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Hints From Heloise: Get up and get active!

Dear Heloise: After I retired last year, I went into a sort of slump with a mild depression. It wasn't anything serious, but I started to gain weight, sleep too much, and watch too much TV. When I went to see my doctor for an annual checkup, I mentioned to her that I was tired all the time ...

Dear Annie: Faux pas costs me a friendship

Dear Annie: Recently, I had a major social misstep that has essentially pushed one of my best friends out of my life. During the week of my birthday, I had a mid-30s crisis; a string of bad memories from dating and bad luck with women hit me and put me in a very emotionally weakened state of ...

Hints From Heloise: Using baking soda to clean toys

Dear Heloise: I use baking soda to absorb odors in my refrigerator. I replace the box about every four months, but instead of tossing out a perfectly good box, I use the remaining contents to scrub plastic toys that my young son chews on. He's cutting teeth right now. It doesn't kill bacteria, ...

Dear Annie: Feeling the sting of supporting daughter’s family

Dear Annie: My husband and I have a 34-year-old daughter who has lived with us all her life (except for maybe a year). She brought her freeloading boyfriend in. I had cancer at the time and they didn't even bother to do anything, so she ended up pregnant. I kicked her boyfriend out of the ...