Dear Heloise: Most break-ins occur between 10 a.m.-3 p.m. through ground-level windows and doors, so make sure to check both ...

Spray the shelving, drawers and walls with a solution of 4 tablespoons of baking soda mixed with water. Wipe down with a ...

At first, my boss thought we were protesting but later joined us when he discovered that none of us got the afternoon slump!

I have a small rug in front of my kitchen sink, and it has left a yellow stain on the vinyl floor. I am hoping you can tell ...

Dear Heloise: The ice maker bin in my new refrigerator was way too large; it was taking up too much room and holding more ice ...

Going from room to room, then forgetting what I went in there for is a common occurrence. My tip for remembering is to recite ...

Dear Heloise: To always have an available supply of bananas to put on my cereal, I freeze them. I peel several bananas, then ...

Why do people send flowers to a funeral? The person they’re sent to is dead and can’t appreciate their beauty. After the ...

If you want to remove the commercial label from an empty plastic container, don’t fuss with soaking the container in soapy ...

Adding salt to coffee is a well-known way that some people have traditionally reduced its bitterness, but this is a bad idea ...

In response to Ava D., in Denver, who installed a small magnet under her kitchen cabinet to hold recipe cards, I put a tiny ...

I started going through the albums, getting rid of a lot of the same pictures. When I finished the travel photos, I started ...