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Shall We Rant?

I don’t think I’ve ever bad mouthed a product publicly before. I’m going to now. Shame on you, Intuit, for QuickBooks Online.

Let me start by saying that I’m not against the entire product line, just one aspect. For more than a decade I used QuickBooks for Windows, which I like. For a bit […]

Doing it

Do you know that saying, “If you want something done, give it to a busy person”? Well, today was like that for me.

I’d purchased some local eggplant on special on Tuesday, and figured I’d better use it up, so I started the day baking some panko-breaded eggplant slices for an eggplant parm.

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Whew!

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted, but I have an excuse. No, not an excuse, a good reason.

I’ve been cleaning. Like MAD! Hours and hours, cleaning and polishing every bit of woodwork in my house – and there’s a LOT of wood. Clearing every flat surface. Scrubbing everything sparkling clean, cleaner than […]

On This & That

For the past 2 days I spent most of my time & energy working a fundraiser for my local library. Took time off my paycheck job to do this volunteer job. Today I needed to do lots of odds & ends of things.

I balanced two checkbooks and paid a mess of bills. I […]

All Duded Up

Every spring I can’t wait to cut Red’s hair. He gets very shaggy over the winter, and then mud season hits and it’s a mess. I think he likes being lighter, too.

Here he is pre-cut.

About an hour later, he looked like this.

Fifteen minutes later he needed a nap – getting […]