Unfortunately, my friend doesn't think at all like an accountant. She's a people (and cat) person, not a numbers person.
Good chance that there is near zero overlap between those programs that you (or I, for that matter, who would have been wearing a green eye shade if they hadn't invented computers needing software) would find useful, and those programs that my friend could make any sense of.
Perhaps, but I will say that Money is about as easy to use as any other package out there. Of course, if one does not set up the accounts appropriately, the package will not matter —GIGO, you know.
One of the homeschooling blogs I read just posted about a Budget Calendar. It’s software with a 30 day free trial.
http://www.mishell.ca/