<HTML>Terry, I'm with Wim on this as far as scheduling.  The cell phone comes in= really handy.  I've booked tunings in Safeway, at my favorite coffee s= top, even on the road(I pulled over, of course).  Tuning customers are = fickle, and you'd better be the one that answers the phone once they get the= ir mind made up they want the piano tuned.   I got a pocket PC to use my tuning program on, and it turns out I use it= more for scheduling than I do for tuning(I've been an aural tuner for quite= a while).  Between Tunelab and my calendar software, it is by far the = best investment I've made in the last couple of years.  Saves me having= to decipher my own writing.... As for someone to do books, my neighbor has a teenage daughter who is br= ight and could use 10 bucks an hour.  Or maybe I could hire my ex-wife.= ...:-( Dave S. In a message dated 2/20/03 7:27:54 AM Pacific Standard Time, Wimblees@ao= l.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">In a message dated 2/20/03 = 6:07:38 AM Central Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I've posted on this before,= but not gotten much response. Please share with me your thoughts on "gettin= g somebody to help me with scheduling and books". I'm getting there also - I= could also use them in the shop for cleaning - but don't have any idea how = it would work - how to hire someone part time, etc. Terry Farrell </BLOCKQUOTE> Scheduling appointments is easy. If you have a cell phone, forward your = land based phone to your cell phone, and carry your appointment book with yo= u. I realize you'll get some unwanted calls, but you'll never miss an import= ant call. There are a lot of people who don't like to leave messages. As far as hiring someone to keep the books, that is something that will = help you. You are probably like most of us, in that at the end of every day,= you spend an hour or so recording your income, entering the customer in the= computer, and paying your bills. Because you spend an hour here and an hour= there, you don't realize it comes to about 8 - 10 hours a week. This in tot= ally unproductive time. If you paid someone $10 per hour, you can spend that= time making $60 -- $80 per hour. Or you can spend it with your family, or e= njoying your hard earned money in some other way. It doesn't take that long to "train" someone to do your books. And if sh= e/he has a question, she/he can call you on your cell phone. There are proba= bly a lot of stay at home mothers who would love to work 8 - 10 hours a week= with a flexible schedule. It allows her to earn a little extra, and gives y= ou more time to do "your thing." Wim </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>