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If Robert Kraft wasn’t having a bad enough week, losing out on his 13th bid to get into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, his mood had to get worse on Sunday. The Patriots owner was on hand at Hard Rock Stadium to watch the latest Patriots debacle. Wonder how he felt watching Tua Tagovailoa shred his defense with relative ease? Or seeing Drake Maye, the new face of the franchise, run for his life on practically every pass play? Kraft couldn’t be pleased after watching the litany of mistakes, the lack of discipline that keeps showing up, and the embarrassing product that was on display, particularly in the second quarter of the 34-15 loss to the Miami Dolphins. It would be one thing if this was the exception. If it was just one bad game, or one bad quarter. But that’s not the case. Many of these same problems have plagued the team all season. Between the lack of talent on both sides of the ball, and an inexperienced coaching staff not having much in the way of fixes, it’s been a constant theme. Yes, Maye’s development has been a plus. He’s been the bright light in a sea of darkness. As Kraft knows, the quarterback means so much in the NFL, and landing Maye has been a godsend in that regard. But the Patriots boss also knows a quarterback can’t do it alone. Tom Brady had Bill Belichick. He had terrific offensive coordinators including Charlie Weis, Josh McDaniels and Bill O’Brien. He had the best offensive line coach in the business in Dante Scarnecchia. And the defensive coaches were also pretty good, even if chief mastermind Belichick got most of the credit. Through two decades, Brady also had enough talent with him on offense, defense and special teams to win six Super Bowls. The GOAT also had offensive lines that kept him safe enough to make plays. What exactly does Maye have? Hopefully Robert and Jonathan Kraft have a firm grip on the answer to that question. Because Maye is pretty much lacking in all of those vital areas. There’s still five games to play, and the outlook could change, but right now, the picture is grim. Let’s start with coaching. After sending Belichick on his way, Kraft put his faith in Jerod Mayo to lead the team into the next chapter. Mayo was his hand-picked successor. Everyone knew it wasn’t going to be easy following a legend. And that task became even more daunting given the roster Mayo inherited. Kraft might not be inclined to part with Mayo after one season under those circumstances, but he needs to take a good look at the overall operation. Mayo, does, too. Sunday’s loss in Miami was a massive step backward. Twelve weeks in, this is supposed to be about making progress, not heading in the opposite direction. Between the repeat mistakes, the lack of discipline, and players not knowing what to do (Kyle Dugger was completely lost out there trying to decipher all of the Dolphins motion), Mayo has to decide if this is the group of coaches — on both sides of the ball — he’s going to be comfortable with going forward. And that’s assuming he’s still here. Are these coaches putting the players in the best position to win every week? They had no answers for Tua Tagovailoa on Sunday. There were no fixes to slow down Jaylen Waddle (8 catches, 144 yards, 1 TD) or old friend Jonnu Smith (9 catches, 87 yards, 1 TD). Offensively, Maye continues to be hindered by the players around him, and an overly-cautious play-caller, and by extension, head coach. Kraft has reportedly already reached out to league connections for advice on the best way to support Maye, and what needs to be done. After the loss, Mayo pointed a finger at the players: “Look, once those guys cross the white lines, there’s nothing I can do for them. There’s nothing any coach can do for them once they cross the white line.” Granted, having two starting tackles who are overmatched practically every week isn’t a recipe for success. So they try to get a jump — hence all the false starts — or hold to try and give Maye some time. Is that coaching? But how is it, that the group still can’t figure out how to handle a stunt? The amount of free rushers coming in on Maye — at this stage — is mind-blowing. The offensive line in general has been a huge failure. That brings us to de facto GM Eliot Wolf. He certainly has the pedigree to be a good general manager. Whether he actually becomes one is another story. He was here during Belichick’s regime. Ditto Matt Groh. While the roster failures are on largely Belichick, both Wolf and Groh were heavily involved in personnel under the former coach and chief decision-maker. Wolf’s first foray into free agency hasn’t been anything to brag about. His first draft class, discounting Maye, already looks like a bust. After quarterback, two of the team’s biggest needs — left tackle, No. 1 receiver — weren’t sufficiently addressed in either the draft or free agency. Can Kraft live with more missteps going forward? Along with Mayo, how much rope is he willing to give the front office? There’s five games left to play. The team is 3-9, and once again in the hunt for a top draft pick. We’ll see soon enough how the team finishes, and where the Krafts stand. Maye has the talent and ability to be a star. Rams coach Sean McVay raved about him last week. So did Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel after Sunday’s game. Maybe it’s a bit of lip service, but McDaniel said he wasn’t looking forward to facing him in the future. “I think when you’re able to be a pocket passer but then extend plays and make teams pay when you’re in man coverage or two man, it’s a problem,” McDaniel said. “He’ll continue to make plays as he gets better and better in the pocket. It’s a guy that honestly, I’m not really rooting for his development, being in the division, but I can appreciate the player, and they have a very good player to work with at that position. We’ll continue to have to be on our stuff.” McDaniel won’t have to worry if the Patriots don’t — at the very least — surround Maye with more talent. After the game, Patriots defensive lineman Davon Godchaux advocated patience. Rebuilds take time. “There’s going to be ups and downs. Nobody got it in a day. Rome wasn’t built in a day. The Patriots organization under Jerod Mayo is not going to be built in a day,” Godchaux said. “It’s going to take adversity. It’s going to take bumps and bruises. It’s what (Mayo) has got to go through as a head coach. It’s what we have to learn from, him being a head coach and us being players for him, to just go through adversity and get better. Nobody is pointing fingers. Nobody is blaming anybody.” In the end, assigning blame remains up to ownership. From the coaching staff, to the people assembling the talent, it’s on the Krafts to decide what’s working, and what isn’t. Spending is also their call. They’re going to have a ton of cap space and plenty of money to invest in players heading into next season. That’s also part of this process. Before it gets to that stage, they need to decide if the people they have making the football decisions, picking the groceries, making the game plans and in-game adjustments are up to the task. Having Maye will be a waste if the Patriots can’t make it right with the personnel around him.
By JILL COLVIN and STEPHEN GROVES WASHINGTON (AP) — After several weeks working mostly behind closed doors, Vice President-elect JD Vance returned to Capitol Hill this week in a new, more visible role: Helping Donald Trump try to get his most contentious Cabinet picks to confirmation in the Senate, where Vance has served for the last two years. Vance arrived at the Capitol on Wednesday with former Rep. Matt Gaetz and spent the morning sitting in on meetings between Trump’s choice for attorney general and key Republicans, including members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The effort was for naught: Gaetz announced a day later that he was withdrawing his name amid scrutiny over sex trafficking allegations and the reality that he was unlikely to be confirmed. Thursday morning Vance was back, this time accompanying Pete Hegseth, the “Fox & Friends Weekend” host whom Trump has tapped to be the next secretary of defense. Hegseth also has faced allegations of sexual assault that he denies. Vance is expected to accompany other nominees for meetings in coming weeks as he tries to leverage the two years he has spent in the Senate to help push through Trump’s picks. Vice President-elect JD Vance, still a Republican senator from Ohio, walks from a private meeting with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., center, and Vice President-elect JD Vance, left, walk out of a meeting with Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, departs the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, center speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, right, speaks with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, before testifying at a hearing, March 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrives for a classified briefing on China, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrives for a vote on Capitol Hill, Sept. 12, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance R-Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) Vice President-elect JD Vance, still a Republican senator from Ohio, walks from a private meeting with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The role of introducing nominees around Capitol Hill is an unusual one for a vice president-elect. Usually the job goes to a former senator who has close relationships on the Hill, or a more junior aide. But this time the role fits Vance, said Marc Short, who served as Trump’s first director of legislative affairs as well as chief of staff to Trump’s first vice president, Mike Pence, who spent more than a decade in Congress and led the former president’s transition ahead of his first term. ”JD probably has a lot of current allies in the Senate and so it makes sense to have him utilized in that capacity,” Short said. Unlike the first Trump transition, which played out before cameras at Trump Tower in New York and at the president-elect’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, this one has largely happened behind closed doors in Palm Beach, Florida. There, a small group of officials and aides meet daily at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort to run through possible contenders and interview job candidates. The group includes Elon Musk, the billionaire who has spent so much time at the club that Trump has joked he can’t get rid of him. Vance has been a constant presence, even as he’s kept a lower profile. The Ohio senator has spent much of the last two weeks in Palm Beach, according to people familiar with his plans, playing an active role in the transition, on which he serves as honorary chair. Vance has been staying at a cottage on the property of the gilded club, where rooms are adorned with cherubs, oriental rugs and intricate golden inlays. It’s a world away from the famously hardscrabble upbringing that Vance documented in the memoir that made him famous, “Hillbilly Elegy.” His young children have also joined him at Mar-a-Lago, at times. Vance was photographed in shorts and a polo shirt playing with his kids on the seawall of the property with a large palm frond, a U.S. Secret Service robotic security dog in the distance. On the rare days when he is not in Palm Beach, Vance has been joining the sessions remotely via Zoom. Though he has taken a break from TV interviews after months of constant appearances, Vance has been active in the meetings, which began immediately after the election and include interviews and as well as presentations on candidates’ pluses and minuses. Among those interviewed: Contenders to replace FBI Director Christopher Wray , as Vance wrote in a since-deleted social media post. Defending himself from criticism that he’d missed a Senate vote in which one of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees was confirmed, Vance wrote that he was meeting at the time “with President Trump to interview multiple positions for our government, including for FBI Director.” “I tend to think it’s more important to get an FBI director who will dismantle the deep state than it is for Republicans to lose a vote 49-46 rather than 49-45,” Vance added on X. “But that’s just me.” While Vance did not come in to the transition with a list of people he wanted to see in specific roles, he and his friend, Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who is also a member of the transition team, were eager to see former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. find roles in the administration. Trump ended up selecting Gabbard as the next director of national intelligence , a powerful position that sits atop the nation’s spy agencies and acts as the president’s top intelligence adviser. And he chose Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services , a massive agency that oversees everything from drug and food safety to Medicare and Medicaid. Vance was also a big booster of Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who will serve as Trump’s “border czar.” In another sign of Vance’s influence, James Braid, a top aide to the senator, is expected to serve as Trump’s legislative affairs director. Allies say it’s too early to discuss what portfolio Vance might take on in the White House. While he gravitates to issues like trade, immigration and tech policy, Vance sees his role as doing whatever Trump needs. Vance was spotted days after the election giving his son’s Boy Scout troop a tour of the Capitol and was there the day of leadership elections. He returned in earnest this week, first with Gaetz — arguably Trump’s most divisive pick — and then Hegseth, who has was been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2017, according to an investigative report made public this week. Hegseth told police at the time that the encounter had been consensual and denied any wrongdoing. Vance hosted Hegseth in his Senate office as GOP senators, including those who sit on the Senate Armed Services Committee, filtered in to meet with the nominee for defense secretary. While a president’s nominees usually visit individual senators’ offices, meeting them on their own turf, the freshman senator — who is accompanied everywhere by a large Secret Service detail that makes moving around more unwieldy — instead brought Gaetz to a room in the Capitol on Wednesday and Hegseth to his office on Thursday. Senators came to them. Vance made it to votes Wednesday and Thursday, but missed others on Thursday afternoon. Vance is expected to continue to leverage his relationships in the Senate after Trump takes office. But many Republicans there have longer relationships with Trump himself. Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, said that Trump was often the first person to call him back when he was trying to reach high-level White House officials during Trump’s first term. “He has the most active Rolodex of just about anybody I’ve ever known,” Cramer said, adding that Vance would make a good addition. “They’ll divide names up by who has the most persuasion here,” Cramer said, but added, “Whoever his liaison is will not work as hard at it as he will.” Cramer was complimentary of the Ohio senator, saying he was “pleasant” and ” interesting” to be around. ′′He doesn’t have the long relationships,” he said. “But we all like people that have done what we’ve done. I mean, that’s sort of a natural kinship, just probably not as personally tied.” Under the Constitution, Vance will also have a role presiding over the Senate and breaking tie votes. But he’s not likely to be needed for that as often as was Kamala Harris, who broke a record number of ties for Democrats as vice president, since Republicans will have a bigger cushion in the chamber next year. Colvin reported from New York. Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Inter Milan beat Como 2-0 to cement third place in Serie A and close the gap on top two Atalanta and Napoli on Monday. Carlos Augusto got the opener when he headed home a corner kick in the 48th minute. Marcus Thuram scored the second in stoppage time with a potent strike into the roof of the net. It was the first time these teams have played each other in the top division since 2003 and although Inter had lost only one league game all season it struggled to impose itself on 15th-placed Como. However, it won without exerting itself and the three points were enough to take Simone Inzaghi’s men within three points of leader Atalanta and within one of Napoli. Inter has a game in hand over both clubs. Fiorentina missed a chance to go fourth when it lost at home to Udinese 2-1. The Florence club won a record eight consecutive Serie A games before losing to Bologna 1-0 on Dec. 15, and it looked to be back on track when Moises Kean converted a penalty after eight minutes to become the first Fiorentina player to reach double figures in the league since Federico Chiesa in the 2019-20 season. However, Udinese was a different prospect after the break. Lorenzo Lucca equalized with the aid of sloppy defending four minutes into the second half and then Florian Thauvin found space on the edge of the box to curl in the second eight minutes later. The result left Udinese in ninth place and Fiorentina in fifth. The match was a special one for Edoardo Bove, the Fiorentina player whose collapse with a heart issue led to the suspension of its game with Inter Milan on Dec. 1. Bove was fitted with a defibrillator implant soon after and sat on the Fiorentina bench for the first time since his collapse. He is not allowed to play but his position on the sideline alongside coach Raffaele Palladino was seen as a step towards normality for the 22-year-old midfielder. AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerOn a rare two-game skid, No. 24 Arizona faces DavidsonMeet the Democrats looking to lead the party forward after brutal 2024 losses Democrats line up to be the next Democratic National Committee chair Sign up for the latest with DailyMail.com's U.S. politics newsletter By SARAH EWALL-WICE, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM IN WASHINGTON, DC Published: 20:07, 28 December 2024 | Updated: 20:07, 28 December 2024 e-mail View comments Democrats are beginning to regroup after their brutal losses in the 2024 election , and the first step on their long road forward will be electing new party leadership. The election for the next chair of the Democratic National Committee is set for February 1. Already a series of contenders have announced they are running to lead the Democratic party in the new age of Donald Trump . It comes after Republicans not only won the White House including the GOP president-elect picking up the popular vote for the first time, but Republicans were able to flip the Senate and will hold a slim majority in the House come January. Democrats will be on defense as they face a GOP trifecta with only limited options to block Republicans from enacting their agenda in the new year. At the same time, Democrats have the momentous task of figuring out why voters across the country shifted away from the party as Trump made small gains not just in battleground states and red areas but nationwide. They also have to determine their best messaging approach moving forward if they have any hope of recapturing a majority in Congress in the 2026 midterms . Earlier this month, the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) voted to recommend the rules that will guide the election process for the next DNC Chair and other officers. Democrats have the momentous task of figuring out why voters across the country shifted away from the party Marianne Williamson speaking to supporters in February 2024. The former Democratic presidential candidate announced her bid for DNC chair the day after Christmas To be elected, the candidate must be receive a majority of the votes cast by the DNC members. If that does not happen on a first ballot, it will head to a second ballot and so on until the person is elected. Here are the candidates running for DNC chair in the upcoming leadership election: Marianne Williamson Speaker, author and activist Marianne Williamson announced she is running to lead the Democratic party after long-shot presidential bids in 2020 and 2024. Williamson argues politics is not about what people think but what they feel and that it does not matter how many times people are contacted if they're not feeling it. She believes the party has been working with an outdated '20th century toolkit' which cannot create a political phenomenon necessary to take on MAGA. 'We've got to create a solution on the level of the problem. The greatest political car mechanic in the world is not the answer, because the problem is that we're on the wrong road. And people can feel it,' she wrote in a post. She believes she is the person to lead the party forward because she has been working in personal transformation for more than 40 years and knows something about 'changing people's hearts and uplifting people's spirits.' Williamson has argued the Democratic party has strayed from its advocacy for working people, and unless they reverse that, they won't do any better than in 2024. She has also been critical of the Democratic party's handling of the 2024 election because it did not hold a robust primary. She accused the party of 'ethical corruption' and argued it did not carry out the will of the people by backing Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris after he dropped out. Williamson vowed her first move if elected DNC chair would be to go on a listening tour. Martin O'Malley Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley announced his bid for DNC chair in November and has called for Democrats to focus messaging on what people talk about at the kitchen table Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley was the first candidate to announce his intentions to run for DNC chair last month. The former governor has argued Democrats' messaging always needs to go back to the 'kitchen table' and that the party needs to 'return to our true selves' to win. He's also claimed the party is about 'hope for tomorrow' while Republicans are about fear. He previously served as governor from 2007 to 2015, mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007 and most recently served as commissioner of the Social Security Administration under President Biden. O'Malley, 61, gained national attention when he ran as a third long shot candidate against Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary. The former governor has said the party needs to learn from candidates who won in states where Harris lost at the top of the ticket. He has the backing of prominent Democrats from his home state of Maryland including several lawmakers and signaled he's not running to be a 'peacetime DNC Chair.' Ken Martin Ken Martin is the chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party and a candidate for DNC chair. He has said Democrats have a branding and messaging problem that needs to be fixed Ken Martin is the current chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party, a post he has held since 2011. He announced his bid for DNC chair last month with a video in which he introduced himself as someone raised as a single mom who got involved in politics in high school and has been in the fight ever since. Martin, 51, has argued the party needs a leader 'who can connect with working-class voters and restore faith in the party.' He touts turning around the Minnesota Democratic party which was in debt when he became chair. He also pointed out Democrats in his state have 22 statewide elections in a row. Martin argued he's 'not a creature of DC' but knows how the DNC works. He has said Democratic party ideas such as increasing the minimum wage, paid family leave and abortion protections are popular but need to be reconnected to the party. Martin has said Democrats have a branding and a messaging issue that needs to be fixed. His campaign slogan in the race is 'Build to win. Build to expand. Build to last.' James Skoufis New York State Senator James Skoufis launched a bid for DNC chair as an outsider and underdog looking to bring generational change to the party James Skoufis is the New York state senator who represents part of the state about 50 miles north of New York City in Hudson Valley. The little-known 37-year-old state lawmaker launched his bid late last month as an outsider and underdog representing generational change. He has argued Democrats need to 'show up and compete everywhere' including in rural red areas and pointed out he has won in Trump country three times. Skoufis has also called for his party to recommit to a populous message and move away from 'hair on fire texts and emails.' He has pushed to move the party funds away from consultants and expensive TV ads and dedicate resources to sate and local parties where people can do the work in communities face-to-face. Ben Wikler Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler at a campaign event November 1 Ben Wikler is the chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party where he is credited with a series of Democrats winning in the state even as Trump won the top of the ticket. The party in his state has been focused on a year-round effort to help Democrats across Wisconsin. Wikler has served as Wisconsin Democratic party chair since 2019. While he has been at the helm, Democrats flipped the state Supreme Court, helped reelect Governor Tony Evers, and he believes the state is on track for Democrats to recapture a majority in the state legislature in 2026. He also previously served as Washington, DC director of the progressive policy advocacy group MoveOn. Wikler has argued of all the swing states that went to Trump in 2024, Wisconsin has the smallest shift toward the Republican president-elect. He has called for Democrats to have a 'nationwide permanent campaign' and has focused his messaging on working people. Wikler launched his DNC chair bid in December 1 arguing what Democrats have done in his state can be done nationwide and needs to demonstrate to people that the party is on their side. His slogan in the DNC chair race is 'Unite. Fight. Win.' Democrats Republicans Politics Share or comment on this article: Meet the Democrats looking to lead the party forward after brutal 2024 losses e-mail Add comment
Elon Musk 'comforting reply to Jeff Bezos' 'angry post' on $600 million wedding to fiance Lauren SanchezD ear Heloise: I wanted to write in concerning not using rugs and towels at animal shelters. I have to wonder what sort of “shelter” is being offered to dogs and cats where it gets so cold and wet that the cloth can freeze. Not to mention the possibility of the poor animal freezing to death! Are they saying these indoor animals are being kept outside? Or are their facilities not being properly heated and dry? This is shocking to me! I hope they can explain themselves. — Frank F., Ventura, California Frank, the letter was referring to feral cats and other outdoor animals. Shelter cats and dogs usually have a better situation than those that are born wild or mistreated by their owners. In my opinion, no animal should be kept outside in the winter if they have owners with a warm house. Sadly, there are too many abandoned cats and dogs that have no one to look after them, making their existence difficult and their lives short. People are also reading... Straw is the best solution to helping these animals stay warm, provided that there is plenty of straw to snuggle in for warmth inside of some type of enclosure. There are a variety of such houses for animals online, and most aren’t expensive. — Heloise Cardboard rolls Dear Heloise: I often use paper-towel rolls and toilet-paper rolls to keep artificial flower stems together. I also cut them lengthwise to put on gift-wrapping paper rolls. If the paper roll is too thin to keep a cardboard roll on, then I use a rubber band to secure the roll. Your readers have given me so much I can use. I thank you and thank them, too. — Jackie, Colorado Springs, Colorado Jackie, I like your cardboard roll ideas. Lately, I’ve received several letters stating that readers use the cardboard roll in paper towels and toilet paper to start a fire in their fireplace. Some also use a toilet roll of cardboard to gather a number of loose cords together. Others use a paper-towel roll to wrap tree lights around when putting them into storage. All of these are great ideas, as well. — Heloise Cleaning glass pie plates Dear Heloise: Our glass pie plates wouldn’t get clean, so my husband had the successful idea to use a ceramic cooktop cleaner! The pie plates are sparkling now! — Connie B., Universal City, Texas Christmas goody boxes Dear Heloise: My mom was never really happy with any gift I gave her. Since she relied on Social Security, money was tight, so I started to give her a goody box. I usually used an empty paper box and filled it with toiletries and products that I knew she used. I also included postage stamps and gift cards for car washes. She would love her goody box and looked forward to it every year. One year, my aunt was visiting from the old country at Christmas, so I made up a smaller box for her. I found out that she loved a certain brand of canned corn, so I included six cans. She was over the moon! It was also easy for me, as I would add things to the box all year long, making it easier on my time and budget. — Liz N., via email Send a money-saving or time-saving hint to Heloise@Heloise.com . Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox!