La la la. Don't love numbers, don't love 'em at all.

Please just let me make stuff and leave me alone.

"But", I tell myself  "You are not a giver-upper."

So, I've faced my demons head on. And, I've actually not done too bad a job at it for a number-phob.

For the past two years I have used MS Money  to take care of these nitty gritty things. It worked ok (I was giving it the benefit of the doubt) until...

Last month I couldn't get one single transaction to download. Then later, the darned program wouldn't even let me open it. I entered my password over and over and it kept telling me I had the wrong one, and I know for absolutely positive that I had the right one. I thought I was going to throw the computer straight out the window, but reality took hold of me and I realized that would mean I wouldn't be able to blog or read blogs anymore. So...

I've finally broken down and purchased QuickBooks Pro which everyone tells me is what I need to use.

I spent today reentering every single transaction for this entire year.

Six hours, two Tums, a cup of tea and three Advil later, things are back in order.