Good point about the vaccinations! 

Also, your passport typically needs to have at least 6 months validity when you travel internationally — i.e. the country you’re visiting needs to know your passport won’t expire while you’re there! So, bear this in mind when creating the timeline for your passport renewal.

It can be both! Seriously!

Half a star for your comment + half a star for “puppermasters” :D

Yeah, not in a hurry to upgrade my home copy of Office 2010. 

I would love to hear from Canadian readers what the best options in Canada are. (Netflix etc have very different program offerings in this country.)

I do get that some addresses (and apartment locations) are tricky, but if he’s at the front door of your building, and you say:

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) says: 

One composer that can by loved by almost anyone is Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky... 

Love the goofy faces. Very refreshing!

For those who are intimidated by emergency lists:

This is great, thank you! Now then... any chance you can do a similar piece on how to store multiple chains at home, ideally an easy-to-use method?

I remember when I was an Anglican (Episcopalian) toying with the idea of going full Catholic, I had a chat with the local Catholic priest who told me that actually some priests in the Anglican church are transubstantiating all over the damn place without even knowing it. Something to the effect that the spiritual…

Sure, American workers can build Chinese quality. But they usually expect to be paid enough to live on, and that translates into a higher-priced product... which American consumers are much less likely to buy (and some will simply not be able to afford items at post-tariff prices).

Even if you’re not having a ton of trouble with your battery yet, it could be in your best interest to go and get your battery replaced prior to the deal running out, that way you can avoid a potential problem once the program has ended.

Ten thousand is not inherently more meaningful a number than (say) 8,000. But, it’s satisfying to get there.

My municipality has outlawed the use of plastic shopping bags. Shopkeepers can still offer paper bags (and charge for them), but plastic can no longer be distributed. When 2019 rolls around, charity shops won’t even be able to give old, donated plastic bags to shoppers.

Most of the send-this-to-everyone e-mails I’ve received are things like this:

Yup. (And everything’s better with real vanilla extract!)

Totally going to use my husband’s cheap instant coffee for this.