what kind of program do you guys use to keep track of cleaning dates and times?

how about for finances... I've got access to a few accounting programs and in my dads line of work can get just about anything i could want... but i don't want to wade though layers of crap i'll never need.

I'm something of a neo-Luddite as far as appointments and record keeping are concerned. I use a spiral notebook to keep track of my appointments. I keep a copy of every invoice for every job I've ever done, going back to 1990. I have a data base of every customer, showing every job ( a summary of what work was done, and the amount of the bill). I have 2 copies of this. One is set up by customer, alphabetically by last name. The other is alphabetically by city ot town, with the customer sheets in each town alphabetically. I keep separate data bases for each of 3 categories: residential; commercial; and jobs done thru a barter exchange. At some point I realize I need to pay someone to set this all up in a computer file.

Donalson, I just use microsoft excell and make a colum for a name, address, telephone, and date, then after I do the job I add Price Tax and distance. I have a different sheet for expense but it works about the same. Then when tax time comes I just highlight all the prices and click e total and then do the same for tax and expense.