If so, you may not need to buy a new calendar for the coming year. After reading a post on Wisebread last January, I was excited to discover that old calendars can be saved and used again in the coming years (turns out you only need 14 calendars to cover every possible combination).

Better still, timeanddate.com has a tool that let's you enter a year, and then provides a list of other year's that are compatible. Looks like it's time to hunt down that old box of calendars.

Related Reading:

• Printable 2010 Calendars

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Hoping to make your annual charitable contributions, but not sure how to squeeze them into your budget? Think about giving your old cell phones, glasses and computers instead.

• Charities that Want Your Old Stuff

Related Reading:

• Charitable Donations are Tax Deductible
• Donate Your Hair

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Busy preparing for a bunch of out-of-town guests? Dust, polish and scrub your house into shape with these hard-working homemade cleaners:

• Homemade Cleaners for Every Job

More Holiday Helpers:

• Ingredient Substitutions
• Ingredients You Can Make

With all of the cooking and baking that goes on this time of year, it's not always easy to keep up with the freshness of ingredients.

• Will the baking powder that you bought last Christmas still work?
• Is the buttermilk that you used in a recipe two weeks ago still okay to use?
• Are those eggs that got pushed to the back of the fridge still good, even though they're past their sell-by date?

Find out the answer to these questions and others, so you won't throw out anything that you don't have to:

• How to Tell If Baking Powder is Still Good
• How to Tell If Baking Soda is Still Good
• How Long is Buttermilk Good For?
• How to Tell If Eggs are Still Good