4/1/09

Here's a great way to share the wealth: share your magazines. Before tossing that celebrity weekly or fashion magazine in the recycling bin, bring it to your gym and add it to the magazine rack. Now everybody can revel in the wisdom of fashion mistakes, 10 tips to a trimmer tummy and celebrity hook-ups.

3/31/09

When storing sweaters away for the winter, make sure they are completely clean so they repel moths. Any organic materials -- food residue, grease (yuk!) -- is nourishment for moths. Place the clean sweaters in a storage box and fill sachets full of dried lavender to naturally drive away the hungry insects.

3/30/09

Visit your local landscaping store and stock up on all your spring shrubs, flowers and other ground-cover plantings. Look for native species -- these are plant varieties that are indigenous to your growing region and will thrive better. Also, ask the nursery if you can return the plastic pots after you've finished planting; many will take them back and to use again.