Friday, May 27, 2011

In the market for a colander?



I paid $30 for this colander a few years ago, and I'd probably do it again if something happened to mine... it's great. The holes are the perfect size and there are plenty of them. And they're evenly distributed. I use this to sprout 6 cups of grain at a time, or other kinds of sprouts. And it's perfect for lots of other uses. And it looks the same as the day I got it. I use this thing every day, no joke.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Take control of your finances

 I've been using YNAB for over 4 years. Back when it was just a spreadsheet program I loved it, but I had to tweak it to get a bank rec. Now that they've upgraded to YNAB Pro, you can actually download your bank statements as often as needed and import the transactions to categorize them, and reconcile with the bank then and there. No more tweaking required - it does everything I need it to do! Well, one day they'll improve their reports features. But I don't really need pretty reports like I need financial security. They're just kind of fun.
Speaking of fun, so is checking my budget and seeing how my month is coming along. It's so fun to me, that I actually do it almost every day. Gets me giddy to see the balances equal out.
I know, I'm weird.
But anyway, you can read more about how I use this software on my main blog, in this post.