Website requirements need addressing

first name and last initial, all initials or a John/Jane Doe. Use this address for those websites you don’t want to get junk email from. I’ve done it for over a decade or so, and no one knows it’s me. — J.Doe(at) XYZ.com, aka Heloise(at) Heloise.com

P.S. It’s OK to do this, and you are protecting your personal email address.

Dear Readers: Other uses for mailing labels from charities wanting a contribution:

■ As tape when wrapping gifts for friends or family. ■ Inside books as an ID. ■ To hold chip bags closed.

■ As a marker for starting and stopping points on projects. — Heloise Dear Heloise: Here’s my hint for making the best pizza for my family. I know what they like, so I make a list of the ingredients.

The grocery store near me has a salad bar. I can pick up just the right amount of ingredients for our pizza. A bonus is that the ingredients are in small pieces, so I can skip the cutting and preparing part. For my family, it’s the perfect solution for our homemade pizza. — Bridget, via email

Bridget, love it! Plus, you aren’t wasting half a red pepper or an open can of black olives, or time cutting everything up. — Heloise

Dear Heloise: Our children’s plastic wading pool has many other uses, even in winter. During outdoor parties, I fill it with bottled drinks and ice. My kids and I place it in the middle of the backyard and try to pitch a large sponge ball into it. When it snows, we put it in the garage and have “sandbox” time. — Rick B. in Dallas