Dear Annie: I'm 58, never married, no kids, no siblings, no nieces or nephews. A neighbor of mine is very ill and in a nursing home. She has a daughter, but the daughter barely even bothers to visit her, and it breaks my heart. I call my neighbor often to try to lift her spirits. At the same ...
Dear Annie: My 13-year-old daughter recently came home from two weeks at sleepaway camp, where she became very close to another girl in her bunk. At first, I was thrilled. My daughter has always been a little shy, and she came home talking nonstop about how funny, confident and "grown-up" this ...
Dear Heloise: This is a word of caution to never put things in the dryer and leave the house. Maybe you've done it in the past without problems, but I did and nearly burned my house down. A neighbor saw smoke coming from my home and called the fire department. The kitchen was damaged where the ...
ESCANABA — More than 100 friends and family of Orville and Mary Lou Lantagne joined with the couple as they celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary at the Pioneer Trail Park Pavilion in Gladstone. Orville and the former Mary Lou Royer were married on July 28, 1956 during a ceremony held at St. Thomas Parish in Escanaba. Attending the couple were: Ron and Joan Lantagne, brother and sister-in-law of the groom; Jon and Marlene Servant, sister and brother-in-law of the groom; and Art and Vickie LaFave. Art is the groom's cousin and Vickie is a friend of the bride. Orville worked for ...
Dear Annie: My husband and I recently welcomed our first baby, and we are exhausted but overjoyed. We live in an apartment building, and after weeks of trial and error, we finally started getting our daughter onto a somewhat predictable sleep schedule. The problem is our next-door neighbor's ...
Dear Heloise: My husband and I decided to remodel our basement and use it as a hobby/crafts/half-bath/extra TV room, where our teenagers and their friends can enjoy themselves or where we can gather as a family to watch movies. Since my dad had been a builder all his life and knew what to look ...
