by Mir | Jan 7, 2009 | Quick Tips
It’s that time again—for the entire month of January, TurboTax is once again answering your tax questions for free. The Customer Care Center is open from 7 to 7 each day, and you can submit one question to be answered (via a call back, at a time you...
by Mir | Dec 29, 2008 | Quick Tips
True, there’s not much you can do when great-aunt Helga knits you a tunic sweater in chartreuse chenille other than grit your teeth and say thank-you, but most less-than-ideal holiday gifts do present you with several options: Put it in your gift closet....
by Mir | Dec 11, 2008 | Hot Hot Hot!, Quick Tips
If you’re a regular reader here, you’re probably in a free trial of Amazon Prime right now, because you’re pretty that way. And also we’ve talked about it before. But my Prime trial is coming to an end, soon, so I was looking around, trying to...
by Mir | Nov 20, 2008 | Hot Hot Hot!, Quick Tips
Amazon is offering a free Holiday Sampler download, to get you into the spirit of things. It’s against my religion to listen to Christmas music before Thanksgiving, but thankfully, I can nab this now and just refuse to listen until after next week....
by Mir | Nov 10, 2008 | Big Picture, Quick Tips
… I want to know what you put in them. Both for the kids and for grown-ups. I know, it’s a little early to talk about this, but I’ve been emailing with one of my sisters-in-law this morning and we’re both experiencing a bit of… shall we...
by Mir | Nov 4, 2008 | Quick Tips
Anyone who reads me regularly on some of my other blogs knows that I am a fool for my crockpot for lots of reasons. It makes for cheap and easy cooking, and I am definitely cheap and easy. (Wait. That didn’t come out right….) Today I made a batch of black...