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A couple of years ago, I had a chance to serve on a jury — and not just any jury, but a two-week sexual abuse case.
I had been called in for jury duty before, but it never turned out. Once I think I was released from coming in when I called the automated number the [...]
Introducing a new kitten into the home is an exciting time, but it can also be stressful for the other pets in your home. Here are a few tips for minimizing the stress levels of pets and people during this period.
Give the kitten its own food dish. While cats aren’t as food aggressive as dogs, [...]
If you’re thinking of going to college, prepare yourself — it costs more than you think.
But how much is college really going to cost you? To attend a community college or an inexpensive state college full time, you’re probably looking at close to a couple thousand, maybe even three or four thousand, a year — and [...]
I am a collector at heart. Right now my biggest collecting hobby is vintage dolls, mainly 1950s dolls, such as Cosmopolitan Ginger (my favorite). I also collect vintage and antique books, particularly children’s books with nice illustrations.
I wish I had gotten into collecting things for free, though, like the author of Collections of Nothing. Talk [...]
When my husband and I got married last year, I discovered why many people these days have long engagements: It actually takes that long to plan a wedding and do it right, particularly with as big as the wedding industry has gotten to be in recent decades.
The biggest thing on which you will want to [...]
I have an ex boyfriend whom I call my evil ex, simply because he was so awful. He was a really emotionally abusive guy, and it took me a year and a half to extract myself from that relationship — and, realistically, it wasn’t until he did something so terrible that I could never stand [...]
Moving around too much isn’t good for your finances or your well-being. Here are a few reasons you should stay in one place.
Moving expenses add up. The cost of moving is nothing to sneeze at, especially if you are moving a long ways away. Some of the costs of moving are deductible if you are [...]
Illnesses and accidents can happen to anybody, at any time. You never expect it, and that’s the point — that’s why it’s important to start geting disability insurance quotes now, before you are in need of the insurance money.
Take my father-in-law, for example. A handful or so of years ago, he had a heart attack [...]
Traditionally, wedding invitations were simply cards with fancy writing on them, inviting the recipient to the wedding with fancy wording. These days, however, contemporary wedding invitations offer a lot more choices to explore your creative side. Wedding invitations can be traditional cards but with ribbons and bows tied to them, or they can have colors [...]
It’s funny to reflect on how things in our society have changed. Take the way we treat the sick and elderly. A century ago, we kept them at home almost like we had to hide them; then we pawned them off on institutions; and now we’re starting to keep them at home again, but in [...]