To Dos vs Events for Bill Pay Reminders

Question

Hi everyone,
I need an efficient and organized way to remind myself that my bills are due, and whether Ive paid this months bill or not (so I can remember on next pay day).
I tried creating To Do list, but it won't add the ToDo to my calendar and when I check the box as completed, it stays on my list and never auto deletes or hides.
I tried just using calendars as All Day Events but then I have to post an additional event that I have paid it and I have not found an organized way to associate one with the other.
Other than making 2 calendars "Bills Due" and "Bills paid" (and moving event to another calendar once the later is done) is there any other organized way to accomplish this? Plug-In, Hacksie, Another Calendar Program, LOL?
Ive searched the forums and floating events are not a feature in Leopard's iCal so I'm stuck
Thanks for your help,
Suzy

Answer 1

You could make a To Do for every bill you need to pay and attach a due date to it. When it is paid, you can click the check-box. In iCal's settings, you can change the way iCal displays completed To Do's. Problem is, you'll have to create a new To Do for the next month's bill.
An alternative would be to just change the due date of your To Do to the next month once you have paid the bill.
I just use a weekly recurring event titled "Pay Bills" to remind me to go through my stack of mail and pay them.
If you really want more control in paying your bills, you should probably look into using some financial software, like Quicken.