One of the most frustrating things I have experienced with doing Mr. A’s bookkeeping is the company which holds his credit card does not include options to download transaction in Quickbooks format. It is the same with his checking accounts through the credit union. You can download to Money or Quicken or Excel format, [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Having a list of things that need to be done is an important tool because I have so much that needs to be done I’m apt to forget something if I don’t have it written down.

Unfortunately, since I’m easily distracted, the list can sit there all day long and some days I never [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

It’s interesting how we each seem to be cut out for certain jobs. And equally interesting how there are jobs we never wish to hold.

My Least Favorite Jobs

I knew in the fifth grade that I never wanted to be a teacher, or a bus driver. I was a quiet excellent student, horrified [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

I used to be one of those people who left all my clothes in the laundry basket and dug through to find what I wanted to wear.  Of course then they would be wrinkly so I’d have to use my secret weapon to remove those wrinkles.

When you are exhausted all the time, it’s [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

One of my coworkers forwarded an email to me last week and I thought it might be of interest to those of you out there with student loans. You may qualify, or maybe you know of someone else who could benefit.

The following is from the email that was forwarded to me:

The College [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Happy Labor Day to all my fellow American workers.

Our company provides today as a paid holiday, but I am working from home.

I have been working on a project at work for the past *two* years. I’m converting our manual accounting to electronic and the program my company purchased is a good [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

I remember back in the days when I was a stay at home mother with little money but a lot of time on my hands. I found it relatively easy to keep my budget within the limits, and I had lots of time to figure out how much money we had at any point [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]