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RS>When ever I sit down to do the bills is when I work on the checkbook. 
RS>A typical bill session could be one hour.  I send most of the bills via
RS>the Intuit Online Bill Payment system which cut down on a bunch of
RS>writing and cross checking, not to mention licking envelopes and
RS>stamps. 
RS>My wife keeps the paper checkbook and the only thing that gets entered
RS>in there are the checks she writes.  I don't enter any deposits or
RS>automatic payments in the paper register anymore.  Nor do I keep a
RS>balance there...there is no need.
I work in a way similar to you.  I do the bills twice a month, usually in
less than a hour.  I, too, only use the paper register to record the checks
that are issued, no deposits, credits, or balances needed.
I also balance the checkbook nearly every day.  I'll get into the
reconciliation section of the Quicken program, call my bank's automated
account information phone line, enter the balance of my account, tick off the
checks that have cleared the day before, and I'm done!  Takes less than a
minute!
I love the fact that when I enter a check in Quicken to make a payment on our
mortgage or car loan Quicken will also credit the mortgage account or car
loan account in Quicken and keep a running balance of principal and interest.
Regards,
Ron Bowman
... Ain't Automation Great!
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