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I have an adjustable keyboard tray.  My parents bought it for me for Christmas years ago and I don't know where they got it and they are no longer living for me to ask.  If you go to any office supply website and Google adjustable keyboard trays you'll find several.  You really don't need an adjustable tray, especially since with a pillow on top you really just need a support for the pillow.

I prop my pillow on top of my tray and then put my keyboard on the pillow.  If you just a firm pillow your keyboard will bounce and you'll spend all day chasing it, so use a pillow that is sort of squishy.

I'm not sure why, but I find I sit with my back against the chair when I use a pillow.  The pillow absorbs the stress from your fingers and wrists, adds support for your arms and shoulders and I find I'm more relaxed and more productive. 

On one account I work on, it's a *.dot file (template) she created that has a pop-up screen that asks for things like Patient Name, MR #, MD name, etc. You just fill in the info and the macro snaps everything into the template and you're ready to go.

I asked her if she learned this through the Word Help file or books, and which ones. As soon as she gets back to me, I'll let you know. This is considered one of those time savers.

Hugs,

JoAnn

check the date it was postmarked. Check with your company and see when they mail your checks, then count the days it took to receive it.  If it is taking too long, complain to the Post Office!!!

We are having a problem with our checks. My husband's checks get mailed on a Friday, but he may not receive them until a week or later, if he receives them at all!!!  As of today, he is missing another check that was mailed 12/31. Four checks have been lost in the mail since they put the new rates into effect. Of course, his company stops payment on them, costing them more money, and then re-issues another check.  He used to get them a day or 2 after they were mailed before the new rates. This puts us in a bind, too. His checks come from 45 miles away.  

I finally went on line and placed 2 complaints, as I was missing 2 checks during the past few months, too. Mine come from 11 miles away.All our mail goes to a central post office, 50 miles away and that is one of my complaints I placed. Three days for a letter to go from my home town to my home town is ridiculous.

So, it may not be your company's fault, but the good ole post office.

Hayseed!  You are my kinda gal!  I am in just about the same situation; plunked into a small, rural town with NO job opportunities available, hit rock bottom, etc.   I answered an ad, like you did, scored an interview, aced the test, and they told me, like I said, that I'm the only person without "experience" they have ever hired, but, my background, determination and fortitude impressed them.  Did you have to buy your own equipment and resource books to get started, too?    By the way, I have a friend who moved to Bangor.  I was her secretary for two years before they moved from here.  She's a psy nurse, her hubby's a child psychiatrist.  If I ever get there, I'd love to meet you!   (love your picture!)

I agree as well.  Sure, it would be great if I got paid more, but for me it's the unpaid benefits that are worth their weight in gold.  I save money on clothes (not too many people can say their work clothes are comft PJs), gas for my car, and child care for my children.  I get frustrated like everyone else, but I think of all the good things I have going for me working at home, step back, and then jump right back into it. 

Well said Hayseed!!!

the AlphaGrip  . . . I have had mine for a little over a month, and I am doing pretty well with it.  While it looks like a game controller, the key layout is called an "enhanced QWERTY", so a lot of the keys are hit with the same finger you would use on a regular keyboard.  I do not use it exclusively yet, but I use it for ALL mousing, saving and zipping my files, posting here, and have used some of the free learning programs to which AGs web site offers links.  I have gotten to where I can work with it and not get frustrated, but my speed tested only at 24 wpm a couple of days ago, but the pain I was in before I probably was not going much faster on the old keyboard. 

It is cheaper than the Kinesis (if memory serves), with the AlphaGrip a reasonable (IMO) $99.00.  I love mine, and my kids love it too!

Hope the link posts . . . I have trouble with that for some reason.

and I think that many (though not all) companies do it. 

When a seasoned professional starts having difficulty making lines when no known major variables have been manipulated, then there's a definite problem going on.