Nehemiah 1:11

• “I really abhor bar soap,but my husband prefers it. After cleaning the soap dish,I smear it with petroleum jelly. I do the underside too. There’s a little lip that will keep the soap from sliding off,but the petroleum jelly keeps the inevitable sludge from sticking to the soap dish,making my cleaning routine much easier!” — A.D. in Idaho • “I make my own little good-behavior coupons for my three children. I print them on different colors of paper for each child. They can cash in coupons for activities or rewards,and if they go in together to get something, I will give them bonus coupons for working together. I think this has made goal-setting a priority for them,and it has helped them learn the lesson of shared goals — an important one for a large family.”— R.V.F. in Arizona • “When I go to the grocery store,I put my wallet in my pocket,then as I move through the store and determine which coupons I will be able to use,I put them in my wallet pocket. Since I have started doing this,I have not accidentally forgotten to use my coupons. They are there in my pocket when I am ready to pay.”— O.B. in Indiana • To keep dirt from sticking to your dustpan,try spraying it lightly with furniture polish. Buff slightly and floor dirt will slide right off. • “I found a small waste basket that fits right between the wall and my dryer. There’s a gap that’s about 8 inches wide. The lip of the basket keeps it from sliding down to the floor,so it’s easy to clean out the lint trap and put the waste in the basket. Also,I used a strip of hook-and-loop tape to attach a tissue holder box vertically to the wall. I stick a box of fabric softener sheets in it,and they,too,are right where I need them.”— T.K. in Nevada

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By Samantha Weaver

• It was W.C. Fields who made the following observation:“Women are like elephants to me. I like to look at them,but I wouldn’t want to own one.” • Those who play the word game Scrabble (and some others) may realize that the most frequently used letter in the English language is “e,”and a few may even be aware that No. 2 and No. 3 are “t”and “a,”respectively. Hardly anyone knows the full ranking,though. So,for your enlightenment,here is the entire alphabet in order of how often each letter is used in English: etadinshrdlucmpfywgbvkjxzq. • Experts on feline anatomy say that a normal cat has 230 bones in its body, but it doesn’t have a collarbone. • The longest regularly scheduled, nonstop commercial airline flight in the world is 18 hours long,from Newark,N.J.,to the island nation of Singapore in SoutheastAsia. • To date,no president of the United States has been an only child. • Visiting the Grand Canyon is something every American should do at least once in his or her life,but there are a couple of things that should be kept in mind when making the trip. If you go hiking and get into dire straits, an emergency rescue will cost in the neighborhood of $2,000. Also, an average of five people fall to their deaths in the Grand Canyon every year. • Pretty much everyone has wisdom teeth — at least until some dentist removes them — but they’re not known as wisdom teeth everywhere. In Romania, they’re called “mind teeth,”in Turkey they’re known as “20-year teeth,” in Korea they’re called “love teeth,” and in Japan they’re referred to as “unknown-toparent teeth.”

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Thought for the Day: “The hardest thing to understand is why we can understand anything at all.”— Albert Einstein

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