It’s been years since I’ve had a separate room for an office. That’s largely because I’ve chosen to live a fairly alternative lifestyle. For example, I spent 16 years aboard a wee houseboat in Sausalito in a community of artists and waterfront workers called Galilee Harbor. No office there, just a desk that looked out over the water.
When I moved to San Diego I lived aboard a different boat in a marina on Harbor Island in San Diego Bay. There my writing area also looked over the water. Most recently I was in a studio in the North Park community …read more

If you follow this blog, you know I’ve been moving. I don’t know why our major telcos have so much trouble moving me 12 miles south, but the did, and it’s not the first time. So when b5media started having outages I assumed it was at my end. Isn’t that the usual way we women do it? Assume it’s our fault somehow?
I didn’t get, or didn’t spot the window that Liz over at Successful Blog did, and, given how tired I am from moving, doubt I could come up with a fun play list about all a network breakdown …read more

Okay, I’ll brag. My 2007 taxes are done! I do use an accountant, but since I’ve added Quicken, it gets easier and easier. I might even try this myself next year.
Kelly Phillips is our TaxGirl here at b5 and she’s got a great post about the differences in tax software. It’s worth of read even if you’re only thinking about doing it yourself.
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Is it possible to get organized painlessly? I think so, but I needed some help. That help came from Jennifer Hoffman. I met her through one of Mark Silver’s seminars where she literally held me and made me know that I didn’t have to sort out making my office effective alone. We healed a huge sore spot for me.
Later I worked with her to actually get the organizing done. Worked with me to achieve functionality, in my style, rather than someone else’s mental picture of a perfectly organized office. In that process she also showed me a whole new way …read more