WHEN DOWNSIZING THE FAMILY HOME<\/b><\/p>\n
Dear Heloise:<\/b> A friend of my mother decided to downsize to a townhome after living in her large family home for years. She decided the things that she wanted to take with her, then hired an estate sale company so as not to deal with the things that she had amassed and no longer needed over the years. After the sale was over, she called a local charity to come pick up what wasn\u2019t sold. — Eliza Jones, in Lakewood, California<\/p>\n
CLEANING THERMOSES<\/b><\/p>\n
Dear Heloise<\/b>: The bottom of my stainless steel coffee thermos was getting yucky. I filled the thermos halfway with water, then put one denture cleaning tablet in it. I left it standing for several hours, then shook it and rinsed it well; it was so clean! — Carolyn S. Johnson, via email<\/p>\n
CAT LITTER BOX ODOR<\/b><\/p>\n
Dear Heloise: <\/b>If I could add a solution to the cat litter box odor question, it is to buy a new litter box. If the old one smells, it is not worth the effort to clean it when a new box is not that expensive. Here are some other suggestions:<\/p>\n I am a retired feline veterinarian in Oklahoma. — C.E., via email<\/p>\n REUSING GREETING CARDS<\/b><\/p>\n Dear Heloise:<\/b> Someone gave a hint about reusing the backs of old greeting cards for note-taking. I reuse the fronts instead! I cut off the fronts with their lovely art and glue or staple them onto plain gift bags. Sometimes I add little three-dimensional floral or butterfly stickers, too. Voila, a lovely custom gift bag!<\/p>\n Also, the fronts of old Christmas cards are great to apply to Christmas packages to dress them up. They can be used as a large gift tag, too. — Deb, in Arizona<\/p>\n THE FRENCH TUCK<\/p>\n Dear Heloise: A shirt tucked only into the front is called a \u201cFrench tuck.\u201d I suspect it was started by fashion ad photographers who wanted to show off how the jean or skirt front looks while the model is wearing a top that\u2019s meant as an overblouse. — Lee B., via email<\/p>\n PET PAL<\/b><\/p>\n Dear Heloise:<\/b> The top left is Ariel (an English Bulldog), who is 14 months. To the right is Tinkerbell (an English Bulldog), who is almost 8 years old. Next is Nala (a Frenchie), who is 5 years old, and Elsa (a Frenchie), who is nearly 1 year old.<\/p>\n I also have a question: What is the best homemade solution to clean dog urine from pillows and bedding? The little ones are almost potty-trained, but sometimes they have accidents. — A Reader, via email<\/p>\n Thanks for your letter! Hopefully my readers will sound off with their solutions to your question.<\/p>\n Readers, to see Ariel, Tinkerbell, Nala and Elsa, as well as our other Pet Pals, go to Heloise.com and click on \u201cPet of the Week.\u201d<\/p>\n Do you have a furry friend to share with our readers? Send a photo and a brief description to Heloise@Heloise.com. — Heloise<\/p>\n (c)2025 by King Features Syndicate Inc.<\/p>\n SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise@Heloise.com<\/a><\/p>\n (c) 2024 by King Features Syndicate Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nj.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WHEN DOWNSIZING THE FAMILY HOME Dear Heloise: A friend of my mother decided to downsize to a townhome after living in her large family home for years. She decided the things that she wanted to take with her, then hired an estate sale company so as not to deal with the things that she had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2054639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2054639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2054639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2054639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2054639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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