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PRINTRecycling Envelopes and Greeting Cards
A Quick Way to Update Your Address Book
When the flurry of holiday greeting cards arrives I check the return addresses on each envelope. If it’s a new address, I tear off the return address label and glue it into my address book.
Stamp Collecting
We always check out the postage stamps on the envelopes we receive in the mail too for our stamp-collecting album.
Recycle Lovely Greeting Cards
Some greeting cards are just too beautiful to discard. Instead, remove and save the front of the greeting cards you like. Use as postcards, to decorate the front of gift packages or frame the special cards that fit your décor. Card art works great in scrapbooking projects. To use artwork from cards, cut around the shapes or designs you’d like to incorporate into an album.
Deborah Tukua, www.hollycreekbooks.com. For more great household tips, you’ll want a copy of Deborah’s book, Pearls of Country Living.
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Farmers' Almanac Long Range Weather
February 12th - February 15th
- Northeast U.S.
Light snow, then fair skies.
- Midwest/Great Lakes U.S.
Flurries, especially Great Lakes.
- Southeast U.S.
Wet weather, then fair skies, milder.
- North Central U.S.
Flurries Northern, Central Plains east. Frigid! Approaching 30 below in parts of Montana, North Dakota.
- South Central U.S.
Scattered snow showers, very cold.
- Northwest U.S.
Gusty winds accompany scattered showers.
- Southwest U.S.
Showery, windy.
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If you notice a hole in the upper left-hand corner of your Farmers' Almanac, don't return it to the store! That hole isn't a defect; it's a part of history. Starting with the first edition of the Farmers' Almanac in 1818, readers used to nail holes into the corners to hang it up in their homes, barns, and outhouses (to provide both reading material and toilet paper). In 1910, the Almanac's publishers began pre-drilling holes in the corners to make it even easier for readers to keep all of that invaluable information (and paper) handy.