Hints from Heloise

Dear Heloise: To save time looking up doctors’ phone numbers, I took one of the pages under “D” in my address/phone book and wrote “Doctors” at the top and listed them all on that one page, instead of under their names.

It works so well that I made a page under “H” that I called “House” and listed the plumber, electrician, yard service, etc., on that page.

I started this when I had a new doctor with a difficult name that I could not remember. – Sara Lemon, Baton Rouge, La.

It is hard to remember some names, especially when we tend to think of those people as their occupation. A good hint indeed. – Heloise

Dear Heloise: Label the light switch that controls an outside light. If you can’t see the bulb, you might forget to turn it off. This is helpful for identifying controls in multiswitch devices. – Ellen Dieterich, Laguna Niguel, Calif.