Are thank-you notes a thing of the past?

Dear Heloise: We all accumulate so many of those plastic bags from the grocery store. A great way to recycle them is by donating them to a local day care. I work at a day care and use them all the time in our trash cans and to place dirty diapers and soiled clothes in.

— Nicole, via e-mail

Dear Heloise: I started reading your column about a year ago. With all of the great hints, I had trouble remembering what they were. I have started a scrapbook, and I file them by subject. Thanks for all the hints!

— Charmaine, via e-mail

Dear Heloise: I write the dates on the top of AC/heating filters. I change mine every three months and put reminders in my cell-phone calendar.

— Mark, Jackson, Miss.

Send a money-saving or timesaving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, TX 78279-5000, or you can fax it to 210-HELOISE or e-mail it to Heloise@Heloise.com. I can't answer your letter personally but will use the best hints received in my column.

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