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It’s always useful to have a spare set of keys. Don’t try to hide keys on a doorframe or underneath a doormat, garden rock or the body of your car. These are obvious spots that thieves look first. The first tip has a good suggestion for spare keys.
SPARE KEYS: My husband and I each have one to my van and an extra key to his truck in …

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Trim your candlewicks each time you use them. You’ll save money because they’ll last longer and will prevent your candles from smoking. The first tip shares a simple household tool you can use.
TRIM CANDLEWICK: Just thought I’d pass along a solution I’ve discovered for trimming candlewicks so the burned wick doesn’t fall back into the candle: a nail clipper! — Jerri R., e-mail
GAME-PIECE CRAFT: Some …

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The first tip is a great idea during school vacations or whenever kids get bored. The same concept can be used to create tasks for chores (pick a chore a day) or for journal prompts. If you’re making a journal jar, you can write prompts on slips of paper and have your child select one each. Glue the creative-writing prompt into her journal to get her started thinking …

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The first tip shares a way to keep your recipe card upright while using it. You can use a clothespin, business-card holder, a binder clip or two, or slide the recipe card onto fork tines and place the fork into a glass tumbler, vase or jar. If you have larger recipe cards, you can use an acrylic plate stand, too.
RECIPE HOLDER: I have a cheap 8-by-10-inch …