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Dear Heloise: Sixty years ago when our home had been built, my husband solved my jewelry tangle in a simple, beautiful way. He painted a 7-by-2-foot pegboard medium blue, framed it with narrow stained cove strips, and hung it on our bedroom wall with numerous hooks. Necklaces and bracelets are visible, quickly accessible, and a focal point of the room's decor. Earrings and pins take up less room in the drawers with inserts from candy boxes. -- Donna, in Canandaigua, New York
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Dear Heloise: Recently, someone wrote in that they could no longer carry in economical heavy bags of pet food and potting soil from their trunk when they got home, and their solution was to divvy up these contents into smaller bags that were easier to carry and
dispense from.
As a lifelong pet owner, I do want to recommend to everyone that when you transfer pet food from large bags to smaller containers, please be sure to hold on to the original bag until you have finished up the contents. These days, there are many pet food recalls, and the only way to identify yours is by the date and lot numbers printed on the bag.
It is a "best practice" that I have always followed, and it provides me with peace of mind. I hope this helps folks to remember the importance of being able to confirm the safety of your pet's food if there is a recall. -- Stacy E., Winston-Salem, N.C.
Stacy, another solution might be to purchase a hand cart to move the bags around. You can roll the bag out of the trunk and slowly slide it onto a dolly, aka a hand cart. It's what I usually do to save my back. -- Heloise
Dear Heloise: I have had dry, cracked heels for years. I tried petroleum jelly and lotions with no luck. I found that eczema cream works. Use a pumice stone to help remove the dead skin, then apply the cream because it will help with this problem. -- Joyce, in California