How to keep your meds organized

Dear Heloise: For those of us who deal with multiple bottles of pills each day, I’ve found a couple of things that work for me. First, I made myself a cheat sheet grouping names of meds by time of day. Then I organized the bottles in the slots of a silverware tray. When filling each section of the daily/weekly pill organizer, I have all the bottles lined up in a slot in the tray.

No more searching through the collection of bottles for the one that I want. Just make sure the slots in the tray are wide enough to accommodate the larger bottles! — A Reader, via email

LIGHT IN CLOSET

Dear Heloise: If you want a light in a closet, put it on the inside wall over the closet door rather than in the middle of the ceiling, where half the light shines in your eyes. — Alden Lewis, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

WHERE DO I KEEP MY KEYS?

Dear Heloise: All of my keys are in a key case, each attached separately to the case by its own metal connector. The key case sits in the front pocket of my pants.

When I need to use a key, I take the key case out of my pants, open it, swing out the key I need to open the door. Then once I’m through the door, I swing the key back inside the key case and put the key case back into the pocket of my pants. It stays there all the way to the next time I need to pull out a key. — Al F., Glendale, California

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