Somehow, despite your best efforts, the holiday season beat you again: it’s the eleventh hour, and and you’ve got people you haven’t yet bought gifts. It doesn’t matter how it happened. The panicking and self-scolding can wait until later. Right now, what you need is a plan that will get those gifts taken care of so you can get back ... Read More »
Please spread the word about this. Feel free to repost this anywhere you can with a link back to me. I eventually stopped getting spam phone calls from “Heather” at “Account Services” who wants to lower my credit card interest rates, but I know from commenters that this scam continues. It’s an automated message. If you want to speak to ... Read More »
Note: this is a tried and true method that worked for me and several readers! A while back, I wrote about how there’s almost no way to escape DirecTV’s enormous cancellation fees, and it’s really not clear in the fine print that every time one of their crap DVRs breaks down and they replace it, your contract automatically renews for ... Read More »
When you’re moving, sometimes it’s all you can do to get everything packed and ready for the day the truck arrives. But you know as soon as you get to the new place, you’re going to be frustrated if you can’t find the items you most need when you need them. Just a little bit of planning ahead can make ... Read More »
Store-bought furniture polish doesn’t come cheap. It’s also not particularly environmentally friendly, and can irritate some people – you may develop respiratory symptoms, a feeling of depression or irritability, or just a general sleepiness or malaise. Those are all actually classic allergy symptoms. More and more people are looking for ways to make their own household polishes and cleaners so ... Read More »
I’ve been trying to figure out lately where all my time is going. It seems like I have enough hours in the week to get done all the stuff that’s expected of me – by others and by myself – and yet I’m always behind where I think I ought to be. I decided to stop everything yesterday until I ... Read More »
Leases are one of the few types of contracts that are pretty one-sided. If you violate their terms, you can be evicted. But if your landlord breaks the terms, you may need a lawyer to help you. Landlords are more likely than tenants to have the money to enforce the lease, so it’s really not a fair system. That said, ... Read More »
You probably already use your shower or tub as a station for drying delicate laundry, or shoes and jackets that have gotten soaked in the rain. But items draped over the curtain rod or glass doors drip down onto the floor outside the tub. And shoes don’t dry out as quickly sitting on their soles as they do vertically, with ... Read More »
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