Automobile Maintenance

automobiles
My Pathfinder has 283,000 miles and for once we decided to have some work done proactively, instead of waiting until something broke. I have been experiencing a few problems. The most pressing issue was the rocking back and forth when I drove on a curved road, or if I hit a bumpy section on the freeway (unfortunately a regular occurrence).   For some reason I just couldn't bring myself to take my vehicle in and have it checked out.   I have… Read the rest

If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Another

gardening, taxes
It's finally starting to ease up a bit for me.  I realized yesterday, after working in my garden for three hours, digging an 8 foot long by 2 foot wide and 10 inch deep bed, lining it with chicken wire and filling with composted manure and the dirt I'd dug out of the bed, that finally I've completed my goal to get my garden back in order.  It took six months, but I'm proud to say that I did it. … Read the rest

Quickbooks Pro vs. Quickbooks Simple Start

Business
As you know, I keep Mr. A's books for his two businesses, and for a while I was keeping track using Quicken.  That seemed to work out okay, but it started to get cumbersome because I was having to use Excel to create invoices.  A friend of mine told me she uses Quickbooks, and loved it, so I started checking into the program.  I discovered there is a free version which can be downloaded (which would probably be perfect for… Read the rest