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Dear Readers: Welcome to 2022! A new year has arrived, and we leave the last one behind. As always, this new year brings with it our hopes for a new beginning.

Q: Ed, I’m installing a soaking bath with a two-handle tub filler mounted on the tub deck. But, I just realized a two-handle filler with a spout will take up too much deck space for my layout. I like the three-component faucet look, what do I do now?

Dear Abby: Our daughter has been married for three years to a wonderful guy she dated for 10 years and loves dearly. Because she doesn’t like his last name, she chose to maintain her maiden name. He understood this soon after they started dating.

Dear Abby: A year ago, I was contacted by a half-sister I’ll call “Shyla,” who my mother placed for adoption at birth. My mother passed away five years ago. She was a horrible mother who physically, verbally and emotionally abused my brother and me. Giving Shyla up was the best thing she ever did. I have spent years in therapy to work through my painful childhood.

Dear Doctors: I’ve been hearing about something called “personalized nutrition.” They’re saying it can help with all sorts of stuff, like depression, losing weight and even migraines. Apparently it starts with a poop sample? What’s this all about?

By clearing up our homes, tidying up our workspaces and decluttering our lives (including our schedules and mental and emotional clutter) we can clear a path for happiness, calm and re-growth. When you get rid of those things and commitments in your life that are weighing you down, you open up the possibility for new and exciting things to enter. h Here are some tips to help shed those unwanted possessions and simplify your life. Try one over the next few days. Keep at it. Once the first few projects are completed, you’ll be inspired to continue through the list.

– Betty, Iowa Q: Ed, we plan to update both of our bathrooms. The goal is to give our bathrooms a high-end look by using creative plumbing fixtures.