skills.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T11:45:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T16:45:50","slug":"winter-organizational-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/i-heart-ny\/2011\/02\/winter-organizational-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Organizational Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter in New York has changed us&#8230;maybe for the better though. Going outside when it&#8217;s freezing takes effort. Our Southern roots have been frozen solid this winter! We&#8217;ve learned the hard way that you can&#8217;t just run out the door anymore&#8230;gone are the days of light, fun jackets and optional scarfs that are more accessory than functional.<\/p>\n<p> For Christmas, my parents sent us a remote thermometer. One section hangs outside our door and relays the outdoor temperature to an inside controller. The cool part of it is that the inside piece is a magnet that sticks to our front door. It&#8217;s a good gage of just how many layers we&#8217;re going to need before heading outside&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VvSw9JKfKUU\/TVa0Qpvp-lI\/AAAAAAAABKs\/4eWwKMK5eao\/s1600\/mms_picture+%25284%2529.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VvSw9JKfKUU\/TVa0Qpvp-lI\/AAAAAAAABKs\/4eWwKMK5eao\/s320\/mms_picture+%25284%2529.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p> Winter has turned our apartment into a mess of gloves, scarfs and coats before I cooked up a good idea&#8230;check out these super awesome organizational skills!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-sF2Dyvtxy-k\/TVavBIkLvpI\/AAAAAAAABKc\/9m6hazvZhiw\/s1600\/CIMG3172.JPG\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-sF2Dyvtxy-k\/TVavBIkLvpI\/AAAAAAAABKc\/9m6hazvZhiw\/s320\/CIMG3172.JPG\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-BgetVIsB4nk\/TVavC9AF4MI\/AAAAAAAABKg\/CMi2F_T4cYg\/s1600\/CIMG3173.JPG\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-BgetVIsB4nk\/TVavC9AF4MI\/AAAAAAAABKg\/CMi2F_T4cYg\/s320\/CIMG3173.JPG\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-4hRy2TOcKzM\/TVavEuAPVmI\/AAAAAAAABKk\/lBvNkT4CqMs\/s1600\/CIMG3174.JPG\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-4hRy2TOcKzM\/TVavEuAPVmI\/AAAAAAAABKk\/lBvNkT4CqMs\/s320\/CIMG3174.JPG\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p> Now, finding (and storing) all of our necessary winter accessories is super easy! 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