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Tuesday Tip: Silence squeaky floors

FARGO – Living in an older home brings a certain charm to daily life, whether it’s the beautiful woodwork or wavy-glassed windows.

5 tips for looking good, packing light when traveling abroad

PARIS – As you read this, I’m parading around Paris.

• Leggings

Tuesday Tip: Keep cheap jewelry looking new with clear coat

FARGO – My jewelry drawer overflows with necklaces, rings and bracelets of almost every imaginable metallic finish and colored hue.

Thursday review: Rub Relief Stick works to prevent painful blisters

FARGO – Despite the weather, it’s spring, which means it’s time to pack up the boots and pull out those cute shoes you keep hidden in your closet for the better part of a year.

• Rub Relief Stick lives up to its promise

Tuesday Tip: Brining gives new T-shirts a vintage feel

FARGO – T-shirts serve as a weekend staple in my wardrobe, but I’m a bit picky. It’s just cotton, I know. But despite adding new tees to my collection, it’s always the oldies I grab first.

• Fit to a "T"

VIDEO: 5 ways to wear a scarf

FARGO – Anyone who knows me can probably attest that my favorite accessory is a scarf. It’s the cherry on my outfit sundae almost every day.

• Scarf style

Thursday Review: Popper makes movie night treat without hassle

FARGO – Growing up, dinner Sunday evenings often was a big bowl of buttered popcorn with my mom and sister while watching “Sound of Music” in our pajamas.

• The Nordicware popcorn popper

Tuesday Tip: How to remove wax from carpet

It seems where there’s carpet, there will be spills. And one of the most difficult spills to remove from clothing, carpet or any fabric surface seems to be candle wax.

5 Things Friday: 5 books to kick back with on vacation

FARGO – This month I’ve sent and received flurries of messages to and from friends: “What are you reading?” It seems everyone is looking for the perfect tale to take on their vacation out of this ice hole. Or maybe we’re just looking for something to distract ourselves from below-zero temperatures and weekly blizzards.

• 5 books ...

Thursday review: Boxed lunch options lack advertised appeal

As someone who is often stuck at a desk for eight or nine hours straight, eating a healthy, non-takeout lunch isn’t always an easy option. So this month, I decided to add a couple new items to my brown bag repertoire: Lean Cuisine Salad Additions and GoPicnic Ready-to-Eat Meals.

• GoPicnic’s Ready-to-Eat meals

Columns

Diversion Discussion: Dredging Red River ineffective flood-fighting measure

FARGO - Many questions surround the proposed Red River diversion. Forum readers can ask their diversion questions and get answers straight from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in this bi-weekly column.

• Heidi Shaffer