Category: Family & Home

Parents Gift Freshman Daughter Prank Comforter-Pillow Set With Family Printed on Them

While one Arkansas couple’s daughter pursues a nursing degree in college, her parents want her to think of home, and they gave her a hilarious going-away gift to remember them by. They might have gone too far. David and Whitney Scott gifted daughter Emma a comforter and a pillowcase—the blanket emblazoned with a larger-than-life fabric…


Memphis Man Sees Lady Struggling to Pay at Dollar General—so He Pays It Forward, Goes Viral

What started as a trip to the Dollar General to pick up a few T-shirts turned into a moment of internet fame for one young man from Tennessee. Over the summer, Caleb Duncan, 22, who lives just outside Memphis, picked up his purchase and was in the checkout line when he spotted a young lady…


Retired Chauffeur Celebrates 100th Birthday, Gifted the Luxury Bentley He Drove 60 Years Ago

The family of a retired chauffeur has helped celebrate his 100th birthday—by tracking down and buying the luxury Rolls Royce he drove 60 years ago. Eddie Hughes was given the powerful 6.25-litre V8-engined car by his family as a surprise birthday present. They tracked down the car in Beverly Hills, California, and paid 32,000 pounds…


Double Amputee Lost His Legs at Age 6—But Then He Became an Athlete, a Mechanic, and a Dad

Kacey McAllister was just 6 years old when tragedy struck, and forever changed the direction of his life. While visiting relatives in Utah, the boy and his parents, from Wyoming, were crossing a road when he heard his parents tell him, “There’s two cars coming and a truck,” he later recalled. After the two cars…


Repair Asphalt Driveway Gaps, Holes, and Cracks

Dear James: My asphalt driveway has many cracks and small holes. It is only a few years old. My repair attempts don’t last for long. How can I fix them better? —Carla A. Dear Carla: Asphalt driveways do require periodic sealing, but they should not be deteriorating in just a couple of years. It sounds…


Knowing Your Cleaning Products Is Good for Your Health and Wealth

Two women. Different locations. Same accident. Both were using an ordinary commercial toilet bowl cleaner containing ammonia and weren’t satisfied with the way it was removing stains. Each added household chlorine bleach to that commercial product and stirred with a brush. One died quickly; the other spent a long time in the hospital. Here’s the…


21-Year-Old Quadruplets in UK All Follow in Their Mother’s Footsteps by Becoming Nurses

Four sisters—who happen to be non-identical quadruplets—are making their family proud by following their mother into the medical profession. All four are trained nurses entering the UK’s government health service, each having their own unique specialty. Anjel, Aneetta, Aleena, and Aneesha Mathew, all 21, started their new roles in August. Anjel, Aneetta, and Aleena joined the ranks…


How to Save a Melted-Out Lawn

Q: All of a sudden, half my lawn grass died. It’s mostly on the sunny side, with some in the shade. This doesn’t look like the grass has simply gone dormant with the usual hot, dry summer weather. When I pull up on the grass, it just comes off by the handful without the roots….


Ask Me Anything: Christmas Clubs, Bank Sale, and Credit Counseling

Dear Mary: Whatever happened to bank-sponsored Christmas clubs? —Ted Dear Ted: They all but disappeared when credit cards became so popular. The new attitude was, “Why worry about it? I’ll just use my credit cards and pay for it later.” Bad idea. Good news: Christmas clubs are making a comeback (so are layaway plans). They…


Letting Go of Perfectionism

I’ve recently begun to recognize how self-sabotaging and hindering perfectionism can be. Perfectionism almost sounds virtuous. After all, what harm could there be in striving to reach perfection? That’s not how perfectionism plays out, however. With perfectionism, the standard of perfection can never be realized. So rather than attempting to get as close as possible,…