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For the longest time I had a love/hate relationship with repurposing and reusing empty containers. While I loved being able to give empty bottles and jars new life by finding some other way to use ...

Dear Heloise: I’ve been reading you and your mother’s hints for years in the Houston Chronicle. As a senior citizen, a permanent marker is my best friend. I always start to make my bed from the same ...

We've all been there. You use a jar of tomato sauce or polish off a container of pickles, and you think to yourself, "I must save this jar." But there's one sticky issue to address: the label. Peeling ...

You might find yourself in the same boat I'm in - the kind of boat where you love reusing jars, but hate taking the labels off. Of course, the compulsive picking of the label I (we?) do is a good way ...