Dear Heloise: My husband and I have plans to move to our vacation home after we retire. We’re going through this large house of ours and sorting through all of our belongings one room at a time. Our ...

Dear Heloise: Renee recently commented about trying to read impossibly small print against similar colored backgrounds. This has been a thorn in my side for years! Additionally, the location, color ...

DEAR HELOISE: I read a letter about keeping track of elderly people who live alone and their pets. A friend of my mother’s was left three days after having a stroke before someone found her. After ...

DEAR HELOISE: I keep a clean house, but I still have an ant and roach problem. What will help me stop attracting these filthy pests? I’ve used commercial companies that come in and sort of bomb the ...

Dear Heloise: I read the letter about counting change and thought I’d give you my experience. For many years, I requested that teachers in our district teach students two things: how to count change ...

Dear Heloise: I keep a clean house, but I still have an ant and roach problem. What will help me stop attracting these filthy pests? I’ve used commercial companies that come in and sort of bomb the ...

Dear Heloise: I read a letter about keeping track of elderly people who live alone and their pets. A friend of my mother’s was left three days after having a stroke before someone found her. After ...

Dear Heloise: I have recently been diagnosed with glaucoma and was prescribed an eye-drop medication to be used nightly. The medication comes in the tiniest container, and it’s extremely and ...

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Dear Heloise: I’ve discovered a second use for empty cereal bags (that go inside boxes of cereal). I use them for flattening chicken breasts. They’re much more durable than waxed paper, not as ...

Dear Heloise: I love your column, Heloise. I read it every day! It’s sometimes hard to get an accurate temperature of oil when using a thermometer, especially if there’s only a 1/2 inch of oil in a ...

Dear Heloise: I’m wondering if anyone has an answer to this mystery. We wear shirts made of T-shirt material every day in our family. Yet, after a short while, they end up with tiny holes in the ...