Lifestyles
Fast and fun fix-up for kids' rooms
During these waning weeks of winter, it's the perfect time to add a major dose of personality to your child's bedroom — and do it on a budget. Here's how to dress up a dresser, create a headboard, customize bed linens, and jazz up those tired old walls.
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Fashion Week's first trend: Heart-health awareness
Red is Christie Brinkley's color.
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THE AMISH COOK: Sugar-cured bacon brings back memories
The sun is shining and it almost seems like spring.
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Columnists
Phil Potempa's From the Farm Eloise Marie Valadez Brian Williams Christine Kraly Jean Starr
- Mom Moments: Sharing my 'bad mom' experiences with a side of bacon
- Some days you feel like you're doing an okay job. There may even be days where you feel elated and things are going great and you feel confident that you're doing a wonderful job as parent. Then there are the days where something happens to slap you in the face and make you feel awful. Sometimes they are little things, that in the grand scheme of things don't seem all that major, but they kick you in the gut nonetheless.
- Feb 8 At Home: Get your stuff together, beautifully
- Feb 8 FROM the FARM: Readers helps sisters eager for Emerson shortbread recipe
- Feb 5 SLICE OF LIFE: Faking it with football
- Feb 5 The long stock-up
- Feb 3 Restaurant Scene: New opening and heart-shaped pizza
- Feb 1 At Home: Mixing it up at home
- Feb 1 FROM the FARM: Reader wants shortbread recipe to cheer sister
- Feb 1 THE AMISH COOK: Verena shares her Apple Dump Cake recipe
- Jan 29 MOM MOMENTS: A mom's biggest fear — public washrooms
Food
- One-pot dishes are stars at the dinner table
- Whether you're creating a one-pot dish for your sweetheart for Valentine's Day, whipping up one for a cold-weather party or a comforting Sunday meal, it's always a welcome addition to the table.
- Feb 8 FROM the FARM: Readers helps sisters eager for Emerson shortbread recipe
- Feb 8 KITCHEN SPOTLIGHT: Cirque chef balances eclectic menu
- Feb 8 Sesame oil: What it is and how to use it
- Feb 8 Handmade chocolates anyone can do. And quickly.
- Feb 8 A Caesar salad for the chillier months of the year
- Feb 8 An easy, do-ahead mousse your love will love
- Feb 8 Fiber is key to a healthy, delicious winter dinner
- Feb 8 A sweet cocktail with a sassy name
- Feb 8 Foodie Finds
Get Healthy
- Weight loss tips from Dr. Sears
- "The Zone Diet" author Dr. Barry Sears says that the obesity crisis sweeping America is due to hormones being out of balance, not a lack of willpower. Dr. Sears offers the following six tips to lose weight.
- 9:00 am Should sugar intake be regulated?
- 9:00 am Take heart: Women's cardiovascular disease may be preventable
- 9:00 am Facebook users: Life's not fair!
- 9:00 am You are how she eats
- 9:00 am Healing Hearts for Teens
- Feb 8 Herbal Healer: What is rhatany?
- Feb 7 Dyer mother talks about son's heart defect to comfort others dealing with fears
- Feb 6 LaPorte hospital offers first-aid course
- Feb 6 Weight loss tips from Dr. Sears
Travel
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Your Family
- Family-Friendly Events in Northwest Indiana
- There's a lot going on in the area for children and families, so check out our Your Family calendar to find out what's going on this week.
Home and Garden
- Heath beds require some soil preparation
- Botanical kin sometimes make good garden companions, and such is the case for the heath family.
- Feb 8 Herbal Healer: What is rhatany?
- Feb 8 Manage your foyer clutter
- Feb 8 Snow shoveling 101: advice and gear
- Feb 8 New Products for Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
- Feb 8 Fast and fun fix-up for kids' rooms
- Feb 5 The Importance of a Reasonable Purchase Offer
- Feb 5 Decor tips for huge rooms
- Feb 4 It’s a buyer’s market, but the lending environment is still tough. Here's how to make your case for a loan
- Feb 4 Own your home? If you do, there's a good chance your satisfied with your situation, says a recent homeowner survey
Pets
- Pet of the week
- Payne is an 11-year-old male, domestic shorthair. He is looking to retire to a quiet home with plenty of cozy napping spots. Payne is a nice guy who is mellow and would love to be your couch buddy.
- Feb 4 Pets of the week
- Feb 4 Pet events
- Jan 28 Pets of the week
- Jan 28 Pet briefs
- Jan 28 Pet of the week: Ferrari
- Jan 21 Pet briefs
- Jan 21 Pets of the week
- Jan 21 Pet of the week: Terrance
- Jan 20 What cures your cold can also kill your pet
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