Neat Receipts, Goat Milk, Trail Maintenance
I recently bought a new laptop, my old one died. John is fantastic with computers and without him I would probably spend a small fortune on tech support. One of the more challenging programs to reinstall on my new computer was Neat Receipts. I have been using this program since we moved to Costa Rica to track all of our expenses. I really like the ability to scan and store the receipts in a data base and then to be able to run various reports. As it turned out the version of Neat I was using wasn’t compatible with my new operating system. John spent several days researching how to install Neat version 5 on my computer. It appears Neat released version 5 well before they were finished doing thorough testing. The program has many problems. Fortunately the users are allowed to vent their frustrations and help each other in the community portion of Neat's website.
This morning John and Mario visited a small goat dairy farm. I had been asking Mario where we can acquire raw milk and other unpasteurized dairy products. He asked around and located a family in town that produces and sells goat dairy products. The goat was milked on site, that moment for the purchase. A woman showed John how she makes yogurt and gave him some starter cultures. John came home with some cheese, the yogurt cultures and two liters of still warm, fresh from the goat milk. I started the yogurt making process and will see how it turns out in a day or so.