VVJan22

By: Heather Latimer / Heather’s Self-Help Tips
Tossing paperwork into trash that contains
your personal information is positively
dangerous. Scammers can steal your identity!
Destroy junk mail and either save important papers in a secure
place or scrap health reports, bank statements, and bills because they
customarily have your name, address, and account number in the
heading, at the top of each page, and on the envelope.
If you don’t have a shredder you’d be
wise to obtain one. You don’t need a heavyduty
model but rather a cross-cut personal
shredder.
Check features carefully because they vary
from one brand to another. Does it have a
clear front so you can see how full it is?
How long can you use it before it needs to rest between usage? How
many sheets can you feed at a time? Does it accept credit cards and
stapled material?
Also consider weight, ease of portability, and measurements that will
fit into your available space. Of course it will need maintenance but
there’s no dirty inking.
Royal Sovereign No Mess Sheets, 10 to a package for $11,(Item
101408) take care of everything necessary. Use after any huge job, or
every three months.
Many communities schedule a Household Shredding Event where
you can possibly have the job done free.
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Shredding Sensitive Papers
Heather Latimer is a nationally recognized specialist in making
difficult subjects easy and author of 17 books. See amazon.com/
heather latimer/how to overcome.
January 2022
Holiday Hangover
By: Gayla Kalp / Life is Laughter
During the Holidays, no doubt you had
a ball stuffing yourself with chocolates,
cakes, puddings and all your favorite foods. You
hoisted the Holiday cup of your favorite ale many
times in honor of your best friends and family members.
You received and gave great gifts that delighted you and others you
love. You had fun singing your heart out (even though you were not
blessed with perfect pitch) to your most beloved Holiday songs.
In other words, the Holidays were stupendous! Now that they are over,
the “real” fun begins!
First, your 8,000 decorations need to be taken down (yes, those
massive strings of jumbled lights too) and put back in their boxes to
be stored for next year’s Holiday. Did you really scale that 20’ ladder
carrying those 100 pound boxes and lifted them up into the attic?
You now have to figure out what to do with the “bad” presents. Like
Aunt Effie’s brilliant orange vase with ugly plastic snap dragons in it.
Bury it in the backyard?
Your brother’s framed picture of himself in his Speedo proudly
flexing all his muscles. He recently lost 50 pounds and wants the world
to see his new body.
Unfortunately, he started off at 5’3” tall and weighing in at 489
and is now a trim 439 in a thong Speedo. Where do you display the
treasured picture?
The neighbor’s famous fruitcake. Send it off to the War Department
as a suggested new bomb? How about those returns? Isn’t it just a joy to
put your life on the line battling for a store parking space?
Once you find one, procure a cart with a “wonky” wheel, pile the
many items that didn’t work, were missing parts, were not as pictured,
too small/big/short/long or just plain “butt ugly” you must get to the
back of the mile long return line.
You just want to return your items and go home. However, you are
sure a relative of Hitler is the Return Supervisor and she is giving
everyone a very difficult time.
But don’t dismay! Relief is just around the corner – tax season!
Gayla is a speaker, author, psychologist and humorist. She also
happens to be Ms. Sr. California, Nevada and Universe England.