A Wish for Simpler Times

Have I mentioned lately how much I hate QuickBooks? I was on the last step on Thursday—literally, entering the last bit of historical payroll data so I could run this week’s payroll—when I encountered an error message. I called the QBO help line and discovered that it’s an error on QB’s end. I am not the only person getting that message. The representative said she would escalate the trouble ticket and QB would let me know when the issue has been resolved. It’s Saturday morning and still no resolution.

I calculated payroll the old-fashioned way yesterday morning so I could write checks. Have I mentioned lately how much I hate QB?

The amount of friction I’ve run into lately just getting simple tasks accomplished has been ridiculous. “Progress” does not always move us in a positive direction. I miss the 1980s.

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I went to Missoula yesterday to teach a serger mastery class. The drive down was lovely. Traffic was light and the weather was beautiful. (No rain.) I had two students; three had registered but one didn’t show up. I get paid, regardless, but I find it baffling that people register for classes and ghost them. Oh, well. The two students and I had a great time. The owners of that store are also going to Bernina University next month and I think we’re registered for some of the same classes.

On the way home, I stopped at the Amish store for ice cream, then stopped at the Amish furniture store and ordered the gliders for my garden. (I think both places are owned by the same family as both places have the same name and the Amish store has some Amish furniture available for sale.) I ordered two 5' gliders. The color I want—antique mahogany, which is actually kind of a dark golden oak—isn’t in stock, so it’s going to be a few weeks. They will deliver, though, when the gliders are built.

Traffic was much worse on the way back. I almost went straight up Hwy 93 from Polson, where the Amish furniture store is located, but I decided to backtrack and come up the east side of Flathead Lake as that is the shorter route to my house. Thank goodness, because there was a big accident that shut down Hwy 93 about an hour later and I probably would have been stuck in that backup.

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I finished another squash in the Sue Spargo “Squash Squad” series:

This makes three. I think I will take a break and move over to embroidering chickens again.

There is no rain in the forecast today and temps are supposed to be in the mid-60s. The husband is home this weekend—last weekend, he was cutting concrete—and both of us plan to work around the property. I have lots to do in the garden.