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Tips help during garage sale season

Dear Heloise: Your hint for using colored dots at garage sales is good. I have done this and have


Homemade prewash is a cheap stainbuster

Dear Heloise: I lost the formula for a mixture of ammonia, dish liquid and another ingredient for


She fears husband is a walking time bomb

Dear Annie: I am a newly married woman and am writing about my husband, who refuses to see a doctor


Writer is ready to talk about past sex abuse

Dear Annie: I just finished my college degree. Getting the career I’ve always wanted is a hop, skip


Cream soup mix recipe returns

Dear Heloise: I read your column every day and have gotten many good hints as well as favorite


Here’s how to pack books when you’re moving

Dear Heloise: We are getting ready to move, and I need to pack books. This will be long-term


Veterans: Mental health issues require help

Dear Annie: The Army’s recent report of an increase in the suicide rate among soldiers sheds light


Stuck photos require the hand of a professional

Dear Heloise: I have a number of 8-by-10-inch slick photos that are stuck together. They were


Friendship shows itself to be toxic

Dear Annie: I am a 24-year-old female and have been friends with “Danielle” for 12 years. In fact,


Birdseed under feeders turns into weeds

Dear Heloise: Is there a way to keep the birdseed in my bird feeders from making a thatch of weeds


Teen son lives with troubled mom

Dear Annie: I am a 15-year-old boy and an only child. I get good grades and my social life is


Travel hints make for smoother trips

Dear Heloise: Here are a couple of my favorite travel hints: • I always pack one or two tall


Daughter lies, causing family estrangement

Dear Annie: My married daughter has decided to estrange herself from her stepfather and me. We have


Daughter needs to get mom into own house

Dear Annie: My mother has always been a strong presence in my life. Growing up, I couldn’t do


Alzheimer’s patient has clothing marked

Dear Heloise: My mom has Alzheimer’s and is in a nursing facility. A lot of her clothes get “lost”