HELPFUL HINTS
Posted: December 15, 2009 at 4:08 a.m.
LITTLE ROCK — DEAR HELOISE: On my computer, I created a “before I leave” checklist of necessary errands and items I must take on a trip. Several days before my adventure, I print a copy and tape the list to the back door. Because Imost often use that door, I see my list when I leave the house. By the time my trip rolls around, I have accomplished each
task. Here are a few things I
include on my list: Banking Pay bills Get medicines Check camera Fresh batteries Trip plan for the car - Gail, via fax
DEAR HELOISE: I’m writing in regard to the difficulty of opening safety lids on prescriptions. When I pick up medicine from the pharmacy, I ask for regular lids. The clerks are obliging in replacing the safety lids with easyto-open ones.
- Brenda, California
DEAR HELOISE: When I’m assembling an item that arrives with some assembly required, I use cupcake tins to organize and keep track of the small parts.
- Barbara, Maryland
DEAR HELOISE: My dentist prescribed an expensive toothpaste. I had forgotten to refill the prescription, and I had smashed my last tube of toothpaste as flat as I could to get every drop out of it. Then it dawned on me - I could cut off the flat end. Lo and behold, there was enough toothpaste to brush my teeth two or three more times. I also cut the ends off of my expensive tubes of lotions.
- Feona, via e-mail
DEAR HELOISE: Clip extra coupons and leave them in an envelope in the break room of your office at work or at a doctor’s or dentist’s office. Everyone loves a bargain.
- Laurie Ross, Calif. Send a money- or time-saving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, Texas 78279-5000; fax to (210) 435-6473; or e-mail
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