Let's Get Artsy!
Okay, let’s face it…waiting for summer, even spring, for that matter, is getting old. Keeping my spirits up is stretching the bounds of my creativity. Yesterday someone reminded me of something I must have conveniently forgotten. Did last summer really start on the fourth of July?Read More >>
The B word
With the tax season in our midst, you are probably reviewing just how much money you made last year and coming to grips with where that money went. Did you make more than you expected? Or did you spend more than you had planned?Read More >>
More caffeine is not the answer!
I’ve always been fascinated by the brain. In college I spent many hours in the “bio” lab deeply studying and drawing a preserved brain floating in a glass jar. I still have that drawing. Each time I look at it, it’s as if I’ve never seen it before, and the same question comes to mind, “How on earth does that odd mass of cells process all that comes in contact with it?”Read More >>
Stressed
Stressed, too much to do? Feeling overwhelmed? Bills, kids, family, job? Maybe you feel stressed because you are alone. Read More >>
Is lack of communication hurting our kids?
I had an interesting situation happen with my 17 year old son and some of his friends. They had gone camping with some friends for four days. On day four they were coming home and the car they were in broke down and started smoking. They pushed the car to a gas station in Cascade. Everyone’s cell phones were dead because there was no where to plug them in to re-charge. Tents don’t have outlets. They did not know what to do so they started walking, to Boise (walking home was another conversation later).Read More >>
Technology - Trick or Treat?
When someone says the word technology do you want to run and hide? Does your favorite horror movie play over and over again in your head and Frankenstein has been replaced by a bird? Do the words Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, blogging, tweeting, re-tweet, texting, IM and DM make you extremely frightened? What do IM and DM even mean? With all the abbreviated words what is happening to our English? How do you keep up?Read More >>
If you could go back in time would you?
Do you ever wonder what life would be like if you had made different choices? If you had one chance to go back would you change anything? I wonder what my life would be like if I would not have gotten married and had kids at the young age of 20. I wonder if I would have finished college and pursued a high-paying job. Then I think about what kind of person I would be if I had not gone through everything that has brought me here today.
Bookkeeping Tips – Setting up your books
Many of the clients I have worked with made a concerted effort to manage their own bookkeeping before seeking help elsewhere. And for the most part, the biggest cause of their reports not coming out quite right or the bank account refusing to reconcile came down to their books not being set up correctly to begin with.
A business owner's sleeping pill
Nearly every small business owner that I have worked with has made the comment “now I can sleep tonight” after they were confident their business finances were in order. It isn’t just worrying about how upcoming bills will be paid or what happens when payroll comes around next week. Their main concern is the not knowing. Incomplete or incorrect bookkeeping records can cause a lot of panic, sometimes unnecessarily.
5 tips to sleep well (and know your finances are in order):Read More >>
10 Minutes a day
You have decided to maintain your own books. You weighed the cost benefits, the time associated and come to the conclusion that your business isn’t tricky enough just yet to warrant another outsourced cost.