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Skaggs: Keep winter visitors out of your home You might first think someone's having a little fun at your expense, but if you're being invaded by lady bugs, it is no Halloween prank. Now is the time of year when multicolored Asian lady beetles start moving into Georgia homes. |
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Cannon: Spruce up winter landscape with ornamental grasses What makes ornamental grass ornamental? First, this is not the grass we normally refer to as functional grass or grass that you can walk on. By contrast, ornamental grass is not meant to be mowed or tread upon. Second, ornamental grasses are used to form a stage on which the yard's actors (flowers, shrubs, hardscapes, etc.) play their roles. It is meant to be attractive. Ornamental grasses are easy to grow and make great hedge ... |
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Murray: Pair the right wine with your turkey Don't look now but Halloween's over your shoulder and the next big family holiday bash is Thanksgiving. And, of course, the burning question of the day is not whether President Barack Obama should have been given the Nobel Peace Prize or if the Army Corps of Engineers will try to turn Lake Lanier back into Death Valley East. |
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Rich: You can’t pay for the musings of this Poet It wasn't intended to be a long conversation, but I should have known better than that. No call to Poet is ever abbreviated. |
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Myers: A parent’s role is to protect their children Cole and I went for a drive in my truck the other day. It was in the morning and as we got out on the road, Cole started fussing. I looked over to see him squinting his eyes and turning his head to the side. |
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Thompson: One more use for candy corn I hope everybody had a great Halloween. OK, here’s one more Halloween tip. (I can’t help myself). If you have any candy corn left over, use it in place of chocolate chips when making cookies. It tastes good and keeps the memory of Halloween alive. (By the way, send me an e-mail and let me know if last week’s tips were helpful or not). |
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Wilburn: Keep financial, marital stress in check Lately there's been a lot of tension between my husband and me about our finances. How can we get past this? |
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Myers: Maybe what you really need is right in front of you I have recently added a new weapon to my child-rearing arsenal. It's called reverse psychology. Here's how it works: I give Chloe a cup of milk, but she wants juice. She pushes the cup away and says, "I don't want it. I want juice." |
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Thompson: Find a new use for your credit cards Do you love brownies? Then this tip is for you. Rather than trying to cut your brownies with a knife, use an old credit card instead. A knife will usually mess up the brownies when you drag it through the pan. With the credit card, you simply push it down into the brownies — don't drag it. Just make sure that you clean the credit card before using it. |
