Category Archives: My Two Cents

How to Write a Check Correctly

Write Your Checks Correctly

My Two Cents
More and more people prefer to use online payment options or debit cards.  But the vast majority of Mr. A's customers still use their checking accounts in the old fashioned way, and prefer to write a physical check. We have only had one person ask to pay by credit card, and she ended up using a check in the end. Recently we had a customer write a check and in the area where you insert the numbers she wrote the… Read the rest

Nikon’s Doing Me Wrong – My Coolpix L100 Doesn’t Have Fireworks Mode

My Two Cents
I bought a Nikon Coolpix L100 through Amazon on Thanksgiving. I received the camera a few days later, and was pretty happy with it.  Then I discovered, in spite of reading reviews all over the Internet and seeing it on Nikon's site with my own two eyes, my most favorite mode was missing.  Fireworks. So I put in a call to Nikon, and spoke with Rayni in customer service, who informed me that I was wrong, the L100 DOES have… Read the rest

Transcription: Changing Hands Bookstore Q & A with Pioneer Woman

My Two Cents
Transcribed from our time with Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman on Thursday evening, November 5th, 2009 at Changing Hands bookstore in Tempe, Arizona. Hi guys! Thank you for coming. Good night. [Laughter] This is not my typical Thursday evening. I've got to stop wearing Spanx to these things. I can't get a deep breath. Wow. Amazing. I'm just trying not to get choked up. I had an allergy attack in Salt Lake City, so don't be alarmed if I look… Read the rest

Red Roof Inn – A Thumbs Down Review

My Two Cents
Today my Pumpkin Pie ice cream was included in the Make it from Scratch carnival. Go on over and check out the other great entries included there today! AJ and I stayed at a Red Roof Inn over the weekend. We were attending our church's annual conference in the big city and didn't want to have to drive back and forth each morning and evening. The hotel where the conference was being held was charging $130 a night, and AJ… Read the rest