How to Finish a Basement: Framing and Insulating
By Travis Larson From The Family Handyman Originally in How to Finish a Basement: Framing and Insulating Your basement can be more than a utility and storage area. With some forethought and good techniques, you can make it as warm, comfortable ... [... more]
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Festive Ways to Save Lives
By Cynthia Dermody From Reader's Digest Why buy these ornaments, plates, cards and stockings? Many were designed or inspired by the patients at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. All proceeds from the sale of these goodies (part of ... [... more]
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Make Your Kids Money Managers
Give children a blank checkbook register and create a stack of make-believe checks. Put a monthly total in the register and have them write you "checks" whenever they need cash. "Agree that you will audit the checkbook once a month," [... more]
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Granite Tile Kitchen Countertops
Granite tiles are as easy to install as ceramic tile, except for the edges. We show you a slick jig that makes it simple to cut strips for the edges and the backsplash. In this story, we'll show you how to install an alternative-a ... [... more]
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Get What You're Owed
How can I remind a friend he owes me money? I feel uncomfortable bringing it up, especially when I've already done so several times before. Keep it simple. Next time you're with him, take a napkin, write out an IOU and give it to him. Hold out ... [... more]
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Teacher's Bet
Growing up on an isolated tobacco farm in rural Virginia in the early '50s, Ella Avery was accustomed to hard times. When she was seven, her family's farmhouse burned to the ground, and they lost everything. Her father dragged an old chicken coop ... [... more]
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Ask Laskas: Friends Guilty of "Layaway Theft"
We vacation with friends. Every year they forget something, go to one of those mega-stores and "buy" a jacket for cold weather or whatever is missing -- then return it at the end of the trip. They say they aren't harming anyone -- the store has [... more]
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Got Twins?
Giving birth to multiples is a wonderful blessing. But the prospect of providing your children with the care they need may feel daunting at first. After all, taking care of just one baby is hard work, let alone two (or more). Here are some simple ... [... more]
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Surprising Power
With the wipers going full blast, Rhonda Richards could barely see through her windshield. A cold rain was pounding rural York County, Pennsylvania, on November 16, 2006, and now Leibs Creek had burst its banks and was rushing across Hollow ... [... more]
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Checking and Savings
By Beth Kobliner From Reader's Digest Check out our online money guide for mortgage advice, calculators and more. The financial gurus will be debating for years how we got into the mess we're in-and how we'll get out of it. But while the talking ... [... more]
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The Manager Who Couldn't Write
What launched Amy Tan's career was not a big break, but a kick in the butt. Before the million-copy sales of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan was a writer. A business writer. She and a partner ran a ... [... more]
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Lay Your Own Extraordinary Hardwood Floor
It's hard to beat the natural beauty, warmth and durability of a hardwood floor. A well-laid floor will last for a century or more and can be rejuvenated by resanding and finishing to look brand new. A real wood floor isn't cheap, but neither is ... [... more]
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