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How to Balance a Checkbook
When you use a checkbook, you need to know basic addition and subtraction to keep it balanced. Balancing a checkbook means you've recorded all additions [more…]
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How to Open a Bank Account
If you're unsure about opening a bank account, consider this: Having a checking account at a bank means you don't need to pay a fee to cash your paycheck, and you can access your money from any ATM machine [more…]
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How to Apply for a Credit Card
Credit cards have many attributes, so when applying for a credit card your first decision is to figure out which factors of the various cards best meet your needs. As you research the various credit card [more…]
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What Goes in a Medicine Cabinet?
A well-stocked medicine cabinet is essential for anyone living on their own. Your medicine cabinet or first-aid kit should always contain some basic pharmaceutical supplies, even if you happen to have [more…]
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How to Set Up Utilities in a New Home
Before you arrive at your new home, make sure that your utilities are turned on. In addition to knowing which utilities you want, you need to set aside a budget so that in case you're offered a long list [more…]
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How to Wash Clothes in a Washing Machine
Knowing how to wash clothes —without ruining them — is a basic life skill. Before you load up the washing machine, you have to do some prep work such as separating items by color and texture, choosing [more…]
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How to Dry Clothes in a Clothes Dryer
Drying your clothes in a clothes dryer saves time, but it takes more than just shoving your clothes in and turning the machine on. You need to read the care labels on the clothing and know what kind of [more…]
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Getting Called for Jury Duty
Fulfilling a call to jury duty is a civic responsibility that enables you to participate in the judicial process. Receiving a summons for jury duty, however, typically prompts this reaction: “How do I [more…]
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The Hidden Danger of Buying Used Furniture
Buying used furniture certainly is easy on the budget, but there's an unseen danger: bugs. Bedbugs, fleas, or roaches can hide in used furniture no matter where it comes from: second-hand furniture stores [more…]
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How to Prevent Identity Theft
The term identity theft covers a broad spectrum of illegal activity, some of which results in serious consequences which might require years to get your identity back while others are mere annoyances needing [more…]
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Exploring Renters Insurance and Condo Insurance
Once, most apartment renters and condo owners never considered buying homeowners-type insurance to protect their valuables. Now, however, renters insurance or condo insurance on the contents of your apartment [more…]
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Dealing with Your Apartment Building Superintendent or "Super"
When you move into an apartment, you'll eventually meet the building superintendent (or building supervisor). The "super" handles maintenance and repair for the apartment building — either alone or by [more…]
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How to Calculate Moving Expenses
Figuring out how much it would cost to move can help you decide whether or not to, well, move. When calculating moving expenses, you need to factor in how much stuff you have, time and distance, and miscellaneous [more…]
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What's on an Apartment Rental Agreement (Lease Agreement)
When you rent an apartment, you'll sign a rental agreement (lease agreement) — a legal document stating your responsibilities as a renter. An apartment rental agreement can be short and simple if the landlord [more…]
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Beware of Condominium Association Covenants
Condominium owners are legally bound to the covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC and Rs) established by the condominium's association of owners. Condo association covenants make sense most of the [more…]
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How to Use Food Stamps (the SNAP Card)
The federal Food Stamp Program is now called SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program); and instead of issuing paper food stamp coupons, SNAP recipients get an EBT [more…]
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Fashion For Dummies Cheat Sheet
So many women don’t know where to turn for reliable information about developing a personal style or dressing fashionably. Your budget, body type, and personality all play a part in the clothing choices [more…]
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Define Your Fashion Style with a Quick Quiz
In order to start building your closet properly with fashions that fit your personal style, take this easy quiz. (Sorry to take you back to the 8th grade, but it’s a necessary first step to creating a [more…]
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What to Look For in a Wardrobe Clean Sweep
The first step to putting together a wardrobe that reflects the true you in personal style is to focus on what you have going on behind your closet doors — and to get rid of what doesn't work within your [more…]
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How to Tell Differences among Fabrics and Fabric Blends
Given the relatively limited number of fibers — manmade and synthetic — that are used to make clothing, you may wonder how there can be so many fabrics. The answer has to do with how a fiber is woven, [more…]
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How Women Can Dress in Workplace Business Casual
With business casual, you have the freedom to be a little more stylish and a lot less conservative. Instead of the traditional business suits, you can wear pants, blouses, skirts, and dresses. These selections [more…]
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How to Dress for the Pear-Shaped Body
The most common figure proportion for women is the pear shape. What that means is that the widest part of your body is below your waist, around your hips. Remember, you can be tall, short, heavy, or skinny [more…]
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Wardrobe Staples Women Must Have among Their Clothing Items
There are some items that you absolutely need ready and waiting in your closet. These make up the basis of your wardrobe; they’re the must haves, no matter what your style — the [more…]
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Key Body Measurements to Ensure the Right Clothing Fit for Women
Every item of clothing a woman puts on — from the outerwear to underwear — should be a fabulous fit. That’s why it’s so important to know what your true sizes are. With this info in hand, you can shop [more…]
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Determining Where Your Waistline Fits within Your Figure
Women often are said to be either short-waisted or long-waisted. To figure out where your waist falls within your overall physique — your “waistedness” — follow these simple steps: [more…]
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