Despite divorce, family portrait important
Dear Heloise: My ex-husband and I decided years ago that no matter what happened, we would always take a “family portrait” every year. This was for the sake of our three daughters.
The girls agree that we are still a unit, and it’s nice to see how the girls have grown and how my ex and I have changed through the years. We’ve been doing this for 15 years, and I think it’s helped keep a civil relationship between my ex-husband and myself.
Here are some hints for repurposing old books:
■ Stack up several volumes to make a side table by a chair.
■ Create a multilayered wall collage with pages from any book.
■ Cut pages into strips and glue to a lampshade for a “novel” look for your lamp.— Heloise
Dear Heloise: I use a facial mask that is wonderful and all- natural. It works well on nearly everyone I know:
■ Grind 5 tablespoons of oatmeal in a blender or food processor until it ✇ s a coarse powder.
■ Add 1 tablespoon of honey.
■ Add 2 tablespoons of plain nonfat yogurt.
■ Add 1 egg yolk, optional. Mix everything together and apply to your face for 30 minutes in order to achieve best results. If you have time, lie down and relax during this treatment. Everything in this mixture is designed to brighten the skin, remove dead skin cells and nourish the skin. K. in Detroit
Dear Heloise: In my family, we try to take something from our mother’s wedding or grandmother’s wedding and incorporate it in our wedding dress or veil. I used a handkerchief that my grandmother carried on her wedding day and had it worked into the bodice of my dress. It was my “something old.”
Privacy, please! How many times have you wanted to close the door on the outside world and take a break? You can remove yourself from your environment, but what you post online pretty much stays there forever.
Be careful, and advise your children and grandchildren about what to post on social- media websites. Here are some examples:
■ A full picture of yourself. Scammers can take this image and create a fake profile of you and fake identification cards to steal your personal information.
■ Anything that you may want to take down later. Once something is online, it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to delete it.
■ Personal information: date of birth, Social Security number, address, etc. Be careful with posting pictures; some “tags” can give away your physical location. You don’t want thieves to know when you’re not at home.