A blog I follow just had a great post about Scrivener here: http://writersinthestormblog.com/2014/06/write-… and the person who wrote it actually wrote a Scrivener for Dummies book. I haven't looked into the book, but I'm tempted, because I also have a hard time making it compile the way I want it to.

You know, it's funny, I see people say this all the time, but I've had Word documents a couple hundred pages long and never had this happen until Office 2010. I'm trying to learn to love Scrivener, because when you compare it to Word, it's cheap, and for someone like me who self-publishes ebooks, the formatting…

Butterflies are excellent. My mom cut her finger at a cookout a few years ago and I cleaned it and put butterflies on it right away, then we took her to the ER. Several hours and a couple hundred dollars later, she came out with a protective splint and the information that they weren't stitching it because my…

This looks awesome. I was just thinking today about the apps I use on a regular basis and which ones I think I SHOULD use but actually don't (YNAB, for instance, doesn't get as much use as it should on my phone). I like the idea of this tracking that for me and giving the best real estate to the apps I use the most.

About a month and a half ago, I decided that my two colors are blue and green. I'm a redhead, so I look good in both colors, and the blue emphasizes my blue eyes. So I got rid of a bunch of pink, purple, and red that didn't belong in my wardrobe, aside from one signature red sweater that is part of my power-suit…

I wanted to try Mint, but from the time I heard about them, it took them a good year to support my small regional credit union, so they lost my interest. *shrug*

I've paid off several credit cards since starting with YNAB, but as much as I love it for tracking expenses, I have to acknowledge its one downfall—the lack of forecasting. It would be awesome if I could not only track my once-a-year expenses but also plan ahead for them by having the budget category divide the annual…

If I take my glasses off for sleeping and knock them off my nightstand, I am instantly afraid I will step on them when I get out of bed. There's no need to mock people like me who don't want to step on a piece of expensive equipment because we can't see far enough to avoid that. I think this is a great tip.

I've solved this problem by wandering the parking garage hitting the panic button on my keyfob, but that requires a very low level of personal dignity. :)

But that's all dependent on Amazon being around forever. :) A book is a physical object that you can hold in your hand. A piece of cloud data isn't physical, and if Amazon went belly-up (I know, not likely, but still in the realm of the possible), what would happen to your data? I'm a fan of e-books, but I feel like…

You only need one suitcase, one bag, and possibly a purse (or two). Even if you're fashion-conscious. Spend some dough on these few things so you get quality stuff that will last you a while and look good. All those other bags and duffels you have crammed into each other under your bed will be happier at Goodwill.…

It's incredibly difficult to eat healthy snacks when you can't eat oatmeal. Do you know how many things people randomly stick oatmeal in? The multi-grain trend might be healthy for most people, but for folks with migraine triggers or food allergies, it sucks.

This article has a lot of great advice, but I have to disagree with one part—the tax refund. I'm sure it just has to do with my personal weak track record at saving money, but I DO view my tax refund as a savings account, as the author recommends — and I have plans for that money. I use tax time as a time to pay off a…

I always dampen a washcloth and use that, which works well, too.

Will that one run a keyboard and trackball with no lag? My desktop died so I've been using my laptop as my main computer, but I type 90 wpm and discover my ergonomic keyboard can't keep up with me if it's plugged into the powered USB 2.0 hub I have. The keyboard and trackball both get really laggy if I try to use the…

The problem with those is you have to use them with your computer. The little rubber keyboards aren't awesome, that's true, but at least those label makers are portable. :)

According to my credit union, if I process my debit card as a debit and use my PIN, the credit union is the one who pays those fees. It's if I process my debit card as a credit and sign that the store has to pay the fees. That's why the credit union always wants me to run it as a credit card.

I'm a huge fan of Kara Vita skincare. I don't have eczema but I sent some of their skin cream to a friend of mine whose daughter suffers from it, and she said it helped her. I usually use the lotion and my mom uses the cream.

Battery life is my biggest one too. I'm using a Galaxy S4 and love it, but I've started carrying a backup power supply. I'm lucky to be at 50% by the end of the work day, and if I want my phone to operate into the evening, I have to charge it in the car too.

I drive past a restaurant every day where the sign says, "If your in the mood for home cooking, stop here!" And I always add a word there. "If your car is in the mood for home cooking," or "If your grandmother is in the mood for home cooking," or "If your velociraptor is in the mood for home cooking." It entertains me…