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Keep a Spreadsheet for Light Bulbs and Batteries

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Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and in today’s video, I’ll tell you why I keep a spreadsheet for batteries and light bulbs.  I used to be terrible about changing out lightbulbs that burnt out in my house.  I’d have to haul out the ladder and, let’s be honest, chances are, I’d probably not have the right bulb in stock. So, I’m going get all the way up on the ladder, unscrew the fixture and find that i don’t have that particular bulb on hand.  So, then I either have to screw the fixture back in, put the ladder away, and wait until I go shopping to get the right bulb, OR the more likely option is that I’d just leave the whole thing undone with the ladder there for a week or two before I get the right bulb. Well, NO MORE.  NOW I have a light bulb spreadsheet.  I started this spreadsheet the day I had to change out something like 7 light bulbs — which shows you how I procrastinate!  I brought out my stock of lightbul...

Share Expenses with Family and Friends Using Google Sheets

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18Pmy-IRLsNcuNJFlXR-jufWQWKdWbMIyOfHZ94GQwCA/edit#gid=1764793085 Hi, everyone!  This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and in today's video, I'll give you access to the spreadsheet that I use to share expenses with friends and family.  And show you how I use it.  You don't need a spreadsheet for a dinner out with friends, right?  It's just meal total divided by the number of people -- you can easily do that with a simple calculation. But what if you've gone away for a weekend with friends or are traveling with family?  Or if you've decided to throw and party and are splitting the expenses with a group of friends.  And what if different people have paid for different things and not everyone participated in every activity?  Then it starts to get complicated, right?  So, I can't take total credit for this spreadsheet. I found it online and modified it.  But let me share with you how I u...