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Hints From Heloise: Try this fun way of making magnets

Dear Heloise: I receive magnetic calendars from charities. After the year has ended, I carefully remove the front picture, leaving the paper backing. I then glue on school pictures of my grandchildren. After the glue dries, I cut out each picture and have fridge magnets of their smiling faces. ...

Dear Annie: A father on hold

Dear Annie: My wife (40) and I (53) have been married for almost a year and a half. A few weeks ago, she moved out and took our daughters, ages 3 and 4, with her. When she left, she said they'd be back that evening. They haven't returned. I haven't seen or spoken to my girls in almost a month. ...

Hints From Heloise: Declutter before downsizing

Dear Heloise: My husband and I have plans to move to our vacation home after we retire. We're going through this large house of ours and sorting through all of our belongings one room at a time. Our three daughters are helping because it'll offer them a chance to take many things that have been handed down in our family. If they don't want the fine china, the good silverware, or the candlesticks that my grandmother brought over from Italy, then these items will be sold or given away. I warned them that this is the last chance they have to take valuable things home. If they don't, there ...

Dear Annie: Missing the magic of family Christmases

Dear Annie: My husband and I are in our 70s, and although our adult children live nearby, they rarely visit us. It is always considered "more convenient" for us to go to them. For years, I decorated our home from top to bottom for Christmas. I loved the tree, the lights and the feeling that ...