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Money Leaks That May Be Draining Your Wallet Dry May. 03, 2022
What would it feel like to check your bank balance and find a pile of money you didn't know you had?... Read More
How to Clean Kitchen Cabinets and Keep Them Looking Gorgeous May. 02, 2022
Kitchen cabinets are for storing dishes, not grease. Unfortunately, wood cabinets — painted or... Read More
How to Clean the Dirty Edges of Carpet Apr. 28, 2022
Dark, shadowy, dirty lines on the carpet along baseboards, under doors and draperies, along the edge... Read More
10 Ways to Get Rid of Ants Using Ordinary Stuff In Your Pantry Apr. 27, 2022
Knowing how to get rid of ants around the house is important. But it's also fun to learn just how fa... Read More
How to Use Citric Acid to Clean, Descale and Restore Just About Anything Apr. 26, 2022
Over the past month or so, I've been on a tear to discover all I can about citric acid. What I've le... Read More
Ask Me Anything: Credit Reports, Storing Potatoes, Deadbeat Relatives Apr. 25, 2022
I don't really have a mailbag, but it would be fun if I did. What I do have is a file named "EC Mail... Read More
Secrets for How to Grow An Edible Garden Just About Anywhere Apr. 21, 2022
Wish you could grow an edible garden but you just don't have any place to do that? I've got good new... Read More
A Little Appliance Know-How Can Save a Lot of Money Apr. 20, 2022
If you've been reading this column for any length of time, you know that my husband and I have repai... Read More
Simple Solutions for 3 Common Laundry Problems Apr. 19, 2022
STINKY TOWELS AND CLOTHES No matter how many times you wash those items, you just cannot get rid of ... Read More
What to Do With Your Tax Refund Apr. 18, 2022
Tax time: that interesting time of year when ordinarily smart people begin to make really dumb finan... Read More
So, You're Getting a Tax Refund! Apr. 14, 2022
Discovering that you'll be getting a tax refund is certainly not the worst news you've had in your l... Read More
Tips to Make Cooking Fun and Rewarding Apr. 13, 2022
I remember my grandmother saying, "If we didn't need food, we'd all be rich!" This may be true, but ... Read More
Chromebook: Inexpensive and Awesome Apr. 12, 2022
For years, as my faithful readers will recall, I have written about the inexpensive laptop computer ... Read More
Everything You Need to Know About How to Select, Store and Freeze Avocados Apr. 11, 2022
Avocados are fickle. Sometimes they seem to be ready for consumption but then hard as a rock when cu... Read More
4 Ways to Make Safe Problem-Free Homemade Fabric Softener Apr. 07, 2022
Fabric softeners are designed to reduce the amount of static in synthetic fibers and make laundry co... Read More
Surprisingly Useful Ways to Use Dryer Sheets Around the House Apr. 06, 2022
Apparently, I'm a slow learner. I can't think of another reason it took years to associate my sons' ... Read More
No More Sleeping Through the Alarm and More Handy Tips Apr. 05, 2022
Surprise! Instead of sharing tips you've sent to me, I've decided to hog the entire column to share ... Read More
3 Reasons I Cook (and Bake!) with Sunshine Apr. 04, 2022
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 Mar. 31, 2022
Dear Mary: I've just discovered that my parents are being discriminated against because they don't h... Read More
How to Replace Lost US Savings Bonds and Other Highly Useful Tips and Tricks Mar. 30, 2022
You know those U.S. Savings Bonds, the ones you gave your kids but now cannot be found? Today I have... Read More
