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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
A Little Appliance Know-How Can Save a Lot of Money
If you’ve been reading this column for any length of time, you know that my husband and I have repaired…
Read More » What to Do With Your Tax Refund
Tax time: that interesting time of year when ordinarily smart people begin to make really dumb financial decisions. Isn’t it…
Read More »So, You’re Getting a Tax Refund!
Discovering that you’ll be getting a tax refund is certainly not the worst news you’ve had in your life. In…
Read More »Tips to Make Cooking Fun and Rewarding
I remember my grandmother saying, “If we didn’t need food, we’d all be rich!” This may be true, but then,…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
Chromebook: Inexpensive and Awesome
For years, as my faithful readers will recall, I have written about the inexpensive laptop computer series that continues to…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
Everything You Need to Know About How to Select, Store and Freeze Avocados
Avocados are fickle. Sometimes they seem to be ready for consumption but then hard as a rock when cut into.…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
4 Ways to Make Safe Problem-Free Homemade Fabric Softener
Fabric softeners are designed to reduce the amount of static in synthetic fibers and make laundry come out feeling soft…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
Surprisingly Useful Ways to Use Dryer Sheets Around the House
Apparently, I’m a slow learner. I can’t think of another reason it took years to associate my sons’ and husband’s…
Read More » No More Sleeping Through the Alarm and More Handy Tips
Surprise! Instead of sharing tips you’ve sent to me, I’ve decided to hog the entire column to share some of…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
3 Reasons I Cook (and Bake!) with Sunshine
On one ordinary day back in 2012, a hefty envelope turned up in my snail mail containing a very kind…
Read More » Credit is a Privilege, Not a Human Right
Dear Mary: I’ve just discovered that my parents are being discriminated against because they don’t have a credit card. It’s…
Read More »How to Replace Lost US Savings Bonds and Other Highly Useful Tips and Tricks
You know those U.S. Savings Bonds, the ones you gave your kids but now cannot be found? Today I have…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
How to Get More Miles Out of a Tank of Gas
I can sum up my response to the soaring price of gasoline in just one word: aargh! (RELATED: Here’s an…
Read More » The High Cost of Procrastination
Recently, another tale of woe landed in my inbox reminding that it’s a story old as time still being repeated…
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Entertainment, Health and Lifestyle
Trucs in the Kitchen
Fast-food runs, deli detours and grocery carts loaded with prepared food can drain a food budget faster than a houseful…
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