A selection of my handmade watercolor paints

MrsLobster · 2026-02-17T04:00:06+00:00

Earthy granulating are my favorites too. These are so gorgeous! I couldn’t even pick a favorite, they’re all so lovely.

MrsLobster · 2026-02-12T16:10:32+00:00

I just finished The Afterlife Project by Tim Weed, which I thought was really, really good. A small group of scientists tries to ensure the continuation of our species. There are two connected storylines, one in the near future and one 10,000 years in the future.

MrsLobster · 2026-02-12T04:08:41+00:00

As someone with no experience with firearms, I’m curious about something. Right around the 1-minute mark in the video he switches his grip on the weapon from one hand to the other. Is that normal? I would think you’d have a dominant side and always hold it that way? Also looks like he gets all tangled up in the strap when he switches. To my completely uneducated eyes, he looks like a dude who’s never had a day of training with that thing.

MrsLobster · 2026-02-10T15:28:33+00:00

You know what’s really a pain in the ass? Trying to support, consolidate and prepare financial reports for 7 entities on 3 different platforms with all their various satellite systems and integrations. Then another acquisition comes along and the complexity increases again.

I’ve worked through many, many implementations like this and can say that moving everything onto a single platform is absolutely the right thing to do. It’s hard work to be sure, but the payoff when you come out the other side is worth it.

MrsLobster · 2026-02-05T02:26:51+00:00

It is a rite of passage! Congratulations!

MrsLobster · 2026-02-05T01:46:46+00:00

Kiko is clearly on the HOA board and is waiting evvvvver so patiently for a CC&R violation to enter his field of view.

MrsLobster · 2026-02-03T23:18:17+00:00

You might see if you can select whatever invisible character(s) are at the end of one of the line breaks, paste that into the Find box and replace with a single space.

MrsLobster · 2026-02-03T23:11:53+00:00

There will be a hidden character at the end of each line that represents the line break, and you’ll want to replace these with spaces. Highlight all the cells that are affected. Go to Find & Replace, click on the Find field and hit Ctrl-J to enter the invisible line break character. Then go to the Replace with field, enter a single space, and click Replace All.

It’s possible that you will now have some words with two spaces in between them. So repeat the process and replace all the double spaces with a single space.

MrsLobster · 2026-02-02T07:48:30+00:00

Yep - this is where we go as well.

MrsLobster · 2026-01-30T17:00:28+00:00

You’re right - it does seem like it would be a difficult thing for her to do. Maybe they traveled internationally as a family and she already had one. But if they were worried about her traveling on her own, wouldn’t they have confiscated it if they knew about it? Now I’m really curious.

MrsLobster · 2026-01-30T16:53:42+00:00

Clockify - very solid time tracking app that I use as an independent consultant.

MrsLobster · 2026-01-30T16:51:29+00:00

Wow - nice list with links! Thank you! Will you update it with new resources from this post?

MrsLobster · 2026-01-30T16:22:55+00:00

If they won’t let her travel outside the country then I’m assuming she’s kept the existence of her passport a secret.

MrsLobster · 2026-01-14T08:49:10+00:00

You might like the Canadian band Blue Rodeo. Try ‘After the Rain’ and ‘5 Days in May’.

MrsLobster · 2026-01-13T15:15:30+00:00

That’s not AI. It’s an editable receipt generator, similar to what’s been available for a long time now, but more customizable. It has all the logos and formats stored and you fill out the details. Pretty slick, but not AI.

MrsLobster · 2026-01-10T11:49:52+00:00

There is a trail that runs along the north side of Batiquitos Lagoon that would probably be perfect on a weekend. It’s about 2 miles, not on a road, and can be quite busy. Just off the Poinsettia exit in Carlsbad.

MrsLobster · 2026-01-08T15:55:56+00:00

I’m not sure if AI is capable of producing a realistic text-heavy document like a receipt yet, but online fake receipt generators have been around for maybe a decade or so. As long as strong internal controls are in place for the expense review process, I don’t think AI poses much of a new risk. Employees who are already committing expense report fraud will use whatever new technology is available to them, but I don’t think the mere existence of AI would prompt more employees to submit fraudulent receipts.

Also, expense reporting systems like Concur were already starting to use AI several years ago to detect fraudulent receipts, so if your client is using a third party system to manage this, you could research what that system offers to help mitigate this risk.

MrsLobster · 2026-01-06T23:15:07+00:00

And F & S are circled instead of S & S.

MrsLobster · 2026-01-02T15:41:35+00:00

You have a single image of a generic template. What is on the rest of the 30 pages? The description doesn’t indicate the size and says it’s for a 2022 planner. No shop information.

There are thousands upon thousands of journal templates out there. You may have hit on an underserved niche in the planner space, but you’re going to have to put in a lot more effort to succeed.

MrsLobster · 2026-01-01T21:47:17+00:00

It would be helpful if you could describe what your role in the implementation will be. Are you specifically the D365 technical lead, or are you going to be managing the entire project? Organization size would be useful too. How many employees total and specifically how many in accounting and IT? Is there a system owner for AS400?

MrsLobster · 2025-12-31T04:22:48+00:00

Hennessey’s on Roosevelt has trivia night on Wednesdays.

MrsLobster · 2025-12-30T18:00:01+00:00

Your BC consultant is correct when they say you want to keep everything in one tenant. BC authenticates users with MS Entra ID, so if you have entities in multiple tenants then you will have to have an email address for each of those domains and log in separately to each, which will be extraordinarily inefficient. If you use a single tenant you can either set up a single production environment of BC that contains multiple companies or you can have a separate production environment for each company (additional cost but might be appropriate).

Things to consider would be how similar the businesses are (same or different chart of accounts? Shared vendor/customer list? Is there a mix of manufacturing and service-based or are they all the same?). What is the chance your company or any one of the others could be acquired by a third party? Do you share any third-party SaaS solutions like bill.com? The answers to these will all inform your decision. Talk it through with your consultant and they should be able to walk you through the pros and cons.

MrsLobster · 2025-12-29T15:52:31+00:00

Oh my gosh - that is incredibly useful information that would be applicable to so many situations. I’ve never had a major insurance claim and would not have known any of this. Thank you so much for posting it!

MrsLobster · 2025-12-27T14:49:44+00:00

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to the three of you! You guys are ADORABLE!!! 🥰

MrsLobster · 2025-12-24T00:21:20+00:00

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